{"id":1995,"date":"2007-09-25T21:32:58","date_gmt":"2007-09-25T21:32:58","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-04-18T22:59:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T22:59:00","slug":"a-room-with-a-view-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hellem.org\/wblog\/?p=1995","title":{"rendered":"A room with a view"},"content":{"rendered":"

Memorable quotes from Fawlty Towers http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0072500\/quotes<\/p>\n

Mrs. Richards: [standing next to the window] And another thing: I asked for a room with a view.
\nBasil Fawlty: [aside to Manuel] Deaf, mad, *and* blind.
\n[to Mrs. Richards as he makes a show of inspecting the view]
\nBasil Fawlty: This is the view as far as I can remember… Yes… Yes, this is it.
\nMrs. Richards: When I pay for a view, I expect to see something more interesting than that.
\nBasil Fawlty: That is Torquay, madam.
\nMrs. Richards: Well, that’s not good enough.
\nBasil Fawlty: Well, might I ask what you expected to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? The hanging gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically…
\nMrs. Richards: Don’t be ridiculous. I expect to be able to see the sea.
\nBasil Fawlty: You *can* see the sea. It’s over there between the land and the sky.
\nMrs. Richards: I’d need a telescope to see that.
\nBasil Fawlty: Well, might I suggest you move to a hotel closer to the sea.
\n[sotto voice]
\nBasil Fawlty: Or preferably in it.
\nMrs. Richards: Now listen to me. I’m not satisfied, but I’ve decided to stay here. However, I shall expect a reduction.
\nBasil Fawlty: Why? Because Krakatoa’s not erupting at the moment, or… <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

At least I had a room with a view today when staying the night at Sognefjord hotel http:\/\/www.sognefjordhotel.no\/<\/p>\n

\"View\"<\/p>\n

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\"View\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Memorable quotes from Fawlty Towers http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0072500\/quotes Mrs. Richards: [standing next to the window] And another thing: I asked for a room with a view. Basil Fawlty: [aside to Manuel] Deaf, mad, *and* blind. [to Mrs. Richards as he makes a show of inspecting the view] Basil Fawlty: This is the view as far as I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c18"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hellem.org\/wblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hellem.org\/wblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hellem.org\/wblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hellem.org\/wblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hellem.org\/wblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1995"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hellem.org\/wblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15595,"href":"https:\/\/hellem.org\/wblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995\/revisions\/15595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hellem.org\/wblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hellem.org\/wblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hellem.org\/wblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}