Roommates (1961)

David Lodge: Taxi Driver

Quotes 

• Sir Benjamin Boyd : Madam, must you make that noise?

  Jill Clemons : Yes, Sir Benjamin.

  Sir Benjamin Boyd : Is there some defect in your instrument?

  Jill Clemons : Oh no, Sir Benjamin.

  Sir Benjamin Boyd : It would appear to sound like two skeletons making love on a tin roof.

  Jill Clemons : I'm sorry, Sir Benjamin, I had an accident on the way here.

  Taxi Driver : [arriving]  I'll say she had an accident. Cost me a fare that has. And what I say is, what about my flippin' bumper?

  Sir Benjamin Boyd : And who the devil may you be, sir?

  Taxi Driver : I just want to exchange addresses with the young lady.

  Sir Benjamin Boyd : Although you might find it hard to believe, this is a concert hall and not a marriage bureau.

  Jill Clemons : I'm sorry, Sir Benjamin, it's my fault. I backed into him.

  Sir Benjamin Boyd : Madam, tacit if you please. And you sir, shut your cake hole. If you wish to interview the young lady, I must ask you to wait outside. And I may add that if her driving is on a par with her musicianship, you may think yourself extremely fortunate to be alive.

  [to the orchestra] 

  Sir Benjamin Boyd : Now gentlemen, we shall take the final section. From bar 224 if you please.