1. Okay, Ron.
Enough is enough.
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Diane's baby shower.
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baby bingo, baby food-tasting,
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a baby onesie decorating station.
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look like an astronaut.
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baby?" Oh, so cute.
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looking at a very adorable stroller.
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have a stroller.
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10. Oh, shoot. Really? I'll have
to think of something else.
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my God. Whose baby is that?
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Ron has a baby!
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Redacted Swanson.
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to keep my voice down
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22. when you had your baby and you
didn't tell me that you had your baby?
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something like that?
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Oh, my God.
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sent Diane a gift.
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wondering why I haven't sent her a gift yet.
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Ron, please just let us know.
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there is something.
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stop by the pet store
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fish food for me?
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on the Unity Concert. Madison?
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all to submit a song
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40. He dislocates his shoulder
to the music of Billy Joel.
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"Why would anyone do this?"
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on the art tents?
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signed up to show their work.
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Jackson Pollock-esque,
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47. and I told him that's finger
painting for adults and I hate it!
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48. The Pawnee-Eagleton merger
has made for a rough year
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merger was a success,
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but for a politician,
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the best-case scenario.
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be a pile of leaves
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to get blown away.
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57. I have booked a meeting with
none other than Grant Larson.
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who that is?
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59. Um, I do. Grant Larson,
otherwise known as Elton John.
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No.
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of the Midwest branch
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63. He's basically the Liam
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Interior's resident bad boy?
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66. He's basically the Tim Dweck.. . Okay,
never mind.
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67. I have asked Grant to declare
Eagleton Hills a national park
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of our Unity Concert.
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75. This is your chance to put your
names on the Pawnee Unity Concert,
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of Tricia's new highlights.
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78. You think I wouldn't notice?
You look fly as hell, girl.
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corporate sponsorship,
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meeting with local bigwigs.
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81. I'm going to do what I do best,
lock down deals.
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82. And Dorkasaurus over here is
gonna handle the boring stuff.
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valued my business acumen.
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he's so cute.
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boo-bear I've ever seen.
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adorable baby and I love you!
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freaking precious!
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for the baby. It says...
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93. Here we are. The park that
borders Pawnee and Eagleton.
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for the press conference
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our Unity Concert.
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96. People are gonna clap,
they're gonna cheer.
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97. Today might be the day
that I finally crowd surf.
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98. Should probably empty my pockets,
just in case.
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99. Hey, one question. Where do
you think you're gonna stand?
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the graffiti that says...
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102. Or... "Go home,
Eagleton snobs"?
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103. I painted over that graffiti a week
ago. These people are the worst.
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a Unity Concert
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eagle giving the middle finger.
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106. Yeah, you probably want to stand
to the side so people can see it.
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107. You know, why do we
even have this wall?
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uniting the two towns,
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109. and this literally
divides them.
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110. We should just
knock it down.
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makes it look so easy.
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I've worked here,
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as little of this building as possible.
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floor is silent, empty
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of government work.
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118. I can't think of
anything more beautiful
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120. If I had a toolbox,
I could take care of that faulty radiator.
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121. Oh, this place
is a paradise!
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122. Wow, nicely done, Tom.
We have 15 sponsorship offers.
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123. Make that 16.
Mitch Savner.
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124. Savner Bleaches and
Chemicals. That's it.
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125. You guys make my favorite teeth-whitening strips,
Pearlies for Girlies.
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126. It's unisex. The cartoon
princess on the label says so.
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127. I'll sponsor your concert,
but I'm also looking to invest in other ventures.
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128. I have a feeling a bright guy like
you has some ideas of his own.
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129. I may have a few eggs ready to
hatch in the personal idea nest.
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130. Why don't you come to my office
tomorrow and pitch me your hottest idea?
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131. Perfect.
I'll see you then.
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132. Oh, that's pretty cool.
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133. It's all happening, Ben. Soon,
I'll have a new career,
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this may be one of the last times
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speak to you.
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137. Come with me.
I need your help.
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138. Thank you so much,
everyone, for coming
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139. and a special thank you to
the City Council for their support.
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140. I was told there would be
a free barbecue buffet.
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141. Just take some
beef jerky and hush.
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we will be holding a massive Unity Concert
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between Pawnee and Eagleton.
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call New Founder's Day,
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to our new town.
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Eagleton put up this wall along the border.
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tear down this wall.
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the first strike.
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152. It is such
a great day for...
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155. Ahhh! It stung me
on the eyeball!
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156. Oh, man,
this is amazing, man!
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157. The stupid Eagletonians are
totally getting pwned by these bees.
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158. I'm gonna send
this straight to Tosh.
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159. Don't worry, babe,
I'll protect you. I got stung once. I'm immune.
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It does nothing!
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people who were stung were from Eagleton.
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closest to the wall.
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because he was laughing at the Eagletonians.
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167. How did you get your
bees into the wall,
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it take to plan
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prank on Eagleton?
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170. They were not my bees, Trodd. And
for the last time, this was not a prank.
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171. I did not know that
bees were in that wall.
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172. I mean, in fact, you should treat this
like a public service announcement.
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173. Everybody should check
their walls for bees.
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174. Nice try, Prank Queen.
Probably bees in there.
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that's all the time I have.
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do with your bees?
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what's your next prank?
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178. Oh, Leslie, Grant Larson is on the
phone from the National Parks Service.
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with him right now.
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crisis mode. Okay?
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181. Larry, just tell him
I need to reschedule
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182. because I am trying to fix
my bee hole disaster.
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183. Okey-dokey. Wait. No. Wait. No,
Larry. Don't tell him that.
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185. Just as we suspected, John.
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186. We repaired
the valve stem seal,
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187. and now all that remains is
to tighten down his packing nut
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189. Can we help you?
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190. No, we have everything
under control.
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this whole floor.
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allowed up here right now.
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193. Well, proceed with your work.
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194. Well, we're gonna be
kind of loud.
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is several weeks old.
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the sound of power tools.
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197. Okay, how about this one?
LASIK for fingernails.
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198. You cut your fingernails once and
you never have to cut 'em again.
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199. All we need is a complicated
laser I have no idea how to build.
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202. Uh-oh! "Saltweens.
Saltines for tweens."
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business idea I have
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fleshed out is a restaurant.
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were ranked number one
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Riskiest Businesses issue.
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actually.
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very risky.
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floated down from the heavens,
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anything to pitch him.
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had one good business idea.
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214. No, I'm not,
but I do have an idea. It's air-tight.
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it's not super sexy.
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Okay, listen up.
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between dry cleaners
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sell chemicals to dry cleaners.
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That is not sexy.
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three people in the hospital.
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just the latest assault
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side of this merger.
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most tenacious reporter.
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teeth into something,
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a dog with a bone!
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my God. You can't lean in to whisper
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That's not fair.
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about the Unity Concert.
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think that was a prank?
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anything. It was a prank, though, right?
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levelheadedness is very moving to me,
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to the hospital
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every victim in person.
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242. Fine, but no cameras.
Fine, I won't bring any.
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243. Ahhh! I can't handle
all this fighting!
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all over again. Don't even ask!
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I'm distraught!
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247. Man, forget
about working.
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248. I just want to stare
at this baby all day.
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249. What is the nature of
your work on this floor?
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250. Total redo. New floors,
fixtures, plumbing.
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251. How long will it take?
Six to eight weeks.
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you in the time allotted.
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materials brought up here.
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255. Are you crazy? This is
enough work for a whole crew.
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you when you told them that,
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profiting off their ignorance.
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two months' paid vacation
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which will be flawless.
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I'll need right here.
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the really exciting part.
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at $1.60 a gallon,
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at 2.38 a gallon.
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what you're thinking.
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267. "What if it's a cleaner who
wants to buy glycol ethers?"
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TED talk by the color beige.
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idea doesn't excite you,
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make you a lot of money.
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mind-numbingly dull.
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277. Does this
look dull to you?
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incredibly sorry.
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of you, Ms. Knope.
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less gross very soon.
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281. Hey. Thanks for coming, Knope.
I knew we were besties.
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some dirty mags?
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are for innocent victims,
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other people's pain.
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286. Whatever. Got a lot of
filth on my Kindle anyway.
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What?
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Roll camera.
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290. Tell me when. Is my
hair okay? We're good?
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293. We're live,
ambushing Leslie Knope
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the middle of
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publicity stunt.
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into the faces
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injured victims.
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This is not a publicity stunt.
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myself to apologize
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who got stung.
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is you talking to your friend,
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Jeremy Jamm.
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that's best friend.
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Eagletonians need to
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and bury the hatchet.
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who or who seceded from who.
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a Pawnee secession movement.
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enough! Get these cameras out of here.
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you Pawnee animal.
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Classy move, douchebag.
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no. No fighting in the hospital.
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What's happening?
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from my black eye.
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everyone is angry,
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introducing
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City Council meeting.
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good news? It's not.
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have a brief moment
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before you got sadder.
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the merger are a minority.
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louder than everyone else.
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keeps being stupid
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It sucks.
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It's fine.
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It's just like a big, fun...
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It sucks.
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Everything sucks.
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this merger backfires.
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excellent surprise
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for Leslie Knope.
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the National Parks Service
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your meeting.
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a very important person
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a gruesome shiner.
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wearing a tie-dye T-shirt.
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Thanks for meeting me.
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with your sparkle and passion.
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businesses work. Passion.
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let's get to it.
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passionate about?
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for you.
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old world Italian restaurant.
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in a small town setting.
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"Dry Cleaning Chemical
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Holding Company"?
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the wrong easel!
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this guy anywhere.
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a picture.
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I had to reschedule.
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of a hectic week.
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turn some of our new land
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Ms. Knope.
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but we can't make that happen.
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this week just keeps getting better and better.
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my already bleeding corpse.
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I wanted to meet you.
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you since before you called me.
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You know who I am?
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who wrote this.
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clean up the Pawnee River?
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at Interior for a year and a half.
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humiliate staffers, but...
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thoroughly researched
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request I've ever seen.
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meaningful it is to hear you say that.
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392. But you're a little late. The
river cleanup's well under way.
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393. This is bigger than
the river cleanup.
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394. We're opening a new
office in Chicago.
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395. I've spent the last few weeks
reading about you and your career,
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the perfect person to run it.
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397. Leslie, would you like to run a
branch of the National Parks Service?
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398. Tom's Bistro will have all the classic elements,
but with modern twists.
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399. An oak bar, live music,
and Sunday brunch with scrambled eggs so fluffy,
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pillows for your bacon.
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401. Bacon pillows.
I like the sound of that.
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402. But I have to say,
restaurants are incredibly risky.
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403. Most of them are
dead on arrival.
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404. We're well aware of that, but believe me,
Tom has thought this out.
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405. See, there's plenty of
real estate available
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part of town.
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affordable dining that feels high-end.
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running it, I'm in.
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411. Amazing.
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kid. Your boss here sure knows his stuff.
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413. Ron, what are
you doing here?
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414. The most important
government work I've ever done.
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out of this floor.
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417. I come here to think
sometimes, by myself.
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418. But now that you're
here.. . Damn it.
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419. I am going to speak to you very
vaguely about a problem that I have.
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questions or details about it.
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421. That is my ideal conversation,
aside from no conversation.
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422. But that feels unlikely.
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423. Look, you know how
much I love Pawnee.
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424. But the more I try to fix it,
the more people fight me.
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425. They call me names, they recall me,
they try to kill the merger.
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426. They literally
punch me in the face.
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427. And yet, every time I
contemplate leaving,
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once and for all,
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that old steam radiator.
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valve into the side,
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from the base,
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from the stem.
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only had one wrench,
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or I'd have been screwed.
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man. You are lucky. Come on, Ron.
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438. What the hell?
I need your help.
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of American-made cast iron
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442. Now, to most people,
this story would seem boring.
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443. That's ridiculous. It's a
story about a radiator.
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immensely satisfying
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445. because I enjoy
fixing radiators.
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Leslie. You always have.
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447. You know it's an uphill battle,
but you love the struggle.
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that you've already done
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make this town better.
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this young man here
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from your hard work.
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Nothing.
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a lot about your offer.
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I can't think of
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not to take it.
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460. That's great. I'll start
drawing up the paperwork.
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461. I'm sorry. I meant because I can
think of a lot of reasons not to take it.
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462. Okay, that's a very
misleading phraseology.
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463. I'm sorry. It's an amazing offer,
and I'm very interested.
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to leave Pawnee,
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be okay without me.
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finished what I've started.
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need your answer?
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federal government
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so you have a little time.
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Here it is.
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is totally screwed up.
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worked out for you, Tom,
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sold me out back there.
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I was passionate about.
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I'm never going to be
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cleaning chemicals.
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I guess.
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a restaurant is risky.
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I know I can.
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second investor in Tom's Bistro.
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a symbolic gesture,
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floor is $1,000.
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you own zero shares.
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clearing that up.
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fire you. I'm not kidding.
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It's red pine.
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flecked linoleum
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preserved knotty red pine.
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495. Most people in this world,
John, are ass...
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a government building.
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my son was here to share it with me.
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only comes with the pride of labor.
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well done, John.
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