History Funny / MrBlandingsBuildsHisDreamHouse

-->'''Muriel Blandings''': Now, first, the living room. I want it to be a soft green.

-->'''Muriel Blandings''': Not as blue-green as a robin's egg.

-->'''Muriel Blandings''': But not as yellow-green as daffodil buds.

-->'''Muriel Blandings''': Now, the only sample I could get is a little too yellow. But don't let whoever does it go to the other extreme and get it too blue.

-->'''Muriel Blandings''': It should just be a sort of grayish-yellow-green.

-->'''Muriel Blandings''': Now, the dining room. I'd like yellow. Not just yellow; a very gay yellow. Something bright and sunshine-y.

-->'''Muriel Blandings''': I tell you, Mr. [=PeDelford=], if you'll send one of your men to the grocer for a pound of their best butter, and match that exactly, you can't go wrong!

-->'''Muriel Blandings''': Now, this is the paper we're going to use in the hall. It's flowered, but I don't want the ceiling to match any of the colors of the flowers.

-->'''Muriel Blandings''': There's some little dots in the background, and it's these dots I want you to match. Not the little greenish dot near the hollyhock leaf...

-->'''Muriel Blandings''': ...but the little bluish dot between the rosebud and the delphinium blossom. Is that clear?

-->'''Muriel Blandings''': Now, the kitchen is to be white. Not a cold, antiseptic hospital white.

-->'''Muriel Blandings''': A little warmer. But still, not to suggest any other color but white.

-->'''Muriel Blandings''': Now, for the powder room -- in here -- I want you to match this thread, and don't lose it. It's the only spool I have, and I had an awful time finding it! As you can see, it's practically an apple red. Somewhere between a healthy winesap and an unripened Jonathan.

-->'''Muriel Blandings''': Oh, excuse me... ''[leaves room]''

-->'''Mr. [=PeDelford=]:''' Check.

-->'''Muriel Blandings''': Oh, excuse me...

* Muriel providing ''extremely'' detailed instructions to the house painters.

-->'''Muriel Blandings:''' I want it to be a soft green, not as blue-green as a robin's egg, but not as yellow-green as daffodil buds. Now, the only sample I could get is a little too yellow, but don't let whoever does it go to the other extreme and get it too blue. It should just be a sort of grayish-yellow-green. Now, the dining room. I'd like yellow. Not just yellow; a very gay yellow. Something bright and sunshine-y. I tell you, Mr. [=PeDelford=], if you'll send one of your men to the grocer for a pound of their best butter, and match that exactly, you can't go wrong! Now, this is the paper we're going to use in the hall. It's flowered, but I don't want the ceiling to match any of the colors of the flowers. There's some little dots in the background, and it's these dots I want you to match. Not the little greenish dot near the hollyhock leaf, but the little bluish dot between the rosebud and the delphinium blossom. Is that clear? Now the kitchen is to be white. Not a cold, antiseptic hospital white. A little warmer, but still, not to suggest any other color but white. Now for the powder room - in here - I want you to match this thread, and don't lose it. It's the only spool I have and I had an awful time finding it! As you can see, it's practically an apple red. Somewhere between a healthy winesap and an unripened Jonathan. Oh, excuse me...
-->'''Mr. [=PeDelford=]:''' You got that Charlie?

-->'''Mr. [=PeDelford=]:''' Check.