Albert: I used to work in the engine room - maintenance, that sort of thing. Cor, them boilers took some looking after and all! D'you know what the most important gadget is in the engine room?
Rodney: The lock on the porthole?
Albert: No - It's the safety valve on the boiler. You get a build-up of pressure and the safety valves ain't working - bang - the whole gubbins explodes! You've gotta find a way of releasing the pressure, that's what's happening to Del - he's releasing the pressure - laughter's just his safety valve.
Rodney: I don't think it's right. Them people laughing in there. I ain't laughing...I ain't today, I ain't laughing tomorrow, I don't wanna laugh for the rest of my life.
Albert: Well, as long as you're happy son.
SIDE NOTE: that scene of course led directly to what many people consider to be the greatest scene of the entire series.
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