- John Patterson: How's our mournful musician?
- Elly Patterson: He's still up there.
- John Patterson: I already tried my A-Material on him. "Stiff Upper Lip" "Plenty of fish in the sea."
- Elly Patterson: Well, What did you do when you got dumped?
- John Patterson: Who says I was ever dumped?
- [Ellie looks at John disaprovingly]
- John Patterson: Well, I guess I did stuff. Played with my model trains. Excuse me for a second.
- [Opening kitchen door. Singsong]
- John Patterson: Michael shove a sock in it.
- Elly Patterson: It's good for a boy to get. He hasn't done anything for days.
- [Looking proud]