1. - Hello, dear.
- Hello, love.Copy !req
2. - Did you have a nice morning, dear?
- Oh, all right, thanks.Copy !req
3. Rather uneventful.Copy !req
4. My life isn't very fast-moving or dynamic.Copy !req
5. Well, you are retired, James.Copy !req
6. You do seem a bit down, dear.Copy !req
7. Yes, well, I've been reading the papers
in the public library all the morning.Copy !req
8. Oh, those things! Full of rubbish.
I never look at them. Except the stars.Copy !req
9. We must keep abreast
of the international situation, ducksie.Copy !req
10. Decisions made by the powers that be
will get to us in the end.Copy !req
11. Politics and sport,
that's all they're full of.Copy !req
12. Could affect us all,
the er... ultimate determent, an' that.Copy !req
13. They say there may be
a pre-emptive strike, dear.Copy !req
14. Oh, not another strike!Copy !req
15. It's wicked! I'd have them all locked up.
Blessed communists!Copy !req
16. Well, it all looks pretty umpty.
It's not that sort of strike, duck.Copy !req
17. - Sausages or beef burgers, dear?
- Sausages, thanks.Copy !req
18. It looks as if the balloon
could go up at any moment.Copy !req
19. What balloon?Copy !req
20. - Mashed or chips?
- Chips, thanks.Copy !req
21. Oh, I don't know.
The balloon. Er...Copy !req
22. Or is it a maroon? I can't remember.Copy !req
23. What are you talking about, James?Copy !req
24. It looks as if there's going
to be a war, dear.Copy !req
25. Yes, they say it might break out
at any time now.Copy !req
26. Well, at least you won't be called up,
James. You're far too old.Copy !req
27. Well, thank you, my beloved.
I'm still two years younger than you.Copy !req
28. Well, if the worst comes to the worst...Copy !req
29. we'll just have to roll up our sleeves,
tighten our belts...Copy !req
30. and put on our tin hats
till it's V-E Day again.Copy !req
31. It won't be like that this time, love.Copy !req
32. I think this one is called
the, Big Bang Theory”.Copy !req
33. It's all worked out by
brilliant scientists.Copy !req
34. Well, we survived the last one,
we can do it again.Copy !req
35. It'll take more than a few bombs
to get me down.Copy !req
36. Yes, yes, we um...Copy !req
37. We must... must look
on the bright side, ducks.Copy !req
38. - Better go over to Radio 4.
- I like Radio 2.Copy !req
39. Radio 4 is better
for the international situation.Copy !req
40. Good evening, this is Radio 4...Copy !req
41. With the news at six o'clock
this Thursday evening.Copy !req
42. The Prime Minister, speaking a few
minutes ago in the House of Commons...Copy !req
43. has warned that the international
Situation is deteriorating rapidly...Copy !req
44. and that war could break out at
any time in the next two or three days.Copy !req
45. Crumbs!Copy !req
46. What's the matter, dear?
Have you burned yourself?Copy !req
47. - This is it, ducks! This is really it!
- Another sausage, dear?Copy !req
48. I shouldn't worry too much.
It'll probably all blow over.Copy !req
49. - Three days! Blimey! Three days!
- Language, James! Language!Copy !req
50. Crumbs! It's lucky I got more leaflets
from the public library only this morning.Copy !req
51. Here we are, see? Er...Copy !req
52. Protect And Survive” and er...
, The Householder's Guide To Survival.”Copy !req
53. Now, this one should be
really authoritative.Copy !req
54. It's printed by the County Council.Copy !req
55. We'd better commence the construction
of a fallout shelter immediately.Copy !req
56. We must do the correct thing.Copy !req
57. There's treacle tart and custard
or cold bread and butter pudding.Copy !req
58. - Er... Treacle tart, please.
- Fallout?Copy !req
59. I thought they did that in the army.Copy !req
60. No, dear, it's fall in” in the army.
JFall in.”Copy !req
61. Thank goodness I got
all those official leaflets today.Copy !req
62. I gave the others to our Ron.Copy !req
63. Suppose I hadn't?Copy !req
64. We'd have been totally non-prepared.
I mean, just think!Copy !req
65. Will you have to dig a hole like
the old Anderson shelters in the war?Copy !req
66. No, dear, that's all old-fashioned.Copy !req
67. With modern scientific methods, you just
use doors with cushions and books on top.Copy !req
68. Where on earth are we going
to get doors from, James?Copy !req
69. Well er... you just unscrew them, dear.Copy !req
70. You don't mean off our own house!Copy !req
71. Well er... yes er... dear.Copy !req
72. You're not going
to ruin the paintwork, James!Copy !req
73. Oh, don't worry. I can soon touch it up
after the bomb's gone off.Copy !req
74. Well, mind you do.Copy !req
75. Just you be careful, James!Copy !req
76. Mind that paint, James!Copy !req
77. I hope you know what you're doing.Copy !req
78. I'll put the screws in a plastic bag.
You'll only go and lose them.Copy !req
79. Remember, they're in the right-hand jug
on the dresser.Copy !req
80. It's going to be very draughty
with no doors on.Copy !req
81. I expect it's a safety precaution.Copy !req
82. It'll let the, er... blast
go straight through.Copy !req
83. It says here...Copy !req
84. ~The inner core or refuge
should be placed...Copy !req
85. at an angle of 60 degrees
for maximum strength.”Copy !req
86. I should place it up against the wall,
if I were you, dear.Copy !req
87. Yes, but which are the degrees?
We haven't got any angles.Copy !req
88. I think we did it at school.
You... You had angles with degrees in.Copy !req
89. Only I can't remember.
I think I'll ring our Ron. He'll know.Copy !req
90. Hello, son. All right?
Beryl and the baby?Copy !req
91. Good. Er... Look, I'm building
this governmental inner core or refuge...Copy !req
92. Well, what's that mean, exactly?Copy !req
93. It's not cobblers, son.
It's in the governmental directive.Copy !req
94. You mean you're not constructing
an inner core or refuge?Copy !req
95. I gave you the leaflets especially!Copy !req
96. But what about baby Jim?Copy !req
97. Don't start singing!Copy !req
98. What do you mean, We'll all go
together when we go”? It's not funny.Copy !req
99. No, but it's our duty to carry out
governmental instructions in time of war.Copy !req
100. Stop laughing, will you?
I'm surprised at you.Copy !req
101. You're supposed to be
a responsible father now.Copy !req
102. A protractor?
The angle at the bottom?Copy !req
103. Er... yes, yes, I see.Copy !req
104. OK, son. Thanks.
Now, listen.Copy !req
105. Just you start that inner core or refuge.
It's your bounden duty, son.Copy !req
106. Cheerio, son.
Now, remember what I said.Copy !req
107. I am your father.
I do know a bit about war.Copy !req
108. Love to Beryl and baby Jim.
Ta-ta.Copy !req
109. Yes, er... Ron says I need a protractor.
He says I can get one at Willis's.Copy !req
110. He was killing himself laughing,
and he was singing songs!Copy !req
111. I can't understand it. I think it's nerves.
He's gone a bit hysterical.Copy !req
112. - He can't be drunk at this time of day.
- Our Ron doesn't drink.Copy !req
113. Oh, no, no, no.
No, no, of course not, dear.Copy !req
114. Ron is not going to make
an inner core or refuge.Copy !req
115. I remonstrated with him,
but he was adamant.Copy !req
116. He says if London cops it, he'll cop it.
And not to worry, Dad.Copy !req
117. It's an irresponsible attitude.Copy !req
118. I'm a bit disappointed in him,
adopting that attitude.Copy !req
119. He was always a very responsible boy
when he was in the Cubs.Copy !req
120. It was going to that art college
that spoiled him.Copy !req
121. He met some dreadful people there.Copy !req
122. Huh! Blessed beatniks!Copy !req
123. I don't suppose it'll make a terrific
amount of difference, the exact angle.Copy !req
124. It'll probably all fall down anyway,
what with the bomb, an' that.Copy !req
125. If a job's worth doing,
it's worth doing well, James.Copy !req
126. Yes, dear. But it is only temporary.Copy !req
127. After all, it'll all be over in a flash.Copy !req
128. Funny to think they were
on our side in the war.Copy !req
129. - Who, dear?
- The Russkies.Copy !req
130. - With old Joe Stalin.
- Yes, he was a nice chap.Copy !req
131. I liked him.Copy !req
132. Like an uncle, he was.Copy !req
133. I liked his moustache and his pipe.Copy !req
134. Yeah. Roosevelt was nice, too.Copy !req
135. There was three of them.
Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin.Copy !req
136. All good blokes.Copy !req
137. With old Hitler, Goring and Musso,
and all that lot, on the other side.Copy !req
138. You somehow knew
where you were then.Copy !req
139. I don't even know
who the people are these days.Copy !req
140. I expect it's all done
by committees, dear.Copy !req
141. Yes, and meetings. I expect they have
loads and loads of meetings...Copy !req
142. and thus arrive at decisions.Copy !req
143. Commuters, too.
They all use commuters these days.Copy !req
144. It's got very impersonal.Copy !req
145. Churchill with his cigar,
old Stalin with his moustache...Copy !req
146. You knew where you stood.Copy !req
147. - Do you think they'll invade?
- Oh, no, no. Won't need to.Copy !req
148. It'll all be done by missiles.Copy !req
149. Long er... range.Copy !req
150. Then they'll instil commuters
to take charge of us.Copy !req
151. It's funny to think
there's no shelters this time.Copy !req
152. We had an old Anderson
in the garden.Copy !req
153. I can see it now.Copy !req
154. We had nasturtiums
growing all over it.Copy !req
155. And we painted the front green.Copy !req
156. Painted, it looked quite pretty.Copy !req
157. Next-door grew cabbages on theirs.Copy !req
158. Yes. We had a Morrison.Copy !req
159. Hmm, I used to sleep in it.Copy !req
160. I stuck pin-up girls all over the inside.Copy !req
161. Betty Grable, Anne Shelton,
Patricia Roc.Copy !req
162. The roof got all smoky,
cos I used to read in bed with a candle.Copy !req
163. Yes, it was nice in the war, really.Copy !req
164. The shelters, the blackout,
cups of tea...Copy !req
165. The ARP, the evacuees.Copy !req
166. London kids seeing cows
for the first time.Copy !req
167. Old Churchill on the wireless.Copy !req
168. The nine o'clock news.
Vera Lynn singing away.Copy !req
169. Worker's Playtime.Copy !req
170. Spitfires and Hurricanes
in the blue sky over the cornfields.Copy !req
171. The White Cliffs of Dover.Copy !req
172. Old Jerry coming over every night.Copy !req
173. Those were the days.Copy !req
174. Don't you dare use
my best cushions from the front room!Copy !req
175. I'll get some old ones from upstairs.Copy !req
176. I'll put them in plastic bags.Copy !req
177. I don't want finger marks
getting all over them.Copy !req
178. I shouldn't worry too much, love.Copy !req
179. They're bound to get dusty
with all the fallout coming down.Copy !req
180. It says here we've got to lay in
food supplies for 14 days.Copy !req
181. I'd better put a note out
for 28 pints of milk, then.Copy !req
182. I'll just pop out and get 14 loaves, dear!
And a protractor.Copy !req
183. Anything else you want?Copy !req
184. I'll need more plastic bags, dear!Copy !req
185. There's no bread, ducks! Sold out.Copy !req
186. There seems to be some sort
of panic purchasing.Copy !req
187. It can't be helped, dear.Copy !req
188. After all, there's a war on.Copy !req
189. Or nearly, anyway.Copy !req
190. I hope you haven't left that cape
dripping in the hall, James!Copy !req
191. Oh, no, dear.Copy !req
192. Mr Willis has sold out of protractors.
I expect everyone wants 60 degrees.Copy !req
193. He was terrifically kind, Mr Willis.Copy !req
194. He cut me out a bit of card
with 60 degrees on it. Look.Copy !req
195. Oh! Nice, dear.Copy !req
196. Here's the emergency supplies, ducks.Copy !req
197. Two packets of ginger creams,
half a jam sponge...Copy !req
198. a tin of pineapple chunks
and a tin of Christmas pud.Copy !req
199. It'll all be over by Christmas.Copy !req
200. You're not decorating now, James!Copy !req
201. We've got to paint
the windows white, dear.Copy !req
202. - Whatever for?
- It's for the radiation, I think.Copy !req
203. Like they do in greenhouses, to keep
out the sun. It's the correct thing.Copy !req
204. - It won't be that hot, surely!
- Well, I don't know.Copy !req
205. They say the one at Hiroshima
was equal to one thousand suns.Copy !req
206. So it is quite hot.Copy !req
207. And besides, the powers that be
are making much better ones now.Copy !req
208. Science has leaped forward
with giant strides. Oops!Copy !req
209. Mind you don't get paint
on those curtains, James.Copy !req
210. You should've taken them down first.
You never think.Copy !req
211. I know that smile of yours, James.Copy !req
212. ~Keep doors closed to prevent
the spread of fire,” it says.Copy !req
213. But you've taken off
half the doors, James.Copy !req
214. - Yes, dear.
- Won't that make the fire worse, then?Copy !req
215. Well, T er...Copy !req
216. Perhaps the blast will blow the fire out.Copy !req
217. Well... Hmm!Copy !req
218. Inner core or refuge
looks quite cosy, doesn't it, dear?Copy !req
219. I hope those doors aren't marking
the wallpaper, James.Copy !req
220. Come in and try it out, dear.
Please.Copy !req
221. Whoa! Careful! Careful!
You'll have it over!Copy !req
222. Budge up, can't you, James?Copy !req
223. Couldn't you have made it a bit... wider?Copy !req
224. It's er...
It's constructed in compliance...Copy !req
225. with the governmental
specifications, dear.Copy !req
226. Well, they might've made it
wide enough for two people.Copy !req
227. - Suppose you were married?
- We are married, dear.Copy !req
228. Yes, well, there you are, then.Copy !req
229. Oh!Copy !req
230. What about if you had children?
Where would they go?Copy !req
231. Oh, well, you'd just hold them
in your arms. They'd soon fall asleep.Copy !req
232. Suppose they were 17 or 18?Copy !req
233. Big boys with bristly chins
and big boots on. Skinheads.Copy !req
234. Well, in that case, you'd, er...Copy !req
235. just add a few more doors.Copy !req
236. There's... no wall space
for more doors.Copy !req
237. Oh... no.Copy !req
238. Well, our Ron was never
a skinhead, anyway.Copy !req
239. What on earth are you putting
the food in there for?Copy !req
240. Well, that's where it's got to be.Copy !req
241. But why can't it stay
in the larder and fridge?Copy !req
242. Because we must not emerge for
the 14 days of the national emergency.Copy !req
243. You're not saying we've got to stay
in that thing for two weeks?Copy !req
244. Well, yes, dear.
Ours not to reason why.Copy !req
245. Now we must do the correct thing.Copy !req
246. Well, what about the cooking, then?
How do I get to the cooker?Copy !req
247. We'll just have to use
the little picnic stove, dear.Copy !req
248. - What about the toilet?
- Well, er...Copy !req
249. Well, we'll have to have a potty
or something.Copy !req
250. I can tell you now, James Bloggs...Copy !req
251. that I am going to go upstairs
in the proper manner.Copy !req
252. But you mustn't emerge, dear. Not for
the 14 days of the national emergency.Copy !req
253. All right, then, how are you going
to empty the chamber pot?Copy !req
254. Well, we just have to empty it
down the toilet, I suppose.Copy !req
255. You just said
we couldn't go to the toilet.Copy !req
256. Oh, yes.
Er... Well er... Yeah, well...Copy !req
257. We'd better not cross our bridges
till we come to them, eh?Copy !req
258. Look on the bright side, eh, ducks?Copy !req
259. Six, five,
Zero, zero, Six...Copy !req
260. It says here, Two pints
of water per person per day.”Copy !req
261. - I wonder if we've got enough bottles.
- I'll have a look under the stairs, dear.Copy !req
262. I've measured the water
into the bottles, James.Copy !req
263. I've labelled them
so we don't get in a muddle.Copy !req
264. Oh, good. That's nice, dear.Copy !req
265. You're very efficient
in a national emergency, dearest.Copy !req
266. Get on with you!Copy !req
267. It says here,D: Miscellaneous:Copy !req
268. pepper, matches, toilet paper,
disinfectant, vitamin tablets...Copy !req
269. tin opener, knives, forks, spoons.”Copy !req
270. Funny. No plates.Copy !req
271. - What's all that, dear?
- I don't know.Copy !req
272. It's called, miscellaneous”.
Pass it in, please.Copy !req
273. - Funny.
- What, dear?Copy !req
274. In the governmental leaflet, it says,
~Remove thin materials from windows.”Copy !req
275. And in the County Council leaflet,
it says...Copy !req
276. ~Hang white sheets in the windows.”
I wonder which is correct.Copy !req
277. Oh! It says peanut butter.
We haven't got any. Oh, dear.Copy !req
278. Never mind, ducks.
I don't like it, nor do you.Copy !req
279. No, but it's on the official list.
Oh, dear.Copy !req
280. Now, don't worry, love.
I expect we'll survive without it.Copy !req
281. It'll probably go runny
in the heat, anyway.Copy !req
282. You get terrific heat with these bombs,
you know.Copy !req
283. Mind you, diet is very important.Copy !req
284. You are what you... eat.Copy !req
285. And the survival of the fittest,
an' that. Whoa!Copy !req
286. That's why so many people are jogging
and eating lots of All-Bran, I expect.Copy !req
287. Only the fittest will survive
the outcome of the nuclear holocaust.Copy !req
288. - They eat lots of beans, too.
- They give you wind, beans do.Copy !req
289. You certainly shouldn't eat beans, James.Copy !req
290. Let's not get personal, ducks.Copy !req
291. I'm trying to have
a scientific discussion.Copy !req
292. If there really is going to be
a war, who do you think will win?Copy !req
293. Well, the Americans have
tactile nuclear superiority...Copy !req
294. due to their IBMs
and their polar submarines.Copy !req
295. But in the event
of a pre-emptive strike...Copy !req
296. innumerate Russian hordes will sweep
across the plains of Central Europe.Copy !req
297. Then the US Tactical Air Force
will come roaring in...Copy !req
298. With their Superhawks, B-17s and B-19s,
bristling with guns! Terrifically armed!Copy !req
299. They'd razor the Russkie defences
to the ground.Copy !req
300. Then the Marines would parachute in
and round up the population.Copy !req
301. After that, the big generals would
go over, like er... Ike and Monty.Copy !req
302. Then the Russians would capitalate...Copy !req
303. and there would be
a condition of surrender.Copy !req
304. Then they'd instil
free and fair election.Copy !req
305. One man, one vote.
And women too, nowadays, of course.Copy !req
306. And thus, the Communist threat
to the Free World would be neutrified...Copy !req
307. and democratic principles
would be instilled throughout Russia...Copy !req
308. Whether they liked it or not.Copy !req
309. That's the world scenario as I see it,
at this moment in time.Copy !req
310. - Monty? Wasn't he in the war?
- Well, of course he was.Copy !req
311. He practically won it.
You remember, dear.Copy !req
312. Big beret with badges on it.
Tanks. The Desert Rats. El Alamo.Copy !req
313. But that was ages ago, dear.Copy !req
314. Yes, well, I expect
he's getting on a bit.Copy !req
315. Probably been promoted.Copy !req
316. - More likely dead.
- Monty dead? Never!Copy !req
317. I'll bet he is.
It's about 40 years since the war.Copy !req
318. And he had a moustache then!Copy !req
319. Who's in charge now, then?Copy !req
320. Oh, one of those commuters,
I expect.Copy !req
321. It says here, Place your
National Savings Certificates...Copy !req
322. medical cards and
birth certificates in a box.”Copy !req
323. Here's a nice box, dear.
I'll give it a good clean-out.Copy !req
324. Oh, thanks. We'd, er...
better keep it in a safe place.Copy !req
325. I wonder what would be a safe place.Copy !req
326. Who's in charge of the Russians, dear?Copy !req
327. Oh er... it's er...Copy !req
328. Shavinsky, isn't it?Copy !req
329. Or... Molotov.Copy !req
330. No. Molotov's just a cocktail,
I think.Copy !req
331. Krushef. Yes, that's right.
B and K.Copy !req
332. Bulgania and Krushef,
that's them.Copy !req
333. And that bloke Marx has got
something to do with it.Copy !req
334. What are you doing, dear?Copy !req
335. Blocking out the windows, in compliance
with the governmental directive.Copy !req
336. It's the correct thing.Copy !req
337. Er... yes. Then there's the er...
usual committee, of course...Copy !req
338. the Common Term, they call it,
the Soviet Supreme.Copy !req
339. They're in charge of the BJ Kee.Copy !req
340. That's the Secret Service.
SS for short.Copy !req
341. Our lot is called EMI-5.
Oh, it's all very complicated, ducks.Copy !req
342. Well, mind you
don't scratch the polish!Copy !req
343. Is it any good writing him a letter,
do you think?Copy !req
344. - Who, dear?
- This leader. BJ Whatshisname.Copy !req
345. - What are you going to say, dear?
- Oh, I don't know.Copy !req
346. Um... , Dear Sir...Copy !req
347. Mr B J-thing, er...Copy !req
348. We, the people of Britain,
are fed up with being bombed.Copy !req
349. We had enough of it last time,
with old Hitler...Copy !req
350. 50 will you just leave us in peace?Copy !req
351. You live your life
and we'll live ours.Copy !req
352. Hope you are well.Copy !req
353. Please don't drop any bombs.
Yours sincerely, Mr and Mrs J Bloggs.”Copy !req
354. Very good, dear. Very nice. Yes.Copy !req
355. You might be a bit late for the post.Copy !req
356. You know what the post
is like these days.Copy !req
357. First class might just get there.Copy !req
358. But I must do this list.Copy !req
359. paper, pencils, shovel, spade,
crowbar, axe, hatchet...Copy !req
360. Saw, whistle
and/or gong for alarms...Copy !req
361. Suitcases for furniture or evacuation...Copy !req
362. string, pliers...Copy !req
363. first-aid kits, safety pins, scissors,
flints, aspirins, diarrhoea remedy...Copy !req
364. tweezers, calamine lotion,
war crisis editions, lice-flea powder...Copy !req
365. rodent poison, insulin,
blood-pressure tablets...Copy !req
366. rubber gloves, sanitary towels,
mirror, toilet paper, eyewash.”Copy !req
367. I wonder if it's true
about the paper bags.Copy !req
368. Or is it a joke?
I never know if it's just a joke or not.Copy !req
369. What's that, dear?Copy !req
370. Well, they say you should get
into a paper bag...Copy !req
371. just before the bomb goes off.Copy !req
372. Whatever for?Copy !req
373. I suppose it's like the white paint.
It, er... deflects the heat a bit.Copy !req
374. - Sounds silly to me.
- There are some paper bags.Copy !req
375. We had spuds from the farm in them.
There should be four.Copy !req
376. They'll be filthy, James!Copy !req
377. Are you sure your bag is clean, James?Copy !req
378. Yes, dear, I... cleaned it thoroughly.Copy !req
379. Oh! You do look silly!Copy !req
380. I wonder if it's all right
to have eyeholes.Copy !req
381. They say it's the correct thing
to wear white.Copy !req
382. People in Hiroshima with patterned clothes
got burned where the pattern was...Copy !req
383. and not so much on the white bits.Copy !req
384. - Even the buttons showed up.
- Yes, but they were Japanese.Copy !req
385. Is there a clean white shirt, dear,
ready for the bomb?Copy !req
386. You're not going to wear that nice
new one I gave you for Christmas!Copy !req
387. I don't want that spoiled.Copy !req
388. You can wear your old clothes for
the bomb and save the best for afterwards.Copy !req
389. All right, dear. Well, is there
an old white one, without stripes?Copy !req
390. I don't want stripes all over me.Copy !req
391. I've never heard such nonsense.Copy !req
392. We didn't think what colour clothes
we had on in the war.Copy !req
393. Lucky to have any clothes at all,
with everything on coupons...Copy !req
394. We interrupt this programme for
an official government announcement,Copy !req
395. An enemy missile attack has been
launched against this country.Copy !req
396. It /s estimated that
the missiles will arrive...Copy !req
397. In approximately three minutes.
Three minutes...Copy !req
398. God almighty, ducks!
There's only three minutes to go!Copy !req
399. Oh, dear. I'll just put the washing in.Copy !req
400. Come back, you stupid bitch,
and get in the shelter!Copy !req
401. - How dare you talk to me like that, James!
- Shut up and get in!Copy !req
402. There's no need to forget our manners
just because there's a war on.Copy !req
403. - Shut up! I'm trying to listen!
- Take shelter immediately...Copy !req
404. I've never heard such language
in all my life.Copy !req
405. - For God's sake, shut up!
- Oh, dear! I've left the oven on!Copy !req
406. - Get in! Get in! Get in!
- The cake will be burned!Copy !req
407. Lie down.
Keep away from windows.Copy !req
408. Cover your head and eyes.Copy !req
409. Do not look at the sky
or through windows.Copy !req
410. Take shelter immediately.Copy !req
411. Repeat. Stay indoors.Copy !req
412. Do not leave your home.Copy !req
413. The cake will be burned!Copy !req
414. The cake will be burned!Copy !req
415. Blimey!Copy !req
416. - Blimey!
- Well, I never...Copy !req
417. I... I suppose... that was it.Copy !req
418. I should think so.Copy !req
419. Blimey!Copy !req
420. You all right, dear?Copy !req
421. Yes, thanks, love.Copy !req
422. Oh, dear.Copy !req
423. I do feel all shaky.Copy !req
424. Never mind, ducks.
We're... We're still in one piece, eh?Copy !req
425. Yes, I think so.Copy !req
426. - Wasn't it light?
- Yes.Copy !req
427. Terrific.Copy !req
428. You get terrific light
with these bombs.Copy !req
429. - The heat!
- I know.Copy !req
430. Phew!Copy !req
431. It's still hot now.Copy !req
432. I wonder how far we are
away from the epicentre.Copy !req
433. Or was it the hypocentre?
I can't remember.Copy !req
434. What's that, dear?Copy !req
435. Well, it's the centre of it all.
You know, the bull's-eye, sort of.Copy !req
436. Bang in the middle.
Or... Or middle of the bang, rather.Copy !req
437. I should think we were bang
in the middle, dear.Copy !req
438. A direct hit.Copy !req
439. Oh, just look at all that glass.Copy !req
440. No, no, it couldn't have been
a direct hit, dear.Copy !req
441. We would have sustained greater damage
and suffered greater casualties.Copy !req
442. Don't talk to me about damage.
Just look at those curtains!Copy !req
443. Yes, but it would've been much worse
at the epi-hypo thing, dear.Copy !req
444. I don't see how it could've
been much worse.Copy !req
445. I'll never get them clean.Copy !req
446. I'll give them a good soak tonight.
Blessed Germans!Copy !req
447. Russkies, dear.Copy !req
448. Mm! The shelter stood up well,
didn't it?Copy !req
449. I constructed it in compliance
with governmental specifications.Copy !req
450. I hope the cushions aren't spoiled.Copy !req
451. I think some of them
blew off in the blast.Copy !req
452. I do like nice cushions.Copy !req
453. Yes, but there's more important things
at the moment, ducks.Copy !req
454. And curtains.
Cushions and curtains.Copy !req
455. I'd better get out
and put them in soak now.Copy !req
456. - Stay in! Er... dear.
- Don't you shout at me, James.Copy !req
457. But it's the whole point, dearest.Copy !req
458. This is what the shelter's for.Copy !req
459. But the blessed bomb
has gone off already.Copy !req
460. Yes, but the fallout
is falling out now. See?Copy !req
461. No, I don't see.Copy !req
462. I can't see any soppy fallout.
I'm getting out!Copy !req
463. - Just look at all that mess!
- No. No!Copy !req
464. We must stay in.
We must do the correct thing.Copy !req
465. Come on, now.
It's late. Let's get to bed.Copy !req
466. Whatever is this box of sand for,
James?Copy !req
467. It had better not be
for what I think it's for.Copy !req
468. I've told you what I think
about that subject already.Copy !req
469. Bomb or no bomb,
Hitler or no Hitler...Copy !req
470. I'm going to go to the toilet
in the proper manner!Copy !req
471. No, dear, it's not an earth tray.Copy !req
472. The governmental directive says
it's for cleaning plates, an' that.Copy !req
473. Cleaning plates?Copy !req
474. Why shouldn't we wash them properly
and dry them on a nice clean tea towel?Copy !req
475. We washed up properly
all through the war.Copy !req
476. Well, it's to conserve
emergency water supplies, dear.Copy !req
477. What is the world coming to?Copy !req
478. - You see, dear...
- Oh, tuck my feet in.Copy !req
479. My old mother would have a fit
if she knew.Copy !req
480. - Yes, but...
- Drying plates in an earth tray!Copy !req
481. Catch me eating off a plate
covered in sand!Copy !req
482. - You'd be the first to complain.
- Er... dear, um...Copy !req
483. A bit of grit in your winkles...Copy !req
484. and you're spitting and splattering
all over the place.Copy !req
485. Tomorrow, you can put that thing outside
for someone's cat, where it belongs.Copy !req
486. Ooh-er!Copy !req
487. I'm getting fed up stuck in this thing!
I want to get out and tidy up!Copy !req
488. Oh! Just look at all that mess
out there!Copy !req
489. We must do
the correct thing, dear.Copy !req
490. We must remain
in the inner core or refuge.Copy !req
491. Ours not to reason why.Copy !req
492. Ours but to, erm...
something or other.Copy !req
493. It tells you about this problem
in the County Council directive.Copy !req
494. I'll show you.
Let's see. Um... Where is it?Copy !req
495. Ah, yes. Here we are:
, During this period...Copy !req
496. reduced external stimuli may produce
problems of group behaviour.”Copy !req
497. Oh, yes, I see, dear.Copy !req
498. at intervals,
stimulate group activities.”Copy !req
499. Don't you dare start stimulating, James!
I'm not in the mood.Copy !req
500. No, dear!
It means discussions, an' that.Copy !req
501. It says, Discussions, card games,
story-telling, quizzes, etc.”Copy !req
502. Perhaps we'd better try story-telling.
You tell me one.Copy !req
503. No, I can't. I'd feel funny.
You're not a baby.Copy !req
504. - Well, pretend I am.
- Don't be silly.Copy !req
505. - Go on.
- No.Copy !req
506. You tell me one.Copy !req
507. - I don't know any.
- There you are, then.Copy !req
508. What about a quiz?Copy !req
509. - I spy with my little eye...
- Oh, not that. It's childish, James.Copy !req
510. Or it says here, Discuss the changed
conditions after an attack...Copy !req
511. and consider how to overcome
or adapt to them.”Copy !req
512. Well, um... um...
let's start on that one, dear.Copy !req
513. Who's going to start the ball rolling, eh?
Shall I kick off, eh? Eh?Copy !req
514. Right. Here goes. Um...Copy !req
515. I think er... we could overcome
the changed conditions after an attack...Copy !req
516. by er... all pulling our weight,
putting our shoulders to the wheel...Copy !req
517. 50 that we all pull together
now that our backs are against the wall.Copy !req
518. And we can show these Jerries...Copy !req
519. I mean Russkies,
just what we think of them.Copy !req
520. And um... Well, that's all, I think.Copy !req
521. Oh! Hooray, James!
You ought to be a politician.Copy !req
522. It says, Reading aloud
to pass the time is a good idea.”Copy !req
523. It's a good job I got this book
from the public library.Copy !req
524. It's called, Armageddon And You”.Copy !req
525. There's a terrific bit in it
about Western defences.Copy !req
526. Now, just listen to this.Copy !req
527. , There are three B.M.E.W.s:Copy !req
528. Ballistic Missile Early Warning systems.Copy !req
529. One P.R.C.S., Perimeter Acquisition
Radar Attack Characterisation System.Copy !req
530. Then there's N.O.R.A.D.,
North American Air Defence.Copy !req
531. And J.S.S.,
Joint Surveillance System.Copy !req
532. And then seven R.0.C.C.s,
Regional Operation Control Centres.Copy !req
533. Then there's N.A.D.G.E.,
Nato Air Defence Ground Environment...Copy !req
534. and several A.W.C.S,
Airborne Warning and Control Systems.Copy !req
535. All this is controlled by the N.C.A.,
National Command Authority...Copy !req
536. by means of the N.M.C.S.,
National Military Command System...Copy !req
537. and AM.C.C,
Alternative Military Command Centre...Copy !req
538. and N.E.A.C.C., National Emergency
Airborne Command Centre.Copy !req
539. And it all comes under W.W.M.C.C.S...Copy !req
540. Worldwide Military
Command & Control System.”Copy !req
541. We should be all right with that lot
looking after us, eh, ducks?Copy !req
542. Well, it didn't stop them
from bombing us, did it?Copy !req
543. Oh er... well, no, er...
I suppose not, really.Copy !req
544. Still, just think,
it might've been worse.Copy !req
545. Got to look on the bright side, ducks.Copy !req
546. Besides, another thing the powers
that be have created is called M.A.D.Copy !req
547. - Mad?
- Yes, M.A.D.Copy !req
548. M.A.D.
Mutual Assured Destruction.Copy !req
549. I read about it in the public library.Copy !req
550. I think my old dad was
in the Mutual Assured Insurance.Copy !req
551. - A penny a week it was, in those days.
- This isn't insurance, ducks.Copy !req
552. I think it covered the cost of the funeral.Copy !req
553. Yes, well, I suppose this is similar.Copy !req
554. It all comes out of our taxes.Copy !req
555. He had a lovely funeral, our dad.Copy !req
556. You don't pay any taxes now.
You're retired, James.Copy !req
557. No, I'm fully paid up.
My funeral is fully assured.Copy !req
558. Time we went to bed.
It's getting dark.Copy !req
559. I'll sleep in my clothes.
It's an all-out war situation.Copy !req
560. I might be called out in the night
for an emergency.Copy !req
561. They may need all able-bodied men
at short notice.Copy !req
562. They'll soon change their minds
when they see your pot-bellied little body.Copy !req
563. Morning, dear.Copy !req
564. - How do you feel?
- Oh, dear.Copy !req
565. - I ache all over.
- So do IL.Copy !req
566. I've got a terrific headache.Copy !req
567. Oh... I still feel so tired.Copy !req
568. Never mind, ducks. It's probably shock.
The bomb, an' that.Copy !req
569. Oh, it's bound to upset us a bit.Copy !req
570. After all, you don't get a nuclear bomb
every day of the week, do you?Copy !req
571. Just as well. Never knew a bomb
could give you headaches.Copy !req
572. Oh, yes, ducks.Copy !req
573. I told you these bombs have
a terrific effect on all sorts of things.Copy !req
574. Right.
A nice cup of tea will perk you up.Copy !req
575. Funny. They've cut the water off.Copy !req
576. Still, that's logical.
It might be contaminated.Copy !req
577. It's a wise precaution
for the protection of the population.Copy !req
578. Use the bottles, dear.Copy !req
579. Oh, yes, of course.
The emergency reserve supplies.Copy !req
580. Most of them seem to have been
broken in the blast, dear.Copy !req
581. The contents have been dissipated.Copy !req
582. Funny. The electric's off, too.Copy !req
583. Still, bound to be.
Conservation of energy resources.Copy !req
584. A wise governmental precaution
during the period of national emergency.Copy !req
585. Good job we've got
that little picnic stove, eh, dear?Copy !req
586. Are there any aspirins?Copy !req
587. Mind it doesn't pop, James.
I can't...Copy !req
588. bear it when it pops.Copy !req
589. Mm!Copy !req
590. Nothing like a cup of tea, hmm?Copy !req
591. Crumbs! IT must be dreaming.
The news! We're just in time.Copy !req
592. No. Nothing. There's nothing.Copy !req
593. All dead.Copy !req
594. - What about the telly?
- Yes, of course.Copy !req
595. They may have filmed it all.Copy !req
596. We may see our bomb on the news.Copy !req
597. Oh? All dead.Copy !req
598. - No picture?
- No.Copy !req
599. - Not even just the voices?
- No, nothing.Copy !req
600. - All dead.
- All dead?Copy !req
601. - We'll have to wait for the papers.
- There should be some good pictures.Copy !req
602. These bombs are quite spectacular.Copy !req
603. - He's late already.
- Yes, well, that's logical.Copy !req
604. There's bound to be delays and shortages
during the period of national emergency.Copy !req
605. I'll miss the serial on Woman's Hour.
It was just getting interesting.Copy !req
606. Crumbs! I haven't tried the transistor.Copy !req
607. No. Seems to have packed up.Copy !req
608. - Or probably needs new batteries.
- Yes, I must pop down to Willis's.Copy !req
609. They are a price these days.
97p last time. Just fancy!Copy !req
610. We ought to get one of these new hi-fis
when your endowment policy comes up.Copy !req
611. Oh, yes. Or a stereo.
I've only got two years to go.Copy !req
612. - I hope Ron and Beryl got back all right.
- Oh, yes, they'll be all right.Copy !req
613. - Our Ron's a very careful driver.
- I didn't mean the driving so much, dear.Copy !req
614. - More the bomb.
- I'll give them a ring.Copy !req
615. Hello? Hello? Hello?Copy !req
616. No, it's not even ringing.
Oh, I expect the lines are down.Copy !req
617. They say there are red-hot winds
of 500 miles an hour.Copy !req
618. I expect that would render the lines
inoperable.Copy !req
619. I'll drop him them a line,
tell them to give us a ring.Copy !req
620. - Do you think the post will be going?
- Oh, yes, bound to be.Copy !req
621. The powers that be will endeavour
to maintain the communications.Copy !req
622. Remember the Blitz?
The post went on just the same.Copy !req
623. It's government policy.
It keeps up the morale of the population.Copy !req
624. I hope Ron is insured.Copy !req
625. You did pay ours,
didn't you, James?Copy !req
626. Oh, yes, dear. The bomb won't cost us
a penny. We'll be well covered.Copy !req
627. Mm. Lovely.Copy !req
628. We can have some nice new curtains
for the summer.Copy !req
629. Crumbs! I wonder if it's all over already.Copy !req
630. If it is all over,
I wish I knew who'd won.Copy !req
631. We can't have lost the war, can we,
James? We won the other two.Copy !req
632. No, of course not.Copy !req
633. Remember old Churchill?
, We will never surrender.”Copy !req
634. Yes, but Churchill's
not prime minister now, dear.Copy !req
635. Er... no.
Well, er... of course not.Copy !req
636. I suppose it won't be
the same without, er...Copy !req
637. with old whatshisname, will it?Copy !req
638. Who is it, anyway?Copy !req
639. I must check the emergency supplies list.
We never had time to finish it.Copy !req
640. Who are you going
to write messages to, dear?Copy !req
641. Well, you never know. There's always
a need for vital messages in wartime.Copy !req
642. Our lives might depend on a vital message
getting through to headquarters.Copy !req
643. Oh, I see, dear.Copy !req
644. What will you do with that, dear?Copy !req
645. Well, if I saw a Russkie coming
down the lane, I'd bang the gong.Copy !req
646. If we had one.Copy !req
647. - Wouldn't he shoot you, dear?
- What, just for banging a gong?Copy !req
648. He'd be well within his rights
to shoot you if there's a war on.Copy !req
649. Oh, crumbs! You really think so?
Just for banging a gong?Copy !req
650. - I'm glad we haven't got a gong.
- We've got a whistle.Copy !req
651. - Have we? Where is it?
- I'm not sure.Copy !req
652. Hm. Never mind.
Let's leave it.Copy !req
653. Let's leave it.Copy !req
654. Oh, I do feel tired.Copy !req
655. Really exhausted and... all dizzy.Copy !req
656. Nervous exhaustion
due to unaccustomed lifestyle.Copy !req
657. That's what that is.Copy !req
658. - How's your headache, dear?
- Just the same, thanks.Copy !req
659. Aspirins didn't seem to do
any good at all.Copy !req
660. I think I've got a temperature.
I feel all hot and shivery.Copy !req
661. You do look pale, dear.Copy !req
662. - I should have an early night.
- I must clear up.Copy !req
663. Suppose someone comes
and sees the place in this state?Copy !req
664. We might have visitors.Copy !req
665. Yes. The Emergency Service
should arrive today.Copy !req
666. I'm surprised they've not come before.Copy !req
667. I expect they've got
a lot of people to attend to.Copy !req
668. Oh, yes.
We're only an outlying district.Copy !req
669. They'll be heavily engaged
within the stricken area itself.Copy !req
670. - Will it be like meals on wheels, dear?
- Yes, I should think so.Copy !req
671. There'll be mobile canteens
and soup kitchens...Copy !req
672. teams of doctors and nurses...Copy !req
673. helicopters flying in blankets
and medical supplies.Copy !req
674. It'll all move slowly into action,
you bet.Copy !req
675. They'll all be here
in next to no time.Copy !req
676. The governmental authorities have been
aware of this eventuality for years.Copy !req
677. So continency plans will have
been formulated long ago.Copy !req
678. We won't have to worry about a thing.Copy !req
679. The powers that be
will get to us in the end.Copy !req
680. I hope they come soon, dear.
I'm not feeling very well.Copy !req
681. I wonder if we'd have been
better off in the cellar.Copy !req
682. Oh, no, dear. Too damp.
Think of my rheumatism.Copy !req
683. - Would you like a bite to eat, dearest?
- No, thanks. I'm right off food.Copy !req
684. So am I.Copy !req
685. I must go to the toilet.
And I don't want any arguments.Copy !req
686. Blessed dust everywhere!Copy !req
687. Oh, crumbs! I forgot!Copy !req
688. We're supposed to stay
in the inner core or refuge!Copy !req
689. Well, it's too late now.
We've been out for ages.Copy !req
690. Oh, blimey! It was the whole point!Copy !req
691. I wonder if there's any radiation about.Copy !req
692. Well, I can't see anything.Copy !req
693. Hurry up, dear,
and get back in the inner core or refuge!Copy !req
694. We'd better have an early night.Copy !req
695. Well, if you can't see it
and can't feel it...Copy !req
696. it can't be doing you any harm, can it?Copy !req
697. Better try and er...
eat something today, dear.Copy !req
698. I was sick three times in the night.
My head aches even worse.Copy !req
699. Let's have a walk
round the garden, dear.Copy !req
700. I've just read it's only 48 hours
in the inner core or refuge, not 14 days.Copy !req
701. A bit of fresh air is all we need.
I'll get a nice lettuce.Copy !req
702. Crumbs! Look at the door!Copy !req
703. The paint's all gone.
Scorched down to the wood.Copy !req
704. Never mind, dear.
You said you'd burn it off one day.Copy !req
705. The leaves have all gone
off the apple tree, ducks.Copy !req
706. Oh, yes! What a shame.Copy !req
707. Still, it'll be lovely in the spring.Copy !req
708. It is spring, dear.Copy !req
709. Oh, listen.Copy !req
710. A dog.Copy !req
711. Oh, poor thing!Copy !req
712. I expect he's hungry.Copy !req
713. The heat has affected the hedge, love.Copy !req
714. - The beans look a bit shrivelled.
- And I think the lettuce have evaporated.Copy !req
715. Well, they do have a high water content.Copy !req
716. Can you see any fallout
falling out, James?Copy !req
717. No, the sun is trying to get through.Copy !req
718. They didn't blow up the sun,
thank goodness.Copy !req
719. Oh, no, dear.
Science is still in its infancy.Copy !req
720. What does the fallout
look like, dear?Copy !req
721. I don't know.
The er... government directive...Copy !req
722. heglects to mention
how the populous could recognize it.Copy !req
723. I expect it's a bit like snow, ducks.
Only greyer.Copy !req
724. The grass looks a funny colour.Copy !req
725. Yes, I'll pop down to Mr Sponge's tomorrow
and get some bone meal and dried blood.Copy !req
726. He might be closed
due to the bomb, dear.Copy !req
727. What, old Sponge?Copy !req
728. Miss a day's trade?
Not him! He'd rather die!Copy !req
729. It's very cloudy. Almost foggy.Copy !req
730. We need some sun
to bring the garden on.Copy !req
731. - The milkman's not been yet. He's late.
- Oh, well, that's logical.Copy !req
732. He's bound to be a bit late
after the bomb.Copy !req
733. Perhaps he's been called up
to fight or something.Copy !req
734. Oh, yes. Well, er... maybe.Copy !req
735. But they'd have got a woman
or something.Copy !req
736. - Very quiet, isn't it?
- Yes.Copy !req
737. Funny, no trains, no traffic.Copy !req
738. I expect they're all having
a good lie-in after the bomb.Copy !req
739. Terrible smell of burning.Copy !req
740. Oh, yes.
Well, er... bound to be. That's logical.Copy !req
741. It's like... roast meat.Copy !req
742. Yes! Roast dinners.Copy !req
743. I expect people are having
their Sunday dinners early this week...Copy !req
744. due to the unexpected circumstances.Copy !req
745. The road's gone all funny.
Seems to have melted a bit.Copy !req
746. I expect that's why the milkman's late.
He's got stuck somewhere.Copy !req
747. I wonder if there's a proper war on.Copy !req
748. I wonder who's winning.Copy !req
749. Never mind.
It'll all be in the papers, dear.Copy !req
750. Come to think of it,
he's late, too.Copy !req
751. He missed us
altogether yesterday.Copy !req
752. Well, you can't expect things
to be normal after the bomb.Copy !req
753. Difficulties will be experienced...Copy !req
754. throughout the duration
of the emergency period.Copy !req
755. Normality will only be assumed
after the sensation of hostilities.Copy !req
756. Oh, dear.
I think I'm going to be sick again.Copy !req
757. There, there, there, ducks.
All better now?Copy !req
758. I had the most terrible diarrhoea
this morning.Copy !req
759. Nerves, dear. It's just nerves.Copy !req
760. I'm the same, and I'm a man.Copy !req
761. Let's sit in the garden for a bit.Copy !req
762. Don't you think we ought
to clear up, dear?Copy !req
763. Yes, yes, later on.Copy !req
764. I feel a bit er... weak and dizzy.
We'll make a start soon.Copy !req
765. Suppose Jerry comes
this afternoon.Copy !req
766. No, they'd wait for the fallout
to clear. Too dangerous for a few days.Copy !req
767. We've got plenty of time.Copy !req
768. The situation is well in hand, you bet.Copy !req
769. Our boys will be lying in wait for 'em.Copy !req
770. I expect they've laid a trap.
Jerry will walk straight into it.Copy !req
771. Hello! There's cloud coming up.
Looks like rain.Copy !req
772. It's raining! I'm going in.Copy !req
773. Rain! Yes!Copy !req
774. We can save it!Copy !req
775. Don't you get wet, James.
You'll catch a chill.Copy !req
776. We don't want you laid up again.Copy !req
777. We'll be all right for water now
for a while, dear.Copy !req
778. Do you think rainwater
is all right to drink?Copy !req
779. Oh, yes, of course it is.Copy !req
780. There's nothing purer than rainwater,
is there? Everybody knows that.Copy !req
781. Perhaps I'd better boil it.
Best to be on the safe side.Copy !req
782. Oh, yes, I suppose so.
We don't want to take unnecessary risks.Copy !req
783. It may prejudice our chance of survival.Copy !req
784. What do you mean, James?
We have survived, haven't we?Copy !req
785. Yes, I know. But after the bombs
on Japan, people died ages later.Copy !req
786. I... forget exactly why.Copy !req
787. Perhaps they didn't take
precautions.Copy !req
788. Yes. I expect they neglected
to do the correct thing and...Copy !req
789. Oh, and anyway, that was years ago.
Science was in its infancy.Copy !req
790. We're better equipped
to deal with the situation...Copy !req
791. in the light of modern
scientific knowledge.Copy !req
792. Oh, yes. Nowadays, there's bound to be
all sorts of anditotes and protectives.Copy !req
793. When the medics get through...Copy !req
794. they'll probably just spray us
with some anditote...Copy !req
795. give us a couple of pills,
and in no time we'll be as right as rain.Copy !req
796. I'm glad we moved to the country
when you retired, dear.Copy !req
797. Yes. It's much more peaceful.Copy !req
798. If we'd still been in London...Copy !req
799. we'd probably have been
bombed out by now.Copy !req
800. Yes. Unless we'd been evacuated.Copy !req
801. Oh, that was only children.
And women too, of course.Copy !req
802. I'd have been requisitioned
for essential war work.Copy !req
803. But you're far too old.
You're retired.Copy !req
804. Yes, but all age groups are
pressed into emergency service...Copy !req
805. during times
of national emergency, dear.Copy !req
806. I'd have been an air raid warden.Copy !req
807. Or a stretcher bearer
for the Red Cross...Copy !req
808. and St John's Ambulance Brigade,
or a fireman in the docks.Copy !req
809. Jerry up above,
fire bombs raining down.Copy !req
810. Up the turntable ladders.Copy !req
811. Go on, Jim!Copy !req
812. Carrying women to safety.Copy !req
813. Trust you
to think of that, James.Copy !req
814. I wish we had neighbours. I'd like
to ask someone what's going on.Copy !req
815. Well, I warned you, dear.Copy !req
816. I wish we didn't have to stay put.Copy !req
817. I quite fancy a pint.Copy !req
818. I said I'd see old George down
the Half Moon today for a game of darts.Copy !req
819. I expect he'll be busy with his cows
after the bomb.Copy !req
820. It might've put them off laying...
milking, I mean.Copy !req
821. Yes, it may have curdled the milk
or something.Copy !req
822. These bombs have a terrific effect
on things.Copy !req
823. He may have switched over to yoghurt.Copy !req
824. Yes...Copy !req
825. Lots of people's lives are going to be
considerably affected by the bomb.Copy !req
826. London Airport will have
been knocked out, I expect.Copy !req
827. Yes. Bang goes a lot of people's
holidays this year.Copy !req
828. The Yanks won't come
dropping in.Copy !req
829. Oh, no. Not unless to help us
against the Russkies.Copy !req
830. We used to stand
on the railway embankment...Copy !req
831. and the Yanks used to shower us
with gum and chocolate and K-rations.Copy !req
832. Terrific, it was.Copy !req
833. You won't be able to say that, James.
They're the enemy.Copy !req
834. Oh, yes. I keep forgetting.Copy !req
835. Crumbs! We won't have
to try and kill them, will we?Copy !req
836. Oh, I... I suppose so.Copy !req
837. That's what you're supposed to do
to the enemy, isn't it?Copy !req
838. Crumbs!
I hadn't really thought of that.Copy !req
839. You mean to say, if one of them comes
through that door this afternoon...Copy !req
840. I'm supposed to try and kill him?Copy !req
841. Well, not you, James.
After all, you're retired.Copy !req
842. Well, what would I kill him with?Copy !req
843. A bit of old iron, I suppose.Copy !req
844. I must mend those socks
for you, James.Copy !req
845. They'd have Tommy guns.
They always do.Copy !req
846. He'd mow us down, Hilda!Copy !req
847. If a German sees you in these socks,
he'll think you're just a peasant.Copy !req
848. Enemies of der Fatherland!
Heil Hitler!”Copy !req
849. Oh. Oh, no, sorry.
No, no, that's the last time.Copy !req
850. I keep forgetting, it's the Russkies now.Copy !req
851. No, just suppose that one did come.Copy !req
852. A great big Russian.Copy !req
853. Big overcoat, great big boots
with snow on them.Copy !req
854. Great furry hat, all covered
in belts of ammo and grenades.Copy !req
855. Bloomin' great Tommy gun
pointing straight at us!Copy !req
856. What am I supposed to do?Copy !req
857. You could offer him
a cup of tea, I suppose.Copy !req
858. Aargh!Copy !req
859. We mustn't be collaborators, Hilda.
They'd shave our heads.Copy !req
860. Russians like tea.
A cup of tea wouldn't hurt, surely?Copy !req
861. I suppose it's better than being
mown down in a hail of bullets.Copy !req
862. Crumbs! They might round us up and
take us off to the concentration camps.Copy !req
863. Why? We've not done anything.Copy !req
864. We're not Jews, or anything.Copy !req
865. - Your grandfather was a Jew.
- He was not!Copy !req
866. Well, only partly.Copy !req
867. They'd send us to Liberia.
Down the salt mines.Copy !req
868. - Whatever for?
- I don't know.Copy !req
869. They always do.
Perhaps Russians eat a lot of salt.Copy !req
870. I expect
they're quite nice, really.Copy !req
871. I saw the Russians
dancing on telly once.Copy !req
872. All in boots.
They seemed nice.Copy !req
873. Oh, yes.
I bet some of them are nice.Copy !req
874. There were supposed to be
some nice Germans last time.Copy !req
875. I think we're running out of water again,
dear. The rainwater's all gone.Copy !req
876. Oh, we've still got a pint of milk.Copy !req
877. Better save that for teatime.
I can't bear tea without milk.Copy !req
878. - Posh people have lemon in it.
- I know! Horrible!Copy !req
879. Crumbs!Copy !req
880. I wonder if it was an American missile
falling a bit short.Copy !req
881. That happened in the war,
blokes getting shelled by their own guns.Copy !req
882. Be funny
if it was an American missile...Copy !req
883. that had landed on us,
wouldn't it, dear?Copy !req
884. I can't see it's very funny, James.Copy !req
885. No, well, er...
Funny peculiar, I mean.Copy !req
886. Are they worse than the Russian ones?Copy !req
887. Oh, I shouldn't think so, love.
I expect they're all much of a muchness.Copy !req
888. They all work on the same principle.
It's called, er... megadeath, I think.Copy !req
889. So many millions of people
dead per bang.Copy !req
890. Any ketchup, dear?Copy !req
891. I expect the quantity
is similar either way.Copy !req
892. Are all the bangs
about the same size, then?Copy !req
893. Oh, no! There's one megaton,
and 10 megaton, an' that.Copy !req
894. It's, er... just a question of
how big a bang you want to make...Copy !req
895. and how many...
people you want to Kill.Copy !req
896. More baked beans, dear?Copy !req
897. No, thanks. I'm a bit off food.Copy !req
898. Then there's the, er... overkill, see?Copy !req
899. That's where they kill more people
than they really need to.Copy !req
900. Say you want a bang big enough
to kill one million people...Copy !req
901. and you go and use
a three-million-people bang.Copy !req
902. It's terrifically wasteful of energy,
in the present economic climate.Copy !req
903. I see, dear.Copy !req
904. Yes, there's one thing about
the present economic situation...Copy !req
905. - I mean...
- Such a shame we can't wash up.Copy !req
906. in order to conserve
world energy resources...Copy !req
907. the powers that be will only use
the smallest possible bang.Copy !req
908. Oh, I can't bear it!Copy !req
909. - I expect that's why we're still here.
- We're running out of crockery!Copy !req
910. We could say we owe our lives
to the world economic procession.Copy !req
911. - Put the kettle on, will you, ducks?
- There's no water, dear.Copy !req
912. Oh, no, no. Of course.Copy !req
913. Just... Just have to have milk, then.Copy !req
914. That pint's gone bad, dear.
The fridge has been off.Copy !req
915. Oh, heck! Well, er...Copy !req
916. - A black coffee, then.
- There's still no water, dear.Copy !req
917. Well, wh-what are we going
to drink, eh? Eh?Copy !req
918. What... What... What are we
going to drink, for God's sake?Copy !req
919. Don't shout, dearest.Copy !req
920. I'm sorry, love.Copy !req
921. I'm just... terribly thirsty.Copy !req
922. How about a nice sweet, dear?
It's a blackcurrant fruit pastille.Copy !req
923. Oh! There's only one left.Copy !req
924. - Er... you have it.
- No, you have it.Copy !req
925. We'll, er... We'll cut it in half.
That's fair.Copy !req
926. - Help!
- I'm coming! I-I'm coming! I'm coming!Copy !req
927. A rat! A rat! Aargh!Copy !req
928. A rat in the lavatory! Oh!Copy !req
929. Euw! I saw it!
Its tail was waving in the pan!Copy !req
930. Never mind, dear.
Never mind.Copy !req
931. No, no, no.
It won't hurt you, dearest.Copy !req
932. The parts all dry and
its... head was round the bend...Copy !req
933. just its bottom end sticking out.
A tail!Copy !req
934. Oh! A tail!Copy !req
935. Horrible! Horrible!Copy !req
936. There, there, dear.
Don't worry.Copy !req
937. I'll pop down to Willis's
in the morning and get some warfarin.Copy !req
938. Now, at least it shows
the drains aren't blocked.Copy !req
939. Oh, dear!Copy !req
940. I do feel queer.Copy !req
941. All shaky.Copy !req
942. Well, it's bound
to upset you a bit.Copy !req
943. The bomb, I mean.Copy !req
944. Have you got... lipstick on, dear?Copy !req
945. Lipstick?
What do you mean, James?Copy !req
946. You know I haven't worn lipstick
for years.Copy !req
947. - Well, er... your lips are all red.
- Oh!Copy !req
948. Oh, my!Copy !req
949. My gums are bleeding.Copy !req
950. I thought there was a funny taste.Copy !req
951. Well, shrinking of gums,
causing ill-fitting dentures.Copy !req
952. That's what that is.Copy !req
953. Yeah, erm... Better get to the dentist
when the emergency has rescinded.Copy !req
954. There was blood when I went
to the toilet this morning.Copy !req
955. Yes, yes. Me, too.Copy !req
956. P-piles, that is. H-hovaloids.Copy !req
957. A common complaint in...
in middle-aged people like ourselves.Copy !req
958. I'll... I'll pop down to...
to the chemist...Copy !req
959. When the crisis pales
into insignificance...Copy !req
960. and I'll... I'll get some
of those suppositories.Copy !req
961. Oh!Copy !req
962. Oh, dear.Copy !req
963. I think I'm going to be sick.Copy !req
964. Now, there, there, ducks.
There, there. There, there.Copy !req
965. Now, now. All better now.
Now, please. Don't upset yourself, love.Copy !req
966. Please, please.
Now, don't dry. Don't cry. Don't cry.Copy !req
967. I expect it's due to the vibration,
you know. Like that day in the car.Copy !req
968. You remember that time
we went to Bournemouth, hmm?Copy !req
969. And you were sick in the coach.
Don't worry, ducks. Don't worry.Copy !req
970. There can't be anything wrong with you.Copy !req
971. I expect it's... it's just the...
the after-effects of the bomb.Copy !req
972. Oh, I... I... I do...
fancy a nice cup of tea.Copy !req
973. Do you think the cows will be
affected by the bomb, dear?Copy !req
974. Oh, no, I... I shouldn't think so.
They're... They're all out in the country.Copy !req
975. Supplies of milk will be maintained.Copy !req
976. It is... essential for the maintenance
of... healthy bones and teeth.Copy !req
977. Yes, but we live
in the country, dear.Copy !req
978. Yes, yes, yes,
I... I know, dear.Copy !req
979. Well, the grass is all dead and funny.Copy !req
980. Yes, erm... Well, er...Copy !req
981. I don't know.Copy !req
982. I expect there may be...
a temporary containment of supplies.Copy !req
983. I suppose we'd better just
sit here and wait for help to arrive.Copy !req
984. Yes. The emergency services
will have... sprung into action...Copy !req
985. at the first alarm signal.Copy !req
986. I hope they get here before the enemy.Copy !req
987. Oh, I... I hope Beryl and Ron
got back all right.Copy !req
988. Oh, they'll... they'll be all right.Copy !req
989. They'll... They'll have been safely home
long... long before the bomb.Copy !req
990. Our Ron's... a sensible boy.Copy !req
991. At the first siren, he'd get the whole
family down to the shelters right away.Copy !req
992. There aren't any shelters, dear.Copy !req
993. Oh, no. No, no, I... I forgot.Copy !req
994. But he'll... he'll be all right.Copy !req
995. I gave him the governmental leaflet.Copy !req
996. He'll... He'll be all right with that.Copy !req
997. That will afford him the maximum
protection available to the populous.Copy !req
998. He'll... He'll take cover immediately...Copy !req
999. and... adopt all the prescribed
precautionary measures.Copy !req
1000. He... He's no fool, our Ron.Copy !req
1001. He's not likely to get
hot under the collar.Copy !req
1002. He... He won't go to pieces.Copy !req
1003. The whole family will...
will stick together.Copy !req
1004. Oh, look!Copy !req
1005. There's funny spots on my legs.Copy !req
1006. Er... They're various veins.
That's... That's what that is.Copy !req
1007. That's... That's a common
complaint amongst...Copy !req
1008. amongst the middle-aged
segment of the populous.Copy !req
1009. Oh, that's...
that's nothing to worry about.Copy !req
1010. They don't look like veins to me.
I don't like the look of it.Copy !req
1011. Oh... Oh, you are...
you are a baby!Copy !req
1012. You're a worn... worn...
born worrier, you are, you know.Copy !req
1013. Now, you just try and look
on the bright side, eh, ducks? Hmm?Copy !req
1014. Look. Look. Look!Copy !req
1015. I've even got funny blotches
on my skin, see?Copy !req
1016. And I... I'm a man.Copy !req
1017. Yes...Copy !req
1018. Yes, too much tinned food.
That's all that is.Copy !req
1019. Yes...Copy !req
1020. Pilchards never did agree with me.Copy !req
1021. I must put some skin lotion
on those spots.Copy !req
1022. Yes. Oh, they'll...
they'll soon clear up.Copy !req
1023. I'll pop down to the chemist...
chemist in the morning.Copy !req
1024. I'll get some... get some ointment.Copy !req
1025. Yes...Copy !req
1026. We could do with some lozenges
or pastilles, too.Copy !req
1027. - I've still got a terrible throat.
- Yes, so have I.Copy !req
1028. I wonder...Copy !req
1029. if they'll be able
to sell us some water.Copy !req
1030. I'm going to have
an early night, James.Copy !req
1031. We could do with a good long rest
after that blessed bomb.Copy !req
1032. Oh, yes, yes. It's bound to take it
out of you, a thing like that.Copy !req
1033. Yeah, it's a...
it's a shock to the system.Copy !req
1034. Oh, yes. I expect so.Copy !req
1035. Oh... Oh!Copy !req
1036. Look!Copy !req
1037. - My hair's coming out!
- Don't... Don't worry, dearest.Copy !req
1038. Don't worry, don't worry.Copy !req
1039. Women don't go bald. No!Copy !req
1040. That's a... That's a scientific fact.Copy !req
1041. Shall we get into those
paper bags again?Copy !req
1042. Well... w-w-whatever for, dear?Copy !req
1043. Well, you never know.Copy !req
1044. There might be another one
while we're asleep.Copy !req
1045. Well, I... I suppose it er...
wouldn't hurt.Copy !req
1046. It... It would be a...
a sensible precautionary m-measure...Copy !req
1047. in the... in the...
in the circumstances.Copy !req
1048. After all, really,
this is an all-out war situation...Copy !req
1049. and, er... well, I mean...Copy !req
1050. another I... IBM...
might... might come over.Copy !req
1051. Oh, it's stuffy in these bags.Copy !req
1052. Yes...Copy !req
1053. Now you know what it feels like
to be a potato.Copy !req
1054. I should hate that,
being buried in the ground.Copy !req
1055. Oh, yes. Yes, so would I.Copy !req
1056. - Give me... cremation every time.
- Oh, me too.Copy !req
1057. We'd better just stay here
and wait for the...Copy !req
1058. emergency services to arrive.Copy !req
1059. Y-y-yes. Yes, they'll take...
they'll take good care of us.Copy !req
1060. We won't have to worry about...
about a thing.Copy !req
1061. Just... Just leave everything to them.Copy !req
1062. The governmental authorities...
will know what to do with us.Copy !req
1063. The powers that be...
will get to us in the end.Copy !req
1064. You have got the box with
our medical cards and birth certificates...Copy !req
1065. haven't you?Copy !req
1066. Yes, dear, yes.Copy !req
1067. They're quite safe.Copy !req
1068. Shall we pray, dear?Copy !req
1069. - Pray?
- Yes.Copy !req
1070. Oh, crumbs.
Er... who... who to?Copy !req
1071. - Well, God, of course.
- Oh... Oh, I see.Copy !req
1072. Er, y-yes.Copy !req
1073. If you think it... it er... would be...
would be the correct thing.Copy !req
1074. - It can't do any harm, dear.
- OK.Copy !req
1075. Er... Here goes.Copy !req
1076. Er... Dear... Sir...Copy !req
1077. No, that's wrong.Copy !req
1078. Well... er...
H-h-how do you start?Copy !req
1079. Oh, God...Copy !req
1080. Our help... in ages past?Copy !req
1081. That's it. Keep it up.Copy !req
1082. Almighty and
most merciful Father, er...Copy !req
1083. Oh, that's good.Copy !req
1084. "Dearly beloved...Copy !req
1085. We are gathered, er...
u-u-unto thee...Copy !req
1086. I shall fear no evil.Copy !req
1087. Thy rod... and thy staff...
comfort me...Copy !req
1088. all... the days...
the days of my life.Copy !req
1089. Er... I-l-lay me down...
in... in green pastures..."Copy !req
1090. I... I can't remember any more.Copy !req
1091. That was nice. I liked the bit
about the green pasture.Copy !req
1092. Oh, oh, yes, yes.Copy !req
1093. "Into the valley
of the shadow of death... ”Copy !req
1094. Oh... No more, love.Copy !req
1095. No... no more.Copy !req
1096. "... rode the six hundred... ”Copy !req