What does this conversation mean? What does 'boots' mean?
- Micky Flanagan (to a woman in the audience): Have you got an education?
- Woman: Not really.
- Flanagan: How far did you get in your education?
- Woman: Boots.
- Flanagan: Boots? How high up were you in boots?
- Woman: Consultant.
- Flanagan: See! I told you you look like quality.
This is a part of a conversation that Micky Flanagan had with an audience member during a comedy performance (Micky Flanagan: Out Out Tour). (I watched this performance on YouTube.)
What does 'boots' mean? And what does this conversation mean - what kind of education does this woman have?
Micky Flanagan is an English comedian. He has a thick cockney accent. The performance was in Essex.