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Bobby'll toss it on our stoop,
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all over my blouse.
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Remove it!
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coffee stain out of silk, I would do it.
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107. Hmm. A housewife that can't clean.
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dab gently and quit your hollering.
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113. Well, I do not have time
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into my funeral shirt.
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I like that.
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from living a real life.
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121. Well, that's dandy.
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treating stains.
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with this paper.
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147. Oh, sure. My mother-in-law, Laoma,
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150. Mm, I smell desperation.
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151. You got to clean Jethro's overalls
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Burle Arlington.
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is in town.
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on the oil on my driveway.
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pretend like it really stumping me.
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Writer's block, eh?
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- Dad!
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in a powerful new way.
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that shine like the sun.
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- Not now, Bobby.
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I am going to be a laughingstock!
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and Parade magazines.
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- Mm-hmm.
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to the big questions.
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All right, let's go, people.
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- We know our routes. We got them.
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of being scooped
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from them toilet-papering my lawn.
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did not steal our papers.
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how to remove the stains
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who actually create them."
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all the time? No way.
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you got a nice, friendly style,
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since the county fair,
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with a good caption yet.
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Give me a minute.
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