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- What is this?
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Oh my god are you--
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- I'm not gonna propose. - Are you gonna propose to me?
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- I'm not gonna propose.
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(French style music)
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Hi, I'm Aria. - I'm Merle.
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- And we are. - We're dating.
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(inhaling loudly)
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(laughing)
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(swing music)
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- Merle's middle name, Shane. - Correct.
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- [Producer] Does Aria have a middle name?
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- Edouard.
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- Yes, that is pronounced that way
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because it's spelt the French way.
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- E-D-O-U-A-R-D.
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(high five)
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(swing music)
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- Oh she loves ramen.
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- His favorite food is this pasta with clams.
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- Pasta alle vongole.
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- I made a vegan version of it recently.
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- It was fantastic.
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(swing music)
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- In your downtime? - Yeah.
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- Feel like you like to watch movies, and nap.
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- Mhm, she loves to hike.
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- True.
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(swing music)
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We actually both have the same favorite band.
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- We both love Queen.
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- Yeah, today we basically we organize
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these little mystery boxes.
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We only had a hundred dollars each
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to surprise each other with.
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So we're gonna go ahead and open those up.
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I think yours is gonna be better, I'm nervous.
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- No, no.
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- You're hopeless, hopeless romantic.
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- You're a great gift giver too.
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- I wanna go first is what I'm saying.
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(upbeat music)
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- Okay so back when Merle and I first started talking
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at the office we would exchange a lot of notes.
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One of the notes that Merle sent to me
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after we started dating was both,
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kind of cute but quite raunchy too.
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And for a while I've been meaning
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to frame it and give it to her.
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- Okay, I know this is like, the whole point of this
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is to be really sweet and gift giving and sincere.
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But, kinda feel like I'm going
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against Santa Claus right now.
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- I'm right now at a Thai sweet shot
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where Merle and I like to get some snacks.
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These are really good, they are layer cakes, vegan.
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I grew up in Thailand eating these all the time.
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I introduced them to Merle, and she's addicted to them.
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- I found this disposable camera.
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Aria and I are going on a trip to Joshua Tree this weekend,
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so I figure this would be the perf little,
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perfect little gift I don't say perf.
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It's fine if you do.
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- All right, I saw Merle going to a shirt store.
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I think she's planning on buying me a shirt.
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Which means she's actually gonna
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be the one wearing the shirt.
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She likes to steal my property.
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I think I'm gonna buy this Bowie shirt,
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because then she can still wear my Queen shirt.
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All right, 'cause she loves David Bowie.
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- Okay, so the second thing I got for Aria
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is this adorable little Freddie Mercury pin.
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Because Queen is both of our favorite band,
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and we bonded over that when we fist met.
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So one of the first videos Aria and I did together
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was friends compare what's in each other bags.
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And I had a pair of underwear in my bag.
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Oh, oh my god.
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(laughing)
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Figured it was only fitting that he has to reveal
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something similarly intimate.
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- Okay, I quickly popped into the liquor aisle,
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because I'm here looking for a very specific thing
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called Underberg.
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It is a German natural herb bitter,
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and the reason why I'm buying this
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for Merle and I is because there's a little bit
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of a story behind it.
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- I found a real score here, $1.50,
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I got these llama socks.
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- One of the things I bought online for Merle
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that just arrived is anti snore chin strap.
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It's not for her, it's for me.
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Because this poor woman has to endure me snoring.
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The last thing I ordered for Merle online
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was something a little bit more meaningful I think.
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Shortly after I started dating Merle officially,
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unfortunately her cat passed away.
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And it was an old cat name Reese,
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and Merle had her cremated.
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Merle's always mentioned since then
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how she's always been kind of unsure
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what to do with the ashes.
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One idea that Merle has brought up in the past
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is maybe even putting Reese's ashes in a necklace.
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I found a necklace online where you can put ashes inside.
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- Okay, another score.
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I found this Schrute Farms shirt, and Aria loves The Office.
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Okay, I have circled back, I'm gonna get him
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this Dunder Mifflin shirt.
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Hello it's me the indecisive lady,
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and I've gotten even more indecisive
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since the last time we chatted.
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I now found this Michael Scott Paper Company shirt
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and I think this is the winner
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because we always said that we were Michael and Holly
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over Jim and Pam, even though we saw
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people saying that they thought we were Jim and Pam.
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But we're totally Michael and Holly
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because they're (beep) weird.
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Okay so the last couple things I got
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are these stickers, these glitter stickers.
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This puzzle, Aria was saying that he wants to do a puzzle.
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Okay, and on a sentimental note,
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I got this blow dryer because Aria
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actually believe it or not takes longer
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to get ready in the morning than I do.
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- Look at that.
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Look at that beautiful headshot.
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That's worth a lot more than 100 dollars.
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This is a limited edition head shot
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that I took when I was 17 years old.
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I've left Merle a note to thank her
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for her support and I think it's a great little gift,
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something that she'll really cherish.
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(celebratory music)
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- All right it's time to swap.
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So I'm gonna go first.
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Reusable, I wanted to use something reusable.
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- So I'm rifling my hand in here.
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(laughing)
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I know what that is.
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- [Both] Altoids.
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- The reason why I'm assuming you've given this to me
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isn't because you think I have bad breath,
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but because when we spend the night at each others places,
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in the morning sometimes we want a little morning smooch.
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And we like to pop one of these bad boys in.
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- More specifically Aria's very, very keen
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on always having mints around.
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- Sometimes, you know.
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This is a woman that loves her garlic.
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- Open it though, open it.
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(laughing)
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I do love my garlic.
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(record scratching)
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(gasps)
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They're significant dates.
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(cries)
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- That's very sweet.
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This is our anniversary, our first kiss.
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- You don't need to go through all of these.
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I feel like that's gonna take a long time.
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- This is the day I told her I loved her.
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- Yeah, that's true.
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- [Producer] What day is it?
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- January sixth. - Move on.
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(gasps)
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- Puzzles, I love puzzles.
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You got a lot of big things in here, hefty.
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Oh, this is great, to style my hair.
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My hair is a pain in the ass.
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For some reason, she doesn't have one of these at her place.
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- I don't dry my hair.
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- So I usually have to haul mine over to hers.
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But now, this can be permanently there.
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Stickers, okay this I can't--
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- That's just for fun.
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(laughing)
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- Okay, (mumbles).
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- I thought we could put them on while we're doing this.
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- What in the world is this?
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- Ohh.
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(laughing)
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You know why.
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- The reason why is because in one of the,
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I think the very first video we were in together
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that wasn't one of ours, I think a couple of men and women
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compare each others bags.
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And at the very top of hers,
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the first thing she pulls out of her bag
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are a pair of panties.
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- It was by accident. - A completely accident.
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It looks almost staged.
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So this is a little bit of an inside joke.
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- An homage.
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- And then, awe this is very sweet, socks.
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There's actually two layers to this then actually.
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They're llamas, she says I have llama eyes.
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Either way though, the other layer to this
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I'm assuming is because we have--
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- Sock wrestling matches.
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- (mumbles) Anyways.
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Very sweet, Michael Scott Paper Company.
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We all love The Office.
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- We always say that we're Michael and Holly,
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not Jim and Pam 'cause--
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- People in the comments say Jim and Pam.
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- Come on, Jim and Pam are kind of bland.
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We're weird and fun.
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Yeah.
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- You have a Kodak, oh--
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- [Merle] For this weekend.
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- For a trip.
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And we got a pin here.
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Oh a Freddy pin, that's very cute.
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We just talked about how much we love Queen.
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I'm very happy, this is wonderful.
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- You can go through more.
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- The sweetest one was the first one I opened.
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Funny how that works out.
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So, I'm going to--
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- [Merle] Is this like in protest?
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- For one, yes, reusable, recyclable.
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- I would encourage you use a reusable like a cloth bag.
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- Yes, yes.
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- Can I just reach in?
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- Yeah you can just reach in, reach in.
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(gasps)
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This is very valuable.
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- This is Aria's head shot that he sold
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at like an adult film convention or something.
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- [Aria] Correct.
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- In a video that he did.
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- And in Turkey.
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- Are you 14 years old?
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- I'm 17.
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- Oh my god. - Submitted this to Glee.
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- Look at how ferocious.
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Okay, an anti snore chin strap,
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because Aria, what a dream boat,
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but let me tell ya this man can wake an entire house up.
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You gotta put it on, put it on.
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What is this?
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Oh my god wait, this is from the day
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we got drunk together after the cocktails.
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Yeah, yeah, I saw what you did there.
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(shaking cocktails)
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- They're bitters. - Bitters?
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- Yeah, they're quite strong.
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- They were like equivalent of a shot I think.
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- Yeah, pull it out.
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- Are we gonna do one?
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- Yeah let's do it.
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- Oh maybe that's right, I'm never gonna make you wear that.
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Cheers.
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- What's the alcohol content?
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44%.
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- [Merle] That's a shot.
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(clicking bottles)