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Confound it, you idiot! I told you not to shoot without word from me!

6 seconds sound clip from the X Minus 1 - A Gun for Dinosaur by L. Sprague de Camp classic radio drama series.

You can hear this line at 00:11:06 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- It was spring, with the dwarf magnolias in bloom all over.

- Down towards the Kansas Sea, cycads and willows grew, while the uplands were covered with screw pine and ginkgoes.

- Yeah, well, I'm no ruddy poet, but I can appreciate a beautiful scene.

- While I was looking through the haze and sniffing the air...

- I got him! I got him!

- What the devil?

- Did you see it there?

- Confound it, you idiot! I told you not to shoot without word from me!

- And what happened?

- An ornithomime wandered out of the copse.

- Mr. James gave him both barrels. Missed.

- Now, look here, James. One of the biggest dangers on a safari is trigger-happy sahibs who get panicky.

- You're not to shoot unless you're told, do you understand?

- Who do you think you are to tell me when to shoot my own game?

[...]

X Minus One Sound Clip

X Minus OneQuotes with audio samples from the old-time science fiction radio drama series "X Minus One" that was broadcast from 1955 to 1958 on NBC.

Actors: Fred Collins (Announcer), Wendell Holmes, Bill Zuckert, Peter Capell

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