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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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