I buy them by the dozen, just the way people buy eggs.
4 seconds sound clip from the The Loved One (1965) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:17:46 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Aimee, I want to show you something.
- This is my bedroom. I wanted you to see it. I don't know why.
- Big tub?
- I buy them by the dozen, just the way people buy eggs.
- And then they see me coming in the market, and they say, here comes the lobster man. Here he comes.
- And then... I know it sounds crazy, but then I do this little dance, and I sing.
- Mama's little Joyboy want lobster, lobster. Mama's little Joyboy want lobster for mom.
- And then the whole dream changes. I don't know... it becomes like a nightmare.
[...]