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Droppin lines
P.: So, what's a --
K.: I'm sorry, I'm not interested.
P.: ... But I didn't even finish my line.
K.: Sorry.
P.: (dumbly) So that's it? I'm shot down?
K.: Yes.
P.: Without even a legitimate chance?
K.: Fine. Finish your line.
P.: Well, now it won't work.
K.: Won't work.
P.: You know, the element of surprise and all that jazz.
K.: Did you just say 'all that jazz'?
P.: Yes.
K.: Okay, now you're shot down.
P.: What's wrong with 'all that jazz'?
K.: I can't explain it.
P.: It's a great phrase. I use it all of the time.
K.: You play jazz?
P.: No...
K.: Okay, then.
P.: What -- you're saying that phrase is only legit if the person dropping it plays jazz?
K.: (shrugs)
P.: That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
K.: Okay, now you're definitely shot down.
P.: Well, it is stupid. It's like saying the only person who can say 'brick' is a bricklayer. So someone who isn't even a bricklayer can't say 'bricklayer,' because it has 'brick' in it.
K.: That's not even the same thing.
P.: Yes it is. It's just as stupid. It's like saying that somebody who's fatherless can't say 'daddy-o.'
K.: Wait -- you say 'daddy-o'?
P.: Well...yeah, sometimes. Sorry.
K.: No, that's pretty cool.
P.: You confuse me.
K.: Sorry.
P.: So 'all that jazz' is dead, but 'daddy-o' is okay?
K.: (nods)
P.: That's -- wait, do you realize what's going on here?
K.: What?
P.: We're having a real conversation.
K.: Yeah, I guess so.
P.: So listen, you want to go out tomorrow?
K.: No lines?
P.: No lines.
K.: No 'all that jazz'?
P.: ... Fine.
K.: Okay.
P.: Seven?
K.: Five.
P.: Five?
K.: Five.
P.: Five it is, daddy-o.
K.: (giggles)
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