JOAN: Right...let's try and get it sorted out today so we don't have it hanging over us.OK?

PETER: Good idea.I'll take notes.

JOAN: First thing...numbers...have we got anything definite?

PETER: Well...I've been working it out and I think 40 to 43.

JOAN: Shall we put 45 to be on the safe side?

PETER: Yep,fine.

JOAN: Dates...well.That's straightforward.

PETER: The last working day before Christmas...which is...

JOAN: ...which is December the 21st.

PETER: ...which is going to be pretty difficult to book at Christmas so we'd better think of two or three places just to be on the safe side.

JOAN: Well,last year's was hopeless.

PETER: The Red Lion,wasn't it?

JOAN: Yep.We ought to go for something more expensive,cos you...

PETER: ...you gets what you pay for.

JOAN: That new Indian restaurant in Wetherfield is supposed to be excellent...the Rajdoot.

PETER: How do you spell that?

JOAN: R-A-J-D-O-O-T.

PETER: But it's bound to be packed.