“When you say 'Bedtime, bedtime, bedtime!' that's not what the child hears. What the child hears is 'Lie down in the dark… for hours… and don't move… I'm locking the door now.'.”

— Dylan Moran

Like, Totally (2006)

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Irish actor and comedian 1971

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