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Last week, I gave a fire safety talk, and nobody paid any attention.

It's my own fault for using PowerPoint.

PowerPoint is boring.

People learn in lots of different ways, but experience is the best teacher.

Today, smoking is going to save lives.

Does anyone smell anything smoky?

Did you bring your jerky in again?

Ahem.

Oh, my God!

Fire!

Oh, fire?

Oh my goodness.

What's the procedure?

What do we do, people?

The bones are dead.

Oh, how did that happen?

It's out in the hall.

No, we don't know that.

The smoke could be coming through an air duct.

Oh my god!

Okay, it's happening.

Everybody stay calm.

What's the procedure, everyone?

What's the procedure?

Stay f*ing calm!

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

Everybody just f*ing calm down!

No, no, Michael, no!

Touch the handle.

If it's hot, there could be a fire in the hallway.

What does warm mean?

Oh my gosh, try to get the door.

Not a viable option.

What next?

Oh, here's a door.

Check that one out.

How's the handle?

It's warm.

Okay, go to the back door.

Well, another option.

Another option.

Jeez.

Okay, settle down, everyone.

No bunches.

Look at my purse.

Leave it, woman.

Get out of the way.

Go, go, go.

Things can be replaced, Phyllis.

People, human lives, however, can...

Ah, my hand.

That's hot.

This one's hot, too.

Okay, we're trapped.

Everyone for himself.

Okay.

Let's go.

Get out of my way.

Okay, okay.

Call.

Have you ever seen a burn victim?

Okay.

Procedure.

Exit options.

Where do we go, folks?

Use a what to cover the mouth?

A what?

A rag.

A damp rag, perhaps.

Let's remember those procedures.

What are the options?

That's the wrong way.

We've already tried that.

Remember your exit points.

Exit points, people.

What's next?

Stay alive.

I'm getting help.

Pull me out.

You're too heavy.

I only weigh 82 pounds!

They banned it!

How about 9 -1 -1?

Anyone?

9 -1 -1!

What do we do?

Use the surge of fear and adrenaline to sharpen your decision -making!

Okay, I am not dying here.

Come on.

What is that?

The fire's shooting at us!

What in the name of Kyle is going on?

Help!

Oh, my God!

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Help!

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Attention employees of Dunder Mifflin, this has been a test of our emergency preparedness.

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There is no fire, it was only a simulation.

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What?

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Fire.

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Not real.

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This was merely a training exercise.

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So, what have we learned?

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Oh, come on, it's not real, Stanley, don't have a heart attack.

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No, no, no, no, no. You will not die.

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Stanley!

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Stanley, you will not die!

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Stanley!

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Stanley!

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Barack is president!

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You are black, Stanley!

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I'm gonna give him mouth -to -mouth.

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No, no, no. Don't give him mouth -to -mouth for this.

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You're gonna swallow this tongue.

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Open your mouth!

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Michael!

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Don't swallow it!

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I'm fine!

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Leave me alone!

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I'm saving it!

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Uh, on or off?

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Off?

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Okay.

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Oh.

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What is on your face?

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Is that a disguise?

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Excuse me.

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Clown paint.

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ID badges are long overdue.

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Security in this office park is a joke.

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Last year I came to work with my spud gun in a duffel bag.

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I sat at my desk all day with a rifle that shoots potatoes at 60 pounds per square inch.

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Can you imagine if I was deranged?

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How many of you have at one time gone to Toby to complain about another employee?

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And did you get what you wanted? or were you merely listened to?

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You forget about your problem, and you move on.

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Merely listened to and forgot.

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That is outrageous.

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I love this place, and it pains me to see all of the negativity...

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festering.

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Okay.

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Today, we are going to get everything out of these files and into the open where it can be resolved.

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All right.

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How about the Phyllis -Angela dispute?

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You already did me.

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That's what she said.

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The thing is, Angela, you are in here an awful lot.

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You have complained about everybody in the office except Dwight, which is odd because everyone else has had run -ins with Dwight.

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Toby, by the way, what does redacted mean?

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There is a file full of complaints in here marked redacted.

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Yeah, it just means whoever complained came to me later and withdrew it, so I took their name off.

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Okay.

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There were a bunch of complaints about Dwight that were put in the redacted file about six months ago.

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Wait.

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If someone has a problem with me, why would they withdraw it six months ago?

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Yes, Dwight tried to kiss me.

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What?

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And I didn't tell anyone because I'm not really sure how I feel about it.

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That is not true.

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Redacted.

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Redacted!

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Well, I'm not actually making a formal complaint.

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I just really think we should talk about it.

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Okay, question.

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When a name is withdrawn, does that also apply to the permanent misbehavior file in New York?

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Sure.

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Someone complained that the men's room is whites only.

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Stanley, you know that's not true.

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I didn't say that.

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And why is there a picture of a white man on the door?

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okay phyllis you complained that angela is giving you dirty looks

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and you tried to get off the party planning committee i never said any such thing angela

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and i are close and also phyllis stanley says

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that you cry too much and that bugs him stanley and i are close

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He said close.

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Okay.

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Just take it.

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Hey, you know what, Dwight?

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Maybe we should get our photo ID taken together.

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That doesn't make any sense.

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Well, it saves time, you know, because we can just meet in the parking lot every morning, walking together.

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Perfect.

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Smile.

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No. I never smile if I can help it.

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Showing one's teeth is a submission signal in primates.

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When someone smiles at me, All I see is a chimpanzee begging for its life

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This came out really well

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There you go

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This is humongous I am NOT a security threat and my middle name is Kurt not fart.

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What did I write?

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I have another complaint for Jim's permanent file.

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Talk to Michael.

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I gave him the box.

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What box?

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I don't report you're snoring.

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Oh.

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I don't...

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No!

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No!

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Four years of malfeasance unreported this can't understand.

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Calm down.

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No, you calm down.

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Whose side is Toby on?

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Whose side are you on?

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Hey!

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Him or me!

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Him or me!

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I can't work with Jim anymore.

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Okay.

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Either he goes or I go.

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Twice.

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You choose!

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Stop!

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One of us is out of here by the end of today!

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There's a sales manager position open in Stamford.

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Want me to call

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Jan and tell her you're interested?

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I could put in a good word for you, because I'll still be working here.

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Transfer!

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Transfer!

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Everybody, transfer!

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Transfer!

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Transfer!

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Okay, you two in the conference room with me.

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Someone replaced all my pens and pencils with crayons.

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I suspect Jim Halpert.

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Everyone has called me Dwayne all day.

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I think Jim Halpert paid them to.

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Yes.

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Five bucks each, and it was totally worth it.

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This morning, I found a bloody glove in my desk drawer, and Jim Halpert tried to convince me I committed murder.

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I think he may be the real murderer.

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Jim Halpert said there was an abandoned infant in the woman's room.

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When I went to save the child, I saw Meredith on the can.

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Yeah.

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You guys know me.

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You know that I'm...

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not one for fancy things, but there was this one thing.

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I was in a fancy store, and it caught the corner of my eye

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when I took Moe's down to the mall to get his blood pressure at the Rite Aid.

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I thought, you know, maybe I deserve this.

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You know, I've had a great crop yield this fall.

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So what happened?

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I went to the store, and I pressed the buzzer, and they looked right at me, and then they looked away.

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And then I pressed the buzzer again, and they started taking pictures of me with their mobile phones.

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I guess I'm not the kind of guy that's good enough for precious heirlooms.

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You know what, Dwight?

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You need to go back there, and you need to pretty woman their asses.

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We should start our own mall.

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Yeah!

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Wait, wait, wait.

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Actually, that's a really good idea, Kelly.

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What did I say?

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I talk a lot, so I've learned to just tune myself out.

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Dwight, how about this? instead of a boycott you

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and I together go down to that store and we teach those snobs a lesson no you and I and I,

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I'm gonna come with you.

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Okay.

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Good.

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All right.

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Did you assume that I would automatically side with the rich, snobby shop owner?

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How about now?

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How about now?

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How about now?

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How about now?

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Apparently, there's a famous

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Hollywood movie from the 1980s, Beautiful Girl.

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Pretty Woman.

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Pretty Woman.

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Apparently, it's one of the best revenge stories of all times, in which this sex worker, who is the protagonist... That can't be right.

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Andy, how does it...

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No, no, no. I want to hear you tell it.

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Okay.

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The sex worker is denied service at a fancy store because she does not look wealthy.

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She later returns dressed in all the trappings of extravagant wealth, But instead of shopping...

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Julia Roberts goes in the store, and she's like, I was in here yesterday, and you people wouldn't help me.

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And the shop girl goes, oh.

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And then Julia Roberts goes, you girls welcome commission, right?

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And the girl's like, yeah.

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And Julia Roberts goes, big...

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Big mistake.

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Huge.

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I was telling...

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I was telling that.

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Is that what we're here for?

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A crystal wizard.

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I like it.

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It's a pewter wizard holding a crystal.

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Wait a second.

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You know you can't buy that now, right?

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And I can come back and get it for you later, but I'm saying right now, we can't do that.

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Right.

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Because I'm here for one thing, revenge.

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That's it.

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Let me know if I can help you with anything.

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How about we talk to you when we're ready?

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Okay.

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Great.

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Now's your chance.

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Showing who you really are.

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Pretending to be.

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Excuse me, sir.

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Yes.

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I was here yesterday, and you refused to wait on me.

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I remember, yes.

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I'm terribly sorry about what happened.

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You work on commission, don't you?

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Stop, stop, stop.

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No. Hold on one second.

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Did you just say you remember him? Of course.

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But, uh, he looks much less threatening now.

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What does that mean?

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We had a safety concern.

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Uh, we very politely indicated that he'd be welcome back...

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Good morning.

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...if he were in accordance with our dress policy.

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What?

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But the blood -stained hands...

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hands it was beet juice I am a beet farmer very sorry good sir

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I happen to have been working a very long day

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that day when I came to your finest at you

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or sir I'm gonna okay listen you can't treat thank you good morning sir okay

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You made a big mistake.

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Huge!

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There it is.

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All right.

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Ha.

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Looks pretty good.

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Thank you.

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Please.

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After you.

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I'll take the wizard.

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Okay.

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It wasn't really about the wizard in the end.

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It was about if a certain type of person can, in some small way, with some help and a lot of motivation,

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and become a little bit more normal?

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The answer may be no. Are you... Is that...

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Yeah.

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What are you doing?

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It's my crystal now, wizard.

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Ha!

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Pam it's Michael help me I need help right now Michael what's wrong I'm hurt I have hurt myself

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oh my god okay wait wait wait wait

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this is not looking good Michael do you need me to call an ambulance no

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I want you to pick me up okay wait a second I thought you said that you were hurt I am hurt.

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I hurt my foot.

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I'm sorry, Pam.

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I want to come to work, but I need you to come and pick me up.

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Oh, God!

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Hey, whoa, Michael.

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Oh, God!

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It's okay.

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It's Jim.

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Just say again really loudly what happened.

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Okay.

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I burned my foot very badly on my foreman grill, and I now need someone to come and bring me into work.

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You burned your foot on a foreman grill.

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I enjoy having breakfast in bed.

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I like waking up to the smell of bacon sue me.

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And since I don't have a butler, I have to do it myself.

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So, most nights before I go to bed, I will lay six strips of bacon out on my George Foreman grill.

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Then I go to sleep.

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When I wake up, I plug in the grill.

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I go back to sleep again.

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Then I wake up to the smell of crackling bacon.

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It is delicious.

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It's good for me.

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It's a perfect way to start the day.

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Today, I got up, I stepped onto the grill and it clamped down on my foot.

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That's it.

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I don't see what's so hard to believe about that.

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Could you come get me?

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Uh, I have to stay here and answer the phone.

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Okay, could someone come and get me, please, Ryan?

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Michael, you should stay home and rest.

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There's no toilet paper here, could Ryan?

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Tell Ryan to bring toilet paper.

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Could you tell him that?

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Can you hop?

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I tried hopping, Kevin, and I bumped my elbow against the wall, and now my elbow has a protuberance.

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No one wants to pick me up?

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What is going on?

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What is going on?

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Michael is sick, and he wants one of us to rescue him.

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I'm not sick, I'm sick!

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I'm coming, Michael!

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I'm gonna save you!

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Michael isn't coming!

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I do not want to wait!

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Okay?

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Hold on, Michael!

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I am coming!

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Wait there!

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Michael, why don't you call your girlfriend?

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I don't have a girlfriend.

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But you said you went out over there this weekend.

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It was all made up.

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Just someone come, okay?

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Anyone.

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Anyone but Dwight.

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What's that?

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What was that?

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oh he hit the pole it's broken right

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he can't oh Dwight Dwight oh he's still driving Dwight

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you forgot your bumper I'm very sorry I did not know that you

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You were wearing a hearing aid, and I just thought you were speaking abnormally.

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And now, the black guy from the Police Academy movies,

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Robot, Michael Winslow, anyone?

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car starting all right dwight shrewd everyone good luck that is a tough crowd

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Blood alone moves the wheels of history.

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Have you ever asked yourselves in an hour of meditation, which everyone finds during the day, how long we have been striving for greatness?

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Not only the years we've been at war, the war of work, but from the moment,

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as a child, when we realized that the world could be conquered.

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It has been a lifetime struggle, a never -ending fight, I say to you,

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and you will understand that it is a privilege to fight.

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We are warriors!

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Salesmen of Northeastern Pennsylvania, I ask you, once more, rise and be worthy of this historical hour.

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No revolution is worth anything unless it can defend itself.

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Some people will tell you salesman is a bad word.

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They'll conjure up images of used car dealers and door -to -door charlatans.

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This is our duty to change their perception.

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I say salesmen and women of the world, unite.

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We must never acquiesce, for it is together, Together that we prevail!

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We must never cede control of the motherland, for it is together that we prevail!

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There you are!

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What happened?

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I got thirsty.

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How'd it go?

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It was amazing.

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I wish you would have been there.

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You would not believe what happened here.

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What?

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Something happened?

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This woman came in, sat down, ordered a drink.

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The bartender asked for her ID, which I thought was odd, because I picked her at like 35.

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Weird.

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Yeah, really weird.

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So she's like, I don't have my ID.

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Please give me one.

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And he's like, I can't do that.

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I can't serve you.

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Con artist.

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She might have been.

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So she says, fine.

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I will go to my room.

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I will get my purse.

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I will come back.

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I'll show you my ID.

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She hasn't come back yet.

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She's probably in the room drinking from the mini bar.

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Right?

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Dwight gave a great speech.

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That's a word on the street anyway.

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And I entertained Dwight to no end with my bar story.

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So I captivated the guy who captivated a thousand guys. Can you believe that?

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A thousand guys.

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I think I owe you one.

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Sorry?

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For talking sense and to help her.

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The days in, room 228 was starting to get really depressing.

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Oh, yeah, no, don't worry about it.

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I mean, he was being ridiculous.

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Yeah, but thanks.

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Seriously.

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Sure.

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Okay.

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who did this to you where is he what no it's not it's nothing

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it's hot in here yeah yeah Thanks.

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You don't need to stay here.

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I know.

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I don't know.

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So your PMSing pretty bad, huh?

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It's kind of blurry.

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That's better.

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What kind of bear is best?

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That's a ridiculous question.

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False.

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Black bear.

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That's debatable.

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There are basically two schools of thought.

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Fact.

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Bears eat beets.

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Oh.

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Bears...

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Beets...

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Battlestar Galactica.

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Bears do not...

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What is going on?

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What are you doing?!

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Last week, I was in a drugstore, and I saw these glasses.

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Uh, $4.

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And it only cost me $7 to recreate the rest of the ensemble, and that's a grand total of...

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$11.

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You know what?

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Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, so i thank you identity theft is not a joke jim millions of families suffer every year

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michael oh that's funny michael wow all these people here

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there's too many people on this earth

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we need a new plague who are all these people

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you know what i bet a lot of them are wedding crashers no way did you ever see

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that movie of course i saw it i saw wedding crashers accidentally

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I bought a ticket for Grizzly Man and went into the wrong theater.

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After an hour, I figured I was in the wrong theater, but I kept waiting.

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That's the thing about bear attacks.

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They come when you least expect it.

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You know, I just wish, I wish I had the investigative powers to actually smoke some of these guys out, you know?

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Once again, Jim, I will take care of this.

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I will locate the wedding crashers and report them to Phyllis.

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That way I won't have to get her a gift.

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Best of luck, Phyllis.

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Also, I'm going to need to see a copy of the guest manifest as well as photographs of the caterers.

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I don't have that, Dwight.

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Damn it, Phyllis.

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Excuse me, sir.

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How do you know the happy couple? Who?

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The bride and groom.

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What are their names?

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Oh, I don't, uh, I'm not sure.

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I get it, I get it.

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Come on, freeloader, let's move it.

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Come on, come on.

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Okay, okay, where are we going?

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You've got to find yourself another wedding to crash, my friend.

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Attention, everyone.

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Attention, please.

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I'm supposed to ask if anyone has seen Uncle Al.

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He is old and has brown eyes and dementia.

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His family is very concerned.

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It's a very serious situation.

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Roxanne!

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I'm now going to read aloud your submitted medical conditions.

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When you hear yours read, please raise your hand to indicate that it is real.

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If you do not, raise your hand.

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It will not be covered what about confidentiality?

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You know what you have forfeited that privilege I have tried to treat you all as adults,

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but obviously I am the only adult here number one inverted penis Could you mean vagina?

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Because if you do I want that covered.

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I thought your vagina was removed during your hysterectomy

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The uterus is different from a vagina.

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I still have a vagina.

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Okay, great.

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Dermatitis.

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Thank you, Angela.

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I'll make sure that's covered.

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How many women here require birth control?

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Phyllis?

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Pam?

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Not you, Meredith.

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Kelly?

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Do you need birth control?

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Okay, now, who wrote this.. this hysterical one?

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Anal fissures.

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That's a real thing.

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Yeah, but no one here has it.

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Someone has it.

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well well what you could be referring to anything okay the

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health care plan why did you put dwight in charge of

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that he did a horrible job uh dwight did you raise benefits

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i most certainly did not oh come on that's horrible oh thanks dwight for a crappy plan oh damn oh

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i wish i had time to change it

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but Jan needs it by five

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and what time is it what time is it oh it's after five oh no it's awful

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so well okay see you guys on Monday what about

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the surprise oh yes exactly thank you Angela for reminding me terrific um before I tell everybody what the big surprise is,

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would you like to tell me what you think the big surprise is?

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We all think you don't have a surprise.

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All right, I have some news for you.

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There is a big surprise. And here it is.

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Here we go.

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And the big surprise is drum roll.

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When I am backed into a corner, that is when I come alive.

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See, I learned improv from the greats like

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Drew Carey and Ryan Stiles.

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Oh, yeah!

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This...

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Robin Williams.

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Oh, man, would I love to go head -to -head with him.

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Oh, that would be exciting.

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I'm Mork from Mork.

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Well, I'm...

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I'm Bork from Smork.

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Nanu nanu.

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Ghibli bloo bloo.

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um, Carson, Letterman, you know, need I say more?

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No, uh, Steve Martin.

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Oh, um, Jan wants you to call her.

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We're all going bowling?

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Thank you.

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This speaking lesson is built on the video “Dwight is HIM”. This video has 589 sentences and 3677 words to shadow. The speech runs for 29:55. The speaker talks at a steady 123 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 106 of its 589 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
procedure noun	/pɹəˈsiː.d͡ʒə/	A particular method for performing a task.
complain verb	/kəmˈpleɪn/	To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.
wizard noun	/ˈwɪzɚd/	Someone, usually male, who uses (or has skill with) magic, mystic items, and magical and mystical practices.
grill noun	/ɡɹɪl/	A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and…
complaint noun	/kəmˈpleɪnt/	The act of complaining.
vagina noun	/vəˈdʒaɪ.nə/	A similar organ in some invertebrates and non-mammalian amniotes.
crystal noun	/ˈkɹɪstəl/	A solid composed of an array of atoms or molecules possessing long-range order and arranged in a pattern which is periodic in three dimensions.
merely adverb	/ˈmɪəli/	Without any other reason etc.; only, just, and nothing more.
exit noun	/ˈɛɡzət/	An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure.
fancy noun	/ˈfæn.si/	The imagination.
bacon noun	/ˈbeɪ.kən/	Cured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig.
withdraw verb	/wɪðˈdɹɔ/	To draw or pull (something) away or back from its original position or situation.
salesman noun		A man whose job it is to sell things, either in a shop / store or elsewhere.
foreman noun	/ˈfɔː(ɹ).mən/	The leader of a work crew.
awful adjective	/ˈɔːfʊl/	Very bad.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
calm down verb		To become less excited, intense, or angry.
come back verb		To return to a place.
get out of verb		To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.
come out verb	/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/	To be discovered; to be revealed.
come through verb		To come into a room or other space through a door or passageway.
get off verb		To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it.
get up verb		To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb.
go back verb		To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

Jan and tell her you're interested?
Is that what we're here for?
How about we talk to you when we're ready?
You work on commission, don't you?
Michael, why don't you call your girlfriend?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	Have you ever seen · We've already tried · has been
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	can be replaced · was deranged · can be resolved
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	Dwight, which is · guy who captivated
Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past	was telling · were wearing · was starting

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 87 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, can't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: withdraw /wɪðˈdɹɔ/, theater /ˈθi(ə)tɚ/, worthy /ˈwɝ.ði/, wealthy /ˈwɛl.θi/, theft /θɛft/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/, motivation /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/, perception /pɚˈsɛpʃ(ə)n/, submission /səbˈmɪʃən/, meditation /mɛdɪˈteɪʃn̩/
Long words — get the stress right: ridiculous /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/, accidentally /ˌæk.sɪˈdɛnt(ə)li/, motivation /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/, investigative /ɪnˈvɛstɪɡətɪv/, protagonist /pɹəˈtæɡ.ə.nɪst/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like procedure, complain, wizard.

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Phrasal verbs you will hear

Sentences worth repeating

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

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