# Modern Family 2/23 Regrets Only **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 24, 2011, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-23-regrets-only/572414 "2011-02-24T03:16:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-23-regrets-only/572414/1 "2011-02-24T03:16:54Z")
You give me a message this tiny…I keeel you You insult a woman’s driving and you use the air ponies…you do that to me and I keeel you ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-23-regrets-only/572414/2 "2011-02-24T03:36:43Z")
Cello Submarine ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-23-regrets-only/572414/3 "2011-02-24T08:26:28Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > You give me a message this tiny…I keeel you > You insult a woman’s driving and you use the air ponies…you do that to me and I keeel you Not “air ponies”, “_air bunnies_” - watch as she’s wiggling her fingers up and down while making air quotes while she’s saying it, making rabbit ears. (I use closed captioning on this show for when Gloria speaks.) I loved Gloria’s singing “Angel of the Morning”. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-23-regrets-only/572414/4 "2011-02-24T13:42:14Z")
You keep this up, and that won’t be the only plug I’ll pull. ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-23-regrets-only/572414/5 "2011-02-24T14:18:03Z")
Loved the look on Claire’s face when here father told her, “When you get a massage, you sound like a Tijuana hooker.” Unfortunately the Cam-Mitchell subplot was horribly sitcom-cliche, although the stuff with Luke acting as Cam’s assistant was cute. The subplot about Haley’s nonexistent restaurant job scam was completely superfluous. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-23-regrets-only/572414/6 "2011-02-24T14:18:06Z")
That was a pretty good rendition of “Danny Boy”, though. Not punching the pathos in the classic Irish tenor style, but a fine voice. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-23-regrets-only/572414/7 "2011-02-24T14:54:15Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > Cello Submarine and Harp Attack. Anyone else 100% identify with the “I have no idea why we’re fighting” theme? I’m just thankful I didn’t watch this episode with my wife, or I’m pretty sure my kitchen would be covered with fire extinguisher residue too. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-23-regrets-only/572414/8 "2011-02-24T15:51:31Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > That was a pretty good rendition of “Danny Boy”, though. Not punching the pathos in the classic Irish tenor style, but a fine voice. I agree. While I liked the kid’s closing line, he should have been happy after the way Gloria butchered everything. “Coward!” ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-23-regrets-only/572414/9 "2011-02-24T15:53:56Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > I agree. While I liked the kid’s closing line, he should have been happy after the way Gloria butchered everything. > > “Coward!” I thought he sang it pretty well, myself. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-23-regrets-only/572414/10 "2011-02-24T16:03:27Z")
“Air Bunnies” alone made the entire show worthwhile. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-23-regrets-only/572414/11 "2011-02-24T16:08:53Z")
I am totally calling them air bunnies from now on. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-23-regrets-only/572414/12 "2011-02-24T17:05:13Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > and Harp Attack. > > Anyone else 100% identify with the “I have no idea why we’re fighting” theme? I’m just thankful I didn’t watch this episode with my wife, or I’m pretty sure my kitchen would be covered with fire extinguisher residue too. I thought that it was hilarious! That was quite a great “Phil moment”, and exactly what you expect from the character – to be clueless as to what exactly provoked his wife’s anger. Great stuff! ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-23-regrets-only/572414/13 "2011-02-24T17:15:10Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > Cello Submarine My favorite line of the night! ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-23-regrets-only/572414/14 "2011-02-24T17:28:06Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > My favorite line of the night! I don’t know… I kind of thought “Happy…Valenbirthaversary” was pretty good! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RainGrowsBrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@RainGrowsBrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RainGrowsBrite)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-23-regrets-only/572414/15 "2011-02-24T18:09:25Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > I don’t know… I kind of thought “Happy…Valenbirthaversary” was pretty good! 😃 Absolutely!!! Best line of the night! ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-23-regrets-only/572414/16 "2011-02-24T18:10:21Z")
There is just never a bad episode of this show. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-23-regrets-only/572414/17 "2011-02-24T18:18:52Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > There is just never a bad episode of this show. Not to mention that I’m hard pressed to think of any other sitcom currently on TV that has two actors with the equivalent combined hotness factor of Julie Bowen and Sofía Vergara. Holy Smokes :eek: I freaking LOVE how Phil is not so subtle when it comes to taking opportunities to be around Gloria. It’s such a man thing to do. He has a super hot wife, yet he can’t help but lust (maybe too strong of a word?) after Gloria. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-23-regrets-only/572414/18 "2011-02-24T18:19:42Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > There is just never a bad episode of this show. Which makes me wonder what scene do you first think of when Modern Family comes to mind? For me it’s usually [this](http://ll.media.abc.com/video/thumbnails/298x168/MDF_2ARG09_Halloween_Moment_HD1080p_c431adf1-11c7-4083-a848-d24d7bb94d56_3314990.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-23-regrets-only/572414/19 "2011-02-25T00:00:06Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > I don’t know… I kind of thought “Happy…Valenbirthaversary” was pretty good! 😃 I was cracking up when Phil was falling asleep in the middle of the concert and randomly blurted out “Harps!” while clapping. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-23-regrets-only/572414/20 "2011-02-25T00:05:01Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > and Harp Attack. > > Anyone else 100% identify with the “I have no idea why we’re fighting” theme? I’m just thankful I didn’t watch this episode with my wife, or I’m pretty sure my kitchen would be covered with fire extinguisher residue too. I watched with my wife. She was mad at me by the time it was over. Wow! Guys…was that a great sweater Gloria was wearing or what!? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-23-regrets-only/572414.md?page=2)