Lois: Come on, Hal! We're going to be late.
Hal: Fine, but I don't see what the big deal is. So what if he stopped drinking for a year? I thought that's what you're supposed to do in A.A.
Lois: Francis' one-year anniversary of sobriety is very important to him.
Hal: Sounds to me like it was just dreamed up by the greeting card companies.
Lois: What is wrong with you? Francis has joined A.A., and is turning his life around. These are the people who helped him do that, and he wants us to meet them.
Hal: Where were they when he needed to learn to ride a bicycle? Or when he lost his first tooth? We did all the heavy lifting. And now these guys get all the glory.
Lois: I can't believe you're jealous of these people.
Hal: Well, what does he need us for? He's got them now. We're useless. We're like his appendix. Now he's just going to open up his stomach, remove us, and put us in a jar up on a shelf, right there in the living room or the den, or a mantelpiece, if he's got one. Uh, I'm gonna go wait in the car.