Last of the Summer Wine (1973–2010)
Bill Owen: Compo
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Quotes
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Nora Batty : [angily] What are *you* doing, peering round corners?
Compo : Sssssh. Not so loud. There's a man assaulting a woman.
Nora Batty : [terrified] Where? Do something about it!
Compo : I can't.
Nora Batty : Why ever not?
Compo : [cheekily] He's not started yet!
[Compo tries to grope Nora]
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Norman Clegg : Life's easier when the light of passion goes out.
Compo : When did yours go out?
Norman Clegg : Oh, I must have been all of twenty-three.
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Compo : [plaintively] I've neglected her.
Norman Clegg : Sounds reasonable to me. If *I* had Nora Batty, *I'd* neglect her too.
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[Compo has just hugged Nora Batty]
Compo : Doesn't tha feel anything?
Nora Batty : [puzzled] Like what?
Compo : Attraction. Physical attraction.
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[Nora Batty gives Compo a clip round the ear]
Compo : [indignantly] What was that for?
Nora Batty : That's before you start.
Compo : Eh, you're a bit touchy this morning.
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Compo : Why d'you think it is they won't let me go?
Truly : You've *been* shot at. Now it's somebody else's turn.
Compo : It's because they're ashamed of me. Because I'm scruffy.
Norman Clegg : I wouldn't say "scruffy". Would you say "scruffy"?
Truly : Yes, I'd say "scruffy".
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Compo : Norm, does tha think me magnetism could be slipping?
Norman Clegg : Don't ask me. I was a total failure at romance.
Walter "Foggy" Dewhurst : But you were married.
Norman Clegg : That's what did it!
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Compo : It's just an ordinary dart.
Walter "Foggy" Dewhurst : It's not an ordinary dart. It's very far from being an ordinary dart. I've prepared it with something to make the creature sleep. Don't worry - I've seen the natives do this in the jungle.
Norman Clegg : Yeah, but they've got poisons growing in the jungle. What have you got?
Walter "Foggy" Dewhurst : The trained soldier learns to make do with whatever's available. You have to use whatever comes to hand.
Compo : All right. What is it tha soaks the darts in that's gonna put it to sleep.
Walter "Foggy" Dewhurst : Well, if you must know, it's Horlicks.
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Compo : [cheekily] Why don't you take a day off?
Nora Batty : [icily] Why don't you take one on.