I've been beaten to 'Congratulations, you've won £3,000,000 on the lotto, we understand you don't want publicity and we won't try to persuade you otherwise.
Put your feet up dear I will cook tonight. Would you like a glass of wine while your waiting. Let's go out for dinner today somewhere in the country, nice pub meal and a walk afterwards.
This Blue Badge has been dealt with and will be issued immediately. (After half an hour on the phone trying to track my mother's BB. She's 95 and filling the form in took ages- has there been any improvement in her condition? will it improve in the future? WTF do they think!)
"The garage is tidy and I've got rid of all the things that might come in useful one day" and "Before I start this job I'll check to see if I already have the wood, screws, shelf brackets, tools, filler, sandpaper etc before buying more."