Bless This House (TV Series)

The Morning After the Night Before (1971)

Diana Coupland: Jean Abbott

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Quotes 

• Sid Abbott : [lying in bed in his suit]  I feel shocking.

  Jean Abbott : So do I. It's no fun sleeping with twelve stone of Harris Tweed - especially when it's drunk!

• Jean Abbott : I can just see it - the senile Scout troop hits town.

  Sid Abbott : What do you mean, senile? We've all grown up to be respectable citizens. One's a waiter, one's a butcher, one's a bank clerk...

  Jean Abbott : And one's Trevor - if the rest were monks, he'd make up for it!

• Jean Abbott : Where on earth did you go?

  Sid Abbott : I don't know. We'll just have to wait for the complaints to come in, won't we!

• Jean Abbott : [out of shot]  Sid.

  Sid Abbott : Oh, Blimey, what have I done now?

  Sally Abbott : Perhaps you haven't done anything.

  Sid Abbott : No. I know that tone of voice. That's definitely a done something voice.

  Jean Abbott : [out of shot]  *Sid*-Ney!

  Sid Abbott : What did I tell you! Coming, darling.

  Sid Abbott : [entering the hall]  Yes? What?

  Jean Abbott : I've discovered one place you were last night.

  Sid Abbott : You have? How?

  Jean Abbott : I found this in the bathroom!

  [shows Sid a LADIES toilet sign] 

• [Jean has discovered a LADIES toilet sign in the bathroom, which she has handed to Sid] 

  Jean Abbott : Up to your old tricks again?

  Sid Abbott : I beg your pardon?

  Jean Abbott : Bringing souvenirs home.

  Sid Abbott : Are you implying that I nicked this?

  Jean Abbott : Yes!

  [She snatches the sign back] 

  Jean Abbott : I haven't got over last year's annual booze-up - you brought home a belisha beacon!

  Sid Abbott : Well, I had to. The only way I could get Trevor home - he wouldn't let go of it!

• Sid Abbott : [Jean has placed Sid's trilby on his head]  What did you do that for?

  Jean Abbott : Apart from the briefcase, it's the only thing missing!