Fawlty Towers (TV Series)
Basil the Rat (1979)
Ballard Berkeley: Major Gowen
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Quotes
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Major Gowen : But they spread disease, Fawlty! He was sitting there, on that table! Eating the nuts, if you please!
Basil Fawlty : [to himself] He's really gone this time...
Major Gowen : [measuring the length with his hands] It was like that, about that size.
Major Gowen : [widening the length] That, with a tail.
Basil Fawlty : [confused] I'm sorry? What did you say it was?
Major Gowen : Vermin. A dirty rat!
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[the Major is in the bar with a rifle, stalking a rat. Basil is behind him, unaware of what the Major is doing]
Basil Fawlty : Do you need any help, Major?
Major Gowen : Don't move!
[Points the rifle at Basil]
Major Gowen : ...Vermin.
[Basil mishears and rolls eyes]
Basil Fawlty : We haven't got any this week, Major.
Major Gowen : Hm?
Basil Fawlty : No Germans staying this week, Major.
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[Major Gowen is carrying a gun to shoot vermin, but Basil misheard and thinks that he wants to shoot Germans]
Basil Fawlty : Not legal actually, anymore, murder.
Major Gowen : But they're animals, Fawlty!
Basil Fawlty : Oh, yes, yes. Still, forgive and forget, eh?
Major Gowen : Forgive 'em?
Basil Fawlty : Well, pretend we do.