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• Marge: Ruth, is there something you want to tell me?
  Ruth: Remember when I said my ex-husband was behind on his child support?...
• Ruth: [sighs] I envy you and Homer. Marge: Thank you.
  [realizing] Why? Ruth: If you ever met my ex-husband, you'd understand....
• Ruth: Look, Marge, there's no reason for you to get dragged into this.
  Once we lose the cops, I'll let you out. Marge...
• Marge: Maybe we should call it a night. Ruth: OK. I _should_ get home to my daughter before that naked talk show comes on.
  -- The one with bacon on the beach?, "Marge on the Lam...
• Ruth: [pointing] Look, you can see our houses. Marge
  Hmm. There's an awful lot of black smoke coming from my chimney....
• Marge: What's going on? Bart: Mom, I thought you might forget our little conversation this afternoon, so I took the precaution of recording it.
  Marge: What conversation? Bart: [turns on a tape recorder] Tape...
• Narrator: Ruth Powers was tried in Springfield Superior Court.
  The judge dismissed her ex-husband's auto theft charges and forced him to pay all back child support....
• Homer: [into bullhorn] Marge, Marge! Marge: Homer? Home
  Look Marge, I'm sorry I haven't been a better husband....
• Ruth: [about her ex-husband] To top it off, he's been stiffing me on child support for the last four months.
  Marge: Hmm. Well, you _were_ unlucky. But there _are_ a lot of good men out there....