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The blackadder quotes thread

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    George: "I joined up straight away - 10th August 1914. What a day that was. Myself and the fellows leap-frogging down to the Cambridge recruiting office, then playing tiddly-winks in the queue."

    Not particularly funny but it beautifully captured the innocence and naievity of all those men who rushed to fight for King and country not knowing what they were letting themselves in for. Beautifully delivered by Hugh Laurie in Blackadder Goes Forth the final episode, probably the finest "comedy" half hour ever

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