Jack Roy (Rodney Dangerfield) Quotes

When I go to a nude beach, I always take a ruler, just in case I have to prove something.

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• When I go to a nude beach, I always take a ruler, just in case I have to prove something.

  

  Jack Roy
  • Beach
  • Prove
  • Ruler