1. The Simpsons
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2. GUESS WHO'S COMING
TO CRITICIZE DINNER
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3. D'oh!
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4. I hope you all enjoy your ride to...
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5. and tour of
the Springfield Shopper newspaper.
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6. Groundskeeper Willie and I
will stay behind...
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7. to remove all traces of asbestos
and the word "evolution" from our school.
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8. Next stop, Margaritaville!
Uh-
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9. - Oh, they're still here.
- Yes.
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10. Now I'd like to ask each child to pair up
with a buddy so no one gets lost.
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11. Come of think of it,
I haven't seen Uter since the last field trip.
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12. Uter?
I don't remember any Uter.
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13. Silly name. Uter.
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14. Dad, it's great that you volunteered to drive.
But how did you get out of work?
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15. Don't worry, sweetie.
Daddy's got it covered.
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16. ? I work hard for the money?
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17. Now, there's an employee, Smithers.
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18. A smile on his lips and a song in his heart.
Promote him.
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19. ? [ Continues, Warbled ]
Turn tape over!
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20. Hey, I know how we can have some fun.
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21. I spy with my little eye...
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22. something beginning with "D."
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23. - Dingus!
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24. God bless you, Nelson Muntz.
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25. I'm no hero.
I just like to hit people in the head.
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26. Hey, you!
You cut me off!
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27. Oh, yeah!
you!
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28. Dad! That's an ambulance!
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29. - Oh, right.
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30. ambulance!
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31. Think you're so big
with your siren...
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32. and your letters on backwards!
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33. Here we are, kids.
The zoo.
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34. Well, that's great, Dad. Except you were
supposed to drive us to the newspaper.
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35. - [ Homer, Echoing ] D'oh!
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36. Welcome to the Springfield Shopper...
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37. established in 1883.
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38. The newspaper was founded
by Johnny Newspaperseed...
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39. a 14-year-old boy who roamed America
founding newspapers.
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40. If he's so smart,
how come he's dead?
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41. Over the years,
the Shopper merged...
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42. with the Springfield Times, Post, Globe,
Herald, Jewish News and Hot Sex Weekly...
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43. to become Springfield's
number-one newspaper.
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44. Wow, a bustling
metropolitan newsroom...
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45. funneling scoops
from all over the globe.
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46. Hi! Are you interested
in a subscription to the Shopper?
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47. Low introductory rates!
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48. No, you gotta help ol' Gil. What's it
gonna take to keep you on the phone?
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49. Dance for ya?
But you wouldn't even see it. You-
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50. All right. I'm dancin'!
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51. ?
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52. And this is
our comic strip department.
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53. Who here reads Mary Worth?
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54. Let's move on.
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55. This is where we store Ann Landers and Dear Abby
for their 23 hours of daily sleep.
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56. My advice is to free us or let us die!
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57. Check it out, Dad. You can print out
the headline from the day you were born.
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58. Ooh! Pointless nostalgia!
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59. I'd sure hate to be him.
[ Laughs, Groans ]
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60. And to protect Mother Earth...
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61. each copy contains a certain percentage
of recycled paper.
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62. What percent is that?
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63. Zero!
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64. Zero's a percent.
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65. Hey, I smell cake.
Cake that says-
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66. "Farewell" and-
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67. [ Sniffs, Gasps ]
"Best Wishes!"
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68. Your old man has an awesome nose.
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69. Oh, that's nothing.
He can hear pudding.
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70. So, Mimi, this little shindig
is our way of saying farewell...
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71. to our favorite food critic.
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72. What can I say except thanks
for the predictable champagne...
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73. pizza that's hardly numero uno...
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74. and ice cream cake
which reminds us...
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75. why make 31 flavors when
you can't get vanilla right?
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76. I wouldn't want to be married to her.
I mean, again.
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77. Who are you, and why are you
ruining my retirement party?
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78. I'll have you know
I wandered off from the tour.
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79. At least you like the food.
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80. Oh, I like food, all right.
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81. I like pizza, I like bagels
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82. I like hot dogs
with mustard and beer
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83. - I get the picture.
- ? I'll eat eggplant?
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84. I could even eat a baby deer
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85. La-la-la-la-la-la
La-la la-la
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86. - ? Who's that baby deer on the lawn there?
- Enough already!
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87. - Sorry.
- Hey, listen.
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88. I just had a thought.
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89. We're looking
for a new food critic...
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90. someone who doesn't immediately
pooh-pooh everything he eats.
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91. No, it usually takes a few hours.
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92. Uh- Look...
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93. I'd like to give you a tryout.
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94. Write a 500-word sample review.
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95. If it passes muster,
we'll put you on staff.
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96. Thanks for the chance.
You won't never regret this, Mr. Editing Guy.
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97. You know, Homie,
the "E" doesn't work on that typewriter.
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98. We don't need no stinkin' "E."
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99. "Restaurant Review."
No.
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100. "Eatery Evaluation?"
No.
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101. "Food Box- Go or No Go, by Homer-" No.
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102. Earl- No! Bill Simpson!
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103. Well? What do you think?
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104. This is a joke, right?
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105. I mean, this is
the stupidest thing I've ever read.
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106. What's wrong with it?
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107. Well, you keep using words
like "pasghetti" and "momatoes."
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108. You make numerous
threatening references to the U.N.
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109. And at the end you repeat the words
"Screw Flanders"...
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110. over and over again.
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111. Oh, it's so hard
to get to 500 words.
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112. Oh, look, Homer, I'm sorry-
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113. No, no! You're right!
It's a joke!
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114. Everyone laugh at the funny joke!
Ha-ha!
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115. I'll be right back with the real review.
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116. Still not clean.
Stink of failure still on me.
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117. Dad, I'm sorry the editor
didn't like your review.
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118. I'll help you write a new review
if you'll just let me use the bathroom!
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119. Still not clean.
Still not clean!
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120. Okay, what restaurant
did we review?
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121. Well, we went to Pâté LaBelle
last week. How about that?
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122. Great. Now, let me think.
The food was-
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123. Mmm- not undelicious.
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124. - The food is delicious.
- That's brilliant.
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125. Then I had the sweet,
sweet chocolate mousse.
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126. Really,
the only word for it is-
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127. Hmm. What's the English
equivalent for?
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128. I'd say "transcendent."
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129. How about
"groin-grabbingly transcendent"?
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130. - Uh, I don't think so.
- We make a good team.
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131. A groin-grabbingly good team.
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132. 497, 498 words.
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133. - Hmph.
- How about "Screw Flanders"?
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134. - Bon appétit.
- Ehh, both's good.
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135. Not bad!
Not bad at all!
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136. We're gonna run this on page one...
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137. of section H-2.
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138. Whoo-hoo!
Stop the presses!
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139. Okay, start the presses!
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140. That takes four hours.
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141. Whatever.
I'll be at Moe's.
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142. This is so exciting, Homie.
Your first restaurant review.
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143. Marge. Shh.
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144. It's important that no one knows
that I'm a food critic.
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145. Hear that, Maude?
Homer's a critic.
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146. Homer's a critic.
Pass it on.
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147. - Did you hear? Homer's a critic.
- Quit changing the subject!
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148. - Where is Uter?
- We just want closure.
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149. Arr! Here you are.
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150. One critic's special.
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151. If anything appears to be movin'...
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152. that's just freshness.
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153. Can you believe it, Marge? This job is
the greatest. They're paying me to eat!
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154. If you could just get somebody to pay you for
scratching your butt, we'll be on easy street.
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155. - Why, you little-
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156. - Why, you little-
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157. Wah! My first publised article
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158. Although someone else's name is on it.
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159. Heh-heh. Welcome to the humiliating world
of professional writing.
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160. But this is only the beginning.
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161. Welcome to Planet Springfield...
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162. the restaurant owned by me,
Chuck Norris...
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163. Johnny Carson's third wife
and the Russian mafia.
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164. Each Planet Springfield is filled
with priceless Hollywood gewgaws.
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165. There's the coffee mug from Heartbeepsl
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166. And there's the cane
from Citizen Kane!
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167. Wait a minute.
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168. There was no cane in Citizen Kane.
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169. And there's that awful script
from The Cable Guy.
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170. Lemme see.
Stupid script!
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171. Nearly wrecked Jim Carrey's career!
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172. You-
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173. I'm gonna-What?
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174. The food is exquisite.
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175. And the view is... beautiful...
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176. inspirational...
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177. nauseating-
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178. Hey, Homer!
Great call on that chicken place.
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179. And on that rib place!
I never knew everything was so good!
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180. Look, Marge.
I'm making a difference in people's lives.
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181. Yes, Simpson,
your love of food is contagious.
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182. - I've never felt jollier.
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183. Ooh.
There go my shin bones again.
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184. - Hey, Homer, come here.
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185. Are you gonna fire me
for swiping office supplies?
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186. - No.
- Whew!
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187. Some of your fellow critics
wanted to meet you.
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188. This is Garth Tralawney, TV critic.
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189. Why, you-
You made them cancel Platypus Manl
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190. Homer! This is our theater critic,
Daphne Beaumont.
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191. And The Cosby Mysteriesl
That show had limitless possibilities!
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192. - Homer, please!
- Sorry.
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193. Jamie Killday, farm supply critic.
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194. Just got back from
the gopher poison show in Paris.
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195. Let me tell you something- the days of
clubbing them with a baseball bat are overl
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196. For you, perhaps.
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197. Listen, we've been meaning to have
a talk with you about your reviews.
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198. Everything's a rave. "Nine thumbs up"?
What the hell is that?
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199. I've given out my share of bad reviews.
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200. The only bad review you gave was to
a slice of pizza you found under the couch.
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201. It lost some points
'cause it had a Hot Wheel on it.
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202. Good lord, you're a critic!
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203. You don't have to like everything,
e.g., my latest review.
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204. We see "John Deere has come out
with this year's line of rototillers.
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205. "Surprise, surprise- they're green!
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206. I say it's time to send John Deere
a 'Dear John."
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207. Oh, that's classic!
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208. - You don't have to patronize me.
- Aaa- Okay.
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209. Lord, thy daughters...
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210. Goneril, Regan and Cordelia.
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211. What is this, merry old England
or Petticoat Junction?
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212. - [ Audience Booing, Hissing, Heckling ]
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213. - Lighten up. It's a comedy.
- No, it's not.
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214. It's not?
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215. Hmm. This pea soup is as weak as
the acting and nowhere near as hammy.
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216. Dad! That's so mean!
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217. The other critics
told me to be mean.
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218. You should always give in
to peer pressure.
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219. - But what if someone bad tells me to-
- Always!
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220. Huh? Huh?
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221. Whoa! This material stinks!
I'm gonna have to punch it up on the fly.
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222. Oh, I got one! How do you make a King Lear?
Put the queen in a bikini!
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223. - [ Chuckles, Groans ] Here's another one.
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224. "Knock knock."Who's there?"
"Juliet."Juliet who?"
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225. Juliet so much pasta fazool,
Romeo doesn't want her anymore!
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226. Whoa, tough crowd.
They're booing Shakespeare!
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227. Mmm.
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228. Uh, not bad...
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229. if lasagna is Italian
for "pile of puke"!
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230. Aah! I chopp-a you good!
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231. Well, I hope you cut me better
than you did these string beans.
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232. Hmm. I seem to be missing
a piece of my ear. Touché.
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233. Who wants pork chops?
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234. Mmm.
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235. Sorry, Marge.
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236. I'm afraid this gets my lowest rating ever-
seven thumbs up.
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237. You always liked my pork chops.
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238. Marge, I'm sorry,
but your cooking's only got two moves-
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239. shake and bake.
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240. You like Shake 'n Bake!
You used to put it in your coffee!
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241. People change, Marge.
My palate has grown more sophisticated.
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242. Oh, yeah?
What's a palate?
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243. Oh, it's a...
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244. special time in a boy's life when-
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245. Gotta go!
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246. So come to The Legless Frog...
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247. if you want to get sick and die
and leave a big, garlicky corpse!
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248. P.S. Parking was ample.
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249. Dad, you're being cruel for no reason.
What will people think?
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250. People will think what I tell them to think
when you tell me what to tell them to think.
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251. Not anymore. I don't wanna be partners
with a man who thinks like that.
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252. Nobody talks to me that way!
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253. I'm Homer Simpson,
the most powerful food critic in town...
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254. who will never get his comeuppance!
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255. You hear me?
No comeuppance!
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256. We'll be right back.
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257. I don't need Lisa
to write a good review.
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258. The food at the Gilded Truffle
really, uh-What's a good word?
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259. - Sucks! That's great!
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260. And the bread was really-
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261. Come on! Help me out here!
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262. - Ruff!
- Rough? I don't know.
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263. You've been pitchin' that all night.
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264. - Chewy?
- Chewy!
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265. That's inspired!
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266. Homer, what gives
with this review?
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267. You say
"the salad tastes like bark"...
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268. and the potatoes were very "Grrrrr!"
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269. - This reads like it was written by a dog.
- Are you crazy?
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270. A dog can't type.
Unfortunately.
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271. Listen, you gotta shape up!
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272. Next week is
the Taste of Springfield Festival.
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273. You'll be reviewing
every restaurant in town.
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274. Remember, people have certain expectations
about the "Life Ways" section.
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275. - Really? Like what?
- Oh, I don't know.
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276. Astrology, Broom-Hilda,
vacation horror stories...
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277. articles about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome-
you know, chick crap.
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278. Homer, he's outta control-a.
He gave me a bad-a review!
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279. So my friend
put a horse head on his bed.
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280. He ate-a the head
and gave it a bad review! True story.
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281. Arr, well, I've had it with Homer!
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282. His bad reviews
are sinkin' our businesses.
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283. Then why did you put yours
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284. Arr, it covered up the "D"
from the health inspector.
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285. Well, I say we ban Homer
from our restaurants.
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286. No.
That would be impolite.
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287. - I say we kill him!
- Now, hold on a minute.
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288. Are we restauranteurs,
or are we murderers?
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289. Does that answer your question?
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290. We'll kill him at the Taste
of Springfield Festival.
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291. We'll give Homer all he can eat,
till he can eat no more.
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292. Then he'll get his just dessert.
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293. This will be Homer Simpson's
last lagniappe.
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294. Come on!
You're gonna kill him with a pastry?
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295. I've seen this man eat a bowl of change.
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296. This éclair has over one million calories.
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297. Twenty-five pounds of butter
per square inch.
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298. - Covered with chocolate so dark...
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299. light cannot escape its surface.
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300. - No, no, no!
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301. This is just a picture.
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302. But Homer Simpson
will find the real thing...
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303. both delicious and deadly.
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304. Ah, yes!
Death by chocolate.
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305. Oh.
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306. And poison.
I'll stick in some poison.
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307. Homie, my woman's intuition's acting up.
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308. Something bad's going to happen
if you go in there.
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309. Oh, Marge, something bad usually
happens to me when I go in anywhere.
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310. D'oh! Ohh!
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311. A bat.
Now, that's a new one.
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312. What are you up to, young lady?
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313. I'm reviewing the festival
for our school paper.
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314. Oh.
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315. Well, I'm glad to see my ex-partner
is doing so well without me.
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316. Pedestrian.
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317. Uninspired.
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318. I didn't say stop.
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319. Lard ho!
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320. Arr, 'tis a good sign.
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321. Homer's unfastened
the top button on his pants.
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322. Uh, no, he's been walking around
like that since Thanksgiving.
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323. I'm surprised he just doesn't give it up
and go for sweat pants.
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324. He says the crotch wears out too fast.
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325. Yarrr! That's gonna replace
the whale in my nightmares!
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326. Well, don't worry.
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327. The giant éclair will knock Homer
off the food page...
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328. and into the obituaries.
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329. Wait a minute.
They're gonna kill Dad!
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330. Ooh!
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331. Oh, that's a spicy meat-a-ball!
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332. If we don't find Dad,
this crazy French guy is gonna kill him!
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333. Only your father could take
a part-time job at a small-town paper...
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334. and wind up the target
of international assassins.
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335. We can find him faster by splitting up.
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336. You take fried foods, you take salty snacks,
I'll take desserts.
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337. Break!
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338. Ohh! So full.
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339. Belly button moving from...
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340. innie to... outie!
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341. Ooh, that looks
scrumdiddly-doodly-duddley-
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342. - Get lost!
- A rude Frenchman? Well, I never!
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343. Ooh! Sweet!
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344. Ooh!
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345. Dad, no!
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346. It's gonna kill you!
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347. Ehh, I've had a good run.
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348. Don't, uh-
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349. Um, it's low-fat!
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350. No!
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351. Whew! That was close.
Thank God it landed in that smoking crater!
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352. ?
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353. - Huh?
- Take him into custardy, boys!
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354. Hah!
Attempted murder one.
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355. Now, boys, what would you say
to some Belgian waffles?
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356. Actually, I was in the mood
for some frittatas.
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357. - Ha! Lou and his frittatas!
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358. - Frittatas!
- Oh, he likes eggs.
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359. Oh, Lisa, you saved me!
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360. And after all the bad things
I said about you.
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361. What bad things?
Why?
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362. Lisa, The important thng is I did'nt get my
comeuppance, and I never will
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363. - Uh, Dad?
- I know, honey.
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364. The important thing is-
Run!
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365. - [ Homer Groaning, Whimpering ]
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366. I'm finally getting my comeuppancel
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367. - Shh!
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