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Chioki Ianson

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WWDTM: Amber Maykut

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Yes, Shazaly is a self-proclaimed villain for hire, and he recently started advertising his services on Facebook with the pitch line, are you tired of your partner thinking you are weak? For a reasonable fee, I can help you prove him wrong. Although there are some obvious public disturbance risks involved, our entrepreneur insists it's all harmless. Quote, it's all an act like WWE.

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WWDTM: Amber Maykut

1026.868

No one gets hurt. I am the only loser.

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WWDTM: Amber Maykut

141.138

Hello, Matthew.

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WWDTM: Amber Maykut

2012.84

Just run around everywhere.

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WWDTM: Amber Maykut

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Because maybe my shark isn't friendly. Maybe my shark is the one that needs to be on the leash. Yeah, totally.

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WWDTM: Amber Maykut

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Like what wouldn't work? Is this a rash or something else?

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WWDTM: Amber Maykut

2117.975

Do that at the dog park? Yeah, all the time at the dog park. When I'm walking my shark. Can you help me hide this body?

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WWDTM: Amber Maykut

2194.824

So if we ever need to clone Buzz Aldrin.

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WWDTM: Amber Maykut

2340.054

Look, I've got two kids. I've seen a lot of vomit. Yeah. If you petrified that, I don't know how I would be able to distinguish it from any other rock.

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WWDTM: Amber Maykut

2425.351

I don't think of that sweater as a good look, but apparently people do. It's come back. That sweater was the look of like, okay, we're going to have him play a romantic lead, but look at that guy.

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WWDTM: Amber Maykut

2449.5

They look warm, you know, cuddly. Our focus group of two agrees, Peter. They're ready to go lobstering at any moment.

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WWDTM: Amber Maykut

2494.275

It's an oxymoron. Speed loafers. It's an oxymoron.

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WWDTM: Amber Maykut

2499.058

It's like a pillow with wheels. Make up your mind.

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WWDTM: Amber Maykut

279.439

But admit it, you want them more now than you used to, don't you?

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WWDTM: Amber Maykut

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California.

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WWDTM: Amber Maykut

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And Adam Felber. I don't know how it hasn't happened in this country already, but Cadbury Egg McMuffins. Yes.

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WWDTM: Amber Maykut

350.803

Oh, you missed his fat period. Yeah, when he was singing Tangled Up in Stew. Like a rolling scone. Yeah. The pant sizes, they are a-changin'. Lays, lady, lays. Stuck inside a mobility scooter. Memphis blues again. Blubber on the tracks. Anyway. This is the story of the Dairy Queen hurricane. Are you freestyling right now?

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WWDTM: Amber Maykut

36.976

Chioki Ianson.

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WWDTM: Amber Maykut

450.029

Exactly right.

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WWDTM: Amber Maykut

467.131

missing something fun. And is that based on experience? Like people coming back from the bathroom and being like, now they're having more fun. If you come back from the bathroom and people are having more fun than when you left, you're the problem. It's true.

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WWDTM: Amber Maykut

505.323

Yeah, when she hits that high note, everything releases. That's like, ah. And they stalled a good 20 minutes before that song actually got sung. So you were in pain, I'm betting.

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WWDTM: Amber Maykut

640.047

What's the downside? Why don't you want sexy dressed people on a plane? What happens when that happens?

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WWDTM: Amber Maykut

966.906

You're a nerd on a date with a woman who's way out of your league. Who knows why she swiped right on you, but here you are. Worse, as you come back from the men's room, your date is being harassed by a huge scraggly-haired ruffian who is nearly twice your size. You act quickly, putting yourself between the interloper and your date.

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WWDTM: Amber Maykut

983.138

You yell at him, warn him off, make karate hands, and give him a firm shove on his meaty shoulder. And somehow, miraculously, he backs off. Your date looks at you with newfound admiration. You're the hero! What she doesn't know is that her harasser is a 28-year-old Malaysian named Shazaly Suleiman, and you hired him for exactly this moment.