Emily: [on the phone] Your father and I were coming home from Martha's Vineyard.
Lorelai: I know you were.
Emily: And you said that when we got home, you were going to call us.
Lorelai: I know I did.
Emily: Well, we're home, and yet there's no call, no message, no card.
Lorelai: Mom, it's eleven o'clock in the morning. I said I would call you on Thursday, I didn't say when on Thursday, I just said Thursday. Technically, I haven't screwed up for another twelve hours.
Emily: Lorelai, everyone knows that you are supposed to call people as soon as they have arrived home. That's the polite way to do it.
Lorelai: You didn't tell me what time you were coming home.
Emily: Well, you never asked what time we were coming home.
Lorelai: Yes, but you never told me so there's no way I could know, so even though I didn't ask I still didn't know and it's only elev... I'm sorry.
Emily: Apology accepted.