1. EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS #028
"... the Buddy System"
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2. As class president,
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3. I thought things
would change for me,
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4. but I couldn't
have been more wrong.
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5. When you two are done,
see me in my office.
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6. Who are you?
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7. Mr. Edwards.
New principal.
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8. You were fighting.
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9. Why?
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10. 'Cause he hates
black people,
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11. and I'm a
black person.
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12. That's a lie.
I love Michael Jordan.
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13. I think Gary Coleman
is hysterical.
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14. And don't even get me
started about Billy Ocean.
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15. "Caribbean Queen."
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16. That's a very good song.
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17. See?
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18. Just because you
watch Soul Train
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19. don't make you
Don Cornelius.
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20. Mr. Edwards,
he has been picking on me
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21. since the first day
I came to this school.
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22. Is that true?
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23. Yeah.
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24. All right, Caruso, you can go.
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25. What?
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26. What?
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27. Before coming to Corleone,
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28. Principal Edwards
was on a self-imposed,
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29. three-year vow of silence.
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30. Keep your filthy hands
off of my school lunch program!
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31. You get the hell out...!
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32. Which he allegedly began
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33. two minutes after
cursing like a madman
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34. and knocking out the teeth
of his former boss.
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35. Have you ever
considered the possibility
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36. this is your fault?
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37. That's what they said
to Rodney King.
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38. My fault?
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39. He's threatened by you, Chris.
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40. Your very presence
makes him doubt
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41. his ability
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42. to succeed.
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43. He always succeeds
in punching me in the face.
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44. He's using you as
a manifestation of his angst.
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45. Subsequently, he's trying
to quell his anxiety
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46. by conquering you,
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47. thereby conquering his fear.
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48. By punching me in the face?
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49. Exactly.
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50. So you want me
to just let him do it?
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51. Have you thought about trying
to see things
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52. from his point
of view?
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53. So you want me to punch him
in the face?
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54. No.
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55. Have you ever
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56. seen the film
The Defiant Ones?
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57. The Defiant Ones? No.
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58. What's that?
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59. Two men are shackled together
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60. while trying
to escape from prison—
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61. one white, one black,
one educated, one...
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62. They learn they have to depend
on each other or perish.
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63. That's what I'm going
to do for you.
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64. You're going to chain us
together and put us in jail?
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65. Yeah! Figuratively.
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66. I'm taking some students
on a field trip tomorrow.
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67. You and Caruso are going
to come along.
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68. Have your mother sign this.
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69. To help you
and Caruso
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70. learn to depend on each other,
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71. I'm going to employ
the buddy system.
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72. The buddy system?
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73. Chris, you and Caruso
are going to be buddies.
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74. Just like the Crips
and the Bloods.
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75. Captioning sponsored by
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76. While I was preparing to see
Caruso in a whole new way,
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77. Tonya was working
on a new look, too.
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78. Mom...
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79. can I borrow
your clip-on
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80. hoop earrings?
No.
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81. But all my friends
are wearing
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82. pink shirts
and hoop earrings.
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83. I'm not your
friends' mother.
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84. I don't know, Mom.
Earrings may draw away
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85. attention from her
big, old head.
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86. You got a big head.
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87. You're head-mo-knotty,
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88. got more head than
you got body.
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89. Your head so big, your
hat got two floors.
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90. Your head so big, you
got to put on your
shirts feet first.
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91. Your head so big,
it has a moon.
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92. Eh, hey— all right.
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93. Enough now.
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94. Tonya, why don't you
wear your flower earrings?
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95. You're too young
for hoops, that's
women's jewelry.
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96. And I'm not going
to have people
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97. looking at my
daughter like that.
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98. Like what?
Like this.
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99. You see the earrings
on that girl?
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100. Everybody else has them.
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101. Well, if everybody else
got a butt whooping,
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102. would you want one, too?
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103. Hey.
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104. Where's Chris?
He left early.
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105. He had to go on
a field trip.
Hey, Dad.
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106. Check it out.
I got a hundred
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107. on my spelling test.
All right.
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108. My man!
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109. I was thinking...
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110. Could I get a hockey
jersey since I got
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111. a hundred on my test?
You're supposed to get
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112. a hundred, you don't get
a prize for doing well.
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113. My father never
rewarded good behavior.
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114. Dad, I cleaned out the tub.
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115. You're supposed to clean
the tub, it's your dirt ring.
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116. Hey, Dad. I fixed the heater.
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117. You're supposed
to fix the heater.
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118. You're the one
who likes it warm.
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119. Hey, Dad, I slaughtered a pig.
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120. You're supposed
to slaughter a pig.
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121. You're the one that likes bacon.
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122. Julius, it's just
a hockey jersey.
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123. Mom, it's not just
a hockey jersey.
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124. It's Wayne Gretzky.
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125. He's the best player
in the league.
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126. Gretzky, huh?
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127. I'll think about it.
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128. Okay, time to go to school.
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129. Tonya?
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130. Coming.
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131. Geez, Caruso?
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132. Why didn't he just
kick you into traffic?
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133. I don't know.
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134. But I'm going to give it a shot.
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135. I mean, it can't get any worse.
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136. That's what people said
while they were
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137. boarding the Amistad.
So who's your buddy?
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138. Hey, Greg, you ready?
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139. Sure am.
I'll be right there.
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140. You got a girl?
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141. Not just a girl, but a
girl who's interested
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142. in the evolution
of species.
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143. I am so in there.
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144. Come on, Bubbles.
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145. Right now, I'd feel safer
at the Neverland Ranch.
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146. You want some
tap shoes?
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147. Tap shoes?
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148. Yeah. I got men's.
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149. I got women's and
children's, huh?
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150. You get your whole
family some tap shoes.
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151. My father always thought
if you wore tap shoes,
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152. you had to tap dance.
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153. We're friends of
the deceased.
Oh, right this way.
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154. You can't make
no money tap dancing.
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155. What I really need
is a hockey jersey for Drew.
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156. Wayne Gretzky.
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157. Hockey? What kind
of kids you raising?
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158. Do you have one
or not?
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159. All right, all right.
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160. Hockey, uh...
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161. I'm sorry, I-I don't
have anything,
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162. but if I find something,
I'll let you know.
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163. All right, brother.
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164. All right. Okay.
Take care.
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165. Hockey? Them kids in trouble.
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166. My father was dealing
with the bad news
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167. while my mother
was getting great news.
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168. What?
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169. The guy I'm seeing
has kidney stones!
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170. Vanessa, that's good news?
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171. We got tickets
to see Patti LaBelle.
Uh-huh.
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172. And he can't go!
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173. Listening to Patti LaBelle
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174. could make my mother feel good,
no matter what.
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175. Come on, pepito.
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176. I told you, man,
I didn't do it.
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177. ¿Cual es tu último voluntad?
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178. Can you play "New Attitude"?
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179. Yes! Wait a minute,
wait a minute, wait.
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180. I gotta figure out
what I'm gonna wear.
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181. Me, too. Oh, girl,
I'll see you later.
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182. Wh-wh-wh...
Ooh.
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183. Wear that blue dress.
I like you in the blue dress.
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184. Yeah, girl.
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185. Patti. Patti. Patti.
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186. Oww. * New attitude.
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187. All right, class, listen up.
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188. I reiterate: we are
on the buddy system today.
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189. So, you are responsible
for your buddy.
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190. No matter what happens,
stay together.
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191. We have about two hours,
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192. so you have plenty of time
to see all the exhibits.
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193. Is he kidding?
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194. You can come here
every weekend for years
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195. and still barely
scratch the surface.
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196. After 20 years,
Greg still hasn't
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197. made it out
of the bone exhibit.
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198. Now remember...
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199. the only way you're
going to get along
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200. with Caruso is if
you understand
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201. why he hates you.
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202. He needs your help.
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203. But if I'm helping him,
who's gonna help me?
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204. You're helping yourself.
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205. Spoken like a true white man.
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206. Come on, man,
we've gotta go
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207. before the bus
leaves us.
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208. Listen, Bohannon, relax.
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209. The bus isn't going
to leave without us.
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210. The whole class
is waiting on us.
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211. I thought you people
were used to being late.
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212. Come on, man,
we've got to go.
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213. All you've been doing
since we got here is
complaining.
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214. Well, I haven't
really seen anything.
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215. All I've seen
is you eating
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216. in the cafeteria
for over an hour.
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217. All right, you know what?
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218. I'm sorry. I'll just
be another minute.
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219. Really?
Maybe Principal Edwards
was right.
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220. Caruso might make a change.
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221. Yeah, just do me
a favor, hold this.
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222. Now, go wait
by the door.
Okay.
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223. Tim, do you need
cashier help or security?
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224. The buddy system
was failing miserably,
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225. but the black decoy
system was working great.
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226. Usually Greg would've
noticed if I was gone,
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227. but if you put a girl
in front of him,
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228. he didn't see anything else.
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229. Hurry up, I want
to get on this bus.
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230. Don't worry, I'm sure
they saved you a
spot in the back.
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231. Which one's ours?
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232. I think it's that one.
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233. I think I should've been
buddies with the bus driver.
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234. How come you didn't tell me
the bus was leaving?
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235. When I said "Let's hurry up
before the bus leaves us,"
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236. what bus did you think
I was talking about?
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237. Sorry, I couldn't understand
all your crazy jive talk.
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238. Okay, we can catch
the next train,
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239. and we'll be back in no time.
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240. I spent all my
money on food.
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241. Okay, fine, I think
I have enough money
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242. to get two tokens.
So let's go.
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243. Who put you in charge?
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244. I'm just trying to get
us back to school.
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245. Just let me make
the decisions.
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246. Why should I do that?
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247. How many times do
I have to punch you
before you get a clue?
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248. Don't you watch the movies?
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249. Gene Wilder made all the
decisions in Silver Streak.
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250. Richard Pryor
just followed orders.
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251. So... what do
you want to do?
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252. Let's take the next train.
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253. To get back to Brooklyn,
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254. it felt like we went around
the entire city.
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255. We went through Chinatown...
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256. The meatpacking district...
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257. We even went through
theatre district.
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258. The only place
we didn't go through
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259. was our school district.
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260. While me and Caruso were lost,
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261. Tonya was trying
not to get found out.
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262. Where are you going?
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263. I'm going to see
Patti LaBelle.
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264. How do I look?
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265. You look like one of those
ladies from those old movies.
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266. Who asked you?
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267. Well, I think
you look better
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268. in the brown skirt,
the beige stripped shirt.
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269. Brush your hair back
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270. and put on
your gold hoop earrings.
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271. He's good.
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272. Oh, and can I get some
potato chips before dinner?
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273. Yeah, yeah, yeah, go ahead.
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274. Tonya knew she was
going to be caught.
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275. Just didn't know when.
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276. Did you take my earrings?
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277. What earrings?
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278. Okay, here's how this
works, Tonya.
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279. You can keep lying, or you can
tell me you took my earrings.
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280. You decide.
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281. You promise you won't yell?
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282. I won't yell.
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283. I took you earrings...
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284. and I lost one.
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285. Didn't I tell you not
to touch my earrings?
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286. You promised you wouldn't yell.
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287. I've been falling for that one
for years.
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288. Do you know how valuable
those earrings were, Tonya?
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289. Huh?
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290. Whenever my mother was ready
to kill one of us,
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291. she'd always count down
from five.
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292. Five...
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293. four...
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294. three...
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295. two...
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296. one.
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297. That's it.
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298. I'm going to let your
father handle this.
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299. After taking a tour
of the city,
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300. I decided it was time
to take charge.
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301. Where are
you going?
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302. I'm going
to call my mother.
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303. I'm making the decisions
around here.
Not for me.
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304. You can do whatever you feel
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305. like doing,
but I'm calling my mother.
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306. Well, give me a quarter,
too. I'll call my mom.
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307. No. I only have
one quarter.
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308. Ah, don't
worry about it.
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309. I'll have my mother
call your mother.
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310. Mom. Yeah,
it's Joey.
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311. All right, if the
school calls and
says I'm lost,
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312. I'm not.
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313. Nah, I'm okay.
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314. I'm with Chris.
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315. Yeah, the black one.
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316. Strange realizing
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317. that Caruso had a loving family
at home.
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318. A loving racist family.
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319. All right.
Love you. Bye.
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320. Hey, you were supposed
to tell her to call my mom.
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321. Forgot. Sorry.
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322. Why don't you call collect?
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323. That's what the guys
in prison do.
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324. Move!
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325. Hello?
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326. I have a collect call from...
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327. Ooh! Ooh.
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328. My dad couldn't always
give us what we wanted,
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329. but he would always
do his best.
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330. Hey, Dad.
I'm really proud of you for
getting 100 on that test,
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331. so here you go.
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332. Yeah!
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333. Wow.
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334. Huh
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335. Drew thought
about saying this...
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336. Gritsky?
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337. It's not Gritsky.
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338. It's Gretzky with an "E"!
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339. I scored 100
on my spelling test.
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340. I can't wear this!
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341. You got that big old head,
and you can't even spell
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342. Gretzky.
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343. Maybe you should take
my spelling classes.
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344. I ain't wearing this.
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345. But if he did,
here's what would've happened.
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346. What's the story?
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347. Apparently,
the kid loves hockey.
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348. Father brings home a jersey
that says Gritsky with an "I"
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349. instead of Gretzky with an "E."
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350. Son mouths off,
dad loses it,
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351. shoves the jersey
down the kid's throat.
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352. Is that the jersey?
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353. It's all we
could find.
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354. Good thing he didn't
ask for skates.
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355. So?
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356. It's cool.
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357. Thanks, Dad.
Oh.
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358. The next year,
Drew got a Yankees jersey
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359. that said Mezzie Mackson.
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360. You better talk
to your daughter
before I kill her.
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361. Why
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362. Go ask her.
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363. All that could save Tonya
was a sad look.
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364. What's going on?
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365. Mom's really mad at me.
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366. Tell me what happened.
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367. I just wanted to wear
earrings like my friends,
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368. so I took Mom's
gold hoops,
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369. and I lost one.
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370. Oh, Tonya.
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371. Do you think maybe I could
save up and buy another pair?
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372. It's not about the money, Tonya.
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373. I gave your mother
those earrings.
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374. You can't replace them.
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375. What are you going to do?
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376. My father could've
spanked Tonya,
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377. or grounded her
until she was grown,
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378. but he said something
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379. that made her feel worse
than all of that.
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380. I'm really disappointed
in you.
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381. Father, I have brought
disgrace to myself
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382. and to our family.
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383. Tonya, no!
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384. Leave me now, Father.
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385. I must whup myself
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386. until you can find it
in your heart to forgive me.
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387. I'm sorry.
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388. Did you tell your mother that?
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389. Will you come with me?
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390. Did I take the earrings?
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391. Good luck.
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392. Are you sure
we're on the right train?
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393. You're in charge.
You tell me.
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394. Look, nobody told you to wait
for me in the first place.
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395. We're on the buddy
system, which means
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396. I'm supposed
to stay with you
no matter what.
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397. You think I
want to be here?
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398. Shoot, if I had done
what I wanted to do,
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399. you'd be sitting
here by yourself.
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400. Well, go then.
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401. Fine.
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402. So long, Caruso.
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403. Enjoy talking civil rights
with your new friends.
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404. Even though Caruso had gotten
on my last nerve,
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405. I was afraid
I might be his last chance.
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406. So, you take that
to Brooklyn Beach stop,
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407. and you're right there,
all right?
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408. Hey.
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409. How'd you get
here before me?
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410. I took the express train.
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411. This is the local train.
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412. Hey, man,
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413. why'd you leave your
boy out here like that?
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414. We could've hurt him.
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415. I came back to get him.
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416. What you want
me to do?
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417. Nah.
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418. Leave him alone.
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419. If he gets hurt,
I think it effects my grade.
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420. Hey, man, in the
buddy system,
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421. you never leave
your buddy.
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422. No matter what.
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423. You understand?
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424. Yeah.
Good.
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425. Now give me your wallet.
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426. I don't have any money in it.
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427. Did I ask you
all of that?
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428. I guess this is what
Martin Luther King fought for—
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429. black and white bullies side
by side ready to kick my ass.
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430. Hey... hold
on to that.
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431. What now?
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432. Well, we switch platforms
and then head back downtown.
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433. All right, let's go.
Oh, wait.
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434. So you really
came back for me?
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435. Yeah. Why?
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436. Because I would
have left you.
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437. For real?
Yeah, man.
You're dumb.
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438. Those guys could
have killed you.
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439. All right. All right,
you done?
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440. Yeah.
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441. Let's go home, Muddy.
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442. Look, I don't know what
you have against me.
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443. Hey, I don't
even know you.
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444. So, I was wondering maybe...
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445. You know, maybe
we can be cool.
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446. You don't even
have to like me.
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447. Yeah, I know what you mean.
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448. Tell you what.
What?
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449. If you can run faster
than I can throw,
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450. I won't hit you
with this battery.
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451. Hey, man, where
have you been?
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452. We missed the bus.
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453. Was anyone looking for us?
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454. No.
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455. So, how are things going
with you and Jennifer?
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456. It was going great until
we got into a debate
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457. about whether humans or climatic
change caused the demise
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458. of the Pleistocene megafauna.
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459. Idiot!
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460. It didn't
end well.
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461. Same as Bobby and Whitney.
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462. So how did it go?
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463. Huh?
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464. Oh, the buddy system?
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465. Oh, it was all right.
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466. Really?
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467. Even after I left
you at the museum.
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468. You left me and Caruso
alone on purpose?
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469. You can't do that.
I mean, we're kids.
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470. Anything could've happened.
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471. I had my eyes on
you the whole time.
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472. What?
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473. That's right.
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474. From Chinatown through the
Bronx down through Harlem.
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475. Oh. Here's your wallet.
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476. Okay, I-I really
don't understand.
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477. What was the point?
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478. Caruso still hates me.
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479. What about you?
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480. Did you learn
anything today?
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481. Well, I learned that
Caruso didn't like me yesterday,
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482. he doesn't like me today,
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483. and he's not going
to like me tomorrow.
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484. Yes, all that's true.
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485. But you're forgetting
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486. you learned something else
today much more important.
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487. What?
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488. You learned that
I was wrong.
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