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sigh...
Snookie: You still moping?
She's been gone a LONG time.
Snookie: She always comes back, right? And here you are, Mr Faithful.
*scowl* Something wrong with that?
Snookie: Well, there ARE other...heh heh...toys in the box, if you catch my drift.
Carl, the Big Mean Conductor: OOOH! TOYS? Are there any TRAINS?
*Snookie and Newsie stare at him. The railroad-stripe outfit doesn't fit at all, and his conductor's cap is dangling from one horn*
BMC: Well? Don't keep me in suspense here!
Snookie *tiredly* Hey Carl, I think I saw a gopher in the garden earlier...
BMC: REALLY? Oooh...I love gophers! Especially smoked. Thank you!
*the boys return to their discussion. Shortly, sounds of things crashing from the hall closet ensue. The cousins ignore it.*
Snookie: So, cuz. Really. Your girl seems nice and all, but...these extended work trips...a Muppet has NEEDS, right?
Needs?
Snookie: Sure. You know. NEEDS.
BMC *yelling from hallway* Hey, who moved my C-4? *more crashing noises*
Snookie: And I have it on good authority she's been thinking of...ah...someone else.
WHAT! *bristling* You take that back!
Snookie: S'true.
She NEVER...!
Snookie: You, my friend, are a sad case.
*getting nose-to-nose with Snookie* Take. It. Back.
Snookie: Whoa! Simmer down! I was just teasing.
*fumes silently, then plops back into his chair* ...NOT funny.
*one final loud THUD comes from the hallway. Carl, now dressed in Bill Murray's outfit from Caddyshack, emerges with a face-splitting grin, a ridiculous armful of dynamite and plastic explosives nearly up to his chin*
Carl, the Big Mean Groundskeeper: Hah HAH! And now, for my next trick: Exploding Rodents for Distance! *he waits; the other two just stare at him. Carl bows, nearly dropping his armload, and the Muppet boys duck for cover, but the monster juggles a moment and recovers it all intact* *beat* THANK YOU!
*Carl trudges out the door, humming "I'm All Right"*
.......*Snookie and Newsie's noses peek from under the sofa, though there doesn't seem to be enough space under there to hide two grown Muppets*
She's coming back soon.
Snookie: Frog, I froggin' HOPE so...
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