Green
1Alice: My favorite color is green.Bob: Oh, cool. Mines red.Months later...Bob: Hey, I got you this green painting. I remember you saying your favorite color is green and I thought youd like it.Alice: Oh. Um, thats nice of you, but I actually dont really like green. My favorite colors not green its blue.Bob: Oh. I coulda sworn you had said green.Alice: Oh, I think I did say green. But, um, Bob... you really shouldnt take things people say so literally all of the time.Bob: Blinks. Im…
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