Shawn says to Denise (whilst holding a loaf of bread, and about to go to the toilet).  "Will you hold it for me while I go for a slash."

Shawn to Kevan and Chris while on a train from Calais to Boulogne, "I wonder what this stuff is on my glasses that smells like Ice Cream? Oh, it's Ice Cream."

Shawn to a group of people on the rear deck of a narrow boat, while approaching an on coming boat, "Don't worry, we might just miss it."

Chris to Shawn while watching Television, "Who is this Gay Byrne chap, then?" Shawn responds, "He's a sort of Irish Terry Wogan."

Shawn was very annoyed with Chris when he'd rung one Sunday Morning, "Chris, for God's sake. I told you to phone me at half past nine, not half past eight, you idiot!!"  Chris: "Sorry, I thought it was half past nine. My apologies." Shawn: "Oh, it is half past nine - it just didn't feel like I'd been asleep for very long."

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Shawn says, looking down the sheer drop of a cliff, "I could walk down that easily."

Shawn was looking at a picture of Noel Coward and details of his association with Sutton and said, "I didn't know Oscar Wilde was born in Sutton."

Shawn sitting down watching a pop video including an old black and white file clip of people on a steam train, "That's a clip from Close Encounter (s of the Third Kind)." The film should have been Brief Encounter.

Shawn to Chris in the middle of a conversation, "....and another thing, even more important .......", "Yes, what?" , "Sorry, I've forgotten."

Chris chatting to Shawn about a rash, "Did the cream clear it up?", Shawn: "Yes, but it left it where it was."

 "It's becoming visually colder." Shawn

Shawn to friends at work, "One of the thing I like about this job is that I live so close to home."

Shawn while looking at some photos - "Oh, I remember that - where was it?"

Playing darts, Gina says, " Look Shawn, I'm winning!", Shawn replies, "You're not winning, you're just in the lead at the moment"

A message left on Chris' answer machine from Shawn - ".... so please give me a call before you get home."

Shawn to Chris - "How do you work out your expenses when you're out of the country? Do you get a daily subsidence payment?"

Chris discussing travel plans with Shawn - "Shawn what happens if we miss the 07:58?", Shawn replies, "I have had a look at the timetable and there is another at 07:55."

Chris to Shawn - "I'm going to the pub with Kevan, Denise, Hickles and Jenny. Do you want to come?", "No, I can't",  replies Shawn "I am seeing friends."

Shawn talking about a friends ex-girlfriend - "Yes, she was the blonde, dark haired girl in Alan Partridge."

Shawn to a group of people, - "I sometimes get tired in the evenings. Do you?"

Shawn in a pub - "is the vegetable soup vegetarian?"

Shawn to Kevan & Denise - "Some jockeys only ride one horse per race before flying off somewhere else". (Should be one horse per meeting)

Shawn, when questioned about a train timetable - "There is a frequent hourly service."

Shawn - "Can you close the window, I'm feeling a bit peckish".

Shawn an avid vegetarian - "I'm not really a vegetarian because I eat meat". (He meant fish)

Shawn - "It's different with a hydrogen balloon - with one of these you have to throw ballast out in order to get down".

Shawn - "I would like to have children. No more than 2, but no less than 2".