Lindsay Woods: That high horse parked over by the barrel marked, ‘My last shred of dignity,’ is in fact mine

THERE is a scene in the film Mean Girls in which one of the lead characters, Regina George, invites her nemesis and our burgeoning heroine, Cady, to her house along with her group of friends.

It is here that we meet Mrs George, the perma-blonde, pink velour tracksuit-wearing, wannabe member of her daughters’ squad, ‘The Plastics’. Played by Amy Poehler, she delivers the now iconic line to her daughters’ friends: “I’m not like a regular Mom, I’m a cool Mom.”