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🗓️ 10 October 2017
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Eddie was really good at blowing smoke.
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0:00.0 | These days, it's nice to know what you're getting. |
0:03.3 | Like the same, hmm. |
0:04.9 | When you took into our tasty breakfast, the same, yes! |
0:08.2 | When your kids stay and eat breakfast for free, the same, woo! |
0:12.0 | Knowing there are over 800 hotels and the same, ah! |
0:16.2 | Every time you sink into one of our super comfy beds, |
0:19.3 | enjoy the same feeling whatever the trip. |
0:21.6 | Premier in, rest easy, |
0:23.5 | only available to book at premierin.com. |
0:26.4 | The season sees apply up to two kids stay and eat breakfast free with a full-paying adult. |
0:30.2 | This is the way I heard it. |
0:32.2 | One day, Eddie sent his uncle a large box of expensive cigars. |
0:42.7 | He did this every few months because Eddie loved his uncle. |
0:47.0 | And also because Eddie looked forward to those long and lengthy thank you notes. |
0:52.6 | Five thousand miles away, Eddie imagined his uncle opening the mahogany box and smiling |
0:58.8 | as the unmistakable aroma of Cuban tobacco filled his study. |
1:03.8 | The plump, hand-wrapped tubes of temptation would be lined up in two neat rows, destined |
1:09.6 | to be picked up, set a fire, and slowly sucked upon. |
1:14.0 | A destiny that Eddie's uncle could scarcely wait to fulfill. |
1:19.4 | A few weeks later, a 3,000-word thank you note arrived at Eddie's office in Manhattan, |
1:25.6 | handwritten, single-spaced. |
1:28.3 | In Austria, Eddie's uncle imagined the enthusiasm on his nephew's face as he poured over every |
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