Alex:That's probablysmart.
Alex:I have a picture from a surgery last week where I removed a 10 pound trichobezoar from this guy'sduodenum.
Riley:I'm going to regret asking this but…what the fuckisthat?
Alex:Trichobezoar orduodenum?
Riley:Let's start with the first one, and if I don't find myself in the fetal position after, we can move onto theotherone.
Alex:A hairball. It tends to appear in people with trichotillomania, which is compulsive hair pulling, and trichophagia, which is eating the hair youpullout.
Riley:Oh myfuckinggod.
Riley:No. I don't want to hear about the otherthing.
Alex:It's just the first part of the smallintestine.
Riley:Now youtellme?
Riley:Okay, Shortstop. Listen. You could've mentioned that one of those things was really fucking horrible and the other was basically not a big deal. I need some context on the horrors waiting behind yourdoors.
Alex:Myapologies.
Alex:But obviously, by comparison, a picture of your wound shouldn't be abigdeal.
Riley:All right but if my back ends up on some scar fetish Instagram feed, we're going to havewords.
Alex:What if I crop out that cute tramp stamp ofyours?
Riley:Words,Alexandra.
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Riley:What's your mixed drink of choice? We talked about beer and wine, butnothingelse.
Alex:It's six thirty in the fucking morning and you want to talk about mixeddrinks?
Riley:I want to talk about anything other than the shit that's been on my mind for the past fourhours.
Riley:Drinks say a lot about aperson.
Alex:What does a lemon drop say about aperson?
Riley:It says she thinks she's a vodka girl but should stickwithrum.
Alex:You're sureaboutthat?
Riley:I bartended through college and gradschool.
Alex:What aboutsangria?
Riley:She can't handle rough sex or her cabernet without thefruit.
Alex:Dirtymartini?
Riley:She swallows every time andlikesit.
Alex:Rum andDietCoke?
