A pint? Have you gone raving mad? I mean, I came here in all good faith, to help my country. I don't mind giving a reasonable amount, but a pint? Why, that's very nearly an armful!. #TheBloodDonor

RT @JulianDutton1: There's some wonderful things in this pre-Railway Cuttings show. Here is a more svelte, zany, madcap & physical Hancock;….

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Tony: What time do the pubs open?. Sid: 7 oclock. Tony: Theres no one up there Sunday nights anyway. Except the barmaid and she's a bit off. I said to Harry, why did you get rid of Gladys she's a fair piece? Her arms were a bit thick but what can you expect pulling pints all day!

I've written a poem. Cop this: . Steel rods of reason through my head. Salmon jumping, where jump I? . Camels on fire and spotted clouds . Striped horses prance the meadow wild and rush on to drink at life's fountains deep . Life is cream, I am puce . Ching Chang Chollah!

Tony: Well, you can keep your snails legs. Show me anywhere on the continent where I can get grub like this at these prices. Lump of fish, shovel full of chips, pickled onion, slice of bread & scrape and a cup of tea, 1/11d. You can't grumble at that! . #FishAndChips

I just think we ought to get a badge as well. I mean, nothing grand, a little enamel thing, a little motto, thats all, nothing pretentious, something like "He gaveth for others so that others may live". You know, we are do gooders, we should get something for it! #TheBloodDonor

I wonder what's on the headphones. Oh, Woman's Hour! How madly interesting! Miss Grizelda Plunkett is gonna tell us how to fillet haddock! I'd better listen to this, this will come in handy, this will. Nothing I want to do more than lie in bed with me leg up filleting haddock!

RT @EltonMaryon: #RayGaltonAndAlanSimpson’s #HancocksHalfHour series 5 episode 7 tomorrow ‘#Hancock’s School’ (1958) on @BBCRadio4Extra & @….

Tony: What are you doing here?. Kenneth: I'm an AA man. Tony: Where's the nearest RAC box?. Kenneth: No, don't be like that, now, let's see, what appears to be the trouble?. Tony: Well, the car's broken down and I'm in a terrible hurry. Kenneth: Ooh, it's always the way innit!

Tony: Brilliant! Right ladies and gentlemen, if you'd all be good enough to adjust your dark goggles, the Air Marshall here will step forward with is oxy acetylene cutter and have us out of here in no time! You beribboned buffoon!. #TheLift

Bill: I got mine on alright, no trouble at all . Tony: Well, I don't understand it, how can anybody as stupid as you put a bow tie on. I've known you have trouble putting your trousers on! . #TheGrapplingGame

Tony: Harry, do us a favour will you? Nip round to my mother's place and ask her to make a tray of bread pudding. Oh, and tell my mother, sugar on the bread pudding. Roger and out. #TheRadioHam

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Drinka-pinta-milka day!. 🎵Coughs and sneezes spread diseases. Catch them in your handkerchief 🎵. #FridayNightWasHancockNight

Kenneth: Really sir, I didn't realise you were an old war horse. Tony: Yes, young fella, me lad, I saw it all. France, North Africa, Italy, Tripoli, Japan, Malaya, Singapore, I saw it all. Miss Pugh: He was the projectionist at the camp newsreel theatre!. #TheUnexplodedBomb

Tony: Oh really, this is most exasperating. Hugh: We're doing all we can, sir. Tony: You should know what's wrong with the TV by now, you've been here five minutes. Hugh: Have you been kicking it?. Tony: Of course I've been kicking it. How else do you think I change the channels!

Bill: How can we run our own railway?. Sid:  Easy. All we need is an engine. a few coaches. Tony:  What do you mean “easy”?  You can’t just walk into a shop and ask for an engine and half a dozen coaches. You’ll probably have to order them!. #TheRailStrike

RT @EltonMaryon: #Hancock: “I’ve always wanted a metal thing with fins on.” ‘The Unexploded Bomb’ (1958) on @BBCRadio4Extra @BBCSounds tomo….

Sid: Everybody gets colds. Tony: Not like I get them. Samples, that's all they get. Me, I get the full output of the entire germ kingdom. Millions of them, all those big indestructible ones, flags waving, on the march, straight up me 'ooter!. #TheCold

Miss Pugh:  Oh look, it’s started raining. Tony:  That’s all we wanted. You watch, it’ll go dark in a minute, and we’ll have to switch the lights on. I think I’ll go to bed. Miss Pugh:  You’ve only been up an hour!. #SundayAfternoonAtHome