Geoffrey Chater: Pat Holroyd
Quotes
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Peter Stenning : Hello, Pat.
Pat Holroyd : Well.
Peter Stenning : It's a bit better than Picture Post, isn't it?
Pat Holroyd : Stenning, what the hell do you want?
Peter Stenning : A quote on sun-spots.
Pat Holroyd : Sun-spots?
Peter Stenning : Look, just tell me that the static, the monsoon, the compass trouble, and the terrible shows we get on television are all caused by sun-spots, and that the sun-spots are caused by bigger bomb experiments, and I'll leave you in peace.
Pat Holroyd : Well, there usually is a bit of extra sun-spot activity this time of year, old boy, but I don't think it has much to do with anything.
Peter Stenning : But there could be some connection. Oh, come on, say "Yes," what harm could it do you?
Pat Holroyd : Look, Stenning, it's nice to see you again, but I'm afraid I'm up to my neck, old boy.
[to his secretary]
Pat Holroyd : All right, Miss Johnson, take this to the Typing Pool and have it mimeographed immediately.
[to Stenning]
Pat Holroyd : I see you're still a bit of a liberty-taker...
Peter Stenning : Well, give me something, Pat, I've got to get a story out of this!
Pat Holroyd : Sorry, can't oblige, old boy.
Peter Stenning : But why not? It's a perfectly routine, harmless, silly-season story.
Pat Holroyd : Look, Peter! You've no right to be here...
Peter Stenning : Well, it is, isn't it? Well, just tell me: yes or no?
Peter Stenning : I don't have to tell you anything, Stenning. You aren't in a special position that entitles you to a first break on anything that comes into this office.
Peter Stenning : You mean something *has* come in.
[Holroyd freezes, and is clearly relieved when the telecom buzzes him]
