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Father Ted is demonstrating some plastic toy cows to Dougal. Father Ted: …OK, one last time. These are small… but the ones out there are far away. Small… far away…
— Father Ted · Father Ted
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An editorial interpretation.
Father Ted, repeating himself for what he calls the last time, uses plastic cows to explain a point about perspective. The toys really are small, while the real cows outside only look small because they are far away. The halting repetition gives the lesson a comic, laboured patience.
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