i dreamt i was a young bernard black the other night, panicking about being out of cigarettes and too embarrassed to tell frannie about it.

All the things written on Bernard’s blackboard throughout the three seasons of Black Books. 

(”No mobiles, no walkmans [rest is indecipherable]”, “No smouldering”, “88°”, [Manny vs Bernard tally board for number of unusual creatures killed in the store], “No prehensilizing”, “No chatting, no smiling, absolute silence”, “Don’t”, “No giggling”, “Don’t do that”, “No anecdotage”, “Can’t”)

Series 1 x 3. Grapes of Wrath - 2000 Oct. 13th