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Call-waiting
P.: Honey, I'm -- you're waiting by the phone.
C.: X. is supposed to call.
P.: I thought that was last week.
C.: Right.
P.: But you're waiting by the phone.
C.: Well, yeah.
P.: You haven't been waiting by the phone for the whole week, have you?
C.: Yes.
P.: This is what you do all day? Phone-wait?
C.: Yes. ... X. hasn't called yet.
P.: Yeah, obviously. ... So what's the deal? Do I get dinner tonight?
C.: Maybe. I can't mash potatoes and watch the phone at the same time.
P.:
C.: Well, I can't. Okay? I'm not multidextrous.
P.: Ambi.
C.: Whatever.
P.: Okay. Well, look, I gotta make a phone call real fast, okay?
C.: No!
P.: It's a thirty-second call. I have to check my voice mail.
C.: No!
P.: Get your hand off of the phone.
C.: But he might call!
P.: It's been a week, C. He isn't calling.
C.: But --
P.: Give me the phone.
C.: But --
P.: Geez. ... (boop be deep bomp boo doopy doo) Hello? Yeah. Right, sorry. Hey, can you do me a favor? Talk to C. for a minute.
C.: Who is that?
P.: X.
C.: (gasps)
P.: Here.
C.: Hello?
X.: (mmph brwp hmmtph)?
C.:
X.: (trph glmp)?
C.:
X.: (nbhxt skxx)!
C.:
X.: (click)
P.: What the heck are you doing?
C.: That was X.
P.: Yeah, no (censored). Why didn't you say something?
C.: I...I...
P.: Fine. Look, I'm hungry. Make dinner. Now that you're not waiting by the phone and all.
C.:
P.: What are you doing now?
C.: Waiting.
P.: For the love of Pete! Why?
C.: (whispers) He might call back.
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