There's something about most phobias where there's a tiny, tiny corner where you think this really actually could happen.

My parents were very, very close; they pretty much grew up together. They were born in 1912. They were each other's only boyfriend and girlfriend. They were - to use a contemporary term I hate - co-dependent, and they had me very late. So they had their way of doing things, and they reinforced each other.

Grime is not like messiness or some fingerprints on a cabinet; it takes a long time to accumulate.

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