Carry on Westminster

‘Do we have an exit strategy?’

‘WHAT? By giving up its lone outer electron, a sodium atom achieves a desirable quantum mechanical configuration and is left with a positive charge. By accepting an extra electron, chlorine fills its eight electrons and gains a negative charge. The charged ions are then held together to make molecules and crystals of common salt (NaCl) by electrostatic forces… Lassie, are you absolutely sure that’s what the professor told you?’

‘He’s a dirty old man of the people.’

‘It says here you work part-time as an artist’s model...’

‘Oh no! The place is swarming with journalists.’

‘If a tree falls in a forest and nobody hears, does it make a sound?’