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I'm just sitting around here, bored, damp, beflanneled, waiting for things to happen.

But, you know, whether it does or it doesn't, it's really not that important.

And I wouldn't get too excited.

Nevertheless, here we are to entertain you.

Now, to be fair, you're be flanneled only because it's two in Chicago right now.

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