Mr. Ehlert Quote #25
Quote from Mr. Ehlert in Worry Duty
Mr. Ehlert: Gather around, minions. I'm throwing a company picnic. Food, drinks, games, the whole shebang. And I expect to see every one of you there with your families. [applause] It's really my granddaughter's 9th birthday, but this way I can write the whole thing off. She likes those American Girl dolls. Check with each other so you don't double up.
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‘Worry Duty’ Quotes
Quote from Frankie
Frankie: [v.o.] There are lots of ways you categorize people: age, politics, religion. But when you get down to it, there are really two basic types of people in the world: the non-worriers...
Axl: God! Chill. I'll study while they're handing out the test.
Mike: The nail was rusty, but I threw beer on there, cleaned it out.
Frankie: [v.o.] and the worriers.
Sue: What if I never get my braces off? What if I'm part of some secret experiment where they're trying to see how long a person can last with braces on their teeth?
Frankie: I'm forgetting things, Mike. My keys were right here. This runs in families. It's only a matter of time before I am wandering the interstate in my bathrobe and you're using candy to get me in the car.
Quote from Mr. Ehlert
Mr. Ehlert: Hey, Stretch, you enjoying yourself?
Mike: Now that I've found the beer.
Mr. Ehlert: [chuckles] Well, I'm just glad I could throw this celebration for the employees. When you give, you get a warm feeling in your ticker, you know? That'll be 3 bucks. [to a young girl] Ah, the pop's a buck and a quarter there, princess.
Mike: I'll get it.
Mr. Ehlert: Oh, great.
Quote from Frankie
Frankie: Axl will do whatever she says. It's scary.
Mike: Oh, you're exaggerating.
Frankie: Hello? Were you not there? Axl's eating broccoli now. And that's how it starts. She tells him to eat broccoli, so he does. Then she tells him what friends he can have, what college he should go to. He should go to a college near her. So he moves there and when he does, she breaks up with him again. Then she takes him back, they get married and have kids, and then she gets bored, which is her pattern. Then they get divorced and Axl's living in our basement, and she's moved with the kids to Florida because that's where her parents retired. They get to see the grandkids all the time and get to be called Nana and Pop-Pop. We have to be boring Grandma and Grandpa and we only see them once a year. And when we try to hug them, they're all stiff and awkward because we're strangers to our grandkids.
Mike: It all starts with broccoli?
Frankie: It all starts with the broccoli.
Mike: I think you worry too much.
Frankie: I have a right to be worried. Our grandkids live in Florida.