Does anybody (either two of you) also watch the BBC’s Coupling? Easily the funniest relationship comedy I’ve seen. I happened to trip over it late one Sunday night, when KQED (the local PBS affiliate) shows it. Very brilliant take on the sometimes overlapping relationships with 6 friends. I’m re-watching last Sunday’s episode (”Unconditional Sex”) and I’m having a hard time figuring out what the best line of the episode is:

1. “I’m fairly new to mild naughtiness”
2. “[Sex] is like cuddling, only damper”
3. Her: “How many kinds of ‘oh’ noises are there?”
   Him (with complete certainty): “27.”
   Her: “27?”
   Him: “I counted once - I had this long phone call with my mother. My mother only communicates in levels of disappointment.”
4. “It’s the unthinkable - it’s Satan with breasts!”
5. Her: “…We’re supposed to be getting married. I’d like to think the man who I’m going to spend the rest of my life with has a better reason for staying faithful than ‘it might be a trick’.”
   Him: “It wasn’t the only thing, it was just like the…. deterrent.”
   Her: “The deterrent?”
   Him: “Well, yeah, you know, like nuclear weaponry - nobody likes it, but it can help keep the peace!”
   Her: “Steve! You just compared our relationship to the Cold War!”
   Him: “Which may I remind you, really lasted!”
   Her: “So, the nature of the bond between us is in fact the threat of mutually-assured distruction?”
   Him (consoling her, while stroking her arm): “Oh, among many other things…”