:42:00
Well, wonder how he knew
it was your birthday.
:42:03
[ Homer ]
I don't reckon he did.
:42:05
"Dear Homer, congratulations
on your rocket building.
:42:09
Continue your education
and maybe one day--"
:42:11
Boy, you better take an interest
in your own damn town.
:42:15
Instead of wastin' your time,
:42:17
worryin' about Wernher von Braun
and, uh, uh, Cape Canaveral.
:42:20
John, it's his birthday.
:42:26
- All right, Homer. Uh--
- [ Phone Rings ]
:42:31
[ Ringing Continues ]
:42:36
- [ Ringing Stops ]
- [ John ] Yeah?
:42:40
Homer, there's strike talk
startin' up again.
:42:43
- Your father's--
- Yeah, he's got a lot on his mind.
:42:45
Yeah, well,
I don't give a damn.
:42:50
"Principles
of Guided Missile Design."
:42:53
[ Miss Riley ]
I had Miss Waters order it for you
a while back, and it just came.
:42:58
I know the math is too advanced
for you. It is for me too.
:43:01
- There's calculus,
differential equations--
- No, I'll learn the math.
:43:04
This is great, Miss Riley.
I'll learn everything.
:43:08
It's the best present
that anyone's ever given me.
:43:11
Thank you.
I'm gonna show the guys.
:43:15
- Well, Quentin will probably go cra--
- Goodness gracious, Hickam.
:43:17
- Watch where you're goin'.
- Just--
:43:21
- Where'd you get this?
- I gave it to him.
:43:24
Bye, Miss Riley.
:43:28
Miss Riley, our job is to give these
kids an education, not false hopes.
:43:33
False hopes?
:43:36
Do you want me to sit quiet,
let 'em breathe in coal dust
the rest of their life?
:43:41
[ Sighs ]
Miss Riley, once in a while,
:43:44
a lucky one will get out
on a football scholarship.
:43:47
The rest of 'em
work in the mines.
:43:50
How about I believe
in the unlucky ones, hmm?
:43:53
I have to, Mr.Turner,
or I'd go out of my mind.
:43:59
- [ Elsie Muttering ]
- [ John Laughing ]