There’s no such thing as a tough child – if you parboil them first for seven hours, they always come out tender.
W. C. FIELDS
W. C. FIELDS
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W. C. Fields96 quotes“There’s no such thing as a tough child – if you parboil them first for seven hours, they always come out tender.”
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