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Hello and welcome to my favorite murder. That's Georgia Hardstark. That's Karen Kilcariff.

This is all new. It's as if it's day one. It feels new every time. Doesn't it feel fresh and new?

I just spit out you. I'm sorry. Did you? Yeah. Did you land all the way over here in my weird spot? I think it's going away. It is going away. Let's pretend that spot is not because you've spilled something on yourself, but because I spit towards you. You just you spit all the way across the podcast at me. Gleek. Remember Gleaking? There were boys in my high school that were so frighteningly accurate at gleaking, if you don't know.

Gleaking is what we used to call in the 80s, very specifically directed spitting.

But it was like from under your tongue. It happens to me all the time of the fucking

dinosaur, and it's so embarrassing. I gleeke more than most people, never on purpose. It's so embarrassing.

There were boys in my high school that, of course, were like seniors when I was a freshman,

whatever, that could do it across a classroom at you. If I had that power, it's incredible.

Where would I be today if I had that kind of? You'd be Kenny Scalmanini living your dream.

I would have it of only fans, gle, only fans. Oh my God, people would pay top dollar. Gleaking and feet. That's what I got. Those are your two big pluses. That's my only fans. I can whistle and be negative. Those are mine. That's my only fan.

I can't whistle, so that's actually pretty impressive.

Stop it, show off.

You're showing off now.

You're mocking me.

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