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As One Door Closes [4.7] [ edit ] Rodney: (upon losing a chunk of hair to one of Del's super-sharp combs) I'm going bald. Derek, I am 24 years old and I'm going bald! Albert: That's supposed to be a sign of something. Rodney: Yeah, it's a sign that I'm going bald.
Don't worry guys, this time next year Del Boy's fictional residence of Mandela House will be filled with millionaires. Del: (hurriedly, after talking to a couple of "women") Drink up, we're leaving. Rodney: Why? Are they a couple of ravers? Del: No, they're a couple of geezers!" Go West Young Man [1.2] [ edit ] Grandad: You wouldn't remember when I married your grandmother. Del: (sarcastically) No. Rodney: I'm saying nothing till I phone my solicitor. Slater: Go on then phone your solicitor [He puts the phone out] Rodney: I haven't got a solicitor. Slater: Don't waste my bloody time then. Denzil moves to try strangling Trigger, then relents, knowing how stupid Trigger is.] Denzil: Yeah, all right, Trig. All right.Del: Australia! Where the men are men. Albert: So are the women... Del: What's that supposed to mean? Albert Last time I was over there, the only way you could tell the sexes, was the men spit further. Del bars the door] Raquel: [panting] Just let him do his job, Del. Del: No, he's a bloke! Raquel: I don't care if he's a trained chimp, get out of his way! Del: Come on Mr Jahan, let's discuss this over a drink, shall we? Mr. Jahan: OK, something non alcoholic. Del: Mike, a pint of your best Bitter please.
Damien: (to Raquel) Mum, Uncle Rodders says that I'll be horrible when I'm all grown up. Raquel: Oh did he? Rodney: Yeah, well, they all are aren't they? They go through that Kevin and Perry stage. Raquel: Yeah, suppose they are a bit annoying. But when you reach 21 a man leaves those days behind him and matures into a responsible adult. Del: (on the phone) So, I squeezed this tube of onion puree into his hair gel! So Boycie goes to the wedding smelling like a Big Mac! Raquel: Well that's the theory, anyway.
It’s something his dad, described as a bit of a Del Boy-style rogue, believes in – hence the Trotter manta in the title of the show - and it’s something that the comedian suffered a dearth of when he had a crisis of confidence about stand-up, wondering if his career will ever properly take off. Nine years in, he still struggles to make a living wage. Raquel: The doctor told you to stay off fried food. Del: Yes, I know, and the Doctor told Snow White to eat more fruit. But we all know what happened to that poor old cow.