Five-dollar tip on an eighty-dollar meal

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Waiter Roderick calls Kenny from a seafood house to complain about a five-dollar tip on an eighty-dollar check. Kenny denies it, promises a shoe-tip in the parking lot, and learns his boy Richard set the call during a Christmas-party meeting.

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Oh, the baddest station in the land, that's the Steve Harvey Morning Show.

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Hello, I'm trying to reach Mr. Kenny.

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Yeah, this is he.

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How you doing?

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I'm actually calling you from the seafood house.

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You came and had, I waited on you, you came and had dinner over here the other night.

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Yeah, about two nights ago.

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Yeah, how was your food?

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How was the service?

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Everything was good.

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I don't have any complaints. I always enjoy when I come here. I never got a phone call from you guys. Everything all right?

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Yeah, everything's fine. I'm actually the guy that waited on you. I'm Roderick. I don't know if you remember me waiting on you, but I actually waited on you.

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Oh, okay. How you doing?

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I'm good. Would you say that my service was pretty good and up to par?

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No complaints. Everything is good.

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Okay, okay, good. Good deal, good deal.

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Mr. Kenney, listen, if you don't mind me asking, man,

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if you really thoroughly enjoyed the service as well as the food,

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and I'm assuming you come here a lot,

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so I'm assuming you really like the food that we put out.

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If you don't mind, if I could ask you a question, if you don't mind.

Sure.

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Okay, if the service was so good and you enjoyed everything,

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You tipped me the way you did.

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Excuse me?

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Why did I do that?

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I mean, you know, you didn't even tip even close to 10%, you know, of your amount that you bought, you know.

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I would just...

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First of all, let me ask you something, because I don't remember giving my phone number or writing my phone number down on any survey.

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I've never taken a survey, nor have I gotten a call from you guys, so how did you get my phone number?

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I'm just giving a courtesy call, and I'm just curious about, you know...

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A courtesy call, okay, that's fine.

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But how did you...

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You didn't answer my question.

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How did you get my phone number?

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Because I didn't give it to anybody there.

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So you've done something to obtain my number.

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Well, I went on and done the research of what it took to get a number.

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So, yeah, I did.

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You know, it was just bothering me that you tipped me the way you did.

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Well, it's bothering me that you're calling me in the middle of the day asking me about a tip.

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How much did you say I tipped you?

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I got a $5 tip, and your meal was at least $80-something-plus.

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Now, you've done all this research, and you got the wrong number.

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You got the wrong damn number, because, first of all, I tip more than $5.

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I used to work for tips, bro.

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So let me explain that to you.

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I used to work for tips, and I know what it's like.

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And then $5 is, no, you got the wrong table.

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You done all this research for nothing.

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Kenny, I waited on you.

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I'm Kenny, but damn it, you don't got the wrong Kenny,

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because Kenny don't tip no damn $5.

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When I go, I ball, baby.

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I go to the people out because I want to entertain my people.

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You know what I'm saying?

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So I don't have time.

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Okay, but see, the problem I'm having, Mr. Kenny,

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is you bringing your people and you want to ball and everything,

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but you balling with them, but you shortchanging the waystab.

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I ain't shortchanging it.

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Damn, look, you complaining about $5.

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I don't tip no damn phone.

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That's what I give you $5 for.

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I don't tip no damn $5, bro.

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I got plenty of money.

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I got plenty of money.

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I don't need you to call me, tell me how to damn tip.

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I told you, man, I used to work for tips.

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I don't need you to call me.

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You would think that if you were somebody that worked for some tips,

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that you would know how to come in and tip somebody at least 15%, man.

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I can't even understand how you come in, you ball,

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and you brought a couple people with you, and you leave me with $5.

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Look here, man, I need you.

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I ain't leave you with no $5, man.

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I left at least $25 up in that thing.

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Because I was hosting some people, and I wanted to show my gratitude for something.

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And you calling me about the wrong damn tip amount and the wrong person.

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You done got the wrong person.

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I ain't got the wrong person.

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You missed it, Kenneth Samuels.

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I remember waiting on you and two other people when you came in there.

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Wasn't you in there with two other people?

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Man, who the hell are you?

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How do you know all my damn business anyway?

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Who the hell are you?

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The only way we can really rectify this, won't you do this, man?

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Won't you come back up here and bring me the tip that I deserve?

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I ain't coming no damn where.

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I told you.

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Matter of fact, when I come up there again, I'm going to look for your ***.

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You give me your name, and you give me your manager name.

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Because matter of fact, I'm going to call up there and come up there today

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because I don't appreciate you calling my damn phone about some *** tip.

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And I know good and damn well I took good money.

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Okay, well, do this for me.

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Do this for me.

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I'm going to give you a tip.

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I'm going to give you a tip.

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Quit calling people by the tip and maybe make some better service,

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and you'll get a better tip.

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I'm going to bring you a tip.

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I'm going to bring you the tip of my shoe up your ass.

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That's what I'm going to bring.

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I get into the job today at 5 o'clock.

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Hey, look here, man.

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It ain't no problem.

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That's perfect because I get off at 5.

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I'm going to come down there.

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First, I'm going to talk to your manager.

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Then I'm going to hand you the little extra money, tip money you want.

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Then I'm going to whoop your ass in the parking lot.

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That's what I'm going to do.

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I ain't worried about getting my a** whooped.

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I want the tip.

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I'm going to give you a tip.

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Quit stalking people by the damn tip.

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That's what you stop doing.

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That's your tip.

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You see, you're going to piss me off now.

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See, I'm going to come down there, and I'm going to whoop some a**.

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That's what I'm going to do.

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Okay, okay.

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I'm going to give you $5.

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And what do I need to do to help you out?

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Say what?

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Hey, man, I ain't worried about nothing.

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Because let me tell you something.

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If you whoop a** the same way you tip, I ain't worried about a damn thing.

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No, check this out.

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But you got the right

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Because I'm going to come down there

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And I'm going to let you see what it is, player

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See, I try to conduct myself in a nice manner

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And be professional

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But you done bought the

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And you're going to get it

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I got your tilt

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When I'm behind

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You better weave

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Because I'm going to come down there and beat your

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That's what I'm going to do

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You're going to get the real

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I'm coming down there as soon as I get off from work

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You better not bring your down there

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You better not

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You ain't got to worry about me

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I'm a beer

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What's your name?

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What's your name, dog?

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You got a beer and a paper?

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remember your name

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what's your name

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my name Tommy

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Tommy what

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cause I don't

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Tommy who

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nephew Tommy

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from the Steve Harvey

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morning show

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you just got pranked

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say what

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hey man

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this is nephew Tommy

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from the Steve Harvey

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morning show

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your boy Richard

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got me to prank

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phone call you

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y'all

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you know what

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y'all

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you done got my

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damn pressure up

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man y'all some

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stank

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I'm gonna get

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both of y'all because y'all ain't right man you got me hollering in the damn building my employees

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looking at me man they ain't never seen me act like this I'm up here talking about a meeting

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so we can get our company Christmas party together man and you got me acting a damn fool here

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hey Kenny man I gotta I gotta ask you though baby come on man what is what's the baddest

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I mean the baddest radio show in the land the Steve Harvey morning show man

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Take all the employees to the seafood house, man.

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Hey, I'm scared to go down there now.

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They might be scared to go with me.

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That might be a good thing, though, because they're going to be pulling out their tips now.

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This is a Rochefoucauld.

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I'll get 50 bucks for it.

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50 bucks?

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No, no, no.

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Wedding bells, wedding bells, wedding bells.

A lot of you guys out there are engaged, getting ready to be married.