lucy moderatz, peter, jack, ashley.

life doesn't always turn out the way you plan.

he would tell me amazing stories about strange and exotic lands as we headed off to exciting destinations like Milwaukee.

 

i know that someday i will find a way to introduce myself, and that's gonna be perfect.

nature of claim, christmas tree through window.

you didn't have to do that.

i haven't even gotten to my shopping yet.

can i give that bottle of Blue Nun from cousin Ornella to my probation officer?

yeah, it's a shocker.

 

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what'll you have?    /    Oh, the usual.

i am recommending you for 'employee of the month.'

lucy is never tardy, always works holidays, even if she has worked the privious holiday, just because she worked thanksgiving, lucy is willing to work christmas, too.

did i mention extra holiday pay?

 

everything is gonna be okay. i know it. it's gonna be fine.

his vital signs are strong, his brain waves are good.

she's had three attacks already.

nothing wrong with her hearing.

we haven't seen him for a long time, so we didn't know.

 

i've never even spoken to the guy.

 

what's that got to do with the price of eggs?

i have a sense about these things.

i knew that my life would never be the same.

 

i didn't mean for this to happen.

i bet you don't. you're probably too sensible for that.

have you ever been so alone you spend the night confusing a man in a coma?

 

you're like me. i could always sleep anywhere.

he's got more color.

 

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they think i'm their future daughter-in-law.

what if he doesn't come out of his coma?

when my mother found out i was getting married to my wife, her intestines exploded.

you tell them now, you might as well shoot grandma.

 

Ox fudged it over.

 

i had to quit school and then i started working for the CTA. (Chicago Transit Authority)

my wife of 51 years passed away two years ago, february the 9th.

it was a rough time for me.

Ox got me through.

word to the wise, drink soda.

 

i don't drink anymore. i don't drink any less either.

seven bow ties, i bet.

 

Lisbon is absolutely gorgeous, but i'm cutting my trip short, because i have been doing a lot of thinking.

 

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will you please pipe down?

 

i'm gonna let the machine get it.

they say it's customary for friends and family to come down and give blood.

we ought to take peter's car.

 

we'll have to get your picture for the mantel.

i want you to sit here and sip this or you'll get woozy.

 

maybe he'd like us to sing to him.

what the heck is going on?

he said that you were intimate.

he's delusional.

he was very lucid when i talked to him.

peter has one testicle.

 

well, look at the bright side.

 

i'm not two-timing. i never one-timed.

was that saul i saw leaving?

 

well, that gets tricky.

maybe we should angle it a little bit.

i think it's wedged.

 

well, maybe i ought to walk you back.

 

he used to hear of a place on the tv, we would pull out the atlas, we'd find where it was and we'd route out this, like, little way to get there.

it there was one place in the world where you'd go

i take it you've never been there.

there aren't any stamps in that.

i haven't gone anywhere yet.

that'll make your dad very proud.

you know, in a very small way, you kind of remind me of him a little bit.

you just stepped in doggy poopy.

 

the fact is, i'm about to start shivering, and making conversation keeps my face from freezing.

we got this far, i'll take you the rest of the way.

i'll see you when i see you?

 

you're cheating on a vegetable.

 

he always used to say to me, 'how come you can't be more like your brother peter?'

i was never envious of anything that you had.

 

these mashed potatoes are so creamy.

you like brunettes.

hey, look, you guys. you're under the mistletoe.

 

well, it hasn't really been announced.