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- I was up late
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a mystery!
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in a kitchen.
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more air, space, air,
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plastic food boxes?
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your Kickstarters.
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to send me on my tour
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Midwest, that helps everyone.
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He's late again.
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Jasper's childhood,
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A bento box?
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Apple TV?
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I'd love to buy some.
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the key is underneath.
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- You know what?
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a while to plan.
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- You're on!
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I'll get drunk.
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I can't do this!
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Marge, I never want
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the C-A-next-Tuesday word again.
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into your female warrior side.
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she'd be a Coleman lantern.
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- Bea Arthur funny?
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for the Kennedy Center Honors.
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- I got it. I got it.
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restore the lost love
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Kirk and Luann.
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it would not last forever.
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- That's the address of this bar.
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Get really drunk,
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- Women co-opt everything.
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- Oh, honey.
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- Honey, I understand it now.
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my kitchen.
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it's okay for everyone
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- So, miss, are you alone?
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