1. Good morning, class.
I will be subbing for Mrs. Dorland,
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recuperating from the Hanta virus.
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3. What's the Hanta virus?
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4. Well, Clark, it's a flu-like disease,
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5. usually contracted
from rodent droppings.
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6. Okay! All right, then.
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7. Now, in preparation for our field trip,
your classmates are going to act out
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8. a little-known episode of
Mexican-American history.
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9. The year is 1847...
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10. I am General Santa Anna.
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11. I led the Mexican army at the Alamo,
where we defeated Texas.
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12. We are at the Battle of Cerro Gordo,
11 years later,
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13. and we are hungry.
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14. Sir, I will hold your artificial leg
while you eat chicken.
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15. Attack.
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16. Look out!
It's the Illinois Volunteer Infantry.
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17. Hop on, general!
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18. I stole your fake leg.
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19. That was beautiful!
That was just inspired!
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20. The General's artificial leg
has been on display
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21. in an Illinois museum
for over a century.
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22. But this year, America decided
to return it to Mexico.
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23. Even as we speak,
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24. Santa Anna's real fake leg is making
its way from museum to museum
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25. on its journey home.
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26. I guess you could say the Arlen Museum
is the last leg of the tour.
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27. Oh, Peggy!
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28. Yeah, see, that was 1976.
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29. In 1977, I did wear shoes.
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30. Boy, that car's going fast!
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31. Doesn't he know men
drink in this alley?
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32. That looks like your dad's
Cadillac car, Hank.
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33. Yeah, that looks like dang old...
Better hit the dirt!
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34. Thanks, fatty. Don't mind if I do!
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35. Jeez, Dad, you almost
dented the cooler!
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36. Where's Didi? I thought with your eyesight
she was doing all the driving.
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37. We had another fight.
I threw her out.
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38. Didi, woman, my toes are cold.
Knit me a blanket!
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39. I don't have time, honey.
I'm late for work.
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40. That's a good one, babycakes.
Now, get your knitting sticks.
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41. You're gonna have to
wear your socks, colonel.
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42. - So I put her out on the street.
- Good for you, sir.
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43. I admire the speed with which
you dispatched the insubordinate.
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44. Shut your clam hole, Gribble.
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45. So, I guess you're here to cool off
for a few days
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46. till you two can patch things up?
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47. No, this one's for good.
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48. I'm here to renew
my driver's license.
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49. Got the eye chart memorized
down at the Arlen DMV.
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50. They ain't changed it
since World War II.
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51. That's the big one, fatty.
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52. Dad, about you driving,
I'm not sure it's such a good idea.
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to win the Second World War
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55. has earned the right
to drive an automobile.
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56. Hank, Bobby and me are going to rent
an RV this summer
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57. and drive around the country.
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58. We'll do 50 states in 50 days.
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59. You know, Cotton, you can travel
anywhere in the world, in books.
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60. Dad, you don't want to be driving on
a crowded highway in the summertime.
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61. I don't know.
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62. There's nothing like
the feel of the open road.
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63. You know, Grandpa Hill, with an RV,
you can put it on cruise control
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64. and then go in the back
and watch TV.
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66. Dad, with all due respect,
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67. I don't think
you should be driving anymore.
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68. Don't you tell me what to do!
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69. You ain't my daddy!
I'm your daddy!
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70. I won the war! I can drive a car!
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71. Even your idiot friend
Gribble knows that!
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72. Dad, Dale's just kissing up to you.
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73. And so should you, boy!
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74. Hank, that reminds me.
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75. We need some chaperones
for Bobby's class trip.
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76. What kind of trip you taking,
Bobby? Vegas?
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77. There's a General Santa Anna exhibit
at the museum.
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78. We did a play about him in school,
and I was one of his privates.
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79. Yeah, I know all about Santie Annie.
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80. We got his walking log
under glass in Illinois, I'm glad to say!
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81. Actually, Cotton, the leg
is coming through Arlen.
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82. America is finally returning the leg
to Mexico.
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83. - What?
- Take it easy, Dad.
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84. You see, Bobby,
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85. your Daddy's generation's
giving away everything we fought for!
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86. Panama Canal, Mexican legs...
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87. You people would give back
Gandhi's diapers if you had them.
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88. Would you look at that line?
We'll be here all day!
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89. Oh, for God...
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90. Hank, I gutted a man,
he whined less than you.
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91. Why don't you guys get started?
I'll be there in a minute.
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92. All right, clerkie.
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93. Now, take down the first letter
of every word I say.
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94. "Some day...
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95. "Governor Reagan will run for President."
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96. I pass. Give me the license.
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97. I've never seen anyone miss
every single letter.
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98. You fail.
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99. What? Look at it again!
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100. "Some Day," that's S-D,
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101. as in "Stupid Dummy." That's you!
Tell him, Hank!
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102. This is an outrage!
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103. We are very dissatisfied customers.
Come on, Dad, let's go.
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104. So, you had the clerk
switch the eye chart.
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105. That's a good plan,
if you silence the clerk.
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106. It was one of the toughest things
I ever had to do, I tell you what.
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107. But my dad's getting close
to the end zone now.
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108. I gotta start calling some of his plays.
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109. I know what you mean.
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110. My dad can't even load
his own hunting rifle anymore.
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111. I mean, I gotta put it in his hands,
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112. practically pull the
dang trigger for him.
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113. Sad, very sad.
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114. The DMV changed the damn chart
on me, that's what they did!
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115. I tell you what, man!
That dang old DMV, take my picture,
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116. that old hair hooter that day.
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117. Four dang old years ago,
looking like Cokie Roberts.
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118. There are ways to get around
the license problem, sir.
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119. Dale, this doesn't concern you.
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120. For example, put a sail on your car,
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121. call it a boat.
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122. Hear that, Hank?
Gribble's got a clever idea.
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123. Go get me a sail!
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124. It's a stupid idea, Dad.
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125. Well, excuse me, Hank,
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126. I guess I'm not as
clever as you are.
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127. I mean, I could never
think of a clever idea
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128. like switching the eye chart
so your dad would fail that...
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129. Dang it, Dale!
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130. Looks like we got ourselves
a Benedict Arlen!
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131. What do you got to
say for yourself, boy?
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132. Look, Dad, I did change that chart.
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133. I did it because I care about you.
You should not be driving.
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134. But he's a war hero, Hank.
A World War hero!
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135. You should let him
do whatever he wants.
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136. Shut up, Dale!
I know what's best for my dad.
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137. If you knew what's best for me,
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138. you'd have drowned yourself
two days after you was born!
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139. Goodbye, Hank. I'm leaving!
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140. Gribble, good news!
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141. I'm staying with you from now on!
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142. You hear that, Hank?
Daddy's staying with me.
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143. - Did you sleep okay, Mr. Hill?
- Yep, just fine.
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144. See, Nancy?
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145. And you wanted to give away
Joseph's crib.
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146. There you go, sir.
One perfectly forged driver's license.
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147. Good until the year 3000.
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148. Good boy! Here's a dollar.
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149. Hey, Dad?
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150. I need you to sign my permission slip
for that Santa Anna exhibit.
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151. Joseph, you know
I do not sign any document
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152. issued by a government institution.
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153. Hey, Hank.
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154. Come on, Joseph,
our ride's here.
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155. Hey, Tokyo Rose!
How does your garden grow?
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156. Don't start with me, Dale.
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157. All right, Dad, you made your point.
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158. Now, come on back,
and we'll talk about this.
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159. I got a whole box of Mega Lo plates
you can break.
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160. I'd rather break Gribble's plates,
thank you very much!
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161. No, thank you very much, sir.
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162. I'm done.
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163. I'm going down to the drugstore
to pick up my shin salve.
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164. All right, well,
let me drive you and—
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165. I don't need you.
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166. Gribble made me a license.
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167. I've never seen a meter maid
take so long to write a ticket.
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168. All right, sir.
Please step out of the vehicle.
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169. You wanna frisk me, Cagney?
Go ahead, and then I can do you.
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170. And when I asked for his license,
he gave me this.
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171. Yeah, I know it's expired.
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172. I'm real sorry about that.
He shouldn't be driving.
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173. Expired? It's not even real.
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174. Made out of the back of a cereal box.
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175. You're lucky.
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176. In the most severe cases
of senile dementia,
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177. they can't even remember
their sons' names.
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178. What? He's not senile.
My dad's just a character.
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179. You know, like a cowboy.
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180. Dad, knock it off. Come on!
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181. All right, General Mills.
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182. Now, I'm letting your son
take care of you.
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183. You have to promise
to be a good boy.
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184. Do you recognize your son?
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185. Yeah. He's Benedict Arlen.
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186. The point is, Dad,
you've got to calm down.
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187. You're lucky you're not in jail.
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188. Don't you take that tone with me!
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189. I was out buying shin jelly.
You show some respect!
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190. Okay, let's talk about it over dinner,
what do you say?
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191. Go get your bags and
we'll head on home.
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192. Sure, I'll be right there.
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193. - Hey, Didi.
- Hank.
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194. Listen, I'm here to
ask you for a big favor.
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195. You and my dad gotta patch things up
quicker than usual this time.
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196. I'm having trouble
keeping him under control.
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197. There's no patching things up
this time, Hank.
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198. The passion is gone.
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199. There was magic between us
when we first met.
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200. Yeah, I come in here once a year
to get my shins drained.
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201. I don't take no anesthetic.
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202. Did Lincoln ask for girlie-gas
when they blowed his head off?
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203. Magazines? Candy?
Fruit roll-ups?
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204. Look at you!
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205. Aren't you the cutest
little helpless thing?
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206. You're like a little baby
in that gown.
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207. Sweet Lord!
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208. Cling peaches in heavy syrup!
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209. It was like Romeo and...
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210. Juliet.
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211. But now the magic's gone.
Cotton said my bottom was too small.
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212. Do you think it's too small?
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213. No. Put that away!
It's fine. It's very big.
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214. Look, Hank.
Isotoner makes sundresses now.
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215. She is not gonna take him back,
is she?
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216. Nope. I'm gonna have to
watch him like a hawk.
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217. - Cigar, Hank?
- No, thanks.
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218. Good, 'cause they all been smoked.
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219. Yeah, you got me on that one.
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220. Anyway, the reason I'm here is
to ask you to be a chaperone
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221. on Bobby's museum trip tomorrow.
I'm gonna be one.
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222. Daddy can't go.
He's taking me bumper bowling.
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223. Will you stop calling him "Daddy"!
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224. Come on, Dad.
You'd really be helping us out.
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225. Well, I've been helping you out of jams
your whole life.
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226. Might as well keep the streak alive.
I'll do it.
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227. We'll do it.
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228. And then you killed
the German corporal?
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229. This is World War ll, Connie-girl.
He was a Nazi.
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230. Yeah, I severed his windpipe
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231. with a two-foot strand of dental floss
I kept in my boot.
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232. And that's why it's always important
to carry dental floss.
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233. Okay, Tom Landry Middle School.
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234. Next stop is the featured exhibit,
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235. General Santie Annie's artificial leg.
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236. What a beautiful prosthetic!
Those T-shirts do not do it justice.
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237. After its brief stay here,
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238. General Santie Annie's leg will be
returned to its rightful owner, Mexico.
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239. Rightful? Finders, keepers!
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240. Dad, now take it easy. Relax.
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242. Mexico will receive a check
for the original cost of the leg,
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243. $1,300 U.S.,
and a letter of apology
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244. signed by our commander in chief.
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245. That draft dodger!
He can't do that!
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246. The Japanese blew my shins off!
When am I gonna get them back?
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247. Hank, chaperone your father.
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248. Dad, I'm not gonna
tell you again. Zip it!
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249. Let's settle, people.
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250. All right. Stop the bus!
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251. It's been stolen! One of these hoodlums
stole Santie Annie's leg!
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252. All right, kids. Listen up.
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253. I'm gonna close my eyes,
and when I open them,
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254. I wanna see that leg!
You understand?
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255. All right, Dad. I'm fed up.
Where is the leg?
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256. Well, I don't know if
I can speak to that!
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257. I was told to "zip it!"
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258. The whole country of Mexico
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259. is expecting to get their leg back
on Saturday.
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260. Delightful!
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261. That leg means a lot to them,
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262. and my driver's license
means a lot to me.
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263. What does the leg have to do
with your driver's license?
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264. Use your head, boy!
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265. The Mexicans have diplomats.
They'll pull some strings,
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266. get me my license,
then I'll give them back their leg!
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267. - The police will come after you.
- That's my offer.
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268. Take it back to your people.
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269. They never look in
the most obvious place.
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270. Colonel, shall we retire
to the leg room?
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271. Maybe that policewoman was right.
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272. I've never seen Dad like this before.
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273. He's not his crazy old self anymore.
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274. He's acting crazy!
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275. Well, stick a pin in me,
I'm dreaming.
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to you for 22 years!
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277. Aunt Peg, Uncle Hank,
I just heard on the news.
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278. There's a Santa Claus exhibit
at the museum
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279. and someone stole his leg!
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280. Colonel, I just want to say
it's been an honor
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and his forces.
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282. You can rest assured,
I am with you all the way.
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283. You got any of them little
goldfish crackers?
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284. He did it! He took the leg!
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285. It was his idea!
You can have it back!
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286. Oh, no!
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287. It's gone! Where'd you put it,
you shinless old freak?
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288. What did you...
You're a worse traitor than Hank!
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289. I know how to deal with traitors.
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290. Sir, you're gonna want
to give me that leg right now
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291. before you get in
any more trouble.
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292. I need that leg for leverage
in my negotiations
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293. with the Mexican government!
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294. They took my shins
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295. and put them on display
in the Emperor's pagoda!
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296. That's the thanks I get
for flossing them Nazis?
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297. You tell the meter maid
I want my car back!
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298. I can drive myself.
They just changed the chart!
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299. "Some day Governor Reagan
will run for president!"
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300. We felt the psychological
evaluation ended
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301. after he claimed Doctor Miyoshi's
stethoscope as a war trophy.
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302. What are you gonna do?
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303. Keep him here forever?
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304. That's up to you. It's my opinion
that he requires supervision.
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305. Either he stays here,
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306. or you and your wife need
to watch him 24 hours a day.
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307. Hey, Dad! How do you like it here?
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308. Find someplace else to stand, fatty!
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309. See, you know his name.
He's already made a friend.
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310. See, he knows his name.
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311. Look, Peggy, board games!
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312. - Checkers.
- I love checkers!
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Chutes and Ladders.
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314. Why, if I didn't have to work every day,
I'd come here!
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315. Dad, I know a lot has happened
in the last day or so,
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where that leg is.
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317. If I give the leg back,
can I get out of here?
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318. We'll see. It's not up to me.
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319. All right. It's in Gribble's golf bag.
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320. I drew a "1" on it,
and signed it "Lee Trevino."
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321. All right, then. Dale's golf bag.
Take it easy, Dad.
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322. Don't forget about your old man.
You'll come back for me, right, boy?
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323. Well, it's not so bad in there, really.
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324. Peggy, come on. That was awful.
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325. My father hates it in there.
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326. But it's not like I can watch him
24 hours a day.
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327. No, you cannot.
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328. Just wouldn't be fair to you, or me,
or Bobby.
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329. Maybe we're being
too picky about this VA.
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330. You know, Consumer Reports
gave it a B-minus.
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331. Well, that's above average.
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332. Hank, how are you
gonna break it to him?
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333. Am I gonna live with you
and Hank's wife?
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334. No.
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335. But I told you where the leg was!
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336. I know, and I gave it to the police.
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337. Look, Dad, I can't take care of you
all day long,
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338. and you wouldn't
really want it that way.
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339. So, there's only one other option.
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340. Didi! What's she doing here?
I told you it was over, woman!
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341. I told him the same thing.
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342. But he said I have to sign something
to get the Cadillac car.
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343. They've got you in a baby gown.
Look at the baby.
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344. Stop!
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345. I'll get those.
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346. Honey, I'm sorry I said
your butt was too small.
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347. If anything, it's too big!
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348. But I likes you for who you is.
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349. Come on, little baby boy,
I'll drive you home.
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350. That is retired
Captain Barissimo de Fino.
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351. When he straps on Santa Anna's leg,
and walks it from our flag to his,
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352. it will be officially returned
to the Mexican peoples.
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353. Well, the important thing is,
they got it back.
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354. Hey, wait a minute!
That's the leg I made for the play.
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355. Here you are, señor.
One driver's license.
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356. Thank you! And here you are.
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357. One Santie Annie's leg.
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just seen is based on a true event.
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359. At the battle of Cerro Gordo in 1847,
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360. the Illinois Volunteer Infantry
captured the artificial leg
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Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
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362. while the general and his men
feasted on a lunch of roasted chicken.
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363. Unfortunately, Santa Anna's leg
still resides in an Illinois museum.
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364. If you would like to join the movement
to help return the leg to Mexico,
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365. write Illinois Senator
Richard J. Durbin.
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366. Thank you, and good night.
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