of portland bill
this is my lighthouse on the guillemot
rock and here are my assistants ross and
cromity busy cleaning and polishing
you know said crowley i think i'd better
give my new fishing mod a polish i must
keep it and span
now ain't it funny how a small thing
like that can start an argument
ross began to tease comedy
you never catch anything with that it's
got too many gadgets on it
what do you mean this is high technology
every one of these gadgets has a use you
know
well for example this rings when the
hook's in the water and this buzzes when
it's out that way you know exactly where
your hook is yes and so to the fish
and with that ross picked up his picture
of captain biscay
now here's a real fisherman just look at
the size of that fish
oh it's just a shrimp
you should have seen the one i caught on
holiday
it must have been this big
now it was at that point that i came in
oh dear no what's the matter you're
supposed to be polishing not arguing
i was just telling ross about the time i
caught a fish this big exaggerated
gravity a salmon it was this big ah come
off it gravity you couldn't catch a cold
in a thunderstorm
now i caught a herring off this very
lock last week that was oh easily this
big
oh yes said i i don't think i saw that
one um no i don't think you did bluff
brass it was too big to get in the pan
so i threw it back in the sea but it was
easily this big oh it was was it
well mine was this big
i couldn't stand anymore you two always
bickering over some or other the only
way to stop this argument is to older
fishing match
we'll see who can catch the biggest fish
for tea well that suits me fine said
chronicle i'll get the rest of my gear
i'll probably catch a whale
look at king nature in there
ah you can laugh ross
but you'll see
you won't catch a thing with that twig
and a bent pin
and still bickering they went off to
their favorite places on the rock
well by now i'd had enough of their
argument and i decided that the fishing
competition had to end in a draw
and for that i had an idea
when i was out of their sight i caught
hold of both their fishing lines and
tied them together
then i gave ross's line a tug
i've got one
right rod pulling hard and of course
took his chromity at the same time
me too
mine's bigger
now after watching them puffing and
pulling against each other for about 10
minutes i decided that enough were
enough so i cut the lines and they both
fell back with a bump
suffering swordfish gasp ross
i'm glad that's over
my fish nearly pulled me into the sea
hey and mine broke my line well perhaps
you'd better try for smaller fish from
now on i cried
the comedy was worried uh we've caught
nothing but tea and i'm hungry don't
worry i caught a tin of baked beans
hmm
makes you hungry this fishing lock i
could eat another tin of baked beans
said grass
ah well that's nothing i could eat
another two tins said gravity
and a jam sandwich
blistering barnacles they were at it
again come on you two there's too much
polishing to be done to hold an eating
match i'll polish the brass work until
it shines like a new pin smiled ross
mine will shine like two new pins
boasted chronically
now that was one argument i didn't mind
them having
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there's always something happening on
the guillemot
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we're rock
and cleaning everything we can till all
the brass is gleaming and the rooms are
and span
scrub dust polish and rub with cleaning
cloth and water tub splish splush
mopping the floor with puddles and
bubbles all over the floor
which fish gets the most applause
which fish does get the most applause a
starfish
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do
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with cleaning cloth and water tub splish
splosh mopping the floor with puddles
and bubbles all over the floor
we've polished and we cleaned up
everything we can now all the brass is
gleaming and the rooms
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tell us another story bill
i was in the service room working on my
maps and chats
i was trying to forecast the weather for
the next few days
when in came comedy carrying a cup of
tea
hi there bill
have you got time for a cup of
tea well i thought i'd have a bit of fun
with him so i went over to the window
and lifted up some seaweed that was
hanging there pretended to study it and
i said
suffering swordfish it's a quarter to
11. yes i'd love a cop
comedy had fallen for it
he thought i'd told the time by the
seaweed
oh
how did he do that
he all the time i feel that piece of
seaweed
you can't do that can you
he was so amazed he must have put at
least 18 sugars in my tea
um
i think i'll just take rosa copper he's
doing stairs in the engine room
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ross had just finished servicing the
generator
oh a copper just what i needed he said
oh thanks comedy uh now lost um
you know a bit about machinery uh clocks
and things
now tell me
how do you tell the time with a bit of
seaweed seaweed
you're feeling all right chromity not
banged your head on anything lately not
being at those brandy ba*ls in the
medicine chest again eh
no i haven't
i'm being serious
when comedy told ross how he'd seen me
tell the time with a bit of seaweed
ross decided he had to see it for
himself
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uh gravity
what time is it
oh i don't know what time it is ross
it might be early it might be late
in fact i've no idea what time it is at
all
time i said oh i can tell you that
i went to the seaweed again
it's uh five to eleven i told them
ross looked at cremity comedy looked at
ross
hmm time to check the light i said and
left them alone to see what would happen
and sure enough as soon as i'd gone they
both went over to the
seaweed oh let's have a go
comedy was very excited he lifted the
seaweed down from its hook
it's all slimy and bumpy perhaps you
tell the time from those bumps suggested
ross ah yes and comedy started to count
the bumps
well what's the time committee
um
i'll make it 82 past 103.
that can't be right
he threw the seaweed on the floor in
disgust and started agging whether or
not it could be digital seaweed
this is where i came back in
uh what's the time i asked them
oh oh bill the time we put the seaweed
back
the comedy slipped on the seaweed and
landed with a bump on the floor
whatever are you doing
well
if you must know bill is that blooming
seaweed of yours we just can't figure
out how you tell the time with it
well i have to tell them
bless my whale bone corset i can't tell
the time by seaweed either
i was only lifting it out of the way so
i could see the church clock in
mcgillicuddy
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oh so you don't tell the time by the
seaweed no lad i'm afraid i don't i
laughed
what time do you make it chromity a*s
ross
ugh time i went on watch
oh come with me to the rolling sea while
the weather's calm and still
and we'll have some fun and laughter
with the adventures of portland bill
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01x02 - Episode 2
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Set in a fictional lighthouse on the Guillemot Rock, just off the coast from the fictional village of McGuillycuddy.
Set in a fictional lighthouse on the Guillemot Rock, just off the coast from the fictional village of McGuillycuddy.