Les Dawson quotes

The mother-in-law came round last week. It was absolutely pouring down. So I opened the door and I saw her there and I said, 'Mother, don't just stand there in the rain. Go home.' (Les Dawson)

My mother-in-law fell down a wishing well. I was amazed; I never knew they worked.

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In awe, I watched the waxing moon ride across the zenith of the heavens like an ambered chariot towards the ebony void of infinite space wherein the tethered belts of Jupiter and Mars hang, for ever festooned in their orbital majesty. And as I looked at all this I thought... I must put a roof on this toilet.

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The mother-in-law is the centre of a family.

Les Dawson

My mother-in-law has come round to our house at Christmas seven years running. This year we're having a change. We're going to let her in.

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My wife is a sex object - every time I ask for sex, she objects.

Les Dawson

I can always tell when the mother in law's coming to stay; the mice throw themselves on the traps.

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I went to the doctor last week. I said: 'Can I have some sleeping pills for the wife?' He said: 'Why?' I said: 'She's woke up.

Les Dawson

The way prices are rising, the good old days are last week.

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My mother-in-law's so fat that when she passes her handbag from hand to hand she throws it.

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I've got a friend who is a lion tamer. He used to be a school teacher till he lost his nerve. (Les Dawson)

I used to sell furniture for a living. The trouble was, it was my own.

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My mother-in-law said, 'One day I will dance on your grave.' I said 'I hope you do; I will be buried at sea.'

Les Dawson

I saw six men kicking and punching the mother-in-law. My neighbour said 'Are you going to help?' I said 'No, six should be enough.'

Les Dawson

I took my mother-in-law to Madame Tussaud's Chamber of Horrors, and one of the attendants said: 'Keep her moving sir; we're stock-taking.'

Les Dawson

I know my name will always be linked with women.

Les Dawson

My mother-in-law has so many wrinkles, when she smiles she looks like a Venetian blind.

Les Dawson

Mind you, I've always been musical... Mother used to sit me on her knee and I'd whisper, 'Mummy, Mummy, sing me a lullaby do,' and she'd say: 'Certainly my angel, my wee bundle of happiness, hold my beer while I fetch me banjo.'

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I've just had some bad news. Tomorrow is the mother in law's funeral. And she's cancelled it.

Les Dawson

With wives, men hide behind the air of bravado, which is basically a defence mechanism, I think. Clever creatures, women. Very clever.

Les Dawson

The mother-in-law had an accident at work. A hot rivet dropped down her drawers and she fell off the oil rig. (Les Dawson)

My lad chewed and swallowed a dictionary. We gave him Epsom salts - but we can't get a word out of him.

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I'm not saying my mother didn't like me, but she kept looking for loopholes in my birth certificate.

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I'm often accused of saying some pretty rotten things about my mother-in-law. But quite honestly, she's only got one major fault - it's called breathing.

Les Dawson

How can you analyse what is funny? What's funny to one isn't funny to another... What's funny to you is a personal thing.

Les Dawson

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Les Dawson

Occupation: English Comedian
Born: February 2, 1931
Died: June 10, 1993
Quotes count: 34
Wikipedia: Les Dawson

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