Keeping Up Appearances (TV Series)

The Charity Shop (1990)

Leo Dolan: the Postman

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Hyacinth : Is that for me?

  The Postman : It says Bucket on the envelope.

  Hyacinth : It's Bouquet. B-U-C-K-E-T, Bouquet. The accent on the second syllable.

  The Postman : Well, it's for this address anyway.

  [he hands her the letter which she holds at arm's length] 

  The Postman : What's wrong now?

  Hyacinth : I never like to handle these things too freely until I've some idea who it's from.

  The Postman : Does it matter?

  Hyacinth : It matters enormously. Some total stranger my have licked this envelope, not to mention the stamp. There may be some prepared to gamble with their health, but I think a certain reserve is called for against the tongues of strangers.