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''HOFFNUNG'': Yes! I like that sport where a lot of people are asleep on a lawn, you know, and they sit around in deck chairs. And there are some people in the middle of the lawn, and they do something. There’s a chap with a barber’s coat on.<br> | ''HOFFNUNG'': Yes! I like that sport where a lot of people are asleep on a lawn, you know, and they sit around in deck chairs. And there are some people in the middle of the lawn, and they do something. There’s a chap with a barber’s coat on.<br> | ||
''RICHARDSON'': You consider that — sport? <br> | ''RICHARDSON'': You consider that — sport? <br> | ||
''HOFFNUNG'': Yes, Oh, yes! And then it starts raining, you know, and they all wake up, then somebody says, “well played, sir” — | ''HOFFNUNG'': Yes, Oh, yes! And then it starts raining, you know, and they all wake up, then somebody says, “well played, sir” — <br> | ||
''RICHARDSON'': Oh! I see! You are talking about this game of cricket! | ''RICHARDSON'': Oh! I see! You are talking about this game of cricket! <br> | ||
''HOFFNUNG'': Cricket! Cricket! That’s right, yes, I like cricket! Yes, I enjoy that, I really do. | ''HOFFNUNG'': Cricket! Cricket! That’s right, yes, I like cricket! Yes, I enjoy that, I really do. <br> | ||
:— ''Charles Richardson interviews Gerard Hoffnung'', BBC, 1951 | :— ''{{plainlink|https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hoffnung-Encore-Oxford-Speech-Collection/dp/0563536756|Charles Richardson interviews Gerard Hoffnung}}'', BBC, 1951 | ||
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HOFFNUNG: I enjoy watching sports occasionally, you know.
RICHARDSON: What sports do you, ah — ?
HOFFNUNG: Yes! I like that sport where a lot of people are asleep on a lawn, you know, and they sit around in deck chairs. And there are some people in the middle of the lawn, and they do something. There’s a chap with a barber’s coat on.
RICHARDSON: You consider that — sport?
HOFFNUNG: Yes, Oh, yes! And then it starts raining, you know, and they all wake up, then somebody says, “well played, sir” —
RICHARDSON: Oh! I see! You are talking about this game of cricket!
HOFFNUNG: Cricket! Cricket! That’s right, yes, I like cricket! Yes, I enjoy that, I really do.
- — Charles Richardson interviews Gerard Hoffnung, BBC, 1951