Edna: Good news, people!
[the other teachers cheer]
I'm happy to announce that another union has joined us in a
sympathy strike: the piano tuners' Local 412!
[the teachers look at one another, confused]
[a piano tuner stands outside a house with an out-of-tune
piano and looks smug]
Bart: [walking up] Now for Operation Strike-Make-Go-Longer.
[to teacher] You know, I heard Skinner say the teachers will
crack any minute.
[the teachers whisper it forward through the line]
Teacher: [to Edna] Skinner said the teachers will crack any minute
purple monkey dishwasher.
Edna: Well! We'll show him, especially for that "purple monkey
dishwasher" remark.
[everyone shouts their assent]
-- Rabble rousing, "The PTA Disbands"
[the other teachers cheer]
I'm happy to announce that another union has joined us in a
sympathy strike: the piano tuners' Local 412!
[the teachers look at one another, confused]
[a piano tuner stands outside a house with an out-of-tune
piano and looks smug]
Bart: [walking up] Now for Operation Strike-Make-Go-Longer.
[to teacher] You know, I heard Skinner say the teachers will
crack any minute.
[the teachers whisper it forward through the line]
Teacher: [to Edna] Skinner said the teachers will crack any minute
purple monkey dishwasher.
Edna: Well! We'll show him, especially for that "purple monkey
dishwasher" remark.
[everyone shouts their assent]
-- Rabble rousing, "The PTA Disbands"
Related:
- Edna: Go away, Bart, this is not a good time.
Bart:
I saw you two fighting...I'm worried there could be... - Edna: Seymour, you're being _totally_ unfair and the teachers won't
stand for it.
Skinner: You don't have the guts to strike. Edna... - Bart: That's it, I can't take this any more, Milhouse.
I've got to get the real teachers back. Milhouse... - Edna: Seymour, the teachers are fed up. You have to start putting
money back into the school.
You've cut back on everything: salaries, supplies... - Piano students learn on their teachers'
instruments... - Milhouse: Mom! Dad! Great news! The teachers are on -
Mrs. Van H: We heard. Mr. Van H: And we already hired... - Edna: Well, Seymour, I guess we could start talking.
Skinner: What's the point? There's no more money,... - Ned: Ho, ho, this is a dilly of a pickle.
Man: Oh my God.
the PTA has disbanded! [jumps out a window] Ned: No... - Lisa: I've never seen them fight like that, Bart. I'm worried that all
this posturing and saber-rattling could lead to a teachers'
strike.
Bart: [scheming] Strike, eh? [cracks his knuckles...
