Keeping Up Appearances (TV Series)

A Crafts-Woman Scorned (1995)

Patricia Routledge: Hyacinth

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Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Hyacinth : It's absolutely scandalous! My free-style floral decoration for a table centrepiece deserved a first prize. Everybody said so.

  Richard : Well, you got a second.

  Hyacinth : And to give first prize to Lydia Hawkesworth. Of all people!

  Richard : Better luck next time. It was just one of those things, Hyacinth.

  Hyacinth : It was one of those things that didn't deserve a first prize. Oh. It's not that I mind losing. It's just that I hate the thought of first prize being given to somebody who'll make such a meal of it; we'll never hear the last of it. If they'd given it to me my natural modesty would ensure a minimum of fuss. To give it to Lydia Hawkesworth! You saw it; you were there. What did you think? Come along, Richard, be honest.

  Richard : I hated it.

  Hyacinth : I'm glad we're of the same opinion.

  Richard : I know when to hate something, or not.

  Hyacinth : The woman has no taste. And as for the judges, where do they find these judges? Must be the same idiots that keep letting people off serious crime.

• [last lines] 

  The Sergeant : [writing in his notebook]  Richard Bucket.

  Hyacinth : It's B-O-U Q-U-E-T.

  The Sergeant : Right, I'd like the answers to a few questions, Mr Bucket.

  Hyacinth : It's Bouquet.

  Lydia Hawkesworth : [drives up]  Mrs Bucket.

  Hyacinth : It's Bouquet! Oh, hello again, Mrs Hawkesworth.

  The Constable : Come back here, Madam.

  Hyacinth : Lovely day, isn't it?