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Only Fools and Horses · Season 1

Only Fools and Horses Season 1 quotes

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S1 E15Unfinished Business

Have you decided what colour the walls will be?

Oh yes of course you don't think I'd leave something that important to the last minute, do you? (to Rodney) Get that lid off!.

(struggling to open a tin of paint) I'm trying.

I thought... and you can shoot me down in flames if you like Mr. Chin, but what I thought the colour these walls should be... (to Rodney) Have you got the lid off yet?!?

Blue.

What?

I like blue.

Oh blue. Je suis frontiers. That is exactly what I thought. I thought why don't we paint these walls a nice subtle shade of blue.

What shade of blue?

Yellow.

And then I changed my mind. I thought not blue. I thought we should paint them gold.

That's yellow.

This is gold, Rodney. Are you illiterate or something? You see I remembered the name of your beautiful restaurant. Gold for the Golden Lotus.

[A cat escapes from Mr. Chin's Golden Lotus restaurant.]

Don't let him go! That's not gonna please Mr Chin, ain't it?

Was it his pet?

No, but number 39 is off the menu.

You swore to me it wasn't nicked. Bankrupt stock you said.

British Rail, same thing init?

(Rodney is angry after finding out the paint used for the kitchen was hooky) Tunnels?

What?

No, he said that!

Trigger said the paint was used for painting signs in tunnels, well how can you see a sign in a tunnel, it's pitch black innit?

Nah it's alright, this is luminous.

See Grandad, it's luminous, which means you can see in the... Luminous?!

(on the telephone) Oh, hello Mr. Chin. No Del's gone out. I'm not sure... Where have you gone to, Del?

[Del on the telephone to Mr. Chin; Mr. Chin's kitchen walls are luminous yellow.]

Don't you "Hello, Mr. Chin" me! What have you done to my walls?!

Glowing, are they? Tell them not to be frightened, cos this is new energy saving paint we're using. It's designed to cut down on the electricity bills. Yeah. Yes. Yes, I understand. I'll be round to see you first thing in the morning. (puts the receiver down)

Does he want his money back?

No, he wants you to go round tomorrow and do out his living room in it!

[At a graveyard, on the brow of the hill, their mother's monument is glowing a luminous yellow in the night sky. It looks radioactive.]

Oh my good gawd...

Is this where you've been for the last couple of days, painting Mum's monument??

It was her favourite colour and we both agreed it needed brightening up.

Brightening? It looks more like a rocket launch!

Well, I didn't know it was going to be luminous, did I?

Do you realise our mum's grave is now going to become a beacon for every Satanist and acid-head in England? There's gonna be white witches dancing round that on a full moon! There's going to be chicken blood everywhere!

What worries me is that it's on the main flight path to Heathrow!

I wish you two could see yourselves; there's Mum and her monument, she's fast asleep, the third coat's hardly dry and you're already quivering in your shoes. Well, I'll tell you this much, I don't regret that I did it, and I will not bow my head to any snotty-nosed town hall clerks and their narrow-minded rules! I shall look 'em straight in the face and say "I am the man who's responsible and I'm proud of it!" [Del takes another look at the monument, grimaces and turns to face Rodney and Grandad] We'll put it down to vandals. Come on, let's get out of here before we get our collars felt!

You were gun-running in the middle of a civil war?

Well, that's the best time to do it Rodney, supply and demand.

Why you dirty little mercenary.

Oh we didn't do it purely for financial gain. Oh no, we both felt a deep commitment to a political cause.

Which side were you selling to?

Well whichever side had the most money, really.

[discussing Grandad's arrest] They'll just deport him again.

Just deport him? You're joking! They've just had the World Cup here, haven't they?! They've got half of Manchester and Glasgow to get rid of first! By the time we get him back, he'll be eating paella and calling us gringoes!

(in the cell, recounting his earlier experience with the Spanish authorities) ...they took Nobby away and tortured him...all through the night, you could hear his screams!

Woke you up at one point, didn't it?

(shaking his head) The last thing on my mind was sleep, but no matter how hard they tried, Nobby wouldn't say a word... and then it were my turn...

(briefly concerned) What... they tortured you?

No... but they would have done if I hadn't told them everything I knew!

[The Trotters have just finished attending an auction.]

Can you manage, Grandad?

Yeah, I think so, Del.

Mind your hernia! That's not bad, you know? I reckon we done well there.

Waste of money if you ask me, come all this way and all.

What do you mean a waste of money? They're beautiful! Not only are they exquisite ornaments, guaranteed to brighten any sideboard, they are also a revolving musical box!

They are China cats that play "How Much Is That Doggy In The Window."

What do you want for £1.25, "Okla-bleeding-homa"?!

Don't you think it's a bit sick? A cat playing a song about a dog.

No, it means they're unique.

It means there was a balls-up at the factory and they put the wrong chimes in.

When a North Korean came to live in London, he thought that Battersea dog's home was a takeway.

Grandad! How you getting on?

All right Del Boy. I found it Del.

There you are, he's found the nut. Told you we could trust him.

I'm starting to undo it.

DRDel & Rodney

(rushing under the chandelier with the tarpaulin) Noooo!!!

You silly old duffer, we ain't up the ladders yet!

Grandad, don't you touch nothing 'til we tell you!

Right up we go Rodders. Anything you want?

Yeah, I wanna go home.

All right Grandad, we're ready. You can start undoing it now.

(unscrewing the bolt) It's coming, Del Boy. One more turn, Del.

Right, now brace yourself Rodney, brace yourself.

[Grandad hits the screw with a hammer and the other chandelier falls to the ground and smashes, while Del and Rodney both look on in horror]

(calmy, to Rodney) Grandad was undoing the other chandelier.

How can you tell?

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