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Being responsible a la shmoop. Meet happy Hipperson this guy doesn't

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have a care in the world, his daily routine consists of eating sleeping and [Happy eating Fritos]

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partying the rest of the time. Okay so his definition of partying is pretty [Happy asleep with a hat on]

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much just lounging around on the couch and eating Fritos but different strokes

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you know. He scoffs at his older brother Jared who has to put on a suit and tie [His brother looking angry and walking away in a suit]

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every day and go to one of those those job things he shakes his head and his

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sister Candice who always feels the need to follow the rules checking in with [Candice talking to her parents]

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mammy and Pappy Hipperson anytime she's gonna be home late. Always getting her [Cadince working on her homework]

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homework done on time eating right exercising could she be any more boring [Candice doing exercises]

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nope for happy this is the life. No responsibilities no bills to pay no

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supervisor to report to no restrictions on his partying / lounging time... [Happy dreaming of eating Fritos and lounging around]

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Uh oh, Mammy and Pappy have that look in their eyes again, oops looks like Happy's being [Happy being kicked out the house]

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given the old heave-ho not to be confused with the new heave-ho which is [Scientists working on the Heave Ho 2.0]

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still being beta tested.. Happy's parents have had it up to here [Fingers point to the parent's shoulders]

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higher, yeah right about there, with their freeloading irresponsible offspring his [The fingers move up to their heads]

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aunt Maude refuses to take him in and after about three days on the streets [Happy looking for a place to stay]

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with nothing to eat and nowhere to go happy finally find sufficient motivation

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to get his butt in gear. Suddenly happy has to actually find a way to survive in [Happy finds an angel]

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the real world but he finds out real fast that in the real world the [Sign for Abe's Demolition looking for workers]

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responsibility is kind of a big deal and not having any schooling or training to

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point to and it's gonna hurt because he was never responsible about his school [Happy's bad report card]

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work happy didn't exactly get the best grades so going to a top-notch college

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or getting a high paying job are pretty much out of the question instead he has [Office with lots of money on the floor]

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to apply for a minimum wage gig which he gets because well why not give the young [Happy in a fast food restaurant]

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kid a shot but which he then loses because he shows up late his first day

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on the job he learns his lesson the second time around and shows up every [Happy holding a bucket and brush]

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day at 8 a.m. on the dot for his new job as a car wash squeegee guy but he has

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dreams of moving up to assistant squeegee guy one day [Happy dreaming of becoming an assistant]

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and someday maybe for the TSA he could well nevermind. He starts renting a small

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studio apartment that he shares with a handful of cockroaches none of whom [Happy in bed with cockroaches crawling all over]

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unfortunately chip in on the rent. Of course the apartment doesn't last

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long either because after missing his first two rent payments happy is back on [Happy looks shocked the roaches didn't pay their rent and is kicked out by the landlord]

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the streets he tries and fails to get a car

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he has no co-signers and no one will give him a loan so he has to walk in his

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worn down sneakers every day between his job and his cardboard box du jour, oh [Happy walking in ruined shoes]

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people don't let this happen to you... Eventually his boss tires of his

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appearance and his smell in cuts happy loose, wow too unkempt to work as a

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squeegee guy ouch that hurts so happy does the only thing he can do he goes

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crawling begging and pleading back to mammy and Pappy. Well the parents they [Happy crawling into his parents house covered in dirt]

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take him back in as they can see he's learned his lesson and they sort of love [Happy's mom looks grossed out by the smell]

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him anyway but it's with the understanding that his unresponsibility

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is ancient history which it is happy cleans himself up it's [Happy working in a library]

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a halfway decent job and starts taking night school classes. He moves out and [Happy gets an A on his essay]

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into an apartment sans the cockroaches there. As soon as he's able and pays all [The cockroaches saying they miss Happy]

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his rent and bills on time from that day forward he takes responsibility for his [Landlord looking happy as his money is handed to him]

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health too, starts eating better ie not a hundred percent pop-tarts and ramen [Corn and pomegranates fall down]

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noodles and gets up off the couch on a regular basis when all said and done [Happy exercising]

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taking responsibility didn't just lift happy up in the eyes of his parents it [Happy with his arm in the air rising]

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vastly improved the quality of his life which made happy, happy too heck he even

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gets along with Jarrod and Candice nowadays maybe one day he'll even pick [Happy out to lunch with his brother and sister]

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up the check. Uh, maybe not...

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