Roland Culver: Colonel Betteridge
Quotes
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Colonel Betteridge : Can't imagine anything more awful than to be a prisoner of war in England.
Mr. Wynne : Was the cooking good?
Theo : [pause] It was English cooking.
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Clive Candy : Well sir, I have a friend ...
Colonel Betteridge : Good. Not everybody can say that. Continue!
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Colonel Betteridge : What's the result? You spend all your leave in a nursing home full of foreigners. You cost the Treasury a lot of money. You make the Foreign Office very cross. Yes. Very cross. And what d'you get for it? Your beauty spoiled. You weren't any fashion plate before. I'd be surprised if any woman would look twice at you now.
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Colonel Betteridge : Well let me tell you one thing. Don't bother your head with things you don't understand and you won't go far wrong. Never go off at half cock. Keep cool, keep your mouth shut and avoid politicians like the plague. That's the way to get on in the army.
