My mother tried to kill me when I was a baby. She denied it. She said she thought the plastic bag would keep me fresh.
BOB MONKHOUSEA tom cat hijacked a plane, stuck a pistol into the pilot’s ribs and demanded: ‘Take me to the canaries’.
More Bob Monkhouse Quotes
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Marriage is an investment which pays dividends if you pay interest.
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A miniature village in Bournemouth caught fire and the flames could be seen nearly three feet away.
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I saw a specialist who asked me ‘Are you familiar with the phrase faecal impaction?’. I said I think I saw that one with Glenn Close and Michael Douglas.
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I came home and found that my son was taking drugs – my very best ones too!
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I’d never be unfaithful to my wife for the reason that I love my house very much.
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I’m rather relaxed about death. From quite an early age I’ve regarded it as part of the deal, the unwritten guarantee that comes with your birth certificate.
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When the inventor of the drawing board messed things up, what did he go back to?
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Where do the homeless have 90 per cent of their accidents?
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Dulwich College takes me back after seventy years: My Mum must have written one hell of a sick note!
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I got my start in silent radio.
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I’ll never stop working. I want to die in the saddle. A day is wasted for me if I haven’t done something even mildly creative.
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Although I have always loved the noise of laughter, I really can’t fear the coming of quiet. As for funerals, I rather like them. Such nice things are always said about the deceased, I feel sad that they had to miss hearing it all by just a few days.
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What do gardeners do when they retire?
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I was a born club comic. Radio and TV and stage were fine, but I found my real home in cabaret.
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I can remember when safe sex meant a padded headboard.
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