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Now can you believe it?
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After only five years of playing football,
I got a college degree.
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Congratulations, son.
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Mama was so proud.
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Forrest, I'm so proud of you.
Here, I'll hold this for you.
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Congratulations, son.
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Have you given any thought
to your future?
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Thought?
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Hello, I'm Forrest. Forrest Gump.
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Nobody gives a hunk of shit
who you are, fuzzball!
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You're not even a low-life,
scum-sucking maggot!
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Get your faggotty ass on the bus.
You're in the Army now!
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This seat's taken.
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Taken.
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At first, it seemed like
I made a mistake,
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seeing how it was only my induction day
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and I was already getting yelled at.
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You can sit down if you want to.
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I didn't know who I might meet,
or what they might ask.
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You ever been on a real shrimp boat?
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No, but I been on a real big boat.
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I'm talking about
a shrimp-catching boat.
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I've been working
on shrimp boats all my life.
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I started out on my uncle's boat,
that's my mama's brother,
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when I was about maybe nine.
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I was just looking into buying a boat
of my own and got drafted.
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My given name is Benjamin Buford Blue.
People call me Bubba.
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Just like one of them old redneck boys.
Can you believe that?
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My name's Forrest Gump.
People call me Forrest Gump.
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So, Bubba was from
Bayou La Batre, Alabama,
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and his mama cooked shrimp,
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and her mama before her
cooked shrimp,
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and her mama before her mama
cooked shrimp, too.
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Bubba's family knew everything
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there was to know
about the shrimping business.
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I know everything there is to know
about the shrimping business.
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Matter of fact, I'm going into
the shrimping business for myself
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after I get out the Army.
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Okey.
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Gump! What's your sole purpose
in this Army'?
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To do whatever you tell me,
Drill Sergeant!
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God damn it, Gump!
You're a goddamn genius!
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That's the most outstanding answer
I've ever heard.
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You must have a goddamn IQ of 160!
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You are goddamn gifted, Private Gump!
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Listen up, people!
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Now, for some reason, I fit in
the Army like one of them round pegs.
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It's not really hard.
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You just make your bed real neat
and remember to stand up straight,
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and always answer every question
with, "Yes, Drill Sergeant!"
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Is that clear?
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- Yes, Drill Sergeant!
- Yes, Drill Sergeant!
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What you do is, you just drag
your nets along the bottom.
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On a good day, you can catch over
100 pounds of shrimp.
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If everything goes all right,
two men shrimping 10 hours,
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less what you spend on gas, you can...
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- Done, Drill Sergeant!
- Gump!
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Why did you put that weapon
together so quickly, Gump'?
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You told me to, Drill Sergeant.
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Jesus H. Christ,
this is a new company record.
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If it wouldn't be a waste
of such a damn fine enlisted man,
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I'd recommend you for OCS,
Private Gump.
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You are gonna be
a general some day, Gump.
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Now, disassemble your weapon
and continue!
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Anyway, like I was saying,
shrimp is the fruit of the sea.
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You can barbecue it,
boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it.
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There's shrimp kebabs, shrimp Creole...
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...shrimp gumbo, pan fried,
deep fried, stir fried.
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There's pineapple shrimp,
lemon shrimp,
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coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp...
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...shrimp soup, shrimp stew,
shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes,
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shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich...
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That's... That's about it.
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Night time in the Army
is a lonely time.
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We'd lay there in our bunks
and I'd miss my mama.
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And I'd miss Jenny.