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The Sponge

‘The Sponge’

Season 7, Episode 9 -  Aired December 7, 1995

Elaine runs across town looking for her favored form of birth control after it's discontinued. Now that they're engaged, George starts sharing secrets with Susan. Meanwhile, Jerry finds a woman's phone number on a charity sign-up sheet, and Kramer joins an AIDS walk.

Quote from Kramer

Man #1: Hey, where's your ribbon?
Kramer: Oh, I don't wear the ribbon.
Man #2: Oh, you don't wear the ribbon? Aren't you against AIDS?
Kramer: Yeah, I'm against AIDS. I mean, I'm walking, aren't I? I just don't wear the ribbon.
Woman: Who do you think you are?
Man #1: Put the ribbon on!
Man #2: Hey, Cedric! Bob! This guy won't wear a ribbon!
Bob: Who? Who does not want to wear the ribbon?

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Quote from Jerry

Lena: Hey, look at this. I just got a citation in the mail for my work with shut-ins.
Jerry: Oh, the shut-ins, that's nice. You know, they're a very eccentric group. Because they're shut in. Of course, they're not locked in, they're free to go at anytime.
Lena: Oh, by the way, I checked at the soup kitchen. They do have cream soups.
Jerry: Hey, that's dynamite.

Quote from Jerry

Lena: You seem like you want to tell me something.
Jerry: Tell you something? I do.
Lena: What is it, Jerry? You can tell me anything.
Jerry: Oh, uh. You see these jeans I'm wearing?
Lena: Yeah.
Jerry: I change the 32 waist on the label to a 31 on all my jeans. So, you know. That's it.

Quote from George

Susan Ross: Come on, George, just tear it open.
George: I'm trying, dammit.
Susan Ross: Tear it.
George: I tried to tear it from the side. I can't get a good grip here. You gotta do it like a bag of chips.
Susan Ross: No. Here give it to me.
George: Would you wait a second? Just wait a second.
Susan Ross: Give it to me.
George: You see? You see?
Susan Ross: Come on. Come on!
George: It's too late.

Quote from Kramer

Bob: So! What's it going to be? Are you going to wear the ribbon?
Kramer: No! Never.
Bob: But I am wearing the ribbon. He is wearing the ribbon. We are all wearing the ribbon! So why aren't you going to wear the ribbon!?
Kramer: This is America! I don't have to wear anything I don't want to wear!
Cedric: What are we gonna do with him?
Bob: I guess we are just going to have to teach him to wear the ribbon!

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