Season 1 Episode 15 - 16th March 2002
Episode Description
Ricky and Steve talk about an awards show they went to during the week. Steve criticizes English peoples attitude towards St Patricks Day and questions Karl about what animal he rid Ireland off.

Karl recounts a tragic love story from his days at infant school and gets lost whilst telling the story of Adolf Hitler. Ricky makes a fundamental error regarding the Hindenburg disaster.

Ricky wants to lift Karl up in the air with balloons although Steve isn’t convinced. Karl seems excited about breaking the world record which is 11,631 feet.



Selected Quotes & Passages
Zoe Harris
Steve: What do you make that fears that dumped Britney Spears, she's been dumped by her boyfriend, there's worries that she may be cracking up karl.
Karl: What are the signs?
Steve: Well, I'm not entirely sure I'm just reading from this section, but I would assume that she's obviously showed signs of depression maybe.
Karl: She'll be alright, I remember Zoe Harris when she sort of got bored of me when I was kid, get over it, don't even think about her now.
Ricky: (laughs) Zoe Harris!
Steve: And how long did it take you to get over Zoe?
Karl: To be honest right it was of me first girlfriends and she was a pain, I remember I went out with her coz she wouldn't stop hassling me right.
Steve: A good reason.
Ricky: I love that, oh go on then.
Karl: I never talked to her and then the bit that really got on me...I thought I half liked her, and then I remember we were at a school party, sort of infant's school.
Ricky: (laughs) Infants!
Steve: Infant's school? Are you sure it wasn't junior school?
Karl: Well it was on the cusp, when you're about to leave infants and go to the next one, and she was crying...
Steve: You were saying "I don't think we should move in together".
Ricky: (laughs out loud) She was crying! Oh was she! She must have nearly six, why didn't she grow up?
Steve: Had you stolen her milk?
Karl: She was crying coz someone had stood on her dress and put a bit of a hole in it, and I said "oh for god's sake".
Ricky: (laughs out loud) I cant stand this! Oh god!
Steve: So you gave her a slap.
Ricky: I just think of him at six like with clogs and a flat cap going slightly bald going "for christ's sake woman, come on!"
Steve: "Light me pipe".
Karl: That finished it coz all her mates were saying "come on Karl, she's upset", and I was like "oh, whatever".
Ricky: Hold on though, wait a minute, what d'ya mean all her mates were saying like "come on Karl", they were six weren't they.
Karl: Yeah but they were saying "come on, she's crying, help her out".
Steve: And you did nothin?
Karl: She's not injured, got 'ole in her skirt.
Steve: Yeah but you were her boyfriend.
Karl: That's why it didn't work out.
Ricky: (laughs) That's why it didn't work out he said!