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DADDY CLAY
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Okay, you guys gonna ask why I look so down or what?
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Sorry dude, I thought that was your gaming face.
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Yeah, mine looks like a lonely widow looking out at the waves that claimed her sea captain husband.
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Mine's like halfway between a sneeze and a belch.
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Are you gonna ask me or not?
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Oh, sorry, yes.
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What's wrong?
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You wouldn't understand.
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Okay then.
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I'm just kidding.
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We're here for you, dude.
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The only woman I've spoken to in the last six months was a farmer's daughter who wanted me to retrieve her goat.
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Sounds like you can milk that situation.
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It was in the video game we're playing.
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Oh.
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Did you find the goat belt?
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That's not the point!
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Instead of living my life, all I do is wasted online raiding orc villages with a couple of juvenile dwarfs.
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Hey!
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Ghisli and Tarkin were very useful in the last raid.
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They just need to get more XP's.
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I meant you two.
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Oh!
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If I wasn't such a neutral good character, I would push you into that lava pit and steal your loot!
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I could start a new character and be your girlfriend in the game.
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A dwarf and an elf can't be in love.
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It goes against the lore.
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Besides, I've already seen the woman of my dreams.
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I looked
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everywhere for her, but she was gone.
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She was the one.
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Dude, you know how people say there's only one love in their life?
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And that if they'd never met them, they'd have been alone and sad forever?
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Yeah.
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That's because they're married to them and it would be very expensive to say otherwise.
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Well, what am I supposed to do?
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You have not interacted with a female player for.. ever.
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Meet the love of your life.
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Download our new app now.
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It's a sign.
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No, it's a cynical ad aimed at desperate people.
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But let's be honest.
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They fit their target.
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Well, give it a try.
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Trowler?
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Oh, I've heard of this.
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It's called trawler.
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Trawler?
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Why?
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I get it.
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It's because there's plenty of fish in the sea and you won't catch a fish with...
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No, no, no. And you need the net to catch.
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And you need the net to...
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Okay, you're gonna need a good photo if you wanna stand out.
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This internet dating thing lacks romance.
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I always thought that I would meet my girlfriend by bumping into her and accidentally switching grief cases.
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Or she runs me over with her pickup truck and
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while I'm lying in the road she gives me CPR and
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when I come round she wipes away the dribble and we share a passionate kiss.
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How about prison?
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You got a rom-com scenario for that?
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Why?
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You look like the kind of guy who loves taxidermy and long walks in the dark.
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It's cause they're the wrong angle for a selfie.
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Everyone looks awful from underneath.
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You need to go high.
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Look.
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Ugly.
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Pretty.
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See?
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I guess we're gonna have to do what every teenager does on the internet.
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Filter and crop. And voila!
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Balance asking me to write a bio.
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How would you describe my financial situation?
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Tragic?
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It also wants to know my hobbies.
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Well?
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I like cheese and internet memes.
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That's gonna be hard, Sal.
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Why, how would you describe me?
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I'm a school janitor who mops the bathroom and serves slop in the cafeteria for less than minimum wage.
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Just embellish the truth.
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Like, uh, I work for a non-profit organization that saves children from squalor, disease, and starvation.
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Okay, so here's how it works.
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I get profiles of girls located in the same town, and I slide down when I see the one I like.
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If she does the same, we get to chat.
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It looks like a puppet made out of me!
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Her hair looks like it's made out of lots of little hairs!
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And what's wrong with her hands?
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Aw, dude, she's got five fingers!
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Slide up, slide up!
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Now we're talking!
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Should I slide down?
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No, dude.
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You need to check out the market before you park it.
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Too tall.
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Too small.
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Too average-sized.
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Aren't they gonna feel bad being rejected?
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Nah, it's all virtual.
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No one actually gets hurt.
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Are you sure we're not being too picky?
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You tell me.
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This one just sent a picture of her new tattoo of Rocky's face.
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On her face.
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Oh, slide up.
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Ooh, what about this one?
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Ah, she likes me.
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She said, hey, what do I say?
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Quick, I need a pickup line!
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Oh, uh, how about, hey girl, did you know that when you're in love your heart burns up to 100 calories per hour?
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Wanna go for a workout?
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Yes, great!
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Type exactly what we said. And send.
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Are you calling me fat?
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Uh, no, no, no. Say, I just met, was your dad a baker?
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She says why, because it looks like I only eat cake.
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No, I was gonna say because you look very sweet.
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Now you press send too early.
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Try!
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You could stop track.
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I get it, because I'm such a car crash.
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No, because people would stop to look at you!
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Try, was there an earthquake, or did you just walk into the room?
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Because you rocked my...
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Stop pressing send too early, you dork muffin!
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Wait, did you just...
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Was there an earthquake, or did you just walk into the room, you dork muffin?
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What is wrong with you?
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Okay, okay, I'm trying, but you're going too fast.
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In case you haven't noticed, it's kind of hard to text with these.
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Ugh, I give up.
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It's like my mom always says.
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Meh, meh, meh, meh, meh, meh, meh.
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What?
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I have a face only a mother could love.
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Yeah, well, your mom is so nasty she bit a dog and gave it rabies.
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You're still typing, aren't you?
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Yeah.
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On the plus side, you've got another hit.
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Ah!
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Okay, this one just has a picture of a white mask.
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Pick-up line?
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Are you a combination of my recent memories and my childhood traumas?
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Because girl, you are a dream.
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What?
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That's what dreams are.
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Meh, meh, meh, meh, meh, meh, meh, meh.
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Oh! So?
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She rejected you.
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Ugh, finding love on the internet is like spray cheese.
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It might taste like cheese, but it's really bad for your self-esteem.
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What happened to finding love the romantic way?
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Like looking at each other across a crowded room at a party neither of you are enjoying?
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Or chasing after someone before they board their flight and disappear forever?
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That only happens in the movies.
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Much you would know if you could get a date to go to the cinema with.
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Dude, what did you say the girl of your dreams looks like?
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Like my soulmate.
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Ah!
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This hurt the door for them all!
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Puppet victory dance!
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Time to slide down because things are lurking up!
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Wait.
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What?
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You just slid up.
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What are you- What?
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How?
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I was hoping to get flat!
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The picture was toward me!
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You slid the wrong way, man!
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We'll slide it back!
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You can't!
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That's how it works!
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If you slide up, it's over!
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She's gone.
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Yeah.
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Huh?
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If she popped up on that phone, it means she's still in town.
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Rocky, it's time for romance.
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Huh?
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Out of the way!
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Move!
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What is wrong with you?
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We're trying to find the love of his life before she disappears forever!
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Well, if it's in the name of love, then...
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What does she look like?
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I saw her at the house with all of them.
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Thank you.
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We need to see your medical records!
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Are you crazy?
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That's illegal!
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It's in the name of love!
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Well, if it's in the name of love, then...
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Her name is Bridie.
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She lives in the suburbs with her parents, and she was born with three ears.
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Ah, but you got one surgically removed.
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Meh.
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Help, thief!
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Don't worry, it's in the name of love!
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Well, if it's in the name of love, then...
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Wait, that car looks faster.
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Driving!
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What do you want?
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Uwa-ha-ha-ha-ha!
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Upstairs, second on the left.
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Ah!
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Ah!
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Ah!
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Ah!
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No worries.
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Ah?
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Ah!
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Ah!
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Ah!
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Ah!
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What are you doing here?
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He's been chasing you since you lovingly locked eyes at the mall, before you disappeared into the crowd.
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He's been on a quest to find you all day.
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He pushed babies to the floor.
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He stole your medical record.
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He jacked a car.
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And ran over your dad when he stood between you.
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All in the name of love!
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That sounds a little like child bullying, breach of privacy, Grand Theft Auto, battery and stalking.
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Let me rephrase that.
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That's exactly what it is!
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And for the record, we did not block eyes lovingly.
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And why did you hit him up on Trawler?
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Because the creepy guy standing in my bedroom looks nothing like this!
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Wait!
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Wait, after everything you've been through to find me, I can't just let you walk away. So...
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AHHHHH!
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Thanks man, it's not the same, but it'll do for now.
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Are you guys having problems with the Wi-Fi as well?
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I don't know, but I've been waiting for this video to load for ages.
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What?
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Sorry, we're so dependent on the internet that our brains literally can't function without it.
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So, do you have a problem with the Wi-Fi or not?
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Well, I...
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Come on!
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Sorry, I'm just really confused by Dad.
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Hast thou, Fehrims, encountered trouble with the sacred thread of communion?
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I'm in character!
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I'm a dark elf!
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I was in the middle of a raid on a dwarf burial ground.
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So, do you have Wi-Fi or what?
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No, the Internet's down.
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I knew this day would come.
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Kids, there's something I have to tell you.
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You're not my father?
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How did you guess?
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No, we've just been using Robinson's Wi-Fi for years.
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That would explain why the network is called Get Off My Landwatterson.
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Yeah, well, when he asked me to help him set up his Internet, I kind of grabbed the opportunity to...
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Mooch off it?
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Mr. Dad, how could you?
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Easy!
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You just turn it on, choose a passcode, and...
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Oh, you meant in a moral sense.
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Well, Mr. Robinson must have finally got wise and changed the code.
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No problemo.
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We'll just get some Wi-Fi of our own.
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Excuse-o, little burrito.
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It's mucho problemo.
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You see, we got bad credito.
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Why do you think we have a coin-operated fridge?
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What are we gonna do without the Internet?
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Wait!
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I remember something.
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Something from a time long forgotten.
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A mystical repository of long lost knowledge, which the ancient people called a boo-in.
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Are you trying to say book?
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Exactly!
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A buke.
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Entertain me!
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Hmm.
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It's not touch sensitive and it looks like a double keyboard with the letters all messed up.
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What is wrong with you?
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It's like you've only got one neuron left and you're using it for stupidity.
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It's because we don't have to retain any knowledge.
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It's always readily available online.
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Well, I guess you'll just have to take what the internet does and do it yourselves.
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Hmm...
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Dude, I think I found a way to reproduce the Elmoreflix experience.
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Now we can get back to looking at thumbnails for hours without actually watching anything.
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Well, in that case, you may also like...
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Plung!
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What's that?
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Your inbox!
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Ah, cute!
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It's like the little email icon.
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Hey, look who got stuck in a lawn chair.
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He had to drive to the hospital to get it removed!
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Did you know that you copied Mr. Dad in your email?
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Oh no!
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How?
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Blum!
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Hey, maybe you should just email him to apologize.
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Nah, this manual email is way too complicated.
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Yeah, much easier to bounce digital messages from server to server between interlinked computers.
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What about Mr. Dad, though?
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Did you get those pictures of that guy stuck in a launcher?
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What a fool!
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You know what I miss most about the Internet?
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Your royal Nigerian pen pal?
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Yeah, him too, but I meant playing online with other nice kids from all over the world.
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Say cheese, cause you're about to get your ketchup!
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Oh yeah?
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Well I hope you like the taste of your own butt, because that's what you're getting handed for dinner!
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Hey, have you ever noticed that if you say, I'm gonna insert made up verb, your insert made up noun, everything sounds like a really rude alien insult?
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Like, I'm gonna stibernize your thrusters!
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I'm gonna gallifract your conatron!
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I'm gonna cryptify your proto-eggs with this word!
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Xenopus!
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It's a type of frog.
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Score's 32.
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The insults are on point, but the gameplay is boring and the graphics are terrible.
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Hmm?
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I bought these ping pong balls two months ago and was shocked when they turned into small chickens.
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I have to say they don't function as well as the more common ping pong balls
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and it is very hard to give backspin to a chicken.
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What is this?
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Very disappointing.
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I purchased this sled hammer to enjoy the snowy slopes of Vermont and only managed to slide a couple of inches.
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I would not purchase again.
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What the hashtag dollar sign at sign asterisk is going on here?
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This tank is completely unsuitable for modern warfare.
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Though the glass panels provide a wide field of vision, I worry my fish will be exposed to enemy fire.
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Duff, Larry's coming.
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Nah, it's fine.
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The beauty of trolling is that you're anonymous.
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You want us in the band?
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Thank you for shopping at Food and Stuff.
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Don't worry.
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All I have to do is change my IP address.
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Ow.
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You reboot your router. Did it work?
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No, I still remember my name.
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Maybe we just move on.
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Gumball just checked into the cafeteria!
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What are you doing?
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Exactly what I do on M4 Plus.
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What?
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Looking at people's pictures and being jealous of their lives?
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What was that?
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LMBO.
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Laughing my butt off?
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You forgot the laughing bit.
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Nah, no one really laughs on the internet.
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They just go...
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I am walking to a table!
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Hey, look at my food!
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Look at it!
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You like it!
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You like my face?
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Hashtag no filter!
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Come on, give me a thumbs up!
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Dude, he doesn't have thumbs.
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I'll try something else.
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This boy was diagnosed with a rare condition.
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One like equals one prayer.
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Ignore if you don't care about his pain.
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Maybe he's not online.
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Let's poke him!
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Look!
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I don't feel like...
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Dude, you have to type or we don't know what you're saying.
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Look, I don't feel like goofing around today.
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My grandma's really sick.
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Aww, I like that.
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What do you mean you like it?
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Sorry, man, there's no button to express sympathy without having to do all that typing.
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I mean, after all, we're only Elmore Plus friends.
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That's it!
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I'm deleting you from my friends list!
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How do you delete someone in real life?
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I suggest we run before it works it out.
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What are you guys up to?
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We're crowdfunding to pay for our own internet.
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I think you mean you're begging.
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No, it's not begging if you offer perks.
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What perks?
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For $1, you get a verbal thank you.
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For $10, you get a smile and a warm feeling in your heart.
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Yeah, that's begging.
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And I ease!
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We really need that Wi-Fi back.
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Dad usually looks online for tips on raising kids, but now he has to improvise.
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Mom said I have to take you to the park.
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You're gonna have to hack Mr. Robinson to get the password.
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How?
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I left instructions for you! Where?
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Check your box drop!
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What's a box drop?
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What is this place?
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This is cyberspace, Darwin.
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Better switch to incognito mode so the cyber police can't trace us.
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Who's that?
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Probably a fellow hacker.
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We should greet him in a friendly fashion.
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This is Robinson's house.
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Ah!
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This is denied!
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How did we get in?
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NIE says we need to find a back door.
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You gotta hand it to Mr. Robinson.
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He keeps a tidy desktop.
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Look!
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He left a window open!
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Almost there! Do something! Do something useful!
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Oh, sorry.
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Next time's the window!
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It's not working!
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Oh, hold on.
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Sorry, buddy.
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I should've known that clicking faster never works.
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What's that?
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The firewall!
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Quick!
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We don't have much time before someone spots us!
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What do we do?
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We're gonna have to use a Trojan force.
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I have trouble seeing how this will save us from being detected.
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The antivirus! Where?
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There!
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Quick!
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Let's hide in one of these folders!
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We won't fit!
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We can compress our files.
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I think our files got corrupted.
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What?
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Control Z.
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Too far.
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Control Y.
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Now for Anaisa's next step.
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We need to get Mr. Robinson to accept cookies.
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Nothing's happening.
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Maybe because he's in sleep mode.
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Let's try a worm.
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Guys, what are you doing?
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Hacking Mr. Robinson, like you said.
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I meant hack his computer, not his face.
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What exactly have you been doing this whole time?
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How do you do, good sir?
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The antivirus!
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Yeah, well, you should have been more specific.
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Let me in.
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That's weird.
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He never changed his password.
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Wait a minute.
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The Wi-Fi isn't down.
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He's using all of it up with all these stupid toolbars.
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Well, fix it then, quick!
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I need more time.
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I got this.
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All I have to do is hack into the mainframe with just power options and put it to sleep.
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What?
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Oh, that was less stupid than I thought it was gonna be.
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Eh, eh, eh, eh.
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Eh, eh, eh.
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Yay!
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The Avery Head is back!
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We can get back to refusing invites from obscure relatives to play lame games on Elmore Plus.
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Reposting someone's original content in which I think it's ours.
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And correcting people's grammar in their Elmore stream comments.
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Anybody got a quarter for the electric meter? Did anyone order anything?
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Nah.
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This was the credit card company's answer when I asked if I could order things online.
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It's been like that for three days.
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I think they're working in shifts.
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Well, it was delivered to our door, so...
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Opening other people's mail is a crime.
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Why is there always a law against everything I want to do?
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Because the last thing you wanted to do was move into the supermarket so you could eat for free.
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Uh, if the food enters your body and exits it while it's still in the supermarket, it's technically not stealing.
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Hmm.
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Come on!
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Am I the only one who wants to open the box?
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Opening other people's mail is like staring at the sun.
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The more people tell you you shouldn't do it, the more you just gotta...
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Richard, we're over here.
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Oh yeah, sorry.
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Now kids, there's plenty of fun things we could do to take our mind off opening the box.
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Just think outside the box.
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Play some music on the boombox.
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Maybe go watch a boxing match or just open the box for the box!
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Open the box!
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Wait, I think I know what it is.
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It's a teleportation gun.
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How could you possibly know what a fictional object sounds like?
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Uh, what does a laser sword sound like?
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Case closed!
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Box open!
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We're not opening it.
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Oh, come on!
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Think about how this could benefit society and enrich our lives.
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Gumball, I told you to take out the garbage.
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I'm not sure I'm comfortable with this.
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Speak for yourself.
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Hi, Mom!
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What are you doing?
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I just found a way!
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Go avoid walking!
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Are you sure that thing is safe?
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I think so!
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What makes you say that?
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Uh, probably that weird thing on your nose.
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It seems teleportation is dangerously affecting your DNA.
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So you're saying I'm getting superpowers?
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Mmm, no, that's a rather specific interpretation of what I just said.
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But you're not saying that I won't.
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Indeed.
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But I would say there is a 99.9% chance you will
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turn into a cyst-like pile of flesh with tongues where there shouldn't be tongues.
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Oh, er, right.
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I-I understand.
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Good.
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Finally.
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So, you're saying there's a 0.01% chance that I could get superpowers!
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Hey dude!
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Whoa!
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Looks like you've been teleporting a lot.
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Whoa!
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What's that?
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I've been trying to get superpowers.
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I wanted to fly so I took a bird through the portal, but instead now I can lay eggs.
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Then I tried to get invisibility, so I took a chameleon through, and now I can lay chameleon eggs.
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And then I tried to get super jump, so I took a frog through hand.
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Now you can lay...
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Yeah, so I decided to take something that couldn't lay eggs and tada Ah, a laser pointer.
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Did it work?
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You sure did.
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Check this out.
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Laser vision!
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Oh great now I can see exactly where you're looking
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But maybe you should focus some of your efforts on the
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aesthetic side of superheroes You know maybe look a little less like That You're right.
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I need to merge with something that looks super cool Okay, wait a minute.
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I'm just gonna say what we're all thinking.
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Please do.
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Are you gonna finish that fictional food that's on your plate?
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What?
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No!
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Why did you choose to merge with a cockroach?
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Just imagine what I could do with the powers of a nuclear-resistant parasite.
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Repel girls even more.
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I still don't know what it is, but I know what I wish it was.
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Woo!
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We're rich!
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We never have to worry about the end of the month again!
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I could get a submarine to school every day!
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But there's no water between here and school.
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We'll buy some!
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Exactly!
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I can finally call myself retired instead of unemployed!
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Come on, let's go!
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Mom, where are you taking us?
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You see, such a large amount of cash is bound to belong to somebody shady, and it's very likely to send someone to retrieve it.
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Wait!
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So now we're on the run from a hitman?
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Exactly! So now
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we have to live every day like it's our last?
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Yes, but isn't that a good philosophy to have?
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Carpe diem!
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Run!
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Come back!
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Run!
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I think I know how he's tracking us.
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I'm sorry.
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I'm just so scared.
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What the?
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Not bad.
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There must be some bad of tracking advice with the money.
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My employers will never give up.
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There will be another man after me, then another, and another after that.
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You will never find peace.
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Yes, but we're millionaires.
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You will never get back to your old life.
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You will be hunted.
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Hunted millionaires.
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You will never be able to trust anyone.
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You will be fugitives.
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Fugitive millionaires.
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I agree with Mom on one thing.
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What's inside this box is clearly evil.
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What?
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Why?
590
Because history has proven that mysterious containers always bring misery.
591
Pandora's box.
592
The Lost Ark?
593
That six-month-old takeout box at the back of the fridge?
594
My point is, what if this box was never meant to be opened?
595
What if it was?
596
It's been seven weeks since the infection began and I...
597
...I'm still up without a cure.
598
They've taken over everything.
599
Our infrastructure has collapsed.
600
The people are on their own.
601
Hello!
602
You have reached the mailbox of...
603
Police Station.
604
All our officers are busy consuming the flesh of the living at the moment, so please take the law into your own needs.
605
Oh, wait up!
606
Ah, cool.
607
Most of the population is now contaminated.
608
Those that haven't transformed yet were already zombies anyway.
609
The world as we know it is coming to an end.
610
If only I'd known how the virus got out, maybe the infection could have been prevented.
611
Coming in all stars!
612
Woo!
613
Squirt gun!
614
We have to destroy that box.
615
I'm sure it's something perfectly normal.
616
Exactly.
617
Like an accordion made out of bread, or a remote controlled trumpet.
618
Uh, what?
619
Yes?
620
Laser Recycling!
621
The scientists have inserted an implant allowing you to use the capacities of your brain at 100%, making you the ultimate weapon.
622
We will now erase your memory and place you under a false identity until it is time for your mission.
623
Your activation code word is...
624
Lazarus.
625
Your mission is to save the president.
626
Please hang up.
627
This phone will self-destruct in 10 seconds.
628
Mr. President, are you okay?
629
I was so scared.
630
Don't worry.
631
You're safe now.
632
Hang on.
633
No offense, Dad.
634
It sounds cool that you could use the full power of your brain, but 100% of nothing is still nothing.
635
Please hang up.
636
This phone will self-destruct in 10 seconds.
637
No, you hang up!
638
I'm serious, please hang up.
639
No, you first!
640
This is a direct order, please hang up!
641
Alright, we'll do it at the same time.
642
One...
643
Two...
644
No, wait!
645
Mm-mm.
646
We need to get this box back to the right person!
647
The president has to be saved! And kissed!
648
What if it was just a box?
649
That would be a huge letdown.
650
Think about it.
651
A cardboard box could be a spaceship!
652
A time machine!
653
A pirate rope fighting a giant squid!
654
If you look at it through the eyes of a kid!
655
I said it would be a huge letdown!
656
I don't care what's inside it.
657
I just want the box!
658
We need to destroy it!
659
No!
660
I saw it first!
661
It's mine!
662
Get me down!
663
Get down!
664
Get down!
665
My favorite!
666
Have you guys received a package by any chance?
667
I told them to leave it here if I wasn't home.
668
Oh!
669
I don't think so.
670
Never mind.
671
Wait!
672
Maybe we opened it by mistake.
673
What was inside?
674
You don't wanna know.
675
Trust me, we really do.
676
Okay, you know that rough skin you have on your elbow?
677
Well, imagine that, but a bit scalier, and spreading over your entire...
678
...place that should be soft.
679
Now, imagine if that skin also got marinated in vinegar
680
and microwaved and hair somehow got trapped under a layer of
681
that skin and the hair kept growing under this kind of blister
682
that sort of filled with some butter-colored oily matter and then it started sweating.
683
Kind of like cheese, but on live meat.
684
Until it hardened into a flaking crust.
685
Well, the box had some cream in it for that.
686
You're right.
687
We didn't want to know.
688
Potato!
689
Potato!
690
Potato!
691
Mmm, fluffy!
692
Hey Idaho, my number one bro-tato.
693
How's it hanging?
694
Hmm, what's wrong with him?
695
Isn't it obvious?
696
Um, nope.
697
Dude, you're eating potato!
698
In front of Idaho!
699
The potato!
700
That's it!
701
If it upsets Idaho, I'm never gonna eat potato again.
702
There are plenty of other foods I like.
703
I'll just eat those.
704
I'll go ask for some fries.
705
Uh, those are potato too.
706
What did you think french fries were made of?
707
French people?
708
SMH, dude.
709
SMH.
710
Hmm.
711
Huh?
712
Also potatoes.
713
Wedges?
714
Potato.
715
Hashbrowns?
716
Potato.
717
Potato tots?
718
Potato.
719
Croquette?
720
Potato.
721
Potato.
722
Potato salad?
723
I can't believe I've been so insensitive.
724
At least it was only once.
725
Each chip is sliced and diced and lowered gently into the boiling oil.
726
Happy birthday, dear Father!
727
Then boiled again in the boiling oil.
728
Do you have the time?
729
Chipping!
730
A quarter after two.
731
Before boiling them in boiling oil one final time.
732
What one?
733
I'm so insensitive.
734
Yeah, maybe you need to think about how other people feel.
735
Also, I eat way too many potatoes.
736
I'm proud of you, buddy.
737
Openly admitting you've got a problem is the first step to recovery.
738
Okay!
739
I have a problem!
740
Great!
741
All better.
742
Dude, that's not the only step to recovery.
743
That sure doesn't have a back on it.
744
And maybe the problem's a lot bigger than you think.
745
Ah!
746
I do need help.
747
Okay, dude.
748
We've cleared out your locker and your desk.
749
Is there anywhere else we've missed?
750
Hmm...
751
Is there anywhere else?
752
I don't recall.
753
Could there be any other potatoes?
754
I think we've got three...
755
Thanks for leading me to your secret supply.
756
But you'll never find my secret secret.
757
Dang.
758
Stay strong, bro.
759
I know this isn't easy.
760
This isn't easy.
761
This is a very emotional time for me.
762
I keep getting these horrible, devastating move swings.
763
But it's fine.
764
Everything is great.
765
All I need to do is relax.
766
Like, really, really relax.
767
I'll fight anything not move.
768
Well, he's coping better than I thought.
769
You know, a lot of people find doing something with their hands helps take their mind off cravings.
770
Let's search for things to do with your hands.
771
Whoa!
772
Origami!
773
That's a great idea!
774
Feel any better?
775
Not at all.
776
Well, at least it hasn't upset anyone.
777
Hey guys, have you seen my parents?
778
They were coming in today to see Miss Simeon.
779
No...
780
Never mind!
781
Clearly dedication and good intentions aren't working.
782
Time to put our faith in something that looks like science, but isn't.
783
Welcome to Dr. Xanthor's Hypnotize Yourself to a healthier you.
784
Listen to the sound of my voice.
785
You're feeling very sleepy.
786
You're lying in the field.
787
You feel the sauce I give so fast.
788
Help.
789
Did it help?
790
No!
791
And neither is that!
792
Get those chips out of my face!
793
Hey, what are you guys doing?
794
Do we really have to tell you or will you just admit? that you've been eavesdropping and already have a solution.
795
I sure do!
796
Just leave it to ScoopDog!
797
Oh, okay.
798
Is he coming here or do we go to him?
799
Neither.
800
So, we just wait here or...
801
No, no, it's me.
802
I'm ScoopDog.
803
It's a new nickname I'm trying.
804
Oh, that was not at all clear. Did it work?
805
Not really.
806
Aversion therapy is just advertising with different music.
807
See?
808
Also, maybe it would have worked better if you hadn't wedged my eyes open with french fries.
809
Any other bad ideas?
810
How about Mr. Small's Group Therapy?
811
It's really good.
812
I've been to every single one to cure my obsessor personality.
813
Every.
814
Single.
815
One.
816
Haven't missed a week.
817
Tried to.
818
Couldn't.
819
Is everyone here?
820
Good.
821
Welcome to the therapy group.
822
Wait, it's just you guys?
823
You can't be a group of two.
824
That's a duo.
825
I just thought duo therapy sounded weird.
826
It is weird.
827
Oh, I'll start.
828
My name is Sarah, and I'm obsessive about comics, movies, gumball, fan art, Darwin, Gumball on Darwin, making lists about things I'm obsessed with.
829
Sarah, this isn't about you.
830
It's about me, helping Darwin to give up potatoes.
831
Nature's taste grenade?
832
Why?
833
Because it's upsetting Idaho.
834
Very well.
835
I gave up eating meat using the visualization technique.
836
Each time I wanted to eat some meat, I would picture it with a face.
837
It was harrowing!
838
But it worked.
839
Try it.
840
Howdy!
841
Whoa!
842
I think it worked!
843
I don't feel like eating potatoes anymore!
844
Thank you, Mr. Small!
845
What's that on your desk?
846
Nothing.
847
Go back to the part where you were saying what a great duotherapist I am.
848
I never said that.
849
Is that a string of sausages?
850
And you've got steaks hidden under here.
851
Darwin, wait!
852
It's not what it looks like.
853
I've been hiding meat around my desk because I can't stop eating it!
854
That's exactly what it looks like.
855
You're a total fake!
856
That's it!
857
No!
858
I'm sorry, but this is who I am!
859
Huh.
860
I don't feel any different.
861
Do I look okay?
862
Potato.
863
Potato?
864
Potato, potato.
865
Potato!
866
Potato!
867
Hello, darling, nice to see you.
868
Glad to have you back with us.
869
We have things we need to tell you if it isn't too much fun.
870
We really can't forgive you when you cut us into pieces.
871
We wish you had an ease and all our nephews and our naces.
872
Mashed them, baked them, fried them, roasted, sauteed, boiled and grilled and toasted.
873
They peeled up all our skin, dug out all our rice, You diced us into edges and you sliced us into pride!
874
We are glad we came to see you, one more thing we must discuss, the final thing we need to say is, Please will you stop beating us?
875
Uh.. you okay, buddy?
876
That's it!
877
I need to do this on my own!
878
I'm gonna lock myself in my room until I beat this thing!
879
Uh, Mr. Small?
880
Darwin just skipped out on the rest of the school day.
881
Don't look at me!
882
Rotato!
883
We did it!
884
We did it!
885
Darwin's given up eating potatoes!
886
I knew you'd be pleased, but I didn't realize you'd get so emotional.
887
I'm not.
888
You just shut my hand in the locker.
889
Oh, sorry.
890
So what was that about Darwin?
891
He's gone home and locked himself in his room to quit eating potatoes because it was upsetting you.
892
Why would I be upset?
893
I'm not the same potatoes as he eats in the canteen.
894
Are you saying that all potatoes look the same?
895
I...
896
Say no!
897
No?
898
I'm gonna go see Darwin.
899
So it looks like everything worked out well in the end.
900
I don't think you understand what just happened.
901
Darwin is struggling to battle his potato cravings, and you just let Idaho, the potato, go off and see him. So we're good?
902
Phew-wee!
903
Sure is hot!
904
I better put some sunscreen on.
905
Well, plow my furrow!
906
This ain't sunscreen, it's tanning oil!
907
Look at me getting all crispy!
908
Okay, one more time!
909
So, Idaho has gone to see Darwin.
910
Remember, Darwin is struggling to resist eating potatoes. And we...
911
If I have a serious expression and nod really slowly, it'll look like I'm listening to every word she's saying.
912
Now, Gumball!
913
What?
914
You do realize you said all of that out loud.
915
Quick, think of a good excuse. And that!
916
Hey, what do you think you're doing?
917
I'm salting the roads for ice.
918
But it's like 90 degrees out here, and it's June!
919
I'm so fired.
920
Okay, so here's a model of the block you live on.
921
I'm sorry I didn't have time to build it to scale.
922
So here's Darwin- Sarah, we don't have time for this!
923
I just realized that Idaho is on its way to see the potato star of Darwin!
924
And Idaho is a potato!
925
Oh no!
926
The truck is out of control!
927
Oh, I guess it's all right.
928
Darwin?
929
Darwin?
930
Darwin?
931
Darwin?
932
Darwin?
933
Darwin?
934
Darwin!
935
Darwin!
936
Don't do it!
937
Don't do it!
938
Open up!
939
Open up!
940
Oh, thanks.
941
Darwin.
942
No. Uh, a gumbo?
943
Not now, Idaho.
944
Wait, what?
945
Idaho brought me this bake to show me it's OK to eat potatoes.
946
And there's no hard feelings.
947
No, you're alive!
948
Wait, I thought you were upset at Darwin.
949
No, I was upset at you!
950
I hate that stupid nickname.
951
Oh, we thought you were annoyed about the potato thing, but you were annoyed about the bro-tato thing!
952
Just laugh with them and they'll think you understand.
953
So we're all gonna pretend we didn't hear him say that, right?
954
Yeah.
955
No!
956
No, I didn't get a new haircut.
957
No, I'm not desperately trying to get notice for waxing my mustache.
958
No, I didn't get a new haircut.
959
No, I'm not desperately trying to get notice for waxing my mustache.
960
No, I haven't had my dentures widened, and I don't wear dentures!
961
And by the way, I can plainly see you're all miming, so just man up and ask!
962
What do we do wrong?
963
Eh?
964
It might be that a certain someone forgot a certain something.
965
Uh, you're being a bit hypocritical here.
966
You can't be angry at someone for forgetting something if you can't even remember their name or what they forgot.
967
It's fine.
968
No need to make a fuss about it.
969
I got it.
970
There must be some secret fuss that I shouldn't know about.
971
No, there is no fuss.
972
No fuss.
973
Got it.
974
No, seriously, there is no fuss.
975
You just said you didn't want to fuss.
976
Also, what is all this fuss about?
977
Sure, you didn't organize any fuss.
978
I'm not bluffing, there's no fussing.
979
Oh!
980
I wonder who this could be!
981
Oh!
982
A sing-a-gram!
983
Uhh...
984
Hello, my darling!
985
Hello, my baby!
986
This is from the IRS!
987
You better pay it, they're getting serious, your home will be repossessed!
988
There you go.
989
What?
990
A party!
991
I know it!
992
YAY!
993
Even acupuncture couldn't save him.
994
It's a special day!
995
Awwww!
996
Get 25% off a Dave Skyriding Emporium?
997
Wait, so you really haven't organized anything?
998
Oh.
999
Okay.
1000
It's alright.
1001
It's quite alright, really.
1002
Don't make a fuss.
1003
Okay then.
1004
Something about her body language tells me she doesn't mean that.
1005
Yep, pack your bags, we're about to go on the round-the-world guilt trip.
1006
Unless we figure out what we should be making a fuss about.
1007
Dirty socks
1008
and filthy clothes When all I wanted was a sweet red rose
1009
And how could anyone forget
1010
Or fail to see why I'm upset He made me laugh with things he said
1011
But now he can't remember the day we...
1012
AHHHHH!
1013
Gumball!
1014
Put out the fire!
1015
AHHHHH!
1016
No, no!
1017
AHHHHH!
1018
AHHHHH!
1019
AHH!
1020
The song!
1021
Finish the song!
1022
No. A certain someone should know why today is important.
1023
Why did you say we shouldn't be making a fuss if you get all angry about it when we don't?
1024
No need to make a fuss is a thing people say, but they obviously don't mean it.
1025
I honestly don't mean it.
1026
It's all in the subtext, like when someone says, I'm only two minutes away.
1027
We should stay in touch. Or, it's fine, honey.
1028
Uh, okay.
1029
So are you gonna tell us what we should be celebrating?
1030
Don't worry about it, sweetheart.
1031
Heh, it's kinda difficult to organize a party if you don't know what it's for.
1032
What's appropriate, cake?
1033
What if it's the anniversary of some tragedy?
1034
A black cake?
1035
Just keep it as vague as possible, like this.
1036
Look, today's the day!
1037
Uh, do I draw a smiley face on the card or not?
1038
Make it both!
1039
Hmm.
1040
Keep it neutral.
1041
Good choice!
1042
Beige.
1043
The Wednesday of colors.
1044
Like a visual music, as noncommittal as can be.
1045
Okay, I'll be Mom coming in.
1046
Everyone try and look as bland as possible.
1047
I feel nothing.
1048
It's perfect.
1049
She's coming!
1050
Get ready to sing the Everything song!
1051
Today's so very important, it doesn't come very often, for reasons you thought we'd forgotten, today is all about you.
1052
It's such an important day, it's such an important day.
1053
Happy today to you, happy today to you, happy today dear Nicole.
1054
Unless it's kind of sad too.
1055
This day for you is important for us too.
1056
A sad and serious day, unless you want us to say hurray.
1057
We know this idea's not strong, this is clearly a Christmas song.
1058
We can't keep this up for too long, so tell us what's wrong.
1059
With deepest feelings on this momentous occasion, smooth.
1060
Oh, we baked you a cake!
1061
Really?
1062
Dad, she was looking you right in the eye!
1063
It's you who's forgotten something!
1064
What is it?
1065
Okay, let me think.
1066
What's going on?
1067
I think he's using his brain.
1068
This is dangerous!
1069
He's pushing way past his usual limits!
1070
He's not gonna make it!
1071
No, Darwin!
1072
He has to do this!
1073
I got it.
1074
What is it?
1075
We asked for a clue!
1076
Can you please just tell us why today is so special
1077
so this family can get back to functioning in its usual dysfunctional way?
1078
It's November 1st, our wedding anniversary.
1079
Hmm...
1080
Since when do swans have nipples?
1081
Dad, there is only one way to save the day.
1082
With a totally over-the-top, disproportionate, overblown gesture.
1083
You're right.
1084
I don't know what's so special about October 11th, but I know it's an important day to your mother, so I'm going to make sure I never forget it again.
1085
How?
1086
Hmm...
1087
That's not a swan.
1088
It's an elephant.
1089
What are you talking about?
1090
Well, didn't you ever wonder why we went on summer vacation in January?
1091
The calendar was upside down!
1092
Today is October 11th, not November 1st!
1093
I'm going to get a tattoo of October 11th...
1094
...on my butt!
1095
Okay, a tattoo is a big commitment.
1096
You should probably think about it for...
1097
So, it turns out I was...
1098
What?
1099
You know, I was...
1100
She thought today was their wedding anniversary, but it isn't.
1101
She's trying to say she was wrong, but her mouth is pathologically incapable of saying those words.
1102
Well, I hope her legs are capable of making up for it.
1103
What?
1104
Why?
1105
It looks just like her.
1106
Thanks!
1107
I'd like this, and that.
1108
Uh-huh.
1109
What are you doing?
1110
I couldn't see a head!
1111
Then we're gonna have to run!
1112
Ow!
1113
It hurts so bad!
1114
Oh no no no no!
1115
I can't do it!
1116
It's too painful!
1117
Dude, I assure you that's a reasonable price for a tattoo.
1118
Help me!
1119
Please don't be a butt, please don't be a butt, please don't be a butt.
1120
Thank you, universe.
1121
Technically, that's my face.
1122
That's my butt.
1123
Let's go this way!
1124
We can see we're going in this direction!
1125
Wait!
1126
What?
1127
You're holding it upside down.
1128
Almost got the tag wrong there! Where is it?
1129
By the strip mall!
1130
Somewhere on the left!
1131
I can't see anything!
1132
Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry.
1133
Wait, I gotta write you a ticket before I forget what happened.
1134
Stop!
1135
What?
1136
Where's my husband?
1137
I'm here!
1138
Oh, here.
1139
What have you done?
1140
Don't worry, honey.
1141
Oh, thank goodness you didn't go through with it.
1142
No, I totally went through with it.
1143
I just meant that he gave me a discount, so you don't need to worry about the price.
1144
Oh, Richard.
1145
Now I'll never forget what day it is.
1146
I would always look at this and think, I wonder what day that is.
1147
Forever.
1148
But I was wrong!
1149
Huh?
1150
She messed up with the date and she was wrong.
1151
Well that's a day to remember.
1152
Aw, just kidding.
1153
I know exactly how to fix this.
1154
How?
1155
Now I'll never forget to think about you every day.
1156
What do you think?
1157
Hmph!
1158
I love it.
1159
I'm not sure what you're doing.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Five FULL EPISODES Mega Compilation! SEASON 5 Gumball”. This video has 1159 sentences and 7076 words to shadow. The speech runs for 53:53. The speaker talks at a steady 131 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 223 of its 1159 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 |
|---|---|---|
| potato noun | /pəˈteɪ.təʊ/ | The edible starchy tuber of the plant species Solanum tuberosum. |
| fuss noun | /fʌs/ | Excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something. |
| slide noun | /ˈslaɪ̯d/ | An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again. |
| butt noun | /bʌt/ | Body; self. |
| boil verb | /bɔɪ(ə)l/ | To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas. |
| laser noun | /ˈleɪzɚ/ | A device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light. |
| tattoo noun | /tæˈtuː/ | An image made on a body part, usually the skin with ink and a needle. |
| whoa | /woʊ/ | Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down. |
| desk noun | /dɛsk/ | A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a… |
| steal verb | /stiːl/ | To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it. |
| buddy | /ˈbʌdi/ | A person far removed from the conversation. |
| fry verb | /fɹaɪ/ | To cook (something) in hot fat. |
| millionaire noun | /ˌmɪl.i.əˈnɛə(ɹ)/ | Somebody whose wealth is at least one million (10⁶) currency units (usually understood to exclude holders of hyperinflated currencies). |
| server noun | /ˈsɝvɚ/ | A program that provides services to other programs or devices, either in the same computer or over a computer network. |
| chase verb | /t͡ʃeɪs/ | To follow at speed. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| give up verb | To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone). | |
| hang up verb | To put up to hang. | |
| get back to verb | Return to (an activity) | |
| make out of verb | To construct from; to create (something) using (a material or substance). | |
| get down verb | /ɡɛt ˈdaʊn/ | To bring or come down; to descend; to cause to bring or come down. |
| get off verb | To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it. | |
| make up verb | /ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/ | To constitute, to compose. |
| open up verb | To open. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Are you sure we're not being too picky?
- You're still typing, aren't you?
- Is there anywhere else we've missed?
- Wait, it's just you guys?
- What's that on your desk?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | He's been chasing · I've been waiting · we've just been using |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've spoken · I've already seen · have not interacted |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | is wasted · being rejected · was born |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | guy who loves · one who wants |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 278 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: earthquake /ˈɝθkweɪk/, thumb /ˈθʌm/, thread /ˈθɹɛd/, smooth /smuːð/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: infection /ɪnˈfɛkʃən/, flesh /flɛʃ/, fictional /ˈfɪkʃənəl/, hashtag /ˈhæʃˌtæɡ/, shock /ʃɔk/
- Long words — get the stress right: millionaire /ˌmɪl.i.əˈnɛə(ɹ)/, technically /ˈtɛk.nɪˌkəl.i/, desperately /ˈdɛs.p(ə.)ɹət.li/, supermarket /ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkət/, complicated /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/
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 potato, fuss, slide.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.