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The garden shears worked a lot better than the machetes, because the 
Here's how I want to continue it: machetes were dull.

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The gravy ruined the stuffed turkey, so we used a sauce instead, because the 
Here's how I want to continue it: gravy was rancid.

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Tanya wants to grow dahlias in a pot so she asks her friend Katrina if she wants to join her, because 
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Tanya doesn't want to do it herself.