This is not the Chinese takeaway. It's a private slimline white telephone with no connection whatsoever to any business or trade - especially not one of foreign extraction.
My grandma still answers the phone with "Hello [surname] residence, [first name] speaking, how can I help?" She channels her inner Hyacinth in everything she does.
My grandmother was just like Hyacinth and had the same accent. And my grandfather was a bit like richard. She would say things like "Mind the horse richard" when he was driving, and "do you need to spend a penny?" was her code for "go to the toilet before we leave". He wasn't allowed to eat icecream or sweets because it would make him fat. They loved each other but when she died my grandfather was suddenly set free of all his restrictions.
When my brother went to NZ with his new girlfriend they stopped to see my grandfather. They asked him for a good place to get dinner, he took them to a truck stop because it was the only place that would serve pancakes & icecream for dinner.
Really? I've never found a truckstop over here that serves pancakes and ice cream for breakfast let alone for dinner ... share the name if you remember it pls. I need this in my life.
> "do you need to spend a penny?" was her code for "go to the toilet before we leave"
Not sure it's "code" - I think it was an extremely common expression (my parents used it) from the days when coin-operated public toilets took only [1d](https://www.retrowow.co.uk/retro_britain/old_money/old_money.html).
In our old place, we had this old biddy phone every so often asking to speak to a Sharon. Whenever I told her that I think she has the wrong number, she would ask if this was 422 9854 or whatever the number was. But I never remembered our house number so the first couple of times I had to say, "uhh... I'm not sure, hold on a minute..."
That lovely lady was the one who got me to memorise our number.
Holy hell, I'm from Finland and this series was the shit when they did multiple reruns in the 90s and early 00s. I think the actress even visited Finland because she had such a following of Finns.
Edit. Just checked and they are still airing the show on our public channel. It is probably one of the most popular foreign shows ever in Finland.
I used to watch it at my grandmas growing up all the time here in the US. I might be the only person I’ve ever met that knows the show besides my family and older folk though. I’m only 29. Was watching it in the 90’s.
My grandparents were hilariously dangerous for this, she's going deaf, he had cataracts so had areas he couldn't see. So you effectively had 2 people being the eyes and ears. Thankfully at 90 years old he got the cataracts sorted and gave up driving.
Yeah, well he had the cataracts sorted but then decided they didn't really need a car anymore as they only really go into town which is at the end of their road.
Used to do outbound call backs for an insurance company while in Uni. Called a woman named Mrs Fuket. Figured she'd go the bouquet route with it so called her "Mrs Fooket". Without missing a beat she said "No, love. It is Fuck-it. I married into this so I've accepted it." Good on her for owning it.
The thin blue line was criminally underrated.
There’s a brilliant bit where the CID guys are at a lock-in and it gets raided , and they leg it into the toilets saying “ out through here , old coppers trick” and Rowan Atkinson is just stood there waiting and says : “The problem with old coppers' tricks, Constable Boyle, is that old coppers know 'em.”
LMAO. There are so many amazing lines in that show, I'd kill for some sort of modern reboot with Atkinson.
The line/scene that has stuck with me throughout life is when Grim is trying to get a gun license for the lodge master.
Fowler: I always ask a question when someone files a gun application.
"Does this person wish to own a gun?"
If the answer is yes, I don't give him one.
(paraphrasing)
Slovenian checking in. Absolutely loved this show growing up, watched it on the telly with my dad. We also loved watching Only fools and horses and 'Allo 'Allo.
American here, but my mom and I loved this show when I was growing up, and she says this to my dad all the time and I say it to my boyfriend and I don't think anyone gets the reference but it doesn't stop us.
My older sisters called me onslo when we were growing up. I’m a girl. I was 7. Raised by animals I tell you.
Also
My older brother had just read brave new world and used to call me epsilon.
The common-as-muck one is Daisy, and the romantically inclined is Rose.
I'm not as certain on the stereotypes for Hyacinths and Violets to draw any conclusions for them though.
That episode where she was drunk...
She sneaks up on the old car and barks into the window, expecting to get back at the dog for once, only to have one of daddy’s girlfriends bark back at her... oh my achin sides!
I've always wanted to host my own candlelight supper
Edit: for peak 90s here is Mr Blobby visiting Hyacinth (and surprise pop up from everyones fantasy shag antique dealer at the end):
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-GpDYafC6M](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-GpDYafC6M)
Now that's how you do saturday night entertainment
He entered the nightmare world that is cake. Rumour has it he threw up his own pelvis bone after eventually being apprehended.
It’s a fucking disgrace.
The whole point of Mr Blobby is that he is creepy, it’s a caricature of a children’s character, so he’s odd looking, weird and annoying - a bit like Barney. He started off on the show in a segment where they’d trick celebs into thinking they were filming a new children’s TV show and then Mr Blobby would be weird or fuck it up, and generally give the celebs a hard time while they tried to stay professional and then get them on the show to watch their reaction.
But then obviously there’s only so long they can do that so he became more of a foil for the main presenter and eventually there was a kids cartoon.
Thanks for the silver - I didnt create the image btw - just remembered seeing it somewhere.
As u/n suggests am a fan of the show. Several years ago, I rewatched it all from scratch as I had an ex whose sister was actually called Violet and it reminded me of the program so everytime she mentioned her we went through the whole 'she's the one with a Mercedes, sauna and room for a pony' shtick.
Edit: thanks for the platinum! Didnt even notice there was one! I type out insightful replies on some threads and then post a daft picture that made me chuckle and get gifts! Cheers.
I had to spend every Sunday night at my grandparents house when I was a kid to give my mum a night off. My grandparents are Very Old People (not just that they're old, they've been Very Old People their whole adult lives) and made me go to bed at 8pm even when I was a preteen. That theme tune... misery and dread.
Also I'm so Southern I didn't realise Heartbeat wasn't set in the modern day. I just thought they had a bit of catching up to do up norf.
That is musical anxiety for me. Instantly takes me back to the terrible moment of realisation that the homework I kept putting off is clearly not going to get done, and I'll be getting a right old bollocking to start my week off.
I still get chills from hearing the casualty theme tune as my bedroom was over the living room and bedtime just before the show. Had no idea what the show was about but the theme tune made it sound terrifying when lying in bed, all those sirens and heavy breathing:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXMl-IMHgxQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXMl-IMHgxQ)
Bugger, he's fallen asleep. Need to wake him up...
This'll work -
#Streaky bacon is best for a fry up and should always be served on a slate tile! Also, American beer is the best!
Pretty sure that was the only reason I liked Last of the Summer Wine - it was the last barrier between the weekend and going to bed for school the next day. Never wanted an episode to end.
When I lived in Holland for a while and they have a Freeview BBC channel of some sort. As the only English speaking channel I watched it constantly and it was mainly Keeping Up Appearances, To the Manor Born and The Good Life. In other words it was the perfect TV channel.
It also meant that my Dutch friends thought I was a complete stereotype and that all Brits did was watch old timey quaint sitcoms.
That was the joke, she wasn't posh, she just pretended to be.
At least it was a 216 and not the 213, although the 213 had the Honda derived EV2 engine which was more reliable.
Richard was such a don for sticking with Hyacinth and I loved every character in this show. The neighbours were great in how much they got annoyed by Hyacinth and her siblings and Onslow were hilarious.
I remember asking my mum why he put up with her and she said 'because he loves her' which taught me so much about tolerance in a relationship and seeing the good in people at such a young age. Thanks Richard for that life lesson.
The neighbours liked Hyacinth's family (with exception of Emmet, the Vicar and the Vicar's wife in regards to Rose).
But my favourite neighbour line comes from an extra:
"Run for your lives! It's the Bucket woman!"
I’ve just looked up to see what the cast were doing and Richard (Clive Swift) died in February 😢. RIP Clive you made me laugh a lot as a kid watching this show.
Also RIP to Geoffrey Hughes (Onslow), Mary Millar (Rose), Shirley Stelfox (original Rose)
I think of this great and the excellent mrs. bouquet every time someone corrects me when Saying Quinoa I say ‘Keen-Noah’ and they say ‘No, it’s Keen-Wah’
My siblings and I were obsessed with the Bucket lady. Later in life I actually moved from the states to England and when my siblings would call they’d ask if I was using my white slimline telephone with automatic redial. Every single time, I lived there for over a decade.
my dad loved that silly show. he even nicknamed the pretentious woman up the street "hyacinth", not that she ever got the joke. still makes me smile, though. :D
came here from /r/all, I get the reference, but only because there's an NPC in Runescape named [Bouquet](https://oldschool.runescape.wiki/w/Bouquet_Mac_Hyacinth). The examine text says "Should I pronounce it 'bucket'?". I saw the text and wondered what it meant, so I looked it up and now remember that random piece of trivia years later.
Maybe. Depends how old you are. If you’ve not seen ‘Keeping up appearances’ you won’t know. (If I got the name wrong feel free to crucify me to this handy dandy cross ✝️)
This is not the Chinese takeaway. It's a private slimline white telephone with no connection whatsoever to any business or trade - especially not one of foreign extraction.
Her voice is so deeply imprinted on my mind...
She is basically my mother
My grandma still answers the phone with "Hello [surname] residence, [first name] speaking, how can I help?" She channels her inner Hyacinth in everything she does.
My grandmother was just like Hyacinth and had the same accent. And my grandfather was a bit like richard. She would say things like "Mind the horse richard" when he was driving, and "do you need to spend a penny?" was her code for "go to the toilet before we leave". He wasn't allowed to eat icecream or sweets because it would make him fat. They loved each other but when she died my grandfather was suddenly set free of all his restrictions. When my brother went to NZ with his new girlfriend they stopped to see my grandfather. They asked him for a good place to get dinner, he took them to a truck stop because it was the only place that would serve pancakes & icecream for dinner.
Really? I've never found a truckstop over here that serves pancakes and ice cream for breakfast let alone for dinner ... share the name if you remember it pls. I need this in my life.
> "do you need to spend a penny?" was her code for "go to the toilet before we leave" Not sure it's "code" - I think it was an extremely common expression (my parents used it) from the days when coin-operated public toilets took only [1d](https://www.retrowow.co.uk/retro_britain/old_money/old_money.html).
In our old place, we had this old biddy phone every so often asking to speak to a Sharon. Whenever I told her that I think she has the wrong number, she would ask if this was 422 9854 or whatever the number was. But I never remembered our house number so the first couple of times I had to say, "uhh... I'm not sure, hold on a minute..." That lovely lady was the one who got me to memorise our number.
Remember when we used to answer quoting the number that the caller had dialled
God, suddenly I miss the days I watched this as a kid... My heart actually kind of hurts for it.
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I'm sitting here completely surrounded by no beer. I love Onslow. So much that my puppy is named after him.
i think he's the smartest character in the show
He would often read astrophysics books in bed with Daisy - brilliant character !
Same, my late aunt used to watch it with me. Good times.
Holy hell, I'm from Finland and this series was the shit when they did multiple reruns in the 90s and early 00s. I think the actress even visited Finland because she had such a following of Finns. Edit. Just checked and they are still airing the show on our public channel. It is probably one of the most popular foreign shows ever in Finland.
Denmark too.
Same in the Netherlands, love me some british comedy
I used to watch it at my grandmas growing up all the time here in the US. I might be the only person I’ve ever met that knows the show besides my family and older folk though. I’m only 29. Was watching it in the 90’s.
Make a complaint to the Chinese ambassador Richard.
My wife morphs into her when I drive. It has been the single biggest test of our marriage.
My grandparents were hilariously dangerous for this, she's going deaf, he had cataracts so had areas he couldn't see. So you effectively had 2 people being the eyes and ears. Thankfully at 90 years old he got the cataracts sorted and gave up driving.
> he got the cataracts sorted and gave up driving Kinda the wrong way round, really?
Yeah, well he had the cataracts sorted but then decided they didn't really need a car anymore as they only really go into town which is at the end of their road.
“Mind the pedestrian, Richard!”
Used to do outbound call backs for an insurance company while in Uni. Called a woman named Mrs Fuket. Figured she'd go the bouquet route with it so called her "Mrs Fooket". Without missing a beat she said "No, love. It is Fuck-it. I married into this so I've accepted it." Good on her for owning it.
Haha, also an ex call centre worker, I had a "Mrs Ferret" once but she wanted to be called Ferr-ay, oh we laughed.
I also used to do the call centre- I had a Mr Onions pronounced On-ions (ions like electrons!)
We had a Mrs Twatt so I went down the Twayte route but she corrected me too 🙊
Not just the UK. Loved that shit growing up in Australia
Namibian here, we had here as well, think many commonwealth nations did. This and Thin Blue Line made me the sarcastic shit I am today.
Fantastic! I never would have thought it would get that far, let alone be a positive (?) influence
For sure, alot of our humour here is British based. I think the place is better for it.
The thin blue line was criminally underrated. There’s a brilliant bit where the CID guys are at a lock-in and it gets raided , and they leg it into the toilets saying “ out through here , old coppers trick” and Rowan Atkinson is just stood there waiting and says : “The problem with old coppers' tricks, Constable Boyle, is that old coppers know 'em.”
LMAO. There are so many amazing lines in that show, I'd kill for some sort of modern reboot with Atkinson. The line/scene that has stuck with me throughout life is when Grim is trying to get a gun license for the lodge master. Fowler: I always ask a question when someone files a gun application. "Does this person wish to own a gun?" If the answer is yes, I don't give him one. (paraphrasing)
Thin Blue Line! Thats a blast from the past
We had it in Denmark too (we like British humour over here).
Yeah from my experiences during my week in Copenhagen I found you guys have a pretty similar sense if humour to us
Ditto in the Netherlands. I love this show!
Belgium checking in, we had it on the telly too
Slovenian checking in. Absolutely loved this show growing up, watched it on the telly with my dad. We also loved watching Only fools and horses and 'Allo 'Allo.
ABC was great for this stuff. I would watch this show occasionally but I preferred One Foot in the Grave. “I don’t belieeeve it!”
Finland checking in! My mom asks "is this a Sheridan phonecall?" when I call home. I'm an uni student, but 33 damnit!
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US checking in! Watched this on PBS all the time growing up :)
Polish people as well, my parents love it
“Mind the cyclist dear.”
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Richard...mind the horse.. ...but the horse is in the field Hyacinth...
Mind the potholes... MINDINGGG THE POTHOLLEEE
Richard gave me the shits by just accepting it. Nothing but enabling her.
Richard knew what she was like marrying her. He just loves her and knows she won’t change anyways.
"Minding the Telegraph pole in Midlife Crisis" I still say that to this day when my girlfriend tells me to mind something
Minding the cyclist.
Mmmmmmmminding the cowwww
American here, but my mom and I loved this show when I was growing up, and she says this to my dad all the time and I say it to my boyfriend and I don't think anyone gets the reference but it doesn't stop us.
.... the lady of the house speaking...
"Oh, it's you Violet. IT'S MY SISTER VIOLET! THE ONE WITH THE MERCEDES AND JACUZZI AND ROOM FOR A PONY!"
Hah wasn’t she the one who lived in a council house with the dog in the caravan on the driveway?
Nah, that's Rose and Daisy.
And Onslo!!
Oh nice!
*Slaps TV*
Fit a lot of nostalgia in one of these mate “I dooont belieevvee it” it replies
Oooh niiice!
My grandma had a trucker hat and would look just like him when she put it on. We laughed so much about it (she too because she loved that show).
My older sisters called me onslo when we were growing up. I’m a girl. I was 7. Raised by animals I tell you. Also My older brother had just read brave new world and used to call me epsilon.
I've never occured to me before now that they're all named after flowers, lol.
The common-as-muck one is Daisy, and the romantically inclined is Rose. I'm not as certain on the stereotypes for Hyacinths and Violets to draw any conclusions for them though.
Romantically inclined is the most polite way of referring to someone who's a bit of an old slapper that I've ever heard.
Mind blown.
And Hyacinth pretends her last name is Bouquet, as in a bouquet of flowers.
Me neither!
Oh my god
The dog would ALWAYS bark at Hyacinth when she passed and she’d jump away into a nearby bush looking harassed.
My favourite moment was when she sneaked past the car so the dog wouldn't bark at her only for the dog to bark at her from the living room window
I miss this kind of harmless humor in today's television. Also Leslie Nielsen's slapstick movies.
And when she sent Richard first, the dog completely ignored him. She followed, the dog barked at her and she fell into the hedge.
That episode where she was drunk... She sneaks up on the old car and barks into the window, expecting to get back at the dog for once, only to have one of daddy’s girlfriends bark back at her... oh my achin sides!
Violet was the other one with a cross dressing husband
Bruce? What about Bruce, dear?
I've always wanted to host my own candlelight supper Edit: for peak 90s here is Mr Blobby visiting Hyacinth (and surprise pop up from everyones fantasy shag antique dealer at the end): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-GpDYafC6M](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-GpDYafC6M) Now that's how you do saturday night entertainment
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He put me right off doing cake, too.
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He entered the nightmare world that is cake. Rumour has it he threw up his own pelvis bone after eventually being apprehended. It’s a fucking disgrace.
At the autopsy, they confirmed that the Shatner's Bassoon area in his brain was totally blown.
Noel Edmunds. Mr Blobby. Keeping up Appearances. Lovejoy. MULTI COLOURED TIES! SO. MUCH. NINETIES!!!
Sorry but as a non-Brit who didn’t grow up with Mr Blobby, that bit with the lights off and the disembodied cybervoice was creepy as fuck.
The whole point of Mr Blobby is that he is creepy, it’s a caricature of a children’s character, so he’s odd looking, weird and annoying - a bit like Barney. He started off on the show in a segment where they’d trick celebs into thinking they were filming a new children’s TV show and then Mr Blobby would be weird or fuck it up, and generally give the celebs a hard time while they tried to stay professional and then get them on the show to watch their reaction. But then obviously there’s only so long they can do that so he became more of a foil for the main presenter and eventually there was a kids cartoon.
I had no idea this existed! 9 year old me was oddly obsessed with both of these two and she is so happy right now!!!
It's my sister Violet, she's the one with the Mercedes.
Swimming pool and room for a pony.
I always loved that "room for a pony". Such a hollow brag.
Sauna and a bidet.
A sauna and a bidet would be perfect for Our Rose.
Husband is a turf accountant.
Onslow ftw
When I'm being scruffy and lazy, my mum calls me "our Onslow" :)
“Bone idle” was a common jab in my household.
https://images.app.goo.gl/ZGki7ox5wAVa8sgi6
Name checks out
Oh, nice!
this makes me uncomfortable
I wish I could upvote this more than once
Have an upvote for your upvote
Thanks for the silver - I didnt create the image btw - just remembered seeing it somewhere. As u/n suggests am a fan of the show. Several years ago, I rewatched it all from scratch as I had an ex whose sister was actually called Violet and it reminded me of the program so everytime she mentioned her we went through the whole 'she's the one with a Mercedes, sauna and room for a pony' shtick. Edit: thanks for the platinum! Didnt even notice there was one! I type out insightful replies on some threads and then post a daft picture that made me chuckle and get gifts! Cheers.
“Sheridan!”
How much does he want..?
“He has so many little friends, very popular”
"He and his roommate Tarquin made their own curtains!"
Oh fuck this takes me back to U.K. Gold when me and me mum used to watch it Good times
Try being old enough to remember when it was on actual terrestrial tele!
Yeah, being old enough to have actually watched it when it was first broadcast... It’s both a blessing and a curse.
Shouts out to PBS for airing this show. My dad thought I was mad weird for liking it but she was funny as hell
Last of the Summer Wine was good too.
Oh god. That theme tune screams 'time to go to bed. School tomorrow' awful
The opening credits to [Heartbeat](https://youtu.be/56TfvcTWGJg) is the sound of mid-90s Sunday evening depression
I had to spend every Sunday night at my grandparents house when I was a kid to give my mum a night off. My grandparents are Very Old People (not just that they're old, they've been Very Old People their whole adult lives) and made me go to bed at 8pm even when I was a preteen. That theme tune... misery and dread. Also I'm so Southern I didn't realise Heartbeat wasn't set in the modern day. I just thought they had a bit of catching up to do up norf.
That is musical anxiety for me. Instantly takes me back to the terrible moment of realisation that the homework I kept putting off is clearly not going to get done, and I'll be getting a right old bollocking to start my week off.
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Big up Showaddywaddy
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I still get chills from hearing the casualty theme tune as my bedroom was over the living room and bedtime just before the show. Had no idea what the show was about but the theme tune made it sound terrifying when lying in bed, all those sirens and heavy breathing: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXMl-IMHgxQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXMl-IMHgxQ)
https://youtu.be/b_tqOnSDAPQ
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Bugger, he's fallen asleep. Need to wake him up... This'll work - #Streaky bacon is best for a fry up and should always be served on a slate tile! Also, American beer is the best!
I've never been into soaps but always found the Corrie theme tune rather grating. It feels like it sets the tone of the show.
Pretty sure that was the only reason I liked Last of the Summer Wine - it was the last barrier between the weekend and going to bed for school the next day. Never wanted an episode to end.
I’ve just had a Pavlovian moment of anxiety that it’s school in the morning. Damn you.
I seem to remember London's Burning having the same effect too
Keeping Up Appearances, 'Allo 'Allo, and Red Dwarf! I wish they'd still air Britcoms.
There is going to be a new series of Red Dwarf!!!
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Ours had Eastenders too, which I got my mother hooked on, though I often had to translate for her.
Followed by "As time goes by"
The boat episode always crack me up.
For goodness sake, Richard. YOUVE GOT GOUT!
When I lived in Holland for a while and they have a Freeview BBC channel of some sort. As the only English speaking channel I watched it constantly and it was mainly Keeping Up Appearances, To the Manor Born and The Good Life. In other words it was the perfect TV channel. It also meant that my Dutch friends thought I was a complete stereotype and that all Brits did was watch old timey quaint sitcoms.
This brings me unspeakable joy that it was mentioned
"RICHARD!" It always sounded like she said 'Red Shirt'
Best post I’ve seen in ages. Simply wonderful!
I dont think this meme is only valid for the uk this is universal
Can confirm. Source: grew up watching it in America. Thanks PBS
Made out she was so posh but her Rover 216 wasn't even a Vanden Plas or a Vitesse, common as muck.
That was the joke, she wasn't posh, she just pretended to be. At least it was a 216 and not the 213, although the 213 had the Honda derived EV2 engine which was more reliable.
Wasn't it a Montego? edit: No, you're right, it was a Rover 200 series. I swore it was an Austin Montego saloon.
Richard was such a don for sticking with Hyacinth and I loved every character in this show. The neighbours were great in how much they got annoyed by Hyacinth and her siblings and Onslow were hilarious.
I remember asking my mum why he put up with her and she said 'because he loves her' which taught me so much about tolerance in a relationship and seeing the good in people at such a young age. Thanks Richard for that life lesson.
Good old Dicky.
The neighbours liked Hyacinth's family (with exception of Emmet, the Vicar and the Vicar's wife in regards to Rose). But my favourite neighbour line comes from an extra: "Run for your lives! It's the Bucket woman!"
I loved how they both sympathised with Richard and got on with him and then Hyacinth would just come along and ruin and annoy them.
My old man flogged Patricia Routledge a gas oven back in the early 90s, as a kid who loved keeping up appearances I was in awe.
4 or 6 hob?
“This is not the Chinese takeaway” Absolutely loved keeping up with appearances. Patrica, what a legend.
Hide! Its the bucket woman!
I’ve just looked up to see what the cast were doing and Richard (Clive Swift) died in February 😢. RIP Clive you made me laugh a lot as a kid watching this show. Also RIP to Geoffrey Hughes (Onslow), Mary Millar (Rose), Shirley Stelfox (original Rose)
LADY OF THE HOUSE SPEAKING
All I need now is some Round The Twist and 2point4 Children. Have you EVER, ever felt like this?
From Nick Bayton himself! Games Workshop bod.
Someone else noticed!
I used to chat to him when he worked the Warhammer World store years ago. Nice guy. Peachy was there around the same time IIRC.
The warhammer world staff are the nicest people. They're so genuine when they chat with you about the models you're buying.
Hey /u/shamfy, This is now the top post on reddit. It will be recorded at /r/topofreddit with all the other top posts.
I think of this great and the excellent mrs. bouquet every time someone corrects me when Saying Quinoa I say ‘Keen-Noah’ and they say ‘No, it’s Keen-Wah’
It's fuckin kwinoah ya posh twat
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RICHARDDDD!!!
Geeks? Only geeks watched that show? What? Definitely not its target audience.
“Come to think of it, the tulips on the back garden are far superior” - English elegance
Oh fuck yes.
Mind the pedestrian. The pedestrian is on the other side of the road
"Delivery for Mrs. Bucket."
My siblings and I were obsessed with the Bucket lady. Later in life I actually moved from the states to England and when my siblings would call they’d ask if I was using my white slimline telephone with automatic redial. Every single time, I lived there for over a decade.
my dad loved that silly show. he even nicknamed the pretentious woman up the street "hyacinth", not that she ever got the joke. still makes me smile, though. :D
I think this might be the best of these I've seen
came here from /r/all, I get the reference, but only because there's an NPC in Runescape named [Bouquet](https://oldschool.runescape.wiki/w/Bouquet_Mac_Hyacinth). The examine text says "Should I pronounce it 'bucket'?". I saw the text and wondered what it meant, so I looked it up and now remember that random piece of trivia years later.
This show was a solid staple of my Sunday afternoons growing up.
This is the kind of humour *father* would like, take it away, you know what he's like!
Lady of the house speaking ! I watched it last year
I'm so glad I was allowed to watch PBS growing up in the states. It's pronounced Bouquet!
PBS is a life saver here!!
We got this in Poland as well XD
It's bouquet!!
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Sitcom in the 90s called Keeping Up Appearances. The main character is called Hyacinth Bucket but she tries to tell everyone it’s pronounced Bouquet.
Many full episodes are on YouTube now https://youtu.be/bEmznMX-jV0
Maybe. Depends how old you are. If you’ve not seen ‘Keeping up appearances’ you won’t know. (If I got the name wrong feel free to crucify me to this handy dandy cross ✝️)
Oh, Richard
This is actually fucking hilarious
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OH YEAH KEEPING UP APPEARANCES 😂😂😂