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53 Cards in this Set
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Well, hello.
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Hallo!
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Hallo
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I do hope we're not late.
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Oh yeas. Cecily and Gwendolyn...er...eer...don't tell me...robin?...no, no.... cardinal?
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Wrong both times it's pigeon!
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Pigeon.Right.Cecily and Gwendolnn Pigeon.
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You don't spell it like walter pigeon. You spell it like coo coo pigeon
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how do u do
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How d'yew dew
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this is ever so nice isn't gwen?
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Lovely, and much nicer than our flat. Do you have help?
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Well...isn't this nice i was telling felix yesterdfay about how we happened to meet
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oh? who's felic?
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he is!
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oh yes of couse. i'm so sorry
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What did?
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Stuck in the elevator again.
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no kidding what happened?
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nothing much i'm afraid
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And ever soo much cooler than our place
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It's like equatorial africa on our side of the building
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er..i'm working on it
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actually it's impossib;e to get a night's sleep. Cec and I really don't know what to do.
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Why don't you sleep with an airconditioner?
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we haven't got one
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I know but we have.
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Oh you! I told you about that one didn't i cec!
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They say it may rain on friday
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oh?
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aLTHOUGH sometimes it gets hotter after it rains
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yes, it does doesn't it?
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wouldn't you girls?
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Well, I wouldn't put up a struggle.
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Oh...a double vodka
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Cecily not before dinner
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A small double codka! and for the beautiful mother hen?
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Oh i'd like something cool. I think I would like to have a double drambuie with some crushed ice....unless you don't have the crushed ice
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FROM ENGLAND
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YES THAT'S RIGHT
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HE LIVES IN BUFFALO. THAT'S UPSTATE IN NEW YORK.
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YES WE KNOW.
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YOU KNOW MY BROTHER?
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NO WE KNOW THAT BUFFALO IS UPSTATE IN NEW YORK
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UH HUH JUST VISITING?
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NO WE LIVE HERE!
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YES WE'RE SECRETARIES FOR SLENDERAMA
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YOU KNOW THE HEALTH CLUB
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PEOPLE BRING US THEIR BODIES AND WE DO WONDERFUL THINGS WITH THEM.
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ACTUALLY IF YOU'RE INTERESTIED WE CAN GET YOU TEN PERCENT OFF.
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OH! FASCINATEING!
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WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR IDEAS FROM?
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FROM THE NEWS
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OH, YES OF COURSE, SILLY ME...
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WELL IF YOU DO SOMETHING SPECTACULAR, MAYBE I WILL.
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OH, WE'VE DONE SPECTACULAR THINGS BUT I DON'T THINK WE'D WANT IT SPREAD ALL OVER THE TELLY DO YOU GWEN?
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IT'S SUCH A LARGE APARTMENT, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO SHOUT.
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JUST YOU TWO BACHES LIVE HERE?
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OH SMALL WORL. WE'VE CUT THE DINGY LOOSE TOO AS THEY SAY.
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Well you couldn't HAVE A BETTER MATHED FOURSOME COULD YOU?
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NO, I SUPPOSE NOT.
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ALTHOUGH TECHNICALLY, I'M A WIDOW. I WAS DIVORCING MY HUSBAND BUT HE DIED BEFORE THE FINAL PAPERS CAMER THROUGH
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I'M ALFULLY SORRY. IT'S A TERRIBLE THING ISN'T IT?DIVORCE.
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IT CAN BE...IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT THE RIGHT SOLICITOR.
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YES IT CAN BE AN AWFUL BOTHER.
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BUT OF COUSRSE, THAT'S ALL WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE NOW, EH?...ER...I'M TERRIBLY SORRY, BUT I THINK I'VE FORGOTTEN YOUR NAME.
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FELIX
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OH YES. FELIX
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LIKE THE CAT.
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WELL THE PIGEONS WILL HAVE TO BE AWARE OF THE CAT WON'T THEY?
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THEY LIVE WITH THEIR MOTHER
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I IMAGINE YOU MUST MISS THEM TERRIBLY
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WHENEVER I'M NOT THERE. IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL SO EARLY, I'D GO OVER AND MAKE THEM BREAKFAST. THEY LOVE MY FRENCH TOAST.
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YOU'RE CERTAINLY A DEVOTED FATEHER
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NO, SHE'S THE MOTHER. MY WIFE.
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THE ONE YOU'RE DIVORCING?
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I KNOW. I KNOW. THAT'S HER FRANCES.
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OH, SHE'S PRETTY. ISN'T SHE PRETTY CECY?
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THANK YOU.ISN'T THIS NICE?
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THERE'S NO ONE IN THE PICTURE.
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I KNOW IT'S A PICTURE OF OUR LIVING ROOM WE HAD A BEAUTIFUL APARTMENT
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OH YES.PRETTY. VERY PRETTY
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WOULD YOU LIKE SOME POTATO CHIPS?
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YOU MUSTN'T BE ASHAMED. I THINK IT'S A RARE QUALITY IN A MAN TO BE ABLE TO CRY.
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YOU'RE JUST MAKING IT WORSE.
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IT'S SO REFRESHING TO HEAR A MAN SPEAK SO HIGHLY OF THE WOMAN HE'S DIVORCING!...OH DEAR. NOW YOU'VE GOT ME THINKING ABOUT POOR SYDNEY.
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OH GWEEN PLEASE DON'T
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IT WAS A GOOD MARRIAGE AT FIRST. EVERYONE SAID SO. DIDN'T THEY CECILY? NOT LIKE YOU AND GEORGE.
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ISN'T THIS RIDICULOUS?
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I DON'T KNOW WHAT BROUGHT THIS ON. I WAS FEELING SO GOOD A FEW MINUTES AGO.
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JUST LET IT POUR OUT. IT'LL MAKE YOU FEEL MUCH BETTER. I ALWAYS DO.
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OH DEAR, OH DEAR, OH DEAR
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HE'S A WALKING SOAP OPERA
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I THINK HE'S THE DEAREST THING I'VE EVER MET.
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LEAVE IT ALONE!
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FELIX CAN WE LOOK AT IT?
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A WONDERFUL IDEA.
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I'VE GOT A BETTER IDEA. WHY DON'T WE JUST MAKE POT LUCK IN THE KITCHEN?
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THAT'S THE BEST IDEA I EVER HEARD.
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OF COURSE IT'S AWFULLY HOT UP THERE. YOU'LL HAVE TO TAKE OFF YOUR JACKETS.
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CAN'T YOU MAKE IT FOUR? I'M SUDDENLY STARVING TO DEATH.
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DON'T FORGET THE WINE.
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AND A CORKSCREW
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AND FELIX.
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TA TA!
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TA TA!
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