Lovejoy (TV Series)

Out to Lunch (1992)

Chris Jury: Eric Catchpole

Quotes 

• Tinker Dill : I was in the army with a bloke who tried to top himself, once.

  Eric Catchpole : 'ow'd he do it?

  Tinker Dill : Well after a great deal of thought, he settled on hanging.

  Eric Catchpole : Hanging? hmm.

  Tinker Dill : He found a tree with a branch that stretched right out over the sea...

  Eric Catchpole : Spectacular.

  Tinker Dill : ...and to save himself pain, he took an overdose of pills...

  Eric Catchpole : Wasn't leavin' anything to chance, was 'e?

  Tinker Dill : ...and just to make trebly sure, he decided to shoot himself.

  Eric Catchpole : What happened?

  Tinker Dill : Well he slipped the noose 'round his neck, cocked the pistol, swallowed the pills, and stepped out over the cliff.

  Eric Catchpole : ...and...

  Tinker Dill : Well the jerk of the rope ruined his aim. The bullet missed his head, cut the rope, he dropped like a stone into the sea, swallowed so much salt water that he vomited up the pills, and swam back to shore a better and a wiser man Gunga Din. Last I heard he was growing chrysanth's in Yarmouth.