Shadowing Practice: "I have egg in my crocs" - Learn English Speaking with Video
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no, no
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music like two
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or three times did you like the tracks of my tears
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is maybe the last true love song ever written i'm glad
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you like him jim i am completely devastated right now well i second
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that emotion huh i know a few of his songs
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but what were his big ones oh god nelly what wasn't
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his i mean um tracks of my tears yeah um god
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so many nelly no no no tracks of my tears and What else?
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What are some more?
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What's one more?
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I'm not playing this game, Pam.
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Not today.
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I don't think you love Smokey Robinson.
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I think you're just doing all of this to prove how deep you are about music.
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Okay, I'm sorry that I'm not a fan of Jason Mraz or The Beatles.
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You don't like The Beatles?
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That's not the point.
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Eleanor Rigby, paperback writer?
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Okay, you know, you always think you have time to see these legends before they go.
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What was I so busy doing?
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It says here the Smokey Robinson dead thing is a hoax.
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It's on CNN as of two minutes ago.
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Okay, well, that's a relief.
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Wow, look at that.
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It says he's actually playing state college.
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It's only three hours away.
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Oh my god, Ryan, that's perfect.
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You have to go.
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Tickets are 250 bucks.
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$250 is nothing to the world's biggest Smokey Robinson fan.
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Yeah.
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Who's opening?
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Paul Anka.
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Paul Anka?
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How can they make the Smoke Man play with someone like that?
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I don't think I can see this.
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Okay, you could just show up late, though.
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How much is parking?
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Like, 30 bucks?
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That's not what Smokey would have wanted, does want.
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Tears of a clown.
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Don't call me a clown, Pam.
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You're better than that.
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Today's my first day at my new job at Michael Scott Paper Company Incorporated.
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You know, Apple Computer started in a garage.
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And we're starting in a condo.
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Look.
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It's official.
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Oh, good.
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My hooker's here.
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Are you wearing anything under the robe?
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That is inappropriate, Pam.
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Come on in.
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This looks great, Michael.
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Thank you.
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Would you like some French toast?
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Yes, please.
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What shape?
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Square is fine.
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All right.
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So how are you feeling about the new company?
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I feel good.
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Wow.
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I'm excited to start the company.
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After breakfast.
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We did that.
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Michael, just stop for a second.
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Michael, stop for a second.
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No, I'm whipping him.
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No, I know you are.
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Just let me have...
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Just give me...
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Fine.
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Oh, I'm sorry.
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I can't do this.
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This is pathetic, isn't it?
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I am such an idiot.
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I gave up the only job I ever loved to do this.
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I have egg in my Crocs.
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I feel weak today.
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I felt much stronger yesterday.
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Like Benjamin Button in reverse.
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When I feel overwhelmed...
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I'm not overwhelmed, Pam.
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I know.
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No, I'm saying that when I feel overwhelmed, something I like to do is make a list.
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Make a list of things to do, and then start with the easy stuff.
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Whatever calms you down.
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OK, work out.
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And hey, look.
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You did that.
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Check.
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Eat an enormous breakfast.
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Check.
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Don't patronize me, Pam.
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I think you should get dressed.
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I'm not getting dressed.
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I'm not getting dressed.
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I have too many things to do before I get dressed.
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I need to find a hundred clients.
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Michael, that seems impossible.
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It's totally impossible.
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We need to come up with one realistic thing that we could do today.
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Assemble a sales team, a dream team.
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Great.
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Ryan.
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No, what?
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Why?
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He's everything I'm not and everything I am.
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It's the whole package.
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No, we're not going to hire Ryan.
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Um, oh, Vikram, best salesman I've ever met.
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OK.
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He worked at that telemarketing place.
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Also, we have a meeting this afternoon with a potential investor.
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Really?
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We have an investor already?
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Maybe.
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Barbara Kivas.
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She invests in local businesses, and I'm putting together a little presentation for her.
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Michael, that's fantastic.
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Yeah, I guess it's not so bad.
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Got a few things cooking.
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Um...
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Hey, find office.
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How are we gonna find an office?
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How can we pay for an office?
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Next on the list, song parodies.
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Okay, okay, achy -breaky fart.
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Great, let's sing it in the car.
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We got Vikram you got me when you put your telemarketing career on the line
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You're not putting very much on the line.
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We have a meeting with an investor today.
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Yes, we do so get excited But I have to go to the bathroom real quick if you'll excuse me
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He seems really confident he can be confidence It's the fool of the wise man, but the liquor of the fool.
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I would like a pair of size nine, please.
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It's Michael.
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Swamps, Michael.
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Happy birthday to Sally in lane 27.
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Okay.
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Imagine a company that has no memory of your past misconduct because they have no files.
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Is it possible he's bowling?
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I mean, you know him better than I do.
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Yes.
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Well, he's always been a lifelong career.
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Michael!
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What's going on?
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I am bored.
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Hey, Ryan.
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Hey, you.
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Excuse me.
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Yes?
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This wasn't on the list.
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Yes, it is.
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No. Yes.
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It's not.
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It is.
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When did you add this to the list?
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Pam, everyone deserves a second, second chance.
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Ryan, just out of curiosity, how much do you get paid here?
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$60 ,000 a year.
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You get paid by the year at the bowling alley.
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What do you make, Secretary?
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Back to work, shoe bitch!
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Told you guys some really busy years.
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Would you like to come to work for the Michael Scott Paper Company?
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Hey, come on, guys.
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These are prime selling ours, you know.
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Do you guys want to hear about Thailand?
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Oh, yeah.
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Sure.
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It was indescribable.
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Sounds so awesome.
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What sort of investing club business?
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Victor, you ask a lot of questions, and I like that.
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Hey, Nana!
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Hi!
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Nana, do you remember that whenever I used to lose a tooth, you would give me money?
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Yes.
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I knew it.
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It was you.
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I am not putting my tooth under the pillow today.
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I am putting my entire career under the pillow.
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Is that worth a quarter?
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More?
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I have spent the last 15 years learning the ins and outs of the paper industry with a lean, mean fightin' crew and low overhead.
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I think I can perform the same business at a much, much higher rate of profit.
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I thought Nana raised some good questions.
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What kind of a name is Nana?
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It means grandmother.
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Oh, sweet jesus do you want to smoke pipes during our
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meeting let's wait until we have something to smoke about yes
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of course aaron maybe i could sit in on this with you you know
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that way i can cover you in case you need to urinate
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or you just want another opinion or defecate i don't think
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so well i just thought with my new increased responsibilities
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and all yeah i'm still figuring out the two -man bobsled here
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so let's hold off on the d -man for now who's
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your favorite iron atrocious you go first the ticketing software paints
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a picture of a sloppy careless error -brown office well the
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monitoring software is a double -edged sword sometimes the information go ahead did you need something from us yes
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your attention uh because
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no
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that is all last week an accounting mistake resulted in a
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client getting their order for free oof that's not good chalk
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that one up to tweedledee
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and tweedledum out there who are they they're both kevin oscar is the sex in the city gang
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and angela if you can sometimes i feel like you don't know me at all i would agree with
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that simply end the mistakes and the mistakes
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when i come back next week and this report shows me no mistakes we can talk about names all day
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our favorite names silly made -up names normal names said in a silly voice wouldn't that be nice
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i would like that and the mistakes that's all i ask
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and you can't have a favorite iron chef it depends entirely
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on the secret ingredient sometimes i feel you don't know food at all
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I may have a little solution to our mistakes problem.
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This is a project I've been working on for quite some time, and today might be the day to use it.
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What do you got?
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Allow me.
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You're gonna love this.
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I should have used a shorter string.
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Never mind.
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I know it by heart.
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It is a system that holds people accountable for everyone else's work.
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Sounds controversial.
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Have I not been worthy of your trust?
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Have I not been a reliable number two?
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Do not go there.
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You're the deuce I never want to drop.
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I'll set it up right now.
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I just need your go -ahead.
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Go do the voodoo that you do so well.
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I will do my voodoo.
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Maybe this is it.
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Maybe I finally have a boss who will respect my ideas and let me try stuff.
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I'm shaking.
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Dwight and I have implemented a new program that we like to call...
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Dwight?
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The Accountability Booster.
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It registers every time a mistake has been made in the office, from a late delivery to an accounting error.
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Five strikes in a day.
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equals a home run, one home run, and you're out.
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If we as a group make five mistakes in a day, something bad happens, like we block Minesweeper, or we spoil an episode of your favorite TV show.
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Worst of all, the disapproving Andy face.
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Or in this case, an email gets sent to Robert California containing the consultant's report from last year.
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Remember the one that recommended the branch be shut down?
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And as a fail -safe, also, every negative email you've ever written about him to the
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group will also be forwarded to him what emails are you
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talking about robert's favorite songs creep by tlc creep by radiohead remember
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that one jim uh there's no way he hasn't strangled at
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least one stripper oscar he eats his yogurt like he is punishing it for disappointing him kelly
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that actually ps we should kill him wait
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so you installed a doomsday device no it's an accountability booster which
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when it goes off it destroys everything very similar to a
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doomsday device jim you're trying to make me sound like some kind of evil maniac now the point is is
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that we are now working in an environment where we have accountability to each other i am confident
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that you guys are equal to the task um no we're not
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and you are a psycho who is ruining our lives we can't do this this is Smile.
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Nod.
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Smile and nod.
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All right, everybody.
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Looks like we need to be getting to work.
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Be extra careful.
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Don't check everything, or the accountability booster will get you.
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Let's not make any mistakes today, or at least no more than four.
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This could be real.
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Dwight's pretty handy with computers.
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He fixed my laptop once.
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Okay, you didn't fix it.
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The brightness level was all the way down.
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You couldn't fix it.
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I wasn't here that day.
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Yes, you were.
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There's an easy way to tell if this device is a sham.
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We just make a mistake.
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I'll send an order down to shipping before we've received payment.
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Pretty strong start, Gabe.
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Yeah.
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You want to forfeit?
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Say your prayers, buster.
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I'd say the same, but even God can't help you now.
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Leave, Gabe.
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Gabe and I play Scrabble on our phones, and the winner gets to pick the movie we watch.
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I have won no games.
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So far, I've seen The Shining, Rosemary's Baby, The Ring.
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Not really my thing.
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Although, I do like the early parts of the movies where they have a perfect family and everything.
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Bam.
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Bam. Is jilp a word?
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Jilp?
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J -E -L -P?
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No, J -L -P.
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Like, I jilp.
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I jilp you.
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I don't think that's a word.
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I'm playing Scrabble with Gabe, and I've never won a game.
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You want some help?
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Really?
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Mm -hmm.
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Yes.
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I'm not letting Gabe do this.
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Jim and I used to play Boggle against each other, and when he would win, he would get so cocky about it.
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It ruined Boggle for me.
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Ruined words for me.
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Boggle, um, yes.
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I am pretty good at boggle.
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Is that guy still here, by the way?
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K -A.
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Ka?
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What does ka mean?
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It means you're playing someone who's going to destroy you.
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Why did you play moo?
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Because I'm playing to win.
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I'm playing moo, I'm playing milk, whatever it takes.
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Okay, but look, you could have hit mooed.
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You could have played a triple word.
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Like the cow mooed yesterday. Or moon?
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A cow jumped over the moon.
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She's stuck on that one thing.
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No, it doesn't have to just be cow stuff, right?
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A little treat for our old friend Gabe.
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Put that cue right there.
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Wait, why?
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Put the cue there, sweetie.
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I think there's better place.
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Put the cue there.
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Sorry I yelled.
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You could have just told us what you were thinking.
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There's no theater in that.
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There's no yelling in that, either.
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Well, I know what you're thinking, yes, but if...
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Oh, screaming.
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I want to pick up that you.
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Are you done texting all your boyfriends?
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I'm not.
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Okay, okay, okay, okay.
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Um, so the paper is...
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You hit the big button.
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The big button right here.
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Not that one, not that one.
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Not on all.
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The big button?
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You just press that?
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It goes right out.
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Wow.
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Hey, guys.
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Hey.
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Hey.
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I picked out our movie.
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It's called Suspiria.
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It pushes all the boundaries.
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All your preconceived notions about what horror can be come crashing down.
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When I win, we're gonna watch WALL -E, where all the boundaries of color are pushed.
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It is hard to explain why Aaron is doing so well today.
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The only thing I can think is,
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Aaron is living out some slumdog millionaire scenario where every word she's playing has a connection to her orphaned past.
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It's possible.
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We got it.
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Wow, we got it.
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Oscar, wait.
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I think the victory would be more meaningful if Erin puts the last word in herself.
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Yes, Pam.
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Yes, most definitely.
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Yes.
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Yes.
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No.
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although i must say i will have apoplexy
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if you lose do you understand apoplexy is what
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i will have apoplexy yes got it oh oscar oscar i played ape
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so i won i know you get to pick well that's
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actually what i came to talk to you about i know how much you want to watch wally yes
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so i got us a compromise this movie is called hardware
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it tells the story of a killer combat robot just like wally
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that the government invented to destroy humans it's some of what you like
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and some of what i like and married i heard you talking about movies before
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and anyway i just watched this over the weekend i thought
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you'd really like it there's a shrek too oh yeah see you tomorrow nice guy
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this is a gift for your many years of service here wow thanks michael can i just say
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that of all the idiots in all the idiot villages in
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all the idiot worlds you stand alone my friend hello hey
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hi good to see you here what did i'm just having
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a little exit interview yeah i know that's why i'm here
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um no no no this is very boring stuff why don't
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you take a tour have you seen the bailer no no i'll look at later it's part of my job
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okay did you need me to take notes hey fam stay okay Um,
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all right, well, then, I will proceed.
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I just have some questions that I was going to ask.
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Um, who do you think you are?
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toby yeah correct um what gives what what gives you the right
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um i brought the binder do you want to take a little look sure you know what
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that sounds good I'll take a little look -see.
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Here we go.
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Thank you.
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What would you improve about Dunder Mifflin?
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About this place?
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Um...
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Well, no, no, no, no. I've got some ideas, I guess.
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No, no, no. I'm not asking it.
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I'm just reading it out loud.
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Oh, I'd like to hear the answer.
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Well, let me see.
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I would, um...
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I guess everything's okay.
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I made it this far, right?
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What's the point?
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Toby, why don't you open your present?
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No, no, no, no, no. No, this, hey, hey, hey, hey, this might not be what I think
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that I don't even know is in there
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because there are a lot of presents in my car and I don't know which is which.
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Suck on this.
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Michael, thank you so much for saying that.
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I feel so welcome here.
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Yeah, I just...
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Excuse me. Did you see that?
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Did you see it?
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Did you see what...
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Wow!
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We...
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Well, Jan didn't believe in showing affection, so...
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Sometimes I don't know how to react when a girl touches me.
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Oh, I like it.
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Now, a lot of you know that I am an accomplished songwriter.
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Song parody writer.
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I have done things like Beers in Heaven.
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Classic.
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Or Total Eclipse of the Fart.
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I love to sing them, but I am not going to be doing that today.
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I am going to be doing something I wrote specifically for Toby.
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Do you know, um, Goodbye Stranger, Superdream?
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Yeah.
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It was early morning yesterday.
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I was up before the dawn.
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And I really have enjoyed my stay.
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Toby must be moving on.
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Ah, Toby is the flu.
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When the flu is attacking your body and making you sick and making you nauseous and throwing up all over the place, you have to sweat it out.
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And I had to sweat out Toby.
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And I feel much better now.
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Come tomorrow, feel no pain.
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Feel no pain.
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Toby!
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Toby!
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Toby!
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Toby, come on away!
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See ya!
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He's out of here.
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See ya.
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He's out of here.
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Ooh.
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Goodbye, Toby.
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Goodbye, Toby.
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Goodbye, Toby.
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Goodbye, Toby.
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Hey.
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How'd we do?
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Thirteen dollars.
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That's great.
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And we still have most of our stuff.
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Good.
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Listen, about earlier...
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No, no, no, no, no. Let's not talk about that.
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It was wrong to put you in that position.
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Michael, you're my life now.
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I'm not going to Colorado.
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Shh.
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You know what?
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Let's go for a little walk.
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I want to show you some stuff.
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So this is one of my favorite places in the world.
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Why?
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This is where Toby announced that he was going to Costa Rica.
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It's the happiest day of my life.
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Until the day you came to replace him.
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Let's go in here.
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and this is where we first kissed i remember and this is where we first made love
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remember what i tried there michael
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through these blinds is where i first saw you
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and you had all these boxes
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and i thought you were the prettiest mover I'd ever seen
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and I was sitting at this desk when I called you to tell you
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that I had herpes and that I was still in love with you
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and you said that it was over and that you didn't love me
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and thank goodness none of that was true including the herpes ingrown hair right in here this
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is where we co -ran our first meeting remember obesity awareness mm -hmm saved a lot of lives
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that day that's where you first met michael clump oh i say i say i sit on you
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and right over there that's when you realize
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that meredith was prostituting herself for outback steak and i will never forget
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that you had the cutest look on your face
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because you couldn't believe it you thought it was so wrong
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and over here what happened here well nothing nothing really i would just find an excuse to come here
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so i could stare at you through that window Well, this is what I'd do.
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Nice.
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Let's go in here.
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Hi, guys.
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This is where our love faces its toughest test.
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After this, it's just smooth sailing for the rest of our lives.
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Holly, will you marry me?
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No. Marry me, Holly.
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No. That guy's got more than he can handle as it is.
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Will you marry me?
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No. That marriage would be a sham.
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Will you marry me?
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No. Easy no. Will you marry me?
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No. That would be hot.
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I would pay to see that.
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Will you marry me, Holly?
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No. Only one that I was kind of worried about.
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This is where I fell in love with you.
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And this is where I ask you to marry me.
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It started with a token.
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Fully slack.
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Marry me will you be.
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Your wife be coming.
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Me will I be.
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Congratulations!
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Congratulations!
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So, guys, guys, guys, guys, we're moving to Colorado.
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All of us?
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Yep.
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Wait, what?
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Holly has to go back to Colorado.
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I'm going with her.
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I'm leaving.
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Speaking of which, I meant to tell you, very impressive, the, uh, donation you gave to Oscar's charity.
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What was that, 25 bucks?
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Oh, well, I don't know.
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Money isn't everything, Jim not the key to happiness.
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You know what it is?
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Joy.
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You should remember that.
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Maybe you give more than three dollars next time.
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Well, three dollars a mile is gonna end up being like 50 bucks.
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So, God, I can't even calculate what you're gonna half of you. Is Oscar around?
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I just thought it was a kind of a flat, you know, $25 one -time donation.
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I didn't think it was a per -mile kind of deal, you know?
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So, well, that's what a walk -a -thon is.
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I know.
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It says it right on the sheet.
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Look, look at the sheet.
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It says it's however many dollars per mile.
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Got it.
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Yes, so it does.
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I just think it's kind of cheap to undonate money to a charity no no no no no I wasn't
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that wasn't what I was no it's it's not about the
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money it's just it it's the ethics of the thing Oscar
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how's your nephew is he in good shape yeah how many
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miles did he do last year last year he walked 18 miles son of a bitch
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that is impressive good for him
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It's okay.
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I work in sales.
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Oscar.
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Oscar.
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Yeah.
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For future reference, just think you should know
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that you should probably make it clear
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that your nephew is doing the walk -a -thon and that he doesn't actually have cerebral palsy, okay?
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I never suggested it.
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No, no, I know you didn't intend to, but I got the idea.
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And I just don't think it has a lot of ethical merit to make people think something, you know, and then prey on their emotions.
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It's not...
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No, hey, it's just kind of uncool, okay?
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I just.. play fair, you know?
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Play fair.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Okay.
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Happy birthday, Meredith.
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Read it out loud.
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Say who wrote everything, so we know who's the best.
571
Happy bird day.
572
Um, Meredith, good news.
573
You're not actually a year older because you work here where time stands still.
574
I don't know about that.
575
That was Stanley.
576
Meredith, happy birthday.
577
You're the best.
578
Love, Pam.
579
Oh, yeah.
580
Thanks, Downer.
581
This is from Michael.
582
Meredith, let's hope the only downsizing that happens to you is that someone downsizes your age. Because of the downsizing.
583
Rumors.
584
And because you're getting old.
585
No, I...
586
I get it.
587
It's funny you didn't get the joke
588
so that's cool that's you know what actually i have a a bunch of these
589
good ones that i didn't use um oh what's
590
that uh oh okay here's a good one um hey meredith liz taylor called she wants her age back
591
and her divorce is back because meredith's been divorced like twice is
592
that right no you're right right okay yes divorce um oh okay meredith is so old
593
how old is she everybody can do it every meredith is so old
594
she's so old she went into an antique store and they kept her That wasn't even mine.
595
I got that off the Internet website, so don't get mad at me.
596
What's the difference between Meredith and Michael Jackson?
597
Michael Jackson's surgery was unnecessary.
598
You're talking about my hysterectomy.
599
Yes!
600
Thank you!
601
Gosh, she gets it.
602
We are going to do everything humanly possible to ensure that this never happens again.
603
Well, it doesn't help, because it already happened to me.
604
The watermark?
605
It's a one -time thing.
606
I don't care.
607
It was disgusting.
608
Cartoon characters having sex?
609
May I point out that the sex appeared to be consensual.
610
Both animals were smiling.
611
Okay.
612
I grew up on a farm.
613
I have seen animals having sex in every position imaginable.
614
Goat on chicken, chicken on goat, a couple of chickens doing a goat, a couple of pigs watching.
615
Whoever drew this got it exactly right.
616
If cartoon characters didn't have sex then how do we get new cartoon characters?
617
What can I do for you?
618
I for starters, I think that you should resign Okay, well Wasn't really my fault the guys at the paper mill.
619
You're the guy at the paper mills.
620
No, no, no You're the head of the company.
621
I'm the head of the company.
622
Yes, and that makes it your responsibility.
623
No, I'm a regional manager You should lose your job.
624
Okay, this is insane.
625
You can get out of here.
626
Get out.
627
Fine.
628
That's insane.
629
Give this to somebody who will appreciate it.
630
Non -transferable.
631
Doesn't matter.
632
Out, please.
633
I'm calling the Better Business Bureau.
634
Yeah, well, I'm calling the ungrateful biatch hotline.
635
Did you get all that?
636
Everything.
637
The customer is always right.
638
Mrs. Allen was our customer.
639
She was wrong. Is that a contradiction?
640
No, because she's not our customer anymore.
641
We gotta do something.
642
This is spinning out of control, Pam.
643
This is just not...
644
It's just the Scranton Times.
645
No!
646
Then Newsweek picks it up, and then CNN does a story about it, and then YouTube gets a hold of it.
647
You know what?
648
I really think the whole thing is just gonna blow over in, like, a week or two.
649
You're right.
650
It will blow over.
651
But it's not going to take a week or two.
652
Do you know what this is for?
653
Yes.
654
Michael likes me to run the camera when he makes his apology videos.
655
He says he needs a woman's touch.
656
My favorite is the one for his mother.
657
Hey, Mom.
658
Happy birthday belatedly sorry I forgot I had put it on my calendar
659
and then Pam threw
660
that out the one I'd like to forget is the one for the condo association
661
and without denying the seriousness of the situation I would just like to remind you
662
that in much of the Netherlands swimming naked is the norm so Norway you'd be the weirdos my shiny yeah
663
Okay, I think that's good.
664
Okay, that's enough Aquanet.
665
I don't know.
666
Stop it.
667
Hello, I am Michael Scott, regional manager of Dunder Mifflin Scranton.
668
By now, you were probably sick of hearing about Dunder Mifflin and our embarrassing watermark boner.
669
Well, let me tell you something.
670
Something from the heart.
671
I am not leaving this office.
672
It will take a SWAT team to remove me from this office, and maybe not even that.
673
Uh, you could never withstand a SWAT team.
674
That's how devoted I am to this job.
675
I'm just saying.
676
I know.
677
They would flank you, throw in a concussion.
678
I understand that, Dwight.
679
You'd be on the ground.
680
Do you think you're taking it a little...
681
Dumb.
682
Literally, Dwight.
683
If you wanted to be...
684
And now we're wasting tape.
685
I'm going to have to cut this all out.
686
Can you say cut?
687
Cut.
688
So I know where to...
689
Cut.
690
I'm asking Pam to do it please.
691
Cut.
692
Okay.
693
Ready?
694
I need this job.
695
My mortgage is hundreds of dollars a month.
696
With this job, I can barely cover that.
697
I have a company car, but I still have to pay for gas and gas prices are high and I have no savings whatsoever.
698
And it wasn't even me.
699
It's so not fair that they want me to resign.
700
If I could leave you with one thought, remember, it wasn't me.
701
They're trying to make me an escape goat if I am fired.
702
I swear to God
703
That every single piece of copy or paper in this town is going to have the f -word on it
704
the f -word You have one day Um, do you think it would be possible to move to
705
that desk over there because this seems a bit cramped and I don't have a computer Oh, well, that's a sales desk.
706
Yeah, you need to be over here with us accountants.
707
Just sit here and be quiet.
708
And if you have a question, just raise your hand.
709
But I'm going to save you some time, sweetie, and give you the answer now.
710
I don't know.
711
No, I don't think we should be trying to make this place seem unpleasant.
712
I think we should let this place just crush your spirit by itself.
713
I mean, it knows what it's doing.
714
I get it.
715
Last time I had a job, I remember I hated the boss's wife.
716
Of course, she was married to Robert.
717
Hi.
718
Hi.
719
Hey. So, what's good?
720
The individual beef stews are amazing.
721
But I call dibs on all of them forever, so stay away.
722
Same with the salt and pepper chips.
723
So, what can I have?
724
Definitely the fruit.
725
Okay.
726
Actually, the turkey sandwich, when not awful, is not awful.
727
Well, that sounds good.
728
It's not that.
729
Jim, have you seen my new puppy, Fitzgerald?
730
Oh, wow. So cute.
731
Oh, that is so cute.
732
Oh, he's so tiny.
733
Is he in a ladle?
734
Yeah, he's in a ladle.
735
It's adorable.
736
How on earth did you get him in a ladle?
737
He did it himself.
738
Is that ladle stainless or...
739
Oh, stainless, Williamson.
740
Excuse me, waiter.
741
There's a dog in my soup.
742
It's not that kind of ladle.
743
Very cute.
744
Oh, let me see.
745
Just the battery on these things is...
746
I'm sorry.
747
I've got to recharge this.
748
You don't keep a puppy picture from a nice lady.
749
I feel sick.
750
And it was that type of ladle.
751
Yours.
752
Employees don't seem to be taking to me.
753
Andy!
754
Andy, could you step in here, please?
755
We'll fix this.
756
What is going on?
757
Please.
758
Uh, Andrew, my wife has brought up an issue that requires your attention.
759
So, uh, if you'll excuse me, I should step out and get to the ATM before that.
760
Homeless man sets up camp for the night.
761
Okey -dokey, artichokey.
762
You hate it, don't you?
763
You do not want me here.
764
Why would you say that?
765
It's okay.
766
I understand.
767
I'm not sure how I would feel about having the boss's wife work for me either.
768
It's not that.
769
Exactly.
770
But it is something.
771
Let's just say that if you don't want to work here, I am totally prepared to respect that.
772
Why would you not want me working here?
773
I don't know.
774
I think I understand what you're going through.
775
My husband can be a very difficult man to read, can't he?
776
Yes.
777
The dude is an enigma.
778
Mm -hmm.
779
So he is mixed up in this, isn't he?
780
Uh, bleh, bleh, bleh.
781
Got it.
782
Andy and I had a great conversation.
783
And I just want to let you know that I am not going to be working here.
784
Well, that's a shame.
785
It just was one of those things...
786
Because we talked about it, and it seems like that might be what you want, which is fine.
787
Wow, where did this come from?
788
Did Andy say that?
789
No, he did not, but I could tell he was struggling to understand what was expected.
790
What's the struggle?
791
He made a great call, hired a great person.
792
You sure about that?
793
Absolutely.
794
No games?
795
No games.
796
Because Andy seemed to think there was some information he was not able to share with me.
797
Okay, enough of this.
798
I mean, really, enough.
799
It's gotten way out of hand.
800
Andrew, this is my wife.
801
Whatever privacy you were trying to protect between us, I thank you for.
802
But it is not welcome right now.
803
Just be honest.
804
Andy.
805
Yes?
806
Why do you keep looking at my husband?
807
Andy, just answer the question.
808
No games.
809
No games.
810
Okay.
811
I mean, it was kind of funny, actually.
812
Robert storms in, and he says, in four seconds, my wife's going to be in here.
813
I told her she could work here.
814
Under no circumstances can that be allowed to happen.
815
Lying son of a bitch.
816
We'll be right back.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 816 sentences and 5659 words to shadow. The speech runs for 40:14. The speaker talks at a steady 141 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
- toby (noun) — A drinking mug, in the shape of a human head with a hat atop; a Toby jug.
- marry /ˈmæɹi/ (verb) — To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.
- tear /tɛɹ/ (verb) — To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
- goat /ɡoʊt/ (noun) — Any ruminant of the genus Capra.
- buck /ˈbʌk/ (noun) — A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the hamster, ferret, salmonid, shad, skunk and kangaroo.
- accountability /əˌkaʊn.təˈbɪl.ə.ti/ (noun) — The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account or give an explanation; liability to be held responsible or answerable for…
- desk /dɛsk/ (noun) — 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…
- divorce /dɪˈvɔːs/ (noun) — The legal dissolution of a marriage.
- cartoon /kɑɹˈtun/ (noun) — A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings.
- investor /ɪnˈvɛs.tə(ɹ)/ (noun) — A person who invests money in order to make a profit.
- booster /ˈbustɚ/ (noun) — Something that boosts.
- impressive /ɪmˈpɹɛsɪv/ (adjective) — Making, or tending to make, a positive impression; having power to impress.
- awful /ˈɔːfʊl/ (adjective) — Very bad.
- charity /ˈtʃæɹɪti/ (noun) — An organization, the objective of which is to carry out a charitable purpose.
- congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/ — Expressing praise and approval, expressing approbation.
Phrasal verbs you will hear
- talk about (verb) — Used to draw attention to the speaker's characterization of someone or something.
- look at (verb) — To observe or watch.
- come on /ˌkʌm ˈɒn/ — Come along with me; join me in going.
- go ahead /ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/ (verb) — To proceed with; to begin.
- go in (verb) — To become obscured by clouds.
- go on /ˈɡoʊˌɒn/ (verb) — To continue in extent.
- blow over (verb) — To blow on something causing it to topple.
- bring up (verb) — To mention.
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 162 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: tooth /tuθ/, smooth /smuːð/, theater /ˈθi(ə)tɚ/, worthy /ˈwɝ.ði/, ethics /ˈɛθ.ɪks/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, sheet /ʃit/, emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, donation /doʊˈneɪʃən/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/
- Long words — get the stress right: accountability /əˌkaʊn.təˈbɪl.ə.ti/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, controversial /ˌkɑn.tɹəˈvɝ.ʃəl/, unnecessary /ʌnˈnɛs.əˌsɛɹ.i/, adorable /əˈdoɹ.əˌbəl/
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 toby, marry, tear.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| “Used to” used to + verb — a past habit or state that is no longer true | used to lose · used to play |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've ever met · have spent · have implemented |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | has been made · be shut · be forwarded |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | know which is · somebody who will · want, which is |
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.