The Vicar of Dibley (TV Series)
The Handsome Stranger (2006)
Emma Chambers: Alice Horton
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Quotes
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Alice Horton : [to Geraldine about Harry] Has he driven his purple Porsche in your personal parking space yet?
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Harry Kennedy : [answers the door and meets Geraldine and Alice] Oh, hello.
Geraldine Granger , Alice Horton : Hello.
Harry Kennedy : Come in?
Geraldine Granger : Yes lovely.
[they enter the house]
Harry Kennedy : [moves a large box] Sorry it's a bit of a mess. I just moved out of a student big flat in London it's gonna be a bit of a squeeze squeezing it all in so uh, well if you see anything you like the look of just steal it I'll never know.
Alice Horton : Really?
Geraldine Granger : [to Alice] No, not really.
Harry Kennedy : Oh, I'm Harry by the way. Sorry. All over the shop today.
Geraldine Granger : [shaking Harry's hand] Oh, right and I'm Geraldine. I just live down the lane.
Harry Kennedy : Excellent.
Geraldine Granger : Yeah.
Alice Horton : And I'm Alice.
Harry Kennedy : [shakes her hand] Splendid! Well, what a suprise so I actually recieve a visit from a neighbour. I lived on the same street in London for 15 whole years and the bell never rang once.
Alice Horton : Oh, we had a bell like that.
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Alice Horton : [walks into the lounge] I've been thinking.
[Alice sits on the sofa next to Geraldine]
Alice Horton : Should've been you.
[meaning Geraldine and Harry]
Geraldine Granger : Oh well...
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Alice Horton : [walks out of the kitchen carrying two cups and gives one to Geraldine] I've been reading that fantastic new book from the Bible.
Geraldine Granger : [confused] *What* fantastic new book from the Bible?
Alice Horton : The Da Vinci Code. You know it's *so* much better than Genesis and that boring old stuff.
Geraldine Granger : I hate to tell you Alice but The Da Vinci Code is *not* a new book in the Bible. It's just a story.
Alice Horton : [downcast] Oh, that is so disappointing.
Geraldine Granger : [broken voice] I know.
Alice Horton : To think that Catholic Church has fooled you as well Mrs Gullible... Gussit. That's what they want you to believe. And I've been thinking...
Geraldine Granger : Ooh. Always a worry.
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Alice Horton : [after Geraldine saw Harry talking on the phone to a lady friend he knew] Oh love. What fools it makes of us all.
Geraldine Granger : [sitting on the sofa, disappointed] Yes indeed.
Alice Horton : Week after week I've been snogging that new puppy and then whoops-a-daisy I've got a great big mouth ulcer.
Geraldine Granger : [uninterested] What a lovely romantic story.
Alice Horton : Do you remember when you were dating David's brother and you jumped into that puddle just to show off? You went in right up to your neck.
Geraldine Granger : Yeah well I won't be doing that again, no matter how cute a chap is.
Alice Horton : [gasps] Oh gosh! How's it going with Mr. Dreamboat?
[Geraldine looks down]
Alice Horton : Has he driven his purple Porsche in your personal parking space yet?
Geraldine Granger : [annoyed] No Alice! He hasn't!
[Alice makes a cute sound]
Geraldine Granger : Shut up and get out!
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[Post credits. Alice is screaming with delight at Geraldine's engagement]
Geraldine Granger : Settle down! Settle down! Marriage is very exciting, but we can't scream for the rest of our lives, can we?
Alice Horton : No.
Geraldine Granger : So, here's a joke to celebrate.
Alice Horton : Great.
Geraldine Granger : What do accountants do when they're constipated?
Alice Horton : Hmmm, I don't know. What do accounts do when they're constipated?
Geraldine Granger : They work it out with a pencil!
[laughs]
Geraldine Granger : Do you get it?
Alice Horton : What? They stick a pencil up their bottom? That is *disgusting*!
Geraldine Granger : No, it's a joke, Alice!
Alice Horton : It's no joke if the pencil breaks! They've got half a pencil up there! They'd be more constipated than ever!
Geraldine Granger : No, they WORK IT OUT!
Alice Horton : I cannot believe you are marrying a man who sticks a pencil up his botty! What if he leaves it lying around? You might use it as a pencil!
Geraldine Granger : [Aside] I don't know why I bother, I swear.
[Swigs her tea]
Alice Horton : I mean, I don't know about you, but when I use a pencil, I tend to do this, look, when I'm thinking.
[Picks up a pencil and sucks it]
Geraldine Granger : Well, I think 'thinking' is a bit of a strong word, isn't it?
Alice Horton : [Looking at the pencil] Oh, to think it might have been up an accountant's backside!
[Shudders and puts the pencil down]
Alice Horton : It doesn't bear thinking about!
Geraldine Granger : No, that's very true.
Alice Horton : [sighs] Here's your pencil.
[Pushes it across the table to Geraldine]
Geraldine Granger : [Picks it up] Actually no, that isn't mine, that's one of Harry's.
[Alice rushes out of the room and vomits off screen. Geraldine laughs]