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Elsa Lanchester Quotes

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Reminder of Forgotten Brandy
Miss Plimsoll Sir Wilfrid, you've forgotten your brandy!
[last lines; hands Sir Wilfrid his thermos bottle]
A Lawyer's Unfortunate Fate
Miss Plimsoll I almost married a lawyer once. I was in attendance when he had his appendectomy, and we became engaged as soon as he could sit up... and then peritonitis set in and he went just like that!
Sir Wilfrid He certainly was a lucky lawyer.
Cocoa and Brandy: A Playful Exchange
Sir Wilfrid I'd better take that thermos of cocoa with me. It helps me wash down down the pills.
Miss Plimsoll Let me see. My learned patient is not above substituting brandy for cocoa. Sniff, sniff. It is cocoa. So sorry.
[opens thermos and smells]
Sir Wilfrid If you were a woman, Miss Plimsoll, I would strike you.
A Discourse on Silence and Conversation
Miss Plimsoll Shall we roll up the window, Sir Wilfrid?
Sir Wilfrid Just roll up your mouth, you talk too much. If I'd known how much you talk I'd never have come out of my coma.