okay, dad. father, just one morning i wish you'd knock! bicker, bicker, bicker. you can't squeeze blood from a turnip. miss stellwagon says advertising is a basically parasitic profession. miss stellwagon says that advertising makes people who can't afford it buy things they don't want with money they haven't got. bicker, bicker, bicker. miss stellwagon says that functionalism in modern furniture -- miss stellwagon says the current craze for modernizing old farmhouses is a form of totem worship. why don't we buy a solaxion house? solaxion. it's built on a mast like a tent and it revolves with the sun. that's right. it's the only practical way to live. when a new model comes out you trade the old one in like a used car. for ten thousand dollars we could get a rockford trailer and a zamboni power unit. it's kitchen, bathroom and air conditioning all rolled up into -- eleven-five, with the commission. for six thousand dollars we could have had a solaxion house and a crane mobile home. miss stellwagon says the problems of the parents should be the problems of the children. dad, do you suppose i could have a chemistry lab in the basement? bicker, bicker, bicker. he disappeared. i haven't seen him for an hour. it's certainly going to be fun this summer when uncle bill comes up for his vacation. look, dad, your fraternity pins. there are two of them here. funny, this one says w.c. on the back. w.c.? william cole! it must be uncle bill's! what's that? let's see. hi, dad! how come you're not at the office? you mean you got fired? ham?