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Garrett: [to Ned] You're not nearly as boring as you pretend to be.
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Ernie: You were never able to take criticism either.
Jeannie: I think it depends on how it's given.
Ernie: There's no easy way to give it. It's like medicine. You just take it... if you really wanna get better.
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Ethan: Will everybody at the prom be gay?
Jonah: Yeah. That's why they call it the gay and lesbian prom, moron.
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Ned: I don't want you dancing with college kids. Period.
Jonah: What are they gonna do? Rape me?
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Jonah: I'm not interested in being with someone who's older. I... I just wanna dance with other people who are gay.
Ned: I think I'd rather talk about the smell of pee.
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Garrett: What about anal? My straight friends tell me anal's the new oral.
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Garrett: Bestiality, the final frontier.
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Garrett: There is nothing unrelatable about sex with animals. I know a lot of people who've done it.
Brian: Sex with one's dog is the new sex with one's cat.
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Ned: [to son chatting the on the Internet] You're not talking to people you don't know, are you?
Jonah: Uhh, you mean potential pedophiles?
Ned: Mm-hm.
Jonah: Just ones that live around here.
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Jeannie: Ned...
Ned: I think he should change, or he can't go.
Jonah: This is what people wear to a dance.
Ned: Why don't you just go in a jock strap?
Jeannie: You're being ridiculous.
Ethan: You can sort of see the outline of your penis in those.
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Ned: Did that sweater look that gay on me.
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Ned: I better go pick Jonah up before someone else does.
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Jeannie: I can see that what's happening here is a huge downer for you. You can add it to your list next to gay son, sucky job and wife who's over forty.
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Garrett: Are you done?
Ned: To a crisp.
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Ernie: They're good, your boys. They're beautiful.
Jeannie: I'm very lucky.
Ernie: Sometimes luck has nothing to do with it.
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Ned: You look good.
Jeannie: I feel old.
Ned: But you look good and that's the main thing.
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Garrett: And even cable isn't ready for cannibalism yet, but I do think a good flambe penis story you can put in on children's television, somewhere.
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Jeannie: [after Ernie has berated Ethan and forced him to leave] He's just beginning it, Dad. It's a very difficult piece.
Ernie: [Angrily] If you learn it wrong, it's twice as difficult.
Jeannie: He's playing for enjoyment. He's not planning on being a professional.
Ernie: Well, the, guess it doesn't matter how he plays. You were never able to take criticism either.
Jeannie: I think it depends on how it's given.
Ernie: There's no easy way to give it. It's like medicine. You just gotta take it if you want to get better.
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old woman at retirement home: Are you moving in, Hon, or just visiting?
Ernie: We're all just visiting.
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Jeannie: [Talking about Ernie on the phone] No, he's not dead. He lives in New York.
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Robin: [Asking about Ned's home situation] Two kids?
Robin: Three. My father-in-law's the youngest.
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Jeannie: [Epeaking about Ernie] I don't even like him.
Ned: You're a good daughter.
Jeannie: I'm a guilty daughter.
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Ethan: Is Grandpa Ernie gonna eat every meal with us?
Ned: Only if he's good. If he's bad, we force him to eat in his own room - excuse me, your room.
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Jeannie: [Solicitously at the dinner table] Do you want some salad, Dad? You must be hungry; you haven't eaten all day.
Ernie: [Sourly] I need my shit kit.
Every Day Quotes
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