Little House on the Prairie (TV Series)

The Bully Boys (1976)

Karl Swenson: Lars Hanson

Quotes 

• Lars Hanson : If there is one thing I cannot stand, it is a liar and a thief!

  Isaiah Edwards : Well I can't deny telling a few stories now and then, but I ain't never taken nothing.

  Lars Hanson : No, no, it has nothing to do with you. It is the Galendars, they are both liars and thieves.

  Isaiah Edwards : I don't rightly know what you're talking about.

  Lars Hanson : You know that load of lumber that Charles delivered? You know what they did? They sold it to Henderson three dollars cheaper! And I lose both the lumber and the order.

  Isaiah Edwards : No matter about that, they still gotta pay you for it.

  Lars Hanson : Oh yeah, they pay, they lie, that's what they do! And they are not even ashamed.

  Isaiah Edwards : Well you'll have to have a talk with'em...

  Lars Hanson : No, Nels Oleson already tried. You know what they did? They took almost $20 of his merchandise.

  Isaiah Edwards : Well you don't just take something without paying for it.

  Lars Hanson : They say they pay, that way it is credit. You can't put a man in jail for his bills.

• Isaiah Edwards : Someone oughta take a switch to'em, and a big'un. Back in Duvall County, we had some fellas who wouldn't do nothin' but take them down to the creek and...

  Lars Hanson : No, no, I've seen this sort of thing before. They get tired and then they move on. That is better, that way nobody gets hurt.

  Isaiah Edwards : But...

  [Hanson walks away] 

  Isaiah Edwards : 'Least you coulda done was let me finish my story. It was a pip.