Girl Trouble (1942)

Arthur Loft: Burgess

Quotes 

• Burgess : Mr. Flint, I want to thank you for your company's cooperation to the Priorities Board and the ration of tires.

  Ambrose Murdock Flint : That's all right - I was just doing my duty. That's all, just my duty.

  Burgess : I hate to mention it, but there's a slight error in these figures. Four of the tires are unaccounted for.

  Ambrose Murdock Flint : Oh, those, heh, heh, yes, well you see, my own tires were getting kinda thin and I thought that a...

  Burgess : Do you have a priority certificate?

  Ambrose Murdock Flint : Well, no. No, I haven't. But as I say, my tires were getting kinda...

  Burgess : I'm sorry, Mr. Flint. But unless you can prove they're an absolute necessity...

  Ambrose Murdock Flint : Necessity? I tell you they're getting thin. I'm running almost on the rims now.

  Burgess : Well, I mean if you were delivering milk, or collecting garbage...

  Ambrose Murdock Flint : In my limousine, on three gallons a week? Darn blast it man, can't a man have a set of his own tires?

  Burgess : Not unless you file an appeal.

  Ambrose Murdock Flint : You are darn tootin I'll file an appeal, thick-headed numbskull. Who do I apply to?

  Burgess : Me. Good day, Mr. Flint.