1 00:00:02,047 --> 00:00:04,686 (THUNDER RUMBLING) 2 00:00:20,847 --> 00:00:22,963 (THUNDER CLAPPING) 3 00:00:33,127 --> 00:00:37,678 Switchboard operators Say they're gonna put you through and then leave you here to rot to death 4 00:00:41,607 --> 00:00:44,599 And speak to you like an insect into the bargain 5 00:00:46,327 --> 00:00:47,806 Have I've been cut Hello? 6 00:00:47,887 --> 00:00:52,119 Yes I don't know if you remember me, Victor Meldrew, the talking cockroach 7 00:00:52,207 --> 00:00:54,721 I'm one of your jurors in jury service this week 8 00:00:54,807 --> 00:00:59,437 and I was just ringing up to see if I'd be required again tomorrow or I should 9 00:01:00,367 --> 00:01:01,436 Ah 10 00:01:02,247 --> 00:01:04,397 Right Thank you then Bye 11 00:01:06,087 --> 00:01:09,841 Five days on the trot, I haven't even set foot inside a courtroom yet 12 00:01:11,247 --> 00:01:13,238 You can't do anything else when you're on call 13 00:01:13,327 --> 00:01:16,125 Can't organise anything, can't plan anything 14 00:01:17,047 --> 00:01:18,878 Gives you the willies 15 00:01:24,207 --> 00:01:27,324 I suppose you're going to keep that up all day now, are you, as well? 16 00:01:27,407 --> 00:01:28,681 (THUNDER RUMBLING) 17 00:01:28,767 --> 00:01:31,361 I swear blind there's someone up there watching 18 00:01:31,447 --> 00:01:33,881 ''Yes, I think I can just see Meldrew 19 00:01:33,967 --> 00:01:37,516 ''unwinding the flex on his lawnmower, let's piss it down'' 20 00:01:39,887 --> 00:01:44,677 Hundred and one things to do out there and I'm stuck in here like the Prisoner of Zenda 21 00:01:49,087 --> 00:01:52,875 I wonder if I was to pick that scab off, it would start bleeding 22 00:01:56,687 --> 00:01:59,645 All dried up now like a Kellogg's bran flake 23 00:02:01,687 --> 00:02:04,599 Leave it alone, for goodness sake It will come off on its own 24 00:02:04,687 --> 00:02:07,076 Let it take its natural course 25 00:02:17,287 --> 00:02:20,836 What makes you yawn apart from anything starring Robert Mitchum? 26 00:02:24,287 --> 00:02:26,755 Reflex, I suppose 27 00:02:40,047 --> 00:02:41,446 (HUMMING) 28 00:02:52,047 --> 00:02:53,162 Oh! 29 00:02:53,767 --> 00:02:57,965 There you are Couldn't wait, could you? Just couldn't leave it alone! 30 00:02:58,047 --> 00:03:02,120 Now you've made it a hundred times worse I knew that would happen 31 00:03:05,407 --> 00:03:08,001 I wonder if you can get tetanus from a Barclaycard 32 00:03:10,167 --> 00:03:14,319 The things you can cut yourself on these days never ceases to amaze me 33 00:03:17,887 --> 00:03:19,764 What does lockjaw feel like? 34 00:03:22,207 --> 00:03:24,243 Probably feels like this 35 00:03:26,767 --> 00:03:28,837 I feel sick now with all that 36 00:03:29,367 --> 00:03:32,598 Getting that colicky sensation back again 37 00:03:34,207 --> 00:03:36,357 Abdominal disorders 38 00:03:37,087 --> 00:03:39,521 Abdominal disorders, where are we 39 00:03:41,687 --> 00:03:43,040 My God! 40 00:03:43,687 --> 00:03:45,439 ''Colon tumour 41 00:03:46,487 --> 00:03:49,285 ''Often no symptoms in the early stages'' 42 00:03:49,807 --> 00:03:51,604 Exactly what I've got 43 00:03:53,807 --> 00:03:55,035 Stop it 44 00:03:56,247 --> 00:03:57,999 Oh! I've seen it again 45 00:03:58,087 --> 00:04:01,079 Every time I go through this medical book, I try not to see it 46 00:04:01,167 --> 00:04:03,601 and it always falls open at the same page 47 00:04:03,687 --> 00:04:05,996 Zip fastener injuries! 48 00:04:08,207 --> 00:04:09,242 Ooh! 49 00:04:09,327 --> 00:04:11,966 Makes you weep just at that thought 50 00:04:13,287 --> 00:04:16,404 I shall have to stick a thimble on the end again now, seeing that 51 00:04:18,567 --> 00:04:21,479 Put it away and stop fretting about everything 52 00:04:27,727 --> 00:04:31,720 That crack wasn't as long as that yesterday, surely 53 00:04:32,287 --> 00:04:36,997 Look at that I can get my fingernail right in there now 54 00:04:37,087 --> 00:04:38,805 That wasn't like that before 55 00:04:40,527 --> 00:04:42,358 Ground subsidence 56 00:04:43,807 --> 00:04:46,082 Ground subsidence 57 00:04:48,767 --> 00:04:51,042 Is this floor sloping to one side now? 58 00:04:51,887 --> 00:04:55,038 Or is it the stockings sliding about inside my slippers? 59 00:04:56,967 --> 00:04:58,719 Oh, please! 60 00:04:59,047 --> 00:05:01,322 You'll drive yourself up the bloody wall 61 00:05:02,167 --> 00:05:04,044 It's just shrinkage 62 00:05:04,127 --> 00:05:07,961 The house is not going to suddenly collapse on top of your head 63 00:05:13,127 --> 00:05:17,405 What are you doing up there, strutting around as though you own the lampshade? 64 00:05:18,247 --> 00:05:21,478 Well, I'm sorry, matey, we're not going to have any of that 65 00:05:22,087 --> 00:05:23,918 Thank you very much 66 00:05:25,207 --> 00:05:27,118 Where do daddy longlegs come from? 67 00:05:27,447 --> 00:05:29,915 Saw one flitting up and down the shower curtain this morning 68 00:05:30,007 --> 00:05:32,919 till I managed to slow him down with some hair lacquer 69 00:05:34,927 --> 00:05:36,645 Just a little quirk of mine 70 00:05:36,727 --> 00:05:39,685 I never share a bath with anything that's got six legs 71 00:05:43,927 --> 00:05:45,963 Earwigs, bumble bees 72 00:05:47,487 --> 00:05:49,443 The Dudley Moore Trio 73 00:05:51,167 --> 00:05:55,206 Now the trick here is to get a hold of him without breaking too many of his 74 00:05:55,287 --> 00:05:57,005 Ooh Bugger it 75 00:05:59,687 --> 00:06:02,963 Come here, come here Got you 76 00:06:10,127 --> 00:06:12,436 Go on What are you waiting for, a parachute? 77 00:06:15,847 --> 00:06:19,601 He'll be all right now He's limped straight into that Lucozade can 78 00:06:21,007 --> 00:06:22,520 And good riddance! 79 00:06:24,647 --> 00:06:27,366 Have to have some jollop for this stomach It's no good 80 00:06:32,047 --> 00:06:33,958 Now, where is it? 81 00:06:35,167 --> 00:06:36,759 Pepto-Bismol 82 00:06:44,367 --> 00:06:48,838 Never know whether to drink this stuff or clean the windows with it 83 00:06:56,927 --> 00:06:58,326 ''Caution 84 00:06:58,407 --> 00:07:02,036 ''This medication can lead to darkening of the stool'' 85 00:07:10,287 --> 00:07:12,243 I sincerely hope not 86 00:07:14,887 --> 00:07:18,800 Now that's something I could be doing Cleaning those Venetian blinds 87 00:07:18,887 --> 00:07:21,526 They're filthy and caked in dust! 88 00:07:21,607 --> 00:07:24,326 I've been putting that job off for months now 89 00:07:31,127 --> 00:07:35,439 Oh, God! I'm bored out of my skull 90 00:07:37,087 --> 00:07:40,284 And I swear this is getting stiffer by the minute 91 00:07:42,087 --> 00:07:44,555 I'll probably be dead by 5:30 92 00:07:46,207 --> 00:07:51,076 ''Man contracts horrific muscular disorder in order to avoid watching Neighbours. '' 93 00:07:56,167 --> 00:07:59,443 What in the name of bloody hell! 94 00:08:00,447 --> 00:08:03,200 I do not believe it! 95 00:08:03,447 --> 00:08:06,325 In the name of sanity, I do 96 00:08:07,407 --> 00:08:08,726 That's it 97 00:08:08,807 --> 00:08:12,561 That is just about the absolute limit of all bloody time 98 00:08:17,087 --> 00:08:19,442 I mean, what was he Hello! 99 00:08:19,687 --> 00:08:23,157 Yes I'd like to speak to the manager, please, and be quick about it 100 00:08:24,367 --> 00:08:25,641 Meldrew! 101 00:08:26,247 --> 00:08:28,124 No, he doesn't, but he will shortly 102 00:08:30,687 --> 00:08:34,726 Hello! Is that Mr PT Sturgeon? 103 00:08:35,047 --> 00:08:37,322 Yes, well, it's about the large yucca plant 104 00:08:37,407 --> 00:08:40,285 your garden centre delivered to my house this morning 105 00:08:40,367 --> 00:08:43,677 Yes, a young chap, I didn't catch his name, it may have been Frank Spencer 106 00:08:46,527 --> 00:08:49,644 Well, I'll tell you exactly what the problem is, Mr Sturgeon 107 00:08:49,727 --> 00:08:52,002 I was out the back working in the garden when he arrived 108 00:08:52,087 --> 00:08:56,080 so I asked him if, for the time being, he'd put it in the downstairs toilet for me 109 00:08:56,167 --> 00:09:00,046 And do you know what he's done? He's only planted it in the pan! 110 00:09:02,927 --> 00:09:04,121 Yes 111 00:09:04,727 --> 00:09:07,924 Yes Actually in the lavatory pan 112 00:09:08,007 --> 00:09:10,077 with compost and everything! 113 00:09:10,167 --> 00:09:14,638 I mean, how anyone could be so utterly goofy just boggles the mind! 114 00:09:18,807 --> 00:09:21,401 A mistake anyone could have made? 115 00:09:22,887 --> 00:09:25,640 Are you stark I mean, what am I supposed to do? 116 00:09:25,727 --> 00:09:28,878 Cock my leg against the trunk like a Yorkshire Terrier? 117 00:09:31,087 --> 00:09:32,486 No, I would not! 118 00:09:32,567 --> 00:09:34,603 I'll do it myself, thank you very much 119 00:09:34,687 --> 00:09:36,803 And in future, I suggest you try and hire some people 120 00:09:36,887 --> 00:09:39,242 with a bit of common sense between their ears! 121 00:09:45,167 --> 00:09:47,727 Put it in the downstairs toilet 122 00:09:57,567 --> 00:09:58,886 (SIGHING) 123 00:10:00,247 --> 00:10:03,683 Perhaps I'll have a stab at the cryptic crossword 124 00:10:04,407 --> 00:10:05,476 Yes 125 00:10:06,607 --> 00:10:08,438 Now, what did I do with it? 126 00:10:11,927 --> 00:10:13,076 There 127 00:10:19,767 --> 00:10:22,076 Now, one across 128 00:10:22,927 --> 00:10:26,397 ''Mad poet mugged by banjo player 129 00:10:26,487 --> 00:10:28,603 ''sees red when eating pickles'' 130 00:10:28,727 --> 00:10:30,558 Three and four 131 00:10:31,887 --> 00:10:33,605 Mad poet 132 00:10:35,207 --> 00:10:37,767 mugged by banjo player 133 00:10:40,247 --> 00:10:43,319 sees red when eating pickles 134 00:10:49,447 --> 00:10:52,644 Um, five across 135 00:10:53,367 --> 00:10:58,122 ''Bag eggnog but get a tad bugged'' 136 00:10:58,927 --> 00:11:00,406 Four letters 137 00:11:02,887 --> 00:11:06,357 Bag eggnog 138 00:11:09,087 --> 00:11:11,203 but get a tad bugged 139 00:11:17,407 --> 00:11:18,635 Two down 140 00:11:18,727 --> 00:11:23,039 Um, ''Elk's ego gets my goat 141 00:11:23,647 --> 00:11:26,639 ''Head of MI5 upset the French 142 00:11:27,087 --> 00:11:30,397 ''by reversing into dad's underpants 143 00:11:30,687 --> 00:11:32,245 ''It's a doddle'' 144 00:11:37,487 --> 00:11:41,366 Elk's ego gets my goat 145 00:11:45,807 --> 00:11:47,206 (SIGHING) 146 00:11:47,287 --> 00:11:50,085 I'm sorry I don't seem to be able to do the crossword today 147 00:11:50,167 --> 00:11:53,523 as I appear to be temporarily out of mind-bending drugs 148 00:11:53,807 --> 00:11:56,196 I mean, who compiles the thing anyway? 149 00:11:58,927 --> 00:12:01,395 When's that next hospital appointment? 150 00:12:02,407 --> 00:12:04,967 I've an idea it's next week 151 00:12:12,527 --> 00:12:15,644 Yes, Tuesday at 1 0:00 152 00:12:18,607 --> 00:12:22,395 Yes I suppose that'll be another barrel of chuckles 153 00:12:23,087 --> 00:12:28,036 Having my most intimate areas probed by a consultant that looks like Yasser Arafat 154 00:12:30,687 --> 00:12:35,158 Still, not her fault, I suppose Can't help her looks 155 00:12:37,367 --> 00:12:38,766 (TELEPHONE RINGING) 156 00:12:38,847 --> 00:12:40,326 (SIGHING) 157 00:12:40,407 --> 00:12:46,118 Please, let it not be Mrs Warboys to tell me about her holiday in Cork 158 00:12:46,607 --> 00:12:51,044 A blow-by-blow account of every second of every day 159 00:12:51,127 --> 00:12:53,277 Please, anything but that 160 00:12:53,927 --> 00:12:55,326 4-2-9-1 161 00:12:56,007 --> 00:12:57,235 WOMAN: Good morning. 162 00:12:57,327 --> 00:12:59,761 Good morning, Mrs Warboys How was Cork? 163 00:13:02,087 --> 00:13:05,762 Yes Lovely! Mmm-hmm 164 00:13:06,447 --> 00:13:08,085 Yes, well, I'd love to chat 165 00:13:08,167 --> 00:13:12,718 but I'm afraid I'm actually in the middle of jury service at this precise moment 166 00:13:14,887 --> 00:13:17,321 Yes, you told us that in the postcard 167 00:13:17,767 --> 00:13:19,803 Yes, you told us that as well 168 00:13:20,607 --> 00:13:24,520 Yes, very interesting Mmm-hmm, uh-huh 169 00:13:32,367 --> 00:13:33,925 Bloody hell 170 00:13:35,567 --> 00:13:37,523 How long has that been there for? 171 00:13:38,847 --> 00:13:40,519 Bloody pens! 172 00:13:54,727 --> 00:13:56,683 Now where's my flannel got to? 173 00:13:56,767 --> 00:14:01,079 I leave it on the rail and she has to put it away ''so we know where things are'' 174 00:14:01,367 --> 00:14:05,519 I mean, it doesn't work, does it? 'Cause I bloody well don't know where it is 175 00:14:05,607 --> 00:14:08,519 ''The riddle of the Bermuda Triangle was finally solved today 176 00:14:08,607 --> 00:14:11,565 ''when it was revealed that Mrs Margaret Meldrew of 1 9 River Bank 177 00:14:11,647 --> 00:14:15,435 ''had for the past 50 years been putting all the ships and planes away 178 00:14:15,527 --> 00:14:17,563 ''so we'd know where they were'' 179 00:14:22,687 --> 00:14:24,086 Madness 180 00:14:24,607 --> 00:14:26,757 (THUNDER RUMBLING) 181 00:14:38,647 --> 00:14:40,285 (MRS WARBOYS TALKING ON PHONE) 182 00:14:40,367 --> 00:14:41,766 Oh, yes? 183 00:14:42,887 --> 00:14:44,286 Yeah Uh-huh? 184 00:14:51,887 --> 00:14:54,765 The top of this radiator is completely cold again 185 00:15:04,967 --> 00:15:06,320 (EXCLAIMS) 186 00:15:07,767 --> 00:15:10,327 What the hell is the matter with this thing? 187 00:15:10,407 --> 00:15:12,159 Bleeding radiators 188 00:15:13,247 --> 00:15:16,842 Bleeding radiators, what would that come under? 189 00:15:17,487 --> 00:15:18,920 Here we are 190 00:15:19,447 --> 00:15:22,883 ''The flow is reduced to a scorching hot dribble 191 00:15:23,727 --> 00:15:26,161 ''See under Chronic Cystitis'' 192 00:15:31,687 --> 00:15:33,439 Wrong ruddy book now 193 00:15:45,727 --> 00:15:47,399 Oh, I see 194 00:15:48,927 --> 00:15:50,042 Lovely 195 00:15:51,167 --> 00:15:53,362 Yes, right, but Yeah, right 196 00:15:53,447 --> 00:15:56,041 Yes, bye, Mrs Warboys 197 00:15:58,607 --> 00:16:00,006 (SIGHING) 198 00:16:07,327 --> 00:16:10,239 There must be something constructive you can do 199 00:16:11,167 --> 00:16:14,159 What about that letter to Alfred? That's long overdue 200 00:16:15,487 --> 00:16:19,196 Now, see if I can get a pen here that doesn't leak 201 00:16:27,327 --> 00:16:28,555 Dear Alfred, 202 00:16:31,407 --> 00:16:35,605 thank you very much 203 00:16:36,407 --> 00:16:38,762 for your last letter 204 00:16:39,407 --> 00:16:41,557 and the nude photographs 205 00:16:43,527 --> 00:16:45,836 No, I don't think he'd appreciate that 206 00:16:47,847 --> 00:16:52,557 Six months old I was there And I don't look any different from what I am now 207 00:16:54,447 --> 00:16:57,245 Might have put some clothes on before they took it 208 00:16:58,007 --> 00:16:59,884 Not a bad little body, though 209 00:17:00,927 --> 00:17:03,361 Fancy keeping all these all this time 210 00:17:06,607 --> 00:17:08,165 (RUSTLING) 211 00:17:17,887 --> 00:17:18,876 Mmm! 212 00:17:23,687 --> 00:17:24,915 Dear Alfred, 213 00:17:26,727 --> 00:17:31,801 I'm sorry I haven't written sooner 214 00:17:33,327 --> 00:17:37,320 but it is all go at this end 215 00:17:52,367 --> 00:17:54,562 I can't think of anything else to write now 216 00:17:57,287 --> 00:17:59,755 Perhaps I'll write to him when I've got more time 217 00:18:02,927 --> 00:18:06,681 I'm sorry, Mr Woodlouse You weren't going anywhere special, were you? 218 00:18:11,967 --> 00:18:14,276 Any more of you while I'm at it? 219 00:18:14,367 --> 00:18:18,963 No, you've all scuttled off for cover, haven't you? Till I leave the room 220 00:18:19,047 --> 00:18:22,756 Breed like bloody wildfire Must be sex-mad 221 00:18:28,527 --> 00:18:31,246 I could just eat a plate of chips now 222 00:18:32,767 --> 00:18:37,636 With two runny fried eggs and OK Fruity Sauce 223 00:18:43,487 --> 00:18:47,116 No Had that yesterday 224 00:18:48,487 --> 00:18:50,603 Had it the day before as well 225 00:18:50,687 --> 00:18:52,757 I'll soon start to look like a chip 226 00:18:53,207 --> 00:18:56,643 Have to have something healthier today to balance it out 227 00:18:58,767 --> 00:19:02,203 Have an organic rice cake with cottage cheese on 228 00:19:06,327 --> 00:19:08,602 Of course, I could always grill the chips 229 00:19:09,407 --> 00:19:13,002 No Not as nice as cooking them in fat That's the best part of it 230 00:19:14,167 --> 00:19:18,001 Ate a whole slab of Cadbury's Diary Milk yesterday 231 00:19:19,487 --> 00:19:22,843 All in one go One of those massive half-pound blocks 232 00:19:22,927 --> 00:19:24,883 Made me feel totally sick 233 00:19:27,367 --> 00:19:29,005 Swore I'd never do that again 234 00:19:41,407 --> 00:19:42,681 Just 235 00:19:45,127 --> 00:19:48,403 I'll just have two small squares for now 236 00:19:49,327 --> 00:19:50,919 Won't do any harm 237 00:20:07,967 --> 00:20:10,083 Oh, there's four and a half there 238 00:20:11,327 --> 00:20:12,601 Never mind 239 00:20:24,007 --> 00:20:28,159 ''The Lord is thy judge He is all-seeing and all-knowing 240 00:20:28,247 --> 00:20:30,044 ''He knoweth when thou sineth 241 00:20:30,127 --> 00:20:33,676 ''and when lust and licentious burn in thy breast 242 00:20:37,127 --> 00:20:40,961 ''And he knoweth you called us a pair of persistent bastards last week 243 00:20:41,207 --> 00:20:45,837 ''and told us to sod off and leave you in peace May the Lord have mercy on your soul'' 244 00:20:48,007 --> 00:20:50,646 They must've written that last bit on themselves 245 00:21:05,767 --> 00:21:08,600 I suppose I was a bit harsh on them that day 246 00:21:09,487 --> 00:21:12,843 I suppose if I was religious I wouldn't have killed that woodlouse 247 00:21:12,927 --> 00:21:14,599 He wasn't doing anyone any harm 248 00:21:14,687 --> 00:21:16,917 Just waddling across the floor, minding his own business 249 00:21:17,007 --> 00:21:19,475 Going for a quiet stroll along the gripper rod 250 00:21:21,247 --> 00:21:26,196 For no apparent reason I just callously murdered it in cold blood 251 00:21:27,807 --> 00:21:29,001 Discrimination 252 00:21:29,807 --> 00:21:32,321 Didn't do that with the daddy longlegs, did I? 253 00:21:32,407 --> 00:21:36,525 No, he was picked up with a nice fluffy duster and shaken out of the window 254 00:21:37,807 --> 00:21:40,002 Talk about a classless society 255 00:21:41,087 --> 00:21:44,318 Just couldn't believe that last election result 256 00:21:44,407 --> 00:21:48,559 It's like hiring a man-eating shark as your children's swimming instructor 257 00:21:49,447 --> 00:21:54,441 ''Yes, I know it bit my baby's head off last time but I still think it deserves another chance'' 258 00:21:59,047 --> 00:22:03,245 Oh, come on You didn't come up here for anything specific in the first place 259 00:22:28,007 --> 00:22:32,558 I know what I'll have to cheer myself up Beans on toast 260 00:22:33,647 --> 00:22:37,196 Always enjoy that with sunflower margarine 261 00:22:49,087 --> 00:22:53,160 I got stuck behind that same old weirdo in the supermarket yesterday 262 00:22:53,247 --> 00:22:56,159 The one with the permanent boil on the back of his head 263 00:22:57,007 --> 00:22:59,726 It never seems to get any smaller or heal up or anything 264 00:22:59,807 --> 00:23:02,196 Not as long as I've been shopping there 265 00:23:02,527 --> 00:23:04,040 First time I saw it 266 00:23:04,127 --> 00:23:07,961 I thought he was wearing one of those Comic Relief noses back to front as a joke 267 00:23:11,487 --> 00:23:12,522 Come on 268 00:23:13,807 --> 00:23:16,799 Yes, an adventure and a half going into that place 269 00:23:16,887 --> 00:23:18,605 Always something happening 270 00:23:19,767 --> 00:23:22,998 One of the bakery staff lost his toupee the other day 271 00:23:23,567 --> 00:23:27,162 Came out with a tray of baps wearing a tea towel on his head 272 00:23:28,647 --> 00:23:30,717 You can't tell me that's hygienic 273 00:23:34,567 --> 00:23:36,239 This shirt is getting too small 274 00:23:36,327 --> 00:23:39,797 Look at that Just a great mound of crisps, chocolate and chips 275 00:23:40,927 --> 00:23:43,157 I shall have to start cutting down the 276 00:23:45,367 --> 00:23:46,561 Oh, no 277 00:23:47,047 --> 00:23:50,483 Oh, no Please, not that Where did that come from? 278 00:23:51,487 --> 00:23:52,886 A new mole! 279 00:23:54,727 --> 00:23:58,879 That's something you never want to see That must've come up overnight 280 00:23:59,727 --> 00:24:01,445 That wasn't there before this 281 00:24:09,247 --> 00:24:11,841 What's the point? You know it all off by heart anyway 282 00:24:12,247 --> 00:24:13,600 Just keep calm 283 00:24:14,527 --> 00:24:18,645 You're going to see a skin specialist next Tuesday, you can show it to her 284 00:24:21,807 --> 00:24:23,957 I might be dead by next Tuesday 285 00:24:27,727 --> 00:24:28,921 Oh, God! 286 00:24:30,207 --> 00:24:31,276 That's it 287 00:24:32,487 --> 00:24:33,636 I'm finished 288 00:24:36,167 --> 00:24:37,600 It's all over 289 00:24:40,607 --> 00:24:44,600 You know what this is This is your punishment for killing that woodlouse 290 00:24:45,727 --> 00:24:48,639 Probably a capital offence if I did but know it 291 00:24:52,567 --> 00:24:55,081 ''And may the Lord have mercy on your soul'' 292 00:24:56,767 --> 00:25:00,726 I've been tried, convicted and sentenced all in the space of ten minutes 293 00:25:02,287 --> 00:25:03,515 (SIGHING) 294 00:25:05,487 --> 00:25:07,876 Still, I've had a good life 295 00:25:11,287 --> 00:25:13,118 I've had a bloody awful life! 296 00:25:18,407 --> 00:25:24,198 Well, I suppose you may as well write a farewell letter to your brother and get it over with 297 00:25:31,327 --> 00:25:32,555 Dear Alfred, 298 00:25:36,847 --> 00:25:39,998 this is probably 299 00:25:40,327 --> 00:25:43,763 the last time I 300 00:25:46,567 --> 00:25:47,966 I don't believe 301 00:25:49,447 --> 00:25:51,756 Am I seeing things or 302 00:26:00,687 --> 00:26:05,078 (LAUGHING) Oh, no It's in the same place! It's the same 303 00:26:05,487 --> 00:26:08,206 Hold on, it might be a speck in the negative 304 00:26:09,647 --> 00:26:12,207 Oh, no, it's definitely there 305 00:26:12,287 --> 00:26:16,565 It's been there all the time, for 61 years! 306 00:26:17,007 --> 00:26:20,363 Absolutely incredible I've had a mole on my stomach all my life 307 00:26:20,447 --> 00:26:22,403 and I've only seen it this day 308 00:26:22,487 --> 00:26:24,557 Oh, thank you for that 309 00:26:26,327 --> 00:26:30,320 Oh, God, sentenced to death and I managed to get off with life 310 00:26:32,807 --> 00:26:36,402 I'll never be rude to another Jehovah's Witness for as long as I live 311 00:26:39,567 --> 00:26:41,842 I'll never be rude to anyone again 312 00:26:42,727 --> 00:26:44,445 I mean, let's face it 313 00:26:44,527 --> 00:26:49,442 If you've got your health, what else is there possibly to worry about? 314 00:26:50,647 --> 00:26:54,925 I mean, you just don't know how well off you are 315 00:26:58,407 --> 00:27:02,195 What in the name of bloody hell? 316 00:27:03,247 --> 00:27:06,842 I do not believe it! 317 00:27:18,527 --> 00:27:19,880 ''J 318 00:27:19,967 --> 00:27:23,960 ''JL Denkins, hairpieces of distinction'' 319 00:27:24,047 --> 00:27:26,766 Well, that just about takes the biscuit! 320 00:27:27,567 --> 00:27:31,196 I mean, dropping your wig in the bloody baking dough! 321 00:27:31,287 --> 00:27:34,757 I mean, he must've realised that it had come off, for God's sake! 322 00:27:34,847 --> 00:27:39,159 Well, this is just about it This is the absolute bloody limit of all bloody time! 323 00:27:40,407 --> 00:27:42,762 I mean, what am I going to find next? 324 00:27:42,847 --> 00:27:45,281 A false arm in the French stick? 325 00:27:45,367 --> 00:27:48,723 Glass eyes staring up at me out of the coconut meringues? 326 00:27:56,727 --> 00:27:59,195 Absolutely bloody hideous! 327 00:27:59,807 --> 00:28:03,243 It'd be much more sensible wearing a loaf of bread on top of your head! 328 00:28:03,327 --> 00:28:05,397 How anyone could Hello! Yes 329 00:28:05,527 --> 00:28:08,883 I'd like to speak to the manager, please And quick about it 330 00:28:08,967 --> 00:28:10,082 Meldrew 331 00:28:10,607 --> 00:28:13,167 No, he doesn't, but he bloody well will shortly! 332 00:28:15,767 --> 00:28:17,962 I'll tell you exactly what the problem is! 333 00:28:18,047 --> 00:28:21,164 I have just bought a large loaf of your 334 00:28:21,247 --> 00:28:22,441 (THUNDER RUMBLING) 335 00:28:22,527 --> 00:28:25,041 went to cut a slice off and do you know what I found inside? 336 00:28:25,127 --> 00:28:27,436 Only somebody's bloody toupee! 337 00:28:28,007 --> 00:28:31,716 I mean, what in the name of sanity is going on in that establishment? 338 00:28:33,367 --> 00:28:36,518 # They say I might as well face the truth 339 00:28:36,607 --> 00:28:39,997 # That I am just too long in the tooth 340 00:28:40,087 --> 00:28:43,636 # I've started to deteriorate 341 00:28:43,727 --> 00:28:47,003 #And now I've passed my own sell-by date 342 00:28:47,087 --> 00:28:50,682 # Oh, I am no spring chicken, it's true 343 00:28:50,767 --> 00:28:53,964 # I have to pop my teeth in to chew 344 00:28:54,047 --> 00:28:57,357 #And my old knees have started to knock 345 00:28:57,527 --> 00:29:00,758 # I've just got too many miles on the clock 346 00:29:00,927 --> 00:29:04,806 # So I'm a wrinkly, crinkly, set in my ways 347 00:29:04,887 --> 00:29:08,402 # It's true that my body has seen better days 348 00:29:08,487 --> 00:29:12,275 # But give me half a chance and I can still misbehave 349 00:29:12,527 --> 00:29:14,643 # One foot in the grave 350 00:29:15,887 --> 00:29:18,082 # One foot in the grave 351 00:29:19,367 --> 00:29:22,006 # One foot in the grave #