“That’s an incident. It’s not an anecdote.”
In context
Sue: Well, it was fine, there was nothing missing or anything.
Alan: You see, that’s no good. That’s an incident. It’s not an anecdote. You’ve got down here in your press release anecdote. And that’s dishonest.
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The scene
Alan tells show-jumper Sue Lewis off for not having a funny enough story about losing her luggage.
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Quick answers
Who says "That’s an incident. It’s not an anecdote."?
Alan Partridge says it in Knowing Me, Knowing You.
Where is this Alan Partridge quote from?
It is from Episode 1 – Sue Lewis, Keith Hunt, Shona McGough, Roger Moore (Knowing Me, Knowing You). The full script is on this site.