and 'look , you 've left more than half of it and it cost a dollar a pound , ' and 'of course it 's cold , but that 's because you 've been playing footsie with the young lady opposite and have n't been concentrating on your dinner , ' and when all else failed 'there 's little children in klatch you know ... 'cit was a phrase of her mother 's , but she 'd obviously missed some significant part of it .