Pop Tolliver Quotes in The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941)

Joan Winfield: Don't you get lonesome being here all alone?

Pop Tolliver: No, I like people. Not seeing many of 'em keeps me liking 'em.

Pop Tolliver: What do you want with your eggs, bacon or ham?

Steve Collins: Bacon.

Joan Winfield: Ham.

Pop Tolliver: Okay, you'll both get bacon because I don't feel like cutting into a new ham.

Pop Tolliver: How do you want your eggs, up or over?

Steve Collins: Up.

Joan Winfield: Over.

Pop Tolliver: Okay, I'll make them all up so we don't get confused.

Sheriff McGee: If there's nobody else here, why are you cooking six eggs?

Pop Tolliver: I always eat six eggs for breakfast.

Sheriff McGee: [sees the table] And do you always eat those six eggs on three plates?

Pop Tolliver: No, those other two are for Coco here.

[the black bird perches on his arm]

Pop Tolliver: Who's down there, or I'll shoot!

Steve Collins: Well, go ahead and shoot - only make sure you aim at me!

Pop Tolliver: Remember that bullet I whizzed right past your head?

Steve Collins: Yeah, for a minute I thought you trying to hit me.

Pop Tolliver: I was.

Pop Tolliver: Well, ain't much difference 'tween kidnapping and marriage. You get snatched from your parents, but in marriage nobody offers a reward.