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While these activities -- being a wise guy, etc. -- may make kids angry, they do not justify repeated beatings or even a single beating.
It's not exactly a common career for a suburban father of four (Mr. Gelfars lives in Hastings-on-Hudson). "But I've been a wise guy ever since I was a little kid," he said, though he never planned to grow up to become a clown.
At this point in the monologue, it is customary to either say, "Just kidding!" or to attribute it to a wise guy seducing a college athlete.
"A wise guy, huh?
A wise guy, I thought.
Oh, a wise guy, y'know.
NORMY: Nobody likes a wise guy.
"What are you — some kind of a wise guy?
Peacetime welcomes little fellows; wartime needs a wise guy.
"What are you - a wise guy?" asked the man.
"And perhaps he was a bit of a wise guy.
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