ten minutes to twelve
`` We are going to have a peach of a time . We are going to strike an old lodge in the wood -- some an old hermit once lived in -- and find a big pot of gold under the ----- '' `` Bay window , near the well , just across the corner from the barber shop , next to the school , '' broke in Shep . `` Say , cut out the fairy tales and get to business . Does anybody know that it is exactly ten minutes to twelve ? '' `` Codfish and crullers ! You do n't say so ! '' came from Whopper .