Even though Spencer's "Where were you?" was a great comeback, I did snicker a little bit at "Oh, go lock a gate!"
Plus, neither line was 12 minutes long, so that probably made it the best partial scene of the entire episode.
Of course, once the speechiness kicked in, feh, enough already.
Carl shoving Porchdicklet down would have been better, but he had such as easy shot to kick him in the nads afterwards and didn't bother.
Socially, Carl made the correct decision. But I personally would have been far more entertained the other way.