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#Mind Your Language
#Season 3
#Episode 3
#No Flowers by Request

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00:00Do-do-do-do-do
00:30Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-wa
00:33Do-do-do-do-do-do-wa
00:35Pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow
00:41Good evening, Mr. Cervantes.
00:49Buenas tardes, señora.
00:51In the first place, Mr. Cervantes, I am not a senora.
00:53Senorita.
00:54And in the second place, I would be much obliged if you would speak English in this school.
00:58So right and another thing mr. Shavante's there is no such word in the English language as so right
01:05Correct terminology is it is all right or it's all right or even just all right. Do you understand? So right?
01:18Whatever is the matter I'm going to be sick. I'm not here. I hope my stomach she's down straight up
01:24I am going tonight after lessons
01:36Hey amigo, would you like a cigar no no, thank you. You are not yourself tonight. Of course. He's himself. Who else could it be?
01:45Sully means something is wrong. She's right
01:49What is it one I am going to be sick?
01:53Holy ravioli
01:55You change your religion. Oh, hey, the folks not gonna like that
02:00I don't welcome you like a brother, but first you must be wearing the turban. I was the matter you are crazy
02:07I am sick in my stomach, but no, but no, I am going to see if I have fever
02:14in Japan
02:16We take home temperature from different place
02:19We not put them on me to your mouth
02:22I am known to want to know where you may put the thermometer
02:24I put a
02:26I put a
02:26And a
02:27Good evening, pal. Good evening, pal. Good evening, madam. Good evening, pal. Good evening, pal. Good evening, pal. Good evening, pal. Good evening, pal. Come on in your places, everybody. Thank you.
02:32A-Oh, something-a-matter one?
02:36a matter of one what he's a say he's not feeling very well oh really what's wrong
02:46sorry what'd you say he says stop asking the stupid questions he's got a thermometer in his
02:52mouth have you got a temperature what a moment
02:57what is it i am dead don't be ridiculous i have no temperature you're looking at the wrong end
03:13ah sorry what is it 98.4 i am dying that's normal hey maybe at the moment it's not working yes it is
03:25and up to now it's the only thing that's working in this classroom i sit down now you have all failed
03:33your lower cambridge certificate examination once and i don't want a repetition of that at the end
03:37of this term so tonight i'm going to ask each of you to pick one of the ten subjects i have written
03:41on the blackboard and then i shall ask you questions on them very straightforward music
03:45british history the royal family poetry shakespeare etc all right now who is going to start the ball
03:51rolling we are not having a ball to be rolling anywhere all right ali just for that you can
03:57start now which subject do you pick oh blimey television television right who is known as the
04:06father of television amon andrews
04:11logie baird oh blimey i'm seeing him last night with his little friend booboo
04:16that's yogi bear i'm talking about logie baird the man who invented television sorry please
04:25how much is a television license i'm not knowing i never buy one i hope you realize you can get into
04:32serious trouble for not having a license please tell me something the money for licenses for bbc yes yes
04:38then i'm jolly okay i only watch itv it doesn't work that way ali you still need a license now anna
04:47which subject would you like the royal family royal family right who is the prince of wales harry seacombe
04:59prince charles yeah which recent king of england was never crowned edford truck of vincer
05:07good max pick a subject a british politics british politics right
05:18what where does the term gladstone bag come from mrs gladstone
05:27gladstone bag is the name given to a bag made popular by one of our prime ministers william
05:32you at gladstone sorry boss i'll ask you another what function does the mace have in the house of
05:39commons uh they have the mace yes uh to eat the cheese
05:50that's mice maybe i pick another subject maybe you just sit down
05:55all right okay daniel let's see which subject you prefer i prefer the subject of love
06:04yes i'm sure you do but that is not written on the board so would you please pick one that is
06:09written down okay shakespeare shakespeare right who was shakespeare's wife mrs shakespeare
06:17very clever but what was her maiden name i do not know anne hathaway can you name three of the
06:26plays shakespeare wrote romeo and juliette good as you like it one more i do not know anymore i'll give
06:36you a clue king kong leah tarot i saw which subject do you choose poetry poetry right who wrote upon
06:55westminster bridge not no but uh sims funny play to write it's a poem by wordsworth i'll ask you another
07:06who wrote who wrote to a field mouse sounds like a man who is uh crazy in a handle
07:14written by robert burns over 200 years ago jamilla pick a subject the bible the bible right who was samson
07:25victor mature
07:25i beg your pardon he was being telly last week in film well never mind the film who was he historically
07:38ah achat he was man who was be very strong one night he is be fancy a bit of hanky-panky with
07:47woman delilah so he is be hanky-panky and she is be ask him how he is be very strong and he is be tell her
07:55it is in his long hair so one night when he is be fast asleep she is be give him shorty back and sides
08:04and when he is wake he is be take prisoner and blinded but when his hair is be grow long again
08:15he is be pulled down palace is that the authorized version it is what i am bc on telly thank you
08:23jamilla giovanni si professori would you pick a subject please uh music right music give me something
08:32from the pirates of penzance i never heard of them are they a punk or a rock group the pirates of penzance
08:43is one of the savoy operas by gilbert and sullivan oh i really like him who gilbert o sullivan i'm
08:53talking about gilbert and sullivan okay any more yes what can you tell me about handel's largo
09:02not much i never drink the stuff
09:04your lack of general knowledge is no laughing matter branjeet it's your turn pick a subject
09:16the british is less
09:24iris right what is the capital of england e
09:35i'll rephrase that what is the capital city of england london correct can you name three english
09:43counties oh dear me i am not knowing any english counties not one no the only county i am knowing
09:52is the county of monte cristo
09:54that's count thousand apologies right thank you sully your subject please only two left
10:05british history right who was known as the black prince mohammed arid
10:14why uh edward the son of edward the third very sorry who invented the cotton spinning machine chang
10:22hoi fang wrong sir richard arkwright you're richard arkwright copy invention from hoi fang
10:28does it all the western imperialists steal invention from chinese scientists china first
10:32to invent telephone television radio refrigerators and discover penicillin radium and lots of other
10:38things rubbish no china not invent rubbish
10:42some of them just talk it one si senor i pick subject yeah well there's there's only one left
10:51it's hobson's choice no hobson's choice british custom well that's what i meant do you know anything
10:57about british custom plenty plenty oh good first you have uh green or red green or red what british custom
11:07do you have something to declare you go on the red nothing to declare green no one see i know no the
11:16question is not about those sort of customs it means the things that we british do that are peculiar to us
11:22ah speak english a little more than that one look i'll give you an example november the 5th guy
11:29fawkes day is something we celebrate only in britain ah any more there's afternoon tea cricket
11:36the boat race good good any more bob a job week chelsea flip look i'm supposed to be asking you
11:42that's all right so i'm sorry would you run along and ask mrs foster to come and have a look at one
11:56yeah well lie on the table it might be oh oh blimey he's not looking very well i'm dying
12:03nonsense don't be so pessimistic yeah professor is right you're gonna be okey-cokey
12:12where is the patient oh mrs foster where does it hurt uh stomach stomach
12:21better getting to the hospital i think that this man has appendicitis
12:25are you sure mr brown i was a senior sister for several years if this man is not attended to
12:31very quickly it could prove fatal
12:39any sign of mr brown yet sir mr brown oh mr brown oh no he's not back yet this is most inconvenient
12:46i don't know why he had to go to the hospital with mr cervantes well somebody had to go with him
12:50i've come back don't tell me they've taken your appendix out already yeah not have operation
13:03not necessary no so you didn't have appendicitis after all no pain was caused by abundante tortilla
13:09that sounds serious what is it too much eating
13:16and where is mr brown he no come back what do you mean he no come back uh when we leave a hospital
13:21we come down the step and mr brown he missed just one step and he break his leg
13:29how could he possibly break his leg if he only missed one step step he missed top step
13:39there you are nurse how's everything going very well sister good did you remember to give mr parker
14:02his blanket bath i gave them all a blanket bath all have i done something wrong blanket baths are for
14:11those patients who cannot bath themselves they all seem to enjoy it especially mr brown it was lovely
14:18i'm sure it was i should think you've set him back at least a couple of weeks i was only doing my best
14:24well in future can you remember that you are a student nuss not a geisha girl sorry sister oh by the
14:32way mr jones is back from surgery we have three mr jones in this ward what is his initial uh jones w
14:40good i'll go and have a look at him is there anything you fancy
14:48yeah but i don't think sister would approve oh cheeky do you want a bottle oh i couldn't have a light
14:54tail could i no thanks not until i've had the light ale anyway you're not getting it i know but it's
15:01worth a try oh do you know when i'll be discharged probably tomorrow oh thank goodness for that i can't
15:08wait to get back to my students oh shudder to think what they're doing without me
15:20come along now settle down
15:24now i intend to find out how you're coming along with your english we are learning very much the
15:29well english that's right i speak the english so good nobody's knows that i'm italian i find that
15:37very hard to believe you see even you don't know now i am going to ask you some general questions
15:47on everyday topics first of all can anyone tell me what the first day of the week is
15:51sunny day no it is not sunny day rainy day sunday repeat it please it please repeat the word sunday
16:10sunday mr nadine name me two seasons uh salt and pepper
16:17those are seasonings now give me the names of two of the seasons of the year oh dear eb
16:26anybody springtime springtime springtime springtime now mr nadine what comes after springtime holiday time
16:37summer time jelligood mr cervantes what do the letters ac mean
16:47what does ac mean what does ac mean uh four ac has nothing to do with four sure
16:56ac spade ac hot ac time
17:02ac means alternating current ah hello mr papandrias yes miss courtney i don't suppose you can give me the
17:13the name of any other sort of the name of any other sort of current sure black current
17:19i am talking about electricity ac is alternating current dc is direct current okay
17:28mr nagazumi awesome
17:32what would it signify if i said you were a dog in the manger
17:36what sim you're crazy in the head
17:41beg your pardon
17:43i am man look not doggo
17:48you are also rather stupid
17:52miss schwedt
17:52yeah
17:54you are on a train going to glasgow
17:56why am i going to glasgow doesn't matter why
17:59you want to sleep on the train what would you ask for a bed
18:03you would have a birth in the sleeping car
18:09nine
18:09beg your pardon
18:11how can i have a birth when i'm not pregnant
18:17are you serious
18:18wow i save myself for when i meet mr wright
18:23for your information miss schmidt a birth b e r t h is the name given to a bed on a ship
18:30or a train in schuldigong you must think i'm very stupid
18:35that is the most sensible remark i have heard in this classroom so far
18:40mademoiselle
18:41oui mademoiselle courtney
18:42where is st paul's
18:44st paul's what
18:47st paul's cathedral
18:50i do not know it's somewhere in london i think it is near ludgate circus have you ever been to
18:55lucky circus no but i have been to bitty smart circus
19:00you're all absolutely hopeless doesn't anybody know anything yes please
19:05i am knowing lots of things are you absolutely do you know what a philistine is most certainly
19:12it is medicine that is 45 in the over 40s
19:15it is nothing of the sort
19:20thousand apologies you are all philistines oh no i am pakistan
19:30go to tea
19:31hey giovanni you get me a cup of tea and i go on phone hospital to see how is mr brown
19:45okay
20:03men's orthopedic ward sister king
20:06hello would you please tell me how is mr brown
20:11mr brown uh could i have the christian name please sure juan
20:19juan is he spanish no no no no no i am spanish
20:26a tea juan is spanish for john isn't it
20:31will you hold on a moment please brown john
20:41are you a relative no no no just a friend
20:46well i'm afraid i have some rather bad news for you you mean mr brown is worst
20:53he had a heart attack during the night
20:55good morning sydney good morning miss colney it's very sad about mr brown isn't it
21:07terrible i thought you might have gone to the funeral this morning no
21:25i've got far too upset i don't know what you mean
21:29it's so tragic
21:31taken so young it's terrible
21:33good morning
21:46good morning
21:46good morning mr brown
21:48what is going on
22:03what are you doing
22:05what's he saying the spanish fellow
22:17he phoned up the hospital and they said you was brown bread
22:19brown bread dead
22:22well i can assure you i am very much alive
22:25then whose funeral have the students gone to
22:32good morning
22:37Hey, Mr Brown is trying to get through to Max.
22:53I heard it as well.
22:55Oh, you need to start to do it.
22:58Max!
23:01Hey!
23:02It's the boss!
23:07What are you doing here?
23:08Mr Brown, you're living.
23:10Yes.
23:11Praise be to Allah.
23:13Paral gland.
23:14You're not dead.
23:15Funko, are you?
23:18Mr. Master T, who is the man in coffin?
23:20Well, I expect it's another Mr Brown.
23:23We must be making big celebrations.
23:25Yeah, why be not go to the pub, lady ho?
23:28Here, here.
23:29I'll second that.
23:30Hey, I'll push you.
23:31No, I'll push you, Professor.
23:32I'll push you, Professor.
23:33I've committed you.
23:34I've pushed him here.
23:35Oh, no, I'll push him, Professor!
23:36Oh, no, I'll push him, Professor!
23:37Hold him!
23:38Hold him!
23:39Hey!
23:40Find out of the way!
23:42You can't stop!
23:43All right, get out of the way!
23:45No!
23:47Oh, no, no!
23:48Oh!
23:49Oh!
23:50Oh!
23:51Oh!
23:52Oh!
23:53Oh!
23:55Oh, no, no.
23:56Oh, no, no.
23:58Oh, no, no.
24:00Oh, no!
24:01Oh, no, no.
24:02Oh, no, no!
24:03Ah, buenas tardes.
24:10Go away.
24:11Ha, you don't mean that.
24:13Do you want to bet?
24:14Eh, we'll bring you some flowers.
24:16Oh, Juan, you shouldn't have spent money on flowers for me.
24:19I not spend money.
24:21We already bought them for your funeral.
24:24Give us flowers for you.
24:26Eh, we'll bring some flowers for you.
24:29Come on, everybody.
24:33Come on, everybody.
25:03Come on, everybody.
25:33Come on, everybody.
25:34Come on, everybody.
25:35Come on, everybody.
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