Porridge (TV Series)
The Hustler (1974)
Ray Dunbobbin: Evans
Quotes
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Ives : Venables has cracked down like a ton of bricks ever since the Earwig Derby.
Norman Stanley Fletcher : Earwig Derby?
Ives : Yeah, the Earwig Derby.
Evans : Earwig derby, yeah tragic, that.
Norman Stanley Fletcher : What's the Earwig Derby, when was that then?
Ives : Last earwig season.
Norman Stanley Fletcher : Oh, was it, well, then.
Ives : Organised by Grouty of course, very much on the lines of the Jockey Club. Handicaps, eliminators, and then in September the finale... the Derby. Eight yards across the laundry. The whole prison was on. Until of course Mackay finds out. Ah, we never knew.
Norman Stanley Fletcher : What did he do?
Ives : He put his foot down. Yeah, right on top of them! Splat!
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Evans : When I was doing bird in Shepton Mallet, we used to bet...
Norman Stanley Fletcher : Did you?
Evans : ...on the number of bricks in a cell.
Norman Stanley Fletcher : Oh, that was original. How did you get on?
Evans : All I know is, there was over 37.
Norman Stanley Fletcher : Roomy, wasn't it? Roomy, yeah.
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Norman Stanley Fletcher : Know what we had going in Maidstone? ONLY roulette, that's all! With a dart board, see. You could bet on even or odd, see, or red or black, or single numbers, or groups of numbers. A blindfolded croupier threw the dart. We'd play in association hour, bribe the screw to turn a blind eye. A great game, mammoth.
Evans : Crafty, that, roulette.
Norman Stanley Fletcher : Yeah, pity it had to end so tragically.
Evans : What happened?
Norman Stanley Fletcher : The croupier got careless one day. Now the screw turns a blind eye to everything.