- You found 12 pearls in one oyster?
- No, no. One each in a dozen.
6 seconds sound clip from the Rocky Fortune - Oyster Shucker (Ep. 1) classic radio drama series episode.
You can hear this line at 00:11:45 in the radio play.
Quote context
[...]
- Well, you're barefoot. Where are we going, to a square dance?
- Look, honey, I'm afraid our date's off.
- Why?
- Whose?
- Mine.
- Yes.
- Where?
- You found 12 pearls in one oyster?
- No, no. One each in a dozen.
- But now I can't find them. I got a hole in my pocket. I must have dropped them.
- You don't know the half of it.
- Oh. Oh, then we've gotta start looking for them. Right now.
[...]