:24:02
What the fuck do you think
I'm resigning for?
:24:05
I'm taking forever off.
I'm going to cleanse my life.
:24:08
I'm going to rid my mind
and body of poisons.
:24:11
And when I've done it,
I intend to encourage others to do it.
:24:15
- And how will you do that?
- By telling them. You bald fool.
:24:18
- Walking with a sandwich board?
- If necessary.
:24:21
- Advertising, dear boy.
- How dare you!
:24:24
How...
:24:27
- What's the matter, Bagley?
- I've got a boil.
:24:30
A big boil.
I believe it's justice.
:24:33
The poison crimping
my miserable system.
:24:38
Fifteen years ago, I was out there
on the floor where you are now,
:24:41
and I was very like you, Bagley.
:24:43
I was the best.
:24:45
But I got myself into some
trouble with a gas-fired heating system.
:24:49
I tell you, I was desperate.
I made myself ill with worry.
:24:52
I finally ended up with a specialist
who told me I'd given myself an ulcer.
:24:56
It was a lot more
than that to me.
:24:58
As far as I was concerned,
I'd given myself a detonator.
:25:03
I became obsessed with fears
of spontaneous combustion.
:25:08
This gas-fired business had penetrated
so deeply into my subconscious,
:25:12
I thought I was seconds away
from bursting into flames.
:25:17
I started drinking water,
sometimes as much as 25 pints a day.
:25:22
I slept with a bucketful
by the bed.
:25:24
I even bought
a fire extinguisher.
:25:27
I'm surprised
you needed to bother.
:25:29
You must have pissed
like a fire engine.
:25:31
Anyway, what's all this
got to do with me?
:25:33
What I'm trying to tell you
is that I tried to quit too,
:25:36
but the man who sat here refused
to accept my resignation.
:25:38
- Hard luck.
- Was it?
:25:41
I took a month off
and went abroad.
:25:43
Rested and got myself a tan
and then I came back.
:25:45
And by Christ, Bagley,
did I sell some radiators.
:25:49
- Really?
- Never been better.
:25:52
And I'll tell you something else.
I didn't burst into flames, either.
:25:55
Well, let's hope
it's not too late.
:25:57
'Cause if you went up,
it would save me a job.