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Recently, my personal advisors have been telling me to go to America. Actually, people have been walking up to me in the
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"Recently, my personal advisors have been telling me to go to America. Actually, people have been walking up to me in the street and telling me to sod off, but that's the same thing, isn't it?"

- Alexei Sayle

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This quote by Alexei Sayle is a funny take on the guidance he has been getting from his individual advisors. He is implying that the guidance he has been receiving is not always what he wants to hear, as individuals have actually been telling him to "sod off" in the street. He is making light of the circumstance by suggesting that the suggestions he has been receiving is the exact same as what his advisors have actually been informing him. This quote is a humorous way of revealing his disappointment with the suggestions he has been receiving, while likewise satirizing individuals who have been informing him to "sod off". It is a clever way of expressing his feelings about the suggestions he has been getting, while likewise making a joke out of it.

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United Kingdom Flag This quote is written / told by Alexei Sayle somewhere between August 7, 1952 and today. He/she was a famous Comedian from United Kingdom. The author also have 4 other quotes.

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