Favourite Motherland quotes?

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I can’t believe people don’t watch this show. God bless you all, missing out on this!

What’re your favourite quotes?

When Amanda finds out about her ex's new girlfriend Tamara

"I used to work with a Tamara. She was a stupid fat bitch but I'm sure yours is really nice"

The full expression is 'jesus tonight all bloody sodding mighty'. We knew we were in trouble when my mother said that

😂

In our house it was 'Jesus Mary and Holy Saint Joseph ... ' and if things were bad, 'and all his blessed Saints' was added in somewhere along the line!

And when she'd really had enough it was as Gaeilge: 'In ainm Chríost' [Jesus Christ]

When Meg and Julia are in the toilets at a club and Julia is hand wringing about taking a promotion and balancing it with home life.

Meg 'do you think men have these conversations? Of course they fucking don't'

In the Christmas special, when Kevin is preparing his “meze and nibbles” and Julia is horrified by the hummus. ”Hummus? On Christmas Day?! I’ve got two children, Kevin! They eat hummus every day of the year!” 😂

I need to rewatch, so many good lines.

comedy gold (In fix it Felixstowe voice just to mix it up!)

Julia ‘I just my kids to be brought up the way I was. By my mum’. Love that.

And the one when they're on the weekend away, Anne's kid picks up an apple that's from a tree "put that down, you don't know where it's been!", Julia:"it's been on a tree, Anne", Anne "we only eat fruit from the 3 major supermarkets".

Pilot episode at Liz's flat to her kids when they're eating pizza slices, kid takes a slice, Liz says to him "erm excuse me we are not pigs, use a magazine!"

Seriously amazing writing and TV.

I love in the swimming party one, when Julia sees her mum swimming and they have this exchange..

marion : It isn't my fault that you haven't organised your childcare.

julia - absolutely outraged : You've got some cheek, swimming up to me and saying that. I haven't had time, mother,
because I have been busy looking after your grandchildren.

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"Take my fucking kids!" Liz to Kevin after swimming and wanting to meet the mystery man🤣 the sheer desperation!

I like that line and the antiques roadshow line

I apologise for the system!

Any time Liz says ‘You’re alright mate’

That's mine too.

"Take my kids Kevin.....Take my fuckin kids"

Surely you had to be watching with subtitles to appreciate this.

I meant to quote the Minecraft mein kraft pun!

“Fine! I’ll get my crocs”

Love this one! Also in the cafe when Julia talks about faking Catholicism to get into the school, Anne says “and you wouldn’t feel guilty about doing any of that? There you go then. You’re not Catholic”.

I’m from a Catholic family and it really resonated with me!

Liz's dodgy divorce lawyer: "Don't look at me, mate, I just send the texts!"

And I love Liz in the pilot explaining how she used to work for (I think?) Citizen's Advice: "But then one of my calls was recorded for training purposes, so..."

I love "you ungrateful old cabbage" used by both Julia and Amanda, and "coffin dodgers" Absolutely love motherland 😁

When Meg gets into bed with Bills ex wife and apologies for nicking him 🤣! Oh and the episode where Meg is pissed running around telling the police her name is J R Hartley and singing the Bodyform song , anything from Meg is the best for me. And when Amanda asks Julia why she's running around in the road dressed as a giant squirrel. Love this programme 🤣

‘Are you still staying at the Abyss’../ ‘it’s Ibis Liz’

Also "It's not my house" translated at my work to "it's not my cupboard" after I assigned a cupboard to someone, where we keep stock. "Is it in Xs cupboard?" "IT'S NOT MY CUPBOARD!!" Makes me laugh every time 🤣

Budge up Anne

Lee Mead