Opening sentence, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
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When Reginald Iolanthe Perrin set out for work on the Thursday morning, he had no intention of calling his mother-in-law a hippopotamus.
— David Nobbs
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About David Nobbs
David Nobbs (13 March 1935 – 8 August 2015) was an English comedy writer.
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