Adoption Agency

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A man calls a father claiming the adoption agency approved him to pick up the man's two-year-old son Clarence Jr. today. The father threatens violence and defends his parenting before learning his brother set up the prank.

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Speaker 1

But right now, the nephew is here with today's prank phone call.

Speaker 1

What you got for a snap today?

Speaker 2

Shirley, you know, you wake up some mornings and you just don't know how stupid you want to be.

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You know you're gonna be stupid, but you don't know the level of where you're gonna take it.

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So, um

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I've been pondering my stupidity this morning and trying to figure out what level of it I want to do.

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And I I think I landed here.

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I have stupidity

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levels, huh?

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No, no.

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Extremely stupid.

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Yeah.

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All the

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soften it.

Come on.

Speaker 2

Okay.

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All right.

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Y'all gonna put some spec on my stupid adoption agency.

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Adoption agency.

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Irritating.

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Okay.

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Put some speck on my stupid.

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Let's go, Karen.

Speaker 4

Hello.

Speaker 5

Hello, I'm trying to reach Clarence.

Speaker 4

Uh, yeah, this is he.

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Clarence, how you doing, man?

Speaker 5

This is Robert, Robert.

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Uh, we were trying to get a schedule with you guys.

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Maybe we can swing through and uh pick up little Clarence, I guess around six if you guys are available around six.

Speaker 4

Uh, okay, what do you mean, picking up little Clarence?

Speaker 5

Well, we got the um we got the call that we can come and actually pick up Clarence and and and take him with us.

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Have you guys packed his things up yet?

Speaker 4

Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait a minute.

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Got the call from who that you can come pick him up.

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I don't know nothing about this.

Speaker 5

Well, my name is Robert, Robert B.

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And my wife and I got the call that we could do you not know about us uh um uh uh adopting Lou Clarence.

Speaker 4

Oh, what the f adopting who?

Speaker 5

Oh, okay, wait a minute.

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Uh are you guys at are you guys at

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the drive?

Speaker 4

Uh yeah, that's that's my address.

Speaker 4

But uh what you talking about?

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You gonna come take my son from me, yeah?

Speaker 5

Okay, but you you your son is two years old, right?

Speaker 4

Yeah, he's two.

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What they got to do with you come to pick up my son.

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And what is this agency's number?

Speaker 5

Uh well the the agency told us that what's the adoption agency.

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They've got all our information.

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We've we've filled out all the paperwork and you g you guys aren't aware that that we're supposed to come there today to pick him up?

Speaker 4

Hell no.

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What what adoption you said this was?

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How to get my information.

Speaker 5

I'm not sure.

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We we've got uh pictures of Clarence and and uh you know, my wife has actually gone out and bought balloons and everything, and and and we were gonna come through.

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They told us anytime today, so we felt maybe.

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Like around 6 p.m.

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we come get him.

Speaker 4

Well, no, you ain't coming here to pick up no clearance.

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I'll tell you that right now.

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Okay.

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Okay, wait, wait a minute.

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Now this is this this I mean this can't be happening.

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I I I Okay, wait a minute.

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Oh, what's happening?

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Yes, I am.

Speaker 5

And you don't know anything about us to come over there to pick the baby up?

Speaker 4

Hell no, I don't know nothing about this.

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See, what's the name of this place again?

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Uh

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adoption agency.

Speaker 4

Who gave you my information and how'd they get my information to come pick up my son?

Speaker 5

I I don't know that, sir.

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All I know is uh we've bought a car seat.

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We're we're you know, my wife has bought balloons.

Speaker 4

Man, I don't care y'all about a car seat, balloons, high chair, whatever.

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You ain't come to get my son.

Speaker 5

Okay, sir.

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I'm I mean what what I'm not gonna do is is is tell my wife that we're not coming to get Clarence Jr.

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today.

Speaker 4

Oh, yeah, yeah.

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You're gonna have to tell her that, because you ain't coming here to pick up my son.

Speaker 5

Sir, from with with the paperwork that I have, Clarence is actually my son now.

Speaker 4

Man, f you and your paperwork.

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You ain't coming here to pick up my son.

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Sir, Clarence Jr.

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is mine.

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I'm actually gonna change his name to Robert.

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So I'm like hell you are.

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Come on over here if you want to.

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Come on over here.

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I'm waiting for you.

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I'm standing in the driveway right now.

Speaker 5

Okay, well, wait a minute.

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The adoption agency tell us that you guys are not doing well financial uh financially.

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Are you working?

Speaker 4

No, I ain't working.

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But uh so in other words, you're not you're not able to to provide for him, from what I understand.

Speaker 4

My son ain't miss no meal, he got clothes on his back, he got a roof over his head.

Speaker 4

Man, I'm not you ain't coming here to pick up my son.

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I don't care what I got to do, man.

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I go out, cut grasses, I make money on the side, wash some cars and everything.

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Okay, okay, but I'll come here and get my son.

Speaker 5

But don't you think he deserves a better home?

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I don't know what the what the screw up is.

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I don't know, but I'm trying to at least rationalize with you so you can understand why me and my wife.

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I'm right here in the driveway.

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Come on over here.

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Sir, I don't want to go back and forth, but I am me and my wife are coming to get Clarence today.

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Okay, come on.

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Come on.

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I'm waiting for you.

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I'm already through it about two or three times.

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Come on.

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I'll be waiting right here.

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I guarantee you.

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Sir, I don't want any altercations when I get there.

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I just want Clarence to get in the car, and me and my wife are gonna take him to his new home.

Speaker 4

When you get here, it's gonna be one hell of an altercation.

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So you might wanna come to all whoever's gonna come with you.

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Bring my adoption agent too so I can whoop that too.

Speaker 5

You know what, man, if you was to be able to provide for your family, wouldn't nobody be trying to adopt your child.

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The problem is that you can't take care of your family.

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Now me and my wife coming over there and we coming to get Clarence Jr.

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You ain't coming down here to get my child.

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Man, you get down here, I'm gonna f you and your wife up.

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How about that?

Speaker 5

Wait a minute, wait well.

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You finna do what to my wife?

Speaker 4

Well, I don't hear women, but I'm gonna tell you right now, you and your wife gonna come down here.

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I'm gonna hurt both of you.

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Anybody come down here trying to take my child up out of my house, they're gonna go up.

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I'm coming to get it.

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I got to do what I got to do.

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I'm gonna tell you right now, you ain't coming down here to get my son.

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You, your wife, I'm telling you.

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Nobody's gonna come here and take my hands.

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No, I don't know how you got my address.

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I don't care what the agency you got going through, or whatever going on, but I'm telling you right now, you come down here, I'm gonna all y'all up.

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I'm not trying to disappoint my wife.

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Now, she say we coming to get I don't give a few disappointment, whoever you want disappointment.

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I don't give a about that right now.

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But you ain't about to take my d son about the drive.

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I'm gonna come and get him out there out.

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I'd have told my wife I was coming to get.

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Man, I'm telling, man, you better tell your wife.

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You come in this driveway, I'm gonna be sitting right here waiting for him and I'm gonna every last one of y'all up.

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Every last one.

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I don't care who he brings.

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You can bring the President Obama or I'm gonna f you.

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You ain't finna do nothing.

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You ain't finna do you ain't finna try to take my son out of your house.

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I'm gonna tell you right now, everybody getting it.

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I'm coming to get Clarence Jr.

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You ain't got nothing to tell me or not.

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Let me know.

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I'm letting you know right now.

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You better come here with the corner and everybody because I'm about to you up.

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You gonna leave here with a b yeah?

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Come on, we're gonna take my friend.

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Let me tell you something.

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Let me tell you something.

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You get his clothes together so we can come and live a better life.

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He's not living a good life there.

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You get his clothes.

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I'm told you about six, seven, eight times.

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Bring your mother down here, and I'm gonna f you and everybody, whoever you bring down here up.

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You trying to take my you know who else I'm bringing with me?

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Because I'm bringing somebody up.

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You you better bring Army.

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Say what?

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It better be a f army to come down here and get my son about this house.

Speaker 5

I'm bringing nephew Tommy with me.

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You ain't bring I'm bringing nephew Tommy from the Steve Armin Morty show with me.

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Oh man.

Speaker 5

You say this is Tommy, man.

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This is nephew Tommy.

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Man,

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man.

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I'm about to c up everybody out here.

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Man, come down here taking my show.

Speaker 5

Your brother named Benjamin got me to get you, dog.

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Oh man, see that's how family gets fed up.

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See, next time I see him, it's on.

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Man, that was a good one now.

Speaker 5

Oh man.

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All right, Paul.

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Tell me one more thing, man.

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What's the baddest that I mean the baddest radio show in the land?

Speaker 4

The Steam Paul the morning show.

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You can look at it any way you want to.

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That night that was straight stupid.

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You can look at it any way you want to look at it.

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Straight stupid.

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And stupid is coming to Philadelphia.

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Nephew Tommy and friends.

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Laugh out loud, comedy show.

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Two rate in the building.

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Craig McLaren in the building.

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And Lou Neil in the building.

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We're gonna be doing it at the Kesswig, baby.

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April the 29th.

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Tickets on sale.

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Red now.

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Sound like Philly to me.

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What you got, Shirley?

Speaker 1

Okay, nephew, here's a voicemail from you.

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This is from Angie from Kentucky.

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Hello, Steve and family.

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My name is Angie.

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I'm from Louva, Kentucky.

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And I just came back from bowling greens from seeing nephews.

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Tommy, nephew, you are ignorant.

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You had me and my family in stitches.

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We was laughing so hard.

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I just want you to know you are awesome.

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We love you and keep up the good work.

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Come to Louva.

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Come to Lova.

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We had to drive two hours to bowling green, but we can't love you.

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Thank you.

Oh, and DM.

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That was nice.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, babe.

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I acted a stone fool.

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Headlining fool.

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Oh, headliner fool that that night.

Speaker 1

All right, nephew, thank you.

Speaker 1

Coming up next, strawberry letter subject.

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I love him, but dot dot dot.

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We'll find out, see what that's all about right after this.

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