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courtesy, not a right.
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was dropping 20s here
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an old tetherball pole.
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snotty-faced little...!
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you'll regret.
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will get mad if I run in
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presses!" again?
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make up a crime report?
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believable, we'll print it.
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glorious day at the spa.
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was the sheriff
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already used that twice.
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didn't cost me a dime.
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for Having Press Pass...
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Enrique proposed
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from accessories over to apparel.
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emotions run at these meetings.
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nominations, so, Donna...
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pretty girls while I eat crow.
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work was the right choice.
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yourself is beyond me.
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it another chance.
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the staff with ice cream.
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six adults, please.
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you don't want mix-ins,
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have to wear this
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for our birthday club.
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to mix in all them Oreos?
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of stairs this morning.
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horrible new ice cream place.
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"they make ice cream fun."
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cream was already fun.
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perfectly good businesses
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into places it doesn't belong?
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old Southwest Airlines, man.
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at the improv, man.
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I have to get dressed.
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party at Arlen Ford.
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talking about, Bill.
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parties. Those are sales.
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didn't get invited.
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one vice for another.
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you to bring him some pants.
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relaxed" fit.
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be wearing out at once.
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naming the new cherry ice cream.
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uh, "Cherried Alive"?
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changing pants in public.
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stuck to your elbow.
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to the good times!
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to Strickland Propane,
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business is a special hello
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who is with us...
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Strickland Propane fun?
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like new business.
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with old business.
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Cow operations manual,
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white kid with the dreadlocks.
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to turn Strickland into
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dealer on earth.
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we're gonna learn.
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the tenor, Hank.
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tanks anymore.
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actually selling here.
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old way of thinking.
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environment to buy propane in.
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get all the work done
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cutting up all the time?
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get done all right.
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gonna let us in for free
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work for the paper?
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I'm here on official business.
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Arlen Bystander.
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down-and-out football team.
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of freedom of the press?
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have so much fun all day
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get to the actual work.
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spend more time at the office.
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the most essential
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that tree over there?
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a gas; it's a gas.
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breathe with this on.
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this thing, honey.
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be good for business,
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has to realize it.
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means it's closing time.
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get to inventory,
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in time for dinner.
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doing inventory, sir.
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going to the urgent care.
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kind of stuff later.
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be playing putt-putt golf!
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build some team spirit!
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count on you, Hank.
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golf is mandatory?
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can have a pizza party!
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goes right through you.
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make it back to the office
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place had a karaoke machine.
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that "American Pie"
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your boss makes you sing it.
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toppings? Dessert bar?
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there for me around lunchtime.
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can enjoy your work.
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official Strickland Tickler.
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bunny. I look like a goat.
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barbecue mitts, isn't it?
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has been tough,
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over receipts right now.
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customer in here all day.
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all this gotdang fun.
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the news ain't good.
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made $300 more
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won't be having fun.
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got something for that.
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do inventory tonight.
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gonna make that fun?
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an all-night slumber party.
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I've been locked up before.
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we'll get inventory done
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it down to three definitions.
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on the head with.
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stink at dictionary.
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a fruit, boy, a fruit!
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nickname... pomegranate!
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the wet blanket anymore!
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our cue to call it a night, sir.
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number of meat thermometers.
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with you people?
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propanerie fun, and...
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more wet blankets!
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blanket again, honey.
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argue with Mr. Strickland.
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Monday, 80 on Tuesday.
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increments of $20.
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combination to the cash box?
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go to Jugstore Cowboys,
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isn't raiding the register
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money at the strip bar.
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to do any of this junk.
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blanket over his head
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feel better in the short term,
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regains consciousness,
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where we started.
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Mr. Strickland while I'm gone.
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come back, Keith.
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kind of thrown off.
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being in his usual seat,
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end up plopping down
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your revenues are down
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and begged forgiveness,
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taking him back.
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to apologize the very next day
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but I talked him out of it.
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from Jugstore's, not Buck.
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anything with Buck.
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nice to hear Buck say that.
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going to take a dare.
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make you sniff the mystery foot.
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it's a gas, gas, gas!
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Frozen Cow Creamery,
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a new fun activity
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Gonna run over there.
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Raven takes that shift.
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they-they both, uh...
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Swedish meatballs
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Swedish meatball flavor,
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back to the office?
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singles for you.
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back in the register at work,
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sing some more, or
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at Jugstore Cowboys?
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on some tongue twisters
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448. that were pretty
nifty, and-and I...
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449. Gotdang, I'm smelling meatballs!
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450. I want to go to my strip club!
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451. Then, do it, sir.
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452. I can't.
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453. Fact is, I was a
shade guilty of gluttony
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454. vis-a-vis Keith's buffet,
but I can't apologize to him.
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455. I just can't.
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456. You just did, Buck.
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457. And I accept.
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458. I didn't apologize,
you ol' humpback toad.
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459. Ah, I got you.
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460. Well, this isn't an
apology, either,
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461. but, uh, I do like to defrost
a tray of hors d'oeuvres for
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462. my best customers.
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463. Well, why don't you
two gentlemen continue
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464. this discussion of
who's not apologizing
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465. in a more adult atmosphere?
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466. I believe I know just the place,
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467. but I might be the latest
smidge getting back to the office.
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468. Hank, can I count on you
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469. to keep things on
track at Strickland?
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470. You know, with the fun and such?
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471. I guarantee it.
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472. There's your pomegranate, honey.
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473. You're right, Hank.
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474. This bonfire is fun.
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475. Yup, and you know what's
gonna be even more fun?
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476. Getting back to work.
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477. He wants you to
bring him some pants.
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