No 73 (TV Series)

Episode #2.5 (1982)

Sandi Toksvig: Ethel Davis

Photos 

Quotes 

• Ethel Davis : Right, now then, go and get the neils, Nails. No, nail Neils. No, that's not right. Nails... well, just go and get them, would you, Harold?

• Ethel Davis : Oh well, if you're asking me to explain it, I'd say it was a, ehm... rag.

  Martin Edwards : Well I'll have you know that this is a buffer.

  Ethel Davis : Don't be silly, a buffer's a huge metal thing, goes on the front of a train.

  Martin Edwards : That is a buffet, a buffet car. This is a car buffer.

  Ethel Davis : Car's don't have buffers, they have bumpers.

  Martin Edwards : This is the first Saturday of the month. I have to clean my car...

  Ethel Davis : Well, I'll let you get on with it then...

  Martin Edwards : Then I polish it, and then I buff it and this is my buffer.

• Ethel Davis : [during Squidgy Bun round of the Sandwich Quiz]  The S.S. Titanic hit a what?

  Junior : Squidgy Bun Burger!

• Ethel Davis : [during Sandwich Quiz]  Whereabouts in the Bible does it mention an apple?

  Hazel Edwards : Genesis!

  Ethel Davis : No, I'm sorry, that's not correct, it doesn't mentioned anywhere, the Bible talks about a 'fruit'.