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Henry Armetta Quotes

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Memorable Quotes from Henry Armetta

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Curiosity About Hobbies and Furniture
Wolf J. Flywheel What other hobbies have you got?
[lying in a bed in The Big Store, when Guiseppi, his wife, and their 12 children surround the bed.]
Guiseppi Eh, we like-a to see something different in a bed.
Wolf J. Flywheel You would? Just press that button over by the davenport.
Guiseppi Where is the davenport?
Wolf J. Flywheel It's in Iowa.
Missing Kids in a Busy Store
Wolf J. Flywheel Hey, what's the difficulty here?
Guiseppi Look, I no get excited like-a my wife; but, I come in here with twelve-a kids and now there only six. What happened my six kids?
Wolf J. Flywheel What are their draft numbers?
Guiseppi Look-a there only six-a kids and I know I gotta twelve-a kids!
Wolf J. Flywheel Twelve kids, eh? How much you make a week?
Guiseppi Eh, eh, twenty-five dollars.
Wolf J. Flywheel You can't afford to have twelve kids!
Guiseppi No tell me what I can ford! The only thing I know-a is, I gotta twelve-a kids and now there only six!
Wolf J. Flywheel My good man, statistics prove it costs five dollars a week to provide for a child. Twelve times five is sixty dollars. You only make twenty-five dollars a week! It's economically impossible for you to have twelve children!