Hey, everybody, listen up - Zoe's down from Hanover and I'm making chili for everyone tonight!
[Everyone looks horrified]
Oh God...
[With a noticeable lack of enthusiasm] Great! Great!
[Put out] Okay, you know what? Let's do this. Everybody look down at the big seal in the middle of my carpet. [Everyone looks down at the Presidential seal] Now look back up at me. [They do so] Zoe's down from Hanover and I'm making chili for everyone tonight!
[With more convincing forced enthusiasm] That's great! I love chili! Terrific!
There! You see how benevolent I can be when everybody just does what I tell them to do?
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