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Sergeant Toomey:
Hey, Fred Astaire, you tryin' to tell me something? Arnold Epstein:
I have to go to the bathroom, sergeant. Sergeant Toomey:
You can't do that. We don't have "bathrooms" in the Army. Arnold Epstein:
They had them at Fort Dix. Sergeant Toomey:
Not bathrooms, they didn't Arnold Epstein:
Yes, they did. I went in them a lot. Sergeant Toomey:
I'm tellin' you, We don't have any "bathrooms" on this base. Do you doubt my veracity? Arnold Epstein:
No, sergeant. Sergeant Toomey:
Then You've got a problem, don't you Epstein? Arnold Epstein:
Ho ho. Sergeant Toomey:
You bet your ass ho ho. You know why you've got a problem? Arnold Epstein:
Because I've got to go real bad. Sergeant Toomey:
No, son. You've got a problem because you don't know Army terminology. The place where a U.S. soldier goes to defecate, relieve himself, open his bowel, shit, fart, dump, crap, and unload, is called the latrine. The la-trine, from the French
Hey, Fred Astaire, you tryin' to tell me something? Arnold Epstein:
I have to go to the bathroom, sergeant. Sergeant Toomey:
You can't do that. We don't have "bathrooms" in the Army. Arnold Epstein:
They had them at Fort Dix. Sergeant Toomey:
Not bathrooms, they didn't Arnold Epstein:
Yes, they did. I went in them a lot. Sergeant Toomey:
I'm tellin' you, We don't have any "bathrooms" on this base. Do you doubt my veracity? Arnold Epstein:
No, sergeant. Sergeant Toomey:
Then You've got a problem, don't you Epstein? Arnold Epstein:
Ho ho. Sergeant Toomey:
You bet your ass ho ho. You know why you've got a problem? Arnold Epstein:
Because I've got to go real bad. Sergeant Toomey:
No, son. You've got a problem because you don't know Army terminology. The place where a U.S. soldier goes to defecate, relieve himself, open his bowel, shit, fart, dump, crap, and unload, is called the latrine. The la-trine, from the French
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Hey Fred Astaire are you tryin' to tell me somethin'
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I have to go to the bathroom Sergeant
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How you gonna do that
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We don't have bathrooms in the Army
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They had them in Fort Dix
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Not bathrooms they didn't
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Yes they did I went in them a lot
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I'm tellin' you we don't have any bathrooms on this base
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You doubt my veracity
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No Sergeant
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Then you got a problem haven't you Epstein Ho ho
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You bet your ass ho ho
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You know why you got a problem Epstein
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'Cause I have to go real bad
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No son you got a problem because you don't know Army terminology
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The place where a US soldier goes to defecate
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relieve himself open his bowels shit fart dump
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crap and unload is called a latrine
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Latrine from the French
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Movie Summary
A group of young recruits go through boot camp during the Second World War in Biloxi, Mississippi. From the play by Neil Simon.
Actors
Eugene Morris Jerome
