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Hi.
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This guy says hello.
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I want to kill myself. Are you okay, sweetie?
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I just feel like someone reached down my throat, grabbed my small intestine, pulled it out of my mouth and tied it around my neck.
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Cookie?
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Carol moved her stuff out today.
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Oh.
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Let me get you some coffee.
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Thanks.
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Ew.
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No, no, no, don't stop cleansing my aura don't just leave my aura alone
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okay i'll be fine all right really everyone i hope she'll
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be very happy no you don't no i don't to hell with her she left me
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and you never knew she was a lesbian no okay why does everyone keep fixating on that
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She didn't know.
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How should I know?
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Sometimes I wish I was a lesbian.
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Did I say that out loud?
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All right, Ross, look.
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You're feeling a lot of pain right now.
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You're angry.
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You're hurting.
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Can I tell you what the answer is?
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Strip joint!
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Come on, you're single.
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Have some hormones
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but i don't want to be single okay i just i just i just want to be married again
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and i just want a million dollars listen to me it's
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like all of my life everyone has always told me you're
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a shoe you're a shoe you're a shoe you're a shoe
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and then today i just stopped and i said what
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if i don't want to be a shoe what
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if i want to be a a purse you know or or or a hat No, I don't want you to buy me a hat.
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I'm saying that I am a hat.
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It's a metaphor, Daddy.
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You can see where he'd have trouble.
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Look, Daddy, it's my life.
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Well, maybe I'll just stay here with Monica.
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Well, I guess we've established she's staying here with Monica.
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Well, maybe that's my decision.
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Well, maybe I don't need your money.
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Wait, wait, I said maybe!
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Guess what?
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You got a job?
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Are you kidding?
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I'm trained for nothing.
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I was laughed out of 12 interviews today.
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And yet you're surprisingly upbeat.
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Well, you would be too if you found Joan and David Boots on sale, 50% off.
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Oh, how well you know me.
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They're my new, I don't need a job, I don't need my parents, I've got great boots, boots.
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How'd you pay for them?
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A credit card.
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And who pays for that?
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Um, my father.
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Come on, you can't live off your parents your whole life.
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I know that.
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That's why I was getting married.
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Give her a break.
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It's hard being on your own for the first time.
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Thank you.
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You're welcome.
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I remember when I first came to this city.
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I was 14.
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My mom had just killed herself and my stepdad was back in prison.
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And I got here, and I didn't know anybody.
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And I ended up living with this albino guy who was, like, cleaning windshields outside Port Authority.
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And then he killed himself.
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And then I found aromatherapy.
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So, believe me, I know exactly how you feel.
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The word you're looking for is...
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Anyway...
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All right.
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You ready?
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I don't think so.
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Oh, come on!
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Cut!
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Cut!
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Cut!
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Cut!
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Cut!
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Cut!
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Cut!
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Cut!
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Hey!
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Hey!
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Hey!
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Welcome to the real world!
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It sucks!
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You're gonna love it!
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Tell me!
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Don't tell me!
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Decaf cappuccino for Joey!
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Coffee black!
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Latte! And an iced tea!
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I'm getting pretty good at this.
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Excellent.
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Good for me.
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Hey, don't do that.
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No, no, no. It's worse than the thumb.
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Hey, this is so unfair.
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Oh, why is it unfair?
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This isn't unfair.
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So I have a flaw.
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Big deal.
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Like Joey's constant knuckle cracking isn't annoying, and Ross with his over pronouncing every single word, and Monica with that snort when she laughs.
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I mean, what the hell is that thing?
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I accept all those flaws.
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Why can't you accept me for this?
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Does the knuckle cracking bother everybody?
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Well, I could live without it without it was it like a little annoying
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or is it like when Phoebe chews her head
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don't listen to him Thebes all right I think it's endearing oh you do do you
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Now there's nothing wrong with speaking correctly.
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Indeed, there isn't.
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I should really get back to work.
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Yeah, otherwise someone might get what they actually ordered.
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Well...
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Oh, the hair comes out and the gloves come out.
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Well, it's starting with this hair right here, and nothing, nothing, nothing...
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Let me start coming in the new earrings and over there, now.
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You're right.
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I don't have a plan.
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Pizza guy.
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Thank God.
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Phoebe?
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What?
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Do you have a plan?
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I don't even have a pla...
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I want a mushroom, green pepper, and onion.
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No. No, no. That's not what we ordered we ordered a fat-free crust with extra cheese?
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Wait, you're not G.
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Stephanopoulos?
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Oh, man, my dad's gonna kill me.
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Wait, did you say G.
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Stephanopoulos?
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Yeah, yeah, this one goes across the street.
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I must have given him yours.
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Oh, bonehead, bonehead!
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Wait, was this a small Mediterranean guy with curiously intelligent good looks?
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Yeah, that sounds about right.
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Was he wearing a stunning blue suit and a power tie?
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No, pretty much just a towel.
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Oh, God.
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So you guys want me to take this back?
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What, are you nuts?
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We've got George Stephanopoulos' pizza!
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Uh, babes? Who is George Snuffleupagus?
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That's Big Bird's friend.
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I see pizza!
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Oh, I want to see.
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Let me see.
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Let me see.
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Hello?
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Who are we spying on?
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You know the White House advisor?
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Clinton's campaign guy?
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The one with the great hair, sexy smile, really cute butt.
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Oh, him, the little guy.
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Oh, I love him.
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Oh, wait.
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Wait, I see a woman.
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Tell me it's his mother.
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Definitely not his mother.
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Oh, no. Wait, she's walking across the floor.
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She's walking, she's walking, she's going for the pizza.
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Hey, that's not for you, bitch!
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Let's do laundry.
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That was amazing!
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Well...
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I can't even send back soup.
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Well, that's because you're such a sweet, gentle...
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Um, do you, uh, do you...
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Oh, hey, you must need detergent.
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Oh!
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What's that?
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Uber weiss.
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It's, uh, it's new.
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It's German.
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It's extra tough.
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Rach, do you, uh, are you gonna separate those?
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Oh, God.
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Oh, am I being like a total laundry spaz?
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I mean, am I supposed to use, like, one machine for shirts and another machine for pants?
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Have you, have you never done this before?
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Well, not myself, but I know other people that have.
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Okay, you caught me.
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I'm a laundry virgin.
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Uh, well, don't worry.
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I'll use the gentle cypher.
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Okay, um...
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Basically, you want to use one machine for all your whites.
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Whites?
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Okay.
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A whole other machine for your colors for your colors and
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and third for your uh delicates and that would be your bras
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and your under panty things okay well what about these are white cotton panties would they go with whites
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or a delicate that that that would be a judgment call you got the clothes clean now Well, that's the important part.
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Oh, I guess.
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Except everything looks like jammies now.
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Oh, I'm sorry.
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Excuse me, we had this cart.
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Yeah, well, I had a 24-inch waist.
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You lose things.
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Now, come on.
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Get out of my way.
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I'm sorry.
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You know, maybe I wasn't being clear.
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Uh, this was our cart.
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Hey, hey, hey, there aren't any clothes in it!
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Hey, hey, hey, hey!
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Quit making up rules!
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Let's go!
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Come on, this is my cart!
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I know I saw it first!
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You know what I'm doing?
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All right, listen, Mincy, if you want this cart,
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you're gonna have to take me with it! Can you see that?
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You were incredible.
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A brand new woman, ladies and gentlemen.
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I was like, I'm gonna go to the front.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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I could not have done this without you.
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No, it's...
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It's...
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Okay, um, uh, more clothes in the dryer?
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Oh, yes.
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Oh!
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Hi, buddy.
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Shh, shh.
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The essential perk is proud to present the music of Miss Phoebe Buffay.
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Hi.
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I want to start with a song that's about that moment when you suddenly realize what life is really all about.
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Okay, here we go.
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Okay, thank you very much.
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New York City has no power, and the milk is getting sour.
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But to me it is not scary, cause I stay away from dairy.
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It's that Victoria's Secret model, something, something Goodacre.
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Hi, Mom, it's Jill.
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She's right, it's Jill.
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Jill Goodacre.
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Oh, my God.
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I am trapped in an ATM vestibule with Jill Goodacre. Is it a vestibule?
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Maybe it's an ATM.
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Oh, yeah, that is the part to focus on, you idiot.
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Yeah, I'm fine.
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I'm just stuck at the bank.
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An ATM vestibule.
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Jill says vestibule.
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I'm going with vestibule.
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I'm fine.
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No, I'm not alone.
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I don't know.
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Some guy?
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Oh, some guy.
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I am some guy.
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Hey, Jill, I saw you with some guy last night.
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Yes, he was some guy.
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Would you like some gum?
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Oh, is it sugarless?
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Oh, sorry it's not.
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Oh, then, no, thanks.
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What the hell was that?
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Mental note, if Jill Goodacre offers you gum, you take it.
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If she offers you mangled animal carcass, you take it.
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You know, on second thought, gum would be perfection.
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Gum would be perfection?
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Gum would be perfection.
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Could have said gum would be nice, could have said I'll have a stick, but no, no, no, no, no. For me, gum is perfection.
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I loathe myself.
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Okay, what next?
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Blow a bubble.
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A bubble's good.
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It's got a boyish charm.
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It's impish.
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Here we go.
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Nice going, imp.
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Okay, it's okay.
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All I need to do is reach over and put it back in my mouth.
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Good save.
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We're back on track and I'm...
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...chewing someone else's gum.
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This is not my gum.
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Oh my God!
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Oh my God! And now you're choking. Are you alright?
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God, you're choking!
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Better?
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Yes.
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Thank you. That was... That was...
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Perfection.
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The most unbelievable thing has happened.
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Underdog has gotten away.
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The balloon?
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No, no. The actual cartoon character. Of course the balloon.
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It's all over the news.
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Right before he reached Macy's, he broke free and was spotted flying over Washington Square Park.
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I'm going to the roof.
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Who's with me?
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I can't.
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I gotta go.
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Come on, an 80-foot inflatable dog loose over the city?
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How often does that happen?
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Almost never.
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Got the keys?
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Okay.
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I saw the giant dog shadow fall over the park.
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Yeah, but did they have to shoot him down?
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I mean, that was just mean.
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Okay.
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All right about now, the turkey should be Crispy on the outside, juicy on the inside.
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Why are we standing here?
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We're waiting for you to open the door.
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You've got the keys.
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No, I don't.
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Yes, you do.
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When we left, you said, got the keys.
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No, I didn't.
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I asked, got the keys?
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No, no, no. You said, got the keys.
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Either of you have the keys?
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The oven is on.
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Oh, I've got to get my ticket.
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Wait, wait.
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We have a copy of your key.
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Will they get it?
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Get it?
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Hey, that tall one won't make me go any faster.
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Joey?
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That one will.
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I swear you said you had the keys.
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No, I didn't.
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I wouldn't say I had the keys unless I had the keys.
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And I obviously did not have the keys.
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Oh, okay.
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All right, that's it.
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Enough with the keys.
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No one say keys.
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Why would I have the keys?
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Aside from the fact that you said you had them?
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But I didn't.
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Well, you should have.
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Why? Because, why?
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Because everything is my responsibility.
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I mean, isn't it enough that I'm making Thanksgiving dinner for everyone?
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You know, everyone wants a different kind of potato.
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So I'm making different kinds of potatoes.
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You know, does anybody care what kind of potatoes I want?
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No!
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No, no. You know, just as long as Phoebe gets her peas and onions and Mario gets her tots and...
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I get my birthday, and I get the whole bird.
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I get...
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Okay, Monica, only dogs can hear you now.
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Look, the door's open.
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Here we go.
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Oh, God.
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Well, turkey's burnt.
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Potatoes are ruined.
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Potatoes are ruined.
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Potatoes are ruined.
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Here we come.
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Walking down the...
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This doesn't smell like Mom's.
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No, it doesn't, does it?
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But you wanted lumps, Ross?
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Well, here you go, buddy.
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You got one.
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Oh, God, this is great.
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The plane is gone, so I guess I'm stuck here with you guys.
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Hey, we all had better plans, okay?
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This was nobody's first choice.
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Oh, really?
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So why was I busting my ass to make this delicious Thanksgiving dinner.
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You brought it to lunch?
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No, why don't you bring it to dinner?
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Why don't you bring it to dinner?
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Why don't you go see it?
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Stop it, stop it, stop it.
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Now this feels like Thanksgiving.
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Okay, who wants light cheese and who wants dark cheese?
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I don't even want to know about the dark cheese.
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Does anybody want to split this with me?
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Oh, I will.
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Mm, you guys have to make a wish.
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Make a wish?
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Come on, you know, Thanksgiving.
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Oh, you got the bigger half.
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What'd you wish for?
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The bigger half.
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All right, I'd like to propose a toast.
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A little toast here.
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Ding, ding, ding.
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I know this isn't exactly the kind of Thanksgiving that all of you planned, but for me, this has been really great, you know?
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I think because it didn't involve divorce or projectile vomiting.
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Anyway, I was just thinking, I mean, if you'd gone to Vail, or if you guys had been with your family, or if you didn't have syphilis and stuff,
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we wouldn't be all together, you know?
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So I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'm very thankful that all of your Thanksgiving sucked.
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That's so sweet.
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That's so sweet.
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Thank you.
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And hey, here's to a lousy Christmas.
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And a crappy New Year.
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Here, here, here.
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Guys, there's somebody I'd like you to meet.
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Wait, wait, what is that?
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That would be Marcel.
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You want to say hi?
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No, no, I don't.
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Oh, he is precious.
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Where did you get him?
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Bethel rescued him from some lab.
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That is so cruel.
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Why?
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Why would a parent name their child Bethel?
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Hey, that monkey's got a Ross on his ass.
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Ross, is he gonna live with you, like, in your apartment?
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Yeah.
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I mean, it's been kind of quiet since Carol left, so...
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Why don't you just get a roommate?
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Eh, I don't know.
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I think you reach a certain age and a roommate is just kind of pathetic.
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Sorry, that's pathet, which is Sanskrit for a really cool way to live.
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What do you think?
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I think it's the most beautiful table I've ever seen.
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I know.
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So how does this work?
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You gonna balance the plates on these little guys' heads? Who cares?
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We'll eat at the sink.
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Come on, come on.
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Heads up, Ross.
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Score!
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You suck!
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I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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That is it.
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You just barge in here.
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You don't knock.
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I'm sorry.
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You have no respect for anybody's privacy.
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Wait, wait, wait.
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No, you wait.
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This is ridiculous.
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Can I just say one thing?
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What?
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What?
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That's a relatively open weave, and I can still see your...
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...nipular areas.
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I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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I could.
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Chandler Bing, it's time to see your thing.
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Ah!
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What's the matter with you?
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I thought it was Chandler!
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What?
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What?
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You were supposed to be in there so I could see your thing!
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Sorry, my thing was in there with me.
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Hey, Joey.
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What's going on?
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Clear the tracks for the Booby Payback Express.
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Next stop, Rachel Green.
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There.
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Ah!
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What the...
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Joey!
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What the hell were you doing?
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Sorry.
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Wrong boobies.
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Hello, Joey.
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Hello, dear. Who are they?
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The blonde is my ex-wife, and the woman touching her is her close personal friend.
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I mean they're lovers?
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If you want to put a label on it.
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Wow!
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Uh, anything else I should know?
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Nope, nope, that's it.
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Oh, and she's pregnant with my baby.
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I always forget that part.
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Hello?
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Can you see my nipples through this shirt?
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No. But don't worry, I'm sure they're still there.
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So where are you going, Mr. Sooty Man?
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Well, I have an appointment to see Dr. Robert Pillman, career counselor, a go-go.
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I added the a go-go.
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Career counselor?
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Hey, you guys all know what you want to do.
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I don't.
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Hey, you guys in the living room all know what you want to do.
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You know what?
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You have goals.
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You have dreams.
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I don't have a dream.
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Uh, the lesser-known I-don't-have-a-dream speech.
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Oh, I love my life.
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I love my life.
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Oh, Brian Song.
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The meeting with that guy went great.
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It was so great.
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He showed me where the restaurant's gonna be.
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It's this cute little place on 10th Street.
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It's not too big, it's not too small, it's just right.
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Was it formerly owned by a blonde woman and some bears?
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So now we draw cards.
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So I wouldn't need any, right?
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Because I have a straight.
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Oh, good for you!
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Okay, Phoebs, how many do you want?
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Okay, I just need two.
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The, um, ten of spades and the six of clubs.
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No, uh, Pheebs, you can't do that.
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Oh, wait, I have the ten of spades.
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Here, you want it?
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No, no. Okay.
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Uh, no, see, uh, you can't do that.
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Oh, no, no, no, no, that's okay, that's okay.
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I don't need them.
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I'm going for fours.
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Oh, you're...
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Damn it, damn it, damn it.
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Yeah.
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I see.
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So then, um, you were lying. About what?
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About how good your cards were.
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I was bluffing.
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Aha, and what is bluffing?
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Is it not another word for lying?
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Okay, sorry to break up this party, but I've got resumes to fax before work tomorrow.
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Ooh.
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Rach, Rach, we gotta settle.
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Settle what?
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The Jamestown colony of Virginia.
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You see, King George is giving us the land so now.
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The game, Rachael, the game.
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You owe us money for the game.
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Oh, right.
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You know what, you guys?
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It's their first time.
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Why don't we just forget about the money?
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Well, no. We'll pay.
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If Monica, I had another answer already. And you know what?
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We want a rematch.
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Well, that's fine with me.
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Could use the money.
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All right.
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Your money's mine, Green.
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Your fly is open, Geller.
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You guys, you know what I just realized?
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Joker is poker with a J.
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Coincidence?
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Hey, that's Joe-incidence with a C.
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Phoebe?
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Phoebe?
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Yeah, I'm out.
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I'm in.
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Me too.
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Me too.
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All right, what do you got?
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Well, you better hop out of the shower, because I got a flush.
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Well, well, well.
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Hop back in, bucko, because I got four sixes!
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I got four sixes!
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I won!
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I actually won!
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I think I'm gonna make a little Ross pile.
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I think that one was Ross's, and I think, oh, that one was Ross's.
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I see your 20.
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Where's your 25?
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I see your 25.
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And, uh, Monica, get my purse.
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Rachel, there's nothing in it.
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Okay, then get me your purse.
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Okay, babe.
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Here you go.
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Good luck.
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Thank you.
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I saw your 25, and I raise you...
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seven.
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Teen.
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Joey, I'm a little shy.
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That's okay, Ross.
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You can ask me.
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What do you need?
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What do you need?
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Fifteen.
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Here's ten.
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Here, I got five.
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I got five.
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Thank you.
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Good luck.
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Okay, I am calling your seventeen.
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What do you got?
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Full house.
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You got him.
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That's all right.
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That's a tough hand to beat.
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I thought we had them.
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When you don't have the cards, you don't have the cards, you know?
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But, uh, look how happy she is.
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Hey, hey, how was the first day?
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Oh, excellent.
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Everyone was so, so nice.
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See, it pays to know the man who wears my shoes.
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Me.
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No, I didn't tell anybody that I knew you.
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Why not?
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Well, because, you know, they don't like you.
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What?
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I thought you knew that.
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No. Who doesn't like me?
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Everyone.
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Except for, um, no, everyone.
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What are you talking about?
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Don't feel bad.
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You know, they used to like you a lot.
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But then you got promoted, and, you know, now you're all like Mr. Boss Man.
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You know, Mr. Bing.
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Mr. Bing, Boss Man Bing.
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I can't believe it.
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Yeah, yeah, they even do you.
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They do me?
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You know, like, um, okay, um, could that report B any later?
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Oh!
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I don't sound like that.
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Oh, oh, Jim.
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Yeah, you do.
628
The hills are alive with the sound of music.
629
My stone!
630
My stone!
631
Okay, I don't sound like that.
632
That is so not true.
633
That is so not.. that is so not.. that.. oh, shut up!
634
Oh, that's
635
nice.
636
Oh, oh.
637
Ross!
638
Ross?
639
I'm here.
640
You are?
641
You are?
642
What?
643
Um...
644
We were...
645
Just...
646
Wow.
647
What?
648
Great, now I'm having a baby.
649
What?
650
No, I'm having a baby!
651
I'm having a...
652
The phone, the phone, the phone!
653
Ross?
654
I'm hurt.
655
Monica, let's go.
656
Come on now, people.
657
Woman in labor.
658
Hey, Ross, look what I got going here.
659
Yeah, save it for the cab, okay?
660
What are you doing?
661
What are you doing?
662
We're going to a hospital.
663
What, so I can't look nice?
664
There might be doctors there.
665
Joey, get out of the fridge.
666
All right, all right.
667
What is that?
668
For the ride.
669
Oh, yeah, like in a cab.
670
Save it.
671
Okay, hating this.
672
Monica, come on now.
673
Let's go!
674
Baby coming!
675
I can't believe it!
676
I'm gonna be a hit!
677
I'm gonna have, like, a nephew!
678
That's nice.
679
Get out!
680
Let's go!
681
Come on!
682
All right, all right, I'm going, I'm going.
683
Here we go.
684
They're tiny and chubby and so sweet to touch.
685
Soon they'll grow up and resent you so much.
686
Now they're yelling at you and you don't know why.
687
You cry and you cry and you cry.
688
And you cry and you cry and you cry.
689
Thanks, Ross.
690
Yeah, I'm paying you to stop.
691
Okay.
692
Oh, look, twins.
693
Hi, guys.
694
Oh, cute, cute.
695
No fair.
696
I don't even have one.
697
How come they get two?
698
You'll get one.
699
Oh, yeah? When?
700
All right, I'll tell you what.
701
When we're 40, if neither of us are married, what do you say you and I get together and have one?
702
Why won't I be married when I'm 40?
703
Oh, no, no, no. I just meant hypothetically.
704
Okay, hypothetically, why won't I be married when I'm 40?
705
No, no, no. No, no, what is it?
706
Seriously, is there something fundamentally unmarriable about me?
707
Uh, uh...
708
Well?
709
Dear God, this parachute is a knapsack.
710
Everything's going fine, really.
711
Yeah, Ross is great.
712
He's, uh...
713
He's in a whole other place.
714
No, he's gone.
715
No, no, you don't have to fly back, really.
716
What do you mean this might be your only chance?
717
Would you stop?
718
I'm only 26.
719
I'm not even thinking about babies yet.
720
Oh, God, I can't believe one of us actually has one of these.
721
I know.
722
I still am one of these.
723
Ross?
724
Hmm? Can I?
725
Hmm.
726
Okay, the head, the head.
727
You gotta...
728
Hi, Ben.
729
Hi.
730
I'm your Aunt Monica.
731
Yes, I am.
732
I'm your Aunt Monica.
733
I...
734
I will always have gum.
735
Hey.
736
How long did you think this barbecue was gonna last?
737
I'm going to China.
738
Jeez, you say one thing and...
739
You're going to China?
740
Yeah, it's for the museum.
741
Someone found a bone.
742
We want the bone, but they don't want us to have the bone, so I'm going over there trying to persuade them to give us the bone.
743
It's a whole big bone thing.
744
Anyway, I'm gonna be gone for like a week, so if you want to reach me, you can't.
745
So here's my itinerary.
746
Um, here's a picture of me.
747
Oh, let me see.
748
Could you take it to Carol's every now and then and show it to Ben just so he doesn't forget me?
749
Yeah.
750
Hi, Ben.
751
I'm your father.
752
I am the head.
753
Oh.
754
All right, this barbecue's gonna be very fun.
755
Hey, is Rachel here?
756
Um, I wanted to wish her a happy birthday before I left.
757
Oh, no, she's out having drinks with Carl.
758
Oh.
759
Hey, who's Carl?
760
You know that guy that she met at the coffee house?
761
No. Well, we'll see.
762
There's this guy that she met at the coffee...
763
At the coffee house, right.
764
So you do know who he is.
765
Oh, he's so pretty.
766
This must have cost him a fortune.
767
I can't believe he did this.
768
Come on, Ross, remember back in college when he fell in love with Carol and bought her that ridiculously expensive crystal duck?
769
What did you just say?
770
Crystal duck.
771
No. No. No. The, um, the love part?
772
F-Flanand!
773
Oh, my God.
774
Oh, no, no, no, no. That's good.
775
Just keep rubbing your head.
776
That'll turn back time.
777
I mean, you and Ross.
778
Did you have any idea?
779
No. None.
780
I mean, my first night in the city, he mentioned something about asking me out, but nothing ever happened, so I just...
781
Well, what else did he say?
782
I mean, does he, like, want to go out with me?
783
Well, given that he's desperately in love with you, he probably wouldn't mind getting a cup of coffee or something.
784
What?
785
All this time?
786
Well, I've got to talk to him.
787
Yeah, he's in China.
788
The country.
789
No, no, wait.
790
Your flight doesn't leave for another 45 more minutes.
791
What about the time difference?
792
From here to the airport?
793
Yes.
794
You're never gonna make it.
795
Well, I've gotta try.
796
Rachel, what are you gonna say to him?
797
I-I-I don't know.
798
Well, then maybe you shouldn't go.
799
He's right, because if you're just gonna, like, break his heart, that's the kind of thing that can wait.
800
Yeah, but if it's good news, you should tell him now.
801
I don't know.
802
Maybe I'll know when I see him.
803
Here, look.
804
All right, does this help?
805
No. Look, all I know is that I cannot wait a week until I see him.
806
I mean, this is just too big.
807
You know, I've just got to talk to him.
808
I've got to...
809
Okay, I'll see you later.
810
Rachel, I love you.
811
Deal with me first.
812
All right.
813
Ross!
814
Ross!
815
Excuse me.
816
Pardon me?
817
Excuse me.
818
Hi.
819
Hi.
820
May I see your body?
821
No, no, I don't have a body.
822
I just need to talk to my friend.
823
Oh, I'm sorry.
824
You are not allowed on the jetway unless you have a boarding pass.
825
No, I know that.
826
He just went on.
827
He's right there.
828
He's got the blue jacket on.
829
Can I just...
830
I'm sorry, no, no, no. Federal regulations.
831
Okay.
832
All right, okay.
833
Then could you please just give him a message for me, please?
834
This is very important.
835
All right.
836
What's the message?
837
I don't know.
838
The engine's all shot.
839
Sir?
840
Sir?
841
Excuse me?
842
Sir?
843
I have a message for you.
844
What?
845
It's from Rachel.
846
She said that she loved the present and she will see you when you get back.
847
What?
848
Toby, for God's sake, I don't know what she's talking about.
849
There's no Rachel.
850
Don't give me that deep freeze.
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This classic scene from Friends is a goldmine for English learners. The dialogue reflects real-life emotional exchanges—frustration, humor, and vulnerability—making it perfect for practicing natural conversational flow. By shadowing (repeating lines aloud in real time), you’ll learn to mimic tone, pacing, and intonation that convey meaning beyond words. Platforms like a shadowing app or shadowing site can help you sync your speech with the characters, building muscle memory for authentic communication. Whether you’re a beginner or refining fluency, this video’s relatable context makes learning engaging and effective.
Grammar & Expressions in Context
The conversation is packed with practical language. Here are key takeaways:
- Hyperbole for emphasis: "Someone reached down my throat, grabbed my small intestine..." uses extreme imagery to express distress. This is common in casual speech to amplify feelings—try using it to describe frustration ("I’ve told you a million times!").
- Conditional "what if" for uncertainty: "What if I don’t want to be a shoe?" shows how to question expectations. This structure works for brainstorming or challenging norms ("What if we tried a different approach?").
- Colloquial "to hell with..." for anger: "To hell with her" is a raw, informal way to dismiss someone. Note its intensity—use it only in very casual settings with close peers.
Common Pronunciation Traps
American English pronunciation in the video has tricky moments. Watch for:
- "Aura" (pronounced OR-uh, not OW-rah). Misplacing the stress can confuse listeners—practice with a shadow speak tool to nail the rhythm.
- "Lesbian" (LEZ-bee-uhn). The middle syllable is short; avoid overemphasizing "bee."
- Contractions like "don’t stop cleansin’ my aura" (dropping the "g" in "cleansing"). This is natural in fast speech—imitate it to sound more fluent.
Using a shadowing app to repeat these lines will help you master these nuances and improve English pronunciation. Remember, the goal is to sound natural, not perfect—so focus on rhythm and connection first.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | has always told · we've established · has happened |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was laughed · was spotted · are ruined |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | guy who was · pathet, which is · man who wears |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past | was getting · Was he wearing · wasn't being |
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.