Dad's Army (TV Series)
We Know Our Onions (1973)
Ian Lavender: Pte. Frank Pike
Quotes
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Captain Ramsey : Now, Captain. You are in a balloon, travelling across enemy territory with your men here. The balloon is losing height. You must push one of them out. Which one will you choose?
Capt. George Mainwaring : Ah.
[pauses]
Capt. George Mainwaring : I think I should call for a volunteer.
Captain Ramsey : Can't do that. You must make a decision and choose one.
[to Godfrey, Frazer, Pike and Walker]
Captain Ramsey : What must he do?
Pte. Charles Godfrey , Pte. James Frazer , Pte. Frank Pike , Pte. Joe Walker : Make a decision and choose one!
Capt. George Mainwaring : I prefer to throw myself out, naturally, but I realise that I am too valuable for that. So, I'm afraid it would have to be Private Godfrey.
[Godfrey looks appalled]
Captain Ramsey : [to Frazer] Comment!
Pte. James Frazer : Sound common sense!
Captain Ramsey : [to Pike] Comment!
Pte. Frank Pike : Well, whoever's thrown out, it certainly shouldn't be me. I've got the whole of my life ahead of me. I haven't done nothing, no living at all.
Pte. Joe Walker : All the more reason you should be the one. I mean, what you've never had, you'll never miss.
Sgt. Arthur Wilson : [to Ramsey] Excuse me, sir. If the balloon's losing height, we could wait until it hits the ground, and then Godfrey could just step out.
Pte. Charles Godfrey : Oh, thank you, Mr Wilson.
Sgt. Arthur Wilson : Not at all, my dear fellow.
[Ramsey looks speechless at Wilson's remark]