1. It was May of 2006
in New York City, and life was good.
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2. But everything was about to change.
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3. So what do you think?
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4. Robin again?
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5. Ted, the universe clearly does not want
you and Robin to be together.
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6. Don't piss off the universe.
The universe will slap you.
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7. Don't you think the universe
has more important things
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8. to worry about than my dating life?
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9. Unless your dating life is the glue
holding the entire universe together.
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10. Whoa, chills. Anybody else get chills?
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11. Look, I realize we've been
down this road before,
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12. but the fact is, whatever I do,
it all keeps coming back to Robin.
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13. So I gotta do this.
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14. - Ow! What the hell?
- That wasn't me.
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15. That was the universe.
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16. The funny thing was,
at that very moment,
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17. the universe was working
on something.
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18. A storm.
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19. So Tropical Storm Willie
is gonna be with us
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20. at least until Monday.
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21. It's gonna rain cats and dogs, folks.
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22. So don't step in a poodle.
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23. - Sandy, Robin?
- Thanks, Lou.
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24. Boy, too bad.
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25. Our big Metro News 1 camping trip
was gonna be this weekend.
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26. Yeah, but camping out in the rain?
No fun. Muddy. Yuck.
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27. Guess we'll have to take a rain check.
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28. And we'll check in
with you tomorrow, New York.
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29. Have a great night.
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30. And we're clear.
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31. Bummer. I was hoping to finally have sex
with you this weekend, Scherbatsky.
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32. Well, I'd give you the
"I don't date co-workers" speech again,
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33. but, God, you must have
that son-of-a-bitch memorized by now.
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34. Shame, though.
It was a pretty hot show tonight.
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35. The rhythmic give and take
of our improvised banter there at the end
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36. really got my freak juice flowing.
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37. Dude, he is right.
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38. How many times do you have
to watch this crash and burn
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39. - before you say, "Enough"?
- One more. One more time.
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40. One more big, beautiful, stupid,
romantic gesture
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41. and then, whatever she says,
yes or no, that's it.
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42. If it's yes, great.
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43. If it's no,
then I am done going after Robin forever.
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44. So what's this big, beautiful,
romantic gesture?
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45. I am going to make her...
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46. a mix CD.
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47. No, I'm kidding. I got a plan.
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48. Lily, I'm gonna need the spare key
to Robin's apartment.
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49. I see where this is going.
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50. Ted, waiting naked in a girl's bed
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51. wearing whipped cream undies
does not work.
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52. Usually. The setting,
Martha's Vineyard, 1999.
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53. The characters, yours truly
and a raven-haired au pair by the...
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54. Universe.
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55. So this plan you speak of.
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56. Remember the first night
Robin and I went out?
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57. I stole a blue French horn for her,
and it almost worked.
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58. Yeah, dude, that was awesome.
But how are you ever gonna top that?
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59. She should be here any second. So...
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60. Uh, we're pretty hungry.
When do we get our pizza?
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61. Enough with the...
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62. We'll go get pizza later, all right?
Just stay...
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63. Damn it.
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64. - Hello?
- Hey, Lily.
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65. I'm locked out of my apartment.
I need to come pick up my extra key.
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66. Extra key?
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67. Do I have an extra key to your
apartment?
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68. Yes, and I gave it to you.
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69. Oh, right. That key. Yeah, I lost it.
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70. Great. Now I gotta go to the locksmith.
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71. No. Wait. Uh...
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72. maybe you should just knock.
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73. Knock?
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74. Lily, my dogs aren't that well-trained.
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75. Hello, Lily. This is Janet Kagen,
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76. at the Russell House Art Foundation
here in San Francisco.
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77. I'm pleased to inform you
that we've accepted your application
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78. for our summer fellowship.
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79. We look forward to hearing from you.
Bye-bye.
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80. Robin, I gotta go. Just knock, okay?
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81. Summer fellowship?
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82. Just knock. Okay.
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83. - Hi.
- Hi.
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84. Robin. I've sort of said this already.
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85. I mean, I've half-said it.
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86. I've tried to say it
and I've said it badly.
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87. So this is me, just saying it.
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88. With strings.
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89. I'm crazy about you.
I think we should be together.
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90. What do you say?
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91. - What do you say?
- Yes. No. I don't know.
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92. Those are the three options.
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93. - Ted, this is so...
- I know.
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94. I mean, I come home,
I was gonna watch Jeopardy,
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95. and there's a string quartet,
and... I have to pee.
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96. Oh, I'm sorry.
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97. - Um, well, go ahead, we'll wait.
- Great.
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98. Yeah, 'cause when we talked earlier,
you said there'd be pizza.
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99. No, I said I'd get you a pizza afterwards.
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100. Look, could we talk about this later?
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101. - I'm sort of professing my love here.
- Sure.
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102. We're not getting any pizza.
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103. Okay. Let's talk.
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104. Okay.
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105. Um...
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106. Oh, hey, you guys wanna take five?
All right.
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107. Thanks, guys, we just need a minute.
Sort of a big life decision.
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108. Love the blue instruments, though.
Kind of an inside joke.
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109. Thanks.
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110. - You're crazy.
- Right. Come on.
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111. It's not that I haven't thought
about this.
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112. You know that I have.
But let's look at this, okay?
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113. We only just started being friends again.
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114. I know. But come on.
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115. And... and we want different things.
That's still there. That's not going away.
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116. I mean, what if we do this
and it doesn't work out
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117. and I'd lose you as a friend?
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118. I gotta think about this.
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119. Okay, fine. Think about it on the plane.
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120. Let's go to Paris for the weekend.
I'm serious.
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121. - I'm kidding. I'm serious.
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122. I can't go to Paris. I'm going camping.
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123. - Well, I thought that thing was canceled.
- Well, it's back on.
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124. - Since when?
- Since like an hour ago.
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125. Sending the storm
back out into the Atlantic.
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126. So it's blue skies this weekend.
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127. - Sandy, Robin?
- Thanks, Lou.
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128. But that blue sky
isn't without at least one cloud.
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129. I'm sorry to announce
that one week from today
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130. I will be leaving Metro News 1.
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131. It has been an honor
to bring you the news each night,
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132. and read the paper to you each morning.
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133. I will always treasure it.
Good night, New York.
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134. And we're clear.
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135. - You're leaving?
- There. I quit my job.
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136. We're not co-workers.
Will you please have dinner with me?
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137. I'm joking. I got offered a job at CNN.
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138. - Oh, congratulations.
- Congratulations, yourself.
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139. - What do you mean?
- Well, Joe asked me
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140. who I thought should replace me
as lead anchor.
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141. I told him you.
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142. They're announcing it next week.
Act surprised.
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143. Wow. Thanks.
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144. And, yes.
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145. - Yes, what?
- Yes, let's go get dinner.
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146. How about this weekend
on the camping trip?
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147. I roast a mean weenie.
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148. Oh, you're kidding me. No way.
Don't go on this thing.
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149. Ted, I have to go.
It's a company camping trip.
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150. Really? Because it also kind of
sounds like a date with Sandy
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151. - and his weenie.
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152. - I mean, is this not a date?
- I don't... I don't know.
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153. - So, what, you actually like this guy now?
- I don't know.
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154. - Are you gonna hook up with him?
- I don't know.
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155. - Yes, you do.
- No, Ted, I don't.
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156. And you know what? That's okay.
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157. I don't plan out every second of my life,
like you do.
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158. - I don't plan out every...
- Oh, really?
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159. What is all of this?
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160. I mean, why can't you just say,
"Hey, Robin, let's go get some sushi?"
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161. No, it has to be a string quartet,
and Paris, and flowers, and chocolates,
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162. and "Let's spend
the rest of our lives together."
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163. Don't you think
we're a little past sushi at this point?
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164. God, you are so terrified
of anything real.
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165. It's like you're floating out in space.
Touch the ground, Robin.
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166. Live in the world, make a mistake.
Make this mistake.
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167. I need to think about this.
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168. Fine.
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169. No. I'm sorry, I...
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170. I can't do this anymore.
I need an answer.
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171. If you want me to say yes right now,
I can't do that.
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172. Well, if it's not yes then it's a no.
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173. Then I guess it's not meant to be.
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174. - Nice try, buddy.
- Good hustle out there.
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175. Look at the bright side.
At least you got some closure.
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176. She's made her choice,
and you can finally move on.
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177. Screw that. This ain't over.
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178. You sat here, in this very booth,
and you said...
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179. I don't care what I said.
This is gonna happen.
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180. She can't say it's not meant to be.
It is meant to be.
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181. And you know why?
'Cause I mean it to be.
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182. - Unpause?
- Unpause.
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183. Let's pause.
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184. See, Marshall and Lily had a rule
that at any point during a fight,
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185. they could pause and take a break.
Their fights often lasted for days.
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186. - A painting fellowship?
- I was never gonna take it.
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187. - In California?
- I was never gonna take it.
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188. Ted, she is going on that camping trip.
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189. Dude, barring some act of God,
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190. Robin's gonna be
with Sandy this weekend.
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191. Fine.
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192. If an act of God is what it takes,
then an act of God it is.
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193. What are you talking about?
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194. I'm gonna make it rain.
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195. I can't let Robin go camping
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196. So how do I keep that from happening?
Simple. I make it rain.
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197. Ted, do you want me to slap you again?
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198. 'Cause I kind of enjoyed it
the first time.
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199. I might be crazy right now.
No, you know what?
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200. I am definitely crazy right now.
But I have a plan.
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201. That girl you used
to go out with, Penelope.
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202. Wasn't she getting her PhD
in Native American culture?
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203. - Yeah.
- Are you still in touch with her?
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204. Sure. I mean,
even though we stopped having sex,
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205. we still get together like once a month
to chat and catch up,
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206. and of course I'm not in touch with her!
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207. Well, you're gonna
need to get in touch with her.
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208. She's gonna teach me
how to do a rain dance.
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209. - Did you just say a rain dance?
- Yes.
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210. - A rain dance?
- Yes.
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211. - A dance to make it rain.
- Yes.
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212. - No, we are not!
- Yes, we are!
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213. Ted, you're forcing me
to be the voice of reason.
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214. And it's not a good look for me!
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215. - Why the hell should I help you?
- Come on.
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216. I know it didn't work out between us,
but we did have a relationship.
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217. We had sex twice in your car
and then you dumped me.
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218. How is that a relationship?
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219. Twice?
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220. Barney, there is no way
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221. - I am...
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222. Seriously, come on.
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223. Penelope, I really need
to make it rain this weekend.
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224. Why?
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226. "There's this girl?"
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227. You know, the traditional rain dance
is a sacred prayer to nature.
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228. I don't think the Great Spirit
looks too kindly on white dudes
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229. who co-opt it to get laid.
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230. Penelope, this is the girl I love.
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231. If it doesn't rain this weekend,
she's gonna end up with the wrong guy.
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232. Please.
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233. - This wrong guy, is he a huge jackass?
- Absolutely.
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234. - Kind of like Barney?
- Kind of.
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235. - Hey.
- You hit on my mom.
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236. We weren't exclusive.
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237. I'm in.
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238. And so the three of us
headed to the roof of my building.
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239. Okay.
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240. Crouch down and bend over a little bit.
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241. Wow, it took five shots of tequila
to get you in that position.
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242. I will throw you off this roof.
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243. So much of your mom in you.
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244. And she's been throwing up ever since.
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245. So how'd she manage
to eat so much chocolate?
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246. Remember that guy, Ted,
that I was telling you about?
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247. Well, I came home
and I found him waiting in my apartment
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248. with a string quartet and roses
and chocolates...
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249. Oh, that's so sweet.
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250. Okay, yes, it's sweet in theory.
But isn't it also kind of crazy?
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251. I mean, a string quartet
in my living room.
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252. - Who does that?
- Nobody does that.
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253. - Exactly.
- No, honey. Nobody does that.
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254. But I guess I'm just a hopeless romantic.
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255. I'm gonna put my hand up your dog now.
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256. So you're saying
you would forbid me from going.
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257. Forbid? Who said forbid?
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258. I was just reminding you that
there's this wedding
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259. coming up in a couple of months,
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260. and I was kind of hoping
you'd save the date.
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261. Look for me,
I'll be the guy in the awesome suit.
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262. I mean, come on, Lily,
it's what you've always wanted.
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263. Yeah, but there's a lot of things
I've always wanted
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264. and I haven't done any of them.
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265. I'm sorry. I just need to do this
before settling down forever.
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266. So now we've gone
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267. from "I was never gonna do it"
to "I need to do this."
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268. Did I leave the room at some point?
When did that happen?
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269. Oh, maybe when you said
you wouldn't let me do it.
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270. I never said that!
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271. You know, if you're having
these kind of doubts now,
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272. what's gonna change in three months?
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273. Maybe we just shouldn't get
married at all.
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274. Maybe not.
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275. - Pause.
- Pause.
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276. - So are you just like starving?
- Totally.
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277. Red Lobster?
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278. Oh, lobster, lobster, lobster,
you are delicious.
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279. Oh, God, I love butter sauce.
There's nothing bad about it.
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280. Say something bad
about butter sauce, I dare you.
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281. I wouldn't dare.
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282. Marshall, no.
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283. We're on pause.
There's no crying in pause land.
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284. Pause land is a magical place
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285. with popcorn shrimp mounds
and butter sauce rivers.
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286. Damn it!
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287. Happy, happy,
happy, happy, happy, happy birthday
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288. Happy, happy, happy,
happy, happy, happy birthday
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289. Happy, happy, happy,
happy, happy, happy birthday
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290. Ted, this is funny.
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291. Still funny.
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292. Still fun... And now it's sad.
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293. Hey, Penelope,
you sure I'm doing this right?
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294. I think so.
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295. Does it look anything
like a real rain dance?
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296. I think so.
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297. Hey, Penelope, have you ever actually
seen a rain dance performed?
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298. No.
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299. - No?
- I've read extensively on the subject.
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300. First-hand accounts,
theoretical criticisms, anthropological...
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301. Have you ever seen a rain dance?
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302. I've seen a film strip.
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303. Terrific. Look, I should run.
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304. I'm getting brain surgery from some guy
who's seen a couple episodes of ER.
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305. I can't believe this.
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306. We've been up here for the past hour
making complete asses of ourselves.
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307. What do you mean "we," white man?
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308. How did we get here?
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309. A couple of days ago,
the biggest problem in my life was,
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310. "Did Ted eat the last pudding snack pack
in the fridge?"
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311. - Think there's still one left.
- Dibs.
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312. - Unpause?
- Unpause.
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313. Look, I know this sucks.
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314. It's just something I'm going through.
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315. I'm not asking you to understand it.
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317. I'm just asking you to support it.
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318. Look, I want to, Lily, okay?
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319. I really do. But I just can't.
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320. - Why not?
- Because you're scaring
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321. the hell out of me.
That's why not.
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322. What if you decide to go be a painter,
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323. and then you realize
I don't fit into your life anymore,
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324. and three months becomes forever?
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325. Can you promise me that
that's not gonna happen?
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326. - Marshall...
- 'Cause if you can't promise me that,
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327. we should just break up right now.
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328. I'm not gonna wait around
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329. just to have my heart ripped out.
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330. Marshall, I love you.
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331. Can you promise me that
that's not gonna happen?
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332. - Pause.
- No, Lily, we cannot pause this anymore.
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333. Can you promise me that
that's not gonna happen?
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334. - Pause!
- Why do you want me to pause?
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335. That's just a great use
of the pause function, baby.
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336. Thank you.
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337. Hey, Ted, what you doing?
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338. A rain dance.
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339. Dude, that's not a rain dance.
That's a fat kid with a bee in his pants.
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340. Look, I highly doubt the Great Spirit's
a stickler for choreography.
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341. It's the thought that counts.
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342. She's leaving in half an hour.
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343. Dude, these are your awesome years,
you're wasting them on this girl.
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344. - This isn't gonna work.
- Yeah. I know that.
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345. - Well, then why are you doing it?
- Because I love her.
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346. I love her!
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347. I told her that the first night
we went out,
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348. and here it is, eight months later,
and nothing's changed.
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349. So, yes, I know this isn't gonna work.
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350. But it has to work!
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351. Do you hear me, universe?
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352. This is Ted Mosby talking!
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353. Give me some rain!
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354. Come on!
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355. Come on!
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356. Come on!
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357. Oh, come on!
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358. Pushing the front
back into the tri-state area,
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359. and giving Manhattan
one of its worst storms
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361. How about that? He did it.
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362. Robin. Hey, Robin.
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363. Oh, thank God you're here.
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364. My camping trip got rained out.
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365. I know. I'm sorry.
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366. - It's not your fault.
- Yeah, it is.
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368. It's pouring. You come up.
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369. No, you have to come down here.
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370. - Why?
- Why?
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371. Because I made it rain.
That's what I did today.
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372. And that's enough.
I've done my part, now get down here!
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373. I'm not dressed, Ted. You come up.
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374. I'm not coming up there, Robin, I'm not.
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375. You have to come down here.
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376. - I was gonna...
- I know.
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377. And that's how Robin and I
ended up together.
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378. Turns out all I had to do
was make it rain.
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379. As I rode home the next morning,
the city looked the same,
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380. the people looked the same,
it all looked the same.
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381. But it wasn't.
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382. In just one night,
everything had changed.
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