Today we have a NAU that centers on something spoken by one of the characters in the episode 'The Texas Skilsaw Massacre'

In this episode Hank is under a restraining order for accidentally cutting off one of Dale's fingers, requiring him to be 100 feet away from Dale at all times. Hank is standing down the alley from his three friends and they are shouting back and forth, and Hank is trying to convince one of the guys to come stand next to him. This is where the weirdness comes in, Bill shouts back to Hank,

"I'll wait till you pass that anger class, you cut Dale's finger off for digging a tunnel, I once made a vest out of your wife's underpants, I can't imagine what you'd do to me"

Now, that is a very strange comment, i think we can all agree on that. But what is even stranger and more interesting to me is the reaction (or non-reaction) of Hank, Dale, and Boomhauer. And that is the topic of today's NAU, no one in this scene responds to that weird utterance correctly.

My only theory is that Dale and Boomhauer are not hearing this information for the first time, and are thus unphased by it. But what about Hank? Would he continue to be friends with someone who would do that? Apparently so.

The last thing that happens is that Hank kicks a tape measure that is laid out on the ground and it pops up and hits Bill in the crotch, maybe Hank is afraid to lose Bill as a friend but still wants to punish him? There is probably more to this whole thing and I would love to hear some theories on it from you guys.

Of all the things that confuse me about this show, this one has to be the most perplexing. Watching Hank go through his daily life has taught us many things, he is a reasonably smart man, he loves his family, he is a (supposed) master craftsman, and he is extremely loyal to the people he calls his friends. However there is one friend who constantly disappoints, betrays, and frequently uses Hank for his own selfish needs, Buck Strickland.

There are numerous instances throughout the series that reveal Buck's true character, but for now let's just take a look at some of the most heinous examples.

Buck does not deserve Hank's loyalty because he himself is not loyal to Hank, this becomes very apparent in 'The Mis-education of Bobby Hill'. In this episode Hank is having a bad year at the annual Sales-a-Thon, his numbers are even lower than the village idiot's. (Joe Jack) While Hank is on the sales floor struggling, Buck is in the back playing a game of poker with a few people, most notably M.F. Thatherton. Buck bets Hank and loses, forcing Hank to go work for someone he despises for the rest of the sale. We learn later that the value of the bet was only twenty bucks, which in my opinion is a fair approximation of what Buck thinks of Hank.

For my next example, I will attempt to give you some insight into what kind of person Buck Strickland really is. The episode 'The Buck Stops Here's how Buck's lack of common sense and lack of emotion toward anyone but himself. It all starts with Bob caddying for Mr. Strickland which leads to him picking up some nasty habits (Cheating, cursing, misogyny) and ends with Bobby palling around with Buck to several different places, the last of which is a seedy backalley poker game, Buck and Bobby show up and are told by the bouncer that Bobby is not allowed inside. Now instead of leaving like a decent person, Buck opts to gamble anyway leaving Hank's son in an alleyway by himself holding onto half of Buck's money. Bobby is forced to see several scary things whilst Buck is inside losing all his money, a scary couple making out, the same couple vomiting behind a dumpster, the same couple immediately making out afterwards (gross) And after all that trauma a huge thug steps out from the poker game and demands the rest of the money and Bobby's watch (present from Buck) because Buck was so far in the hole. A chase ensues, ending with Bobby giving up the watch after being saved by his dad, Buck is nowhere to be seen.

My final example (for today) comes from the episode 'Hank Fixes Everything'. This one begins with all the local propane dealerships undercutting each other, forcing prices so low that selling propane is actually COSTING the stores money. Hank being Hank tries to fix this problem and calls a meeting of all the owners to try to come to a peaceful resolution. Buck being Buck screws this up royally, and starts an illegal price fixing arrangement among all of them, the prices skyrocket across all propane stores and the profits are huge. The PGA (Propane Gas Association) is called in to investigate and zero in on Hank as the reason for the price fixing, as he was the one who originally called the meeting. Hank is forced to wear a wire or go to prison, he chooses the wire and is forced to try and incriminate Buck. Hank walks in on a meeting of the owners and stealthily lets Buck know of the wire tap. Buck panics and simply looks to Hank to get him out of yet another mess he brought on himself. At no point does Buck offer to turn himself in (although framing Hank probably crossed his mind based on what we know about him) and Hank does manage to save all their butts just in time.

Sure you could spend seconds checking out imdb, but why not let me take care of that for you?

(Creator of KOTH, he sure gave himself some great lines)

The foot porn star in the flesh!

And the last one in the immediate Hill family, I’m sure most of you knew this but Bobert is voiced by a (pretty) woman, I was thrown for a loop when i first found out, hope you were too!

Not Adding Up

This is one that i noticed just recently, and makes the least sense out of all the ones I’ve seen so far. In this episode (Earthly Girls Are Easy) Bobby and Joseph are planting a tree for one of their classes, Hank freaks out when he sees them digging the hole and rushes out to scold them.

Bobby explains what they are doing and Hank concedes that it is a good idea, and here is the kicker, he says it’s a GOOD SPOT for a tree! This is what I have the problem with, Hank is a master craftsman, as we have seen in many an episode. But above all we know that Hank loves his lawn and his property, and spends an unhealthy amount of time taking care of them.