Aunt Edie Quote #5
Quote from Aunt Edie in Siblings
Aunt Edie: I was just about ready to start another round of checks.
Mike: Listen, Aunt Edie. There's something we gotta talk about. It's not easy. You've been doing this annual close-out for a long time.
Aunt Edie: I think the work keeps me alive.
Mike: That's nice. But you've earned the right to retire.
Aunt Edie: Thanks, doll. Should we get started on those new checks?
Mike: No. No checks. I'm trying to tell you that we won't be needing you here anymore.
Aunt Edie: Oh, I see. So you wanna do the checks this afternoon then?
Mike: No. No, I don't need you to write the checks. Ever.
Aunt Edie: So from now on, I'll just be balancing the books?
Mike: No. No, no more balancing. No more checks.
Aunt Edie: Well, if I'm not writing checks and not balancing the books, I won't be working for you at all.
Mike: That's right. Exactly. It's time for you to take Ginny and go home.
Aunt Edie: Oh, I don't think you mean that.
Mike: Why don't I?
Aunt Edie: Because if I go home now, the work'll pile up and we'll get behind.
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‘Siblings’ Quotes
Quote from Aunt Edie
Frankie: [v.o.] The next morning, Mike met Aunt Edie at the quarry.
Mike: It's really brutal this year, Edie. Most of the guys will get almost no bonus at all.
Frankie: [v.o.] Ever since she retired as a bookkeeper 14 years ago, Aunt Edie came to Mike's office every December to help close out the books.
Mike: Hoping we can massage the numbers to avoid triggering layoffs, but it's gonna be tight. What are you doing with that?
Aunt Edie: I gotta plug in Ginny.
Mike: You brought Ginny to the quarry?
[Aunt Ginny sits in her wheelchair outside the trailer with a blanket on her lap and cigarette in her hand]
Aunt Edie: Well, the wheelchair won't fit into the trailer, and I'm afraid to leave her home alone because I think Ginny is starting to lose it.
Mike: Oh, no kidding. Sorry to hear that.
Aunt Edie: And then there's something else. I think Ginny is starting to lose it.
Quote from Frankie
Mike: You heard your mother. Everybody, sit down.
Frankie: What is the big deal? We've eaten at the table before.
Brick: I don't have a chair.
Frankie: [v.o.] Huh. I guess we hadn't really eaten at the table since we had Brick.
Frankie: Not a problem. We have more chairs outside.
Quote from Mike
Frankie: I don't know. I wonder if we've been lazy.
Mike: How the hell have we been lazy? In the last 15 years I think we sat down twice.
Frankie: Face it, we have cut corners as parents. We're tired, we've been busy. We slacked off on a lot of family stuff and that's why our kids aren't close.
Mike: All right. If you're this worried about it, I can help you. But you know what I'm gonna say.
Frankie: Oh, God.
Mike: Sports.