Toni and Ryan - The Great Debate

Episode Date: November 5, 2024

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See A Real Pain only in theatres on November 15. Welcome to the Tony and Ryan podcast. My name is Ryan. This is Dr. Arthur bestselling Dr. Arthur Tony Lodge. That's Ryan. Thank you.

Appreciate that. Do you want to list my accolades of authorship? Thank you for that. This is Jess. Let's give her a buzz. She's in Melbourne. We should have just gotten her to come in. She's down the road.

Down the road? Not that I know where in Melbourne. Or if she told me where to come in. Oh, she's down the road. Down the road. Not that I know where in Melbourne. Or if she told me where she was, where I would know that was. Uh, hello? Jess! Hi Jess! How are you doing? It's Tony and Ryan. Oh, hey, how's it going? Yeah, we're good. Thank you. Now you may remember Jess Tony as the one who invited me to do parkrun during the live stream. I always think about it and I think God, every Saturday I'm like, Ryan's at Parkrun right now and he's with Jess. And I just think that must be lovely. How's it been going? Well, Jess, Tony is actually going to be quite surprised to hear this, but Jess, how many have I been to?

Well, you haven't been to any of my levels. Oh, so a grand total of fucking zero. Awesome. I must have been going to the wrong one this whole time. Oh, Tony's never used her stand on paddle board. Yeah. Now it's all coming back around. Jess, we will prove this podcast and lie next time.

Absolutely. I'll prove the podcast. Oh, that wasn't a yes to the lie. My kind of woman. Hi, this is Jess from Nari Warren in Melbourne and I approve this podcast. Coming up today, some personal news. I'm, there's a part of my life that I am retiring from. Oh, it's the end of an era. Not this, is it? Cause I, I've just been cursed. I don't know if you listened to yesterday's episode or not, but.

Yeah. No, no, it doesn't affect the podcast. The curse getting me is that you're going to leave me? No, I'm not retiring from this, this part of my life. It's another part of my life, but some, some news coming up soon. Uh, but first, Hanako has sent us a message in Patreon. If you had a stopover in another country on an overseas flight,

can you say you've technically been to that country? My dad travels for work all the time, and my mom and dad have been debating this. And my mom looked at me and said, why don't you ask those podcast people who you think you're friends with? Oh, Hannah, we're friends. Hannah Coe.

Hannah Coe, we're friends. We are friends. So- We're friends with. Oh, Hannah, we're friends. Hanako. Hanako, we're friends. We are friends. So- We're definitely friends. Yeah. But her mum's just giving her a bit of shade. Cause she goes, oh, this is a funny debate. Why don't you ask those friends?

Oh, mum, why don't you talk to your friends? They're all fucking dead probably. Sorry. I've been cursed. I don't think anyone understands. It's affecting me. Um, so that was, but I just love that mum and dad are having a little back and forth. And then Tony and Ryan gets inserted into the conversation.

I love to see that. I do love to see that actually. Um, and I would like to introduce a brand new segment to the TARP community. Welcome to the first TARP Great Debate. Woo! first tarp, great debate. Tony and Ryan will have 20 seconds each to make their case. Yep.

If you have been on a stopover in another country, have you in fact been to that country on the affirmative, myself, Ryan, Jonathan Dunathan, and on the negative lady, Tony Felicia Lodge? Do you have any questions? Um, so then would you like a ticking timer? Um, yes to the time. I think that's really fun. But if I, yeah, okay. Yeah, no, no, no questions.

Okay. No questions. Do you have any questions for me? Um, no, this is just a great debate. Um, how much time do we have? 20 seconds. Okay. How much have you prepared?

You go first. Can you count me in? All right. The great debate for the affirmative debate, Ryan John. If I eat gluten in an airport, am I technically not shitting myself on a plane because the gluten didn't happen because I was never really in the country where I ate it? If Tony killed a guy at the Golden Lounge in the Kuala Lumpur airport over a dispute around who had the last piece of fried sushi, did she not get done for murder because the Malay police doesn't believe she was ever actually in Malaysia. Oh, she would have to face consequences for her time in that country.

Oh, on the negative. Tony Lodge. Hang on. No, when you. Oh, I'm largely agree with you now. Um, no, I think that you have to have been through customs. No, didn't you just be negative? You were pretty negative.

I was affirmative. So you think that you should have to be there? Cause it counts. You think it counts? I think maybe it counts as well. Is that how it works? No. Okay.

Oh. I don't think I got the game. I don't think you got it. I don't think you got it. I don't think I got the game. Um, cause you said it in a negative way. It made me feel like it was you were being negative. I think it counts. Is that my side?

No. Oh, hang on. Yeah. No, I don't think think I think it counts. That's the negative. Wait, so here's the statement. If you have had a stopover in another country, you have in fact been to that country. I am affirming that statement.

Yeah. And you are saying that's not a correct statement. So I'm saying, so I'm saying- It doesn't count. Okay. And your time ended like three minutes ago. Oh, okay. Can I say something? Yeah.

And this is my, and obviously there may be some political stuff going on in the world at the moment. Maybe. And this is actually, I actually believe this all jokes aside. The reason America at the moment, politically, socially, and a lot of people in the world is so fucked up is for one reason and one reason only. They add gluten in the Kuala Lumpur airport. Two reasons.

High school debating. Oh, like you don't know how to form an argument. No. What do you mean? I will never let Mabel be a part of a debate ever, because I think it's more important to find out information and make your own mind up rather than someone else telling you your opinion. And then you just have to blindly back it in and support it.

Yeah. Cause I don't, I do, I do agree. I think that's really fun. And so the thing about the politics thing is like people just on me, the left or right, and it's just my job to fight for my team without actually giving a fuck or thinking about it. The only debate I care about is mass debate. Jerking off.

I don't think you got it. I what? Masturbate? You don't, you don't get it. I get it a lot. Oh, I think, um, anyway, sorry. I just bring the house down.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Cause I think it's a good point because I was just then expected to argue for something that I don't agree with. Yeah. And that's a debating and in high school you just go, okay, what's him? We're great. Let's get to work. And you go, what? I guess you could argue that doesn't challenge you to see the other side. No, but that's my point is like, you should just go in not knowing what side you're on and just find out both

sides and then make up your own mind. But like, I think does it, it forces you though, to go like, all right, well, this is the, this is just the fucking hand I've been dealt and I'm just going to do it. I think it is a good skill, but I agree. I don't think it makes you good at looking at the whole picture. It like gives you tunnel vision a little bit. Yeah. I also had written down if Tony hooked up with a guy in the Malaysia airport, would

she not be pregnant because he, she like didn't have sex because she didn't exist. Okay. That hooking up and being pregnant aren't the same. No, but one can lead to the other. Yeah. But you go, I'll be a doctor. That's not correct. Cause I've actually never been to Malaysia, but the, but we're not saying that the time

doesn't exist, but I just think that you can't say to someone, I think like, let's think about this. Let's play this conversation out. Right. Hey, have you traveled a lot? I guess. Yeah. And like,

I went to Malaysia earlier this year. Did you? Oh my God. I've heard amazing things. What was it like? It was great. Um, we had a shower in the lounge and Tony had had a fight with the guy over the deep fried sushi and then we got on the plane and went to London.

Oh, so did you, what, did you see the sights? Yeah, it was great sights. We saw this, we did see that eight year old kid on the piano. Oh, that was sick. He was fucking sick. And we had a great time because the girl in the airport security forgot that she was on the loud speaker and started bitching about the security guards. And it was hilarious.

Yeah. Oh, so like, did you, you know, get to go and experience anything? Yeah, I got to experience that. Um, got to experience all the delights of the food at the airport. And, um, I got to hang out with my best friend, Tony, who I love. And that never would have happened if I wasn't in Malaysia that day. I mean, you're spinning it very well, but I feel like if you said that to someone, I'd be so fucked off.

Oh, yeah. Like if I said to you, Oh, I love if you said that to someone. I'd be so fucked up. Yeah. If I said to you, I love Kuala Lumpur, you'd be like, you've never been there. Yeah, yeah, I would. But you would fucking totally call me out. Yeah. And you deserve like 100 percent. Yeah. Like if I said, I think I'm against I think I'm negative.

I think you are too. That's why when you went in so hard with it, I was like, this is not what I was expecting, because if I said to you, I love Singapore and you got, how beautiful is that? I go, yeah, the airport's huge. You would be so mad. I have actually been to Singapore. It's a beautiful airport. I've been to the airport, but I have actually been to Singapore.

But you know what I mean? Yeah. Like that would piss you off. Do you know what pisses me off? That when you go to a country now, they don't stamp your passport anymore. Yeah. I hate it so much. You can't look it through your passport like a little scrapbook.

In fact, Tony panicked that we must have like got through Heathrow. By accident? They haven't checked our shit. I don't know if that's all right. And Ryan was like, I think that's just how it works. And then we had a little tip at the baggage carousel and I was like, that's fine if you just don't want to respect what I'm saying. And Ryan, you were like, yep.

So we've gotten through, you can't get through the airport by accident. Like trust the process. Like you actually just can't get into the country by accident. We're in the Airbnb and Tony's like, I think we need to go back and make sure we got into the country. And Ryan was like, I, I'm not trying to disrespect you. Yeah. However, I was patient after you snapped.

But how patient do you have to be with someone who's telling you to go back to your customs, you know? And if we did get through my accident, like good on us, Hi, this is Jess from Narrowhorn in Melbourne and you're listening to Tony and Ryan. At Algoma University, your future has no limits. Here you can go further in the classroom, in the, and well beyond. We provide personalized education, cultural fluency, and training for in-demand careers. We don't just prepare you for the future, we prepare you to change it. Plus, Algoma has the most affordable tuition in Ontario.

Make the most of your university experience. Go further. Apply to Algoma University today. A massive shout out to a few of our champion tapas over at our Patreon. All the information to our Patreon is in the show notes. Should we put a post in Patreon today saying, should the great debate become a regular segment? Yeah, I do like- In the affirmative.

In the affirmative is neither of us and the negative is also neither of us, but we're just going to talk about it. Yeah. A bit like the rest of the podcast. Yeah. You know what I mean? Yeah. I mean, isn't life just one of the podcast. Yeah. You know what I mean? Yeah.

I mean, isn't life just one big great debate? Oh, that's beautiful. I thought you were about to say, isn't life just one big great podcast? Isn't life just one big podcast. What a beautiful day. Like, that's why I do Mabel every morning. But you know what I mean? And she does the arms.

Do you do the, the Kylie Jenner like rise and shine? That's what I would do to every baby that I've ever met. You should come over and try that one. I love Mabel so much. But if you do the arms, she'll do them back to you. I go, what a beautiful day. That's so cute. Yeah.

We call her now and FaceTime her. No, I just love her so much. I know, I know. We'll go to her house after this. As if she's not the boss. The mortgage is mine, but the house is this. Her house. Her house, all right. Oh, as if she's not the boss. The mortgage is mine, but the house is hers. I get it.

Exactly right. I get it. Steph Bowen, good on you Steph, Brian Diaz, Daria, good on you Daria, Jordan Cunningham, Victoria, and Rob King. Love to see it. Thank you so much everyone for being part of our Patreon. We can't do it without you.

We really, really can't. We actually can't, and we really appreciate you getting around us. Please enjoy the live streams. There's a live from DCI in there this week as well. And also being able to do this every day is like how great. Like we can't believe our life. So thank you very much for being part of it. Unless you're anti-debate.

Well, you can be anti-debate, but you have to debate it. Okay, no, that's fair. Maybe in today's episode thread, you have to actually form an argument. No, I've got a better idea. Comment in today's episode thread, things we could debate about. Is a debate just normal or not? Yeah, I think it is. You remind me.

I think it is. You've done it again. Is there another segment in this planet that is not normal or not? But I said this as a joke, but I actually think that that is not normal or nah? But I said this as a joke, but I actually think that it's just normal or nah. Fuck, I've done it again. You've done it. That's not the eighth segment you've come up with. That's literally just normal or nah.

I've actually changed my holiday plans for Christmas. Have you? Yeah, I was going to go to Bali and sit by the pool and drink cocktails. Yeah. But now I'm going to go to Bali, lock myself in the bedroom and just work on ideas that aren't normal or not. Yeah. Things that aren't normal or not. Yeah. And then I'll come back in January and be like, so here's the thing. So we do it. And then like, is it good or is it bad? Yeah. And then we like talk about it. Like, hmm, yeah, okay. Three amigos at my house. Can you name them off the top of your head?

Three amigos. Yeah. If I said the three amigos are off to do something. Oh, Ryan, BJ, Mabes. Yeah. Yeah. The three of us have got a little bond going on at the moment. That's very sweet. So Mabel, my 18 month old daughter, 18 month year old, you know what I'm trying to say. Yep.

And BJ is the Kelpie. Yep. And the other night Mabel, she's sort of teeth, teeth are coming through. So she often wakes up in the night. She's a bit sore and a bit gr Kelpie. Yep. And the other night, Mabel, she's sort of teeth, teeth are coming through. So she often wakes up in the night. She's a bit sore and a bit grisly. Yeah. Um, but she likes to sleep on dad's chest. Uh, so I, I'm sitting in her room on the chair and every parent knows the chair and I'm leaning back and she's sort of asleep and I can kind of hear this like,

are these little cute snores. And I was like, isn't this beautiful? And they smell so cute as well. And then, so I'm hearing these snores and as I'm hearing these snores, I hear this, Dada. And I went, yeah. And then I went, So you got the snores?

But if, if you're snoring, well, how are you saying Dada? Is this... That's the curse. And under the rocking chair is BJ the dog. Snoring. Cause when dad gets up, he, BJ comes with me to Mabel's room to just to check. And Bridget fucking splays out and wouldn't you as well.J. comes with me to Mabel's room just to check. And Bridget fucking splays out and wouldn't you as well? Yeah.

And so with Mabel and the dog, if there's one of them, there's two of them. There's never, they're never far from each other. They're little best friends. So if you don't know where B.J. is, you go, where's Mabel? Oh, she's out in the back. Well, he'll be out there with her and vice versa. So the three amigos went down to the park the other day. We're down there, BJ's running around and I actually love to put

Mabel under my arm, like she's a rugby ball. And then I'll chase BJ and she's like, thinks like she's flying because her face is out front and she's just chasing BJ. She's cackling, he's like running around. It's like a really good time. And so we're all having fun down there. And then Bridget's coming home from the shops and she drives past the park and she sees us and I'm like, look, it's mama. And then I think she was like gonna like get dinner started or whatever. And then the BJ sees the car and we live pretty

close to the park. And so BJ just takes off home. So he sees Bridget and goes, oh, mom's home. And he just takes and he just goes back to the house. The way I would panic and like completely have a meltdown if people run off from me at the park. I don't trust it. I think I told you and so I don't trust her at all. I think I told you and so for the other day that because BJ can get out of the house that one day I was driving home and I look to see if he's at the park. And at some times I'll see him running and I go, Oh, he like get back. And then he was kind of like, Oh shit, I'm coming. And he'll, he'll come back home. Honestly, no way. Well, if we leave him home all day, he just goes, Oh, I wonder what's down the park.

What's going on? Yeah. So I don't love it, but that's just how it is sometimes. But you're getting the fence fixed up. The fence done. Yeah. The next few weeks. Oh, can I tell you a cute story about the fence?

Please. I said to the neighbor, oh, the tradies are coming in to do the fence next week and they said, can we leave a little gate? Cause we love when BJ comes and sits on the balcony and hangs out with us. Get your own fucking dog. Sorry. I'm sorry. tradies are coming in to do the fence next week. And they said, can we leave a little gate? Cause we love when BJ comes and sits on the balcony and hangs out with us. Get your own dog. Sorry. That's what I said. I literally said, no, no, I'm like, the reason we're getting the fence is so the dog can't get out. And they're like, oh, but we love when he comes over. We've just spent $5,000 on a fence.

And I'm like, well, first of all, no, I don't, we must have different ideas of what fence are. I don't know what they cost. And it shows. How much does a fence cost? Way more than that or way less? Way less, way less. And then they said, can you leave a gap in the fence so the dog can get through?

And I said, the whole reason we're building the fence is to keep the dog in. You don't know what a fence is. Would you like to have a debate? He was like, I don't know if you know what a fence is for, bro. You know, hey, fence with a hole in it, normal or nah, they go, is that a debate. I don't know if you know what a fence is for bro. Hey fence with a hole in it. Normal or nah. They go, is that a debate? So anyway, we're down the park. BJ's taken off back home. So it's just me and Mabel. Yeah. Um, and did you have her like in the pram or anything, or you just like raw dog down and it was just like you and her.

No, just raw dog. The pram. Cause she, if she's in the- She loves to walk. She loves to walk. It's real slow. So the hundred meter walk to the park can take a while, but you know, that's part of it. But I just love watching her little booty wobble. Like as she walks like side to side. Although if we're, sometimes I'll be holding her both arms, like her hands up and then I'll like swing her forward and she loves it. So anyway, we're down there at the park and this other family comes down.

Cause you know, park after work, everyone's like, Oh, we'll take the kids down in the park. And also daylight savings. So you can fucking hang out outside until fucking 8pm. Yeah. So Mabel is also in a phase where she likes to pass things. Oh, I'll take your phone and I'll pass it back. Ta, thank you.

Oh, here's your pen. I'll pass you the pen. Oh, I'll bring you this piece of paper. Oh, thanks Mabel. Thank, thank Ta. Yeah, here's your pen. I'll pass you the pen. Oh, I'll bring you this piece of paper. Oh, thanks, Mabel. Thank, thank, Ta." Yeah. You know, just loves to be helpful. Very cute. So she walks over to me and hands me and puts in my hand a big dog poo.

She's just picked it up and gone, here you go, Ta. And it's like, and I'm holding, before I even realized I was holding dog poo, I'm just standing there holding dog poo. And I don't know if it was, it felt hard. I think it'd been there for a couple of days. It wasn't like a freshie, but it was still. But then I realized that I'm just- Standing there holding a dog poo.

Yeah, and this other family had got there. And I'd turned around and just gone. And my first mind was like, Oh, we've got a dog. It's like, it's my own dog. I don't know. Like I was, I panicked, but BJ just ran away. So I just turned around. They looked at me. They looked at the dog poo and I just went, my dog's no longer with us. And I met, he'd gone back to the house. Not that that meant fucking anything anyway, but that's just what I said. And I meant like, no, like he's gone back to the house. But, and so this lady goes, okay. And she just looks at her house.

Surely they scoop their kids up and got the fuck out of there. Okay. And then we won't go play on the swings. I was all right. And then I just like put the poo in the, on Yeah, she goes to her husband and goes, okay. And then like, we won't go play on the swings. I was like, all right. And then I just like put the poo in the, on the, in the guard, like on the grass thing. And then just like, Mabes, come on. So again, to play it out in real time. Here you go.

Oh, oh, oh, our dog's no longer with us. This is my dead dog's shit. Like, I'm just stood there holding it. Did you ask them for like a baby wipe or something? Were you like, I need to. It's pretty dry. Like I said, I think it'd been there for a few days. It's still, it's still.

Thanks, Mavs. Ta. That is so funny. I don't think so. I cannot believe that that happened. That is fucking hilarious. Yeah. So I've actually come in to make an announcement today. I have retired from going to the park. That park. That one. Just for a bit.

Because I can't have that family see me again. I don't want to be the reason that family doesn't go to the park anymore. Yeah. You know what I mean? Yeah, that's fair. They're like, oh, don't you go to the park? And they go, no, that fucking dog poo girl will be there. And thanks Mabel. Do you know, you- For passing me the thing. This is not your fault. It's not. Do you know whose fault this is? Mabel Betty Dunn. No, people who don't pick up their dog shit.

Facts. It's so fucking disgusting. It's so rank. Yeah. But if your dog died, would the first thing you do go to a random park and pick up dog shit? Or did they think that it was your dog's poo from earlier that you will are hanging onto?

Like they go, yeah, well the dog died and this is all I've got to remember involved. It's like you did not keep his lead or a nail or something. She's like, I just kept this piece of shit, like a turd. And I'm going to actually hollow out the turd and taxidermy it and put it up on the wall. That's so disgusting. And then it is actually Mabel's fault. And I'm going to actually hollow out the turd and taxidermy it and put it up on the wall. Oh, that's so disgusting. And then it is actually Mabel's fault. I'm off her.

No, not really. She's the best. And the thing is that she just created one of the greatest moments of comedy in history. Oh yeah. And she's got no idea. Yeah. I mean, it's when things are easy, you know, it's easy. It just comes naturally to her. Cause she is a fucking savage.

Yeah. She, she can be a real savage. Yeah. I love though that that happened. That is so fucking funny. Also, if anyone wants a new fence. Yeah. Cause you don't need yours anymore. Yeah. Apparently the neighbors are going to miss him. They said,

You go, you don't want to look after him next weekend. We're actually taking, no, they didn't. We're taking a holiday. They weren't into responsibility. That was into hugs and pats. But aren't we all, I don't want that responsibility. This is the thing about Mabel. I don't want the responsibility of having a baby, but I want to come around and like

hang out with her. You know, she's the best of both worlds. She's a good time. What do you love to see? I've got to love to see it here from Donkey wrong on Patreon. Okay. Sent this to us and said, Hey guys, so proud to be a champion top out really excited about getting the surprise, but I actually joined so I could tell you that your episode about starting a dome franchise like had me in absolute tears. Donkey Wrong says, in Oklahoma, where I live,

getting domed is another phrase for giving head. So every time you said how much you love dome, how much you need dome. How many blokes has Tony domed over the years? And how you can't get domed where you are. I almost pissed myself. Love the show, happy to be here. And I also love to get Dome.

That's awesome. So the amount of times that we have fucking said like, oh, I really miss Dome. Yesterday we were talking about the Dome's no longer in. Yeah, and also how, you know, as a kid, that like my mum used to love. Dome. And dome is the only place you can get that special sauce.

Yeah. And, uh, and that I love a dome espresso. So what's that quick head? Best kind of time, right? But you know what I mean? So I'm pretty fucking hilarious. And, uh, And shout out to the people of Oklahoma.

Yeah. Who are getting a dome. Yeah. Suck my dome. And we're like talking about this caffeine. He's like, hang on. What? They sell coffee there. What? My love to see it is from Tapa Eva.

Hi Eva. Eva Chambers. Tonight I submitted my first ever short story submission to be published in a collection that's gonna be available later in the year. Oh sick. Is it fair to say Tony Lodge, published author, award-winning published author, doctor. Best selling, best selling. Best selling, my mistake.

Thank you. Is writing probably the, like I say cliche in terms of being common, not as a put down, but I feel like writing something's that thing that everyone kind of wants to do. One day I dream of being a writer, I'd love to write a thing. And it's like maybe that thing that you just,

it's the ultimate start the fucking blog, hey. I think so. And I think because people go, oh, well, if I can't be a writer for my job, I can't be a writer. Well, you can write things to enjoy it. Absolutely. Well, or like Eva you can write things to enjoy it. Absolutely. Well, or like Eva, she submitted it to a publication.

She'd been working on the story for a while. I was really scared to do anything with this story that I've written, but I took a risk. I started the fucking blog. I sent it in and it's going to be my first official published piece of work. I know it's only a short story and a small piece of a big book, but I'm really excited and just couldn't wait to share it with the TARP community. That is awesome. And please actually, Eva, do not say, I know it's just a little bit of a bullcrap.

That's massive. Yeah, huge. And I hope that I reckon that would inspire a lot of people because what I think a lot of people don't know is that you can send manuscripts to publishers because they read them. Yeah. can send manuscripts to publishers because they read them. And well, I know that the publisher of my book, every Thursday they have like a,

does anyone have anything from the slash pile? And they have like an opportunity to present- Any random things pop through anything? Yeah, anything come through your inbox. Cause obviously they reach out to people that have written books before or celebs that write memoirs or whatever, but like they actually do that. So if you've ever thought about writing a book.

What's the publisher's name again? Mine. Yeah. The girl we went to dinner with. Yeah. Te- oh Tessa. Tessa, Tessa. Yeah.

Alan and Anwan is the- Yeah, yeah. Tessa is going to have a pitch tomorrow afternoon for the Thursday chat. Yeah. She's actually on maternity leave at the moment. Is she? Yeah, she's had a little baby. Congratulations.

Little Tessa. Lenny. Lenny. He's the baby. Yeah. I love that. maternity leave at the moment. Is she? Yeah, she's her little baby. Congratulations, little Tessa. Lenny. Lenny. He's the baby, yeah. I love that. He's a fucking little sweetheart. Okay, well. Yeah, so she won't be there, but her counterparts will be.

Well, either way, someone's gonna get a submission called My Dog's No Longer With Us, a beautiful short story about a grown man holding shit in the park. Yeah. I'm gonna submit something where it's like, that's the prequel. The sequel is obviously that then the dog comes home you trip over it and you die You be careful one trouble if anyone's got a third story to make the trilogy

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