Here’s another in a long list of Roger Moore’s most perfectly timed Bond quips and it lands precisely because of the absurdly civil context in which it’s delivered. In For Your Eyes Only, Bond slips into a flower shop under the pretense of buying a dozen lilies, carefully avoiding Melina Havelock’s notice as he tails her.
The moment escalates when Melina is confronted by a group of bikers and Bond intervenes, sending one of them crashing through the flower shop’s front window. Without missing a beat, Bond turns back to the florist and delivers the line in question, treating the violent interruption as a minor inconvenience to his purchase.
The joke works because of Bond’s casual delivery, but there’s no real indication that the biker’s injuries are fatal. I guess the fact that it doesn’t matter is the point. It’s a hilarious line!
