As Time Goes By (TV Series)
The Copper Kettle (1992)
Geoffrey Palmer: Lionel Hardcastle
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Quotes
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Lionel Hardcastle : I once got kicked in the teeth by a mule.
Jean Mary Pargetter : Where?
Lionel Hardcastle : Korea.
Jean Mary Pargetter : They look very good.
Lionel Hardcastle : What do?
Jean Mary Pargetter : The teeth.
Lionel Hardcastle : These are my own!
Jean Mary Pargetter : Oh, must have been a very puny mule.
Lionel Hardcastle : All right, I embroidered. It nearly kicked me in the teeth.
Jean Mary Pargetter : Were you wounded in Korea?
Lionel Hardcastle : Only by the mule.
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Lionel Hardcastle : Why should you turn down a rich, handsome barrister?
Jean Mary Pargetter : I didn't say he was rich.
Lionel Hardcastle : Have you ever heard of a poor barrister?
Jean Mary Pargetter : I was tempted.
Lionel Hardcastle : What, security?
Jean Mary Pargetter : No. Sex!
Lionel Hardcastle : Oh!
[chuckles]
Jean Mary Pargetter : You remember the kind of thing?
Lionel Hardcastle : Of course I remember the kind of thing.
Jean Mary Pargetter : But you thought I didn't.
Lionel Hardcastle : I thought nothing of the sort.
Jean Mary Pargetter : You know, it's typical, isn't it? It's fine for men. A man is sexually active as long as he gets one foot out of the wheelchair. A woman passes 50 and her idea of sexual activity is supposed to be soaking her feet and listening to James Last.