Very occasionally he has a flash of inspiration / intellect, but more often than not when engaged in a conversation with Cathy about almost anything other than his specialist subject (money and the uses thereof), he can be a little dim. OK, so you wouldn't normally expect a boy to play the BVM, but come on, this is Cathy we're speaking about, and she'd hardly recount tales of a Nativity playing a typical male role, so that just leaves the angels (including Gabriel[le]), an animal (usually reserved for the youngest - nursery/reception) or the prima donna role, which, given the fact that particular play above all others is the one that's embedded in her memory, is probably the most likely character...