Carter: We're here to discuss a business contract for the Lafayette Park food stand. Miss Knope, you've always steered this committee in the right direction. Why do you think we should renew Hot Stu's lease?
Leslie Knope: Well, frankly, it's because of Stu. Here's a man who was ready to retire, spend time with his family, travel. And then he realized, "No, I wanna spend my time in a small metal box all summer, bent over a boiling cauldron of steaming, bubbling meat." Making stew is hard: Up at the crack of dawn, backbreaking labor, your clothes smelling like salt and gristle. Sure, profits are minimal, but Stu doesn't care about that. Maybe a year extension isn't enough. Maybe we should make it five years. Heck, why don't we give him a lifetime deal? I'd like to see Stu ladling out his pungent beef smoothies until we bury him under that shed.
Stu: I think I've made a terrible mistake.
Carter: Okay, that was bleak.