I asked for a car, I got a computer. How's that for being born under a bad sign?
7 seconds sound clip from the Ferris Bueller's Day Off movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:10:04 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Nine times? I don't remember him being sick nine times.
- That's probably because he wasn't sick, he was skipping school.
- Wake up and smell the coffee, Mrs. Bueller.
- It's a fool's paradise. He is just leading you down the primrose path.
- I've got it right here in front of me. He has missed nine days.
- I asked for a car, I got a computer. How's that for being born under a bad sign?
- Grace!
- I can appreciate how this time of year children are prone to taking the day off.
- However, in Ferris' case, I can assure you, he is truly a very sick boy.
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