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[Scene: Monica and Rachel&`&s, Monica is cooking Thanksgiving dinner. Chandler is standing in the doorway, not wanting to participate in the festivities.]
Monica: Mmm, looking good. Ok, cider&`&smulling, turkey&`&s turking, yams are yamming. (notices Ross is depressed) What?
Ross: I don&`&t know. It&`&s just not the same without Mom in the kitchen.
Monica: All right, that&`&s it. You know what? Just get out of my way and stop complaining.
Ross: That&`&s closer.
(Rachel enters, excited.)
Rachel: I got the tickets! I got the tickets! Five hours from now, shoop, shoop, shoop.
Chandler: Oh, you must stop shooping.
Rachel: Ok, I&`&m gonna get my stuff.
Joey: Chandler, will you just come in already?
Chandler: No, I prefer to keep a safe distance from all this merriment.
(Phoebe takes a slice of pumpkin pie and waves it in front of Chandler&`&sface.)
Phoebe: Look out, incoming pumpkin pie!
Chandler: Ok, we all laughed when you did it with the stuffing, but that&`&s not funny anymore.
(Chandler leaves.)
Joey: Hey, Monica, I got a question. I don&`&t see any tater tots.
Monica: That&`&s not a question.
Joey: But my mom always makes them. It&`&s like a tradition. You get a little piece of turkey on your fork, a little cranberry sauce, and a tot! It&`&s bad enough I can&`&t be with my family because of my disease.
Monica: All right, fine. Tonight&`&s potatoes will be both mashed with lumps, and in the form of tots.
Phoebe: (stirring pot) Ok, all done.
Monica: What, Phoebe, did you whip the potatoes? Ross needs lumps!
Phoebe: Oh, I&`&m sorry, oh, I just, I thought we could have them whipped and then add some peas and onions.
Monica: Why would we do that?
Phoebe: Well, &`&cause then they&`&d be like my mom used to make them, you know, before she died.
Monica: Ok, three kinds of potatoes coming up.
(Chandler enters, running.)
Chandler: The most unbelievable thing has happened. Underdog has just gotten away.
Joey: The balloon?
Chandler: No, no, the actual cartoon character. Of course the balloon. It&`&s all over the news. Right before he reached Macy&`&s, he broke free and was spotted flying over Washington Square Park.I&`&m goin&`& to the roof, who&`&s with me?
Rachel: I can&`&t, I gotta go.
Chandler: Come on. An 80-foot inflatable dog let loose over the city. How often does that happen?
Phoebe: Almost never.
Monica: Got the keys?
Rachel: Ok.
(Everyone leaves the apartment.)
