FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL [1994]

Love Is On The Air, Run For Cover

[Gareth]: I've got a new theory about marriage. 

Two people are in love, they live together, and then suddenly one day, they run out of conversation.

[Charles]: Uh-huh

[Gareth]: Totally. I mean they can't think of a single thing to say to each other. 

That's it: panic! 

Then suddenly it-it occurs to the chap that there is a way out of the deadlock.

[Charles]: Which is? 

[Garteh]: He'll ask her to marry him.

[Charles]: Brilliant! Brilliant! 

[Gareth]: Suddenly they've got something to talk about for the rest of their lives.

[Charles]: Basically you're saying marriage is just a way of getting out of an embarrassing pause in conversation. 

[Gareth]: The definitive icebreaker.

[Charles]: Let me ask you one thing. 

Do you think - after we've dried off, after we've spent lots more time together - 
you might agree *not* to marry me? 

And do you think not being married to me might maybe be something you could consider doing for the rest of your life? 

[Carrie]: I do. 

[Carrie]: Why do you think it's called "honeymoon"? 

[Charles]: Um, I don't know... 

I suppose it's, uh, "honey" because it's sweet as honey, 

and "moon" because it's the first time a husband got to see his wife's bottom. 

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