Pardon Us Quotes

Desk Sergeant: What's your name?

Stanley: Stanley Laurel.

Desk Sergeant: Say sir when you're addressing me. Now what's your name?

Stanley: Sir Stanley Laurel.

Desk Sergeant: What's your name?

Oliver: Oliver Norvell Hardy, sir.

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Oliver: Well here's another nice mess you've gotten me into.

Stanley: What do you mean I got you into?

Oliver: Well, you sold that policeman that bottle of beer, didn't you?

Stanley: I thought he was a streetcar conductor.

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Oliver: We're not going to the mess hall. We're not going to eat.

Prison Guard: You're not going to eat?

Stanley: No, we're on a hunger strike.

Oliver: Imfatically.

Prison Guard: What? You're going to pass up that nice, big roast turkey with chestnut dressing, and sweet potatoes Southern style, great big pans of hot biscuits, strawberry shortcake smothered in whipped cream, sprinkled with powdered sugar, with a nice, big maraschino cherry on the top of it. Course, followed by a nice, big slice of ice cold watermelon and a big, black cigar.

Stanley: Any nuts?

Prison Guard: All you can eat of 'em.

Stanley: How about postponing the strike until tomorrow?

Oliver: Well... But not one minute after tomorrow.

Prison Guard: Come on, fall in!

Stanley: [later; Stan sees their meal of gruel] Hey! What about that turkey dinner?

Prison Guard: [shouts] Sit down, you!

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Prison Guard: Clowning, eh?

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Schoolteacher: Now, what is a comet? You!

Prisoner: A comet. A comet is a star with a tale on it.

Schoolteacher: Correct.
[points to Stan]

Schoolteacher: Name one.

Stanley: Rin Tin Tin.

Schoolteacher: D'oh!

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Schoolteacher: Now, what is a comet? You!

Prisoner: A comet. A comet is a star with a tale on it.

Schoolteacher: Correct.
[points to Stan]

Schoolteacher: Name one.

Stanley: Rin Tin Tin.

Schoolteacher: D'oh!

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Schoolteacher: We shall now have an intelligence test. Who was Columbus?

Prisoner: The mayor of Ohio.

Schoolteacher: [pause] What did he do?

Insurgent Convict: He died.

Schoolteacher: Well, of course he died. Who killed him?

The Tiger: Clark Robbins.

Schoolteacher: Who said *that*?

The Tiger: I did.

Schoolteacher: [pause] Correct.

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Schoolteacher: We will now have the role call. Those that are here will answer "present". Those that are not here will say "absent".

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Schoolteacher: What is a blizzard?

Stanley: A blizzard? A blizzard is the inside of a buzzard.

Schoolteacher: Fresh, huh?

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Schoolteacher: You spell Needle!

Oliver: [pause] N-E-I-D-L-E.

Schoolteacher: There is no I in needle!

Stanley: Then it's a rotten needle.

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Stanley: [after getting their prison pictures taken] If they turn out good, can I have one?

Prison Guard: Come on, get out of here!

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Stanley: [after getting their prison pictures taken] If they turn out good, can I have one?

Prison Guard: Come on, get out of here!

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Stanley: [gesturing to an African American cellmate and an Asian cellmate] Look, Amos and Andy.

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Stanley: [gesturing to an African American cellmate and an Asian cellmate] Look, Amos and Andy.

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Stanley: [they are wearing blackface] Oliver, er, Sambo!

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Stanley: [they are wearing blackface] Oliver, er, Sambo!

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Oliver: Well here's another nice mess you've gotten me into.

Stanley: What do you mean I got you into?

Oliver: Well, you sold that policeman that bottle of beer, didn't you?

Stanley: I thought he was a streetcar conductor.

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Desk Sergeant: What's your name?

Stanley: Stanley Laurel.

Desk Sergeant: Say "sir" when you're addressing me. Now what's your name?

Stanley: Sir Stanley Laurel.

Desk Sergeant: What's your name?

Oliver: Oliver Norvell Hardy, sir.

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Oliver: [at the prison dentist] Who ever heard of a dentist hurting you these days? Why, you won't even feel it.

Stanley: You won't feel it, but how about me? How about those other fellows?

Oliver: Ha ha ha ha, they were only laughing.
[sits down in dentist chair beside Stan]

Oliver: You know, there are times when you try my patience. There's nothing do it. It's all in your mind. Now just sit back and... Relax. Why they could pull every tooth in my head and I wouldn't even feel it.
[the dentist accidentally sets to work on Ollie's teeth; Ollie yelps in pain]

Oliver: Why didn't you tell him?

Stanley: I thought you were laughing.

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Oliver: [Stan and Ollie are wearing blackface] They'll never recognize us in a 100 years. For once in your life you've hit up on a good idea.

Stanley: A practical idea.

Oliver: What about the tooth? The buzzer.

Stanley: Oh, I fixed that too. I vulcanized it.

Oliver: You what?

Stanley: I vulcanized it. I put some chewing gum in there and it don't buzz any more.

Oliver: You're actually using your brain. That's what comes from associating with me.

Stanley: What do you mean associa-

Oliver: Tut tut tut tut.

Stanley: Tut tut tut tut?

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Oliver: We're not going to the mess hall. We're not going to eat.

Prison Guard: You're not going to eat?

Stanley: No, we're on a hunger strike.

Oliver: Imfatically.

Prison Guard: What? You're going to pass up that nice, big roast turkey with chestnut dressing, and sweet potatoes Southern style, great big pans of hot biscuits, strawberry shortcake smothered in whipped cream, sprinkled with powdered sugar, with a nice, big maraschino cherry on the top of it. Course, followed by a nice, big slice of ice cold watermelon and a big, black cigar.

Stanley: Any nuts?

Prison Guard: All you can eat of 'em.

Stanley: How about postponing the strike until tomorrow?

Oliver: Well... But not one minute after tomorrow.

Prison Guard: Come on, fall in!

Stanley: [later; Stan sees their meal of gruel] Hey! What about that turkey dinner?

Prison Guard: [shouts] Sit down, you!

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Oliver: When are you going to get that tooth fixed? Every time you speak you make a funny noise. It sounds like a pipe organ.

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Oliver: When are you going to get that tooth fixed? Every time you speak you make a funny noise. It sounds like a pipe organ.

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Prison Guard: [placing the boys in solitary confinement] This is your suite.

Stanley: Have you got the time?
[Stan is shoved inside the hole and the door is locked]

Stanley: Ollie?

Oliver: What?

Stanley: I wonder how long we're going to be in here.

Oliver: Oh, about two months I guess.

Stanley: Gee, that's a month apiece.

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Prison Guard: [placing the boys in solitary confinement] This is your suite.

Stanley: Have you got the time?
[Stan is shoved inside the hole and the door is locked]

Stanley: Ollie?

Oliver: What?

Stanley: I wonder how long we're going to be in here.

Oliver: Oh, about two months I guess.

Stanley: Gee, that's a month apiece.

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Prison Guard: Clowning, eh?

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Prison Guard: They disappeared as if the earth had completely swallowed them.

Warden: Don't worry about those two babes in the woods. Use the bloodhounds. Those hounds never fail. Why they'll trail them so straight, it will be a cinch. Those hounds are ferocious. They're killers. Ha ha ha ha, I'd like to see their faces when they see those hounds. Now hop to it.

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Prison Guard: They disappeared as if the earth had completely swallowed them.

Warden: Don't worry about those two babes in the woods. Use the bloodhounds. Those hounds never fail. Why they'll trail them so straight, it will be a cinch. Those hounds are ferocious. They're killers. Ha ha ha ha, I'd like to see their faces when they see those hounds. Now hop to it.

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Schoolteacher: How many times does three go into nine?

Stanley: ...Three times.

Schoolteacher: Correct.

Stanley: And two left over.

Schoolteacher: [nods; Ollie begins to giggle] What are you laughing at?

Oliver: There's only one left over.

Schoolteacher: D'oh!

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Schoolteacher: How many times does three go into nine?

Stanley: ...Three times.

Schoolteacher: Correct.

Stanley: And two left over.

Schoolteacher: [nods; Ollie begins to giggle] What are you laughing at?

Oliver: There's only one left over.

Schoolteacher: D'oh!

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