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Welcome to Nudeless of the World. My name is Mac, I'll be your server.

Are we a party of one?

No, I'm meeting some friends, they're late.

Something to snack on while you wait?

Perhaps some delicious noodles.

That's using your Nudeless.

This is a Nudeless of the world, after all.

But you're going to need to be way more specific.

What kind of a Nudeless, what do you like?

Exactly.

Do you have any long noodles?

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