QI2003

Stephen Fry:
[after stating the Thomas Eddison invented the word Hello] The word that existed before as "hullo" h-u-l-l-o, which never meant a greeting, it just meant an expression of surprise - "Hullo, what have we got here?" "Hullo, what's this?" We still use it in that sense.

Bill Bailey:
Do we?

Stephen Fry:
"Hullo, what's that?"... Don't we, Bill?

Bill Bailey:
Yes. Yes, when we live our life like 1950s detective films. I often go to my fridge, "Hullo, we're out of milk. I say mother, where's the milk?"

Stephen Fry:
You beast, you beast, you utter, utter beast.