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->'''Mr. Johnson''': "Waiter, there's a fly in my soup. Could you do something about it?"
->'''Grover''': "There is a ''fly'' in your soup in this establishment?"
->'''Mr. Johnson''': "Yeah."
->'''Grover''': "I shall do something about it instantaneously, sir! Yes sir! A fly in your soup! I shall take care of that, yes! ''(looks under the bowl)'' Let's see, a fly in your soup. Are you sure it was a fly, not a noodle or maybe a piece of hair? Because, you see, I am looking in the soup, sir, and I do not see a fly in the soup!"
->'''Mr. Johnson''': "No, no, waiter, I believe I said, "in" the soup and you're looking ''under'' the soup!"
->'''Grover''': "Oh! What? Uh... I knew that! I knew that; ''anybody'' knows that! I knew I was looking ''under'' the soup and not ''in'' the soup! All right. I will now look ''in'' the soup!"
->'''Mr. Johnson''': "Thank you! Thank you! Yes, thank you!"
->'''Grover''': "All right. In the soup! ''(starts looking all over the table)'' Let me see. I see. ''(singsong voice)'' Can't see you, little fly. No, no, no, no, no. I am looking in the soup, sir, and I do not see a fly!"
->'''Mr. Johnson''': "Waiter, you're looking next to my soup! The fly isn't next to my soup; the fly is IN my soup!"
->'''Grover''': "Well, of course! Of course it is ''in'' your soup!"
->'''Mr. Johnson''': ''(frustrated that Grover is being a CaptainObvious)'' "Yes, of course!"
->'''Grover''': "Well, do not accuse me of not knowing what 'next to' and 'in' means."
->'''Mr. Johnson''': "Of course!"
->'''Grover''': "All right! All right! I will look ''in'' the soup now!"
->'''Mr. Johnson''': ''(wanting Grover to hurry up)'' "Thank you!"
->'''Grover''': "For this ''supposed'' fly! All right, in the soup. ''(looks on the edge of the bowl but not at the actual soup)'' Oh, fly-y! Little fly-y! Cute little fly-y! No, I am looking in the soup and I do not see a fly, sir. I think you are mistaken."
->'''Mr. Johnson''': ''(angry)'' "No, no, now you're looking ''on'' my soup! You see, the fly isn't ''on'' my soup, it's not ''under'' my soup, it's not ''next'' to my soup, the fly... is in my soup and you haven't even LOOKED in my soup! You've looked EVERYWHERE but in my soup!"
-->-- ''Series/SesameStreet''

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