1. Hank, are you
doing the dishes?
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2. Nope, just
watching things float.
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3. It's time for this year's
Arlen Homemade Boat Regatta.
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4. I was just doing
a little brainstorming.
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5. All right!
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6. The Regatta's
coming up?
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7. I love watching
those crazy boats!
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8. It's like the river's filled
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9. with giant bath toys!
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10. Well, we set the bar
pretty high last year.
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11. How do you top
a Cowboys helmet?
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12. Huh.
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13. I wonder if I could make
Tom Landry's head
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15. Hey, this says the regatta
is for contestants 13 and older.
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16. Yeah, the Arlen River's
not as tame as it looks.
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17. No, I meant, I'm 13.
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18. I know.
So why don't you
and I enter a boat together?
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19. You...
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20. You'd want
to build a boat with me?
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21. Regatta, regatta,
regatta!
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22. I don't know if it's
more fun to do or say!
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23. I can feel it.
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24. This is the year
we crush the competition
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25. and take home the gold!
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26. Colored trophy.
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27. Guys, I've got
great news!
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28. Bobby and I are going
to enter a boat this year.
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29. That's great!
Good for Bobby!
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30. Wow, you'll really have
your hands full, Hank.
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31. Building two boats.
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32. Well, no, it's just
gonna be the one boat.
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33. With Bobby.
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34. But... But...
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35. Regatta!
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36. You are now our sworn enemy.
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37. Leave us!
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38. I can't believe
I have to explain this.
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39. My son wants to build a boat.
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40. Away with you!
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41. Turn back, Hank.
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42. Turn back.
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43. Turn back!
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44. When did young girls start
dressing like tramps?
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45. Mm-hmm.
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46. They call them
prosti-tots.
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47. A bargain bin!
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48. This is perfect.
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49. While Hank and Bobby
are boat building,
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50. I can rediscover my love of
classic used literature!
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51. And I can catch up
on those books
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52. with the long-haired Hercules
in the ripped shirt.
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53. Ocean of Passion.
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54. 50 cents.
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55. Sold!
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56. Wait a second.
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57. Is that an ology?
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58. Oh, yeah!
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59. Sociology 101!
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60. Wait. There's more!
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61. Anthropology,
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62. psychology,
chemistrolo...
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63. Oh, no, chemistry.
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64. Bobby,
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I've been wanting
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66. to give you for
a long time,
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67. but I was saving it for our
first father-son project.
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68. Look at this hammer!
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69. It's so tiny!
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70. Yeah, I, uh,
kind of thought
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71. this day would come
a few years earlier.
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72. Are we gonna fill those jugs
with diet soda and Mentos
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73. to create a super
rocket boost?
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74. No, we won't
be doing that.
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75. We're gonna take
those bottles
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76. and brace
them together
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77. for a slick,
unsinkable foundation.
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78. Oh, well, I guess you got
this part under control.
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79. How about I be the crêpe
paper and feathers guy,
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80. and you take care
of everything else?
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81. Bobby, this is
a team boat.
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82. That means we work together
every step of the way.
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83. Every step?
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85. Especiallythe boring ones.
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86. Okay.
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87. I just need you
to catch the wood
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88. as it comes off the saw.
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89. You know
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90. what I'm excited about?
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91. What?
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92. I was saying how
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93. our boat's gonna be
the best one in the regatta!
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94. Who picks the winners?
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95. Is that a panel, or...?
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96. We have to build the boat first.
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97. Let's concentrate on that.
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98. Hey,
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99. I can barely see
through my goggles.
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100. Dang it, what now?
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101. I was just wondering
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102. how come my goggles
are fogging up and yours aren't?
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103. Is my breath moister
than yours?
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104. Tell you what.
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105. Why don't you stand over there
while I cut this piece?
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106. Can do.
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107. How's it going out there?
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108. Bobby's not doing anything.
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109. He's just talking.
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110. Maybe I'll send him to the store
for glitter and puffy paint
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111. while I build this thing myself.
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112. Hank, this always happens
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113. when you work with Bobby
on something.
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textbook writers refer to as...
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116. You try to work as a team,
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117. but end up
doing everything yourself.
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118. That's because Bobby doesn't
know how to do anything.
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119. Hank, you have
to let Bobby learn
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120. from his own mistakes.
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121. Will he lose a finger?
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122. Maybe.
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123. But he will gain a finger
of knowledge in his brain.
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124. Okay, we need to fasten these
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125. into secure rows
to support our base,
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126. and we'll use a... uh...
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127. Well, what do you think
we should use?
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128. How about rubber bands?
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129. The big kind Wile Coyote uses
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130. to slingshot himself
at the Roadrunner?
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131. Okay, uh, we're gonna try
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132. metal bracing rods
secured with glue.
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133. Think you can handle
some gluing?
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134. Ten years of macaroni artwork
experience says, yes, I can!
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135. Uh, dang it.
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136. I think I left
my clamps inside
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137. when I was aligning
the condiments
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spice rack.
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139. Hang on.
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140. What the...?
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141. Ugh!
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142. Dad, help!
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143. Something's
out here!
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144. Help!
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145. I'm losing my grip!
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146. Dad, I can't do this by myself!
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147. We're supposed to be a team!
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148. Dad! The door won't open!
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149. Dad!
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150. So, Dad,
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back there?
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152. There was a bat.
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153. Uh, yeah, I saw.
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154. I meant, what
happened with you?
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155. I needed your help,
and when I ran for the door,
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156. it-it felt like
you were holding it shut.
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157. Bobby, please!
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158. Your father would never
leave you alone with a bat!
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159. Hank, why did you leave Bobby
alone with a bat?
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160. I-I didn't.
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161. The-the door was
jammed, and I-I had
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162. to guard the house because...
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163. bats always fly
into women's hair.
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164. You've seen the movies.
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165. That's why I held the door shut.
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166. Well, you just said
the door was jammed.
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167. I know that!
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168. Dad, are you
afraid of bats?
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get rabies,
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you're asking.
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173. Wait. You are scared
of bats!
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174. Wow, Dad.
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anything could scare you.
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176. Look, I...
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177. Bats are
disgusting, okay?
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178. Disgusting and evil.
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179. Everyone knows that!
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180. Well, evil creature or not,
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181. the regatta's a week away,
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to finish.
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186. Enemy approaching!
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187. Ha! Resorted
to spying, have we?
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188. I don't care
what you're doing, Dale.
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189. I just need your help
getting rid of a... a-a bat.
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190. A bat?
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191. Why, certainly.
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192. Let me just
finish up here.
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193. Thanks. I need to get
back in to help Bobby,
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194. but I can't go near that garage
with that thing in there.
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195. By the way,
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that you may enjoy.
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198. What do you think?
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199. Sh-sh—sha!
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200. That's a boat?
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201. Not just a boat.
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202. Sh-sh-sha!
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203. Behold—
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206. Get that thing
away from me!
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207. Your secret is out!
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208. Bobby told Joseph.
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209. Joseph told Nancy,
and Nancy told me.
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210. And I told everybody!
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211. You don't stand a chance
against our bat boat, Hank!
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212. As for your bat problem,
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214. That's bat for,
"Get lost, traitor!"
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215. You don't like bats?
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216. Well, neither do I.
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217. That's why I'm calling you.
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218. I don't know
what kind of bat it is.
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219. No, I will not look
at its belly.
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220. Come on, Dad!
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221. We're behind schedule!
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222. Oh, the hell with it.
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223. You can do this.
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224. Nothing to fear.
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225. Problem, Hank?
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226. Peggy!
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227. You, uh...
You startled me.
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from a textbook case of phobia.
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229. No, that's not true. I just...
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230. Hank, I fixed Bobby.
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232. You know, I've always
loved that clock.
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233. Especially the pendulum.
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234. Look at the pendulum, Hank.
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237. Back and forth,
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238. back and forth.
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239. Tell me, Hank,
did you resent your mother
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240. when she stopped
breastfeeding you?
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241. What?
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242. Dad, you can take your
time getting out there.
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243. I started up
on my own.
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244. I connected the base,
and got going on a platform.
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245. Well, Bobby,
that's great!
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246. You finished step B,
then you moved on to step C!
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247. Yeah. Now, if you'll excuse me,
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248. I don't want
to lose this momentum.
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249. Bobby's got momentum.
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250. How's the
boat coming,
Hank?
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the one
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building?
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of the boat.
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watching me work
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256. Wow! Bobby is
a work machine.
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257. Bobby, Bobby,
what are you doing?
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maintenance work on the house
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259. has been lacking lately,
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260. so I figured I'd take a
quick look at the gutters.
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261. The gutters
are fine.
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262. Yep, there's your gutter goop
right there,
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264. Well, I wanted to check
the gutters the other day,
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was in the garage, so...
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266. How about you make
yourself useful
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away for me?
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268. Amazing.
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269. Bobby has taken over
as man of the house.
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270. You've been demoted
to Bobby of the house.
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271. At this rate it won't be long
till he's... mowing your lawn.
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272. Is that the power drill?
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273. My plans don't call
for a power drill.
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just a tool.
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276. Bobby is empowered and
he's drilling the point home.
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277. Building a boat is a big job,
and he needs my help.
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278. Besides, Bobby shouldn't feel
good about himself
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in development, Hank,
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a parent as human,
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vulnerabilities.
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you and not me.
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those PVC pipes?
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they were level?
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come in here and see?
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You named the bat?
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290. We're practically roommates.
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291. Whew.
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292. So, uh, where were we?
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293. See, if you spackle brown paint
on PVC pipe, you got bamboo,
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294. and to me,
that just cries out "tiki hut."
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295. Wait, you moved on
to design work already?
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296. You haven't even sealed
your flashings.
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297. Yeah, yeah,
I'll get to it eventually.
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298. For now,
I got tiki on the brain,
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300. You can't just skip basic steps.
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302. Oh, and FYI, I think I'm
going to remodel this place,
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more Bobby.
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304. What?
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307. No, not my
pegboard.
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wrench!
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311. Guys, I need your help
getting over my fear of bats.
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312. I haven't been in my garage
all week.
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313. I'm not even contributing
to the boat.
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314. Well, then you're not
really even on a team.
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315. All right, we win!
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316. Okay, fine,
you win.
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318. He's not listening to me
anymore,
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his boat is going to sink
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321. Fine, if you want to kick
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you need...
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Liddy?
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325. Nixon's former everything man
is a master of self-discipline,
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one must engage it.
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331. I am not eating a bat, Dale.
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332. That's unfortunate; I think
we all would have enjoyed that.
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a fear of lightning,
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to a tree
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of a thunderstorm.
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337. Tied himself to a tree, huh?
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338. Hmm.
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339. Let's make Hank eat a bat.
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340. Welcome to Bat Bridge,
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341. home to 20,000 of Arlen's
thirstiest neck nobblers.
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342. Uh, I-I'm sorry,
did you say thousand?
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343. We've been through
a lot together, Hank.
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344. Somehow, I always knew
it would come to this.
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345. The bats come
out at sunset.
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346. Soon, the wing-ed,
fang-ed swarm will emerge
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that will encircle your head.
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349. Uh, you know, just thinking
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over my fear.
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351. Yep, pretty clever, Dale.
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352. Come on, let's go grab a beer.
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353. My dad's designs
were good.
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354. But were they coolest-boat-
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to drink a pineapple.
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in action.
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359. Yeah, this lacks
perspective.
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360. My friends, let's sail.
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361. You'll be cured in no time,
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out and swarm your face
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tongues against your cheeks.
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364. You know, I'm hogging
all the attention.
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368. He's just stalling.
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let's grab some grub.
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Bobby!
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the other to pay.
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of us has money.
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and unchain me.
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falling apart.
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all this store has to teach.
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naive in the ways of love.
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dropping hard,
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has totally quit on me.
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base rows to your floorboards
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are filling with water.
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your flooring together.
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tie this into a knot
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straps around the base.
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on the bridge.
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flooring bound together.
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next two straps.
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the punctured tanks.
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432. You can do this.
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433. Quick, switch
spots with me.
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435. Well, this is a nice boat
you've got here.
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436. Maybe for the regatta,
we could add some hula ladies,
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on the boom box.
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439. You know, I really can't think
about that now, Dad.
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we need to address.
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441. I could barely breathe.
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442. Those ugly little devils
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444. But my dad was in the zone.
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447. So I tied the flooring while
my dad pried the tanks loose.
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448. It seemed
like forever,
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and out of the cave
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450. just as a million bats
exploded out into the night!
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