Rumpole of the Bailey (TV Series)

Rumpole and the Heavy Brigade (1978)

Blake Butler: Mr. Thistleton

Quotes 

• Horace Rumpole : All we have is a large soak patch in the crook of the left arm.

  Mr. Thistleton : Yes.

  Horace Rumpole : Totally consistent with my client merely having supported the deceased's head as he lay bleeding in his arms.

  Mr. Thistleton : [after pausing, hesitantly]  Not inconsistent.

  Horace Rumpole : [exasperated]  Not inconsistent! Mr. Thistleton, doesn't "not inconsistent" when translated into plain English mean "consistent"?

  Mr. Thistleton : Yes, it does.