Character Class Mottos

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Re: Character Class Mottos

 

Pirate: "Open your wallet and repeat after me: 'Help yourself.'"*

 

*One of the first lines I remember from the old Connections TV series.

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Re: Character Class Mottos

 

Pirate: "Open your wallet and repeat after me: 'Help yourself.'"*

 

*One of the first lines I remember from the old Connections TV series.

 

It was originally a quote from the Goon Show in the 1950s.

 

They may have used it more than once, but here is one example:

Dishonoured - Again

Series 9, Episode 13

 

First broadcast on January 26, 1959. Script by Spike Milligan. Produced by John Browell

 

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SEAGOON:

No. I'll join the Army. It's too damn noisy in the Navy. Come Eccles!

 

ORCHESTRA:

BLOODNOK THEME.

 

FX:

EXPLOSIONS, CHICKENS OVER...

 

BLOODNOK:

Ooooh, Ohho, oh, oh, ohho oh, oh, no more curried eggs for me, ohoow, ohw. So, you two naughty men want to join the Bombay Irish, do you?

 

SEAGOON:

Aye, jock, mon.

 

ECCLES:

Ai, ai, buddy.

 

BLOODNOK:

Well it's a tough life I'll tell you, Do you know what it's like to be in the thick of a bloody battle, with bullets flying and sabres clashing?

 

SEAGOON:

No.

 

BLOODNOK:

Pity, I was hoping you could tell me what it was like. You see I'm writing a book entitled "Bloodnok V.C." However let us take the regimental oath. Are we ready?. Open your wallets and say after me: "Help yourself"

 

SEAGOON AND ECCLES:

Help yourself.

 

BLOODNOK:

Thank you. Next, do you swear to be brave soldiers?"

 

SEAGOON AND ECCLES:

Yes.

 

BLOODNOK:

Never turn a back on the enemy?

 

SEAGOON AND ECCLES:

Never.

 

BLOODNOK:

Always speak well of a lady?

 

SEAGOON AND ECCLES:

Always.

 

BLOODNOK:

And respect the chastity of a woman?

 

SEAGOON AND ECCLES:

Yes.

 

BLOODNOK:

Have we got nothing in common!? Still, we are in need of a couple of right steamers. You see, the Red Bladder is raising the Pathan(*3) tribes. He's got fresh consignments of automatic swords and a touch of the Rangoon crutt thrown in.