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Sherman the slacker has been waiting for his ride to school for a [Sherman waiting patiently for a ride to school]

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while now he's pretty sure school has already started by now but he doesn't

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really care like we said he's a slacker he just wishes he could go back inside

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and play video games but his mom is in there and you know she'll yell at him [Sherman playing video games while his mother holds a sweeping brush]

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so he decides he might as well walk to school he walks slower than a slug

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in a food coma which for those who have never died with a slug is very slow but [a slug moving very slowly on the ground]

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he does make it to school by lunchtime awesome Sherman's favorite class is lunch

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as he's biting into his piece of pizza Sherman sees Andre the guy who was

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supposed to give him a ride Sherman asked Andre where he was this morning [Andre walking up to Sherman in the cafeteria]

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not that Sherman really minded missing class he was just actually curious Andre

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reminds Sherman that he's supposed to pay for half of the gas costs but he never

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gives him a cent so he told Sherman that he couldn't pick him up anymore if he [Andre asking Sherman for money for the gas]

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didn't ship in Sherman tells Andre to chill out and just write down on a

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napkin how much he owes Andre says that he drives five miles out of his way to

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pick up Sherman and that gas costs 1.935 dollars per gallon and that his car [math calculations scribbled on a napkin]

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gets 30 miles to the gallon Sherman tells Andre to get to the point he

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really wants to get another slice of pizza Andre divides 30 by 5 to get the [Sherman looking sad at waiting to get a slice of pizza]

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idea that every six days Sherman is costing in the gallon of gas that means

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every six days Sherman owes Andre 1.935 dollars Andre points out that

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he takes Sherman to school six days a week because Sherman is always in

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detention on Saturday and Andre has band practice there's been eight weeks of

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school so far and eight times 1.935 dollars comes to eleven dollars and 16 cents

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which is how much Sherman owes ok cool says Sherman I've got 12 bucks you can [Sherman waving 12 dollars to Andre]

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have whats yours as long as I have enough so I can buy another slice and a side of

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nacho cheese Andre gives up and tells Sherman to just walk from now on Sherman [Andre stands up and walks away from the dining table]

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shrugs and thinks it's his lucky day he's pretty sure that now he can afford

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at least two more slices with two sides of nacho cheese he's not worried about

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the calories there's going to be a lot of walking in the weeks ahead [Slug slithering along the road slowly]

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Wow

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