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for the jizzob?
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you, Mr. Gribble, I would.
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joined up with your un-want?
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there's something going on.
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your dad does
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in the Bugabago
during the route.
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for marsupial stake-outs.
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dark bike ride.
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interested in a deal?
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with the managing editor
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my Knock 'Em Dead shirt.
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Bobby'll toss it on our stoop,
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will bring it to me.
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of New York Times.
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for crossword competition?
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pipe down!
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a major job interview,
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all over my blouse.
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that can't clean.
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Hill keep you around for?
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Minh.
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dab gently,
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for soaking and dabbing.
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about household hints.
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treating stains...
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how far you could go
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of gem I'm looking for!
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how to get newspaper ink
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about that great hint
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about this morning...
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on the coffee stain.
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ones?
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mother-in-law, Laoma,
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to clean my house better.
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of scrubbing grout...
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to clean Jethro's overalls
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Peggy bad.
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a household hints column
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and I don't know any.
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discoverer!
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five days a week,
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the pipeline open.
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to mother-in-law an awful lot.
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vocabulary!
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and tomorrow's weather.
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that bag of rats.
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the "Eye on Arlen."
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if I read it in the Bystander.
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I used to be "Eyes on Arlen"
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read my first piece
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into my face.
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his eye taken out.
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into the men's room.
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holding it, good news.
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Burl Arlington.
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convention is in town.
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can order a drink
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a TelePrompTer.
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a great job, Jenkins.
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keep up with these barbs.
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Who cares. I'm tired.
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my name's on this route.
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these papers.
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Hank.
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for a dinner roll
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in his throwing arm.
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I don't want to kill
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but I tell you what,
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like them dang ol'
Drifters, man.
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ol' "Up On The Roof."
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on Boomhauer's roof.
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Bobby on his toss mechanics.
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a paper boy, Hank!
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a lot of complaints
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right-handed, don't you?
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from your picture.
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last Friday.
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that seaweed thing before.
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for your little Kahn.
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so appreciate you telling me
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stain from his shirt.
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Shakespearean palindrome.
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really stumping me.
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freakish.
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was uncalled for,
you ngo kao khwa'ai paa.
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don't call her
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can't cut us off!
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for my next column?
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you're on your own.
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turning corn cobs into pipes?
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of the blank screen.
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I drink five cups of coffee,
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and cross my fingers.
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I buy a prostitute.
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I must've dozed off.
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did you fall asleep?
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of mystical hold on me!
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whiter or fresher.
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on his paper route.
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how to punish that.
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of journalism
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I really knocked
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What's the hint?
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in a powerful new way.
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power of ammonia
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power of bleach.
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ammonia and bleach?
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bathroom fixtures
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for mustard gas!
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The "s" in service stands for...
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your mom screwed up
this time, not you.
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I'm making mustard gas?
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mix up a big batch of it
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gets out,
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a laughingstock.
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anyone left to laugh.
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production plant.
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insert the circulars
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vending boxes and homes
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reads your hint.
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the purple sweats.
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to pick up all the papers.
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time to explain,
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picking up
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delivered this morning.
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the newspaper biz no more.
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game now.
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ma'am there—
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some times,
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answers to the big questions:
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for school lunch?
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did the sun set?
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snails on sidewalks—
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you'll get to keep
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above-the-garage guest houses.
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We got 'em.
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of newspapers.
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safe, what do you say
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House for some waffles?
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at the Bystander, Hank.
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their hearts.
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this morning's Bystander?
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gotten tired of being scooped
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quite the case.
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this is a real step up
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my lawn.
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451. Hey, we should go
tear down their antenna.
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452. Roddy Rae, wait.
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453. Channel 84 did not steal
our papers. I did.
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454. I just wanted to write
for the paper so bad,
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455. I didn't care where
I got my ideas.
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456. Of course,
the mustard gas
one was mine.
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457. "In conclusion, I was so busy
trying to figure out
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458. "how to remove the stains
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459. "that I forgot about
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461. Peggy, have you heard
of a newspaper called
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463. Apparently they have
a very challenging puzzle.
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464. You think they got
their facts straight
all the time? No way.
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465. Hell, half the time it seems
like they're making it up
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467. I don't need you
for facts, Peggy.
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468. We got a fact checker for that.
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469. Actually, I guess
I got to let her go
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470. in light of
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471. but my point is you got
a nice, friendly style,
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472. and in this business, well,
that's worth more than facts.
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473. So, I'm not fired?
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474. From your "Household Hints"
column, yes.
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475. But you got a way of
grabbing people's attention.
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476. I need that.
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477. I've been wanting
to run this photo
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478. since the county fair,
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479. but no one's come up
with a good caption yet.
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480. "Woman Skirts Disaster."
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481. Come on, give me a hard one.
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482. Uh, let's see...
"Hat's Incredible."
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483. "Jeepers Sweepers."
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484. "Pink Ink Stinks Rink."
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485. Hmm... wait,
give me a minute.
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486. Give me a minute.
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487. Oh, "Hold the Mayor."
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488. Ride!
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