GeorgeTwo return tickets to London please. What time will the next train leave?
AttendantAt nineteen minutes past eight.
GeorgeWhich platform?
AttendantPlatform Two. Over the bridge.
KenWhat time will the next train leave?
GeorgeAt eight nineteen.
KenWe've got plenty of time.
GeorgeIt's only three minutes to eight.
KenLet's go and have a drink. There's a bar next door to the station.
GeorgeWe had better go back to the station now, Ken.
PorterTickets please.
GeorgeWe want to catch the eight nineteen to London.
PorterYou've just missed it!
GeorgeWhat! It's only eight fifteen.
PorterI'm sorry, sir. That clock's ten minutes slow.
GeorgeWhen's the next train?
PorterIn five hours' time!