It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981)
Don Estelle: Gunner 'Lofty' Sugden
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Quotes
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Bombardier 'Solly' Solomons : Lofty! What happened?
Lofty : I got captured by tribesmen.
Bombardier 'Solly' Solomons : Blimey! Did they give you a hard time?
Lofty : No, they gave me a carpet!
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BSM Williams : Gunner Sugden is next sir. I don't think he will be here very long.
BSM Williams : March! Left right, left right, left right, left right, move yourself move yourself, move yourself! Salut!
BSM Williams : Now, the colonel and the captain would ask you questions to see if you're suitable as a bombarbier. Is that clear?
Lofty : Yes Sergeant-Major.
Captain Ashwood : Now then sugden, you're on patrol with an officer and 10 man. You see 3 Japanese soldiers entering a thicket. When do you open fire?
Lofty : How thick is the thicket?
BSM Williams : The thickness of the thicket has nothing to do with it, answer the question!
Lofty : What are they going in the thicket for?
Colonel Reynolds : Good question. What are they going in the thicket for Ashwood?
Captain Ashwood : It doesn't say sir. I think they're just passing through.
Colonel Reynolds : I see, when do you open fire Sugden?
Lofty : Before they entering the thicket?
BSM Williams , Colonel Reynolds , Captain Ashwood : No.
Lofty : When they're in the thicket?
BSM Williams , Colonel Reynolds , Captain Ashwood : No.
Lofty : When they come out of the thicket?
BSM Williams , Colonel Reynolds , Captain Ashwood : No.
Lofty : I failed, haven't I?
BSM Williams , Colonel Reynolds , Captain Ashwood : Yes.
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Colonel Reynolds : I shan't forget this, Gunner... Gunner...
Lofty : Sugden, sir.
Colonel Reynolds : That's right.