And now…
Albatross! Albatross!!!
Number thirty-one. The end.
Your dung. Three hundredweight of heavy droppings. Where do you want it?
Bring out’cher dead!
That’s right, sir. You get ‘Gone with the Wind’, ‘Les Miserables’ by Victor Hugo, ‘The French Lieutenant’s Woman’ and with every third book you get dung.
Later on in the film, in a brilliantly conceived montage, Longueur mercilessly exposes the violence underlying our society when Brian and Brianerte again meet on yet another rubbish dump.
So Miss Johnson returned to her typing and dreamed her little dreamy dreams, unaware as she was of the cruel trick fate had in store for her. For Miss Johnson was about to fall victim of the dreaded international Chinese Communist Conspiracy.
Oh, I’ve forgotten my line.
Ah, good Sir Philip, thy sharp-tongued wit has not deserted thee. Come, let us eat and drink. Stay with us awhile!
Right, well, up on the table, arms out, fingers together, knees bent…
You must be a looney.
| Second Bruce | Goodday, Bruce! |
|---|---|
| First Bruce | Oh, Hello Bruce! |
| Third Bruce | How are yer Bruce? |
| First Bruce | Bit crook, Bruce. |
| Second Bruce | Where’s Bruce? |
| First Bruce | He’s not here, Bruce. |
| Third Bruce | Blimey, s’hot in here, Bruce. |
| First Bruce | S’hot enough to boil a monkey’s bum! |
| Second Bruce | That’s a strange expression, Bruce. |
| First Bruce | Well Bruce, I heard the Prime Minister use it. S’hot enough to boil a monkey’s bum in ‘ere, your Majesty,’ he said and she smiled quietly to herself. |
| Third Bruce | She’s a good Sheila, Bruce and not at all stuck up. |
| Second Bruce | Ah, here comes the Bossfella now! - how are you, Bruce? |
| Enter fourth Bruce with English person, Michael | |
| Fourth Bruce | Goodday, Bruce, Hello Bruce, how are you, Bruce? Gentlemen, I’d like to introduce a chap from pommie land… who’ll be joining us this year here in the Philosophy Department of the University of Woolamaloo. |
| All | Goodday. |
| Fourth Bruce | Michael Baldwin - this is Bruce. Michael Baldwin - this is Bruce. Michael Baldwin - this is Bruce. |
| First Bruce | Is your name not Bruce, then? |
| Michael | No, it’s Michael. |
| Second Bruce | That’s going to cause a little confusion. |
| Third Bruce | Mind if we call you ‘Bruce’ to keep it clear? |
Sir Philip! Not alone!
My hovercraft is full of eels.
Do you want to come back to my place, bouncy-bouncy?
I want to go home! (cries)
'Ello, 'ello! What’s going on here?
Three men dead, the factory burnt down, the account lost and our firm completely bankrupt, what… what… what… can you possibly say?
Wink, wink, nudge, nudge.