"The Surplus" Quotes

Every quote from The Office season 5, episode 9, in script order. First aired December 4, 2008.

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  1. Oscar

    Here are our final actual costs for this year.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25545

  2. Michael

    Mmm... okay.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25546

  3. Oscar

    As you can see, we did pretty well, so...

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25547

  4. Michael

    Yes. Yes, I can see... that we did indeed. Why don't you explain this to me like I am an eight-year old.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25548

  5. Oscar

    Alright, well this is the overall budget for this fiscal year along the x-axis...

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25549

  6. Michael

    Yes.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25550

  7. Oscar

    Right there.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25551

  8. Michael

    There's the x-ax...icks.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25552

  9. Oscar

    You can see clearly on this page that we have a surplus of $4300.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25553

  10. Michael

    Mmhmm, okay.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25554

  11. Oscar

    But we have to spend that by the end of the day or it will be deducted from next year's budget.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25555

  12. Michael

    Why don't you explain this to me like I'm five.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25556

  13. Oscar

    Your mommy and daddy give you ten dollars to open up a lemonade stand. So you go out and you buy cups and you buy lemons and you buy sugar. And now you find out that it only costs you nine dollars.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25557

  14. Michael

    Ho-oh!

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25558

  15. Oscar

    So you have an extra dollar.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25559

  16. Michael

    Yeah.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25560

  17. Oscar

    So you can give that dollar back to mommy and daddy, but guess what? Next summer...

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25561

  18. Michael

    I'll be six.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25562

  19. Oscar

    And you ask them for money, they're gonna give you nine dollars. 'Cause that's what they think it costs to run the stand. So what you want to do is spend that dollar on something now, so that your parents think it costs ten dollars to run the lemonade stand.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25563

  20. Michael

    So the dollar's a surplus. This is a surplus.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25564

  21. Oscar

    We have to spend that $4300 by the end of the day or it'll be deducted from next year's budget.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25565

  22. Michael

    Whoo.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25566

  23. Oscar

    We should spend this money on a new copier, which we desperately need.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25567

  24. Michael

    Okay, break it down in terms of, um... okay, I-I think I'm getting you...

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25568

  25. Michael

    Guess what, everybody? Christmas has come early this year. Oscar, very smartly, has discovered an extra $4300 in the budget. Thank you, Oscar. And I have decided with that money I am going to buy a new, drum roll please... Can anybody guess?

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25569

  26. Pam

    New chairs?

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25570

  27. Michael

    No, a new copier! Unless everybody can agree on something better?

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25571

  28. Oscar

    No, no, please. Please do not do this.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25572

  29. Pam

    Yes, Michael, new chairs. These chairs are terrible. We were supposed to get new ones last year.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25573

  30. Michael

    So... we all agree to get new chairs then. Good?

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25574

  31. Pam

    Good? Yeah, he said good, I'm good...

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25575

  32. Oscar

    Now listen, we are a paper company. How can we take pride in our jobs if we have to put our fine paper in this wretched machine?

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25576

  33. Pam

    Oscar, no. This is not the time for one of your principled stands.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25577

  34. Oscar

    Pam, you make more copies than anyone.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25578

  35. Pam

    Exactly. That should tell you how terrible the chairs are.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25579

  36. Michael

    Okay. Okay, good suggestions. All good suggestions. Uh, let's just decide and agree upon one.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25580

  37. Stanley

    I'm with Pam. Chairs.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25581

  38. Michael

    Alright, so, teams forming.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25582

  39. Toby

    We should really have the office's air quality tested. We have radon coming from below, we have asbestos in the ceilings. These are silent killers.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25583

  40. Michael

    You are the silent killer. Go back to the annex.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25584

  41. Toby

    You'll see.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25585

  42. Pam

    Michael?

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25586

  43. Michael

    Yes.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25587

  44. Pam

    I've talked to Meredith, Stanley and Jim about the chairs. I know they're with me on this.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25588

  45. Jim

    Uh, actually, I'm gonna go with copier.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25589

  46. Pam

    What? Jim.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25590

  47. Jim

    Ever since Pam and I started dating, I just feel weird asking her to make copies for me. So, I make my own copies. And that copier sucks. Let me tell you, I-But you know what? Pam and I don't have to agree on everything.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25591

  48. Meredith

    Jim, good for you, standing up to Pam like that.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25592

  49. Creed

    The balls on you, man.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25593

  50. Oscar

    So Michael, what do you think?

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25594

  51. Michael

    Why me?

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25595

  52. Jim

    You have to make the decision.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25596

  53. Michael

    Wow, okay. Well... I swallowed all your ideas, I'm going to digest them and see what comes out the other end.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25597

  54. Andy

    Dwight, I'm a little concerned about some of these directions to Schrute Farms...

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25598

  55. Dwight

    Yeah, do tell.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25599

  56. Andy

    I mean, like, '156 paces from the light red mailbox, make a left.'

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25600

  57. Dwight

    Mmhmm.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25601

  58. Andy

    Walk until you hear the beehive.'

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25602

  59. Dwight

    How could it be more clear?

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25603

  60. Angela

    I think Andy makes an excellent point.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25604

  61. Dwight

    Okay.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25605

  62. Angela

    But my biggest concern is that there's only one bathroom.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25606

  63. Dwight

    We'll dig a trench. As long as it's downhill from the well, we should be fine.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25607

  64. Angela

    Nana Mimi cannot squat over some trench.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25608

  65. Dwight

    Well we're not gonna put out stumps, come on.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25609

  66. Andy

    Let's three-way this little issue, and come to a solution by the time we get to Schrute Farms, how's that for a plan?

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25610

  67. Andy

    We're getting married at Schrute Farms, no matter what. I have looked at twelve venues, I have lost eight deposits, and I have seen Angela naked zero times. I am not losing another deposit.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25611

  68. Pam

    Hey.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25612

  69. Jim

    Hey.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25613

  70. Pam

    So um, I've been thinking about this whole chair/copier thing...

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25614

  71. Jim

    Mmhmm.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25615

  72. Pam

    I really think you should reconsider.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25616

  73. Jim

    Oh, Pam, I really... hate that copier.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25617

  74. Pam

    Yeah, I know.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25618

  75. Jim

    Yeah.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25619

  76. Pam

    But I really think you should reconsider.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25620

  77. Jim

    Beesly, are you threatening me?

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25621

  78. Pam

    Jim. Jim, Jim, Jim. I'm not threatening you. I love you. But you should know, you're on very dangerous ground. All right.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25622

  79. Jim

    Okay.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25623

  80. Jim

    Whew.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25624

  81. Dwight

    This is where you'll have your receiving line. Of course we'll clear out all the livestock and hay and such.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25625

  82. Andy

    Hmm... mm, what's that smell?

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25626

  83. Dwight

    You're gonna need to be more specific.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25627

  84. Angela

    Manure. Get rid of it.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25628

  85. Dwight

    Manure covers up the small of the slaughterhouse.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25629

  86. Angela

    Do you have to slaughter on our wedding day?

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25630

  87. Dwight

    You wanna eat, don't you?

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25631

  88. Angela

    Honey, say something!

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25632

  89. Andy

    Uh, Dwight, if we pay extra, could you slaughter the entrees the day before?

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25633

  90. Dwight

    ...I'll consider it.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25634

  91. Andy

    See? That's how you do it! Makin' progress here. ...Darn! Heh.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25635

  92. Dwight

    There's a hose out back.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25636

  93. Andy

    Okay.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25637

  94. Pam

    Remember, you were gonna get a new chair, and you were gonna give your old chair to me. Remember that?

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25638

  95. Michael

    Yes.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25639

  96. Pam

    Well that never happened.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25640

  97. Oscar

    Michael?

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25641

  98. Michael

    I don't know. I haven't decided yet.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25642

  99. Oscar

    I'm just gonna grab some lunch. You wanna come with?

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25643

  100. Michael

    Really? Absolutely! Yeah, that would be amazing.

    Season 5 · Episode 9 · Quote 25644