Joey Adams Quotes

If it weren't for the fact that the TV set and the refrigerator are so far apart, some of us wouldn't get any exercise at all.

Joey Adams

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• Refrigerator
• TV set

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• If it weren't for the fact that the TV set and the refrigerator are so far apart, some of us wouldn't get any exercise at all.

  

  Joey Adams
  • Exercise
  • Refrigerator
  • TV set