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Hey and welcome to the short stuff.

I'm Josh and there's Chuck and there's guest producer Jerry sitting in for Dave C.

Yeah.

And this is short stuff.

Get it up.

No time to explain any of the Jerry Dave thing.

No, not at all because we're on an airplane and there's a jerk in first class Yammering

on his cell phone.

Oh my God.

Because it's now okay to talk on take cell phone calls on planes.

Why would you do that to me?

Why would you even create that little situation that sketch of a horrible day?

Just to drive fear into people because it's not really true.

I think.

It's been a while since I've flown on a plane exactly one year actually.

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