1. D'oh!
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I hope you all are enjoying
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5. Groundskeeper Willie
and I will stay behind
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all traces of asbestos
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from our school.
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- Yes.
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Silly name. Uter.
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you volunteered to drive.
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get out of work?
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Daddy's got it covered.
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and a song in his heart.
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23. Turn tape over!
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24. Hey, I know
how we can have some fun.
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27. - Dingus! (grunts)
- (groans)
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28. God bless you, Nelson Muntz.
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29. I'm no hero.
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30. I just like to hit people
in the head.
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31. Hey, you (bleep)!
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32. You cut me off!
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33. Oh, yeah! (bleep) you!
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34. - (car horn honks)
- Dad! That's an ambulance!
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35. Oh, right!
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36. - (horn honks)
- (bleep) ambulance!
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with your (bleep) siren
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- (engine revs)
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39. Here we are, kids. The zoo.
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40. Well, that's great, Dad.
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41. Except you were supposed
to drive us to the newspaper.
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42. (Homer echoing) D'oh!
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43. Welcome
to the Springfield Shopper,
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44. established in 1883.
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by Johnny Newspaperseed,
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founding newspapers.
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how come he's dead?
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the shopper merged
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Post, Globe, Herald,
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and Hot Sex Weekly
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number-one newspaper.
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metropolitan newsroom
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from all over the globe.
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to the Shopper?
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58. No, please you gotta help ol' Gil.
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to keep you on the phone?
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But you wouldn't even see it.
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(chuckles)
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(humming)
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63. And this is our
comic strip department.
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Ann Landers and Dear Abby
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of daily sleep.
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or let us die!
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You can print out the headline
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(laughs, groans)
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percentage of recycled paper.
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Cake that says—
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He can hear pudding.
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82. So, Mimi, this little shindig
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84. What can I say except thanks
for the predictable champagne,
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which reminds us,
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you can't get vanilla right?
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to be married to her.
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ruining my retirement party?
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I wandered off from the tour.
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you like the food.
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- Sorry.
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for a new food critic,
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pooh-pooh everything he eats.
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we'll put you on staff.
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Mr. Editing Guy.
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the "e" doesn't work
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"Food box - Go or no go,
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this is the stupidest thing
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and "momatoes."
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threatening references to the U.N.
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the words "screw Flanders"
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to get to 500 words.
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(chuckles)
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at the funny joke! Ha-ha!
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with the real review.
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Stink of failure still on me.
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131. Dad, I'm sorry the editor
didn't like your review.
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a new review
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use the bathroom!
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134. Still not clean.
Still not clean!
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did we review?
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to Pate Labelle last week.
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137. - How about that?
- Great. Now let me think.
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sweet chocolate mousse.
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the only word for it is...
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"groin-grabbingly transcendent"?
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149. A groin-grabbingly good team.
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150. Four hundred and ninety seven,
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and ninety eight words.
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152. - Hmph.
- How about "screw Flanders"?
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162. This is so exciting, Homie!
Your first restaurant review!
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knows that I'm a food critic.
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Homer's a critic!
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for scratching your butt,
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- (groaning)
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article, whew,
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name is on it.
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to the humiliating world
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by me, Chuck Norris,
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and the Russian mafia.
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Hollywood gewgaws.
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There was no cane
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200. Lemme see. Stupid script!
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Jim Carrey's career!
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(groans)
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on that chicken place!
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everything was so good!
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I'm making a difference
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of food is contagious.
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There go my shin bones again.
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Are you gonna fire me
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- Whew!
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wanted to meet you.
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cancel Platypus Man...
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limitless possibilities!
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- Sorry.
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farm supply critic.
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the Gopher Poison show
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something, people.
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with a baseball bat are over!
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Nine thumbs up?
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you gave was
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'cause it had a hot wheel on it.
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You're a critic!
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(clears throat)
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line of rototillers.
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they're green!
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John Deere a 'Dear John."'
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- You don't have to patronize me.
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or petticoat junction?
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255. - No, it's not.
- It's not?
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on the fly.
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How do you make a King Lear?
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Knock, knock. Who's there?
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They're booing Shakespeare!
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for "pile of puke"!
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these string beans.
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a piece of my ear. Touché.
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it in your coffee!
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in a boy's life when—
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- (chair scraping)
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What will people think?
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I don't want to be partners
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who thinks like that.
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I'm Homer Simpson,
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get his comeuppance!
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No comeuppance!
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The Gilded Truffle really...
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Help me out here!
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- Rough?
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pitchin' that all night.
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- Chewy!
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tastes like bark"
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were very "grrrrr!"
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it was written by a dog.
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A dog can't type.
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every restaurant in town.
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people have certain expectations
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vacation horror stories,
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chronic fatigue syndrome...
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336. Homer, he's outta control.
He gave me a bad review!
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put a horse head on his bed.
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and gave it a bad review!
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are sinkin' our businesses.
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in the window?
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from the health inspector.
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or are we murderers?
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The Taste of Springfield festival.
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all he can eat,
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353. Then, he'll get
his just dessert.
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last lagniappe.
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You're gonna kill him with a pastry?
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eat a bowl of change.
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over one million calories.
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per square inch.
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- Covered with chocolate
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its surface.
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Oh.
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I'll stick in some poison.
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if you go in there.
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usually happens to me
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- (bat squealing)
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young lady?
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for our school paper.
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my ex-partner
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the top button on his pants.
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around like that since Thanksgiving.
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he just doesn't give it up
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wears out too fast.
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388. Yarrr! That's gonna replace
the whale in my nightmares!
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393. Wait a minute.
They're gonna kill Dad!
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this crazy French guy
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- (sighs)
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a part-time job
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and wind up
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of international assassins.
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by splitting up.
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you take salty snacks,
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scrumdiddly-doodly-duddley—
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- A rude Frenchman?
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Ooh! Sweet!
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(chuckles)
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Don't, uh—
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Thank God
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in that smoking crater!
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- Take him into custardy, boys!
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to some Belgian waffles?
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for some frittatas.
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I said about you.
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I didn't get my comeuppance,
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435. I'm finally getting
my comeuppance!
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436. Shh!
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437. Captioned by
Visual Data Media Services
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