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--> ''Are you the farmer? I sound like [[WithnailAndI Withnail]]...''
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--> ''Are you the farmer? I sound like [[WithnailAndI [[Film/WithnailAndI Withnail]]...''
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--> ''... One thing led to another, and here I am!''
--> Recounting school: ''I did archery... Someone got hurt. So I did quilting... Someone got hurt. So I did sitting quietly... I got a B in that!''
--> He's not allowed alone in his office, because the last time he was, there was an international incident. With the Dead Sea Scrolls. And some custard.
--> Recounting school: ''I did archery... Someone got hurt. So I did quilting... Someone got hurt. So I did sitting quietly... I got a B in that!''
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--> Recounting school: ''I did archery... Someone got hurt. So I did quilting... Someone got hurt. So I did sitting quietly... I got a B in that!''
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---> '''Spice seller''' ''(now cross)'': Please. And don't ask me for a zig-a-zig-ah. I don't even know what that means.
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---> '''Spice seller''' ''(now cross)'': Please. And please don't ask me for a zig-a-zig-ah. I don't sell them - I don't even know what that means.they are. and I don't understand why every tourist thinks it's so funny to ask for them.
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* BaitAndSwitch: His trip to India episode starts with Giles at a market, lots of Indian voices calling out, Indian music playing, [[spoiler: only to reveal he's in Birmingham, before he leaves England.]]
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---> ''Spice seller'': Yes, bwana, nice spices.
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---> ''Spice seller'': '''Spice seller''': Yes, bwana, nice spices.
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---> ''Spice seller'': '(cross)' Please. And don't ask me for a zig-a-zig-ah. I don't even know what that means.
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---> ''Spice seller'': '(cross)' seller (now cross)'': Please. And don't ask me for a zig-a-zig-ah. I don't even know what that means.
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* NeverHeardThatOneBefore: Gently done, when meeting the yogi (holy man) at an ashram in India:
--> '''Yogi''': I am the resident yogi.
--> '''Giles''': Then I'll be the resident [[WesternAnimation/YogiBear Boo-Boo]]!
--> '''Yogi''': Pardon?
--> '''Giles''': Nothing...
--> '''Yogi''': Did you do the Yogi Bear joke?
--> '''Giles''': ... Yes.
--> '''Yogi''': I am the resident yogi.
--> '''Giles''': Then I'll be the resident [[WesternAnimation/YogiBear Boo-Boo]]!
--> '''Yogi''': Pardon?
--> '''Giles''': Nothing...
--> '''Yogi''': Did you do the Yogi Bear joke?
--> '''Giles''': ... Yes.
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* NeverHeardThatOneBefore: Gently done, when Done a couple of times
--> When meeting the yogi (holy man) at an ashram in India:
--> ---> '''Yogi''': I am the resident yogi.
--> ---> '''Giles''': Then I'll be the resident [[WesternAnimation/YogiBear Boo-Boo]]!
--> ---> '''Yogi''': Pardon?
--> ---> '''Giles''': Nothing...
--> ---> '''Yogi''': Did you do the Yogi Bear joke?
--> ---> '''Giles''': ... Yes.Yes.
--> When in a spice market in Zanzibar
---> '''Giles''': You must be a [[Music/SpiceGirls spice girl]]!
---> ''Spice seller'': Yes, bwana, nice spices.
---> '''Giles''': [[Music/SpiceGirls Well, I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want.]]
---> ''Spice seller'': '(cross)' Please. And don't ask me for a zig-a-zig-ah. I don't even know what that means.
--> When meeting the yogi (holy man) at an ashram in India:
--> When in a spice market in Zanzibar
---> '''Giles''': You must be a [[Music/SpiceGirls spice girl]]!
---> ''Spice seller'': Yes, bwana, nice spices.
---> '''Giles''': [[Music/SpiceGirls Well, I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want.]]
---> ''Spice seller'': '(cross)' Please. And don't ask me for a zig-a-zig-ah. I don't even know what that means.
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* ToiletHumour: Reference in his Thailand journey. The listener is spared the details, except to be told about
--> ''...spending the night, squatting over a hole, spraying pint after pint of red-hot magma down the back of ''[his]'' legs.''
--> ''...spending the night, squatting over a hole, spraying pint after pint of red-hot magma down the back of ''[his]'' legs.''
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* ToiletHumour: Reference in his Thailand journey.journey, where he goes for a journey of self-discovery. The listener is spared the details, except to be told about
--> ''...spending the night, squatting over a tiny hole, spraying pint after pint ofred-hot boiling-hot magma down the back of ''[his]'' legs.your legs. ... Still, it should be easier to find myself, now that half of me has been liquidised and despatched down that...''
--> ''...spending the night, squatting over a tiny hole, spraying pint after pint of
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* FishOutOfWater: Whether taking a large amount of fishing gear to drought-ridden Sudan, getting stuck in a research station in the Arctic, or going on a student trip to Cuba, Giles never quite knows what he's getting himself in for.
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* [[Main/Cloudcuckoolander Cloudcuckoolander]]: When asked what his ideal career is, Giles replies:
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* Cloudcuckoolander: [[Main/Cloudcuckoolander Cloudcuckoolander]]: When asked what his ideal career is, Giles replies:
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* NeilDiamond: Giles and his family are big fans.
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* NeilDiamond: [[Music/NeilDiamond Neil Diamond]]: Giles and his family are big fans.
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** NeilDiamond: Giles and his family are big fans.
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--> '''Giles''': Pudding Taster, Corduroy Model, or [Music/NeilDiamond Neil Diamond]!
--> '''[conversant]''': Is Neil Diamond a career??
--> '''[conversant]''': Is Neil Diamond a career??
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--> '''Giles''': Pudding Taster, Corduroy Model, or [Music/NeilDiamond [[Music/NeilDiamond Neil Diamond]!
Diamond]]!
-->'''[conversant]''': '''conversant''': Is Neil Diamond a career??
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--> '''Giles''': Pudding Taster, Corduroy Model, or [Music/NeilDiamond Neil Diamond]!
--> '''[conversant]''': Is Neil Diamond a career??
--> '''Giles''': Twenty-four/seven!
--> '''Giles''': Pudding Taster, Corduroy Model, or [Music/NeilDiamond Neil Diamond]!
--> '''[conversant]''': Is Neil Diamond a career??
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Played by Marcus Brigstocke, based on a character he did doing stand-up comedy, and written by Brigstocke, Jeremy Salsby, and Graeme Garden, and first broadcast on BBC Radio 2002-2011.
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Played by Marcus Brigstocke, based on a character he did doing stand-up comedy, and written by Brigstocke, Jeremy Salsby, and Graeme Garden, and first broadcast on BBC Radio 2002-2011.
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Played by Marcus Brigstocke, and written by Brigstocke, Jeremy Salsby, and Graeme Garden, and first broadcast on BBC Radio 2002-2011.
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Played by Marcus Brigstocke, based on a character he did doing stand-up comedy, and written by Brigstocke, Jeremy Salsby, and Graeme Garden, and first broadcast on BBC Radio 2002-2011.
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* NeverHeardThatOneBefore: Gently done, when meeting the yogi (holy man) at an ashram in India:
--> '''Yogi''': I am the resident yogi.
--> '''Giles''': Then I'll be the resident [[WesternAnimation/YogiBear Boo-Boo]]!
--> '''Yogi''': Pardon?
--> '''Giles''': Nothing...
--> '''Yogi''': Did you do the Yogi Bear joke?
--> '''Giles''': ... Yes.
--> '''Yogi''': I am the resident yogi.
--> '''Giles''': Then I'll be the resident [[WesternAnimation/YogiBear Boo-Boo]]!
--> '''Yogi''': Pardon?
--> '''Giles''': Nothing...
--> '''Yogi''': Did you do the Yogi Bear joke?
--> '''Giles''': ... Yes.
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* NoodleIncident: Most of how Giles' has managed to get himself wherever he is are these.
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* NoodleIncident: Most of how Giles' Giles has managed to get himself wherever he is are these.
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* ShoutOut: When shot at in the Thai hemp plantation:
--> ''Are you the farmer? I sound like [[WithnailAndI Withnail]]...''
--> ''Are you the farmer? I sound like [[WithnailAndI Withnail]]...''
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: While in Thailand, he gets lost, only to find himself in the middle of a (very illegal) hemp plantation.
--> ''I didn't think there was much of a rope and sacking industry.''
--> ''I didn't think there was much of a rope and sacking industry.''
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* ToiletHumour: Reference in his Thailand journey. The listener is spared the details, except to be told about
--> ''...spending the night, squatting over a hole, spraying pint after pint of red-hot magma down the back of ''[his'' legs.''
--> ''...spending the night, squatting over a hole, spraying pint after pint of red-hot magma down the back of ''[his'' legs.''
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Intrepid world-traveller, audio diarist, and upper-class twit documents his adventures around the globe. His enthusiasm is matched only by his naivety.
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Intrepid world-traveller, audio diarist, and upper-class twit documents his adventures around the globe. His enthusiasm is matched only by his naivety.
naivety; he is well-meaning, but is definitely treated like the butt-monkey by those around him.
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--> ''Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.''
--> ''Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.''
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* UpperClassTwit: Giles is this in spades.spades.
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--> ''... One thing led to another, and here I am!''am!''
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Giles Wemmbley-Hogg! Two M's, two G's, from Budleigh-Salterton!
Intrepid world-traveller, audio diarist, and upper-class twit documents his adventures around the globe. His enthusiasm is matched only by his naivety.
!!Tropes that appear in this work include:
*MetaphorIsMyMiddleName: Comes up a couple of times.
--> ''Adventure is my middle name! Well, between St.John and Leonard.''
*NoodleIncident: Most of how Giles' has managed to get himself wherever he is are these.
--> ''... One thing led to another, and here I am!''
Intrepid world-traveller, audio diarist, and upper-class twit documents his adventures around the globe. His enthusiasm is matched only by his naivety.
!!Tropes that appear in this work include:
*MetaphorIsMyMiddleName: Comes up a couple of times.
--> ''Adventure is my middle name! Well, between St.John and Leonard.''
*NoodleIncident: Most of how Giles' has managed to get himself wherever he is are these.
--> ''... One thing led to another, and here I am!''
