Quote #13

'Steeplejacking's a bit of a spasmodic job, so you can play with your steam engine instead. It's a bit like being very rich.'

More from Fred Dibnah

  1. 'Anybody who destroys anything made of stone should be prosecuted. It is not all beautiful, but it took a man all day to make one stone.'
  2. 'If you make one mistake, it's half a day out with the undertaker.'
  3. 'I'm just a bum who climbs chimneys.'
  4. 'It's a funny thing this celebrity. If you don't wave back you're a miserable bugger, if you do wave back you're a big-headed bugger. I don…
  5. 'I have a wash more now than I used to y'know... I have a shower everynight.'
  6. 'The thing is nowadays, you'll have 20 men working, yet 60 men telling them 'You can't do that, you ain't got a tin hat on''.
  7. 'Height gives you a wonderful feeling of grandeur. You're the king of the castle up here.'
  8. 'Teaching boys to bake cakes? That's no way to maintain an industrial empire.'

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