[thoughtful, serious] Notebook, eh? Come to think of it, there was something about that in the report. Something about her looking at her notebook and making a phone call... This must be it. This telephone number with the big circle around it. Aren't you curious to know who she was calling?

[agreement, whispery] You can say that again. And I've never seen anybody use stairs the way he does... I hear he's dancing his way up the stairs of promotion that same airy way.

[overreacting, completely serious] Fool! Don't you know that women can make themselves appear slim through fashion?! To this day, I STILL don't know how much my wife really weighs! Hmph! You'll never make detective at that rate!