- Well, wouldn't that be kind of wasting a minute?
- Yeah. Yeah, I guess it would.

8 seconds sound clip from the Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:07:06.272 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- John, it's awfully nice of you to accept my apology.

- If you're not busy tomorrow night, could you beat me up again? Huh?

- Well, I guess I'd better be getting home. It's getting late. Yeah, yeah, right. I guess so.

- Well, good night.

- Good night.

- Esther? Uh... Would you mind helping me turn off the lights? I'm afraid of mice.

- All the lights are out.

- Wouldn't take a minute to turn them on.

- Well, wouldn't that be kind of wasting a minute?

- Yeah. Yeah, I guess it would.

- You know, you've got a mighty strong grip for a boy.

- Here comes the invalid.

- I have to have two kinds of ice cream. I'm recuperating.

- If I ever catch you fibbing again like you did about John Truett, I'll give you something to recuperate about.

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