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My name's Edith. I'm an alcoholic. Hey, it's really a privilege to be hearing what she didn't

tell you is. Annie came over and she was in some distress.

And where is she?

Where's Annie?

Yeah, okay.

But she was totally diplomatic.

She said, Terry, Edison, Cleveland, her paralegal booked a flight wrong, and she's not going to be here until we get some kind of arrangements.

I mean, totally diplomatic.

And then my sidekick says, well, isn't that stupid?

That she, we told her she was supposed to be in Columbus,

so Terry was waiting for some, elicit some response.

And your committee chairperson was totally diplomatic. Didn't get upset, didn't cuss me out,

didn't know I was sitting there.

So then, I didn't have the heart. See, I love this stuff. I love this chaos. My daddy, I was,

I was raised in a family where my father's job in our community

and surrounding communities was when people were getting married,

he and two of his low-class Confederates would go and take the bride.

They'd handcuffed themselves to the bride bride and they'd take her out on our

boat or take her in a plane that one of my daddy's friends had and they'd missed their honeymoon.

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