Lad: A Yorkshire Story Quotes
[Tom is working for Al, the National Park ranger. He doesn't want to be there and thinks it is a waste of time. Al shows him how to saw a length of wood for a new stile he is making] Al Thorpe: You ever used a saw before, lad?
Tom Proctor: [sullenly]Maybe.
Al Thorpe: Aye. Come over here and I'll show you how. [Al rests his hand on the wood with his thumb sticking out. He rests the blade of the saw against the tip of his thumb]
Al Thorpe: See how I use me thumb to guide it.
Tom Proctor: [horrified]I could cut me thumb off!
Al Thorpe: No you *won't*! Now listen! All you're doing is establishing the cut. Once you've got a groove, you move your thumb out of the way. And then that's when you start to saw properly. [sound of Al sawing]
Al Thorpe: Right. You got that? [Tom looks away, bored]
Al Thorpe: Come on, then. *You* do it.
Tom Proctor: [mutters]Child bloody labour.
Al Thorpe: [sternly]Listen, lad. Ten weeks, me and thee have got together. And I'll not have you standing about idle whilst *I* do all the work. You're here to help. You're *not* here for a holiday. Do you understand that? [reluctantly, Tom begins to saw]
Tom Proctor: [sullenly]Maybe.
Al Thorpe: Aye. Come over here and I'll show you how. [Al rests his hand on the wood with his thumb sticking out. He rests the blade of the saw against the tip of his thumb]
Al Thorpe: See how I use me thumb to guide it.
Tom Proctor: [horrified]I could cut me thumb off!
Al Thorpe: No you *won't*! Now listen! All you're doing is establishing the cut. Once you've got a groove, you move your thumb out of the way. And then that's when you start to saw properly. [sound of Al sawing]
Al Thorpe: Right. You got that? [Tom looks away, bored]
Al Thorpe: Come on, then. *You* do it.
Tom Proctor: [mutters]Child bloody labour.
Al Thorpe: [sternly]Listen, lad. Ten weeks, me and thee have got together. And I'll not have you standing about idle whilst *I* do all the work. You're here to help. You're *not* here for a holiday. Do you understand that? [reluctantly, Tom begins to saw]
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