No, because I do my sums with matchsticks. (Alec Douglas-Home)

No, because I do my sums with matchsticks.

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Douglas-Home: Can you not make me look better than I do on television? I look rather scraggy, like a ghost. Make-up girl: No. Douglas-Home: Why not? Make-up girl: Because you have a head like a skull. Douglas-Home: Doesn't everyone have a head like a skull? Make-up girl: No. View quote
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