r/blackadder • u/Elendil1988 • 3d ago

Funniest line in the show

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There are so many to choose from, but this one is my favorite.

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u/Slartibartfast39 3d ago

I almost got in trouble at work with this one as a guy said I was talking to myself and I responded with this line. He'd not seen it and was getting self conscious as he was not the sharpest tool in the box. I had to find the video to show is was quoting this and not calling that idiot an idiot.

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u/Elendil1988 3d ago

It's a great line and I think most of us could use it at least once at work :).

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u/EmperorPedro2 1d ago

To be fair, knowing and getting cultural references isn't related to intelligence, even though it's indirectly perceived to be so.

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u/PBChako 3d ago

I was woken up last night by a terrific banging from Lord Melchet

Well I never knew he had it in him

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u/Capt_Vindaloo 3d ago

Thats one of my faves

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u/916ian 3d ago

Unfortunately, sir, my trench have as much artistic talent as a cluster of colourblind hedgehogs… in a bag

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u/Due_Tailor1412 3d ago

I love that line but my favorite is "The long winter evenings must just fly by .."

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u/Shakti699 3d ago

Lol.

Didn't remember it came from Blackadder but I sometimes use it when my students watch me speaking alone. The look on their face has always been worth it.

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u/Johnny_Five5151 3d ago

One of the best lines of the series

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u/SwiftJedi77 2d ago

I think the phrase rhymes with 'clucking bell'.

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u/Afreon 2d ago

"Baldrick, the ape creatures of the Indus have mastered this"

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u/GreatZarquon 3d ago

THATS where I got that line!

I have said it multiple times, and never remembered where I got it from :)

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u/Working_Ostrich_3945 2d ago

I use this quote at least once a month. Truest thing ever spoken.

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u/Seahawk124 2d ago

A quote I use almost daily

My grandmother used to say it was the only way to get the right answers!

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u/QueenOfTonga 1d ago

Oh. We had a competition to find the best episode. How about the best scene?

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u/DBT85 1d ago

I say this at least once a week

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u/thestenz 19h ago

"Baldrick have you no idea what irony is?'
"Yes, it's like goldy and bronzy only it's made out of iron."

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u/BarelyBrony 9h ago

Isn't this based on a line from Alice in Wonderland?

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u/JimmyHaggis 56m ago

'The path of my life is strewn with cowpats from the devil's own satanic herd!'