Last of the Summer Wine (TV Series)
It All Began with an Old Volvo Headlamp (2002)
Frank Thornton: Truly
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Quotes
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[first lines]
Billy : I used to come out here with an old Volvo headlamp, put it to me ear and listen to the universe.
Clegg : In Swedish?
Billy : Feel at one with nature.
Clegg : You feel at one with the ground being hard.
Truly : There's a hallowed police technique for calming unruly prisoners that used to make you feel quite close to nature.
Clegg : You never mentioned it at flower arranging.
Billy : And what did the universe used to say, tha must be wondering.
Truly : It used to say, "Who's that idiot with the Volvo headlamp?"
Clegg : "Oh, it's only Billy Hardcastle," it used to say, "earwigging again."
Billy : It used to say nowt, actually. Makes you wonder whether there's owt there.
Clegg : The question man has been asking since his time began: is there anything beyond the reach of a Volvo headlamp.
