4. The Paper Hat Anniversary

It's traditional to fight on your first anniversary (even if Hallmark doesn't have a card for it): Dharma and Greg stage an argument to escape their parents' planned celebration, but in concocting the excuse Greg says Dharma was being "flighty," and the gloves come off. While they drive out of the city, Dharma retaliates by calling Greg a "stick in the mud," and soon their car is stuck in the mud when he tries to demonstrate how impetuous he can be. (Not very.) They hike to a diner, but find it closed because of a death in the owner's family; just as Greg breaks a pane in the door in order to use the phone, a highway patrolman happens by and the young couple get caught in a charade of being the replacement cook and waitress.

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Dharma and Greg stage an argument to escape their respective parents' planned activities so they can get away for the weekend and celebrate their first anniversary. During the drive, however, Greg inadvertently refers to Dharma as "flighty" and she retaliates by calling him a "stick in the mud". To show that he is actually spontaneous, Greg drives recklessly through a field and damages their car. The couple walk several miles to a diner, only to find it is closed due to a death in the owners' family. Greg breaks a pane of glass in the door so they can use the phone, but a local policeman discovers them, which prompts Dharma to tell the officer that they are related to the owners and are there to run the diner in their absence. Dharma takes on the role of a waitress named Tina, and Greg becomes Ike, the short-order cook. All goes well, and the couple make enough money to repay the diner's owners for the broken glass.

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