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Oh, damn, the path of my life is strewn with cowpats from the Devil's own satanic herd!
— Blackadder · 1983
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Blackadder turns a bad day into a grand tour of infernal agriculture. The extravagance is the point: a small financial recovery lasts only until the next royal interruption. It is a gloriously overqualified complaint for a fresh setback, rooted in a courtier whose cleverness cannot protect him from people with more power.
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In context
Spoilers for BlackadderShow the scene
In ‘Money’, the fourth episode of Blackadder II (1986), Blackadder has to find a thousand pounds to repay the Bishop of Bath and Wells. His attempts to raise it keep running into Queenie's demands for his attention and cash. Having collected only a fraction of the debt, he asks for peace to think. A messenger immediately announces that the Queen requires his presence on pain of death, prompting this outburst before he returns to court.
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- Money subtitle transcriptMoney — quoted sceneReference checked
- Blackadder II — WikiquoteMoneyReference checked
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