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What are you watching?
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Revenge of the Pod Zombies.
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It's too scary for you.
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Go to bed.
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If you've moved up to level where you can babysit me at night, then I've moved up to level where I can stay up and watch a scary move.
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I have to call mom and dad and see if it's OK.
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If you have to call mom and dad, maybe you're not mature enough to babysit me at all.
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Mature.
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Fine.
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10 minutes. So catch me up.
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These zombies, why aren't they seeking revenge?
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This is too scary, I think we should turn it off.
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No, if we turn it off now we won't get to the happy ending part.
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There is no happy ending part!
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What are you doing?
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I was too scared to sleep
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and this is the only room in the house where I got to keep the lights on all night.
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I couldn't sleep either.
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Every time I closed my eyes, I saw zombies ripping the guts out of Taylor Lautner.
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Maybe we should tell Mom we saw the movie.
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No, you can't tell Mom.
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She'll think I'm a bad babysitter.
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You are a bad babysitter!
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You let me watch a scary movie I am too young for.
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Besides, Mom always makes it better when I'm scared.
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Did the mom in the zombie movie make it better?
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No!
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She ate her baby's face off!
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Why is your textbook in the exact same position it was in this morning?
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It hasn't moved.
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Aw, there, it's moved.
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Happy?
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Hey, you watch your tone, mister.
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What tone?
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You're always imagining this tone.
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Ugh, why do you have to ride me all the time?
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And then I got an idea.
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A brilliant, glorious idea.
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I would film my kids and show them what they sounded like.
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You achieved total mind control?
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Honey, can you please not twirl in the house?
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Well, where am I supposed to do it?
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It's too cold outside and my fingers freeze up, and if I can't practice, then I won't make the team, and it will be all your fault!
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Rick, your dad's going to the mall.
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You want to go with him to look for a hat?
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Rick, any response would be nice.
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And once I started, I couldn't stop.
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This thing was power.
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God, I hear you.
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Do your paper.
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Have you done your paper?
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I will!
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I did!
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I am!
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Ugh!
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Ugh!
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Ugh!
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Hulk!
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After several days of collecting evidence, it was showtime.
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I wasn't just doing this for myself.
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I was doing it for moms through the ages who'd had enough.
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Hey, honey.
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Hey, Mike.
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Oh, hey, Bob.
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Bob was just helping me set up that thing I told you about that I want to show the kids.
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Oh.
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How long is that going to take?
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I had long ago accepted that Mike and Bob weren't going to ever be friends.
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It's not that Mike didn't like Bob.
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It's just.. yeah, he just didn't like him.
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So, Michael Michael, Bo Bicle, I'll go with the job search.
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Boom.
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A little slow.
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That's why I like to come home and relax.
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Hey, I'm an idiot.
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Why didn't I think of this?
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The guy riding shotgun on my night shift, delivering little bitty snack cakes?
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Just quit.
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If you're interested, I could put your name in.
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It's a union pay.
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Easy gig.
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I don't know, Bob.
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I don't want to put you out.
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Union pay.
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Easy gig.
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Mike?
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Sounds great.
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Riding with you, huh?
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Yeah.
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Kids, can you come in here?
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Come on, everybody.
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Come on in.
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Sit down.
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Everybody, sit down.
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Okay.
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We are going to watch some educational television.
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Now, there's been some bad behavior going on, and I think it's about time I brought it to your attention.
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And I must warn you, what you are about to see is not pretty.
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Seriously, when did you hatch this plan to ruin my life?
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Hey, you recorded me?
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The thing you're trying to make me do is maybe some sort of mindless zombie here.
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Yeah, obviously I don't have to destroy your life, Axel, because you're doing a pretty damn good job of it yourself.
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Hey, time is passing, Axel!
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Okay, wait, hold on, that's the wrong spot.
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I went to life, did my homework, why do I have to do your homework?
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Okay, there we go.
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I will make it, and it will be all your fault!
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Not so pretty, Sue, is it?
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My fault?
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Why is everything my fault, huh?
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I suppose it'll be my fault, too, if you forget to call Mrs. Craig and tell her you can't sit on Thursday!
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Am I talking for my own health here?
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Wait, wait, wait, wait, that's wrong.
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I have had it with you.
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All you have to do around here is flush the toilet and do your homework.
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Do you have any idea how lucky you are? Do you? Do you?
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Someday I'll be dead and you'll wish you could hear my voice!
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This is the last time I'm telling you!
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I'm not telling you again!
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I will not say this one more time!
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So, let that be a lesson to you.
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Dude, we've been duped.
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We're losers.
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Losers who've been duped.
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Hey, we're not losers.
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They're losers.
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Look at what they're missing out on.
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Check out these guys.
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You rock.
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Yeah.
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Yeah!
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I'm a football hero for God's sake.
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We need to weep.
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They'd take us back if we showed them what they're missing.
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Shirts off, gentlemen.
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All right, Sean, get in closer behind Darren.
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Darren, squeeze in closer.
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Keep flexing.
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Squeeze and now smile.
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Smile like we're digging not being with him.
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Dude, we look like three naked guys hugging each other.
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You can't see what our hands are doing.
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And it's sent.
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Oh, yeah.
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We nailed them so bad.
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High five, my brothers.
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You got an interview?
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Yes, I did.
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Honey, get me my tie.
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Okay.
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But what are we going to yank to turn the basement light on?
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Once I get this job, baby, I'm going to get you the best light bulb chain money can buy.
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Hi, I'm Mike Heck.
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Ah, yes.
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The Rockin' Freak Show.
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Please sit down. So, tell me, Mike.
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What brings you to Who's Your Grain?
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Well, you called me, told me to come in, and here I am.
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Okay.
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How about you tell me a little about you?
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What are three words you would use to describe yourself?
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Uh, tall.
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Mike.
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Man.
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Okay.
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Well, what would you say is your best quality?
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Tall.
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What's your worst quality?
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Why would I tell you that?
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Pretty stupid, right?
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I mean, I'm trying to get a job here.
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Yeah.
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If you were a color, what color would you be?
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Guess I would stick with the color I am.
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Are you even allowed to ask me that?
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See, Mike just couldn't play the game the way you have to in an interview.
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He just didn't have it in him.
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Look, I've been a manager.
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I'm a hard worker.
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I've never been late in my life.
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What else do you need to know?
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What superhero quality would you find most valuable to you in the workplace?
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flying, invisibility, or stretching to extreme lengths.
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We thought of wrapping it, but then didn't.
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Who needs wrapping?
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This takes longer to get to the present.
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An inflatable foot bath.
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Wow.
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Wow.
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You're always saying your feet hurt because you're on them all day, and it's inflatable, so you can take it with you when you travel.
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It's got sloughing bumps to remove dead skin.
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Sloughing bumps.
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And this is what Mike got for Father's Day last year.
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Oh, my God.
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No way! Is this?
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Yep.
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A certified piece of IU Hoosier Gym.
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Remember we read in the paper that they were replacing the floor in Assembly Hall?
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Well, I called the campus to see if we could buy a piece of the old floor.
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And they gave me like a zillion numbers, but I eventually tracked down the right guy, and he told me he would sell me a piece, but I had to come get it that morning.
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So I drove in this snowstorm to Bloomington, and I swear I had like almost two crashes, but it was so worth it just to see this look on your face.
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Wow.
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I can't believe you thought of this.
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Wow.
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I can't believe you thought of this.
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All right, I'm gonna leave you alone.
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It's your day.
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Okay, I'm gonna just relax and read my People magazine.
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Also, while we were at the drugstore, I got some glue, so now I can fix your picture frame.
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Rick, what kind of pasta do you want at the top of my frame, elbow or farfalla?
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Whatever you want.
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It's your day.
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And if you can find a picture of yourself to put in it, that'd be good, too.
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And this is what Mike was doing on Father's Day.
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How's she doing?
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She's gone around four times.
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She only has to make around one more lap,
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and she makes the team. Should we stop her?
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Absolutely not.
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Go, Snoop!
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I can do it.
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I can do it.
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Things are starting to look up for me.
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Oh, come on!
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It just keeps going.
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Where did she get that from? From me?
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I never give up.
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You give up all the time.
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You gave up this morning.
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You're right.
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As I was saying that sentence, I almost gave up and stopped talking.
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You can do it!
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Look in!
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Pretty good!
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Come on, you can do it, Mark!
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Mark!
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Mark!
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Mark!
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Mark!
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Mark!
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Sam!
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Sam!
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Sam!
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Sam!
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Sam!
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Come on!
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Come on!
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You can do that!
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Come on!
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Barb!
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This line's up here!
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Come on!
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I got it!
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I got it!
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You can do this!
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You can do this!
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You can do this!
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You can do this!
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I got it! That was amazing!
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She did it.
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Sue did it.
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You okay?
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Sue finally made something.
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Sue made the no -cut cross -country team.
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I've never been more proud of her than I was that day.
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Oh, ow!
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Not under the arms!
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Okay, okay, okay.
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I'll see you in August.
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Don't start spelling the word unless you know it.
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I wonder why number 11.
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Ask for the definition, even if you know the word.
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Hey, look, when I look down, my number looks the same to me as it does to you.
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Forget about the sign.
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You should be focusing on letters right now, not numbers.
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Now, over there, that's your main competition, Sanjeebawa.
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Hey!
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Hey, don't befriend your enemy.
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He's nothing to you.
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You're gonna take him down.
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Got it?
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Okay.
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When are we heading home?
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Can we get your pancake house on the way?
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Sue said that they make the pancakes right at your table.
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Brick, you must have said something last night.
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Do you even care about winning this thing?
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I don't know.
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Because, you know, you win, you get a trophy to put on your shelf.
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I thought you'd think that was really cool.
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Nah, I don't really care about the winning part.
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I just like this ball.
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And that's when it finally sunk in for Mike.
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Brick really didn't care. And that changed everything.
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That's your edge.
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That's how you're going to win this thing, by not caring.
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You're the Iceman!
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You're my Brick of Ice!
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You see, unlike Brick, Mike really does like the winning part.
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If we can please have all the contestants take their places.
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How is he?
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He doesn't care at all.
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I think we got a real shot.
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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the 45th annual Midwest Regionals.
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The winner of this competition will go on to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D .C.
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Let the spelling begin.
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Grammar.
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G -R -A -M -M -A -R.
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Grammar.
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That is correct.
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Privilege.
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P -R -I -B -E -L -E -G -E.
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I'm sorry, that's incorrect.
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Sebaceous.
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S -E -B -A -T -I.
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M -I -N -U -T -I.
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Observatory.
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S -A -B -O -U -S.
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That is correct.
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Ecclesiastric.
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That is correct.
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That's incorrect.
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Ubiquitous.
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That is correct.
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Ah!
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Ah!
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Ladies and gentlemen, we're down to the final two.
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One of these contestants will be our Midwest champion.
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Oh, my God.
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I can't look.
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I'm too nervous.
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Come on, Brick.
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Come on.
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You can do this?
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The word is Prospicions Can you give me the definition please?
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It means foresight Seeing ahead Prospicions P -R -O -S -P -I -C -I -E -N -C -E Prospicions That is correct
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The word is Gurdon Gurdon What is the origin?
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Staltactic Middle English Gurdon.
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G -U -E -R -D -O -N.
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Gurdon.
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That is correct.
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The next word is...
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Oh, my God.
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No, he knows this one.
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What?
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He studied this one.
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He knows it.
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Yeah, he knows it.
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He knows it.
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In that moment, it all melted away.
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All the stress and the sore backs and the complaining and the fighting.
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We were there for one reason and one reason alone.
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But cheer our littlest member to his hard -won victory.
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Our victory.
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Keir Skiris.
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C -H -I -A -R -O -S -C -U -R -I -S -T.
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T. Oh, I'm sorry.
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There's only one tea.
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No, no, no, he knows this when you want tea.
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I don't think you understand.
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I don't think you understand.
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I don't think you understand.
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With me trapped at work with Looney Tunes, Mike was beginning to think the funhouse wasn't all that fun for him.
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Mr. Heck, please let us help you with that.
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Thanks, guys.
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Hey, there's raw chicken in there.
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Never mind.
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Animals.
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Question 17.
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Now that you're the mom of the house...
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Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
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I'm not the mom of anything.
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You got chalk on your face.
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Come here.
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Go to your room.
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Oh, hey, Brad.
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How's it going?
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Good, good.
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I think Sue and Carly are downstairs.
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Yeah, I know.
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Mr. Heck, can I ask you a question?
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You know, man to man.
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Sure.
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Well, Mr. Heck, I guess I'm confused about certain feelings I've been having.
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Brad, I'm not sure I'm the person you want to talk to about this.
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You see...
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There's your parents, your minister, lots of people, really.
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See, when Sue and I were dating, it was really fun, you know? but we both sensed something was missing.
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Well, mostly I did, I guess.
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And now I've been having these new feelings, very intense feelings, but I'm afraid if I act on them,
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it might be surprising and might hurt people I care about.
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I don't know if it'll be as surprising as you think it will.
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People kind of sense things about people, in my experience.
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Good talk.
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I'm just so conflicted.
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It's like, I don't know which end is up.
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What do I do?
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I think you follow your gut.
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If you make a decision by following your gut, it can't be bad.
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Right? Can we be done?
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I can't go to this birthday party.
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It'll be horrible.
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Tons of kids chasing each other.
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Running.
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They eat sugar and then they run more.
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For no reason.
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Then tell mom you don't want to go.
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I tried, but she doesn't get it.
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She thinks I have trouble fitting in.
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Fitting in.
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Well then, maybe you should just suck it up and go.
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Or you could call as mom and tell her I can't come.
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Brick?
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I can't do that.
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Sure you can.
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You have such a grown -up voice.
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Really?
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Wow, you sounded so mature when you just said that.
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Please, Sue, if you do this for me, I'll do your math homework.
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You'll get an A, I promise.
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Hello, you've reached the Cicolas.
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Please leave a message.
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Hello, Mrs. Cicola.
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Allison.
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I mean, Allison.
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This is Frances Heck, mother of Brick Heck.
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Sadly, Brick will be unable to attend Kevin's birthday party this Saturday.
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Please accept our sincere regrets.
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Bye.
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Oh, this is Frances Heck, mother of Brick Heck.
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I can't believe I just did that.
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I've never lied before in my whole life.
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Really? Have you?
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No. I'm lying.
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Oh, and remind me to call Mrs. Cicola and tell her that Brick can't come to Kevin's party.
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Mom's gonna call Mrs. Cicola and then she's gonna find out that we already called!
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Don't panic.
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Here's what we're gonna do.
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You're gonna call Mrs. Cicola again and say I can come to the party.
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So when Mom calls and says I can't, it will all make sense.
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Okay.
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Good.
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Hello, you've reached the Cicolas.
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Please leave a message.
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Hi there, Allison.
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Just calling to let you know that my son can come to the party after all.
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Thank you.
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Who's your son?
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You didn't say who you were.
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Hi.
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Forgot to say my name.
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It was Francis Heck just letting you know that Brick can't come to the party.
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He can.
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He can come to the party.
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At least for now.
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Not that we're expecting anything to happen.
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All signs are clear that he is coming.
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Did I say Axel?
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Because I meant Brick.
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You know, I just wanted to be accurate.
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Hello?
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Brick was learning a band of master criminals is only as strong as its weakest link.
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I can't handle the pressure.
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I'm going to go to mom.
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I'm going to turn myself in.
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Pull yourself together.
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The only way this goes bad is if you lose it.
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I never should have lied.
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You talked me into it.
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You're in this as deep as I am.
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You got your math homework done.
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You got your precious A.
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I don't want to be a part of this anymore.
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I want out.
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I want out.
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You should have thought of that before you got in.
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Here's what you're going to do.
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You're going to call us mom again and tell her someone's been using mom's name.
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So whatever they call and said, it's the opposite.
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Okay.
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Hello, you've reached the Cicolas.
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Please leave a message.
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Hello, Allison.
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Listen, I just wanted to let you know
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that there's some kids in the neighborhood pretending to be me and RSVPing in crazy ways, so you shouldn't trust any calls you may have received previously.
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But I'm the real mom.
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You could tell because I'm so stressed out.
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I can't tell you the last time I took a bath and we both...
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Hello?
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Who is this?
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Oh, hi!
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You're there!
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Uh, yeah!
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So, I was just saying how we're both moms
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and we both know how hard it is
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when we're trying to go to the bathroom and the kids are pouting on the door, right?
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Wait!
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This isn't Frankie Heck, it's Sue Heck.
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It's always been Sue Heck.
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I'm so sorry, I've never done anything like this before in my whole life, but I got a 79 on my math test and I needed my brother's help and I'm just so weak.
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Please don't tell my mom!
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We're instituting a new school policy.
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One, you'll actually find lots of fun.
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Wait.
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This leads to the...
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Playground!
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That's right.
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From now on, the library will be closed at recess, and all students must play outside. Have fun!
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We can't stay here.
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Okay, if we can make it to that slide over there, I think...
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We'll be safe.
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Hoodies up!
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Follow me!
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Help!
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We'll send help when we need safety!
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Safety? Who missed the library?
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Meow.
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There's a bell over here.
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It's gonna rain!
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It's gonna be too loud!
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I've gotta go talk with Mr. Seifried.
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You'll never make it!
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I've gotta try!
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He's been hit!
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It's okay!
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He's fine!
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Nothing to see!
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Come on.
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Let's get you back into the library.
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I'm going home?
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Wait!
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Mr. Seifried!
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We're not cut out for the playground!
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Zach's an indoor cat, and Cory really needs to keep his socks white or he'll freak out.
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Come on, recess is good for you.
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Next week, we're introducing dodgeball.
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I've been reconning all week, and I think I have a plan to get us back into the library.
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We just need to get Mr. Seinfreen away from that door.
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Uh -uh, I'm too scared.
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What if we get hit?
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Do you want to stay in the stinking playground forever?
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No. All right then.
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Now, my intel says that the handball boys hate the foursquare boys, so if we get them together it will create a diversion,
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giving us enough time to make it back into the library. But how?
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With this, the key to the whole operation, the double dutch girls.
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Double dutch?
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Here's the plan.
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We'll tell Reyna that one of the foursquare boys likes her.
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Really?
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Really?
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She'll run over to the Foursquare Boys to find out if it's true.
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Hey Mitch, I hear you like me.
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This will cause him to freak out and drop the Foursquare Ball.
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We'll grab it and throw it into the middle of the handball area, wrecking their game.
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Hey, your stupid ball messed us up!
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They'll blame the Foursquare Boys for weaning their game.
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And this will create a diversion, causing Mr. Seifried to leave the door.
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He's not moving!
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He's not working!
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Not yet.
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Let's go.
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Oh no. Leave me here, Brick!
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Save yourself!
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No man left behind.
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Come on!
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I can't!
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My sock is so white!
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I can't get it dirty!
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You saved my life.
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And my sock.
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Semper Fi, my brother.
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Semper Fi.
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Come on, kids lost their cornhole partners.
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It's you and me on one side, Morgan and Axel on the other.
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Okay.
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Well, whose partner did you want to be?
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Oh, you were right when you said that.
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Them on one side and us on the other.
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I heard her talking, Mike.
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I didn't want to say anything because I didn't want to ruin a good time.
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But let's just say, Morgan loves her family more than she loves ours.
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Well, shouldn't she?
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You don't get it!
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You have no instincts.
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A bear could carry our child off into the woods.
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You wouldn't even notice.
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Why are you making yourself nuts here?
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I don't get it.
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I told you, there's nothing you can do except it.
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This is out of your control.
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Whoa, niai.
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That's not how you say I love you in Mandarin.
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I told you, you have to study.
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You know I'm doing that semester in Hong Kong.
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And I told you, if you want to go to Hong Kong with me, you're gonna have to practice.
596
Yeah, this time it wasn't in my head.
597
This time I actually did it.
598
Oh my God, I'm sorry.
599
I'm so sorry.
600
What did you do?
601
Nothing.
602
I've never tried an overhand before.
603
It got away from me.
604
Oh my God, Margaret, I am so, so sorry.
605
I'm okay.
606
Let's get you in the shade.
607
Oh my gosh, is she gonna be okay?
608
She has to be okay.
609
Come on.
610
Make a hole, people!
611
My friend Morgan is coming through!
612
I knew it.
613
I'm not proud.
614
I sure feel better.
615
Yep, it was petty and beneath me, and it didn't change anything.
616
But hey, losing control over your kids is a tough thing to accept.
617
Well, springs a time for new beginnings, and Sue was giving youth group a try.
618
I mean, I want to be a good parent and everything, but it was kind of a pain to have to drive her.
619
Do you need some help?
620
Oh, thanks.
621
This happens all the time.
622
Oh, hold on, hold on.
623
Panic is not your friend in this situation.
624
Yeah.
625
Oh, hey.
626
Thanks.
627
No problem.
628
Hey, guys.
629
Uh, let's everybody come on up front and, um, let's get these chairs out of the way.
630
Make a peace circle.
631
Hey, what happened to Reverend Heber?
632
Oh, he doesn't lead the youth group.
633
He does.
634
Really?
635
Okay.
636
For all you new guys, my name is Reverend Tim Tom.
637
Well, actually, my name is Reverend Timothy Thomas.
638
But my friends, and you are my friends, call me Reverend Tim Tom.
639
Let's rap about what's on your minds.
640
It's tough being a teen when this world can be so mean.
641
No one takes you seriously.
642
You say, who will understand me?
643
Well, when the world tells you you're nothing, Just remember that you're something.
644
Yeah, it's tough being a teen.
645
Yeah, it's tough being a teen.
646
I was trying to raise money so the church could afford to keep you.
647
I tried my best, but I only raised $6 .12.
648
Will this keep you here another week?
649
At least until I get my bake sale up and running.
650
Oh, honey, I'm not leaving because the church can't afford to keep me.
651
I'm leaving because I got to keep roving.
652
That's who I am.
653
I'm Tim Tom, the roving rev. I hear there's a lot of troubled teens in Dayton, so I got to move on.
654
But I just found you, and now you're leaving?
655
You gave me hope, and now everything just seems impossible.
656
You know, if you take the M off of impossible, what do you get?
657
M?
658
No, the other half.
659
Possible?
660
That's right, Sue Heck.
661
Possible.
662
You remembered my name.
663
You only met me twice and you remembered my name.
664
That's why you have to stay.
665
You get me.
666
When you go to Dayton, what's gonna happen to me?
667
I'll tell you what's gonna happen to you, Sue Heck.
668
You're gonna be just fine.
669
You're gonna be alright.
670
It's America!
671
Thank you all for your time.
672
I want a guitar dude!
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 672 sentences and 4278 words to shadow. The speech runs for 33:07. The speaker talks at a steady 129 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 82% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| homework noun | /ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/ | Exercises assigned by a teacher to a student which review concepts studied in class. |
| zombie noun | /ˈzɑmbi/ | A person, usually undead, animated by unnatural forces (such as magic), with no soul or will of his or her own, typically being slow, obedient, and harmless… |
| whoa | /woʊ/ | Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down. |
| honey noun | /ˈhʌni/ | A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans. |
| scary adjective | /ˈskɛə.ɹi/ | Causing fear or anxiety |
| loser noun | /luzɚ/ | A person who loses; one who fails to win or thrive. |
| tone noun | /ˈtəʊn/ | A specific pitch. |
| rick noun | /ɹɪk/ | Straw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected with thatch. |
| mature adjective | /məˈt͡ʃʊ(ə)ɹ/ | Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe. |
| gentleman noun | /ˈd͡ʒɛn.təl.mən/ | Any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man. |
| mathematics noun | /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/ | An abstract representational system studying numbers, shapes, structures, quantitative change and relationships between them. |
| scare verb | /skɛɚ/ | To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way. |
| spelling noun | /ˈspɛl.ɪŋ/ | The act, practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography. |
| playground noun | /ˈpleɪɡɹaʊnd/ | A large open space for children to play in, usually having dedicated play equipment (such as swings and slides). |
| sock noun | /sɑk/ | A knitted or woven covering for the foot. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| give up verb | To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone). |
| sit down verb | To assume a sitting position from a standing position. |
| find out verb | To discover, as by asking or investigating. |
| check out verb | To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.). |
| come on in verb | Synonym of come in (“to enter”). |
| come through verb | To come into a room or other space through a door or passageway. |
| go around verb | To move or spread from person to person. |
| grow up verb | To mature and become an adult. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result | if I can't practice, then I won't make · if you do this for me, I'll do · if we get them together it will create |
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | I've been having · someone's been using · I've been reconning |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | you've moved · hasn't moved · Have you done |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | we've been duped · who've been duped · be done |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 202 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, you're, can't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, bath /bɑːθ/, beneath /bɪˈniːθ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: diversion /dɪˈvɝ.ʒən/, shade /ʃeɪd/, shelf /ʃɛlf/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, shotgun /ˈʃɑtɡʌn/
- Long words — get the stress right: mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, superhero /ˈs(j)upɚhɪɹoʊ/, observatory /əbˈzɜːvət(ə)ɹi/, inflatable /ɪnˈfleɪtəbəl/, ubiquitous /juːˈbɪkwɪtəs/
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 homework, zombie, whoa.
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.