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4. - Football tryouts are in two days.
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27. Spent the last three summers
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44. - All right. Way to go.
- That's good. All right, Bobby.
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45. My boy is on a team.
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75. Mm.
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77. Those roses not squirt water
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78. They're lovely.
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79. I started growing roses
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89. It's a flower
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95. Hey, maybe you could towel manage that
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101. Lookin' for a plant?
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117. - Um, can we help you?
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125. Oh. Well, those are legal now.
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126. My dad doesn't like me outside
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139. Huh.
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144. - Yikes.
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149. I've seen this before.
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150. It's total towel chaos. The team needs me.
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151. I'm coming, Joseph.
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161. Oh, God, the slipping.
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163. You got cut from the team.
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164. Kathleen Barnes is the new towel manager.
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167. This house is gonna be TP'd tonight.
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and all he wants to do is sniff flowers.
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211. Now, what do you say, tough guy?
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220. You'd better stay in the closet
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221. Then you can plant them in the front yard,
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224. Or sash.
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225. - Mm-hmm.
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229. - Uh-huh.
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238. Why not? Forget to prune your side buds?
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240. Don't let 'em get to you.
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281. That whoopee cushion doesn't work
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unlabeled, mislabeled
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- Uh…
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298. - Is that so, officer?
- It's okay, guys.
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300. Oh, come on, man,
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304. Just call me from outer space
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- You need this drip system,
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- Nice.
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441. Yeah, Dad?
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442. You've got a lot of Wabi-Sabi.
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443. We need more of this dude.
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