- Fred Mertz: [the Ricardos have just told the Mertzes they're buying a new washer and dryer] Hey, wait a minute!
- [Looks at Ethel]
- Fred Mertz: How'd you like to have a new washing machine?
- Ethel Mertz: Oh, Fred, do you really mean it?
- Fred Mertz: Sure, I'll buy you the Ricardos' old one.
- Ethel Mertz: Old one? You just said a NEW one.
- Fred Mertz: Well, it'd be new to you.
- Ethel Mertz: Oh, fine, all I ever get is hand-me-downs.
- Fred Mertz: Alright, if you don't want it, you don't...
- Ethel Mertz: Oh, no, no, I'll take it. We can give our old one to the Smithsonian Institute.
- Mrs. Trumbull: [Mrs Trumbull has just arrived on the back porch, where she finds Lucy and Ethel locked in head-to-head combat, each pushing a washing machine in opposite directions] Good morning, Mrs Mertz.
- Ethel Mertz: [Grunts] Good morning.
- Mrs. Trumbull: What are you doing?
- Lucy Ricardo: [Grunting] We're moving Mrs Mertz's washing machine in front of her door.
- Ethel Mertz: [Grunting] No, we're moving Mrs Ricardo's washing machine in front of her door.
- Mrs. Trumbull: Well, if you don't mind my saying so, you're doing it the hard way!
- Mrs. Trumbull: [Lucy and Ethel are having a heated, animated argument] Why Mrs Ricardo, your temper is as hot as your red hair!
- Lucy Ricardo: Well, what about her?
- [gesturing at Ethel]
- Ethel Mertz: Oh, mine's as cold as your dark roots.