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And now, here are your hosts.

Your representatives from the accounting firm of Counter Meeple and Sloan,

Tom Vassal, and Sam Healy.

Oh, he didn't say anything about the Olympics. I thought we've... Tom Vassal and Sam Healy.

Oh, he didn't say anything about the Olympics.

I thought we'd be winning something from the Olympics.

People have seen pictures of us.

They know that we're not athletes.

Well, lots of things going on. The Olympics are going on.

And people here in Korea are very excited since they are doing fairly well in the Olympics this year at least so far.

And I guess a lot of people are excited about the Olympics in general.

There's other exciting things going on in the world obviously with invasions and such.

Although I did, you know...

So that's officially exciting?

Well, no, but...

Well, I mean, it certainly is interesting, but I did think it was interesting. I was reading a threat on, I think it was a board game geek about some people talking about the Russia and Georgia invasion and war and talking about how it would make a good war game and talking about all the different details and I thought that was kind of

Probably not the best time to be talking about it.

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