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Speaker 2: App Got anything Good?

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Speaker 1: Hey, this is the Christian O'Connell show podcast.

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Speaker 2: Now.

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Speaker 1: Last night was the book launch party, and I'm sure

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Speaker 1: I'm sorry that we could invite more of you there

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Speaker 1: it was. I would say I would put that one

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Speaker 1: of my favorite nights ever.

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Speaker 2: Actually it was a very special night for me.

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Speaker 1: You know, I was launching the new book, which is well,

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Speaker 1: it's supposed to be out tomorrow, but in a very

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Speaker 1: Australian way, this is out.

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Speaker 2: Everyone seems they've read it.

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Speaker 1: We were going to have like a dinner out my

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Speaker 1: wife and I went canceling. It's everywhere people have it.

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Speaker 1: They're goading me. Yes, they'd be was sending me photos.

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Speaker 1: I saw it the weekend, just in a bookshop, no biggie.

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Speaker 1: And so when you write a book, you sort of

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Speaker 1: you write it alone and you kind of hope is

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Speaker 1: this a book?

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Speaker 2: Especially it's a.

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Speaker 1: Very very different book for me to write and share

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Speaker 1: us well, so to actually get up in front of

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Speaker 1: people yesterday and to talk about the book for the

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Speaker 1: first time in front of a room full of people,

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Speaker 1: and this is a book about the joy of authentic

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Speaker 1: connection and actually the lovely thing and Rio did perhaps

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Speaker 1: so honestly, You've been so proud of my boy, Rea.

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Speaker 2: You were amazing yesterday natural.

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Speaker 1: I really saw your maturity, you know, and just how

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Speaker 1: good you were in the Q and A and hosting

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Speaker 1: it last night and being in it as well. And

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Speaker 1: obviously I don't think I'm probably the easiest person to interview.

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Speaker 1: I can be quite wriggly, and I was quite wriggly

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Speaker 1: last night. It went all over the place. And I

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Speaker 1: think it's it's called the book, it's called down script.

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Speaker 1: It should be like that. But no, you you were,

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Speaker 1: you were, You were there with me, and you made

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Speaker 1: me feel a lot more relaxed having you up there

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Speaker 1: with me as well, and you did a great job.

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Speaker 2: I loved it.

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Speaker 1: What was really nice was because this is a book

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Speaker 1: about the joy of human connection and how I think

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Speaker 1: it really is. It's in danger at the moment, we're

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Speaker 1: not spending enough time speaking.

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Speaker 2: To each other.

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Speaker 1: What was lovely is that then for the rest of

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Speaker 1: the night, people coming up to me with their version

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Speaker 1: of some of the things that's on the stories shared

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Speaker 1: as well. There was also a wild story that I've

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Speaker 1: never been able to say on the radio that Lois,

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Speaker 1: my daughter gave me permission to actually share last night

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Speaker 1: that actually lost the room.

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Speaker 3: Yes, well, you thought you were going to be embarrassing

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Speaker 3: lowest with the story, but everyone sort of turned on you,

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Speaker 3: a giant guy.

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Speaker 1: Right at the end of all those lovely words and

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Speaker 1: heartfelt sharings.

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Speaker 2: And then I shared one final story and I watched

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Speaker 2: her room turn on me. Were we ever able to

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Speaker 2: get that story? So? Well? If that was like the

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Speaker 2: focus group rio, I'll lose the country that didn't like

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Speaker 2: what you.

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Speaker 1: I thought this was the greatest story about being a

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Speaker 1: good dad, scaring a child into a way offer a

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Speaker 1: potential path of on the streets.

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Speaker 2: And so I didn't realize it was going to people

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Speaker 2: are like, oh oh, how long of the mums that went,

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Speaker 2: oh no, not cool.

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Speaker 3: You asked Lois live on stage if it was alright

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Speaker 3: you could talk about.

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Speaker 1: Him, she wouldn't want that story shared, and I was

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Speaker 1: actually hoping she was going to go no.

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Speaker 2: I think she knew that you were going to come

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Speaker 2: off looking bad, showing.

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Speaker 1: That this trap door us, it's only for one of us,

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Speaker 1: and it isn't me.

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Speaker 2: I'll do it.

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Speaker 1: The publishers like, why didn't you put that in a book?

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Speaker 1: I went, thank god didn't go in the book.

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Speaker 2: Maybe the next one, yes. But it was a really

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Speaker 2: really special night.

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Speaker 1: It was lovely to actually meet our lovely listeners and

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Speaker 1: to have a glass of wine them the venue. Thank

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Speaker 1: you very much to Strato, which was beautiful, beautiful. It

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Speaker 1: really did look like I said in the beginning, it

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Speaker 1: did look a lot like the building of the Tom

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Speaker 1: Grouber trying to blow up hands Ruber and die Hard.

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Speaker 1: It had those vibes. It was really beautiful up there

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Speaker 1: in the evening high up above Melbourne. We'll be doing

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Speaker 1: a book launch party in Sydney very soon as well,

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Speaker 1: and I'm going to be doing some signings on a

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Speaker 1: couple of saturdays here in Melbourne and in Sydney's Well

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Speaker 1: over the next couple of weeks. But thank you to

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Speaker 1: everyone who gave us there. And it's a favorite night

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Speaker 1: the week to come out. It's a Monday night, so

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Speaker 1: thank you so much for the people that came last night.

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Speaker 1: And also I have to say well done to Pete

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Speaker 1: Jeppler in term who did an amazing job last night. Pete,

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Speaker 1: you did that was only your third ever stand up gig.

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Speaker 1: You came right on after us, and I tell you,

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Speaker 1: one thing you've got is natural stage presence. You were

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Speaker 1: very relaxed up there, and that takes a long time

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Speaker 1: to learn. It was lovely to meet your very elegant

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Speaker 1: sister and also your dad, who driven like four hours

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Speaker 1: to come along.

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Speaker 3: They all came along with you know, they loved it

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Speaker 3: was great. You set the room up perfectly and there

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Speaker 3: was no way I could fail the way you set

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Speaker 3: me up.

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Speaker 2: So thank you. Youre really good. Did you enjoy it?

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Speaker 2: Most importantly, I do you know what I.

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Speaker 3: Was buzzing afterwards? I mean, obviously you amazing, rio amazing,

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Speaker 3: And then to do stand up because we caught up beforehand.

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Speaker 3: And the one piece of advice you gave me, which

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Speaker 3: was like just slow down, just relaxed, go almost like

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Speaker 3: you're going slow. And that was the best advice.

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Speaker 2: I could have got.

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Speaker 1: I thought you had real natural stage presence up there.

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Speaker 1: The red ball thing you had towards the end I

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Speaker 1: thought was really funny. Oh yeah, I'm not sure if

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Speaker 1: you can pick that on their though, No, no, no no,

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Speaker 1: but it was very funny, really good. I think you

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Speaker 1: should be very proud to be to be able to

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Speaker 1: do that after you just your third that was your

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Speaker 1: third one last night.

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Speaker 2: Yeah yeah. And also because it.

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Speaker 1: Was like an intimate room, the audience were like touching

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Speaker 1: that little stage, so they're really up close, so you

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Speaker 1: really could read them if it's not going well. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: I had the CEO there.

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Speaker 1: Your sister, your dad, the chief content officer or the

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Speaker 1: management team of this radio station.

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Speaker 2: And we've seen how they behave this year.

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Speaker 1: They're a little bit, let's just say, trigger happy when

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Speaker 1: it comes to killing off breakfast shows.

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Speaker 2: So true, very.

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Speaker 3: Nerve wracking in front of all that. And my father's

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Speaker 3: with game management as well, And I was like, dad's

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Speaker 3: had three champagnes. I've never seen him have a champagne

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Speaker 1: I think he's had three bottles of champagne. All I

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Speaker 1: saw him was perpetually disdowning another drink. When I said

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Speaker 1: goodbye to him, he was looking he had one eye

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Speaker 1: on me and one eye out the window. I don't

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Speaker 1: think he was keeping eye on the cows or back

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Speaker 1: at the farm in Kolak, but he was a bit groggy.

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Speaker 1: The other thing I saw as I was waiting for

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Speaker 1: I said, pizza just leaving, how pize like stolen all

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Speaker 1: the flowers?

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Speaker 2: Where are you going with? Do you have a hot date?

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Speaker 1: At nine o'clock last I just thought, well, it's posty.

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Speaker 3: I just sawt assumed. But it's like a wedding, right

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Speaker 3: because I don't think that you get thrown out. So

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Speaker 3: I thought, I'll just bring back something to my sister's

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Speaker 3: house and friends or anyone else you wants.

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Speaker 1: To company has. I guess it's like in the prison system.

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Speaker 1: You have the lifer that knows exactly how this place works.

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Speaker 2: And how to play the game. Pete knows.

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Speaker 1: He's always whenever I go oh, oh, buy the he's going,

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Speaker 1: I don't want to know how to clean these.

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Speaker 2: I don't think we.

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Speaker 1: Can claim like beers in the middle of the afternoon

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Speaker 1: and a hot bowl of chips.

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Speaker 2: How's that relate to?

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Speaker 1: I don't want to just keep the receipts to be

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Speaker 1: the clean these. You're probably selling those flowers down a

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Speaker 1: market on the way in this morning, Peach.

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Speaker 3: No, I'm sure you're not. No flowers for everyone, great flower,

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Speaker 3: the beautiful flowers, and my sister's very thankful this morning

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Speaker 3: as well, so thank you very much for that. Although

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Speaker 3: she did look like she was from White Lotus last night, I.

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Speaker 2: Know she lets she stuck out like a sore thumb.

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Speaker 2: She was very elegant.

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Speaker 1: We keep saying that one and then looking at Pete.

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Speaker 1: It was dressed like he was a dealer. I'll tell

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Speaker 1: you what he was dealing, dopamine.

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