1. - Excuse me.
- Yes, sir?
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2. Can you see if the table's ready
for Phillips?
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3. Sure. Be glad to.
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4. What was the name again?
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5. - Phillips.
- Phillips!
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6. Lock up your daughters!
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7. The fightin' Double Deuce
is on the loose!
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8. - Can I help you?
- You should help me.
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9. I helped you. I fought the Kaiser
when your daddy was in diapers.
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10. - Where's the rest of my outfit?
- What you got on looks silly enough.
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11. I mean the other boys from the 22nd
Brigade. I'm meeting them here.
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12. I hope you're not expecting
a whole brigade? I'm low on lemons.
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13. No, just the guys from my squad.
What's left of 'em. I'm Buzz Crowder.
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14. Sam, I got this one. Buzz, I'm
the fella you talked to this morning.
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15. I didn't recognise the uniform
on the telephone.
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16. Come on. Let me show you
the back room. It's in the back.
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17. Sorry about that.
Can I get you a drink?
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18. I don't drink. But keep plenty for
the others. Lotta catching up to do.
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19. We meet in this bar
every ten years to reminisce.
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20. What war were you in?
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21. The First World War, of course.
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22. Is that the one
with Clark Gable or Gary Cooper?
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23. Wow! I'm 85. What's your excuse?
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24. Baseball!
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25. - What you writing, Slats?
- My thoughts.
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26. That would explain
all the blank pages.
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27. I'm writing during the odd moments
of the job, much as Jack London did.
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28. Was he a bad waitress, too?
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29. Ladies, please. Enough girl talk.
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30. Any sex in it?
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31. I've started writing down bits
of conversation I hear in the bar.
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32. Sometimes people say things that
strike me as snippets of Americana.
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33. You mean things said by
customers, employees?
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34. - Yeah.
- The owner?
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35. I'm afraid you're not represented.
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36. Just my luck.
She doesn't like my snippets.
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37. - Afternoon, everybody.
- Norm!
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38. - What you up to, Norm?
- My ears.
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39. - Want a beer, Norm?
- Does a rag doll have cloth knobs?
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40. There's a lady present, Norm.
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41. Sorry, Diane.
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42. Shot of bourbon.
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43. Sir? Save your quarter.
That piano hasn't worked in 20 years.
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44. Use the jukebox. It doesn't work
either, but it's only a dime.
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45. Sammy,
why keep something that doesn't work?
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46. Cos no-one else'll give her a job!
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47. Ladies!
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48. - Got something good there?
- Yes.
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49. A remark a customer dropped
just a moment ago.
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50. Yeah? A quotable remark?
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51. Well, it occurs to me that sometimes
we find truth comes in a glass.
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52. Or a mug.
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53. Or your face.
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54. Pinky!
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55. You old grunt!
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56. Sammy...? Tinkerbell here, or what?
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57. Buzz? isn't he a bit young
to be one of your guys?
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58. Of course! I'm sorry.
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59. From behind you look like
the young Pinky Peterson.
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60. You shouldn't grab people like that.
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61. if I buy you a beer,
will you forget it?
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62. Buy me a pitcher,
you can kiss me on the lips!
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63. You're alright. I'll be in the back.
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64. Everything alright back there?
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65. Well, that room is kinda small.
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66. One grenade'll get us all!
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67. This looks like a nice saloon.
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68. We aspire to saloon.
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69. Can I just sit anywhere?
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70. Try the bar. It makes good cover
during the gunfights.
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71. Hi. What'll you have?
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72. I'll have a carafe
of your house whisky.
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73. - Excuse me?
- Is that a bad order?
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74. Not if you're a party of twenty.
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75. - This is my first time in a bar.
- No kidding.
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76. Really. I was just passing
and dropped in to see what it's like.
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77. Does it live up to your expectations?
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78. I expected to see more lost,
desperate souls sitting around.
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79. Desperate souls night is Thursday.
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80. All the beer you can cry into
for a buck.
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81. - That's very amusing.
- Thank you.
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82. Where's Diane?
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83. I've never had hard liquor
in my life.
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84. You see, it's my last day
in the secular world.
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85. Tomorrow, I'm going into a monastery.
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86. So this is kind of your last fling?
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87. First and last.
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88. I'll give you a drink. But
take it easy, it sneaks up on you.
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89. - I once thought of being a priest.
- You're religious?
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90. No, I just thought
it'd be a nice, peaceful life.
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91. Allow me to dispel
your misconceptions.
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92. Thank you, Father.
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93. Can I get you something, Buzz?
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94. Not yet, Sam. I came out
to warn you about something.
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95. Me and the boys have got
a little joke we play on each other.
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96. First man here
always goes in the back room,
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97. strips down to his altogether,
yeah?
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98. Then he stands on the table,
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99. and when the others walk in,
he yells out,
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100. "Lafayette, we are here!"
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101. - Well, tonight it's my turn.
- Thanks for the warning, Buzz.
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102. Sam, could you turn the heat up
just a little bit?
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103. A monk?
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104. Does that mean
you have to give up...?
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105. Well, as the French
so delicately put it, the old...?
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106. I have to take a vow of chastity.
I also have to take a vow of silence.
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107. Yep, give up sex,
you might as well give up talkin'.
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108. What fun is messing around
if you can't tell the guys.
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109. It's no big deal. I never had
much luck with girls, anyway.
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110. They don't find me attractive.
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111. Kev, you're an attractive guy.
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112. - Diane?
- Yeah?
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113. Don't you think he's a specimen?
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114. Yes. He's a very attractive fellow.
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115. Come on,
I know I don't have any sex appeal.
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116. I'm shy, I'm serious-minded...
The search goes on for my chin.
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117. Kevin, speaking as a woman,
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118. I'm glad you're going in a monastery.
You could be a real heartbreaker.
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119. You're not a... bambo, are you?
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120. No... A bimbo.
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121. No, it's bimbo, not bambo,
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122. and I'm not one. But you are.
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123. Attractive. Yeah, attractive.
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124. What a great girl!
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125. Sam, is she taken?
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126. Only with herself.
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127. One drink in four hours.
Is that called nursing it?
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128. No, that's called
bringing it back from the dead.
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129. I hate to admit it
but Carla just got in the book.
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130. I always say, "Nurse a drink,
starve a bartender."
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131. Excuse me, Sam.
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132. Smite me again, barkeep!
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133. - Sure you want another one?
- Yes, I'm rather enjoying myself.
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134. OK, I'll make this one weaker.
No charge for the water.
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135. You needn't worry.
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136. I know I'm a novice drinker, but I've
only had one since I got here.
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137. I'm not ready for the lampshade yet.
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138. Excuse me.
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139. You know, Sam, that Kevin'll make a
great monk. He's got a good attitude.
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140. - Diane?
- Yes?
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141. I want you!
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142. Diane, are you OK?
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143. I'm OK. I'm fine.
I'd like to go freshen up a bit.
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144. Absolutely. You OK?
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145. Lafayette, we are here!
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146. Here's a little-known fact.
Most of you probably assume
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147. basketball was invented in the US,
right?
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148. James Naismith, Springfield College.
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149. Good thing I showed up tonight.
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150. Basketball was invented
thousands of years ago
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151. by the Mayans.
They played it for centuries.
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152. - Is that true?
- Sure.
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153. Watch me get the Coach on it.
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154. Coach. Got a question for you.
Who invented basketball?
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155. - The Mayans.
- Where did you hear that?
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156. How do I know? Must've been
a Mayan in here bragging about it.
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157. Buy 'em, Sammy.
Comeback time, let's go.
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158. Can I have your attention?
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159. I've been drinking all evening.
Now I have something to say.
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160. It's down the hall to the left.
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161. First, I'd like to make
a public apology
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162. to the young lady I insulted earlier.
I lost my head.
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163. - Don't worry about it.
- Apology accepted, Kevin.
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164. Second, may I thank you all
for helping me see the light.
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165. It is clear now
I am not fit for the monastery.
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166. I succumb too easily
to the pleasures of the flesh.
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167. That's OK. Don't worry about it.
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168. Tonight...
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169. Tonight has proven
that I belong here, in a bar,
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170. drinking booze
with seedy degenerates,
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171. and getting slapped around
by cheap dames.
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172. Kevin, it's our pleasure.
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173. I'm gonna give you
a real man's drink. Coffee.
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174. - Coffee? Men drink that?
- Men who've had too much to drink.
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175. - OK, Norm, pay up.
- Whaddaya say?
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176. Double or nothing on the highlights?
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177. - Sam, any of my squad check in?
- Not yet, Buzz.
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178. Maybe I won't wait for 'em.
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179. Send me back a ginger ale.
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180. Sam, I want a drink only men drink,
something that makes women sick.
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181. I'll give you some more coffee.
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182. No, I want something stronger.
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183. I'll give you yesterday's coffee.
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184. Kevin...
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185. It's a big day ahead. How will you
feel, entering a monastery hungover?
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186. I'm serious, Sam. I'm not going.
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187. - Kevin, you're drunk.
- I am?
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188. Believe me,
I know what I'm talkin' about.
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189. What about your calling, Kevin?
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190. I never had a calling.
I talked myself into believing that.
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191. I've always been an ordinary person.
I thought it'd make me special.
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192. He's discovered forever is
a long time to go between hayrides.
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193. You're gonna turn your back on God
because of sex?
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194. Believe me, sex
is not that important.
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195. Well, it's not!
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196. Can sex make stars,
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197. or a tree or a rainbow?
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198. Can sex make an ocean
or a newborn baby?
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199. Forget that one.
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200. I know just what she means.
I once had a religious experience
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201. just watching a hummingbird,
hovering next to a flower.
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202. It's almost impossible to imagine
something hanging in mid-air so long.
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203. I guess you never saw
one of my curve balls.
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204. You all think a man can't change
his life in one evening. But I have.
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205. I wanna be a regular guy.
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206. I wanna arm wrestle
and tell crude jokes
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207. and spit on the floor.
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208. And I wanna dance with cheap women.
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209. Carla, let's dance.
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210. Put that in your notebook,
I break your fingers.
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211. Kevin, sit down for a second.
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212. I wanna dance. I'm having the time
of my life. I don't want it to end.
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213. That doesn't even work.
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214. It doesn't? Well, then...
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215. - I thought you said it was broken.
- It it. It was. For twenty years.
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216. My God!
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217. Kevin, you realise what this means?
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219. It's a miracle or something.
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220. Wait, miracles don't happen.
Are you sure it was broken?
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221. Yes. The motor was rusted solid.
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222. How could this happen?
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223. Maybe something or somebody's
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224. trying to tell you
what to do with your life.
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225. Get into piano repair.
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226. No, wait a minute.
What are you trying to say?
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227. Kevin, you said
you're an ordinary person.
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228. Maybe you're not.
Maybe you have a direction.
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229. - You might as well try and find out.
- You're right.
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230. I've come too far to let one night
in a fleshpot change my whole life.
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231. - Yes.
- Thank you.
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232. - Thank you.
- You're welcome.
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233. - Thank you.
- Hey, kid, alright!
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234. Thank you.
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235. You're welcome!
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236. Good night, Kev!
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237. - Bye, Kevin.
- See you in church!
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238. Good night.
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239. Boy, that was inspiring!
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240. - Sam, did you get that piano fixed?
- No, I didn't... Did you?
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241. Yeah, a couple of days ago.
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242. I meant to tell you about it
but it slipped my mind.
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243. Coach, why did you find it inspiring
if you got the piano fixed?
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244. Gee, Diane, that piano's been busted
for what, twenty years?
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245. Why did I suddenly decide
to get it fixed?
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246. This would make a great bar story.
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247. Too bad we're all here.
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248. - Poor Buzz. He's breaking my heart.
- None of his buddies showed?
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249. No. He's back there alone,
throwing darts.
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250. - He's been at it an hour and a half.
- Poor guy.
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251. They'll never make a pack big enough
to carry the loneliness of a soldier.
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252. Nah!
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253. Sam...
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254. What do I owe ya, Sam?
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255. Nothing, Buzz. The room's on us.
Forget it.
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256. Why, thanks.
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258. I was in the army myself. Fort Dix.
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259. Yeah, I served in the navy, Buzz.
In Pensacola.
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260. I was in the reserves.
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261. I was never in the Army, but I did
serve in uniform. I was a Brownie.
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262. I won merit badges.
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263. I was in Saint Cletus's Correctional
lnstitute for Wayward Girls.
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264. We used Brownies for firewood!
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265. You know? Every reunion we've had
has... thinned out a little more.
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266. I guess this is the last one.
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267. I guess I'm the last one.
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268. Or maybe they just forgot. People
get busy, make other commitments.
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269. Yeah.
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270. Maybe their lives aren't going well,
so they don't wanna come see you.
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271. Maybe they never liked you.
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272. Those guys would never just forget.
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273. No, not after the things
we went through together.
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274. No, sir.
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275. I'm gonna miss these reunions.
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276. Wait. If you want some buddies
to get together with, we're here.
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277. We're not old coots like you,
but we feel like we know ya.
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278. lntimately!
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279. Look, Buzz, maybe we could have
a reunion every ten years.
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280. Why ten?
What's wrong with every year?
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281. How's about every week?
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282. Every ten years will be fine.
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283. Come on, Pinky,
I'll beat ya at darts!
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284. Yeah? We'll see about that.
Come on, everybody.
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285. You don't need me now, do you?
I've got an early class tomorrow.
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286. - No, that's alright. You can go.
- Thanks.
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287. You know something? Loneliness is
a good thing to share with someone.
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289. Wow?
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290. "... someone."
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291. Would you get my purse for me?
This has been a great day.
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292. How could I have known when I woke up
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293. that I would meet a monk
and a doughboy?
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294. Two men with one foot in heaven.
That's good!
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296. It's not like this is important to me
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297. but are you aware I'm the only person
in this bar who's not in that book?
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298. Really?
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299. When I played baseball,
I was quoted all the time.
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300. Reporters hung around, waiting
for me to say something intelligent.
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301. I know the feeling!
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302. Sam, come on, that was a joke!
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303. No, it's not. You think
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304. Sam, there are a lot of people in
this book just as dumb as you are.
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You've been trying too hard.
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308. Fine! I don't want to be in that
stupid, pretentious book, anyway.
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309. You've been writing
some pretty stupid stuff in it.
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310. I've heard some of that stuff.
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