Getting Started on the Interstate Rivalries Early

Reading the label on a piece of string cheese.

Felix: This cheese was made in Wisconsin.
Keir: They make a lot of cheese there.
Felix: They speak the cheese language.

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Cosmo's favorite quote (from the Scrambled States book):

California: "I can't work with this! Get my agent on the phone!"

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Tonight, while Marya was out a bit later than usual.

Cosmo: I want my mommy. Where's my mommy?
Keir: She had to work late. She's in a town just outside Chicago looking at a hospital.
Felix: But she's not dead.
Keir: No! She's not dead.
Felix: Because she's not very old. And she doesn't have any warts. Even some old people don't have warts.
Keir: (Well, anyway.) She'll be home soon.