Love Business (1931)

Matthew 'Stymie' Beard: Stymie

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Quotes 

• Donald : Yeah, but you can't blow your nose at the table. That's etiquette.

  Stymie : Et a cat? Who et a cat? I wouldn't eat no cat.

• Jackie : [about Miss Crabtree]  I like the way she walks, and I love the way she dresses, and, oh, boy, how she smells!

  Farina : "Smells?" How come? Does she eat garlic and onions?

  Jackie : No. Sweet and rosy. You know, like, well... ammonia from flowers.

  Stymie : Oh, you mean like a funeral?

  Jackie : No! Not like a funeral! Perfume, like the barber puts on your haircut!

• Jackie : Gee, I thought our first teacher, Miss McGillicuddy, was swell, but Miss Crabtree, boy, she's sweller.

  Stymie : [trying anything to get in on the conversation]  My Pappy's head's all swelled.

  Mary Ann : Well, what made your Pappy's head swell?

  Stymie : My Mammy hit him on the head wid' a monkey wrench.

  Mary Ann : Did it hurt him?

  Stymie : Don't be silly. How could a monkey wrench hurt your head?

• [news arrives of Miss Crabtree becoming a boarder at Jackie's house] 

  Jackie : Now, wait a minute, fellas. This might not be so hot. Could mean the house is just like Sunday. Gotta wash your neck and ears and slick up all the time.

  Farina : Never thought of that. Even gotta wash your feet before you eat.

  Stymie : I wouldn't wash my feet for nobody.