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is breathing.

[laughter]

He's pouring all his money

into the police department.

Meanwhile, the rest of us

need to fight for

a different kind of enforcement.

- Pat?

Solid Waste Disposal reforms

is pushing to 3 p.m.

- Okay.

- Grannis is on line two.

And Congressman Hinchey

just called

about the cement plants again.

- Okay.

- Also, Iris

from Dalton called.

Alexandra hasn't

signed in yet.

- Uh, Alexandra

has the flu.

- [sighs]

Again? Try ginseng.

- I don't know that is.

I'll take Grannis now.

[traffic sounds]

- Thanks. Bye.

[coins jingling]

[coin clunking]

[clicking]

- You have four messages.

[beep]

- Dana, it's Laura.

You haven't gotten back to me

about book club.

You said you were

bringing the mahjong tiles.

[beep]

- Hey, babe.

I'm going to be home late.

I'm having some drinks

with some work peeps tonight.

Can you grab

some toilet paper?

[beep]

- Hi, this message

is for Dana Jacobs.

This is Samuel

from the Water Club.

If you're still interested

in having your wedding here,

please call me back at--

[beep]

- Hi, Dana, it's Mom.

There is a sale at Kleinfeld's

this weekend.

- Ugh!

[coin drops]

[sighs]

[coins jingle]

[coin drops]

Hi, this is Dana calling.

I just wanted to relay

a message to Kim and David

that I'm not going to be able

to make the staffing meeting

today.

I've eaten something wrong.

[laughs]

At lunch, and I just feel like

I need to be near

my own restroom.

Dana Jacobs.

I do our layout.

[laughs]

Yeah.

[groans]

[coin drops]

[muted rock music playing]

[cash register beeping]

[clicks]

[world music plays]

[man singing in foreign

language]

[muted world music]

[shrieks] Oh, no.

- [laughs]

- [laughs]

Whatever.

- It's okay.

Your secret's safe with me.

I won't tell anyone

you dance to world music.

- I'm not ashamed.

I think it's good

to like music from our world.

[laughs]

- Sorry, you had

a little hairball.

- [laughs]

- Where's, um...

Uh?

- Ben?

- Ben, where's Ben?

- He's at work.

What? Can nobody hang out

alone anymore?

- I feel deeply alone

at all times.

- I say accept it.

This is my first day alone

since, I don't know, 1982,

and I am really digging in.

First, I'm doing this,

and then I'm gonna skip dinner.

I'm going to go

to Serendipity,

get a frozen hot chocolate,

eat it all by myself

and then--

- Want to get a bite to eat?

- With you?

[rock music playing]

- Oh. You just had that

on hand?

- It's cool.

The cops raided this place

last night.

So we're safe tonight.

- Oh, you know what,

I have a job to get to.

- I'm kidding.

Jesus, sit down and smoke this.

- It's on fire.

[sighs]

[embers crackle]

So, do you have

any more tales

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