Trash won't open or empty through dock

As the topic says, my trash won't open or empty using the right-click menu in the dock. However, it will if I use the finder menu option, and the dock icon will update iteself. (Mac OS 10.7.1)
I can't think of anything short of an OS bug or a messed up process. Logging out, restarting...the issue always comes back AFTER A WHILE.
Any ideas?

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