Over the Hedge by T Lewis and Michael Fry for July 21, 2013
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Transcript:
verne: RJ, it's not what you don't know that's a problem, it's what you don't know you don't know. rj: You don't know that you don't know that you talk too much. hammy: do I know that I don't know what they're talking about? Verne: Take the black swan. hammy: ....out for frogurt and tater tots! yay! verne: They thought a black swan was impossible since no one had ever seen one.....then one day a black swan was discovered! hammy: Eating a black tater tot? bleah! verne: They didn't know that they didn't know there was a black swan. hammy: Barfing a black tater tot. verne: That's why unexpected events happen. we don't know that we don't know they can happen. rj: Cool it...i've been eating lucky charms in salsa 'n' mayo for years and nothing bad's ever happened. swan: Yet. hammy: can I keep him? please?
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