1. Mom, Dad, guess what.
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milk come out of either nostril.
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at this.
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kind of jealous.
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in your mouth.
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first day of inventory.
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for getting me that job.
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they were when they heard I was
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bottles at the Lucky Aide.
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and you have no choice.
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sexy professor!
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that junk to Dewey's class?
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Career Day.
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I dazzle 'em!
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of his old man.
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wouldn't be so bad.
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with the pie chart,
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Your teacher
said it's fine.
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you miss after school.
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looking forward to this.
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all I do.
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past tanking.
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realize that all jobs are awful
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that you can do about that.
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tedious and boring.
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isn't boring.
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in a fire.
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going to die?
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going to be fine.
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you like your job
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get killed in a fire?
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give me
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credit than that.
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a leave of absence
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kidney malfunction.
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of what a seven-year-old said?
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He made Dad cry.
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so you get a job.
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but then you get a promotion
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open up for you,
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the house— it's crap.
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to your father alone.
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bedroom. We're eating.
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that I had to do something.
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you plan on doing?
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talked about doing...
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in my head for years.
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it so clearly.
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crimson flushes,
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tinges of tangerine.
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this before, but...
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this out of my head.
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Yeah.
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the painting until retirement,
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looking forward
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puttering around the house
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of paint on his cheek.
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I just can't wait anymore.
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old gardener guy.
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about five minutes ago
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husband and father.
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really great.
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buy it for you,
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digging pretty deep
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for art supplies.
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the rigorous Lucky Aide
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This is a great crew.
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games, some stretches.
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against the downtown store.
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gets a plaque and a hundred...
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will kill me fastest?
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counting the cotton swabs.
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or oven cleaner
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Rat Grenade's good.
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up every morning
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that he despised
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pretty self-centered.
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amber varnish.
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camel hair brush.
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Kalinsky sable.
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Kalinsky sable.
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about all this stuff?
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anything in your life.
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this for 15 years, Lois...
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labor does to a person?
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mind into jelly
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your spirit to dust.
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176. Oh, Craig called. He
wants you there tomorrow
at 7:00 instead of 8:00.
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when you get up in the morning?
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on the street is
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out at work.
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182. Did he really set
his desk on fire
and dance around it?
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a lovers' quarrel
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all this stuff?
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some time off from work
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his job.
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kind of got me thinking.
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when I grow up?
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have a plan in place?
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accelerator, you know.
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Everyone gather 'round.
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that downtown found
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he's prone to tantrums,
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to work late tonight.
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a bit hinky to me.
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the malt balls.
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the 40 in your belly?
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really strange around here.
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something's
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you know what?
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Uh-huh, see?
I could taste it.
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all the time, isn't it?
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you know, she's just
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Hmm.
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Hmm.
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I got to admit it.
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has really been good for you.
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you did a great job yesterday.
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I lost all the numbers.
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mailed them to my mom.
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start recounting?
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to the downtown store
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if you know what I'm saying.
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you're in charge.
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you're putting him in charge?
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every decision I've made.
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ready for some aspirin.
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are incompetent,
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underappreciated.
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working world.
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sleep indoors,
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those kinds of luxuries,
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much of a choice.
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He had a choice.
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you're allowed a
two-week breakdown.
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this vocational exam.
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a wrong decision.
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the test results?
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exactly clarify anything.
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there are a lot of people
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both "professional golfer"
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on their test results.
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how am I supposed to decide
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any parameters at all?
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Mr. Unlimited Potential.
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on my plastic briefcase.
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what I might like?
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for my night job...
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you'd like that, too.
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It's, like, 5:30 in the morning.
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Maybe you remember it.
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can I borrow 20 bucks?
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some more paint.
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six cans of paint yesterday.
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grilling me for?
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six cans of paint
in one day?
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I really need it.
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how hard I have to
work to make $20?
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we ask you for
some advice?
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been bugging Dewey
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leave him alone.
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me Dewey Dwarf.
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really raunchy nickname for her
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and church and stuff.
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really get it out there.
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for you, boys.
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with that?
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let's get to work.
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girl's name again?
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We'll think
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can't get it right.
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to finish it.
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their inventory.
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for all of us.
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just make up
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numbers and go home.
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my entire spring break
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that was all for nothing?
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I missed this week?
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debaucheries I could've been at?
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ripped their tops off
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to yell encouragement?
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that was for nothing!
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We took on a challenge.
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but please go on.
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that you're satisfied with it.
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slapping on paint
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and I've got nothing!
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to get it right
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until you are finished.
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445. I'm not going to go through this
every five years
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446. when you decide
that there's
a sculpture
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447. or a fountain
or God knows what
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448. it is you still
have to build.
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449. You are going
to finish it!
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450. Fine! You want them
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451. to see me finish it,
I'll finish it.
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452. I'll put a little bit here, huh?
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453. How about there?
How about there?
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454. And...
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455. Oh... oh...
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456. And...
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457. here...
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458. And...
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459. Awesome!
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460. I don't believe it.
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461. That's it.
That's what was in my head.
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462. I've had it!
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463. Everyone at that place are
a bunch of slacker, lazy...
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464. Oh, wow...
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465. Wow!
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466. Hal, I am so proud of you.
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467. I did it.
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468. I really did it.
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469. What's that sound?
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470. I don't know.
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471. It sounds like...
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472. Look out! Paint-alanche!
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473. Hal!
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474. Mime mokay! Mime mokay!
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475. Oh, honey,
I got to go. Bye.
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476. Francis, come on, I'll drive you
to the bus station.
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477. Hey, vacation's over, mister.
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478. Time to get
back to the old
grindstone. Let's go.
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479. You know,
all this made me realize,
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480. why plan for my future
when it's just going to end up
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481. with a giant wall of paint
crashing down on me?
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482. I'm just going to enjoy
being a kid for a while.
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483. There's a lot
of good things
about being a kid.
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484. Ow!
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485. That's for stepping
on my side of the room.
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486. No pressures,
no responsibilities.
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487. Malcolm, how many times
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488. do I have to tell you
to make up your bed?
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489. You are going to
make up all of our
beds for a month
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490. starting now.
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491. I think I'm smart enough to know
when I got it good.
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