Floorboards, (Milligan's satirical take on P.C. Wren's 1924 novel Beau Geste), in which Bluebottle and Eccles play Neddie's brothers, who, despite being members of an aristocratic family and having taken degrees at university, are barely able to read - Bluebottle actually suggesting that, rather than read Beau Geste, they "put some wheels on it and pull it round" as if it were a child's toy dog. Running gags Bloodnok is plagued by chronic gastro-intestinal problems and his entrance is usually accompanied by explosions or flatulent sound effects, the sound being created by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop (on the one occasion it wasn't played, Bloodnok cried, "I'm cured!") and quotes such as: "The screens, nurse! Quick, the screens!" "No wonder I can't go to parties any more..." "No more curried eggs for me." "It's a river steamer! And what a steamer..." In "The Policy" Bloodnok sings a song called "The Indigestion Waltz". Catch phrases "It's Hell in there!" - typically about somewhere hot, crowded etc. or his own quarters and/or latrine, typically after a bout of flatulence. "I say, you're cutting it rather fine, aren't you?" - after another character has uttered seemingly contradictory statements. "I don't know who you are sir, or where you come from, but you've done me a power of good." - often shortened to "you've (or "that's") done me a power of good". In "The Gold Plate Robbery" the catchphrase was set to music. Other characters In several episodes Bloodnok has an Indian manservant called Singhiz Thing, voiced by Milligan. Bloodnok's arch enemy is "The Red Bladder", voiced by Goons musician Ray Ellington. See also Il Capitano References External links Bloodnok quotes Goon Show Bloodnok introductions (MP3) Goon Show characters Fictional majors Male characters in radio Radio characters introduced in 1951