I cannot for the life of me understand why small children take so long to grow up. I think they do it deliberately just to annoy me.
— Miss Trunchbull (Pam Ferris)
7 seconds sound clip from the Matilda (1996) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:48:44.864 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- You couldn't spell difficulty if your life depended on it.
- A poem, how sweet. What poem would that be?
- Mrs. D, Mrs. I... Mrs. F-F-I Mrs. C, Mrs. U Mrs. L-T-Y.
- Why are all these women married? Mrs. D? Mrs. I?
- You're supposed to be teaching spelling, not poetry!
- What's funny? Come on, spit it out. Speak up. I like a joke as well as the next fat person.
- It's a snake. It's a snake! It's a snake!
- One of you tried to poison me. Who? Matilda. I knew it!
- I just thought you'd like to know, it's not a snake. It's a newt.
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