David vs. Gregor

Resident art historian Giancarlo is lecturing some of the boys on Daddy Steve's newest garden acquisition...

Giancarlo: Can anyone tell me the name of the famous Italian sculptor

who created this wonderful statue of David?

Chance Victor: Ooh!  I know!  It was Mike Malangelo.

Diego Luis: ¡Bien hecho, papi!  Good job!

Kirwan Mahoney: Must have been a cold day in the studio.

Giancarlo: >Ahem<  

The artist's name was Michelangelo, an Italian of high renown during the Renaissance.

David is a symbol of youthful strength and beauty, and of the civil liberties

as embodied in the constitution of Florence.

Kirwan: He is aware that the symbol is wearing only his birthday suit, isn't he?

Giancarlo: >Ahem!<  

David was carved out of a single, massive block of marble.

When asked how he did it, Michelangelo is supposed to have said he simply 

carved out where David wasn't.

Diego: Un muchacho muy macho.

Kirwan: Un muchacho muy nude-o.

Giancarlo: >AHEM!!<

Later...

Giancarlo: I am surprised you did not join us, amico.

You like the history and art.

Nicholas Sahara: My dear Giancarlo, I've seen it before.

Giancarlo: Seen it...?  How?!? Papa Stefano just acquired it!

Nicholas: Oh, my parents have one.  In the courtyard of our palace back home.

Giancarlo: His parents have one?  

Mamma mia...I need una limonata...

Reeding Comprehension

 

Meghan: This wobbly table is driving me crazy!

Meghan: One of the legs must be short.

Holly Belle: Or perhaps there's a dip in the floor.  This can be a strange old house sometimes.

Come on, let's go find something to shim it up.

Holly Belle: This is the neatest workshop I've ever seen!

There's not one scrap of wood to be found.

Meghan: Uli was in here cleaning all day yesterday.

Holly Belle: Noah Conrad actually let her in here?!?

Meghan: Would you argue with Uli when she's got a mission?

Holly Belle: Fair point.  

Well, I know one place even she won't go in to clean.

Meghan: Shouldn't we ask the boys before we go in their room?

They always say it's a 'girl free' zone.

Holly Belle: Hmmphf.  I'll remind them of that the next time they're shrieking

about a spider that they want disposed of.

Holly Belle: They keep all kinds of bits and bob in this drawer.

Gosh, don't they ever fold their clothes??

Meghan: Frank was telling me the other day that clothes don't want to be folded

and we have to respect that.

Holly Belle: >Sigh<  What a weirdo.

Holly Belle: A-ha!  This will do the trick!

Meghan: That looks like it might actually be something.

Holly Belle: Nah, just some dumb little scrap of wood.

Goodness knows why they decided to save it.

Later...

John Martin: What are you looking for?

Gavin: The reed on my clarinet cracked, and I was sure I had an extra one in here,

but I just can't find it anywhere.  How can things just disappear?

John Martin: This can be a strange old house sometimes.

Fall-ing for Autumn

 

Benjamin Roy: What's the cutest season?

Pete Dakota: Awwww-tumn!

BR: How does a gourd pay for stuff?

Pete Dakota: With pumpkin bread!

BR: Halloween is coming...

Pete Dakota: ...so don't let your gourd down!

BR: Don't like fall?

Pete Dakota: Then make like a tree and leaf!

BR: You're simply a-peeling!

Pete Dakota: And you're the apple of my pie.

BR & Pete Dakota:  Tha-tha-tha-tha-that's FALL, folks!

Math Major / Drama Minor

 

Ravi: This is my older sister Amita.  

She's studying to be a mathematician.

Amita: I'm particularly interested in dynamical systems and differential equations.

Patrick: That's very impressive!  I can see you two have a lot in common.

Ravi: Oh, and, um, this is our younger brother, Dev.

Dev: I want to be a Bollywood musical star.  Ta-daaaa!

Dev: ...or maybe a cowboy.

Patrick: Well.  Can't win them all, right?

Amita: Funny.  Our aunt says the exact same thing.

A Green...Toe?

 

Lottie: Oh, woe to me!

Lulu: Ma soeur, whatever ees ze matter??

Lottie: Ze big plant!  She ees so big, I must divide her, 

but I am running out of ze extra pots!

Lulu: Hmmm.  I think I 'ave ze solution.

Later...

Emile: Louisette!  Come at once!

Louisette: >Sigh< Zut alors, now what ees eet?

Emile: See what zat...zat....fille lunatique 'as done now!

Emile: My shoes!

Emile: Well? What 'ave you to say to zees?

Louisette: Erm, maybe eet will become ze fashion?

 

The Far Side of Gregoropolis

 Our resident prankster, Kirwan Mahoney, has taken a respite from terrorizing poor Noah Conrad and taken up a more literary pursuit...

Kirwan Mahoney: Oh, that Gary Larson.  The man's a genius!

Kirwan: Wait, what's this one?

Kirwan: >SNORT< Aha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha

Kirwan: HAHAHAHAHAHA-HEE-HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Kirwan: >Pant, pant< >Snicker> >Whew<

I...oh!  Hmmmmmm....

Kirwan: Conor!  Just the experime, I mean boy I was looking for.

Baby Conor: Bah?

A little later...

Nanny Wendy: >GASP<  CONOR!!!

If the Shoe Doesn't Fit...

 Kevin and Eric are kicking around the soccer ball while Daisy, Daphne, and Holly Belle watch.

>THUNK<

Kevin: Ouch!

>THUNK<

Kevin: Ouch!

Daisy: Honestly, why doesn't Kevin put on more suitable shoes?

>THUNK<

Kevin: Ouch!

Daphne: Oh, sweetie, you know how men are.

>THUNK<

Kevin: Ouch!

Holly Belle: Well, I've had enough of this nonsense.

Holly Belle: Oi, Kevin!  Go change into some different shoes!

Kevin: Yes, ma'am.

Holly Belle: Now why can't everyone just do what I tell them to?