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Mistaken for Tourist [[Dude stands on sidewalk]] / Dude: Still haven't been to the Empire State Building after almost five and a half years here... / Dude: Maybe I should swallow my New Yorker pride and just go already. / Smiley Guy: PAH-HAHAHA! TOURIST! / [[Dude looks horrified]] / [[Dude jumps on Smiley Guy]] / Dude: Mustn't...let...live! must...destroy...evidence!!! / Smiley Guy: HEY! / {{empire state building, tourist}}
Time to Play Video Games [[Dude sits at work computer]] / Coworker: Hey man, a bunch of the guys are getting drinks after work, wanna come? / Dude: Thanks, but I already have plans tonight. / Coworker: Oh ok that's cool. / [[Dude sits at home playing video games]] / Dude: Don't look at me like that, when you're an adult you need to make time to play video games. / {{work computer, social life, video games}}
Photo - Brooklyn Botanical Gardens Japanese Garden Fish [[Dude stands on rock looking down at fish in murky water of Brooklyn Botanical Gardens Japanese Garden]] / {{photo, outdoors, day, brooklyn botanical gardens, japanese garden, fish}}
Photo - Prospect Park Lake [[Dude sits by tree looking out at Prospect Park Lake]] / {{photo, outdoors, day, prospect park, lake}}
Packing Airbags [[Dude looks at box]] / Dude: Yay! My package finally arrived! / [[Dude opens box]] / Dude: Hmmm... / [[Dude takes out packing airbag]] / Dude: I always wondered what the factory that makes these packing airbags look like. / Caption: Elsewhere / [[Hapless workers being forced to blow airbags, one guy is almost unconscious, a slave driver whips them]] / Slave Driver: COME ON YOU MAGGOTS! BLOW HARDER! I WOULDN'T USE THESE TO PACK MARSHMALLOWS! / {{packing airbags}}
 
Dropping Soda Bottles [[Dude opens deli soda fridge]] / Dude: Mmmm...Ginger ale... / [[Dude drops bottle]] / <> / Dude: AHHHH!!! PRESSURE! PRESSURE!!! / Dude: What do I do? What do I do?? Gotta contain it! / [[Dude puts bottle in his mouth, his head inflates]] / <> / [[Dude expels gas]] / Dude: PAAHH!!! / {{deli, ginger ale, soda, pressure}}
Preacher vs. Raving Lunatic [[Dude looks at crowd of people watching raving lunatic as opposed to person preaching religion]] / Preacher: If you accept Jesus into your life your sins will be forgiven. I was once in trouble, but then I found Jesus and I repented my sins. All he asks of you is to repent and he shall... / Raving Lunatic: Garrra barbucha borama bokka poobarabopoh! Grezumabuba marumma bubba raurauba! / {{religion, preacher, crazy guy, raving lunatic}}
Elevator Fart [[Dude sits in elevator listening to his discman, one other guy stands next to him]] / Dude: [[thinking]] Oh no, I feel a fart coming on, why does this always happen in the quietest places? / Dude: [[thinking]] Okay, try to contain it, or at least suppress it long enough to- oh shoot. / Dude: [[thinking]] Oh geez, how loud was that? My music's so loud I don't even know if he could hear that or not. / Smiley Guy: Excuse me, did you-? / Dude: [[blurting]] HEAR ANYTHING? HAHAHA of course not! We're the only ones here, plus I have headphones on! / Smiley Guy: Actually, I thought I felt the elevator hit something maybe. / Dude: OH! HAH HAH HA! Right, I thought that exact same thing too! Haha! / Smiley Guy: oh, ok. / Smiley Guy: Or maybe your fart was just that loud. / {{elevator, fart, flatulence}}
Shaving [[Dude stands by bus stop, he has no beard]] / Dude: Mental note: if In the future my beard looks uneven, just leave it alone. / {{bus stop, shaving, beard}}
Photo - Queens Chinatown Noodle Bowl [[Dude sits inside giant bowl of noodles atop Chinese restaurant in Queens chinatown]] / {{photo, outdoors, day, queens chinatown, flushing, noodles, food}}
 
Photo - Williamsburg Samurai [[Dude looks up at Samurai Graffiti in Williamsburg]] / {{photo, outdoors, night, samurai, graffiti, williamsburg}}
Videotaping Tourist [[Guy plays guitar, a tourist videotapes him, Dude stands behind tourist]] / Dude: I'd suggest enjoying the show now because if you think anyone is going to watch that video ever again, including you, you're only kidding yourself. / {{street performer, video tape, tourist}}
Fly [[Dude sleeps at work computer desk, a fly buzzes around]] / [[Dude suddenly wakes up to smash fly]] / Dude: HAH! / <> / [[Dude looks under his hand]] / Dude: LADYBUG!!??? / [[Dude looks sad]] / Dude: From an evolutionary standpoint roaches could still learn a thing or two from ladybugs. / {{work computer, sleep, cockroaches, ladybug}}
The 4400 [[Dude looks at ad for "The 4400"]] / Ad: The 4400. ABDUCTED. RETURNED. CHANGED. / Dude: Wouldn't it be more efficient to change them after they've been abducted? / {{subway, 4400}}
Emergency Devices [[Dude looks at emergency door]] / Emergency Door: EMERGENCY EXIT ALARM WILL SOUND / [[Dude looks at fire alarm pull box]] / [[Dude looks at emergency break on subway]] / [[Dude stands by fire hose behind glass]] / Dude: There needs to be a museum where you're allowed to use these. / {{emergency exit, fire alarm, emergency break, emergency fire hose}}
 
Friday 2 [[Dude looks at calendar]] / Calendar: June 10 FRI / Dude: YOU! Why aren't you Saturday??? Be Saturday god dammit! / {{late night, lazy, friday}}
Photo - Central Park Seeded Lawn [[Dude and several other people lie down on grass area]] / Grass Area Sign: NEWLY SEEDED LAWN PLEASE KEEP OFF / {{photo, outdoors, day, central park}}
Photo - Trump Building [[Dude looks down from tree area of Trump Building]] / {{photo, outdoors, day, skyscraper, donald trump building}}
Dead Roach 2 [[Dude sees dead roach stomach up on ground]] / Dude: Hmmm, a dead roach. / [[Dude walks away]] / [[Dude storms in with sledgehammer]] / Dude: YAAAARRR!!! / [[Dude pummels roach into oblivion]] / Dude: AAAAHH!!! / <> / [[Dude holds air conditioner over roach]] / Dude: AARRGHHH!!! / [[Dude drops air conditioner on roach]] / <> / Dude: I've learned a few things while living here. / {{cockroach, pest, vermin, anger, violence, air conditioner, a/c}}
Citibank Says Thanks [[Dude checks his mail]] / [[Dude reads mail]] / Mail: "You've embraced a really great card. So we'd like to return the favor." / Mail: "So we think you deserve a big hug." / [[Dude unfolds mail]] / [[Dude unfolds more to reveal paper hands on each side of unfolded letter]] / Mail: Instructions: 1. Wrap around torso 2. Feel warm and cozy / [[Dude looks up]] / Dude: This is so stupid.
 
Summer Air Conditioning [[Dude and group of people stand away from bus stop in favor of open doors of air conditioned Chinese restaurant]] / {{bus stop, summer, weather, heat, air conditioning, a/c}}
Regal Entertainment 14 vs. UA Union Square [[Dude on sidewalk, tourist approaches him]] / Tourist: Excuse me, which way is the Regal Entertainment 14 theater? / Dude: You mean the UA Union Square? / Tourist: Uh, no. Regal Entertainment. / Tourist: Regal Entertainment? / Dude: You mean the UA Union Square? / Tourist: Well, I guess I could go there instead. / Dude: It's just up this way a few blocks. / {{tourist, regal, united artists, ua union square}}
Takeout Chinese Food [[Dude walks to Takout Chinese food restaurant]] / Sign: Crazy Lucky Asian Eatery / Dude: Let's see, I'll have... / Sign: AMERICAN DISHES: Fried (4 PCS) Chicken, Fried Pork Chop, Fried Jumpo Shrimp (5), barbecued spare rib, chicken nugget (10) / Dude: Excuse me a sec, I need to check something. / [[Dude looks outside at restaurant's sign]] / Dude: Does the diner next door have Chinese dishes? / {{chinese food restaurant}}
Photo - Queens Chinatown Busy Mall [[Dude looks up at store called "Busy Mall"]] / {{photo, outdoors, day, queens, flushing chinatown}}
Photo - Christ Baptist Church [[Dude stands under CBC Banner]] / Banner: Committed to Christ and His Compassion since 1847 / Dude: I guess in 1846 they couldn't decide if it was worth committing to. / {{photo, outdoors, day, uptown, christ}}
 
Wake Me Up Before you Go-Go [[Dude sits on subway, guy with iPod sings]] / Singing Lunatic: You put the boom boom into my heart You send my soul sky high when your lovin’ starts. Jitterbug into my... / Dude: Excuse me, but do you realize you’re singing out loud? / Singing Lunatic: Yeah I know. / Singing Lunatic: My best friend told me what you did last night/Left me sleepin’ in my bed I was dreaming, but I should’ve... / Dude: Off key? / Singing Lunatic: Oh I always sing off key. / Singing Lunatic: Wake me up! Before you Go-Go Don’t leave me hanging like a yo-yo... / Dude: Can you, like, stop? / {{subway, apple ipod, wham}}
Taking a Kid to the Movies [[Dude stands at movie theater ticket window, a guy with his kid stands in front of him]] / Kid: Dad, can we see "Madagascar?" / Dad: Naw, we're gonna see something else. / Dad: Two for "Amityville Horror" / Kid: What's that? / Dude: Hey kid, close your eyes a sec / Kid: ok / [[Dude smacks his dad]] / <> / Dude: All right, you can open now. / [[Dad is woozy]] / Kid: Dad, what happened? / Dad: I fell down some stairs. We're seeing "Madagascar." / {{movie theater, madagascar, amityville horror, kid, child}}
The Stench of Canal Street Q Subway Station [[Dude stands on subway platform next to gas cloud]] / Dude: Hey. / Gas Cloud: Hey. / Dude: Who're you? / Gas Cloud: I'm the terrible smell of the Canal Street Q subway station. / Dude: Ah of course. I hadn't noticed you for a while. / Gas Cloud: Yeah, I have to work Summers mostly. / Dude: That must be rough. / Gas Cloud: It's a living. / Dude: So where do you even come from? / Gas Cloud: As a rule I don't answer that question. / Dude: fair enough. / Dude: Would you mind just floating over there? / Gas Cloud: Nah, I'm cool here. / {{subway, canal street q, stench, smell}}
Bar Bouncer Knows Maths [[Dude approaches bar]] / Bouncer: ID Please / [[Bouncer examines ID card]] / [[Bouncer continues to examine ID card]] / [[Bouncer still examining ID card]] / Dude: Want to borrow my calculator? / {{bar, bouncer, drinking age, ID}}
Slow Day at Work [[Dude's eyes glazed over at work computer]] / Dude: SOMETHING HAPPEN ALREADY DAMMIT!!! / Dude: What, are you all suddenly computer geniuses!? It’s not possible!!! / Dude: Come on! Just one question!? I’m sometimes surprised you people can feed yourselves! / Dude: YOU! You always have dumb questions. Need me to tell you the difference between a zip disk and a zip file again??? / {{work computer, tech support}}
 

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