Tom Patterson's
phrases
Reggie’s son-in-law
Tom was a lugubrious, slothful person who enjoyed telling people what kind
of things
he liked or
didn’t like, saying “I’m a <whatever> person” or “I’m not a <whatever>
person.”
1/3
"I'm not a heat person."
(Tom visits Reggie on a very
hot day)
1/3
"I'm a fish person."
(Tom remarks on Reggie's
stuffed trout)
1/3
"I'm not a cricket person."
(Tom listens to Reggie's
fantasy cricket scores)
1/7
"I'm a coffee person."
(Tom makes coffee)
2/1
"I'm not a mystery person."
(Tom has been invited round
as Elizabeth has a secret to tell everyone)
2/2
"I'm not a cork person."
(Tom argues with Reggie about
his wine being corked)
2/2
"I'm not a basket person."
(Tom discusses Elizabeth's
apparent new employers).
2/2
"I'm not a thanks person."
(Tom is disappointed with
Reggie after he outbid a client over a house)
2/3
"I'm not a pig person."
(Tom discusses Reggie's job
at the piggery)
2/6
"I'm a cold and wet person."
(Tom tries to lighten the
atmosphere on a miserable day at the seaside)
2/6
"I'm not really a campaign
person."
(Tom is modest at a Grot
meeting)
2/6
"I'm not really a slogan
person."
(ditto the above)
2/6
"I'm a publicity person."
(ditto the above)
2/7
"I'm not a flower person."
(Reggie and Elizabeth tell
Tom and Linda of their supposed trip to a flower show)
2/7
"I'm not a champagne person."
(Elizabeth offers Tom a glass
of champagne)
2/7
"I'm a happiness person."
(Reggie asks Tom how he's
getting on at Grot)
3/1
"I'm not a sport person."
(Tom refutes being made the
sports supremo at Perrins)
3/1
"I'm not a joke person."
(Tom cracks a joke to the
Perrins staff)
3/2
"I'm not a ‘not pulling
my weight’ person."
(CJ tells Tom he's not pulling
his weight)
3/2
"I'm very much a house-buying
person."
(Tom is impersonating a Sikh,
in order for Reggie's neighbours to move out).
3/4
"I'm are people people
person."
(Tom tells the staff that
of Linda and his togetherness)
3/6
"I'm not a ‘testing things
on animals’ person."
(Tom discusses Doc's new
elixir)
3/7
"I'm not a goodbye person."
(the end of Perrins)
Legacy/1
"I'm not a money person."
(Tom tells everyone he's
not expecting any money from Reggie's will)
Legacy/1
"I'm not an absurdity
person."
(Tom baulks at the condition
in Reggie's will)
Legacy/3
"I'm not a commitment
person."
(Tom commits himself to the
cause)
4/4
"I'm not a Greek dancing
person."
(Linda invites Tom to a Greek
restaurant)
Legacy/6
"I'm not a pomposity person."
(Tom tells everyone that
he and Linda have brought up their children properly)
Legacy/6
"I'm a maturity person."
(Tom and Linda tell of their
second honeymoon)
Legacy/6
"I'm not a slogan person."
(Tom offers ideas for slogans
to be used in the campaign)
Legacy/6
"I'm a traditional jazz
band person."
(Tom tells of recruiting
five jazz bands for the march on London)
