Quote #48

I'll leave with a story whose victim, Sir David Frost, won't mind it being told, because he tells it himself. David Frost rang Peter Cook up some years ago. 'Peter, I'm having a little dinner party on behalf of Prince Andrew and his new bride-to-be Sarah Ferguson. I know they'd love to meet you, big fans; Be super if you could make it: Wednesday the twelfth.' 'Hang on... I'll just check my diary.' Pause and rummaging and leafing through diary noises. And then Peter said 'Oh dear. I find I'm watching television that night.' ~ Stephen Fry

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