Talk:Basil Fawlty

Catering Corps
Do we really know that Basil was in the catering corps? I always though it was just part of Sybul's joke. Arkyopterix 16:35, 3 August 2007 (UTC)


 * I think that Arkyopterix was right - why do we simply assume that Sybil is telling the truth when she says that he was in the catering corps? I think that we should just assume both were over-exaggerating or downplaying the event. We should also assume that Basil served in the army and was responsible for the deaths of four men. What he actually did and the means by which he killed the men are pure speculation. Grieferhate (talk) 16:59, 22 February 2010 (UTC)


 * We can't assume either is correct. He could have falsely claimed to have killed four men to boast that he's capable of killing. She could have falsely claimed he poisoned them in order to discredit his statement. We should say that they said those things, without assuming they are either true or false. Jim Michael (talk) 01:58, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

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Mental illness
Which mental disorder does he have? He is very neurotic and has emotional dysregulation. His overreactions include furiously thrashing his car with a tree branch when it breaks down. He is paranoid at times, but at other times hires cowboy tradesmen and fails to notice a conman in the hotel. 188.28.50.109 (talk) 12:54, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Narcissistic personality disorder, bipolar disorder and generalised anxiety disorder? 188.28.156.45 (talk) 14:03, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

Sister?
I cannot find any evidence of this sister, Carol; I'm going to remove her until evidence comes up that she does exist. 86.13.106.148 (talk) 12:12, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

Personality section
I think a lot of this section qualifies as original research, and so should be removed. Mark and inwardly digest (talk) 10:17, 18 February 2024 (UTC)