Series One Ser.1 Ep.1: C.J. has had a favourable report from Esther Pigeon of market research on the new range of 'exotic ices' to be produced by Sunshine Desserts. "I didn't get where I am today without knowing a favourable report when I read one."  Ser.1 Ep.1: C.J. tells Reggie of his optimism for the project: "This is going to be a real winner". "I didn't get where I am today without knowing a real winner when I see one."  Ser.1 Ep.1: After a tasting session to determine the three most popular flavours of ice cream, the surveys are processed by the computer, which suffers a fault. "I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone and West Germany."  Ser.1 Ep.2: C.J. asks to see Reggie to tell him about the declining sales figures, saying he will come straight to the point. "I didn't get where I am today by waffling."  Ser.1 Ep.2: Reggie asks C.J. for a holiday, but C. J. refuses, then decides to make a compromise. "I didn't get where I am today without learning how to compromise."  Ser.1 Ep.4: Reggie tells C.J. of his schooldays encounter with the company's German sales rep., Mr. Campbell -Lewiston. "I didn't get where I am today by biting people in the changing room."  Ser.1 Ep.4: At Reggie's dinner party (without food), Mrs. C.J. asks if Reggie's paintings are of Scotland. C.J. tells her they are of the Algarve, in southern Portugal. "I didn't get where I am today without knowing the Algarve when I see it."  Ser.1 Ep.4: C.J. rebukes David Harris-Jones for getting drunk and dropping his trousers at Reggie's dinner party (without food) the previous night. "I didn't get where I am today by wearing underpants decorated with Beethoven."  Ser.1 Ep.5: Reggie's eccentricity starts to build on the day of his big speech at Bilberry Hall. "I didn't get where I am today by saying 'earwig' instead of 'thank you'."  Ser.1 Ep.5: C.J. advises Reggie on how to calm his nerves before the speech. "I didn't get where I am today without having a little champagne, not too much, just enough."  Ser.1 Ep.5: C.J. has had enough of Reggie's drunken ramblings during his speech at Bilberry Hall. "I didn't get where I am today by talking about Dutch parking meter disease!"  Ser.1 Ep.5: During his drunken speech, Reggie asks anyone present from  Tarporley (in Cheshire) to "stand up and shake hands with the person on your right". "I didn't get where I am today by shaking hands with the person on my right!"  Ser.1 Ep.5: C.J. reads Reggie's threatening letter which he has posted under his front door while C.J was asleep. "I didn't get where I am today without getting letters from cranks."  Ser.1 Ep.5: C.J. re-reads the letter and decides to take it seriously. "I didn't get where I am today without making enemies."  Ser.1 Ep.6: C.J. reflects on Reggie's disappearance with Tony Webster and David Harris-Jones in 'The Feathers' pub. "I didn't get where I am today wondering what life's all about."  Ser.1 Ep.6: Reggie's disappearance has set C.J. thinking. "I didn't get where I am today by thinking."  Ser.1 Ep.7: At Reggie's memorial service, the vicar's eulogy remarks on Mark Perrin's - Reggie's son - West End debut with the line "Here are the gumboots you ordered, Madam." "I didn't get where I am today by going on and on about gumboots."  Ser.1 Ep.7: At Reggie's 'wake', C.J. is confused by the country Martin Wellbourne (Reggie in disguise) has come from. "I didn't get where I am today by knowing the difference between one country and another."  Ser.1 Ep.7: C.J. tells Martin Wellbourne how Reggie's disappearance has changed his outlook on life. "I didn't get where I am today without knowing there's no fun in getting where I am today."  Ser.1 Ep.7: Reggie's former secretary Joan asks C.J. what the new project  for making people happier at Sunshine Desserts is to be called. "I didn't get where I am today without naming it the 'Reginald Perrin Memorial Foundation'."

Series Two Ser.2 Ep.1: Reggie, as Martin Wellbourne, hesitates befor sitting on C.J.'s farting office chairs. C.J. concurs. "I didn't get where I am today trusting the easy chairs."  Ser.2 Ep.1: Joan has smothered Reggie with kisses after realising his true identity.  C.J. enters the office and tells Reggie he has lipstick on his face. "I didn't get where I am today by having lipstick on my face."  Ser.2 Ep.1: C.J. is outraged when Doc Morrissey tells him who Martin Wellbourne really is. "I didn't get where I am today by posing as my long lost friend from the Argentine."  Ser.2 Ep.1: C.J. sacks Reggie for fooling him with his disguise, telling Reggie  "I could practically destroy this firm if I started caring about people." "I didn't get where I am today by caring about people."  Ser.2 Ep.2: Elizabeth goes to Sunshine Desserts for a job.C.J. tells her  "this world has no room for broken reeds, lame ducks or stool pigeons." "I didn't get where I am today by making room for broken reeds, lame ducks or stool pigeons."  Ser.2 Ep.2: C.J. states his views on sex, before asking Elizabeth to go to his country retreat the following Saturday. "I didn't get where I am today indulging in hanky panky."  Ser.2 Ep.3: C.J. tells Reggie it is Tony who is having the affair with Elizabeth, and that  Tony's liking for young blondes is merely "a front" for his real preferences. "I didn't get where I am today without recognising a front when I see one."  Ser.2 Ep.3: C.J. also tells Reggie he has found Tony and Elizabeth in "suspiciously unsuspicious" positions in the office, which C.J. claims is "another front". "I didn't get where I am today without recognising another front when I see one."  Ser.2 Ep.3: After Reggie fights with Tony Webster, thinking he is having an  affair with Elizabeth Perrin, C.J. sees Tony sporting two black eyes. "I didn't get where I am today by having two black eyes."  Ser.2 Ep.3: C.J. asks Elizabeth why she typed a rude letter. "It's the truth", says Elizabeth. "I didn't get where I am today by telling the truth."  Ser.2 Ep.4: C.J. admits that Sunshine Desserts has entered a slight financial wobble. "I didn't get where I am today without knowing a slight wobble when I enter one."  Ser.2 Ep.4: C.J. is confident of Reggie's new venture. "I didn't get where I am today without knowing Grot will be a success."  Ser.2 Ep.4: Sunshine Desserts is declared bankrupt. C.J. tells Reggie that they have entered "another slight wobble." "I didn't get where I am today without recognising another slight wobble when I enter one."  Ser.2 Ep.5: As Reggie interviews C.J. for a position at Grot, he tells C.J. "the night is darkest before the storm." "I didn't get where you are today without knowing the night is darkest before the storm."  Ser.2 Ep.5: C.J. accepts Reggie's job offer but tells him he is fussy about his working environment. "I didn't get where you are today without being a bit of a stickler for offices."  Ser.2 Ep.6: C.J. agrees with Reggie at a board meeting when he tells his staff that EuroGrot is "making promising inroads in Europe." "I didn't get where I am today without recognising "promising inroads" when I see them."  Ser.2 Ep.6: Reggie quotes 'someone' who disapproves of Seamus Finnegan's appointment. (Spoken by Reggie, not C.J.) "I didn't get where I am today by having Irish labourers promoted over my head."  Ser.2 Ep.6: Jimmy presents to the assembled staff his completely useless machine. "I didn't get where I am today without recognising a completely useless machine when I see one."  Ser.2 Ep.7: Reggie starts behaving eccentrically again, dictating a letter to a Welsh  Grot branch about not serving Welsh people. C.J. waits while he dictates the letter. "I didn't get where I am today by serving Welsh people."  Ser.2 Ep.7: C.J. tells Reggie that the Germans want to call its first Grot branch "Grotfabrieken Rubbishhausen." "I didn't get where I am today by calling it "Grotfabrieken Rubbishhausen."."  Ser.2 Ep.7: C.J. has joined Reggie and Elizabeth in leaving his clothes on a  beach. Dressed as a tramp, he asks Reggie "for 10p for a cup of tea, Guv?" "I didn't get where I am today without asking for 10p for a cup of tea, Guv."

 
 
 
 
 
 

Series Three Ser.3 Ep.1: Reggie tracks down C.J. for his community project, but tells him he will have to 'be nice'. "I didn't get where I am today by being nice."  Ser.3 Ep.1: C.J. laughs at Tom's joke. "I didn't get where I am today without recognising a rib-tickling play on words when I hear one."  Ser.3 Ep.1: C.J. voices his disapproval at babysitting. "I didn't get where I am today by having green frogs thrust down my crotch."  Ser.3 Ep.1: C.J. is still moaning about having to babysit. "I didn't get where I am today by changing nappies."  Ser.3 Ep.1: C.J. rebukes Tom for not working hard enough. "I didn't get where I am today without recognising a person who doesn't pull his weight."  Ser.3 Ep.2: C.J. poses as a West Indian house-buyer, blacked-up but with white eyes and lips,  Al Jolson style, to make Reggie's neighbours move out so Perrins can expand. "Ah dint get where ah is today without recognising a mahty fine residence when ah sees one, no sirree ma'am, ah dint."  Ser.3 Ep.2: Perrins' guest Mr. Babbacombe, an undertaker, is convinced his profession "sticks out a mile". C.J. tries to reassure him. "I didn't get where I am today by telling undertakers from anyone else."  Ser.3 Ep.3: There is discord among the members of Perrin's. "I didn't get where I am today listening to married couples squabble like children."  Ser.3 Ep.3: During the manager-worker role play, Reggie suggests to C.J. that the men should play each other's roles, so that "they could learn about the 'them and us' situation which bedevils British industry so tragically." "I didn't get where I am today learning about the 'them and us' situation which bedevils British industry so tragically."  Ser.3 Ep.4: Reggie tells C.J. that space is at a premium, and that he must share a bedroom with McBlain, the chef. "I didn't get where I am today by sleeping with sweaty, Caledonian chefs."  Ser.3 Ep.4: C.J. agrees with Tony's opinions about Perrins' success. "I didn't get where I am today without recognising Success City, Arizona when I see it."  Ser.3 Ep.4: At a Perrins communal evening, a guest proclaims "money is evil" and  invites everyone to tear up their banknotes. C.J. nearly does, but changes his mind. "I didn't get where I am today by tearing money into small pieces!"  Ser.3 Ep.4: At the same communal evening, Doc Morrissey suggests that "touching is  good" and invites everyone to touch each other. Again, C.J. tells everyone his thoughts. "I didn't get where I am today by touching everybody!"  Ser.3 Ep.5: Reggie, C.J. and a few guests try out an exercise  on a commuter train  by talking about that morning's  weather, but ending each word with 'ergle'. "I didn't gergle where I am todergle without recognising a mergle that looks like rain when I see one."  Ser.3 Ep.5: Femme fatale guest Deborah Swaffham suggests to  C.J. that they have a role-playing session of  'mothers and fathers'. "I didn't get where I am today by playing  'mothers and fathers'."  Ser.3 Ep.6: C.J. says of Doc's 'elixir': "We can't afford to look a gift horse in the mouth. Or go down with a sinking ship." "I didn't get where I am today by looking a gift horse in the mouth. Or by going down with a sinking ship."  Ser.3 Ep.6: Doc Morrissey invites the staff to try his new 'elixir',  which he admits has only been tested on pencils. "I didn't get where I am today by drinking a liquid that's only been tested on pencils."  Ser.3 Ep.6: C.J. disapproves of Jimmy's idea for surprising the group of local thugs, who are about to attack Perrins. "I didn't get where I am today by being disguised as half a compost heap!"  Ser.3 Ep.7: Now working at Amalgamated Aerosols, C.J. is angry at the results of the  smelling survey, especially as one person (Reggie) has been a little overimaginative. "I didn't get where I am today by everything smelling of a Bolivian unicyclist's jockstrap!"

 

1982 Christmas Special Xmas Special: C.J. has called round on Christmas morning to see if Reggie is OK. "I didn't get where I am today by burying my head under a bushel."  Xmas Special: Reggie gives C.J. a  wooden horse which Doc Morrissey had  given to Reggie, although C.J. had given it to Doc the year before. "I didn't get where I am today by taking a gift-horse to water, after the stable door was opened."

 
 
 
 
 
 

Series Four Legacy Ep.1: At Reggie's (real) funeral service, C.J. agrees with the vicar's eulogy. "I didn't get where I am today without knowing God moves in mysterious ways."  Legacy Ep.1: While no-one expects anything personally from Reggie's will, C.J. says they should "never look a gift horse in the bush." "I didn't get where I am today by looking a gift horse in the bush."  Legacy Ep.1: Elizabeth tells the solicitor Geraldine Hackstraw on behalf of all present that they were all pleased to come to the reading of the will. C.J. agrees. "I didn't get where I am today without being pleased to come."  Legacy Ep.1: Geraldine tells the congregation that to claim the money they will have to do something absurd. "I didn't get where I am today by being absurd."  Legacy Ep.2: C.J. tells Geraldine that he and Mrs. C.J. never got round to divorcing because it costs so much money. "I didn't get where I am today by throwing money into the hands of overpaid lawyers."  Legacy Ep.2: Geraldine tells C.J. he is 'mature', 'ripe'. C.J. tells her she makes him sound like a cheese. "I didn't get where I am today by sounding like a cheese."  Legacy Ep.2: C.J. points out that nobody has any ideas for earning their money, but doesn't want to quash the excitement.  "I didn't get where I am today by pouring cold water over a wet blanket."  Legacy Ep.2: Elizabeth has elected a leader for the campaign. C.J. wrongly assumes it is him. "I didn't get where I am today without being able to see which way the wind is blowing."  Legacy Ep.2: Elizabeth compares Jimmy to Sir Winston Churchill, in an effort to instil confidence in their new leader. "I didn't get where I am today by comparing Jimmy to Sir Winston Churchill."  Legacy Ep.3: C.J. mistakes Joan's new boyfriend for a burglar. "I didn't get where I am today without knowing a burglar type when I see one."  Legacy Ep.3: C.J. tells his brother he can't be bothered to go out recruiting people for the campaign. "I didn't get where I am today by sweating my guts out over a bloodless revolution."  Legacy Ep.4: C.J. asks Geraldine if she'd go to bed with him. "I didn't get where I am today without striking while the bird in the hand is hot."  Legacy Ep.4: After C.J. apologises to Geraldine, she says how it must have been difficult for him to do so. C.J. agrees. "I didn't get where I am today by apologising."  Legacy Ep.4: C.J. feels that Joan's boyfriend Hank has been used and discarded like an old sock. "I didn't get where I am today by using and discarding people like old socks."  Legacy Ep.5: C.J. tells a journalist all about the campaign. The journlist asks him why he did it. "I didn't get where I am today by taking over the government."  Legacy Ep.5: Tom and David, disguised in ginger wigs, spy on C.J. as he tells another  journalist of the campaign. The journalist spots the suspicious characters and tells C.J. "I didn't get where I am today by caring about ginger-headed strangers."  Legacy Ep.5: C.J. feels out of place at the double wedding reception of Tom, Linda, Hank and Joan. "I didn't get where I am today feeling like a fish out of water but you can't make him drink."  Legacy Ep.6: Jimmy persuades C.J. to lend the campaign the money to book coaches for the rally to London. "I didn't get where I am today without spending lolly to earn even more lolly." Legacy Ep.6: Jimmy has overslept and forgotten he is hosting today's meeting.  He asks C.J. to be a 'good chap' and let the others in when they arrive. "I didn't get where I am today by being a good chap."  Legacy Ep.6: Jimmy's repeated request to book more coaches angers C.J. "I didn't get where I am today by booking more coaches."  Legacy Ep.6: Jimmy's plan for booking coaches pays off. C.J. admits it was a shrewd idea. "I didn't get where I am today without knowing a shrewd idea when I hear one."  Legacy Ep.7: An idea for Jimmy to take over a BBC news broadcast is welcomed by C.J. "I didn't get where I am today without knowing a shrewd idea when I hear one."  Legacy Ep.7: On the day of the rally, coaches booked for daytrips have to be diverted. C.J. makes up an excuse. "I didn't get where I am today without knowing the Lake District is full."  Legacy Ep.7: After being halted by police, Elizabeth tells the crowds in London that "'someone' has betrayed us." "I didn't get where I am today without wondering who has betrayed us."  Legacy Ep.7: C.J. is indifferent after everyone ignores him, blaming him for the failure of the campaign. "I didn't get where I am today by being upset by being 'sent to Birmingham'."

 

Series Two Ser.2 Ep.1: "Proliferation is the thief of time." "Procrastination is the thief of time." 'Night Thoughts', Edward Young.  Ser.2 Ep.1: "What the eye doesn't see is goose for the gander." 1. What the eye doesn't see... 2. What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.  Ser.2 Ep.3: "There's no smoke without the worm turning." 1. There's no smoke without fire. 2. The worm has turned.  Ser.2 Ep.4: "It's the early bird that catches the quick brown fox." 1. The early bird catches the worm.  2. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.  Ser.2 Ep.4: "No need to beat around the mulberry bush." 1. To beat about the bush. 2. Here we go round the mulberry bush.  Ser.2 Ep.5: "Let's hope I'm not a fait accompli worse than death." 1. A fait accompli. 2. A fate worse than death.

 
 
 
 
 
 

Series Three Ser.3 Ep.1: "Absence is better than a cure. Prevention makes the heart grow fonder." 1. Prevention is better than a cure. 2. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.  Ser.3 Ep.1: "The proof of the pudding is caviar to the general." 1. The proof of the pudding is in the eating.  2. "'Twas caviar to the general." 'Hamlet' 2:2, Wm. Shakespeare  Ser.3 Ep.1: "...a different kettle of fish out of water." 1. A different kettle of fish. 2. Like a fish out of water.  Ser.3 Ep.2: "The only good ringer's a dead ringer." 1. He's a dead ringer for him. 2. "The only good Indian's a dead Indian." Gen. Philip Sheridan. (Misquoted. Actually  "The only good Indians I ever saw were dead.")  Ser.3 Ep.3: "...the pot calling the kettle a silver lining." 1. That's the pot calling the kettle black. 2. Every cloud has a silver lining.  Ser.3 Ep.4: "It's a long lane that gathers no moss." 1. "'Tis a long lane that has no turning.", 'Great Cry and Little Wool', Peter Pindar. 2. A rolling stone gathers no moss.  Ser.3 Ep.4: "Sacrifice never killed the cat." Curiosity killed the cat.  Ser.3 Ep.4: "Every silver lining has a cloud." Every cloud has a silver lining.  Ser.3 Ep.5: "Out of the mouths of babes and little children." "Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast though ordained strength." Bible, Psalms 8:2.  Ser.3 Ep.5: "Run it up the flagpole, see if the rats desert a sinking ship." 1. Run it up the flagpole, see if anyone salutes. 2. "...and  fly like rats from sinking ships.", 'Epistle to Mr. Nugent', J. Swift.  Ser.3 Ep.5: "...spoil the ship for a ha'peth of spilt milk." 1. To spoil the ship for a ha'p'eth o' tar. 2. Don't cry over spilt milk.  Ser.3 Ep.5: "Trumpet call of duty." 1. Trumpet call. 2. Honouring the call of duty.  Ser.3 Ep.6: "The ugly duckling that prevented the goose from laying the golden egg." 1. 'The Ugly Duckling', H.C.Anderson. 2. 'The Goose That Layed The Golden Egg', H.C. Anderson.  Ser.3 Ep.6: "The morning after the Lord Mayor's show before." 1. The morning after the night before. 2. The Lord Mayor's Show.  Ser.3 Ep.6: "It's never too late for a leopard to change horses in midstream." 1. "...change his skin, or the leopard his spots...", Bible,Jeremiah 13:23  2. "...not best to change horses in midstream..." 'speech', A. Lincoln.  Ser.3 Ep.7: "Never outstay your doodah." 1. Never outstay your welcome. 2.'Zip-a-dee-doo-dah', song title, Gilbert & Wrubel.  Ser.3 Ep.7: "In and out like lamb's tails." In and out like a fiddler's elbow.  Ser.3 Ep.7: "Leave no worm unturned." 1. Leave no stone unturned.  2. The worm has turned.

 
 
 
 
 
 

1982 Christmas Special Xmas Special: "I'm not an ostrich who buries his head under a bushel." 1.An ostrich with its head in the sand.  2. Hide one's light under a bushel.  Xmas Special: "Good news is better than no broth." 1. No news is good news.  2. Too many cooks spoil the broth.

 

Series Four Legacy Ep.1: "The early bird catches a cold." The early bird catches the worm.  Legacy Ep.1: "...burnt your cakes..." Burn one's bridges (or boats).  Legacy Ep.1: "Not that I'm counting my chickens before they spoil the broth." 1. Don't count your chickens before they've hatched. 2. Too many cooks spoil the broth.  Legacy Ep.1: "Never look a gift horse in the bush." 1. Never look a gift horse in the mouth. 2. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.  Legacy Ep.1: "...the exception that closes the stable door." 1. The exception that proves the rule.  2. Closing the door after the horse has bolted.  Legacy Ep.1: "Nine's company, ten's a crowd." Two's company, three's a crowd.  Legacy Ep.1: "I'm drawn to cliches like a moth to a long lane." 1. Like a moth drawn to a flame.2."'Tis a long lane that has no turning.",'Great Cry & Little Wool', P. Pindar.  Legacy Ep.2: "I don't want to pour cold water onto a wet blanket." 1. Pour cold water on it. 2. A wet blanket.  Legacy Ep.2: "That's the fly in the woodpile." The fly in the ointment.  Legacy Ep.2: "We'll cross those legs when we come to them." We'll cross that bridge when we come to it.  Legacy Ep.2: "Correct me if I've got the wrong end of the gist." The wrong end of the stick.  Legacy Ep.3: "You can't tell a book by its silver lining." 1. You can't tell a book by its cover.  2. Every cloud has a silver lining.  Legacy Ep.3: "That's the pot calling the kettle a horse of a different colour." 1. The pot calling the kettle black.  2. A horse of a different colour."  Legacy Ep.3: "The night is always darker before the mast." 1. The night is darkest before the storm.  2. To serve before the mast.  Legacy Ep.3: "If at first you don't succeed, you'll catch the early worm." 1, "If at first you don't succeed try, try again." 'Try And  Try Again', W.E. Hickson. 2. The early bird catches the worm.  Legacy Ep.3: "We've put the cart before the egg." 1. To put the cart before the horse.  2. What came first, the chicken or the egg?  Legacy Ep.4: "I believe in striking while the bird in the hand is hot." 1. Strike while the iron's hot.  2. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.  Legacy Ep.4: "The theft of invention is the mother and father of a lie." 1. "Procrastination is the thief of time." (as above).  2. Necessity is the mother of intention. 3. No word of a lie.  Legacy Ep.4: "...a square peg in a round poke." 1. Feeling like a square peg in a round hole.  2. Never buy a pig in a poke.  Legacy Ep.4: "If at first you don't succeed, then the mountain must go to Mahomed." 1. "If at first you don't succeed try, try again." (as above). 2. "If the hill will not  come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill." 'Essays', F. Bacon. (often misquoted).  Legacy Ep.4: "Time is the procrastination of thieves." "Procrastination is the thief of time." (as above)  Legacy Ep.5: "I want the whole thing caught in the bud." 1. Caught in the act.  2. Nip it in the bud.  Legacy Ep.5: "Have I put the cat in the china shop?" 1. Put the cat among the pigeons.  2. Like a bull in a china shop.  Legacy Ep.5: "The pigeons are well and truly out of the bag." 1. Put the cat among the pigeons.  2. Let the cat out of the bag.  Legacy Ep.5: "A leopard never changes his spots twice in the same place." 1. "...change his skin, or the leopard his spots...", Bible, Jeremiah 13:23.  2. Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.  Legacy Ep.5: "You've opened a whole new can of pots, calling the kettle by another name." 1. To open a can of worms. 2. The pot calling the kettle black.  3. "...a rose, by any other name...", 'Romeo And Juliet', 2:2. W. Shakespeare  Legacy Ep.5: "I feel like a fish out of water, but can't make him drink." 1. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't  make him drink. 2. To feel like a fish out a water.  Legacy Ep.6: "A rose by any other name sometimes changes its spots." 1. ...a rose, by any other name...", 'Romeo And Juliet',  2:2. W. Shakespeare. 2. "...change his skin, or the  leopard his spots...", Bible, Jeremiah 13:23.  Legacy Ep.6: "We're putting the cart before the trees." 1. To put the cart before the horse.  2. Couldn't see the woods for the trees.  Legacy Ep.7: "So I'm sent to Birmingham?" Sent to Coventry.  Legacy Ep.7: "People who live in glass houses shouldn't cast beams into the moat." 1. People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. 2. "And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?" Matthew 7 v3 Legacy Ep.7: "We couldn't see the broth for the trees because of all the cooks." 1. Couldn't see the woods for the trees.  2. Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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