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I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel.
— Blackadder · 1983
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Usually Baldrick announces the cunning plans and Blackadder demolishes them. Here the butler borrows the household's favourite sales pitch for one of his own schemes. The absurdly precise weasel test makes confidence sound like evidence, which is why the line works whenever someone unveils a plan they are far too pleased with.
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In context
Spoilers for BlackadderShow the scene
In ‘Dish and Dishonesty’, the opening episode of Blackadder the Third (1987), Blackadder tries to save the Prince Regent's income from Pitt the Younger's reforms. His scheme has put Baldrick in Parliament, but a vote in the Commons has not settled the matter. The House of Lords can still block the bill. Blackadder seizes on that final obstacle as an opportunity and announces his next plan with an unusually confident animal comparison.
Sources (2)
- Dish and Dishonesty — episode subtitle transcriptBlackadder the Third — Dish and Dishonesty; quoted conversationReference checked
- Blackadder the Third — WikiquoteDish and DishonestyReference checked
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