Grandpa's Words of Wisdom
He says something along the lines of "Here's a life lesson for you--- never give up the punt for the pole!"
Did that make anyone else laugh??
yes! :-)
and despite the havoc and hardship they find themselves pretty much the entire film, i never get tired of seeing boorman's recreated family dance and grit their way thru it all. i've seen this picture a handful of times over the years, and it's one of my favourites in any genre.
"never give up the punt for the pole!"
gregory 073107
i dont get it, any help with this one?
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In the movie Bill is being taught how to punt by his Grandad. The pole gets stuck in the water and Bill tries to get it out and instead of letting it go and stay on the boat he ends up stuck on the end of the pole desperately trying to keep his feet out of the water as they try and steer the boat back to him using a small emergency paddle.
Thus the saying "Never give up the punt for the pole"!
Hope that makes sense!!
Patrick Warburton is a comedy genius!
I just answered this in another thread, but here goes: the punt is the boat they're in. The Brits say "punting on the Thames", meaning pushing the punt along with one of those poles. So, don't give up the boat for the pole...better let go of the pole than give up the boat, which was what the boy was about to do, had his family not grabbed him.
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