Are You Being Served? (TV Series)
No Sale (1976)
Nicholas Smith: Mr. Rumbold
Quotes
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Mr. Dick Lucas : [Mr. Rumbold catches him snooping in his office] I heard the phone ringing, so I came in to answer it in case it was urgent.
Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold : Well, why haven't you answered it?
Mr. Dick Lucas : Yes. Well, I suddenly thought to myself, "Perhaps it's a private call and Mr. Rumbold won't want me to answer it," I thought.
Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold : Yes, well, answer it now and ask them if they're 21 with long blonde hair and a 40-inch bust.
Mr. Dick Lucas : [answers the phone] Hello, are you 21 with long blonde hair and a 40-inch bust?
Young Mr. Grace : No, I'm 80 with short white hair and... hardly any bust at all.
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Mrs. Betty Slocombe : [trying to lure Rumboldt out of his office by pretending to be a young, sexy admirer] I'll see you in a minute, my sweet! Meet me by the lift.
Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold : How shall I know you?
Mrs. Betty Slocombe : Oh, well, I'll just go over my vital statistics again. I'm 21 with blue eyes, long blonde hair, a tiny waist, and a 40-inch bust.
Captain Stephen Peacock : Mrs. Slocombe?
Mrs. Betty Slocombe : [normal voice] Goodbye, Ethel.
[hangs up]
Captain Stephen Peacock : Mrs. Slocombe, we do not make personal phone calls on the firm's time... neither do we contravene the Trades Descriptions Act.
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Captain Peacock : Everything all right, sir?
Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold : Oh, yes, yes, yes. I was just counting the customers.
Captain Peacock : Well, at the moment we have one there and one over there.
Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold : Well, good. I'll make a note of that. Carry on, Captain Peacock.
[Captain Peacock stays standing in the middle of the floor waiting on customers to ask him for help]
Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold : Carry on, Captain Peacock!
Captain Peacock : I am carrying on, sir. This is what I do.
Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold : [Incredulous] All day?
Captain Peacock : All day.
Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold : I'll make a note of that as well!
