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Post – October 21, 2002

Word of the Day: staunch

Sybil Fawlty (on the phone):
“Is it getting on the bedspread?………Well, call me back when you’ve staunched it.”

5 Comments

  1. The Avocado Couch

    Hooray for Fawlty Towers.

  2. Becky

    One of my favorites is when Basil, in response to Sybil’s “look,” mutters, “You’ll have to sew them back on first.”

  3. Lisa

    No, I won’t hear of it! There’s a place in Eastbourne . . .(Basil, in response to a claim that his establishment is the worst in England.)

  4. Adam

    Actually that was the Major.

    You have to understand, not only have I seen the episodes countless times (I even jrecently bought them on DVD, even though I already had them on VHS), I also have a book of the scripts that I’ve read from cover to cover.

    I am the ultimate Fawlty Towers geek.

  5. Lisa

    I stand corrected.

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