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Homework Horror 2

Robert makes a string of flimsy excuses when his daughter asks for help with her maths homework.

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Transcript

Jamelia: Dad, if a lady buys six dumplings for two ninety-four how much is each dumpling?

Robert: Dumplings? That's what they're teaching you at school? Let me tell you something a wise man told me… hungry belly, vexed man.

Jamelia: Yeah but Dad, that's not the question.

Robert: Yeah I know, but… whatever happened to Pythagoras!

Voice over: Understanding maths is easier than you think.

Robert: Divided by six…

Jamelia: Forty-nine p?

Robert: Yeah

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