[After hearing ZeppCo's message about Ernie's proposal with them...]
Lars:
Betrayed by my own brother.
Ernie:
Betrayal? Don't talk to me about betrayal! You should have told me about that offer! Half that factory is mine!
Lars:
And half is mi... And half is mine, including the half that you tried to sell!
Ernie:
Yeah, and it would have, if it hadn't been for that stinking bus!
Lars:
Bus? You can't leave well enough alone, can you? You ruin everything!
Ernie:
Me? You blame me for this?
Lars:
Well, look! [He points to the big hole caused from the bug bomb.] You blew a hole in the floor!
Ernie:
Well, I distinctly remember somebody yelling "Shoot, shoot!"
Lars:
Well, you've never listened to me before!
Ernie:
And you know why?
Lars:
Why?
Ernie:
Because I have no respect for you! Spending your whole life in that stupid factory! It's tragic.
Lars:
You think I didn't have other things I wanted to do with my life? You think I didn't have ambitions of my own?
Ernie:
Oh, come on, you love string.
Lars:
I didn't love string.
Ernie:
Well, you could have fooled me. You and Pop were always huddled together running some piece of something through your fingers. It didn't matter what I did, I didn't even exist! I made him my special rack of lamb for is 70th birthday.
[Lars sighs in resignation] Oh, no.
Ernie:
Yes, you remember! I slaved over that meal, making sure everything was perfect! Did he say, "Thanks, Ernie, it was delicious"? No. He only noticed the string I had tied it with. [He sighs.] He was crazy. But I still wanted his approval. I didn't leave, Lars. I was cast out.
Lars:
There you go again. Blaming everything else but yourself. You think you're a success. Huh? Well, you... [He points at Ernie] ...can't... cook!
Ernie:
I hate you!
Lars:
And I hate you!
Ernie:
Not as much as I hate you!
Lars:
Yeah?!
Ernie:
Yeah, double! Double!
