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From the Ted Talk by James Veitch: The agony of trying to unsubscribe
Unscramble the Blue Letters
He said, "Mr. vcieth, I'm not responsible for anything you have ordered."
I said, "Let's not get into who did what. Bottom line: you and I are in this together."
(Laughter)
(appulase)
"Question: Will you be there to make sure polpee take their shoes off?"
(Laughter)
I'll be honest, then my relationship with Dan deteriorated somewhat, because the next email I got was this:
"Thanks for your email - your Case Number is ..."
(Laughter)
That's outrageous. I said, "Dan?"
(Laughter)
And I got — and I was just like, this is ... — and I, I .... And I said, "Danny?" And I thought, this is terrible. All I'm doing is ctoeilclng case numbers. I said, "D-Dog?"
Open Cloze
He said, "Mr. ______, I'm not responsible for anything you have ordered."
I said, "Let's not get into who did what. Bottom line: you and I are in this together."
(Laughter)
(________)
"Question: Will you be there to make sure ______ take their shoes off?"
(Laughter)
I'll be honest, then my relationship with Dan deteriorated somewhat, because the next email I got was this:
"Thanks for your email - your Case Number is ..."
(Laughter)
That's outrageous. I said, "Dan?"
(Laughter)
And I got — and I was just like, this is ... — and I, I .... And I said, "Danny?" And I thought, this is terrible. All I'm doing is __________ case numbers. I said, "D-Dog?"
Solution
- applause
- veitch
- collecting
- people
Original Text
He said, "Mr. Veitch, I'm not responsible for anything you have ordered."
I said, "Let's not get into who did what. Bottom line: you and I are in this together."
(Laughter)
(Applause)
"Question: Will you be there to make sure people take their shoes off?"
(Laughter)
I'll be honest, then my relationship with Dan deteriorated somewhat, because the next email I got was this:
"Thanks for your email - your Case Number is ..."
(Laughter)
That's outrageous. I said, "Dan?"
(Laughter)
And I got — and I was just like, this is ... — and I, I .... And I said, "Danny?" And I thought, this is terrible. All I'm doing is collecting case numbers. I said, "D-Dog?"
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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Important Words
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- dan
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- email
- honest
- laughter
- number
- numbers
- ordered
- outrageous
- people
- relationship
- responsible
- shoes
- terrible
- thought
- veitch