Only Fools and Horses, Series 5 (1986)

Only Fools and Horses was a British television sitcom which aired on BBC for seven seasons, nineteen Christmas specials, and six special editions, from 1981 to 2003. It also has a spin-off series called The Green Green Grass, and a prequel trilogy c… more »

Del:
Don't you think I've sacrificed enough for you?!

Rodney:
Sacrifices? For me?

Del:
Yes you, when dear Mum, God rest her soul, when she died...

Rodney:
Don't start again.

Del:
When she died, who stood by you?

Rodney:
Yes, I remember that well. I was a little 5-year-old stood in a damp graveyard wondering what the hole in the ground was for, I remember all the other people saying "I wonder what's gonna happen to poor little Rodney?" But I had no need to fear, did I, 'cos suddenly a vision appeared from beyond the silhouette of the gasworks. Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's Del Boy! Da da da daad! "I, Del Boy, will look after this small waif. I will bring him up in the ways of Del Boy. He will sell iffy watches from old suitcases on street corners. And I will also teach him to drive a three-wheeled van whilst pissed out of his skull!"

Del:
And I did, didn't I?

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