Hey mate, just passed a room there, what's with a giant pile of letters?

Letters?

Ah, my bill room?

Bill room?

Yeah, can't open them, can't throw them out, so they go in the pile.

You've got a giant pile of unopened bills bills big enough for a room and you don't want to open them because...

Don't want to know. Right well maybe if you open them you wouldn't have to sleep in the bath.

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