Baldrick and Blackadder in “Unfinished Business”

Baldrick

I'm glad to say I don't think you'll be needing those pills, Mr. B.

Am I jumping the gun, Baldrick, or are the words "I have a cunning plan" marching with ill-deserved confidence in the direction of this conversation?

Baldrick

They certainly are.

Well, forgive me if I don't jump and and down with glee. Your record in this department is not one hundred percent. So what's the plan?

Baldrick

We do nothing.

Yup, it's another world-beater.

Baldrick

I haven't finished. We do nothing until our heads have actually been cut off.

And then we spring into action?

Baldrick

Exactly. You know how, when you cut a chicken's head off, it runs 'round and 'round the farmyard?

Yes...

Baldrick

Well, we wait until our heads have been cut off, then we run 'round and 'round the farmyard, out the farm gate and escape. What do you think?

Yes, my opinion is rather difficult to express in words, so perhaps I can put it this way. [twists Baldrick's nose]

Baldrick

It doesn't really matter, 'cause the Scarlet Pimpernel will save us anyway.

No he won't, Baldrick! Either I think of an idea, or tomorrow we die. Which I have no intention of doing, because I want to be young and wild, then I want to be middle-aged and rich, then I want to be old and annoy people by pretending that I'm deaf.