Jack Roy (Rodney Dangerfield) Quotes

My wife's jealousy is getting ridiculous. The other day she looked at my calendar and wanted to know who May was.

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• My wife's jealousy is getting ridiculous. The other day she looked at my calendar and wanted to know who May was.

  

  Jack Roy
  • May
  • She
  • Wife