EITM: Your Fajitas! 7/25/24

Don't order big if it's not your big day.

Episode Transcript

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So we're gonna go to Diane's birthdaydinner, right, and we're gonna go
to We're gonna go to We're gonnago to a Mexican restaurant. Everybody likes
Mexican. Diane wants a margarita andnacho's. So we're all gonna go.
We're going to lt O. Right. Maybe we see Shade's dad there.
Okay, So anyway we're going toWe're going to lt O, right,
and the people come around and they'relike, and we all know that we're

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there for Diane's birthday. I don'tknow. I don't care that the restaurant
doesn't know. They just think there'sa group of us going to dinner.
Right, Diane, you're the birthdaygirl. What are you gonna have?
You said it? Nachos, nachosand and and margarita? Right, what
are you gonna orders? And giladas? Right? Chicken beef one of each
combo? Maybe I like a combo? Who doesn't? Who doesn't? I

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would like to get the you knowwhat I want? Oh, this would
be good. I want a bigI'm also gonna go combo. I'm gonna
get the combo fahidas Okay, right, why are you looking around? Yeah,
so nobody has any issue. No, okay, why are people flipping
out that ordering? Like if you'reif you're at a dinner, that's that

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is for someone. Yeah, itcould be retirement, it could be a
celebration, it could be a birthday, it could be anything that ordering a
ordering fijidas is etiquettely I don't knowif that's a word. Etiquettely rude and
wrong. There's a list of foods, well, specifically fijiitas. But is

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it just fijidas that you're not supposedto depending on the cuisine, order when
it's someone else's meal. Got tobe honest. Never heard of that,
Never even heard of it, becausewhen they bring it up, it's it's
like it's it's steaming and hot andshowy, and that's taking the attention away
from the birthday person. They said, you may as well get engaged at
my wedding. Oh god, no, I swear to gain. That's what

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they said. That's what they said. I've never heard that. Well,
you know, because it comes outand everybody's like oh oh oh, and
then god forbid, somebody at thetable go, oh, you won the
night look at that, and it'slike well, no, actually doesn't matter.
S sh it's Diane's night. Ohgod no, but that's people are
making a huge deal. I've neverheard of that. Etiquettely, Etiquettely,

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it's wrong to order fajitos unless now, if we were all just there because
it's a show trip, then it'sfine, you'd order whatever you want.
But if we're there gathered specifically forDiane's birthday, you can't order anything where
they would go like, oh,well look, you just you just stole
Diane's thunder. I'm trying to thinkif there's any food like that or I've

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been told in my life for advised, either by my parents or my my
friends. Hey, you know it'shis or her her big night, steer
away from that drink or that's entreI mean, the only I mean,
the answer is no, what isthat? What is that? What is

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that class called? Like some highschool kids take it katilion. Do they
teach you that? And I knowthey teach you how to dance? They
yeah, no, no, no, but maybe there's a food you're not
supposed to eat, Like I've neverheard of that before. I've never heard
of that. And by the way, it is, it is it's everywhere.

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Now, don't get the fijidas ifit's somebody else's night. Don't get
the fijidas. If it's somebody else'snight, that's ridiculous. Now I will
say this, Oh, Elliott,look at it. I can smell it
by the way I would. Iwould walk. I would walk thirty five
miles for feidas right now, Iwould. I would. No, Fida's
are one of the great meals ofall time. What a weird way to

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die. It was a small hill, but he died on that hill craving.
Oh and when it comes out andthey're just so like and and I
don't even care. It could belt o, it could be chilly as
it doesn't matter anywhere anywhere. Oh, I love Fijidas, Fijidas oculios.
And now every example I'm thinking ofis Mexican or text mex but Mexican restaurant

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based. What about can you dotable side guacamole for yourself? Well,
you never do it for yourself,but your side at the table. Say
it's a long table and the birthdaygirl or boy is down at the end.
Can your side order table side guacamole? Probably not right. If you

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can't order fijidas. I have aquestion though, Do they do? Do
they? No, there's no there'sno tasting involved, right, it's not
like it's not like guac. Yeah, it's not like wine. No,
they just they mix it up togetherin Yeah, would you would you just
say mix it by her? Doit by her? Yeah? No,

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yeah, no you can do that. You can do table side. Although,
now that I'm thinking about it,we I think we did. I
think we did etiquettely do get foodthat we shouldn't have? Once that comes
to mind, we did? Yes? And who's big da did we mess
up? Well? I don't wantto say because it's exclusionary. Oh what

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does that mean? It was Roach'sbirthday party, and remember Diane wasn't invited.
Oh now, I know what you'rereferencing. And that was a bad
look. But that's not an optionanyone would have walking into a birthday celebration.
I agree, But should we havedenied it? The chef brought us
out food and not you guys,Yeah, and not row right, and

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he was the birthday Yeah, wellit's I'm sorry. I'm friends with the
chef. I forgot about that.That's a great example. That was terrible.
That's not on us. I didn'torder. I didn't order. Hey,
Voltagio, can you make that thinghot and steamy with a lot of
smoke and fire? No, hejust brought it out. I think he
had heard what Roach did to Diane, right, and he was team Diana.

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Amen as well he should be hey, do you want to go back
for Diana? And he made theright move. Diane outlasted Broach. Sure
did. Absolutely, he's sitting inthis chair. Amen. High five Diana.
What could there be at the steakhouse? Is there something that would be
a little too flashy that now weshouldn't be ordering as a as a guest

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baked potato bar? Would they rollup the cart? Oh? Yeah,
some places will do that. Yeah. Yeah, they bring the whole cart
out for you. Oh and they'relike assembling it for you. Yes,
that's good. But even that no, Like I was thinking, like Benny
Hannah, like is there but that'sthe whole table. But sometimes you get
individual stop. Oh he didn't tossshrimp at me. I'm sad. That's

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part of the act, Diane.That's part of the act. Are there
some remember when I had to havemy steak cut up for me because I
had the broken elbow. Didn't Bennettcut your steak? No? Who was
it? Who? Uh? Seanfrom uh in Atlanta? That's right,
that's right. By the way,you outlasted him high fight. Even though

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he fired us, we still outlastedhim. He's out of work, but
not there did we out? No? No, no, no no,
but we're still working. But didthey did they cut that for me?
He? He assisted, But originallyit was cut up by the restaurant.
Did the server cut it at thetable for me? I thought Sean cut

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it at the table? He helpedwith other parts of the dish, right,
But but he was the one thatsaid, oh, oh yeah,
they'll definitely prepare that the way youneed to eat it. I'm trying to
think if it was done table side, that wouldn't be bad. You was
in a slave I already everyone's alreadyfeeling sympathy for me, and it's Diane's
birthday, so I'm already drawing attentionto myself having fallen off a bicycle.

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But no, that doesn't take awayit wasn't that wasn't like that would be
like somebody going in who doesn't havean all arm and being like, oh,
don't cut up his meal. It'sDiane's birthday. I know he has
to fork in his toes, butlet Diane blow out the cake. Hey.
One other thing, and this isreal inside, but what was the

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other great moment of that night?In hindsight? In hindsight, yeah,
so in the moment, we didn'trealize, No, we knew it happened.
But in hindsight, I celebrate it. I don't axles car got hit
in the parking lot. Yeah,sorry, I carry a grudge. Also

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also fired out last Diana up highup hie. He is still working like
survivor. Lie Hi Elliet in themorning. Hey Elliott, Hey, good,
what's going on dude? So likefive months ago, I was on
a business trip and we went outand we had Mexican too, and we
got they brought it out and itwasn't sizzling. It was like on one

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big flatter and all your fixens andall your stuff and here you go.
We thought it was weird. Ijust thought it was like one of those
regional things. Maybe it was alittle different. But now that I'm hearing
you say this, but I wonderthey're starting to break down how they bring
them out versus the sizzling. Whoooh, so it's not so showing.
By the way, do you knowhow angry I would have been if theias
came out not not not like steaming? Oh my god, that's that's the

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beauty of the faidas. Oh soyou know what, that's interesting. I
wonder I wonder if restaurants are doingthat intentionally. Now that's a great point,
sir. That's why I was wondering. Now that you said it,
I didn't take too much of it. They're like, that's weird. Usually
they come out with the metal platterand they say, you know, hot,
don't hurt. I just put themtogether, ate them. Whatever did

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they did the restaurant? Did therestaurant know it was a business dinner?
Like was it obvious that it waslike a group dinner four or five hours
and they were dressed well, Ithink one of us had a laptop bags
that they might have done. Yeah, okay, you know, because I
was gonna say, I'm definitely athank you, my friend, thank you.
Like I've definitely gone to like ltO with like Coastguard, Curt and

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Bigsie and Nelly and everybody and allorder for heat is and they come out
steaming, but they would look atus and go, there's absolutely nothing going
on here. A good one hascome through from a lot of people wait
order and they know you love it, so maybe they're concerned you may have
stolen someone's spotlight. Can I guess? Yeah, because the only other one

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that comes to mind? Is itat a Is it at a chain steakhouse?
No? Oh, because I wasgonna say, is it showy to
order a bloomin onion? What really? Oh? But not not for the
table, but for yourself. He'snever had a bloomin onion? I know,
what do you want me to do? He's also never smoked weed?
The do you want to give?Do you want me to give it to

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you? Like it? I do? And perhaps that is the worry that
that you didn't realize Have I doneit? Well, that's what you're gonna
have to answer when I give youthe item. Definitely done. Fididas go
ahead. Seafood tower, Oh yeah, oh yeah, showy? Yeah?
Oh but it is it is.By the way, what did I say
I would walk thirty five miles forFAHIDASU forty miles for a seafood tower.

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I love a seafood tower. Ilove a seafood tower. Oh yes.
The only thing though about a seafoodtower is is it is sharing. It's
rare that you eat one by yourself. Rare, but done. I've seen
you come close. I have Ihave ordered a seafood tower for two and
eat it by myself. This ismy entree, no appetizer. Seafood tower

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is not a not an entree.But if that is once again down at
the other end of the table.Oh yeah, it's like that showy.
That's good, good one, that'sgood. Sorry, that's really good.
I doesn't even like seafood. Thisrest, by the way, that's it.
That is a great one. Yeah, that is that. By the
way, you just got engaged atsomeone else's wedding. That's a good one

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because at least the heatas they smellgreat and they are sounding great. But
it's a low profile. Yeah,the tower, you can't even have conversations.
You can't see anybody and it andit takes like two people to bring
it out. Oh it is that'sawesome. That's great. Oh I love
a seafood tower. I love aseafood tower. Oh, it's all that

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I want, It's all that Iwant. Handful of people are saying that
there are steakhouse offerings that are carvedat the table. Oh, like if
you do the like, like don'tthey do? Sometimes? What is it?
What is it called? What isit called? This is embarrassing that
I don't know this? What isit? When it's two steaks in one
porterhouse? Is that the one?Like I never get it? But is

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that the one where it's the it'sthe it's a porterhouse it Sometimes it'll say
for two, and so it'd belike Jackie and I may come out,
Oh no, no, no,I got it. I got another one.
I got another one. Yeah,flaming tomahawk for two. No,
they'll seer it off at the tail, yeah, yeah, and they do
it right at the side. Yeah. Well, so if we're there for

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Diane's Diane's birthday, and Diane gotthe caesar salad it's Scott's eaton god knows
what, and Jackie and I orderup the flaming tomahawk for two, that's
showy because I just finished the lastbit of seafood crab dip on my tower
and now Jackie and I are havingthe tomahawk for two. There's a steakhouse

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in Arlington Gara, which is awesome. They do a tomahawk. They set
that thing on fire. I'm afraidthe sprinklers are going off. It's awesome.
But that's a good one. That'sa good Oh really yeah no,
like, for example, they havetomahawks a lot at the club at Capitol
One. But they but they're notlike setting a fire down there. But
yeah, Gara set the thing onfire. It's like the oh that that.

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Now I got another one. NowI got another one. I would
never do this because I don't likeit. What is the So we're at
Diane's birthday and for for birthday,Diane got a piece of cake, right
yeah, and Scott Scott got icecream, somebody else got a cheesecake,
Christen got flawn. I ordered what'sthat dessert that they set on fire?

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I don't like flumbay. Is thatit were baked Alaska or something? Yeah,
table side fire. That's showing.I feel like that's showing. Comes
to dessert, right someone's birthday.You do have to look around and see
what's what's gonna happen here the birthday? Okay, we're not at barrels,
but they but they need to takethe lead on that. You can't be

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ordering a dessert because there might beeven if it's just a cookie with a
candle in it, you're not orderingdessert. I feel like that should be
a given. Some of these arequestionable. These are their entrees, but
dessert. Look over to your leftor right to see what's happening. Okay,
but we're at restaurant and I reallywanted to chocolate bouncing that sombrera on
top of my head when they sinkhappy, happy, happy birthday to you,

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to you, to you. O. Here's another one. Oh yeah,
now this is These are good.Now this these are good. Listeners
are so smart, especially for Diane. This would probably be an issue.
But some can I just get acauliflower steak. Some places will saute filets

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of fish table side. Well,now my sweater smells like it. This
preparation over splash on your payouts thatwe were sent is dover soul. It's
done with lemon, butter, sauceand almonds right at the tables. Yeah,
that's a good one. That's agood one. Don't room a birthday,
but I just got engaged at yourwedding. That's a really good one.

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Let me go to line six.Hi elliot in the morning. Yeah,
Hi, who's that? Hi?This is Patty. So when I
was pregnant and my husband's mom,who he never really was a fan of
me anyway, came down to takeus to dinner, and we went to

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Ruth's Chris Steakhouse, right, andI really just wasn't feeling steak at that
time during my pregnancy, so Ididn't want to get a steak, so
I ordered the lobster. And sowhen ruth Chris Steaks come out, you
know, they just put that onelittle steak on our little silver plate and
then they served their sides like differently, So everybody's little steak came out on

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this little plate, and then theybrought out his cart and they put a
bib around me, and they putmy butter and my side did and my
fork and then the big lobster.My dinner took up like the whole table.
Everybody's like moving their little plate asideso that I can get all my
thighs from lobsters. That's great.That's good though, that's pretty good.

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This is why I hate that girl. This is why I hate her.
That's a good one. If theyif everybody else ordered, but you have
to get a big placed around you. That's a pretty that's showy. That's
showy. That's a good one.Thank you, ma'am, thank you.
I think you coming in. Thisis great from Instagram. What about doing
an eating challenge where you have toeat like one hundred ounces of steak to

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get a T shirt? But thenfrom the snapchat order to Caesar salad,
did not realize where they'd make it? Oh table signe yes, Oh yeah,
that's kind of a thing. That'skind of a thing I've seen that
either. Yeah, that's kind ofa thing. It's a little bit fancy
that it's it's to be able tocharge you thirty five dollars for lettuce.

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But yeah, they'll make they'll makeit like they make guawk and they give
you a choice of like like doyou want this on it? Do you
want that on it? Like it'sa Caesar sound, it's got four things
on it. But yeah, they'lldo them table side. That's a good
one too. And then back todrinks, people are talking about just like
the size of the cups. Sooh, you know at somebody celebration,
you know, I'm getting something thatcomes out of a volcano. The fish

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bowls mentioned. Yeah, you haveIra talking about one of Kristen's bloody Mary's.
Oh god, this is this isanything with liquid nitrogen? Oh isn't
that? Everything where like foams andsteams. That's what Voltajo who's a fan
of ye that should have done atth hi Elliet the morning? Yeah hi

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uses Hey there's a jet, Yes, sir, what can I do for
you? So two things. Oneof the flaming desserts you were talking about
was crember leg comes out but alreadyit does it? Or I guess there's
some do they do it at thetable? So I worked at a very
fine dining steakhouse in Annapolis for afew years. We did table side burning

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of the brown sugar. Nice.Nice. Now, then you have the
del soul fish, which we debonetable side. That's a bit of a
show because you also have to holdup the spine. Oh right, yep.
The worst I've ever seen was anengagement party. There was about eight
people. And if you've ever beento a restaurant where they actually do this,

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there's a drink called a Mexican coffeeand it deals with a lot of
flame and cinnamon and with cream.There was someone who was trying to give
a toast to the engagement couple.But we had I had to make this
drink, which takes like five minutes, and everybody's holding their glass up waiting

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for this Mexican coffee to be finished. It was the most embarrassing thing to
this guy just sat there, smugsmug the plug and everyone was waiting on
his drink. I delayed as longas I could. I threw that thing
out for you. That's good,Good for you, Thank you, my

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friend, Thank you, sir?Yes, is he gone? Oh yeah,
I've hung up or maybe you knowabout this. I'm not familiar with
what's going on here. And thiscould actually happen to Diane because seafood restaurants,
we know, we're not going tobe there for her birthday. Even
a steakhouse. I don't know ifDiane's going to a steakhouse for Yeah,
Diana would go to a steak absolutelyin order to color flower. Yeah we've
been at a steakhouse. Oh no, it's my birthday. I'm gonna got
a file. But what is thisis an Italian place? I guess Selena

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says, what about the pasta that'smixed in the big wheel of cheese.
Oh I've seen it. Yeah,oh yeah, I've never had it,
but I've definitely seen it. Itis it's a big wheel of cheese and
there it's like it's like an Alfredo, isn't it. Do you ever heard
candy? Yeah, I mean youdo a lot with it. Have you
ever been to like where would theyhave, like like at a store where
they have it's the thing. It'sthe wheel of parmesan that's about the size

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of a manhole cover, but asthick as about one hundred of them.
It's massive. It's about like thisbig. It's the size of it.
I mean it's massive. And sothey'll bring it out, but they'll take
the hot pasta and put it inthe middle of it so that it slowly
starts to melt away like a bowlin the in the in the wheel.

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Oh yeah, that is showy.That is showy. That's a great one.
Yeah, there you go. Whatis this called? I think I
think it's just called a cheese wheelfor pasta. There's got to be a
fun Italian name for it. Ohsorry. Oh, and they're setting it
on fire. Yeah. Oh it'sgreat though, it is so good.

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It is so good. But Yeah, they'll do it for Alfredo. I
think they also do it for Ican't ever say the name of it.
Yeah, they do it for thatthat what do you call it? That
new that new Italian place that openedin Arlington, Carbonara, Carbonara. They
have a cheese wheel. I haven'tgotten in there to use it yet,
but I want to do. Theyslice and chip away at the top rim
with a special knife out of sightor with Diane. Oh no, no,

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that's just to get it going.That's just to get it going.
So that's not happening. No,not at the table, chip it away.
They use a hammer. That lookspretty cool. I've never ever seen
it before. And you have noidea how good that is. You have
no idea how good that is.That's a great one, watching that go

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on. Diane just got a cauliflowersteak, and I've got I've got forty
five Italian guys scooping out apasta wheelline six. Hi Elliott in the morning,
Hey Elliott, nuts from a plate? You don't? Hey? Good?
What's going on? Dude? Sodown in Richmond and callients. I
did the stupid wing challenge on mymother along birthday dinner. So by the

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end I'm a sweaty red mess,noses running and she's like at the door
ready to leave. In my defense, in my defense, it wasn't supposed
to be her dinner. I wassupposed to do that, but she like,
you know, like, well,it's just making my birthday dinner too.
I was like, I'm doing thewing challenge. So that's a good

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one. All right, very good, thank you, my Fred. Let
me grab line five hi Elliot inthe morning to be dark. Hey,
what's going on, dude? Yes, I used to work in on Tian
restaurant, had to do table side. See there's such a royal pain in
the as it always comes down theline when you're super busy. But I've
also seen the champagne bottle like cutoff with the sword. People order that.

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Oh yeah, you know what,Diane, it's dry January, but
we're celebrating Diane's birthday. But onthis end, we're going to order a
bottle of champagne. Bring trek