Mary Richards: [At lunch,Mary's trying to cheer Lou up, so she tells him a story, how she used to cheer her high-school football team at Roseburg High] ... and then, the next year...
Lou Grant: You stated betting and you lost your shirt?
Mary Richards: No, i became a pom-pom girl.
[Mary pauses]
Lou Grant: Why are you stopping?
Mary Richards: Well, I just thought you just might want to make a sarcastic remark about my having been a pom-pom girl.
Lou Grant: No Mary, I'm surprised when your stories aren't about y
Mary Richards: Okay, now I can go on: well, the thing is, Mr Grant; I used to it there on the field with these two big yellow pom-poms...
Lou Grant: Hey wait a minute I have a question ; do you call one of them a 'pom', and the 2 of them 'pom-poms'?
Mary Richards: No, one is a pom-pom pom.
Lou Grant: Then why aren't the 2 of them 'pom-pom-pom-poms'?
Mary Richards: Well, now the whole point of my story is going to be lost...