Are You Being Served? (TV Series)

Shoulder to Shoulder (1975)

Nicholas Smith: Mr. Rumbold

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Quotes 

• Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold : Oh, Miss Thorpe, where's the maintenance file?

  Miss Thorpe : You mean the one marked 'Decoration'?

  Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold : Yes.

  Miss Thorpe : I filed it yesterday under 'A'.

  Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold : Under 'A'?

  Miss Thorpe : Yes, I file most things under 'A'.

  Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold : I don't quite follow.

  Miss Thorpe : Well, A letter, A sales report, A customer's complaint.

  Captain Stephen Peacock : A difficult way of finding anything.

• Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold : [on the phone]  Hello, who is this?... What do you mean, you "can't guess"? I'm not asking you to guess who I am, I want to know who *you* are... I see. You won't tell me until I tell you.

• Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold : [on the phone]  Well, will you find Captain Peacock and tell him he's wanted urgently on the phone?

  Captain Stephen Peacock : [walking in]  Oh, thank you, sir. I'll take it here, if you don't mind.

  [takes the phone from Rumbold's hand] 

  Captain Stephen Peacock : Captain Peacock here, I understand you have an urgent telephone call for me.

  Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold : It's me!

  Captain Stephen Peacock : I'm sorry, sir, I understood you to say it was for me.

  Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold : It *was* for you!

  Captain Stephen Peacock : Well, I see no reason why I shouldn't take an urgent telephone call. I mean, it might have been from my wi...

  [Peacock sees Rumboldt's young, attractive secretary] 

  Captain Stephen Peacock : My... my mother.