"The thing I hate the most about living here is that if you ever do anything, the whole town knows about it," Rory said, flopping on her bed.

"That's the very best thing about living here," Lorelai countered, "because it means every single thing that I do wrong, improperly, or not to Mom's impossible standards goes straight to her ears, no need to explain myself or defend myself."

"This is sarcasm, right, delivered with a completely straight face and no indication at all that you're being sarcastic, which you are extremely good at, by the way, but I am asking just to be sure, you're being sarcastic, right?"