“A girl phoned me the other day and said, 'Come on over. There's nobody home.' I went over. Nobody was home.”

— Rodney Dangerfield

Variant: One woman I was dating called and said, 'Come on over, there's nobody home.' I went over. Nobody was home.

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American actor and comedian 1921–2004

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