I think we’ve missed a trick there. We could develop wheat with the properties of Velcro… to catch whatever it is that’s forming those crop circles! But then the spaceship would have to have the corresponding Velcro, so it’s a bit of a long shot.
BILL BAILEYTelevision is where you earn regular money so you can plan a little bit but even then only when you have a regular gig. If you’re just doing the odd appearance, you don’t know if it will carry on.
More Bill Bailey Quotes
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I think we’ve missed a trick there. We could develop wheat with the properties of Velcro… to catch whatever it is that’s forming those crop circles! But then the spaceship would have to have the corresponding Velcro, so it’s a bit of a long shot.
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Bill Kreutzmann
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I never really thought comedy was a career option, just something I did for fun. Suddenly I realised I was getting paid which was a bonus. I studied for a diploma with the London College of Music, and teaching was something I thought I might do but comedy intervened.
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Well, I happen to have a love of vocal reproduction devices.
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Orchestras have often been used to conjure up the natural world: Swans, sharks, trout, but not, as far as I know, the often maligned jellyfish.
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Three blokes go into a pub. Something happens. The outcome was hilarious!
BILL BAILEYThree blokes go into a pub. Something happens. The outcome was hilarious!
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This shed does not contain me.
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It’s not a beard, it’s an animal I’ve trained to sit very still.
BILL BAILEYIt’s not a beard, it’s an animal I’ve trained to sit very still.
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I try to appreciate the simple things. I’ve just been camping with my son and I enjoyed that just as much if not more than a holiday in a posh hotel. I like making a cup of tea and bacon sarnie in the morning.
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Nostalgia: How long’s that been around?
BILL BAILEYNostalgia: How long’s that been around?
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I’m quite lucky, because I’ve got a small, decorative concrete pig.
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Do not crush the flowers of wisdom with the hobnail boots of cynicism.
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I’m sort of like a post-modern vegetarian; I eat meat ironically.
BILL BAILEYI’m sort of like a post-modern vegetarian; I eat meat ironically.
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Thank God for Darwin, eh?
BILL BAILEYThank God for Darwin, eh?
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The reason we’d stopped was that the buffet car was on fire, that was the reason we stopped. One of the giant biscuits spontaneously combusted out of boredom.
BILL BAILEYThe reason we’d stopped was that the buffet car was on fire, that was the reason we stopped. One of the giant biscuits spontaneously combusted out of boredom.
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I’m English, and as such I crave disappointment. That’s why I buy Kinder Surprise. Horrible chocolate; nasty little toy: a double-whammy of disillusionment! Sometimes I eat the toy out of sheer despair.
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