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Hey, I'm welcome to the short stuff I'm Josh and there's Chuck and this is short stuff.

Let's get started.

Starting.

Now, do you like puzzles?

Sure.

Wait a minute.

Is this like literal jigsaw puzzles?

Okay.

Yeah, I've got no problem with jigsaw puzzles.

That's as far as I mean anything these days, Chuck.

Don't you know the world's ending?

Well, I didn't mean like, do you want to fight a puzzle?

Do you enjoy sitting down and doing a jigsaw puzzle?

Yeah, sure I do.

I mean, it's been a while, but yeah, I like a good puzzle, a jigsaw puzzle in particular.

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