Everybody ought to have a maid, someone who you hire when you're short of help, to offer you the sort of help you never get from a spouse.
13 seconds sound clip from the A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:33:00 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- A maid? A maid. A maid. Everybody ought to have a maid.
- Everybody ought to have a serving girl, a loyal and unswerving girl who's quieter than a mouse.
- Oh, oh, think of her at the dustbin, especially when she's just been traipsing about.
- Oh, oh, wouldn't she be delightful living in, giving out.
- A maid.
- A maid?
- Oh, oh, wouldn't she be so nimble, fiddling with her thimble mending a gown?
- Oh, oh, wouldn't she be delightful cleaning up, leaning down?
[...]
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Funny quotes from the movie A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966), with short sound clips.
Actors: Zero Mostel (Pseudolus), Michael Crawford (Hero), Phil Silvers (Marcus Lycus), Leon Greene (Miles Gloriosus), Buster Keaton (Erronius), Michael Hordern (Senex)
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