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The One with the Football

‘The One with the Football’

Season 3, Episode 9 -  Aired November 21, 1996

Things get heated on Thanksgiving when the group decide to play a game of football, bringing out Ross and Monica's competitive sides.

Quote from Joey

Chandler: Hold on a second, Joe. Where do Dutch people come from?
Joey: [Joey stares blankly, looks to Ross] Well, the Pennsylvania Dutch come from Pennsylvania.
Chandler: And the other Dutch people? They come from somewhere near the Netherlands, right?
Joey: Nice try. The Netherlands is this make-believe place where Peter Pan and Tinker Bell come from.

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Quote from Chandler

Ross: Yeah? Then how come you didn't get the Geller Cup?
Rachel: There was a Geller Cup?
Ross: Yes, it was the trophy you got if you won the game. But our Dad said nobody won, and he was sick of our fighting. So he took the trophy [welling up] and threw it in the lake.
Chandler: And was the curse lifted?

Quote from Phoebe

Phoebe: Ooh, cool. This is my first huddle. So what do you guys really think of Chandler?

Quote from Joey

Margha: You are playing American football?
Joey: Wow. You're, like, from a whole other country.
Margha: I'm Dutch.
Joey: Hi, I'm Joey.
Margha: I am Margha.
Joey: Sorry, Dutch, I didn't get that last little bit.

Quote from Chandler

Joey: What's the matter with you? This is my favorite jersey.
Chandler: Well, now you have two. Hey, I am good at math.

Quote from Chandler

Rachel: Ross?
Ross: What?
Rachel: Wanna play football?
Ross: Monica and I aren't supposed to play football.
Joey: Says who? Your mom?
Ross: Yes.
Monica: Yes. Well, every Thanksgiving, we used to have a touch football game called The Geller Bowl.
Chandler: No, no, no. You say that proudly.

Quote from Chandler

Monica: Because the winner gets this.
Ross: The Geller Cup.
Chandler: Is everybody else seeing a troll doll nailed to a two-by-four? Okay, good.

Quote from Chandler

Margha: Which do I like?
Ross: Yeah, for dating, general merriment, taking back to your windmill?
Margha: Well, if I had to choose right now, which, by the way, I find really weird. I would have to say Chandler.
Joey: Wait a minute. Wait a minute. She obviously didn't understand the question.
Chandler: Well, why don't you have Captain Hook explain it to her?

Quote from Rachel

Monica: Okay, Rachel, you wanna put the marshmallows in concentric circles.
Rachel: No, Mon, you want to put them in concentric circles. I want to do this. [puts a marshmallow up Monica's nose]
Monica: [blows it out] Every year.

Quote from Chandler

Chandler: I don't really want to play.
Joey: You never do anything since you and Janice broke up.
Chandler: Not true. I wanted to wear my bathrobe and eat peanut clusters all day. I wanted to start drinking in the morning. Don't say I don't have goals!

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