Sue Quote #759
Quote from Sue in Floating 50
Sue: [on the phone] Well, if this is for Mom, I am so there. Mm, this is gonna be so much fun! [cellphone beeps] [gasps] Oh, wait, Dad, Mom's on the other line. [whimpers]
Mike: Don't pocket-knife this, Sue.
Sue: I won't. I won't. I got it. Hang on. [exhales deeply] [switches line] [clears throat Hey, Mom! What up... Mom?
Frankie: Hi, honey. What you doing?
Sue: Nothing. Nothing. Not doing anything. Not planning anything, that's for sure. [laughs]
Frankie: Oh, good, 'cause I miss my Sue. I was hoping maybe you could come home this weekend.
Sue: Uh... this weekend? Um, I- I -- no, I can't. I have so much to do. I-I-I'm not going anywhere. I'm just gonna stay in my room the whole time studying. I'm probably not even gonna sleep. Pfft!
Frankie: But I thought you said you weren't doing anything.
Sue: I wasn't when you called, but I'm about to be. Yeah. I have two huge tests, probably some pop quizzes, a lab, a couple seminars. [chuckles] Oops. I have a non-family member on the other line. Please hold. [switches line] Mom wants me to come home for the weekend.
Mike: Well, tell her you'll come home. Just don't mention the party.
Sue: I can't! That's not the story I constructed. I am so bad at this. You're getting a fleece blanket for Father's Day!
Mike: [sighs] Sue, don't worry about it. It'll be an even bigger surprise when she sees you're there. Just leave it that you're not coming home.
Sue: So I should tell her I'm not coming home?
Mike: You already did that. Just wrap it up and be done.
Sue: Okay. [switches line] Mom?
Frankie: Yeah? [call disconnects] Sue? Hello?
The Middle Quotes
‘Floating 50’ Quotes
Quote from Mike
Brick: We're having an "I Can't" ceremony at school.
Frankie: Oh, no. Is that something we have to go to?
Brick: No, it's an in-school ritual to help kids build a positive attitude. [Mike scoffs] We're each supposed to write "I can't" on a piece of paper along with something we can't do and then bury it in a hole.
Mike: I can't believe they're doing this crap. You know who's not burying words? The Chinese.
Quote from Brick
Mike: I'm gonna call and invite over a bunch of her friends.
Brick: Oh, no! I can't do small talk! Oh, I should have put that.
Axl: Yeah.
Mike: Come on, guys. I want to do this. We got some extra money from the diapers, so let's do something nice for her. You know, we really got our asses handed to us for Mother's Day. So if we can pull this off, she'd never see it coming.
Brick: Wait, so, all we have to do is be better than Mother's Day? Which one are we talking about? Yellow pants, expired gift card, or loose change in a baggie?
Mike: Somehow, we got to top all of those.
Quote from Brick
Brick: [to Ron Donahue] You know, I always thought I couldn't do small talk, but now I'm gonna try. My mother's 50th birthday brings up thoughts of the fleeting nature of time and my own ultimate demise. Oh, but look who I'm talking to. You're even older than my mom. This must be on your mind all the time.