"As soon as I got successful, the Scottish……" — Billy Connolly
"As soon as I got successful, the Scottish press started picking on me. It's something they reserve just for me."
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- All anyone really needs to know about barbed wire is that it can tear the arse out of your trousers,…
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- Who discovered we could get milk from cows, and what did he THINK he was doing at the time?
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- I’m actually pale blue: it takes me a week of sunbathing to turn white.
- Behind the proscenium arch, you can't always hear what people in the audience are saying.
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