- [everyone is standing around the cake at Zelda's birthday party]
- Party Guests: Speech, speech.
- Maynard G. Krebs: Food, food.
- [Zelda is trying to trick Maynard into proposing, so Dobie will get jealous]
- Zelda Gilroy: You want someone to help you, you say?
- Maynard G. Krebs: Like yes, like yes.
- Zelda Gilroy: You want someone to care for you, and comfort you in your old age, you say?
- Maynard G. Krebs: Like please, like please.
- Zelda Gilroy: Once more.
- Maynard G. Krebs: Like please, like please.
- Zelda Gilroy: Very well, Maynard, your plaintive cry for help has touched my heart. I'll marry you.
- Maynard G. Krebs: Like thanks, like... Hey Zeld...
- Zelda Gilroy: Yes, Maynard, yes, my betrothed...
- Maynard G. Krebs: How come all of a sudden I got a funny feelin' I've been snookered?
- Zelda Gilroy: Can the chatter, and let's get on with the proposal. Now, there's just one thing missing.
- Maynard G. Krebs: The ring?
- Zelda Gilroy: The ring.
- Maynard G. Krebs: OK, where is it?
- Zelda Gilroy: [Zelda produces a ring, and puts it on Maynard's finger] Here.
- Maynard G. Krebs: Hey, in the movies they always get down on one knee when they're proposing.
- Zelda Gilroy: [smoothing her hair as if getting ready for Maynard's proposal] Well, that's the custom.
- Maynard G. Krebs: Well, don't just stand there, girl, get with it.
- Zelda Gilroy: [on one knee] Maynard G. Krebs, wilt thou marry me?
- Maynard G. Krebs: Zelda G. Gilroy, I... I...
- Zelda Gilroy: You wilt, you wilt.
- Maynard G. Krebs: I wilt?
- Zelda Gilroy: That's it, you said it, that's it, you proposed. Maynard, we're practically man and wife.
- Maynard G. Krebs: Hey, how about that. And I can't even cook.