- [the spokes on Doc's buggy are loose]
- Dr. Galen 'Doc' Adams: How much is it going to cost me to have 'em fixed?
- Festus Haggen: Shouldn't 'mount t'much; fifty cents'll do... Soakin' in the crik a few hours'll swell them spokes back tight as pin feathers on a prairie chicken's rump.
- Dr. Galen 'Doc' Adams: Soakin' in the crik?
- Festus Haggen: Sure.
- Dr. Galen 'Doc' Adams: And while you're sitting there, letting the wheels soak, I suppose you'll do a little fishing?
- Festus Haggen: Now that you mention it...
- Dr. Galen 'Doc' Adams: So I end up paying you fifty cents to fish.
- Festus Haggen: Well, Doc, I'm gonna have t'dig me some worms, catch me some grasshoppers. That's tirin'. If it wasn't for them wheels needin' soakin', I wouldn't have to....