- [Buchanan from Head Office wants Howie to make two of his colleagues redundant]
- Howie: But these are family men, Martin, with Christmas coming up. They're hard workers--pukka lads.
- Buchanan: Well, pukka-ness notwithstanding, I'm afraid two of them have got to go.
- [later]
- Pauline: "Pukka-ness notwithstanding"? He actually said that?
- Howie: Yeah.
- Pauline: He sounds like a right ponce.