1. I do love
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3. of when lenore left me 7 years ago,
christmas eve.
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4. best thing that ever
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5. well, that's nice,
bill.
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6. yeah,
I tell you what.
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7. holidays are the least
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8. uh, heh,
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9. you know,
I feel like eating
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10. bill's always got some cookies
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11. bill?
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12. oh, hank, hey, buddy.
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13. I—I was just cleaning
for baby Jesus' birthday.
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14. well, good.
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15. uh, I just wanted
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16. that you'll be coming over
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17. you know, until the holidays
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18. oh, yeah, I'm coming.
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19. I cleared my calendar right through
the end of the year
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20. and a good chunk of the next.
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21. bill, these old gifts
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22. no.
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23. yes, but she'll come back
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24. bill, you've got
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25. well, it's very unlikely
that, uh...
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26. well, I—I guess you never know.
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27. freakish things do happen.
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28. yes, they do. thank you.
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29. I've received a few more responses
for our party.
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30. rudy beeker, yes-v.p.
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31. all this talk about
people makes me...
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32. you know what it
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33. break-ups.
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34. you ever think about
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35. well—
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36. I wonder if you'll
ever find someone again.
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37. I mean, most people just get one relationship
in this life.
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38. luanne, honey, can you help me serve
at the party?
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39. you were such a wonderful hostess
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40. what?
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41. I can help, mom.
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42. I'll be the hostess
with the mostess.
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43. let's see, mary,
margaret...
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44. what—what's the name
of that girl who dumped you, bobby?
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45. marie.
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46. marie. Yeah, she was cute.
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47. maybe we could talk
about something else, huh?
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48. oh, yeah, sure.
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49. remember bob cecil, peggy?
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50. you went to a basketball game
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51. you liked him.
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52. well, that was 10th grade.
no, I didn't.
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53. yeah, you did.
but he didn't like you.
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54. uh, shouldn't you
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55. he likes serving.
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56. oh, after last night,
it is a miracle
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57. I have my appetite
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58. I just don't see why bill must ruin
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59. personally,I can live without him.
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60. me, too.
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61. peggy, a little more
than 20 years ago,
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62. I set arlen high's
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63. sure, I had legs
like a jackrabbit,
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64. but bill dauterive
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65. and the running back
who forgets his front line
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66. that's the man I wouldn't want
to have to dinner.
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67. shame on you.
shame on you both.
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68. here you go, darling.
come on.
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69. mmm. Mmm. mmm.
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70. come on, eat up.
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71. so, uh, were they all out
of dogs there, bill?
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72. no, no, iguanas are
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73. you see them in cigar bars
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74. come on. come on, lenore.
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75. you've named it lenore?
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76. well, yeah, I—I thought
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77. I think he's just not
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78. I mean, with so many
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79. uh, oh, should I leave?
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80. thank you.
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81. don't worry. It's dead
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82. I cannot eat another meal with bill
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83. why? bill seemed
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84. honey, that iguana
is a cry for help.
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85. a hissing, disease-ridden cry
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86. luanne, knock!
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87. I had a bad dream.
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88. bill.
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89. I dreamt that lenore came back
and stole lenore.
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90. and then lenore
drove off with lenore,
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91. and I ran down the street
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92. and I yelled,
"lenore! lenore!"
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93. and then my teeth
fell out.
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94. peggy, you were there.
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95. can I sleep
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96. yes, bill.
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97. I'm giving you
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98. to get me out
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99. shall we?
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100. no.
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101. you need a minute?
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102. uh, bill,
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103. I want to have dinner tonight,
just the family.
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104. you don't want me
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105. why don't you
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106. to practice
being happy, ok?
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107. I—I like eating alone
I—I prefer it, even.
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108. no offense to your family
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109. oh, it is
just so wonderful.
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110. the food even smells better
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111. oh.
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112. and then the clint eastwood character
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113. "that propane tank is empty."
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114. wouldn't that
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115. good? that would be
a great movie.
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116. and would you
direct it, uncle hank?
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117. yeah, me maybe,
or your aunt peggy.
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118. did I ever tell you
all about how they...
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119. dang!
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120. my 10-footer's gone.
dale!
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121. or bill! probably dale!
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122. what you doing there, bill?
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123. satellite dish trouble?
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124. no, I'm just up here
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125. what?
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126. no!
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127. you know who I feel
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128. bill. We need to find him
a psychiatrist.
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129. he's just suicidal,
peggy, he's not crazy.
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130. we've just gotta
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131. until he snaps out of it.
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132. I don't think bill
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133. there's nothing
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134. but sit back and watch
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135. no, he's our friend.
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136. now, dale, you make your own hours,
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137. so you take the day shift.
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138. I'll take nights.
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139. boomhauer, late afternoon
to early evening.
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140. can I have
another codeine, please?
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141. quiet, bill.
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142. we're trying to
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143. so, uh...
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144. huh.
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145. this shouldn't be here.
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146. so, uh, maybe you ought to
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147. and try to sleep
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148. all I do is sleep.
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149. I guess I'm just getting
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150. for the big long sleep.
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151. come on, bill.
how about a beer?
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152. beer's a depressant, hank.
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153. don't go blaming the beer.
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154. it's electric, bill.
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155. yeah, but it's still
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156. oh.
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157. all right, we'll do this the hard way.
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158. where do you keep
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159. ok, you want baseball players
or the...
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160. hey, what's this
fancy one?
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161. I like the way silk feels
on my skin.
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162. silk is for pantyhose, bill.
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163. they're all I got.
you've got a wife!
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164. put 'em on.
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165. no, I don't want to.
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166. arms up.
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167. rinse.
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168. ow.
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169. damn it, bill!
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170. nuh-uh.
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171. but I have to tinkle.
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172. not on my watch.
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173. ?
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174. oh.
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175. lenore and I
used to come here
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176. and watch people
dance like that.
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177. stop!
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178. no.
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179. I can't keep this up.
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180. it's not in my nature
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181. yeah, man. that old routine, man.
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182. work. Bill. Work. Bill.
work. Bill.
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183. put an old bullet
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184. ok, I'll take over
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185. I just gotta work it out
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186. dale,
what are you wearing?
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187. nothing.
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188. that's bill's pajama top.
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189. he's as good as dead.
what's the difference?
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190. sir, you know
how I hate missing work
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191. during the holidays,
but I got a—
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192. it's your christmas party,
right?
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193. yeah. You need
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194. well, get it right
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195. you invited our whole dang
client sheet.
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196. uh, no, actually,
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197. and, well, it's a matter
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198. yeah. Yeah. Yeah. just wrap it up
one way or t'other
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199. and have donna zero out
your vacation days
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200. dang it, bill!
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201. I haven't slept in 2 days.
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202. this morning bill tried to drown himself
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203. so do you think you could find him
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204. uh, I would have to invite a woman
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205. and, of course, never tell her
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206. thanks, peggy.
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207. they won't
let me have a knife.
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208. I'm in the middle
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209. do you like iguanas,
mrs. Tobis?
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210. you lied to me, peggy.
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211. mr. dauterive is a collector
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212. you collect
throw pillows.
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213. I have some pillow
s on my couch,
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214. but that doesn't
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215. and in answer
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216. I find iguanas to be filthy,
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217. why, I think we all could use
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218. well, when it's your own.
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219. you are a gross man.
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220. sheila!
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221. marry me.
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222. bill.
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223. oh, this is so exciting.
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224. I just want my coat.
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225. for the love of god,
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226. allow me.
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227. lenore, don't leave me!
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228. sheila,I should tell you
right now,
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229. I have already given him
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230. dale.
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231. he would have
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232. he's still alive.
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233. nitpicking ain't
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234. help me. hank, help me.
help me look for lenore.
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235. bill, can't you see that this whole lenore thing is your problem?
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236. the iguana, these presents
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237. get rid of this stuff.
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238. no. no, I couldn't.
I couldn't.
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239. see, when—when
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240. she's never coming back.
it's so obvious.
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241. she doesn't want
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242. no!
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243. or whatever's in this box.
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244. no.
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245. or this.
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246. or this.
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247. no.
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248. there.
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249. you feel ok?
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250. I don't feel anything.
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251. great, I knew
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252. uh, sure you're ok?
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253. yes.
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254. good.
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255. now I can tell you,
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256. you were acting
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257. yes.
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258. ok, then.
I'll see you tomorrow.
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259. I was really hard on him
but it was all for the best.
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260. can you imagine if he'd shown up
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261. well, are you sure he's ok?
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262. I asked him twice.
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263. well, there's
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264. hey. Hey, who are you?
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265. ?
what are you doing
in bill's backyard
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266. hank, don't you
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267. I'm lenore.
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268. what is going on?
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269. well, I'm just washing a dress
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270. bill, take off
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271. why do you keep
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272. my name is lenore, silly.
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273. I've come back
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274. and I really missed him.
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275. no, uh-uh,
this is too much.
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276. ,
in high school,
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277. but I did my job, too.
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278. I ran through the hole
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279. setting arlen high's
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280. as you recall.
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281. and now here I am
blocking for you,
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282. but you're not even trying.
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283. I don't even know what kind of game
you're playing.
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284. maybe some kind
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285. hank, ok, then.
nice visiting with you.
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286. see you at the party.
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287. no. no, you stay away
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288. I'm already invited,
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289. oh, hello.
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290. do you gentlemen think you could spare
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291. come on, you know you're bill.
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292. no, no,I don't know that.
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293. well, if you're lenore
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294. uh, bill's in the house.
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295. you want me to go get him?
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296. I'm skeptical
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297. yet intrigued
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298. bill's been acting a little weird lately,
don't you think?
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299. maybe it's me.
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300. uh, bill's busy.
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301. I needed a wrap.
it's chilly.
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302. yup.
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303. all right,
that's it.
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304. honey, you're peeling
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305. you should be able
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306. out of a whole idaho.
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307. yeah, maybe I am angry.
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308. I used my vacation days
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309. and he threatens
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310. he's not being
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311. the only way that bill could get lenore
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312. mmm-hmm.
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313. if there was some
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314. well, I don't know anything
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315. but it sounds to me
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316. he needs to realize
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317. and he needs to just move on
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318. it's the same thing
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319. buckley's angel is the only on
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320. how about I invite the real lenore
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321. and just settle this thing
once and for all?
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322. oh, I hope it works,
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323. but if they show up in the same dress,
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324. it'll be a disaster.
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325. ?
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326. listen, hank,
we got all our clients here.
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327. big fish, little fish.
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328. so, if you see some little fish
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329. it's your job
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330. we should treat all our clients
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331. like big fish,
mr. strickland
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332. yeah. Good, good.
save that for the little fish.
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333. damn it.
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334. may I offer you a homemade tater tot,
mr. and mrs. Dauterive?
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335. why, thanks.
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336. what the hell's
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337. I ordered a santa.
this is some kind of mistake.
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338. bill, get out.
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339. lenore.
bill.
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340. I want to stay
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341. lenore, who is me,
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342. party, party!
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343. phone call for you, mom.
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344. hello.
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345. lenore? hold on.
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346. bill, it's the real lenore.
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347. what?
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348. oh, honey,
but you have to come by.
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349. ok, how about I
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350. it would really help...
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351. well, if you could
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352. yeah, sure.
no, I understand.
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353. never mind, bill.
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354. (man #1)
my god, look at that guy.
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355. is this a joke?
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356. 'cause if it is,
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357. (man #2)
he's a freak.
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358. I tell you what, man,
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359. these people coming
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360. get the ass-whupping
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361. go back to hollywood.
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362. this isn't the democratic
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363. you crashed
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honey.
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364. (man #6)
this is strickland propane.
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365. (man #7)
take off this dress, buddy.
you're scaring me.
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366. yeah, now we're having fun.
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367. yeah, that's right.
it's that kind of party.
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368. anything goes. extra fun.
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369. hank, this wasn't
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370. did you make bill
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371. stop it! stop it!
stop it! stop it! stop it!
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372. okey-dokey. everyone,
let's play boggle, huh?
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373. it's not usually played
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374. but it's christmas,
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375. so let's sing a song.
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376. stop teasing me.
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377. bill, I am lenore,
and I don't love you.
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378. no, hank, I'm lenore.
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379. I've left you forever
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380. lenore.
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381. we fight so loud
all the neighbors can hear.
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382. we fight during the day,
we fight during the night.
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383. lenore, wait.
we can work stuff out.
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384. I'm a good husband.
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385. bill, if I wanted to work things out,
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386. I don't love you
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387. I don't love you.
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388. that's all?
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389. that's why you left?
it's simple as that?
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390. you didn't even
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391. to send me
a dear john letter?
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392. well, I tell you what,
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393. and I'll tell you something,
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394. I'll tell you that
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395. and there are a lot of women
who would agree with me.
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396. so, you know what?
you go ahead. You get out! get out!
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397. you don't, you don't deserve
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398. william fontaine delatur dauterive.
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399. ok, bill, that's what
I'm doing then
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400. I hit rock bottom there,
didn't I, hank?
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401. and hard.
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402. then it's all uphill
from now on.
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403. yup. The wind's
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404. merry christmas.
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405. why do you keep
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