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MinM

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8. Inventing the Abbotts

Reply to Octafish (Original post)

Sat Dec 27, 2014, 04:31 AM

Dec 2014

There was a good line which set the premise for an otherwise mediocre movie that may apply here...

The end of my innocence and childhood began in 1957. It is remarkable to me now just how little I knew then about the people around me. It took me years to figure out exactly what the truth was, especially given my brother's knack at inventing facts.

My mother once told me that [font color=darkred]if the Abbotts didn't exist, my brother would have had to invent them.[/font]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119381/quotes?item=qt0236757

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