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** Kramer and Laura arguing in typical Seinfeld-style over which one of them screwed up, only doing so via ASL. Laura's gestures get so big that she accidentally backhands George.
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* In the midst of George's abstinence, he gives Derek Jeter and Bernie Williams advice on hitting during the Yankees' batting practice. Because his mind is so clear, ''he hits a home run on every pitch'':
-->'''Derek Jeter:''' Who are you again?\\
'''George:''' George Costanza. Assistant to the Traveling Secretary.\\
'''Bernie Williams:''' Are you the guy who put us in that Ramada in Milwaukee?\\
'''George:''' Do you want to talk about hotels or do you want to win some ball games?\\
'''Derek Jeter:''' Hey, we won the World Series.\\
'''George:''' ''(derisively)'' In ''six'' games.
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''Davola''': Did you like it?\\

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''Davola''': '''Davola''': Did you like it?\\

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** Elaine tripping balls on muscle relaxers. "Stella!"

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** * Elaine tripping balls on muscle relaxers. "Stella!""[[Film/AStreetCarNamedDesire Stella!]]"



'''Kramer''': Didn't even think you were gonna use 'em.\\
'''George''': WHAT DO YOU MEAN, YOU DIDN'T THINK I WAS GONNA USE 'EM?!

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'''Jerry:''' ''(stepping in between the two)'' Break it up!\\
'''Kramer''': Didn't I didn't know they were defective! I didn't even think you were gonna use 'em.\\
'''George''': [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne WHAT DO YOU MEAN, MEAN]], [[SkewedPriorities YOU DIDN'T THINK I WAS GONNA USE 'EM?!'EM?!]]

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*Elaine trying to casually wave to her friend Dan while trapped in the limo (currently surrounded by protesters against the neo-Nazi that George is mistaken for).
*Kramer falling into a pile of garbage cans while demonstrating a 360-degree dunk to Elaine.


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*The meeting of Kramer (seeking tickets) in a alley with "Crazy" Joe Davola:
-->'''Kramer''':Pagliacci. Pagliacci. The tragic clown. Pagliacci...(is startled by Joe Davila in a Pagliacci outfit and makeup)\\
'''Davola''': What did you say?\\
'''Kramer''': What, are you a cop?\\
'''Davola''': No. I'm a clown.\\
'''Kramer''': Man, you look familiar.\\
'''Davola''': You ever been to the circus?\\
'''Kramer''': Well, when I was a kid.\\
''Davola''': Did you like it?\\
'''Kramer''': Well, it was fun. Was kind of scared of the clowns.\\
'''Davola''': Are you still scared of clowns?(with a Slasher Smile)\\
'''Kramer''': Yeah.\\
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* Estelle being so shocked over the article that she falls off the toilet and ends up in the ''same'' hospital and the ''same'' room as she was in "The Contest". The kicker? When George visits her, he's exposed to a sponge bath in the next room over ''again''.
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* In one scene, Kramer enters the doorway and says "Whaddya-" in a hoarse voice before exiting view to try it again.

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* In one scene, "The Alternate Side", Kramer enters the doorway and says "Whaddya-" in a hoarse voice before exiting view to try it again.
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* Kramer flat-out telling Audrey [[BackhandedCompliment she's as pretty as any girl in New York]], [[InnocentlyInsensitive she just needs a nose job]].
** The other three's incredulous reaction to his audacity.
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** [[SkywardScream KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNN!]]

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** * [[SkywardScream KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNN!]]



** At the end when George leaves with his briefcase, the other members of the foundation have the exact conversation he was hoping to get evidence of:

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** * At the end when George leaves with his briefcase, the other members of the foundation have the exact conversation he was hoping to get evidence of:



** Jerry chases Newman through the apartment building because he puts two and two together about him helping Kramer steal his latest girlfriend from him. When he finally catches him:

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** * Jerry chases Newman through the apartment building because he puts two and two together about him helping Kramer steal his latest girlfriend from him. When he finally catches him:



** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=bSL4cmFW_GU Man hands]].
** Kramer's subplot, where he is mistaken for an employee in an upscale office and decides to go along with it. He even gets ulcers from working too hard on some reports for Leland, and [[LikeAnOldMarriedCouple sacrificing his relationship with Jerry in the process.]]

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** * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=bSL4cmFW_GU Man hands]].
** * Kramer's subplot, where he is mistaken for an employee in an upscale office and decides to go along with it. He even gets ulcers from working too hard on some reports for Leland, and [[LikeAnOldMarriedCouple sacrificing his relationship with Jerry in the process.]]



** George and Jerry's conversation about George being the bad boy.

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** * George and Jerry's conversation about George being the bad boy.



** George gets arrested while bootlegging the movies:

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** * George gets arrested while bootlegging the movies:



** The fight between Frank Costanza and Elaine after George gets arrested for bootlegging movies:

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** * The fight between Frank Costanza and Elaine after George gets arrested for bootlegging movies:



** The first time Jerry meets Brody the bootlegger, things are a little tense:

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** * The first time Jerry meets Brody the bootlegger, things are a little tense:



** Jerry is recruited by Brody to shoot another bootleg movie after being forced into doing the first one. He confronts Kramer about it:

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** * Jerry is recruited by Brody to shoot another bootleg movie after being forced into doing the first one. He confronts Kramer about it:



** And Jerry acting like a finicky director when Brody won't give him what he wants. In fact, the whole theme of tying bootlegging in to directing movies is hilarious.

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** * And Jerry acting like a finicky director when Brody won't give him what he wants. In fact, the whole theme of tying bootlegging in to directing movies is hilarious.



** Previously, Kramer tries to bootleg the movie, with predictably disastrous results.

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** * Previously, Kramer tries to bootleg the movie, with predictably disastrous results.



** Kramer helping George to participate in "the timeless art of seduction" by taking sexy photos of him drags even more [[DeadpanSnarker Deadpan Snark]] out of Jerry than usual.

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** * Kramer helping George to participate in "the timeless art of seduction" by taking sexy photos of him drags even more [[DeadpanSnarker Deadpan Snark]] out of Jerry than usual.



** The conversation that makes George consult Kramer for the job is a truly stellar CallBack:

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** * The conversation that makes George consult Kramer for the job is a truly stellar CallBack:



** Newman's entire interrogation of Jerry for suspicion of mail fraud.

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** * Newman's entire interrogation of Jerry for suspicion of mail fraud.



** After this scene, we get Newman walking down the street, angrily and obsessively muttering "Jerry. Jerry. Jerry. Jerry! Jerry..."
** The ending, where George and the male clerk at the one-hour photo place have exchanged scantily clad photos, which Newman calls an "ill-conceived mail-order pornography ring":

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** * After this scene, we get Newman walking down the street, angrily and obsessively muttering "Jerry. Jerry. Jerry. Jerry! Jerry..."
** * The ending, where George and the male clerk at the one-hour photo place have exchanged scantily clad photos, which Newman calls an "ill-conceived mail-order pornography ring":



** George bursts into Jerry's apartment to rant about how he can't listen to the "Risk Management" cassette tapes because the guy on it sounds exactly like him:

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** * George bursts into Jerry's apartment to rant about how he can't listen to the "Risk Management" cassette tapes because the guy on it sounds exactly like him:



** Frank has war flashbacks during the Jewish singles night dinner and knocks food out of people's hands ("Don't eat it! It's no good!"), culminating with tipping over the main food table. The action [[FreezeFrameEnding freezes]] mid-tip.

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** * Frank has war flashbacks during the Jewish singles night dinner and knocks food out of people's hands ("Don't eat it! It's no good!"), culminating with tipping over the main food table. The action [[FreezeFrameEnding freezes]] mid-tip.



** Elaine finally wrings Eddie's DarkAndTroubledPast out of him: "I went out on a couple of dates with this woman, I thought she really liked me, and then things kind of cooled off."
** George, who has recently complained that audiobooks have "ruined him," i.e. negatively affected his ability to read, has a chat with a blind man on the subway:

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** * Elaine finally wrings Eddie's DarkAndTroubledPast out of him: "I went out on a couple of dates with this woman, I thought she really liked me, and then things kind of cooled off."
** * George, who has recently complained that audiobooks have "ruined him," i.e. negatively affected his ability to read, has a chat with a blind man on the subway:



** George calls Jerry:

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** * George calls Jerry:



** Kramer saying goodnight to each of the Japanese businessmen while putting them to bed in his new chest of drawers.
** After successfully testing the ''Jerry'' pilot with Kramer's Japanese businessmen friends, George is full of renewed optimism and plans to make another pitch to NBC (the Nakahama Broadcast Corporation, that is). When he starts asking Jerry [[HereWeGoAgain if he thinks Ms. Yoshimura, the Nakahama Broadcast Corporation executive, liked him]], Jerry closes the door in his face.[[labelnote:note]][[DontExplainTheJoke This being exactly how the Susan storyline started.]][[/labelnote]]

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** * Kramer saying goodnight to each of the Japanese businessmen while putting them to bed in his new chest of drawers.
** * After successfully testing the ''Jerry'' pilot with Kramer's Japanese businessmen friends, George is full of renewed optimism and plans to make another pitch to NBC (the Nakahama Broadcast Corporation, that is). When he starts asking Jerry [[HereWeGoAgain if he thinks Ms. Yoshimura, the Nakahama Broadcast Corporation executive, liked him]], Jerry closes the door in his face.[[labelnote:note]][[DontExplainTheJoke This being exactly how the Susan storyline started.]][[/labelnote]]



** A scene later, Kramer unknowingly pours tomato juice on his cereal.

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** * A scene later, Kramer unknowingly pours tomato juice on his cereal.



** Kramer's protest banner outside his window:

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** * Kramer's protest banner outside his window:



** As Kramer and Jerry switch apartments, Jerry asks Kramer to get rid of his ventriloquist dummy Mr. Marbles.

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** * As Kramer and Jerry switch apartments, Jerry asks Kramer to get rid of his ventriloquist dummy Mr. Marbles.



** Newman on the Kenny Rogers chicken: [[RhymesOnADime "It's the wood that makes it good."]]
** The scene where Kramer is hooked on Kenny Rogers chicken and has to pretend he still hates it to Jerry so that he doesn't have to move back into his old apartment.

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** * Newman on the Kenny Rogers chicken: [[RhymesOnADime "It's the wood that makes it good."]]
** * The scene where Kramer is hooked on Kenny Rogers chicken and has to pretend he still hates it to Jerry so that he doesn't have to move back into his old apartment.



** Newman after trying to pretend he likes broccoli: "Vile weed!"
** The subplot with George losing Elaine's sable hat, which she needs to prove that it's a business expense. Later, she buys a much cheaper imitation sable hat off the street and is called on it:

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** * Newman after trying to pretend he likes broccoli: "Vile weed!"
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weed! Now someone, honey mustard!" (''Seth hands Newman a small cup of the stuff, which he throws back like a shot'')
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The subplot with George losing Elaine's sable hat, which she needs to prove that it's a business expense. Later, she buys a much cheaper imitation sable hat off the street and is called on it:



** The final scene, where Elaine has to travel to Burma to get J. Peterman to sign off on her Nutria hat company purchase. At one point, he asks out of nowhere:

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** * The final scene, where Elaine has to travel to Burma to get J. Peterman to sign off on her Nutria hat company purchase. At one point, he asks out of nowhere:



** He schemes to leave something at her apartment so he can go retrieve it later and therefore have an easy in for a second date. It fails when the item he leaves behind (the aforementioned rat hat) goes missing. So he steals her clock in retaliation. She wants to meet him in the park later- he thinks she's going to make the trade and he'll get the rat hat back, but she just wants to have a second date with him instead. When she asks what's in the bag he's carrying:

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** * He schemes to leave something at her apartment so he can go retrieve it later and therefore have an easy in for a second date. It fails when the item he leaves behind (the aforementioned rat hat) goes missing. So he steals her clock in retaliation. She wants to meet him in the park later- he thinks she's going to make the trade and he'll get the rat hat back, but she just wants to have a second date with him instead. When she asks what's in the bag he's carrying:



** Elaine, abstaining from sex during the episode because her latest boyfriend Ben has to concentrate on passing the doctor exam, has become really dumb. At one point she does a crossword puzzle:

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** * Elaine, abstaining from sex during the episode because her latest boyfriend Ben has to concentrate on passing the doctor exam, has become really dumb. At one point she does a crossword puzzle:



** Elaine saying "giant freak head" and "I'm a walkin' candy apple!" is very funny too.
** Tom Gallop as Alan, the bad breaker-upper, has some great lines as well. "Tough luck, Chinless."
** George goes to lunch with Estelle and Frank to get ammo for his meeting with the condo board to have a better sob story than the man who sunk on the Andrea Doria. He doesn't get very far:

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** * Elaine saying "giant freak head" and "I'm a walkin' candy apple!" is very funny too.
** * Tom Gallop as Alan, the bad breaker-upper, has some great lines as well. "Tough luck, Chinless."
** * George goes to lunch with Estelle and Frank to get ammo for his meeting with the condo board to have a better sob story than the man who sunk on the Andrea Doria. He doesn't get very far:
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What do you mean, ''[[SeinfeldIsUnfunny Seinfeld]]'' [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny is unfunny]]? These [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments moments]] from [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} the classic sitcom]] prove otherwise.

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What do you mean, ''[[SeinfeldIsUnfunny Seinfeld]]'' [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' is unfunny]]? unfunny? These [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments moments]] from [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} the classic sitcom]] sitcom prove otherwise.



* Perhaps the ultimate example of SeinfeldIsUnfunny:

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* Perhaps the ultimate example of SeinfeldIsUnfunny:This iconic waiting line scene:



** A scene later is great, when Jerry is practically orgasming while eating his soup:
--->'''George''': I don't know how you can sit there eating and not even offer me any.\\

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** * A scene later is great, when Jerry is practically orgasming while eating his soup:
--->'''George''': -->'''George''': I don't know how you can sit there eating and not even offer me any.\\



** George tries again, and notices:
--->'''George''': ''(checking bag)'' Bread. Beautiful.\\

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** * George tries again, and notices:
--->'''George''': -->'''George''': ''(checking bag)'' Bread. Beautiful.\\



** When Jerry chooses soup over the woman he's dating:
--->'''Elaine''': Yeah, you know what I just realized? Suddenly, George has become much more normal than you.\\

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** * When Jerry chooses soup over the woman he's dating:
--->'''Elaine''': -->'''Elaine''': Yeah, you know what I just realized? Suddenly, George has become much more normal than you.\\
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** His next scheme involves invoking a PreNupBlowup. That too fails, because he forgot that a prenup would benefit ''her'' since she makes more money than him.
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* It starts with Kramer adopting a highway ([[http://www.adoptahighway.com/ a volunteer litter clean-up program done in exchange for corporate or personal branding]].) Kramer then decides to turn "his" section of the highway into a "two-lane comfort zone", attempting to invoke the image of luxury class transportation. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Commuters in four lanes of highway on a very busy road suddenly converting into two don't appreciate this]]. So he goes out late at night with a 55-gallon drum of paint thinner to undo his mistake. [[OhCrap He then spills the stuff all over the road.]] Bottom line: Newman drives his mail truck full of fish[[note]]from a very particular Chinese food place that doesn't deliver to Elaine's building[[/note]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEpLncBG_Nw through a wall of fire.]]

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* It starts with Kramer adopting a highway ([[http://www.adoptahighway.com/ a volunteer litter clean-up program done in exchange for corporate or personal branding]].) Kramer then decides to turn "his" section of the highway into a "two-lane comfort zone", attempting to invoke the image of luxury class transportation. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Commuters in four lanes of highway on a very busy road suddenly converting into two don't appreciate this]]. So he goes out late at night with a 55-gallon drum of paint thinner to undo his mistake. [[OhCrap He then spills the stuff all over the road.]] Bottom line: Newman drives his mail truck full of fish[[note]]from a very particular Chinese food place that doesn't deliver to Elaine's building[[/note]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEpLncBG_Nw through a wall of fire.]]]] Jerry Seinfeld himself has claimed this moment was the hardest he'd ever laughed at a scene from the show.
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* Elaine's InsaneTrollLogic about why she shouldn't be held responsible for Joe Mayo losing his fur coat (even though she's the one who threw it out the window) is [[EveryoneHasStandards a bit too much for even Jerry and George to process]].
-->'''Elaine:''' It's ''insane!''\\
'''Jerry:''' But you did actually throw his coat out the window?\\
'''Elaine:''' But he doesn't know that! As far as he knows, someone stole it, and ''that's'' the person who should be held responsible!\\
''([[{{Beat}} Awkward silence]].)''\\
'''Jerry:''' ...But that's ''you!''\\
''(Another awkward silence.)''\\
'''Elaine:''' [[SelectiveObliviousness ...So I guess I'll have to buy him a new coat, even though I don't think I should be held responsible]], ''[[NeverMyFault which I am anyway]].''\\
''([[RuleOfThree Third awkward silence]].)''\\
'''George:''' Well, I'm satisfied!
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''(Kramer spills his paint thinner)''\\

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''(Kramer wrestles a 55- gallon drum of paint thinner out of the trunk of his car...and then spills his paint thinner)''\\it all over the road)''\\



'''Newman''': ''(singing)'' You're once...twice...three times a lady ♫--''(runs over said sewing machine with a loud clang)'' ...the hell was that?\\

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'''Newman''': ''(singing)'' You're once...twice...three times a lady ♫--''(runs over said sewing machine with a loud clang)'' ...crash)'' ...the hell was that?\\
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''(Elaine starts swerving back and forth, unknowingly dropping a very rusted out sewing machine from the trunk of her car.)''\\

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''(Elaine starts swerving back and forth, unknowingly dropping a very rusted out an old sewing machine from the trunk of her car.)''\\



'''Newman''': ''(singing)'' You're once~ twice~ three times a lady~--''(runs over said sewing machine with a loud clang)'' ...the hell was that?\\

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'''Newman''': ''(singing)'' You're once~ twice~ once...twice...three times a lady~--''(runs lady ♫--''(runs over said sewing machine with a loud clang)'' ...the hell was that?\\



'''Newman''': ...oh you're once, twice, three times--('''''FWOOOOSH!''''') AAAAHHHHHH! AAAAAHHHH!!! OH, THE HUMANITY!!!

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'''Newman''': ...oh you're once, twice, three times--('''''FWOOOOSH!''''') times ♫--('''''FWOOOOSH!''''') AAAAHHHHHH! AAAAAHHHH!!! OH, THE HUMANITY!!!

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