Last of the Summer Wine (1973–2010)

Bill Owen: Compo

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• Nora Batty : [angily]  What are *you* doing, peering round corners?

  Compo : Sssssh. Not so loud. There's a man assaulting a woman.

  Nora Batty : [terrified]  Where? Do something about it!

  Compo : I can't.

  Nora Batty : Why ever not?

  Compo : [cheekily]  He's not started yet!

  [Compo tries to grope Nora] 

• Norman Clegg : Life's easier when the light of passion goes out.

  Compo : When did yours go out?

  Norman Clegg : Oh, I must have been all of twenty-three.

• Compo : [plaintively]  I've neglected her.

  Norman Clegg : Sounds reasonable to me. If *I* had Nora Batty, *I'd* neglect her too.

• Blamire : Now you wait here. It's not only me City and Guilds, it's the social chasm between us.

  Compo : Hey, shurrup! Give us a fag and I'll give you a sniff of me socks!

• [Compo has just hugged Nora Batty] 

  Compo : Doesn't tha feel anything?

  Nora Batty : [puzzled]  Like what?

  Compo : Attraction. Physical attraction.

• [Nora Batty gives Compo a clip round the ear] 

  Compo : [indignantly]  What was that for?

  Nora Batty : That's before you start.

  Compo : Eh, you're a bit touchy this morning.

• Compo : Why d'you think it is they won't let me go?

  Truly : You've *been* shot at. Now it's somebody else's turn.

  Compo : It's because they're ashamed of me. Because I'm scruffy.

  Norman Clegg : I wouldn't say "scruffy". Would you say "scruffy"?

  Truly : Yes, I'd say "scruffy".

• Compo : Norm, does tha think me magnetism could be slipping?

  Norman Clegg : Don't ask me. I was a total failure at romance.

  Walter "Foggy" Dewhurst : But you were married.

  Norman Clegg : That's what did it!

• Compo : It's just an ordinary dart.

  Walter "Foggy" Dewhurst : It's not an ordinary dart. It's very far from being an ordinary dart. I've prepared it with something to make the creature sleep. Don't worry - I've seen the natives do this in the jungle.

  Norman Clegg : Yeah, but they've got poisons growing in the jungle. What have you got?

  Walter "Foggy" Dewhurst : The trained soldier learns to make do with whatever's available. You have to use whatever comes to hand.

  Compo : All right. What is it tha soaks the darts in that's gonna put it to sleep.

  Walter "Foggy" Dewhurst : Well, if you must know, it's Horlicks.

• Compo : [cheekily]  Why don't you take a day off?

  Nora Batty : [icily]  Why don't you take one on.