"Hey. what's up?" "Want some cheese?" "What is all that?" "I helped some guy get a job at the paper." "so he gave me." "like." "a cheese sampler." "You've done nothing but eat cheese all day." "I can't stop." "That's a nice suitcase." "Can I borrow that when I go on my honeymoon?" "Yeah." "Fine." "I'm sure the thing will still be sittin' there." "What do you mean?" "Remember when Debra and I went to Connecticut for the weekend?" "Sure." "Raymond." "I remember every one of your comings and goings." "You're my whole life." "You want to hear about it or not?" "Sadly. yes." "All right. well." "we go away." "and we only take the one suitcase with us." "We had a good time gettin' away and everything." "but when we got home." "we were very tired." "so we just dropped everything." "woke up the gruesome twosome that were here babysitting." "and went up to bed." "The suitcase was sittin' on the landing." "That was two weeks ago." "So life just kinda went on." "but then." "after a few days." "I noticed it was still there." "At first I thought Debra just hadn't gotten to it yet." "but then it was." "Iike. a week." "So why didn't you just move it yourself?" "Because I'm at work all day." "Oh. and what Debra's doing isn't work?" "Yeah yeah yeah." "you're Mr. Sensitive." "What I'm saying is that Debra's here." "She's walkin' by it 100 times a day." "It should be drivin' her nuts by now." "At that point I was like. "Fine." "Doesn't bother her." "it doesn't bother me."" "Then a few days later I notice her wearing a sweater that she brought with her on the trip." "So?" "So that means she took it out of the suitcase." "Is that passive-aggressive or what?" "So you know what I did?" "I took my clothes out of the suitcase too." "and walked right in front of her." "What did that do?" "Nothin'." "Then yesterday" "I stubbed my toe on the damn thing." "So I say to no one in particular." ""Huh. that suitcase is still there?"" "And she goes." ""Yeah." "I guess it is."" "So now I definitely know she's not just puttin' off moving' it." "She's-she's waitin' me out or somethin'." "I'll let you in on a little secret:" "She's gonna be waitin' a long time." "So?" "What do ya think?" "This is insane!" "I know!" "What's her problem?" "No. the both of you." "You've had a two-week fight over a suitcase." "It's not really a fight." "You know." "I mean." "everything's the same." "We eat. we sleep." "we watch TV." "play with the kids." "Everything's fine." "But the one who moves that suitcase will not be me." "You are a baby." "I am not a baby." "Give me back my cheese." " Hey." " How's that. huh?" "Hey. guys." " Hey." " Hi." "Deb." "Ray." "I was gonna order pizza tonight." "but if you're too cheesed out we can go to that new chicken place." "Okay. yeah." "Chicken sounds great." "Okay." "Okay. you see that?" "You see how she just walked past it just to rub it in my face?" "All I sawwasawoman helpfully suggesting a new chicken place to her husband." "I always look for the good." "Raymond." "Yeah. 'cause you already got the bad and the ugly." "Hey. turn the TV on." "Actually." "I'm leavin' to cover the Mets' road trip." "So turn it on and go." "You got any of that cheese left?" "Uh. just the Roquefort." "which you're more than welcome to." "It really stinks bad." "I'll eat it fast." "Hey. guys. come on." "it's time for bed." "Let's go." "Ray. it's gettin' late." " Shouldn't you pack?" " Yeah yeah." "Watch it. boys." "Watch the suitcase." "What?" "That suitcase has been sittin' there for three weeks and..." "Nobody wants to be the one to move it." "I gotcha." "But the thing is." "I gotta pack now." "so I'm gonna be the one who has to move the suitcase." "Why don't you take another suitcase?" "No!" "Can't leave that one sittin' there." "It'll be too obvious that I did it on purpose." "Well. that's good." "Deb should know how you feel." "I'm a great believer in letting people know what's going on in here." "Yeah. and every other part of your body." "I don't want to get in a fight over a suitcase right before I have to go." "I'll just do it." "Hey." "listen to me." "This is not about a suitcase." "This is about who wears the pants in the family." "Whose idea was it to bring it in the first place?" "Hers. right?" "Yeah." "Yeah." "Then I was stuck lugging' it around all weekend." "If you move that suitcase." "you might as well put on a dress and change your name to Daisy Mae Tinklepants." "Ray-- you gotta leave soon." "Are you gonna get ready?" "Yes." "Yes." "I am." "What was that about?" "It's all right." "Deb." "You don't need to pretend with me." "I know all about the suitcase." "What do you mean?" "I know about your little Mexican standoff." "I don't know what you're talking about." "Aw, forgetabout it." "Hey." "looks like Ray forgot to take the suitcase with him." "You oughta bring it up." "He had three weeks!" "Why didn't he move that thing?" "Three weeks!" "At first I thought he was clueless." "but if he talked to you." "he knew what he was doin'!" "Aren't you doin' the same thing?" "No!" "This is completely different." "I have to do everything around this house." "If I don't do it." "it doesn't get done." "Well. that's because-- now take it easy-- that's how it's supposed to be." ""That's how it's supposed to be"?" "!" "I said take it easy." "Now look." "Ray lugged the suitcase around all weekend." "but it's in the house now all full of laundry." "and it's all "womany" now." "So... you should move it." "That's how it's supposed to be." "Okay. now let me tell you something." "If I'm the one that has to do the laundry." "why should I be the one to drag that thing upstairs. huh?" "Isn't the man supposed to carry stuff?" "Isn't that the "manny" thing to do. huh?" "Isn't that how that's supposed to be?" "Obviously. you've spent a lot more time thinking about this than I have." "All packed." "See ya later." "What are you doing?" "What?" "Just packing' a soda for the road." "Problem?" "That's how you're getting on the airplane?" "Yeah." "I'm travelin' light." "I'm travelin' loose." "What are you. a hobo?" "Why don't you take the suitcase?" "What suitcase?" "You know what suitcase." "Are you referring to the suitcase that you haven't moved in three weeks?" "Is that the suitcase to which you are referring?" "Why couldn't you move it?" "Why couldn't you move it?" "All right. you are not going to the airport with a grocery bag." "Take the suitcase!" "You know what?" "I don't need it." "Okay. you know what?" "Oh!" "Yeah. good." "Good!" "Real mature!" "I don't care." "I don't care." "Thanks to the good people at Waldbaum's." "I got a complete set of luggage right here." "All the luggage I need right here." "Waterproof." "beautiful luggage." "Right here." "all the luggage." "See ya in a couple of days!" "Hi." "Debra." "Hey." "Marie." "When's Raymond comin' home?" "Tomorrow afternoon." "I was just on my way to the market." "and I was..." "Debra. are you cooking something?" "No." "Oh. because... there's an aroma." "You know what?" "I smelled it. too." "Yeah." "Wow. it's getting worse." "Where's it comin' from?" "I don't know." "Ugh!" "It's getting close." "Eww!" "Debra. you can't keep cheese in a suitcase." "I didn't put it there, Marie." "Ray." "Ray!" "Run." "Quick. get rid of it." "I cannot believe him." "Why don't we take the suitcase outside and air it out?" "No no no!" "We're not moving it." "But." "Debra..." "No." "Ray doesn't get to win because of this." "If smells bothered me." "I would've left him a long time ago." "Oh. dear." "I knew you were having suitcase problems." "but I didn't think it had gotten this bad." "How did you know about our suitcase problem?" "Come with me." "I want to show you something." "Did-did Frank tell you about this?" "Frank?" "You didn't think I'd notice a suitcase sitting there for 23 and a half days?" "Okay." "What I'm gonna tell you I've never told anyone-- not Raymond." "not Robert. no one." "Wow." "Marie. what is it?" "When Frank and I got married." "one of our gifts was a big fork and spoon." "Oh." "I had always assumed that those were Robert's baby utensils." "No. they were a wedding present." "Frank and I wanted to return them the minute we opened the box." "You don't like the big fork and spoon?" "We hate the big fork and spoon." "But they're like a fixture of the house-- the big fork and spoon." "They're horrible-- look at them." "They're completely without nuance." "So why are they up there?" "I wanted Frank to return them because it was his Aunt Sophia that gave them to me." "Ugh. his family." "I tell you." "Debra." "the groom's side of the church was like a gypsy camp." "And so Frank thought that you should return it." "Of course." "I'm the woman." "They're technically silverware." "So one day." "after months of the spoon and the fork just sitting on the counter." "we had a big fight." "It was our first fight as husband and wife." "Wow." "The shot heard 'round the world." "Finally." "I told him." ""I'm going to my mother's and when I get back." "you'd better be the only ugly thing" "left in this house."" "Andwhen I gothome he was sitting right here." "and he had nailed the spoon to the wall." "Whoa!" "He thought he had won." "You see what I did?" "Ah,veryclever." "And notice the fork is higher." "And they've been there ever since." "Every time I come into this kitchen." "it reminds me of that fight." "Every day for 45 years." "Wow." "I'm shocked." "You two seem so happy." "Trust me. dear." "It's not worth it." "Go." "Go move the luggage." "You be the better person." "Hmm?" "Don't let a suitcase filled with cheese be your big fork and spoon." "I've never heard that before." "Take it to heart. dear." "All right." "Thanks." "Marie." "Of course." "Hey. why don't you take the big fork and spoon down right now?" "What do you mean?" "It's been 45 years." "Wasn't that the point of your story?" "What. are you taking Frank's side?" "Hi." "Hey." "Hi." "What are you doin' home?" "Well..." "I decided to come home early." "Oh." "Yeah." "I... you know." "I had some time to kill when I got to Chicago." "so I went to get a slice of pizza." "You know." "they got the deep-dish pizza." "and the cheese is so good." "And I gottothinkin'... cheese." "I love it. and yet I used it as a weapon." "Well." "I'm glad you're home." "Me too." "I'm sorry things got so nuts." "Yeah." "Me too." "Are the kids home yet?" "No. not for another hour." "Oh. 'cause I was thinkin'... we didn't get to have our regular goin'-away action before I left." "Gee. tough break." "Well." "I've read that coming-home action can also be rather pleasant." "Yeah. but you were only gone for a couple of days." "Oh." "But we did just make up." "Yes." "Yeah. we did." "We did make up." "so we could have makeup action." "'cause we made up." "We made up so frickin' much!" "Hey hey hey." "You want to get that?" "What do you mean?" "Well." "I mean. that's why you came home. right?" "So you could get it?" "Well. yeah." "but I thought... you know." "I thought since you know" "I came all the way from Chicago." "that you would be the one to..." "Okay." "Ray." "you know what?" "I'm getting it." "What's that supposed to mean?" "It means I'll get it." "I'll be the one who got it." "Oh. no no no no no!" "I will get it." "Let the record show that I got it." "Let go of the suitcase." "You let go!" "You let go of it." "Let go of" "let go." "let go." "let go!" "Let go!" "I'm taking it." "No. you don't." "No. you don't." "I've got it!" "No." "I'm movin' it!" "I'm the one moving' it." "everybody." " Look at me!" " I'm still holding it." "It doesn't matter who's holding it." "It matters who's moving it." "You think you're gonna hold it over me?" "How's the suitcase thing goin'?" "What do you want?" "I was gonna see if I can borrow that." "but the airline won't let me carry on all three of you." "All right, Frank." "Today's the day." "The big fork and spoon are coming down." "because I've been able to rise above 45 years of pettiness." "This is all your fault!" "When did we get those?"