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So the list of annual banished words is out. These are words that they say are played out.

We should get rid of them. And it's from Lake Superior State University. Oh, okay.

So Lake Superior State. And they said, don't say full stop anymore. That's played out.

Okay. Don't say my bad. Oh, yeah. We didn't use that for 40 years. Yeah, I think it's time to retire it, yeah. Here's my thing, though, Lake Superior State. I know it's the name of the lake, right? But if you're going to tell us what to do, you just got to be aware that you're playing into a stereotype there. We already have an idea how you're going to be.

And when you come in here,

stop saying this.

Hey, everybody.

Stop.

Lake Superior.

Is there anywhere you'd love to go, but you haven't been there yet, like on the planet?

I'll ask you that.

Grease.

Grease.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So having a map of Greece doesn't quite work, does it?

Like, for people who've been to Greece, you have these memories, you have this experience,

you've experienced, you've tasted the food, you've felt the breezes, or you've seen the

EGNC, or you've, like like been to the Parthenon or whatever like

it's all that's the difference between knowing God for real and knowing about God.

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