Favourite Onslow quote

Yes I do... 2 that stick in my mind are, (talking to Daisy) "What discourages me about looking for your father is we usually find him."

Another one along the same lines is when Daisy said to him, "Oh come on Onslow, I'd help you find your father" to which he replies,

"Well that it's easy, we know where he is, he's been dead for 12 years!"


that's just 2, out of 5 years of episodes- he was just brilliant!!

Daisy: If you had been married to our Hyacinth, you would have worn a jacket.
Onslow: If I had been married to your Hyacinth, I would have worn ear plugs.

Intelligence and purity.

I quite like "I'm sitting here completely surrounded by no beer."

I was watching the Hyacinth's riverside picnic episode yesterday when I was a bit puzzled about Onslow's joke about a former girlfriend called Melanie. I'm not sure about the exact dialogue but it went something like this below:-

Daisy: Who was that weird girl you used to hang about with?
Onslow: I married you.
Daisy: No. What was her name?
Onslow: Melanie. Her mother was a fan of 'Gone With The Wind.'

I had to look it up but I gather that there is a character called Melanie in the book called 'Gone With The Wind.' But is there a joke in there somewhere that I have missed? Is it a sly joke about Daisy reading Mills and Boon, and then Onslow talking about a more high-flown piece of literature that would go right over Daisy's head? Or is there some other subtlety which I've failed to see. I just wondered if any other Onslow fan out there who has been puzzled by this quote. Or anybody who has their own idea what else it could mean?

Another vote for "I'm sitting here completely surrounded by no beer".
And, even all the way over here across the pond, I find myself saying "Oh, nice," at least a couple of times a week.

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Oh, nice!

After Daisy's been complaining that he didn't pay any attention the time she bought a new nightdress:

"I'll give you a tip our Dais, now you won't find this in any of your romance books... When you wear a see-through negligee, don't wear a vest!"


The mirror... it's broken.
Yes, I know. I like it that way. Makes me look the way I feel.

From a Yank who loves this show, my favorite has to be Onslow's reply to Rose:

Rose: "Don't you think we ought to tidy up?"

Onslow: "Given the transience of life, biology's awesome potential for instability, and the possible meaninglessness of the entire universe, do you think it's worth the bother?"

Can't fault his logic!

By the way, I remember a compilation episode that featured a bunch of Onslow's great quotes. It's awesome.

My favorite Onslow situation and actually favorite episode is where Hyacinth is off on her high horse about a cruise and Onslow and Daisy win first class accommodations on the same cruise.

It shows how much personality, and intelligence (he does read physics books) and smoothness he has.

And he cleaned up nicely in that white dinner jacket.