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We have a big problem here.

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Drop everything you're doing and solve it.

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I'm going to be late for work.

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Oh, this is far more important than your career.

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You always say that.

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This time it's true. The TV's not working.

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I've been sitting here for nearly a minute

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without entertainment.

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Change the battery in the remote.

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The one on the left.

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"The one on the left"?

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Well, that's just spooky.

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Not really.

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I have the knack.

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The knack?

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For technology.

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My mom says I always have.

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I'm worried about little Dilbert.

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He's not like other kids.

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What do you mean?

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Yesterday, I left him alone for a minute

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and he disassembled the TV, our clock and the stereo.

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That's perfectly normal.

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Kids take things apart.

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Ooh.

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The part that worries me is he used the components

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to build a ham radio set.

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Oh, dear.

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Is that bad?

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Normally, I'd want to run an EEG on him,

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but the machine isn't working.

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[BUZZING AND BEEPING]

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It's worse than I feared.

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What is it?

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I'm afraid your son has...

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the knack.

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The knack?

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The knack.

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It's a rare condition

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characterized by an extreme intuition

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about all things mechanical and electrical...

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and utter social ineptitude.

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Can he lead a normal life?

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No.

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He'll be an engineer.

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[SOBBING]

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No!

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There, there, don't blame yourself.

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Will it go away over time?

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It might, but pray it doesn't.

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If an engineer loses the knack,

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the results can be devastating.

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NEWSCASTER: And in further news...

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Thanks for filling in for our regular doctor

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on such short notice.

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I was in the neighborhood.

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[music]

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Huh?

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[BEEPING]

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Waah!

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DILBERT: Here.

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I bought a Double-A yesterday

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because I sensed this coming.

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You're freaking me out.

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I don't know why.

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I told you, I have the knack.

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The knack.

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[BURST OF STATIC]

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[SPEAKING SPANISH]

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[ECSTATIC SIGHING]

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Oh... Oh... Oh, yes.

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Good.

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[EXPLOSION]

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[music]

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[ELECTRICITY CRACKLING]

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As you know, humanity has pretty much destroyed

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the ecological balance of the planet.

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It's not my fault!

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I recycle!

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No one's blaming you, Loud Howard.

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I blame him.

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Why do you blame me?!

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When you recycle your newspapers

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do you iron out the wrinkles first?

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No!

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Well, maybe you should, planet killer.

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All right, then, that's settled.

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The point is...

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the earth is polluted beyond repair.

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That leaves us one viable business strategy.

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We're going to clean up the earth?

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[LAUGHING] Oh, gee...

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No.

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I should say not. Clean up the...

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No, we're going to start polluting outer space.

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I didn't become an engineer

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so I could pollute the solar system.

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Why did YOU BECOME AN ENGINEER?

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Isn't it obvious?

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She picked the one profession

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where she'd be surrounded

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by sexy men all day.

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So, tell me more

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about this polluting- of-space idea.

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Oh, no, no, no.

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Shh...

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We won't be calling it "polluting."

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Negative connotation.

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We prefer the word "advertising."

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I'm talking billboards in space.

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No one can read a billboard in space.

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They can if we make them really big.

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Do you have any idea how much that would cost?

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$1000?

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Maybe $50 billion.

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Well, then, we'll just have to amortize the costs.

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Amortize the costs?

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That doesn't even mean anything.

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We'll find a way to get it done.

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"Failure" isn't in my vocabulary.

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Neither is "amortize," apparently.

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Here we go again.

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You're drinking out of my cup.

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You have drunk from the cup of management.

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Now you're infected!

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What are you talking about? That's ridiculous.

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Soon, your technical skills will evaporate

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like the fine mist on a summer lawn.

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They warned us about this in school.

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There was management DNA in the backwash of that cup.

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Now it's in you.

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It's like a virus.

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People...

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I'd like to get the first space billboard launched in 30 days.

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Does anyone see a problem with that?

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No way in hell.

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That's the dumbest idea I've ever heard.

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[OBJECTIONS OVERLAPPING]

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...nincompoop who knows nothing.

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A pointy-head idiot who stinks like old socks!

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Sounds like we have consensus.

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I don't know what's wrong with this pen.

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I'm going out on a limb here,

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but I'll say it's out of ink.

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That management DNA must have infected you.

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You've lost the knack.

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I have not lost the knack.

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I'll show you who's lost the knack.

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I'll design this thing myself.

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Out of my cubicle.

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I need privacy.

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This is my CUBICLE.

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Sense of direction.

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It's the first thing that goes

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when you lose the knack.

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Dilbert. Just THE MAN I NEED.

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What's it mean when you get a system error number 53?

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[SIGHS]

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Watch me solve this

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with intuition alone.

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Okay.

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Error 53.

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I haven't seen that one before,

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but I have a feeling

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it's your network interface card.

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What should I do?

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Press "Control" and "F9."

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Thanks.

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Hey, Dilbert.

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Do you know how to subnet an IP address?

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It's been a while, but I think this will work.

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[SCREAMING]

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I haven't lost my engineering knack

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just because a few things go wrong.

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Even great athletes have dry spells.

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Like the great Olympian, Emil Gartanamo.

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World record holder

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in both the javelin and the 100-yard dash.

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Only person who ever died

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by throwing a spear into his own back.

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Did you just make that up?

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Clever, wasn't it?

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Can we talk about me instead of made-up people?

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Sure.

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Pass the bread.

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[LOUDLY] Okay, tell me about your day.

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I've got to design

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a low-Earth-orbit advertising satellite

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as big as New Zealand

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and get it launched in 30 days for under $1000.

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That is so sad and pathetic.

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And then what?

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Well, that's kind of the whole story.

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They're not laughing at YOU.

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They're laughing with YOU.

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I didn't say anyone was laughing at me.

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You're only ugly on the outside.

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What are you talking about?

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They say swimming is the best exercise.

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Well, I've always agreed with that, but...

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Hey!

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[music]

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A light sail.

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Well, you still need

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a huge ground-based laser to push it.

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We can borrow the one at the particle accelerator lab.

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We only need it for a few minutes.

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Are you done yet?

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Good lord, man, you're working me to the bone.

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Has it been tough?

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Well, this coffee cup doesn't carry itself around.

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Get some rest, Wally.

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You two, start pulling your weight.

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The components are all off the shelf.

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We can put this thing together in a week.

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It looks good on paper,

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but how do we know you haven't lost the knack?

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I haven't lost the knack.

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[BEEPING]

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[BUZZING]

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There's something wrong with it.

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Let me have a look.

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There.

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It should be fine.

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Thanks, Dilbert.

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Smart men are so sexy.

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Do you think we could go out sometime?

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[BEEPING]

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[BUZZING]

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MAN: Attention all workers: Has anybody seen my pen?

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The one that writes in four colors?

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It's not worth a lot of money or anything,

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but my mom gave it to me...

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This is a terrible program.

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What else is on?

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Hey, where's the clicker?

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Why aren't I sitting in my recliner?

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Oh, for crying out loud.

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For the last time, this is not a TV show.

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You're telling me.

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Look at this guy.

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He hasn't moved the whole time I've been watching.

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Although it does build suspense.

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You know what? Leave this on.

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Oh, what the hell. I can't take it.

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Tell me the ending.

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40 minutes after liftoff

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the ship will achieve orbit.

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At that time,

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the tissue-thin balloon material will unfurl,

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creating an advertising banner over five miles wide.

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MAN: Ten seconds...

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Seven...

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[RAPIDLY] Four, three, two, one.

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[SCREAMING]

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[SCREAMING FADING]

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[CHUCKLING]

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[MUMBLING] ...blooper.

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All systems are green.

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The laser should kick in in 15 seconds

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and put our baby on target.

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Are you sure you gave the right coordinates

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to the laser operator?

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You've been off your game lately.

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Me?

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Off my game?

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Ha!

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[MUSIC ON BOOMBOX CUTS OFF]

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Uh-oh.

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[MUSIC RETURNS AND CUTS OFF]

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Hm.

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[CONFUSED MURMURING]

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[GRUNTS]

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Nah.

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[LAUGHING]

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[MEN AND WOMEN YELLING AND CHEERING]

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LOUD HOWARD: What should we do?

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Party.

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[WHOOPING]

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[music]

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music I'll sharpen your knives You simple housewives music

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music I'll sharpen you knives! music

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music I've got raisins Shriveled and brown! music

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music Who wants raisins The finest in town?! music

285
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music Bow and arrows Kill some birds music

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music Then you shove 'em In a pie music

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Hi, Dilbert.

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Do I know you?

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What do you mean?

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We're your neighbors.

291
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I'm Arnie from across the street.

292
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The insurance salesman?

293
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What happened to you?

294
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Well, ever since that satellite got knocked out...

295
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That was yesterday.

296
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Yeah, well, things fell apart pretty fast

297
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without power and communications.

298
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Luckily, Denise over there,

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she went to a Renaissance festival last summer

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so she knew what to do.

301
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So...you want to be a blacksmith?

302
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We also need a guy to sweep little piles of dung

303
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into big piles of dung.

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I'll get back to you.

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DILBERT: We have to realign the satellites

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and restore power and communications.

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Oh, forget it.

308
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Stop being a stick-in-the-mud.

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Everybody's having a great time.

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No more multitasking, no more fax modems,

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e-mail, voicemail,

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videoconferencing, teleconferencing,

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pointing, clicking and all that other stuff

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I never did anyway.

315
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Where's Alice?

316
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Just follow the sounds of tambourines

317
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and drunken laughter.

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[MEDIEVAL MUSIC PLAYING AND PEOPLE CLAMORING]

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[HOOTING AND CHEERING]

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Alice!

321
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Hey, buddy, you're going to have

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to wait your turn like the rest of us.

323
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Quiet, knave.

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[ALL LAUGHING]

325
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What the hell is going on?

326
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We're celebrating the return to simpler times.

327
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You mean, the downfall of civilization?

328
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No. I mean, the rebirth of the human heart.

329
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With technology gone,

330
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we're free to enjoy our true nature.

331
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To release the animal within

332
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and let it live wild and untamed!

333
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So you're not going back to work?

334
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I am at work.

335
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This is my job now.

336
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You're a...?

337
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Free spirit.

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A child of nature.

339
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I live for the moment and follow my whims

340
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wherever they guide me!

341
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How's the pay?

342
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I'm paid in joy.

343
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And my hours are from yesterday until forever.

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And if you don't like it, I'll kick the crap out of you!

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Terrific.

346
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Where's the boss?

347
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He's over there fulfilling his role

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in the natural order of things.

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music A dialogue about maximizing Quality, productivity music

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music Would bring about a consensus Within the time parameters music

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music Of our earlier Proactive assessments music

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[ALL LAUGHING]

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And to think, Dilbert, we have you to thank

354
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for all of this!

355
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No, don't thank me.

356
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This is awful.

357
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Let's raise a glass of mead to Dilbert.

358
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ALL: To Dilbert!

359
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Yuck! Ugh!

360
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What's MEAD?

361
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What's wrong with you people?

362
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Don't you see what's happened?

363
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ALL: Yeah!

364
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Fine. If I have to repair

365
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those satellites single-handedly,

366
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then that's what I'll do.

367
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Who's with me?

368
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ALL: None of us!

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[GRUNTS]

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If only I hadn't drunk the boss's coffee,

371
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I would still have my knack for technology.

372
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I'm afraid your son has the knack.

373
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Can he lead a normal life?

374
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You're drinking out of my cup.

375
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Now you're infected!

376
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You've lost the knack.

377
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That management DNA must have infected you.

378
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You're only ugly on the outside.

379
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I've got it.

380
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I know how to get my knack back.

381
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Hello? Hello?!

382
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Somebody answer me!

383
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There's got to be someone out there!

384
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I'll pay any roaming charges!

385
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I'll accept a collect international call!

386
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[SOBBING]

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What did I tell you

388
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about trying to contact the outside world?

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[GRUNTS]

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music To facilitate The implementation music

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music Of our business system Transition strategy music

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music We must maximize our talent Base and thereby determine music

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music Our propensities For consensus building music

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[ALL LAUGHING]

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Here, drink this.

396
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Oh, kind sir,

397
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you offer me a tipple to slake mine thirst.

398
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Alas, I have but recently imbibed

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a goblet of ale.

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Just a sip then.

401
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A sip?

402
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A sip you say? To wet one's whistle.

403
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Why, what harm could it do?

404
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But verily, I am already quenched.

405
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Drink it!

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[COUGHING]

407
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Oh, good sir,

408
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your generosity will not be circumvented.

409
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[COUGHS] Ooh, whew!

410
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I salute you.

411
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I don't feel any different.

412
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I hope you washed your cup.

413
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Dirty rags for sale.

414
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Who buys dirty rags?

415
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You'd be surprised.

416
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I don't need any rags.

417
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What I need is to find my knack.

418
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Yes, the knack.

419
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It's like trying to find the one good rag

420
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in a huge pile of bad ones.

421
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How is that the same?

422
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Sometimes the harder you look, the better it hides.

423
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When you stop looking for the knack,

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it will find you.

425
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[WIND WHISTLING]

426
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You look familiar.

427
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You know, if you shorten the axle about eight inches,

428
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you'll reduce the stress and you won't have this problem.

429
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Exactly.

430
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Looks like you found your rag.

431
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[ALL SHOUTING]

432
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I know you've grown accustomed to the new ways,

433
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the authenticity and the relationship with nature,

434
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but it's a lie.

435
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We live in a cold, mechanistic technocracy.

436
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We have to make that work.

437
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I know life is unfair.

438
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You'll get no argument from me.

439
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I know it's not fun and it's not novel, but it's real.

440
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To that end, I've turned this silo into a rocket

441
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by loading it with 20 tons of match heads.

442
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It's going to reorient the satellites

443
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and give us back our technology.

444
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Thank God.

445
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I am tired of sleeping in dung.

446
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And wearing these unflattering clothes.

447
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I miss TV.

448
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Yes, me too. I need my shows.

449
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Don't you miss it? I need it.

450
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ALL: Ooh!

451
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It didn't work.

452
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Everything is still ruined.

453
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But now it's worse,

454
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because for a few moments, we had hope.

455
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Time for a human sacrifice!

456
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[PHONE RINGS]

457
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Just let me get this.

458
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Yeah.

459
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[CELL PHONES RINGING]

460
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Hmm, too bad.

461
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I was beginning to enjoy the simple life.

462
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Everyone likes the simple life,

463
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until it gets complicated.

464
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Where's Dad tonight?

465
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He's still at the all-you-can-eat

466
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buffet place in the mall.

467
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How long has he been there?

468
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Since 1979.

469
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You got to hand it to him.

470
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He doesn't give up.

471
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For him, it's the principle.

472
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He's not coming home until he's sure

473
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it's all HE CAN EAT.

474
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It was a mistake for them to put bathrooms in that place.

475
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You remind me so much of him.

476
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What little I can remember.

477
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How can they say

478
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it's the world's favorite snack?

479
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I'd like to see the evidence

480
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that supports that.

481
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Maybe you should write to them and demand proof.

482
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Now you've done it.

483
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And how do they know

484
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this is 30% of my daily recommended fat?

485
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Isn't everyone a different size

486
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to begin with?

487
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Let's go in the living room.

488
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He'll be a while.

489
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Are they telling me a jockey needs

490
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the same amount of cookie protein

491
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as a professional weight lifter?

492
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They must think we're idiots or something.

493
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Without a weight chart, this is completely unhelpful.

494
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