- Why have you deserted your post?
- It's got woodworm sir.
— Bloodnok (Peter Sellers), Harry Secombe, Neddie Seagoon (Harry Secombe)
5 seconds sound clip from The Goon Show, Series 9, The Battle of Spion Kop classic radio program.
You can hear this line at 00:15:46 in the radio play.
Quote context
[...]
- Good heavens, he's gone. Ah! Here are his boots. They're still warm - he can't be far.
- Aaahhh, there ain't nobody here, but us chickens I tell you.
- The voice came from a cowardly red-face on the top of a chicken wardrobe.
- Oh, it's you Seagoon, you coward.
- Why have you deserted your post?
- They've saved Monkhouse and Goodwin, well that's good enough for me.
- Major... There's still hope.
- Crun's vital battle songs have arrived.
[...]