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Vivian Stanshall
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“English as tuppence, changing yet changeless as canal-water, nestling in green nowhere, armoured and effete, bold flag-bearer, lotus fed Miss Havishambling, opsimath and eremite, feudal-still reactionary Rawlinson End. The story so far. (Dot dot dot.)”
Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“... gauzes of filmy Fellini ...”
Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“How nice to be in England... Now that England's here, I stand upright on my wheelbarrow, And pretend I'm Boadicea.”
Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The gutters leaked like secrets, and the rain rained rain like rain...”
Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don't know what I want, but I want it NOW!”
Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This unasked-for jollity in the middle of an English afternoon left Sir Henry shivering with a red passion, his face a crumpled tissue on which a lobster might well have wiped its bottom.”
Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Do you know what a palmist once said to me? She said: WILL YOU LET GO!”
Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Gentlemen, I am a bulldog, and you will find my bark is worse!”
Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If I had all the money I've spent on drink — I'd spend it on drink.”
Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“That was inedible muck, and there wasn't enough of it.”
Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Seems a novel enough way to commit suicide. Pass me m' pistol. See if I can't bring the blighter down in the lake.”
Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Like the shock of fondling a raw sausage, blindfold, at a gay party ...”
Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Mercifully, Henry hit him with the soft end of the pistol.”
Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A pale sun poked impudent marmalade fingers through the grizzled lattice glass, and sent the shadows scurrying, like convent girls menaced by a tramp.”
Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Fear is the root of all courage”
Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Frankly, once I've eaten a thing, I don't expect to see it again.”
Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I've never met a man I didn't mutilate.”
Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The hounds are all fagged out after yesterday's Jehovah's Witnesses ... we do not want more blood all over the lawns again”
Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Florrie nodded and indicated the sink:"P'rhaps you'd care to wash your hands?" "arrh no thank you M'am; I already done that against a tree before I came in here" said the Wrinkled Retainer”
Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sir Henry Rawlinson disguised as Hugh Bliette:”
Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you are normal, I intend to be a freak for the rest of my life”
Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Do have an unusual day, won't you?”
Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You got a light, mac? No...but I've got a dark brown overcoat.”
Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Why can't I be different and original, like everybody else?”
Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It was a great party until someone found the hammer.”
Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And, looking very relaxed, Adolf Hitler on vibes. Nice!”
Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you're going to say anything filthy, please speak clearly.”
Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I've been looking for that particular son of a bitch for seven years. I could have been a doctor, or an architect.”
Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Five years ago I was a four-stone apology — today I am two separate gorillas.”
Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Wrestle poodles...and win!”
Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Viv Stanshall? I didn't know that.”
Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Vivian Stanshall, about three o'clock in the morning, Oxfordshire, 1973, goodnight...”
Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“it's the problem with Italian aeroplanes too much hair on the wings”
Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“why do male nudists wear towels to play tennis?”
Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'm going to rhino over your lino”
Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I studied the swell of her enormous breasts and I said: "Baby you're so far ahead it's beautiful”
Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Normally I pack a rod; in pyjamas I carry nothing but scars from Normandy Beach”
Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“earnestly humming on his way”
Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) first seen 1975 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: John Peel Sessions 1975-1991
“Wrestled Anaconda and she's a big girl”
Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) first seen 1975 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: John Peel Sessions 1975-1991
“Willy consulted a book called I-ching. Florrie suggested calamine lotion to stop it.... Henry suggested it sounded like something a gentleman would do behind a handkerchief”
Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) first seen 1975 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: John Peel Sessions 1975-1991