Who Said It & In What Movie?

[BILLONEEG]

My sister called me yesterday afternoon with this question & I've been searching & searching for the answer with no success so I'm asking all of you. The question is: "Who said "I'm as old as my gums & a bit older than my teeth" & from what movie did it come? Thank you so much!

[Oddio]

Likely not what your are looking for...

# "Are You Being Served?" (1972) {Fifty Years On (#4.5)}

Mr. Wilberforce Clayborne Humphries: I ask Mother how old she is and she tells me "as old as my nose and slightly older than my teeth".

[BradF]

Edmund Gwenn (Kris Kringle) in Miracle On 34th Street says something similar: tongue, instead of gums.

[Oddio]

Edmund Gwenn (Kris Kringle) in Miracle On 34th Street says something similar: tongue, instead of gums.

Brad - who is the dame in your avatar? I've seen that look...

[BradF]

That's the great Carole Lombard, tongue firmly in cheek, getting set to tell another whopper in a film called True Confession.

[Oddio]

Thanks Brad. It is a striking image for sure.