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- You named the clowns?
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Stupid Juggling Weirdo,
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George Washington.
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my help investigating
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which is obviously me.
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What do I do here?
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comic strip.
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of contractualism.
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for a new society.
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the ride should be free"?
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that they think is unfair.
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someone would veto that rule.
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you should do it.
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Whatever, you love it.
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- Oh, really?
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for my cousin,
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according to his therapist,
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You seem kind of stressed.
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Top of my game, actually.
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weren't they?
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audibly promised to help you.
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the whole week?
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gonna have a sweet vacay.
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- Yeah?
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- I won't let you down.
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- That's very profound.
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and it offers couples packages.
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and do yoga, and talk
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for one day without being caught?
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from The Lion King.
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like Nala from The Lion King.
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for anyone, it's Tahani.
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but she doesn't know it.
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truth actually be healing...
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and talk, and chat
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- Yes, you were.
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your office the first day.
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amazing things in the world?
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is that some object
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which is causing everything to go haywire.
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We're gonna start with the rocks.
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they might look suspicious,
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so I'm not sure how I can help.
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like they're taunting you?
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I promise this is gonna help both of us.
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that may have a nefarious agenda.
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- Yeah.
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Tahani and Jianyu.
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for fun and excitement.
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you know, being you.
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so you can have more of it.
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in their neighborhoods.
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we play the movie,
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and you're on your own.
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Emily not to talk to Rachel.
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Should we get back to work?
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I mean, there's no point to it.
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aspects of his life?
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I massage Jianyu?
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- Well, watch this.
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- Not really.
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of what makes them wonderful.
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I got tickets. We are road-tripping.
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blunts topless
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- That's a very good point.
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Do I really need to keep going?
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getting this mask to stick.
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pores are just so small.
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could ever adhere to my skin.
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to the sauna, please?
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and you're giving her nothing!
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I didn't think about my problems,
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beautiful things I've ever seen.
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the ethereal colors of a Degas.
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and Degas was always my inspiration.
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for 300 years. So, no.
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- Yes.
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- We're just...
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Oh.
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wreak havoc and then say nothing?
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where the garbage fell from the sky.
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- Hi there.
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I'll add everybody who flew overhead.
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impressionist of all time,
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was in a close radius.
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- I give up.
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and now I have a very bulbous dog.
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but I'll do my best.
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Call a neighborhood meeting.
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me such a perfect gift.
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and he found the problem.
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with the problems in our neighborhood.
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