Captain Darling:  Excuse me , Sir
Lord Flasheart: Yes , yes , prat at the back .
Captain Darling: I 'm sure we 'd all like to know ... Why are you called the Twenty Minuters ?
Lieutenant George: Oh , Mr Thicko , fancy not knowing that !
Lord Flasheart: It 's simple ! The life expectancy of a new pilot is twenty minutes !
Captain Blackadder: Life * expectancy * of twenty minutes ?
Lord Flasheart: That 's right ! Goggles on , last one back 's a homo ! Hooray !
Captain Blackadder: So
Captain Blackadder: we take off in ten minutes , we 're in the air for twenty minutes , so we should be dead by twenty five to _ ten _ .
Lieutenant George: Hairy blighters , sir , this is a bit of a turn - up for the plus fours .