Hey mate, just passed a room there, what were the 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, 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.

Yeah.

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