Quatro Casamentos...

Gareth - I've got a new theory about marriage. Two people are in love, they live together, and then suddenly one day, they run out of conversation.

Charles - Uh-huh.

Gareth - Totally. I mean they can't think of a single thing to say to each other. That's it--panic! Then suddenly it--it occurs to the chap that there is a way out of the deadlock.

Charles - Which is?

Gareth - He'll ask her to marry him.

Charles - Brilliant! Brilliant!

Gareth - Suddenly they've got something to talk about for the rest of their lives.

Charles - Basically you're saying marriage is just a way of getting out of an embarrassing pause in conversation.

Gareth - The definitive icebreaker.