1. This is a sugar loaf.
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2. Up until the late
19th century,
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3. sugar was primarily sold
in a form of solid cone,
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4. and a pair of special pincers
called sugar nips
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5. would be used to break off
pieces into cups of tea
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6. and the mouths
of unsupervised children.
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7. Sugar loaves are
less common today,
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8. having been replaced
by granules and cubes.
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9. But due to
its distinctive shape,
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10. the sugar loaf legacy
lives on
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11. in the mountains around
the world that bear its name.
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12. Hello.
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13. My name is Joe Pera.
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14. Today was the final
day of school.
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15. And what sweeter way
to celebrate
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16. than with a hike up
Sugarloaf Mountain?
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17. It's not the Sugarloaf Mountain
with ski lifts in Maine
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18. or the Sugarloaf Mountain
in Rio de Janeiro,
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19. featured in
James Bond "Moonraker."
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20. Instead, the Sugarloaf Mountain
in Marquette County,
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21. just six miles
from my front door.
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22. Hiking combines the beauty
of walking
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23. with the beauty of nature.
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24. And other than
leave no trace and stay alive,
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25. there are no real rules.
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26. Plus the abundance of fresh air
straight from the trees
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27. has a way of releasing stress.
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28. You'd hardly know
that just 30 minutes ago,
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29. I was experiencing
intense emotional pressure
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30. I can only describe
as DEFCON One.
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31. Can you pull over?
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32. You feeling okay?
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33. I don't want to
hide it anymore.
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34. The longer you keep
something inside,
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35. the harder it is to contain.
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36. The pressure was building,
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37. and I felt like
I had to release it somehow.
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38. This weekend I think
we're gonna bust out the grill,
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39. maybe try grilling some corn
or something.
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40. I don't know.
It might be fun.
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41. And then next week
we're gonna go take selfies
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42. at Wrigley Field.
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43. And then we're going to stay
home the rest of the summer.
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44. You all right, Joe?
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45. Yeah.
I bet you are.
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46. All right, everyone.
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47. All right, everyone,
quiet down.
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48. As we close the book on
another outstanding school year,
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49. I'd like to express once again
how grateful I am.
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50. You make Little Deer
Middle School
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51. the special place it is
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52. and are a constant source
of inspiration.
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53. There were hardly any
staff-related incidents
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54. this year, so kudos.
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55. Haven't seen a kudos burn
in a minute.
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56. Oh. One quick reminder
before we start break —
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57. you are still teachers
during the summer.
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58. Don't drink too much in public.
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59. That said, we can still all have
fun tonight at the happy hour.
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60. Any final thoughts?
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61. I have something
I'd like to announce.
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62. Yes, Joe.
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63. We all have lives
outside of school,
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64. and there's something
I'd like to share.
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65. I'm growing a bean arch,
so if anyone wants beans
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66. 58, 59 days from now,
just let me know.
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67. Yeah, Joe, sounds like
you're already sharing
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68. a string bean wiener.
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69. John,
what are you doing?
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70. It's just a joke.
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71. It's not funny.
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72. My bad.
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73. Yeah, it's your bad,
all right.
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74. Do you want your job,
John?
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75. I don't want
to hide it either.
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76. But with the students' respect
and teachers like John,
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77. you know the consequences
of dating another teacher.
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78. You know it just makes
everybody aware of —
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79. You don't —
It'd be like...
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80. Whenever I see
an empty baseball diamond,
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81. I feel the need
to run its bases.
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82. It's a deep-seated compulsion
I can't often give into
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83. because I am an adult.
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84. But it makes summers tough
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85. because diamonds
are mostly empty these days.
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86. Have you tried it?
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87. There's a real sense of freedom
when you do it on your own.
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88. No pressure to hit the ball.
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89. No baseman to tag you out.
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90. If you are an anarchist,
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91. you don't even need
to touch the base.
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92. But you'd miss out
on leaving your footprint
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93. on that dusty white bag.
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94. 18 years ago,
I broke a baseball record
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95. when I became the first kid
in the Upper Peninsula
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96. to get banned
from Little League.
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97. In my last at-bat
of the season,
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98. I was down two strikes,
looking for a home run.
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99. Nutty, because I hadn't gotten
a hit all season.
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100. That I wanted
to go around so bad
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101. that when the opportunity came,
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102. I decided to steal first base.
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103. Once I hit first,
I had to steal second.
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104. Then at second, third was
just around the corner.
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105. By the time I got to third,
nothing could stop me.
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106. It felt so good.
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107. Even though I accumulated
17 outs in a single at-bat,
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108. I got my home run,
and I did it on my own terms.
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109. Today, I follow rules
because I am afraid of jail.
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110. But I suppose I still run
the bases as an adult
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111. to relive sense of liberation
I felt as a kid.
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112. I know it sounds childish,
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113. but it feels so good
to get that off my chest.
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114. I guess I was still embarrassed
from when Coach Hazler
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115. had me turn in
my cap and uniform.
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116. It takes guts for you
to tell me that.
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117. And I don't fully understand it,
but I can respect it.
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118. Every time we've driven by
a diamond, I've held it in.
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119. Can I share
something with you?
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120. Sure.
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121. I've dated men from each branch
of the U.S. military
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122. and I still keep in touch
with two of them.
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123. Okay.
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124. We're friends, but it's
primarily for intelligence.
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125. Makes sense.
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126. Can I tell you
something else?
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127. Yeah.
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128. Opening up to Sarah
in that moment
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129. got her opening up to me,
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130. and we started sharing our
secret lives with each other.
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131. I put prohibited items
in my airplane carry-on.
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132. I slap my hands
on my pants
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133. when the ice cream store
is closed.
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134. I get anxious when I stay
at your house
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135. because I'm away
from my basement.
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136. Before last month, I hadn't
told someone I loved them
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137. since high school.
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138. It takes me years
to trust someone
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139. and seconds to untrust.
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140. I wish this weren't true.
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141. Oh.
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142. Come on.
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143. I feel like shoplifting
a few home runs.
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144. You're a toe runner?
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145. Yeah.
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146. I didn't know that.
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147. You don't run
on your toes?
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148. No.
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149. That's how
I get my speed.
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150. Come on. Keep up!
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151. I can't wait to tell
all the other teachers.
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152. Keep up!
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153. And just like that,
it was —
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154. I don't know,
comfortable.
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155. Hurry up, Joe.
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156. Okay.
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157. I hope we're not too late
for the karaoke.
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158. Wait.
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159. You forgot something.
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160. What's that?
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161. Really?
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162. Really, really.
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163. All right.
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164. You sure?
Yeah.
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165. Are you sure?
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166. I think so.
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167. I am.
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168. Hey, Joe, Sarah.
Glad you could make it.
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169. Principal Neiman, I want you to
know that Sarah and I are dating
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170. and have been
for the past four months.
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171. Everyone already knows.
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172. You two are cute.
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173. You go together like
desk and chair.
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174. Ah.
By the way,
there are some phenomenal
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175. mozzarella sticks
at the bar.
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176. Help yourself. I'm going to
track down some marinara.
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177. Good luck.
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178. Yeah!
Awesome.
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179. Whoo! It's Joe.
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180. Yeah.
What's up, man?
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181. Where you been?
Working on your bean arch?
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182. Yeah.
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183. Yeah?
You been growing a big bean?
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184. Hopefully. Growing a big bean
in your pants.
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185. I'm just kidding.
You know what I'm saying?
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186. Planting seeds, though,
right?
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187. Yeah, actually.
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188. I usually plant them
all over town.
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189. You know what I mean.
You know what I mean.
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190. Yeah.
Don't give me that look.
You know exactly what I mean.
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191. Yeah.
Everybody knows
what that means.
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192. Everybody in this bar
knows what that means.
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193. Do we really have to go
to happy hour tonight?
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194. I think it'll be fun.
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195. Okay. Okay.
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