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help you, Russell?
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Well, Mr. Hopgood,
I have to hand here
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your application
for official recognition
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of your same-sex union.
:16:08
Oh, yes,
and I just can't tell you
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how thrilled we are
that the government
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has finally recognized
our marriage, as it were.
:16:16
Well, it's the validity
of that marriage, Mr. Hopgood,
:16:19
that I'm here to establish.
:16:20
Unfortunately, this new law
is open to some abuse
:16:23
by people with
considerable tax debts,
:16:27
for instance.
:16:29
Needless to say,
people caught in the act
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of participating
in such fraudulent activity
:16:33
will be prosecuted
to the full extent of the law.
:16:40
So, now,
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exactly how
did you two good people
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fall in love?
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Yes.
:16:49
Well, how does one recall
the day, the moment?
:16:56
I walked into the garage,
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and he was standing there
in his overalls,
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screwdriver in his hand
:17:02
and deep in the bowels
of a truck engine.
:17:05
And he looked up,
and our eyes met,
:17:10
and in think in that instant,
we both knew.
:17:16
So was there a period
of courtship?
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Courtship?
:17:20
Oh, I'll give you
courtship, Russell.
:17:24
He pursued me relentlessly.
:17:25
Didn't you, Ralphie?
:17:27
Well, I wouldn't say that.
:17:29
(Vince)
No, no, look at him.
:17:32
Buttercup.
:17:34
He gets embarrassed
talking about it.
:17:36
You see,
we were both locals,
:17:38
and growing up, Ralph was
this peculiar young man.
:17:42
Always alone, mysterious.
:17:45
And you, I mean-
:17:46
Let me finish, doll.
:17:47
But once he decided
that I was what he wanted,
:17:51
well, then he showered me
with gifts.
:17:53
He sent me flowers
and roses.
:17:57
I sent him a wrench.