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From the Ted Talk by Yossi Vardi: We're worried about local warming ... in your lap

Unscramble the Blue Letters


We are going to talk today about the seuqel of "Inconvenient Truth." It's time again to talk about "Inconvenient Truth," a truth that everyone is concerned about, but nobody is willing to talk about. Somebody has to take the lead, and I decided to do it. If you are scared by gblaol warming, wait until we learn about laocl warming. We will talk today about local warming.

Important health message: blogging may be hazardous to your health, especially if you are a male. This message is given as a public servcie. bolgingg affects your pruotse. We start with the posture. This is the posture of ladies who are not blogging; this is the posture of ladies who are blogging. (Laughter) This is the natural posture of a man sntiitg, stuqnatig for ventloiaitn purposes. (Laughter) And this is the nuraatl posture of a sadntnig man, and I think this ptiucre inspired Chris to insert me into the lateral thinking session. This is male blogging posture sitting, and the result is, "For greater crmfoot, men naturally sit with their legs farther apart than women, when working on laptop. However, they will adopt a less natural posture in order to balance it on their laps, which resulted in a significant rise of body heat between their thighs." This is the issue of local warming. (Laughter)

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We are going to talk today about the ______ of "Inconvenient Truth." It's time again to talk about "Inconvenient Truth," a truth that everyone is concerned about, but nobody is willing to talk about. Somebody has to take the lead, and I decided to do it. If you are scared by ______ warming, wait until we learn about _____ warming. We will talk today about local warming.

Important health message: blogging may be hazardous to your health, especially if you are a male. This message is given as a public _______. ________ affects your _______. We start with the posture. This is the posture of ladies who are not blogging; this is the posture of ladies who are blogging. (Laughter) This is the natural posture of a man _______, _________ for ___________ purposes. (Laughter) And this is the _______ posture of a ________ man, and I think this _______ inspired Chris to insert me into the lateral thinking session. This is male blogging posture sitting, and the result is, "For greater _______, men naturally sit with their legs farther apart than women, when working on laptop. However, they will adopt a less natural posture in order to balance it on their laps, which resulted in a significant rise of body heat between their thighs." This is the issue of local warming. (Laughter)

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Original Text


We are going to talk today about the sequel of "Inconvenient Truth." It's time again to talk about "Inconvenient Truth," a truth that everyone is concerned about, but nobody is willing to talk about. Somebody has to take the lead, and I decided to do it. If you are scared by global warming, wait until we learn about local warming. We will talk today about local warming.

Important health message: blogging may be hazardous to your health, especially if you are a male. This message is given as a public service. Blogging affects your posture. We start with the posture. This is the posture of ladies who are not blogging; this is the posture of ladies who are blogging. (Laughter) This is the natural posture of a man sitting, squatting for ventilation purposes. (Laughter) And this is the natural posture of a standing man, and I think this picture inspired Chris to insert me into the lateral thinking session. This is male blogging posture sitting, and the result is, "For greater comfort, men naturally sit with their legs farther apart than women, when working on laptop. However, they will adopt a less natural posture in order to balance it on their laps, which resulted in a significant rise of body heat between their thighs." This is the issue of local warming. (Laughter)

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