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to keep your arm.
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You call this
a smorgasbord?
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and hot water.
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straight, Buck.
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not a right.
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I was dropping 20s here
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was an old tetherball pole.
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don't make me exercise my right
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snotty-faced little...!
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you'll regret.
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drink slinger!
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welcome in this establishment.
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will get mad if I run in
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make up a crime report?
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we'll print it.
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a glorious day at the spa.
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was the sheriff
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were outlaws.
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I'm on a deadline.
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for "potato"?
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I've already used that twice.
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didn't cost me a dime.
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press pass
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into the parking lot?
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for a headline?
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for Having Press Pass...
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to welcome Mr. Strickland
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roundtable of new
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Now last time Enrique proposed
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accessories over to apparel.
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you wear them, right?
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Ah! Aw, jeez.
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to get a word in edgewise.
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emotions run at these meetings.
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nominations, so, Donna...
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Jugstore Cowboys
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pretty girls while I eat crow.
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was the right choice.
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yourself is beyond me.
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I want to show you
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another chance.
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the staff with ice cream.
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to Frozen Cow.
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for six adults, please.
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that Broke the Camel's Back.
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That sounds pretty close.
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you want with that?
You get four.
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But if you don't want mix-ins,
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to wear this
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looking them over,
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for our birthday club.
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to mix in all them Oreos?
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Here he goes!
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this morning.
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than my day.
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horrible new ice cream place.
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"they make ice cream fun."
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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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get on there
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at the improv, man.
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plane, man.
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but I have to get dressed.
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at Arlen Ford.
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I'm talking about, Bill.
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Those are sales.
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didn't get invited.
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for you, honey.
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at the Frozen Cow.
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one vice for another.
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to bring him some pants.
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new pants, sir.
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relaxed" fit.
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to be wearing out at once.
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some paperwork...
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naming the new cherry ice cream.
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"Cherried Alive"?
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changing pants in public.
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stuck to your elbow.
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know that?
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this place
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to be happy.
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to the good times!
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to Strickland Propane,
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in my power
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that work can be fun.
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is a special hello
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who is with us...
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from here, Hank.
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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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operations manual,
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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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your big pipes.
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I know I said
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be fun, but...
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the tenor, Hank.
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tanks anymore.
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the big one, I guess.
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on you, nutcase!
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about propane?
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actually selling here.
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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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You promised.
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gonna let us in for free
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for the paper?
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I'm here on official business.
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Peggy Hill, Arlen Bystander.
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a down-and-out football team.
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of freedom of the press?
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for the kid.
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some popcorn.
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so much fun all day
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to the actual work.
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spend more time at the office.
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before he got
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out of whack.
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customers.
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the most essential
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that tree over there?
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the garbage can."
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don't bother me
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a gas; it's a gas.
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with this on.
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this thing, honey.
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can't be good for business,
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has to realize it.
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255. Well, at least that means
it's closing time.
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finally get to inventory,
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in time for dinner.
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doing?
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inventory, sir.
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going to the urgent care.
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that kind of stuff later.
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be playing putt-putt golf!
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is build some team spirit!
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count on you, Hank.
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is mandatory?
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274. And, hey, after that,
we can have a pizza party!
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277. But I think
we better review
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cart anyway.
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right back.
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goes right through you.
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make it back to the office
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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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Dessert bar?
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there for me around lunchtime.
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can enjoy your work.
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Strickland Tickler.
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293. Hey, I don't look like a bunny.
I look like a goat.
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the barbecue mitts, isn't it?
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has been tough,
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right now.
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in here all day.
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on all this gotdang fun.
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everyone!
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going over
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and the news ain't good.
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madre de Dios.
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of business,
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made $300 more
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boring Strickland.
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won't be having fun.
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super boffo fun!
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kind of exhausted.
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I got something for that.
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to do inventory tonight.
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what's gonna
make that fun?
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find out.
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all along!
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can't be fun!
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an all-night slumber party.
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of here, Hank.
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but I've been locked up before.
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we'll get inventory done
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331. Popcorn's in the
microwave!
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narrowed it down to
three definitions.
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on the head with.
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at dictionary.
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fruit, boy, a fruit!
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new nickname—
pomegranate!
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to get home.
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the wet blanket anymore!
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anymore.
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Enrique.
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on forever.
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he's got Risk.
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Enrique!
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Japan out!
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be 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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to make working
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propanerie fun, and...
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more wet blankets!
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again, honey.
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argue with Mr. Strickland.
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80 on Tuesday.
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of $20.
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the combination to the cash box?
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to Jugstore Cowboys,
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to some 20s.
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Buck isn't raiding the register
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at the strip bar.
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to do any of this junk.
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comes back,
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blanket over his head
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feels right.
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feel better in the short term,
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he regains consciousness,
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where we started.
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Mr. Strickland while I'm gone.
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to let Buck come back, Keith.
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390. Well, the girls are
kind of thrown off.
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to Buck being in
his usual seat,
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they 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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399. Well, he won't do that now.
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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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403. Then you're banished, too!
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anything with Buck.
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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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at the Frozen Cow Creamery,
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a new fun activity
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Gonna run over there.
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for it!
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lode of Berry Interesting?
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Trixie goes on?
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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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at Jugstore's.
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Swedish meatball flavor,
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or something.
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break this 20
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440. For a tip?
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441. Shouldn't we be getting back
to the office?
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442. Sir, I've got 20 singles
for you.
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443. Now, do you want to put 'em
back in the register at work,
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444. or put 'em in
the tip jar here
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445. so you can hear Troy
sing some more, or
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446. put 'em to use over
at Jugstore Cowboys?
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447. Joe Jack was working
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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