“Anyone who could unfurl 15 feet of thin sheet metal from a pocket-sized box, would have been killed as a witch.”
In context
Alan over the speaker system: Hands of course, the ancient system for measuring horses that’s been around since medieval times. Of course, tape measures in those days were viewed with suspicion. Anyone who could unfurl 15 feet of thin sheet metal from a pocket-sized box, would have been killed as a witch.
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The scene
Alan, compering at the Swaffham Country Fayre, delivers one of his strangest history lessons.
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Quick answers
Who says "Anyone who could unfurl 15 feet of thin sheet metal..."?
Alan Partridge says it in I'm Alan Partridge.
Where is this Alan Partridge quote from?
It is from Episode 6 – Towering Alan (I'm Alan Partridge). The full script is on this site.