Pete: Oh, Mac. I'm glad you're in. You look tired. Perfect!
Mac: Now why would I look tired, Pete? I just finished five [airquotes] "little, trifling" missions, with only eight attempts to kill me, on three separate continents, and that last one I was dangling half out an airplane before all was said and done! You know I don't like heights, Pete! And you promised me, promised me that I could have two weeks off to fish, and now, two days in you call me back urgently. This had better be good, Pete!
Pete: Yes, yes. I'll make it up to you, Mac. I promise. Now come down with me to the lab. You remember that grant that the Phoenix foundation landed for Willis to work on a coffee gel for use in situations where spillage is a problem? Well he's finally got it. It's a powder, but when you add water, hot or cold, it instantly forms a gel, and he's looking for taste testers.
Mac: Taste testing?!!! You pulled me away from a peaceful lake full of hungry trout to do taste testing?!!! Pete!!!
Pete: [puppy eyes of doom] Please, Mac? I'll make it up to you, I promise.
Mac: [muttering under his breath] Now where have I heard that before? [more loudly] Three weeks off, Pete! [more loudly still] Without interruption.
Pete: Sure, Mac. Whatever you say. Now come on!
Mac: [sotto voce] You can make me try it, but you can't make me like it!
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Pete: Oh, Mac. I'm glad you're in. You look tired. Perfect!
Mac: Now why would I look tired, Pete? I just finished five [airquotes] "little, trifling" missions, with only eight attempts to kill me, on three separate continents, and that last one I was dangling half out an airplane before all was said and done! You know I don't like heights, Pete! And you promised me, promised me that I could have two weeks off to fish, and now, two days in you call me back urgently. This had better be good, Pete!
Pete: Yes, yes. I'll make it up to you, Mac. I promise. Now come down with me to the lab. You remember that grant that the Phoenix foundation landed for Willis to work on a coffee gel for use in situations where spillage is a problem? Well he's finally got it. It's a powder, but when you add water, hot or cold, it instantly forms a gel, and he's looking for taste testers.
Mac: Taste testing?!!! You pulled me away from a peaceful lake full of hungry trout to do taste testing?!!! Pete!!!
Pete: [puppy eyes of doom] Please, Mac? I'll make it up to you, I promise.
Mac: [muttering under his breath] Now where have I heard that before? [more loudly] Three weeks off, Pete! [more loudly still] Without interruption.
Pete: Sure, Mac. Whatever you say. Now come on!
Mac: [sotto voce] You can make me try it, but you can't make me like it!