- The old cigarette-match gag.
- What's that?
- You take a book of matches, light a cigarette, slip it in. It takes about three minutes for the cigarette to burn. Then it sets off the matches. Simple.
- Some time bomb.
16 seconds sound clip from the Stalag 17 movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:24:16.743 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Where'd you learn your pitching?
- Something I've been meaning to ask you. It has to do with security.
- Shoot.
- Me?
- The old cigarette-match gag.
- O come ye, o come ye to Bethlehem.
- Come and behold him, born the king of angels. O come, let us adore him...
- Don't forget the corkscrew. O come, let us adore him And have a cigar.
- Thanks.
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