It seemed pretty idiotic at the time, but as it turned out, those Ping-Pong balls sure came in handy. Oh, mother, did they come in handy!
8 seconds sound clip from the Stalag 17 movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:09:03.289 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- I suppose some jerk's gonna say I did it.
- Why don't you try it one at a time?
- There must have been a slip-up someplace because suddenly we wound up with 2000 Ping-Pong balls.
- Schnell! Schnell, bevor der Mann vom roten Kreuz explodieren kommt!
- What is this? You must get out of your bunk. The Geneva man is coming to inspect the...
- Du lieber Gott! How do you look. You had a fight?
- How would you like to give Frau Schulz of silk stockings for Christmas?
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