1. Remember our old percolator?
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3. If you want to open up
that can of worms,
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4. let's talk about
the old can opener.
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5. No, not the lawn!
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6. The lawn, boy, no!
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7. How many times have I told you,
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8. there are no dinosaur
bones under our yard!
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9. I'm doing extra credit
for my earth science class.
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10. We're learning about
all that these trees can do,
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11. like turning carbon dioxide
into oxygen.
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12. Yeah, and, uh, other stuff.
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13. Huh.
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14. Well, I wish
you'd asked permission,
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for a tree.
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16. And the pecan tree
is the state tree of Texas.
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17. I limited myself to trees
that could be used to make pies.
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18. Well, let me
give you boys a hand.
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19. There's a new recipe
for backfill
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20. I've been meaning to try out.
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21. (whispers):
It's, uh, two parts compost.
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22. Okay, gather around, everybody!
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23. We're gonna play us
a little game!
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24. Highest card
wins Strickland Propane,
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25. all its assets and liabilities.
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26. A jack!
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27. All right, I'm in the mix!
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28. What's going on, sir?
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29. The last time
we played this game,
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30. Joe Jack got hit
with a paternity suit.
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31. It's fixing to get ugly
around here.
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32. The Bystander's about
to print a story claiming
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33. we've been illegally dumping
our old propane tanks
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34. in the Cottonwood River!
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35. What?
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36. Why would they say that?
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37. Because they're jackals!
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38. They're trying to fill
their news holes.
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39. And because they got proof.
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40. Dang it, Mr. Strickland,
I don't understand
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Strickland's greatest asset
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42. and its greatest liability.
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43. Calm down.
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44. I didn't know it was illegal.
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45. I was trying to create
a coral reef,
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46. for all the dolphins
and whatnot.
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47. In a river?
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49. People hate people
who hate the environment.
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50. If we don't have an environment,
where will we do stuff?
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51. Think about it.
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52. Now, wait a minute.
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53. Mr. Strickland made
a bad decision that, for now,
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54. I am willing to believe
was an accident.
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55. We just need to show people
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56. that Strickland Propane
doesn't hate the environment.
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57. Hank,
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58. are you suggesting we go green?
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59. Well, I'd rather not
put it that way, but yes.
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60. Stop digging if you hit metal.
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61. My dad says there are a lot of
unexploded ordnances back here.
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62. (sighs)
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63. Nice-looking tree, boys.
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64. Thanks.
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65. At first, it was all about
the extra credit.
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66. But now, I'm kind of glad
we're helping the planet.
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67. About that science teacher
of yours,
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68. does he ever talk about,
uh, going green?
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69. I don't know.
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70. Do you ever talk about propane?
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71. My point is, he talks
about it all the time.
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72. I don't suppose you remember any
of the things he said, do you?
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73. Dad, I have a bookbag full
of handouts you're gonna love.
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74. (shovel clinks)
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75. Hit the deck!
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76. My teacher says global warming
is serious business.
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77. Look at all the pictures
of the Statue of Liberty
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78. at the bottom of the ocean.
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79. Okay, Bobby, let's skip
to the nuts and bolts.
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80. Right.
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81. It says here
a healthy planet starts
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your screen saver
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84. But my flying toasters
keep me happy!
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85. Huh.
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86. This is not all
California nonsense.
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87. Some of it's common sense stuff,
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88. like recycling and using
more efficient light bulbs.
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89. And, Mr.
Strickland,
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you keep in your office...
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91. I am not drinking
a warm longneck!
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92. Well, at least put
the door back on.
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93. Fine.
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94. Thanks for carpooling, you guys.
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95. I know it's not
everybody's first choice,
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96. but it's important
for the company.
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97. Hey, I'm psyched, man!
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98. Now we finally have
a chance to talk,
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99. I mean, really talk,
about our hopes and our fears.
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100. Uh, who wants to go first?
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101. (groans)
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102. Hang in there, Mr. Strickland.
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103. We'll be there soon.
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104. Now, if you're not
gonna let me have
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105. my own little bottles of water,
then we're all drinking
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107. (strains)
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108. (gasps)
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109. We better turn that dang air on,
or I'm going pant-less.
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110. I'm sorry, Buck.
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111. I don't know how to say
this diplomatically,
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112. but you made a mistake,
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113. and, well, fixing it
is not gonna be fun.
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114. (sighs)
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115. Buck needs to be more vigilant.
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116. He put up a banner
saying we went green.
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117. That's like a contract
with everyone who drives by.
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118. Buck could always
take the easy way out
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119. and just buy carbon offsets.
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120. They're all the rage
in Hollywood.
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121. That's the dream factory, Hank.
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122. What the heck
is a carbon offset?
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123. It's like
a "get out of jail free" card
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124. for people concerned
about the environment,
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125. but not concerned enough
to actually do anything.
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126. You simply pay someone to
plant trees or build windmills
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127. to offset all the carbon
you've dumped on the Earth.
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128. That's ridiculous.
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129. You can't cause a problem
and ask someone else to fix it.
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130. You have to do the work
yourself,
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131. like Bobby and Joseph
over there.
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132. DALE:
What?
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133. Joseph doesn't work.
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134. Well, normally Bobby
doesn't either,
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135. but look at them,
working for free.
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136. You really got to admire that.
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137. Huh.
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138. You most certainly do.
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139. Oh, yeah!
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140. Hello, Dale.
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141. I assume you're just here
for a quick visit
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142. since you're taking up
two parking spaces.
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143. Your friend here just sold me
a mess of carbon offsets.
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144. You did what?
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145. Good news, Hank.
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146. I'm in the carbon offset
business.
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147. No, this isn't the way
to show customers we've changed.
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148. We have a plan.
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149. Sure, it's tedious and
unpleasant, but it will work.
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150. Yeah, yeah, we gave your plan
a fair shot, ol' top.
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151. It was time to cut our losses.
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152. It was one clay.
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153. Hank, this is a dream come true.
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154. All the sanctimony
without all the effort.
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155. (engine starts)
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156. (coughing)
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157. (inhales deeply)
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158. (coughing)
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159. Ah.
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160. Smells like money.
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161. Say, ol' top,
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162. that truck of yours
is quite the gas guzzler.
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163. How many offsets
can I put you down for?
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164. You can put me down
for kicking your ass!
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165. What kind of stupid
got-dang idea is this?
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166. This is the perfect plan.
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167. Strickland agreed
to let me plant the trees
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169. Bobby and Joseph agreed
to do the planting;
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171. Buying carbon offsets isn't
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173. Who's to say what's cheating?
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when he offsets
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177. (chuckles)
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178. Oh, Hank, you just don't get it.
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180. Planting carbon offsets
is great!
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181. (breathes deeply)
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182. I feel like I can
already breathe better.
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when God gets lazy
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185. and humans have to pick up
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186. What else do you need
me to do for you?!
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187. Look, I know
we're tired and irritable...
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189. This is important.
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190. I think we should buckle down
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191. Who's with me?!
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192. You're talking so loud,
of course I'm in!
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193. Octavio, I have a job for you.
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195. Oh, sorry, Mrs. Octavio.
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196. You sound just like him.
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197. Welcome to Strickland Propane.
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198. The banner outside
says you're green.
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199. What exactly are you doing
for the environment?
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200. Well, quite a bit.
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201. We have an employee carpool,
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on recycled paper,
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203. and as you can tell,
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is slightly uncomfortable.
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205. You're burying
the lead, ol' top.
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206. Tell her about
the carbon offsets.
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I don't think
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to hear about, uh...
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209. Trees! Beautiful trees.
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of majestic oaks
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212. And those trees are eating up
all that nasty carbon.
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213. I respect that.
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214. It's the next best thing
to us never having existed.
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I'm doing it for the children.
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216. You see, I got a kid somewhere.
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217. So do I!
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that hard to believe.
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the next customer, Hank.
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220. I'm gonna handle
this one... personally.
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221. I'm so excited to
start planting today!
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222. I can't wait to see if
this blister's gonna hold on.
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223. Kids, I've decided
that instead of planting,
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on selling carbon offsets.
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225. Wouldn't we be doing
more good for the planet
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out of trees soon, esé.
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230. Should we go buy some more?
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231. We got all the trees
we need, Octavio.
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how many carbons
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235. This one's pretty leafy,
but, you know,
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239. (doorbell rings)
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your school is going.
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241. I'm not buying any more candy.
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242. We're selling carbon offsets,
Mr. Souphanousinphone.
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243. Now, I can pretty this up
for you
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244. and tell you there's
plenty of air to go around,
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that you're a smart man,
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right through that.
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247. You can keep ruining the world
and stuff,
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248. and these offset thingies
make it okay.
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249. This make me feel better
about taking 40-minute showers.
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250. It's my "me" time.
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251. BOBBY:
Look at all these trees I sold.
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252. Everyone in the neighborhood
bought offsets.
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253. Oh, Bobby, it is so nice
to see you thinking
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255. You know who bought
the most offsets of anyone?
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back our customers
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to our daily regimen
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259. that, over time, can make
a quantifiable difference.
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260. Wow, Dad, between
all the dull stuff you're doing
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I'm doing,
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263. Oh, my God.
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I buy offsets, too.
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They are so important.
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about Antarctica.
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267. If all the ice melts,
where will the penguins dance?
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and we're on our way
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for the Earth Benefit Concert.
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all that awful carbon
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275. No, not when I'm organizing
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concerts right here in Arlen.
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277. Wow, you really get it.
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278. Yeah, it'll be like Woodstock.
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279. Y'all like mud, don't you?
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280. (radio playing softly)
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281. Channel 84? Oh, God,
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in the river?
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283. They can't look in my locker
unless they're cops,
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285. This earthy concert's going
to put us over the top, ol' top.
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286. We'll never have to worry
about our reputation again.
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287. We got to hurry
and wrap this up, suge.
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288. There's a dog nursing
baby kittens across town.
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289. Mr. Strickland,
you used to pollute,
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291. Tell us how that happened.
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292. I have sinned,
but I am a changed man.
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named Mother Earth.
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294. And like any man in love,
I want the whole world to see
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and her trees.
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296. That's why I'm sponsoring
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in majestic Strickland Woods!
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298. PEGGY:
A benefit concert.
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299. That is one smart way
to pull Strickland's huevos
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301. I have found that live music
will make people
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303. Sting must do horrible things
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304. for all the special concerts
that man puts on.
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305. Well, I can't believe the kinds
of people I had to deal with
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306. all week
getting this concert going.
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307. Apparently,
right when you get out of jail,
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308. you start renting port-a-johns.
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309. I sold so many trees,
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310. they should call Strickland
Woods "Strickland Forest."
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311. Well, congratulations, Bobby.
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312. You just put out your
first Mr. Strickland fire.
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313. A couple hundred more
and you'll be tied with me.
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315. I don't know.
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of the planting
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317. and for me to just worry
about the selling.
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318. Well, on the bright side,
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319. this is the scandal that will
finally take Buck down.
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320. Dale, we were just at Strickland
Woods and there's nothing there.
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321. How could you do this?
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322. Well, I liked the money, but
didn't care for the digging.
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323. After that the plan
sort of formed itself.
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324. Buck's been telling everybody
he's planted a forest out there.
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325. This was supposed to save
Strickland's image.
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326. In my defense, things
get awfully muddy
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to the environment.
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328. Hybrid cars get worse mileage
than older regular cars.
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329. Ethanol causes food prices
to go up
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in other countries.
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331. We were supposed to have
an ice age
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using pesticides.
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333. Well, looky here.
It's still hot!
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and tell everyone
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and stole their money.
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338. I'm kind of in the middle
of a beer, Hank.
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339. Aah!
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340. And this is where
I'll be hobnobbing
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onto the stage
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by vegetable oil.
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might have to, you know,
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make room for a stage.
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350. Well, that's not going
to be a problem, sir.
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352. Dale took your money
and didn't plant anything.
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353. Excuses, Hank...
Tell him the excuses.
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attractive females...
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357. We're in trouble.
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session, pronto.
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359. Well, how about we tell everyone
the truth?
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a forest with one tree
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362. Well, now there's someone
using his noodle.
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363. Hank, you're out.
Gribble, what else you got?
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364. So this fellow's
going to save us, huh?
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365. How do you know him, again?
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366. He used to be in the gun club
until we kicked him out.
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367. He kind of scared us;
he's way into guns.
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370. Geez, let it go already.
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371. Eh, nice piece of property
you got here.
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373. She's not for sale.
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374. Oh, we don't want to buy it.
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375. We want to buy the carbon offset
rights to your trees.
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377. No, no, you don't understand.
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to keep doing
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382. And we want to pay you for it,
for the environment.
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383. How is paying me going to help
the environment?
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385. The important thing is
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and you get paid.
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389. Oh, yeah,
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390. and there's going to be
a concert here this weekend.
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391. Should be a few thousand people,
not a big deal.
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392. Buck and Dale
are just making things worse.
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393. Now they've bought offset rights
to a forest that already exists.
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395. People just want to make money.
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396. Caring is for suckers.
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397. Bobby is too young
to know that, Hank.
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399. Hey, it looks like your pecan
tree could use a little water.
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401. I told you it'd work, ol' top.
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Strickland Woods is.
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403. Yep, it certainly looks like
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away with this, sir.
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405. Uh, how you all doing out there?
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406. (cheering)
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a good time,
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the real reason we're here:
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410. I'm just like the Indian
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in that old commercial;
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and did something about it.
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all these trees.
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the planet.
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girls in the band
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422. Excuse me, folks.
I got some hobnobbing to do.
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423. Hello, I'm Hank Hill.
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424. Now, you're all here because
you care about the environment.
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425. The environment!
HANK: That's right.
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the truth.
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427. And, uh, the truth is,
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a long time.
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429. No, no. You see, Strickland
Propane didn't plant them.
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430. We just bought the offset rights
to them, whatever that means.
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431. What I'm trying to say is,
we did nothing.
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432. Leave only footprints!
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433. Strickland! Strickland!
Strickland!
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434. Ladies and gentlemen,
Big Mountain Fudge Cake.
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435. And these stakes should support
the tree in any strong winds.
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436. It'll be turning out oxygen
and pecans for years to come.
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how one tree is going to matter.
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438. Well, I'm not going to lie
to you, Bobby.
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439. One tree probably won't matter.
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440. Oh, okay.
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441. But if you care about something,
you can make a difference.
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442. Don't let people
who take shortcuts
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443. or only do something because
it's fashionable discourage you.
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444. I won't.
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445. So what's the ETA on
that first pecan pie?
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446. Uh, it's going to be
a little while, Bobby.
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447. Trees! Beautiful trees
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