Quote of the Day - 21 April 2009

I introduced my daughter to a cinematic gem today:

"How can you close me up? On what grounds?"

"I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here."

Casablanca

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@Joshua:
Oh, thank you very much.

@Jim:
She enjoyed it, but not as much as I did. I honestly think Casablanca might be the only movie we saw sophomore year that Mr. Loose didn't permanently ruin for me.