"I can't even (EVEN?) see (SEE?) anyone using (USING?) a phone in that (THAT?) kitchen.................."? COULD it be alluding to a suspicion that NO calls were made from the kitchen? However, if the emphasis is placed on "THAT........" it suggests that the kitchen is such a tip no one would want to use anything in it, "..........do you know what I mean, a subtle way of alluding to the chaos. ".................There's no way I'd (I'D?) want (WANT?) to use (USE?) that (THAT) phone"?
I've laid out all the ways in which that quote MAY have been said. It's certainly caused a bit of a hoo hah but I'm damned if I can see why there are so many twisted knickers regarding it, OR what offence Bill may have taken. Surely, on an open forum, an unwritten rule is that if one can't take the heat, it's better that one avoids the kitchen. I feel perfectly certain that IF Bill feels offended by anything said in respect of his quote, he's capable of dealing with it. I wonder if the sniping might have different roots and Bill is being used as a scapegoat? Just a thought. Belated Happy Bank Holiday, all.