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"Can I sit in the chair?"
"Yah."
"...You're still in the chair."
"Yah."
"I was implying that I wanted to sit in it now."
"Sam, you of all people, Mr. Deputy Communications Director, should realize that in today's world, there cannot be any assumptions made of implications. That's how people get sued."
"Josh, you knew what I meant."
"And what if I didn't know? What then?"
"Fine, I'll be specific, just for you Josh. Can I sit in the chair NOW?"
"No."
"I'm probably going to have to beat you up."
"Yah?"
"Yeah."
"...You're not beating me up like I expected."
"I didn't plan on beating you up right now."
"Then, similar to the fact that I'm never actually going to give you the chair, are you never actually going to beat me up?"
"Oh, no. I will. I'll just wait until you least suspect it."
"You're just assuming that there will be a time that I will suspect it less than other times."
"Yes."
"I will always have a steady suspicion of a beating from you, Sam. So the joke's on you."
"You just assume the joke's on me. Or so you are implying."
"No. I stated clearly that the joke was on you. It wasn't an implication, no assuming had to be done."
"Okay, this is just making me tired. Let's just stop."
"You want the chair?"
"Yeah."
"Ok."
"...You're still in the chair."
"You assumed I would get up."
"Can I sit in the chair?"
"Yah."
"...You're still in the chair."
"Yah."
"I was implying that I wanted to sit in it now."
"Sam, you of all people, Mr. Deputy Communications Director, should realize that in today's world, there cannot be any assumptions made of implications. That's how people get sued."
"Josh, you knew what I meant."
"And what if I didn't know? What then?"
"Fine, I'll be specific, just for you Josh. Can I sit in the chair NOW?"
"No."
"I'm probably going to have to beat you up."
"Yah?"
"Yeah."
"...You're not beating me up like I expected."
"I didn't plan on beating you up right now."
"Then, similar to the fact that I'm never actually going to give you the chair, are you never actually going to beat me up?"
"Oh, no. I will. I'll just wait until you least suspect it."
"You're just assuming that there will be a time that I will suspect it less than other times."
"Yes."
"I will always have a steady suspicion of a beating from you, Sam. So the joke's on you."
"You just assume the joke's on me. Or so you are implying."
"No. I stated clearly that the joke was on you. It wasn't an implication, no assuming had to be done."
"Okay, this is just making me tired. Let's just stop."
"You want the chair?"
"Yeah."
"Ok."
"...You're still in the chair."
"You assumed I would get up."