Posted: May 04, 2019 8:59 pm
Brings to mind:
Blackadder:
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, sir!
Blackadder:
Well, forgive me if I don't do a cartwheel of joy. Your record in this department is hardly 100%. So what is it?
Baldrick:
We do nothing.
Blackadder:
Yup. It's another world-beater!
Baldrick:
No, wait. We do nothing... until our heads have actually been cut off.
Blackadder:
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 and then out the gate?
Blackadder:
[haltingly] Yyyyyyyeah...?
Baldrick:
Well, we wait until our heads have been cut off, then we run round and round, out the gate, and escape! What do you think?
Blackadder:
My opinions are rather difficult to express in words, Baldrick. So perhaps I can put it this way... [tweaks Baldrick's nose]