“Ben Seaver: [complaining about his bad first day at school] At lunch, some big guy with sideburns forced me to eat green Jell-O. God help me, I liked it.
Chrissy Seaver: [astonished] You ate green Jell-O?
Ben Seaver: Yeah. And it was like a nerd magnet. The whole Chess Club sat with me. They elected me president.
Maggie Malone Seaver: Ben, that doesn't make you a nerd.
Ben Seaver: [he pulls a piece of paper out of his back pocket] No? Well, this does. The school nurse says I need glasses. We're talkin' Full Frontal Nerdity.”
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