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Lacey finally gets one-up on Brent when he becomes the outsider after learning that, according to the new Dog River global positioning unit, Corner Gas isn't actually inside Dog River. Hank gets a new job as the town's garbage man, but he's a little too 'into' it for Oscar and Emma's liking. Karen tries to help Davis with the ins and outs of practical joking when she discovers that he just doesn't understand either part of the term.

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    • QUOTES (14)

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      • Oscar (about Brent): You're emotionally closer to him than we are. Lacey: He's your only child. You've raised him since birth. Oscar: Exactly. I'm done.

      • Davis: We've got a GPS. That's Global Positioning System. Brent: Cool. Are we still third from the sun? Davis: No. Well, yes.

      • Oscar: I'm shredding our bank records. Emma: Why? We're not exactly a major corporation. Oscar: Hank's going through everyone's garbage, if he finds out we've got that extra three hundred dollars he'll be all over us. Emma: Cut them vertically too.

      • Hank: I'll take your garbage. Lacey: Hank, you don't have to do that; come on in, I'll give you some food. Fitzy: I think he means he'll take the job. Lacey: Huh? Oh, of course! Fitzy: How much would you charge? Hank: Charge? Oh, charge! Yeah, uh, a thousand bucks. Fitzy: I have twenty dollars. Hank: Twenty-five. Fitzy: Done!

      • Oscar: Stupid bank! Are they still calling me Omar? Emma: Yes, but you'll be glad to know the bank made a mistake and owes money to Omar and his wife, Elna. Oscar: Who's Elna? Emma: Some idiot who shouldn't have married Omar.

      • Karen: We're in Dog River now, but if we went through those doors, god knows where we'd be. Wanda: You'd be in the can. It's a door to the bathroom, not a vortex to another dimension.

      • Wanda: Provincial Labour Code; I'm what they call a 'non-regional employee' now, so you have to pay me per diem. Brent: Get out of town! Wanda: I am out of town, so you're supposed to pay me an extra $20 per working day.

      • Lacey: So how's the garbage man? Hank: It's not 'garbage man'; that's insulting. We prefer the term janitorial... I mean, custodial worker. Civic custodial worker... engineer... technician.

      • Hank: You can tell a lot about people when you collect their garbage; especially if you take time, rifle through it a little bit. My point is, people just think of it as garbage, but really it's like a wet, sticky bag of half-rotten clues.

      • Karen (to Davis): Slashing someone's tires is not a practical joke. It's serious! And impractical. You pulled an impractical serious.

      • (Hank wonders what Oscar and Emma bought at the Foo Mart) Hank: Is it something exotic? Oscar: Watch your mouth! Hank: What? I said 'exotic'. Oscar: And I said 'watch your mouth'!

      • Lacey: In business, there are only two choices: lower your expenses or increase your revenue. Brent: You're completely over-looking bankruptcy and insurance fraud.

      • Oscar: I can't believe you'd sell something that doesn't even work! Brent: Of course it works; I'm not going to sell something that doesn't work. Oscar: You sold me that stupid fishing reel that didn't work. Brent: And I gave you your money back, didn't I? Oscar: No! Brent: Stay on topic, this is about the washer fluid. Oscar: I don't trust it. Why is it red? Brent: I don't know, maybe it's cinnamon.

      • Hank: Jeez, Lacey, your garbage at home's way more interesting. Lacey: Well, thank you, but you can leave that. Hank: Oh, well, I couldn't call myself a sanitorial janitation technologist if I did.

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      • Brent Butt and Kevin White were nominated for a Canadian Comedy Award 2007 in the category of "Television Writing Special or Episode" for this episode.

      • Brent Butt and Kevin White won the 2007 Canadian Screenwriters' Award in the category of "Comedy and Variety" for this episode.

      • The original transmission of this episode was delayed for a few minutes so that CTV could begin their municipal election coverage, which was then continued after Corner Gas ended.

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      • Oscar: You mean, like a bank error in our favour? Emma: Yeah, maybe next month, we'll win a beauty contest and collect fifty dollars. Both of these lines allude to the Parker Brothers game, Monopoly, which was created 1934 by Charles B. Darrow of Germantown, Pennsylvania. The game (in its original form) featured properties named after places and streets in Atlantic City; there were also railroads, as well as 'Chance' spots on the board, which required the player to pick up a card. One card awarded the player some money, saying that "the bank made an error in your favour" and another card awarded the player ten dollars for taking second place in a beauty contest. Since its inception, the game has spawned numerous "themed" boards, with editions available that are particular to certain cities, as well as editions for the NY Yankees, Dale Earnhardt, The Star Trek Edition, The Marvel Comics Collector's Edition, Coca-Cola Collector's Edition and Justice League of America Edition.

      • Brent: I heard you got punk'd. Lacey: Yeah, Davis pulled a good one. By saying that Lacey "got punk'd", Brent is referring to the MTV show Punk'd, hosted by Ashton Kutcher, in which people are set up as the butt of a practical joke, and the whole thing is filmed and shown on tv.

      • Brent: Oh, hey, before you go, answer me this: when you work outside of your region, how much per diem do you get paid? Tow Truck Driver: Per diem? Who am I, Van Halen? Brent: I don't know all the rules. The gal who works for me just kinda tells me how much I have to pay her as we go along. Tow Truck Driver: When you said that just now, did it sound stupid to you? Brent: Kind of. You've been very helpful. Van Halen is an American rock band that released their first album in 1978. They, like most other rock bands, go on tour and so work outside their home region.

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