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Male | Age unspecified | Under 3 minutes
Starts on page 9
EXTRACT: oh, sorry I am Peter, and I am here to gain some, some confidence, because I have to give a speech, a... a, what do you call it? A eulogy and well, I would like to do a good job for my fathers sake, he is dying, well of course, I mean you have to die to get one...a...a.....eulogy...that is why.....It will be a relief, I mean he is seventy, two, that is a good innings, well, three short of the average...So....he has had a good life...yes. Right, anyway....
Male | Age unspecified | 3 to 5 minutes
Starts on page 38
EXTRACT: A few day's ago I went to the Aquarium and I saw an eel (pause) electric (pause) electric eel, bear with me. This eel had a very violent tussles with a groper. The groper won the arrr...the eel died. My father had a very violent tussle with alcohol, the alcohol won. Now I know this is not traditional thing to bring up at a funeral, but that fish tank....arrr, sorry, Anne, aquarium made me think we are all thrown together as families, all put in the same tank.