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> [“Tackled some giant, burrowing beetles the other week, if you can believe that…. At that stage I didn’t know about it either – only discovered after I was presented with a bill for over ten million quid. And I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-speed/tackled-some-giant-burrowing-beetles-the-other-week-if-you-can/)

[Mark Speed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-speed/)

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## More by Mark Speed

> [“You said these guys are your cousins? Is that, like, for real? It's, like, not a turn of phrase?" "What on earth do you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-speed/you-said-these-guys-are-your-cousins-is-that-like-for-real-it-s-like/)

[Mark Speed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-speed/)

> [“Tackled some giant, burrowing beetles the other week, if you can believe that…. At that stage I didn’t know about it either – only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-speed/tackled-some-giant-burrowing-beetles-the-other-week-if-you-can/)

[Mark Speed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-speed/)

> [“Never quote a rule at a bipolar person. They turn them over in their head looking for the holes, and they find them in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-speed/never-quote-a-rule-at-a-bipolar-person-they-turn-them-over-in-their/)

[Mark Speed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-speed/)

> [“Hughes wondered if Norton had deliberately withheld the information from him. “And being a man of the cloth is how you’d know your griffins…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-speed/hughes-wondered-if-norton-had-deliberately-withheld-the-information/)

[Mark Speed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-speed/)

> [“Let me do the talking, but follow my lead," said the Doctor. "You're my assistant. Your area of expertise is car mechanics." "But I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-speed/let-me-do-the-talking-but-follow-my-lead-said-the-doctor-you-re-my/)

[Mark Speed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-speed/)

> [“he made a mental list: they would have to drive on the right, they would call it gas and not petrol, the letter ‘u’…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-speed/he-made-a-mental-list-they-would-have-to-drive-on-the-right-they/)

[Mark Speed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-speed/)

> [“Don't tell me he's one of them illegal immigrants. I shall have the police round to arrest him if anything goes missing from my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-speed/don-t-tell-me-he-s-one-of-them-illegal-immigrants-i-shall-have-the/)

[Mark Speed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-speed/)

> [“Cobblers. I want to know why you won’t come and greet me. Are you still angry about ’sixty-three and me helping your brother get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-speed/cobblers-i-want-to-know-why-you-won-t-come-and-greet-me-are-you-still/)

[Mark Speed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-speed/)

> [“If this is what the future’s like, I can’t say I’m keen on it. These metal locomotives with cannons on top must chew soldiers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-speed/if-this-is-what-the-future-s-like-i-can-t-say-i-m-keen-on-it-these/)

[Mark Speed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-speed/)

> [“It would distort markets. Besides, if I bought a load of gold when I thought the price was going up, then it would drive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-speed/it-would-distort-markets-besides-if-i-bought-a-load-of-gold-when-i/)

[Mark Speed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-speed/)

> [“But Time Lords always travel in the T – in their Spectrels, don't they?" "Only if absolutely necessary." "You what?" "It's another myth put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-speed/but-time-lords-always-travel-in-the-t-in-their-spectrels-don-t-they/)

[Mark Speed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-speed/)

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