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Archive episode 167: You voted that - Alice will make Tim make her breakfast for a week
Alice, Tim and Helen looking at Khalid
Episode 167: The phone bill
Tim: Here's the mail.
Helen:Another bill I bet you. Everyone ready to stump up their quarter share of the phone bill?
Alice:What's the damage?
Helen:A hundred and sixty-three pounds, eighty-seven pence!
Tim:That can't be right.
Alice:That's about hundred pounds more than our usual bill.
Khalid:Yeah, but with the crunchy credit and everything, our bills were bound to start getting higher.
Alice:Yes but not this high.
Helen:There are a lot of international calls here.
Alice:Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Bahrain, Saudi. Khalid, are these calls all yours?
Khalid:I was feeling homesick on my birthday.
Tim:That's fine mate. Now we know who has to foot the bill.
Khalid:But I thought you said we always shared the bills evenly in this flat...?
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This vote has now closed:
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What should Khalid have said?
 
 
1: the credit crunching
 
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2: the crunch credit
 
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3: the credit crunch
 
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Total votes: 2671
 

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