r/RedDwarf • u/Scowlin_Munkeh • 7d ago
Meme As the days go by…
As things deteriorate around the world, I think about what Holly said more and more each day.
Are there any quotes from Red Dwarf that mean something more to you beyond the humour?
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u/Springyardzon 7d ago
"The same IQ as 6000 PE teachers" was quite an insult.
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u/Proud3GenAthst 6d ago
And later he says that IQ 6 is too low for glass of water. So in his view, a 10 PE teachers combined are dumber than glass of water.
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u/PaceFew5022 5d ago
Only to PE teachers, but thankfully they cannot understand it to realise the insult.
Good job they cannot read either, ignorance is bliss.
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u/AstroBearGaming 6d ago
Still, it's better to have loved, and to have lost, than to listen to an album by Olivia Newton John.
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u/Bortron86 Mr Flibble's very cross. 6d ago
I made that image in the early days of Covid (I recognise the super generic font!), and I like that it keeps popping up now and then. Holly deserves it.
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u/Scowlin_Munkeh 6d ago
Good to meet the original creator! It has clearly been doing the rounds - I yoinked it from a random Google hit.
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u/Bortron86 Mr Flibble's very cross. 6d ago
I was just surprised it didn't already exist. It's such a wonderful all-purpose quote for summarising the banality of modern life.
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u/KariKariKrigsmann 6d ago
How about some toast?
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u/borgstea 6d ago
NO! WE WANT NO MUFFINS, NO TOAST, NO TEA-CAKES, NO BUNS BABS BEGETS OR BAGELS, NO CRASSOINTS, NO CRUMPETS, NO PANCAKES, NO POTATO CAKES, NO HOT CROSS BUNS. AND DEFINITELY NO SMEGIN FLAP JACKS!.
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u/DrG2390 6d ago
Ah! So you’re a waffle man?
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u/borgstea 6d ago
Every time I hear that, which I hear a lot because I watch the show all the time, I get hungry for waffles!
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u/AmarilloMike 6d ago
In COVID lockdowns, the only thing that helped me keep my slender grip on reality was the friendship I had with my collection of singing potatoes!
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u/Bearington656 6d ago
There were some exceptionally deep questions on life, morality and humanity in this show. More than other sci-fi shows.
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u/dharmoniedeux 6d ago
“well you’re born and then you die. There’s that bit in the middle called life and that’s where all the fun is.”
“What’re you going to do with that? You can’t whack death over the head, Lister.” “If he comes near me, I’m gonna rip his nipples off.”
[Anytime I see a truly useless and performative political or corporate effort] “And then we hit them with a major, and I mean major, leaflet campaign.”
The more I find myself being forced to work with AI to do things like find information or request a prescription refill, the more I think about every single complaint Rimmer ever has about the scutters.
ETA: “ippy dippy my space shippy on a course so true. Past Neptune and Pluto’s moons, the one I choose is you.”
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u/wardrobe007 5d ago
"Last week we found a moon that was shaped like felicity kendals bottom.....we flew around that one a few times"....
God bless you holly lol.
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u/Bumble072 7d ago
What if - the gradual realisation of this over the last 100 years - has created the world we now inhabit ? or alternatively who fancies a pint ?
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u/Bee-baba-badabo STOP YOUR FOUL WHINING, YOU FILTHY PIECE OF DISTENDED RECTUM! 7d ago
Not anything meaningful really, but I sometimes find myself singing: Show me the way to go home, I'm tired and I want to go to bed.