Daily Dialogue — March 17, 2013
Man: ‘Evening, squire!
Squire: (stiffly) Good evening.
Man: Is, uh,…Is your wife a goer, eh? Know whatahmean, know whatahmean, nudge nudge, know whatahmean, say no more?
Squire: I, uh, I beg your pardon?
Man: Your, uh, your wife, does she go, eh, does she go, eh?
Squire: (flustered) Well, she sometimes ‘goes’, yes.
Man: Aaaaaaaah bet she does, I bet she does, say no more, say no more, know whatahmean, nudge nudge?
Squire: (confused) I’m afraid I don’t quite follow you.
Man: Follow me. Follow me. That’s good, that’s good! A nod’s as good as a wink to a blind bat!
Squire: Are you, uh,…are you selling something?
Man: SELLING! Very good, very good! Ay? Ay? Ay? (pause) Oooh! Ya wicked Ay! Wicked Ay! Oooh hooh! Say No MORE!
Squire: Well, I, uh….
Man: Is, your uh, is your wife a sport, ay?
Squire: Um, she likes sport, yes!
Man: I bet she does, I bet she does!
Squire: As a matter of fact she’s very fond of cricket.
Man: ‘Oo isn’t? Likes games, eh? Knew she would. Likes games, eh? She’s been around a bit, been around?
Squire: She has traveled, yes. She’s from Scarsdale. (pause)
Man: SAY NO MORE!! Scarsdale, saynomore, saynomore, saynomore, squire!
Squire: I wasn’t going to!
Man: Oh! Well, never mind. Dib dib? Is your uh, is your wife interested in….photography, ay? ‘Photographs, ay’, he asked him knowlingly?
Squire: Photography?
Man: Snap snap, grin grin, wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more?
Squire: Holiday snaps, eh?
Man: They could be, they could be taken on holiday. Candid, you know, CANDID photography?
Squire: No, no I’m afraid we don’t have a camera.
Man: Oh. (leeringly) Still, mooooooh, ay? Mwoohohohohoo, ay? Hohohohohoho, ay?
Squire: Look… are you insinuating something?
Man: Oh, no, no, no…yes.
Squire: Well?
Man: Well, you’re a man of the world, squire.
Squire: Yes…
Man: I mean, you’ve been around a bit, you know, like, you’ve, uh…. You’ve ‘done it’….
Squire: What do you mean?
Man: Well, I mean like,….you’ve SLEPT, with a lady….
Squire: Yes….
Man: What’s it like?
— And Now For Something Completely Different (1972), screen foreplay & conception by Graham Chapman & John Cleese & Terry Gilliam & Eric Idle & Terry Jones & Michael Palin
The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is innuendo, suggested by Hawkewood. Today’s suggestion by Jeff Messerman.
Trivia: Monty Python’s movie debut. The movie was intended to introduce American audiences to Python’s comedy, but ironically, it did far better business in Britain, where viewers had already seen the movie’s sketches on “Monty Python’s Flying Circus.”
Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary from Jeff: “I suppose innuendo and insinuation are close bedfellows so here goes…the granddaddy of all innuendo scenes!”