A scene from The Meaning of Life 1983
Nurse

Mrs Moore's contractions are more frequent, Doctor.

Obstetrician

Good. Take her into the Foetus Frightening Room.

Obstetrician

That's the machine that goes "PING!".

Obstetrician

[The machine pings.]

You see? That means your baby is still alive!

Obstetrician

Show the baby to the mother. [shakes the infant roughly at the mother] That's enough.

Mother

[After the doctors quickly drop the baby into an incubator, the mother looks up.]

A boy or a girl?

Obstetrician

Now, I think it's a little early to start imposing roles on it, don't you?

Administrator

Very impressive. What are you doing this morning?

First Doctor

It's a birth.

Administrator

And what sort of thing is that?

Second Doctor

Well, that's when we take a new baby out of a lady's tummy.

Administrator

Wonderful what we can do nowadays.

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