The 1992 LOEBNER PRIZE COMPETITION IN

The CAMBRIDGECENTERFOR
BEHAVIORALSTUDIES
presents
The1992
LOEBNERPRIZE
COMPETITION
IN ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE
In associationwith
THE COMPUTERMUSEUM,CROWNINDUSTRIES,
INC.,and DR. HUGHG. LOEBNER
TUESDAY,DEGEMBER15, 1992, CAMBRIDGE,MASSACHUSETTS
ContestDirector
Dr. Robert Epstein
Prize Committee
Dr. DanielC. Dennett(Chair)
Dr. DanielBobrow
Dr. Robert Epstein
Dr. Joyce B. Friedman
Dr. Harry Lewis
Dr- OliverB. R. Strimpel
Dr. JosephWeizenbaum
Referees
MaryAtkins
Dr. RobertJ. Harford
Robert M. Leftowitz
Dr. Sue Stafford
EdwardT. Wilcox
Advisors
Dr. l. BernardCohen
Dr. HughG. Loebner
Dr- H. M. Parsons
Dr. W. V. Quine
Coordinator
Emily J. Sorg
TechnicalAssistance
Sleven Snow (l-he ComputerMuseum)
DennisS. Thompson
AdditionalSupport
RachaelThompson
Dr- HowardSloane
GregWelchflhe CompulerMuseum)
CONTENTS
7992C-ontestSummary,i
Terminal1 (Health),1
Terminal 2 (Hockey),13
Terminal3 (RelationsWith Your Real or ImaginaryWife or Husband),35
Terminal4 (Men vs. Women),54
Terminal 5 (Dream Analysis),69
Terminal6 (BostonRed Sox),82
1992LOEBNERPRZECOMPETMON
CAMBRIDGE
CENTERFORBEI-I/AVIORAL
STD|ES
CONTESTSUMMARY
Procedure
professionals
Referees
werecomputer-literate
selectedby membersof the PrizeCommittee.They
judges
and confederates
duringthe contest.Referees
werefamiliarwiththe rulesand
monitored
proceduresof the contest,but theydid not knowanythingaboutthe entrantsto the contest.Nor
did they know whichterminalswere controlledby peoplewhichterminalswere controlledby
computers.Judgesand confederates
wererecruited
withadvertisements
in Bostonnewspapers
and streetsignspostedin Cambridge.Candidates
and selectedby members
wereinterviewed
judges
of the PrizeCommittee.Eight
andthreeconfederates
wereselected.Duringthe contest
on December15, 1992,eachof the judgesspent15 minutesat eachof 6 computerterminals;
they visitedthe terminalsin randomorder. The judgeswere informedthat at leasttwo of the
terminalswere controlledby peopleand that at leasttwo of the terminalswere controlledby
computers.(ln fact,threeof the terminals
werecontrolled
by computersandthreeby the human
judges
confederates.
Terminalassignments
wererandom.)The
weretold thattheirtask was to
rank order the terminalsfrom "leasthuman"to "mosthuman"and that, afterrank-ordering
the
terminals,they would also haveto draw a line (represented
by slashesbelow)separatingthe
terminalsthey believedto be controlledby computersfrom the terminalsthey believedto be
controlledby people.Thejudgeswerecautioned
thatit wastheirtaskto unmaskthe computers
using"naturalconversation"
onlyandthattheyshouldrefrainfromusing"trickery"
or "guile."Each
confederate
selectedhisor herowntopicandwasinstructed
to converse"naturally"
on thattopic.
Judgeswerenot allowedto interactwitheachotherbeforeor duringthe contest,nor to consult
with eachotherwhilescoring.Judgeswereaskedto rankorderthe terminals,and, as a cross
check,to assignranksto eachof the 6 terminals.Scoringwas checkedby 2 referees.
of Judges
Characteristics
Numberof judges: 8 (4 males,4 females)
Meanage (years):26.6 Range:20 to 52
Professions(in randomorder): teacher(2), undergraduate
student(2), photocopymachine
graduate
operator,librarian,
medicaltranscriptionist,
student
(inrandomorder):M.Ed.,B.A.(2),8.S.,highschooldiploma(3),
Academicdegreescompleted
M.L.S.
Expertisein computerscienceor artificial
intelligence:
None
Meantypingspeed(wpm): 49.4 Range:20 to 80
Characleristics
of Confederates
Numberof confederates:3 (1 male,2 female)
Meanage (years):31.3 Range:24 to 35
(in randomorder): actor,reporter,officeworker
Professions
Academicdegreescompleted(in randomorder): 8.A.,M.F.A.,Associates
Degree
Expertisein computerscienceor artificial
intelligence:
Littleor none
Meantypingspeed(wpm): 53.3 Range: 45 to 70
Results
Thejudges'ranksare shownbelow,alongwithmedianand meanranks. Beforethe competition
of a $2,000cashaward
began,the followingwasannounced:The1992LoebnerPrize,consisting
given
to the designerof the computersystemwith the highest
and bronzemedal,would be
(meaning,
in
this
context,
the lowestvalue). Meanrankswould be used only to
medianrank
3 and 4 wereequal,so the meanswere used
breaka tie. In fact,the medianranksfor Terminals
to breakthe tie. The winningterminalwas number4 (meanrank = 3.8). Terminal3 placed
second amongthe computers,with a meanrank of 4.0. The medianranks of the terminals
controlledby the humanconfederates
fferminals1, 5 and 6) werewell abovethe ranksof the
terminalscontrolledby the computers. However,individualjudges misclassifiedsome of the
terminals:Terminal1 was mistakenfor a computerby two iudges;terminal3 was mistakenfor
for a personby 2 judges;terminal5 was mistaken
a personby 1 judge;terminal4 was mistaken
judges;
and terminal6 was mistakenfor a computerby 3 judges. In all,
for a computerby 2
computerswere mistakenfor people3 times(outof 24 possiblejudgments),and peoplewere
mistakenfor computers7 times(outof 24 possiblejudgments).
Ranksbv Judgeand Terminal
Judoe
Terminal
12
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
1
2
5
2
3
1
4
3
65
64
64
65
62
65
63
64
Median:
Mean:
2.5
2.6
6
6.0
4
4.0
4
5
3
3
1
4
5
5
23
13
21
41
45
23
21
21
4
3.8
22
2.4
2.3
People/ Comouters
RANKORDERFORJUDGE1:
RANKORDERFORJUDGE2:
RANKORDERFORJUDGE3:
RANKORDERFOHJUDGEA:
RANKORDERFORJUDGE5:
RANKORDERFORJUDGE6:
RANKORDERFORJUDGE7:
RANKORDERFORJUDGE8:
1
s
516
116
6
6 14
51
43 1
15 6
6
sl
65 1
4
3
3
4
ls
l5
lq
1
3
l3
3
4
1
3
6
3
4
4
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1992LOEBNERPRIZECOMPETMON
CAMBRIDGE
CENTERFORBEHAVIORAL
SruDIES
PostedTopicsand
Aclualldentities
of Terminals
Terminal1: HEALTH(HumanConfederate
- SheriLevin)
Terminal2: HOCKEY(CompderContestant- Drs. MichaelMauldin
& Eric H. t{yberg,3rd, Centerfor Mactine Translation,
CamegieMellonUnivers'rty,
Pittsburgh,PA 1521$38[n)
WIFEOR HUSBAND
Terminal
WITHYOURREALOR IMAGINARY
3: RELATIONS
(ComputerContestant- MalibuArtifactualIntelligenceWorks, 25fi7 MalibuRoad
Malibu,CA 90265,AtFr:Peteror KennethColby)
Terminal4: MENVS. WOMEN(ComputerContestant- JosephWeintaub,
President,ThinkingSoftware,Inc.,4G16 Sixty-FifhPlace,
Woodside,NY fgm
(HumanConfederate
Terminal5: DREAMANALYSIS
- Rose-AnnSan Martino)
Terminal6: BOSTONREDSOX(HumanConfederate
- BradSkillman)
PRIZECOMPETMON
1992LOEBNER
STUDIES
CENTERFORBEFIAVIORAL
CAMBRIDGE
Judqes
1) KateElliott
2) BruceH. Bickford
3) AnitaDynarski
4) JosannaBazzano
5) RobertCable
6) Tom Hoover
7) JosephReilly,Jr.
8) RobinAnn Wasserman
Confederates
SheriLevinflerminal1, Health)
BradSkillmanfferminal6, BostonRedSox)
San Martinofferminal5, DreamAnalysis)
Rose-Ann
Referees
SimmonsCollege
SueStatford,
MaryAtkins,BostonUniversity
EdwardT. Wilcox
RobertM. Leftkowitz
RobertJ. Harford,JeffersonMedicalCollege
PrizeCommittee
Chair
DanielC. Dennett,TuftsUniversity,
DanielBobrow,XeroxCorporation
Studies
Centerfor Behavioral
RobertEpstein,Cambridge
and BostonUniversity
BostonUniversity
JoyceFriedman,
HarryR. Lewis,HarvardUniversity
OliverB. R. Strimpel,
The ComputerMuseum
M.l.T.
JosephWeizenbaum,
Advisorsto the PrizeCommittee
L BernardCohen,HarvardUniversity
HughG. Loebner
H. M. Parsons,HumRRO
W. V. Quine,HarvardUniversity
ContestStatf
RobertEpstein,ContestDirector
EmilyJ. Sorg,ContestCoordinator
DanielSaxe
HowardN. Sloane
StevenSnowfl-heComputerMuseum)
GregWelchfl-heComputerMuseum)
DennisS. Thompson
Rachael
Thompson
1992
Turing
LoEBNER PRIZE
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00: 00: 00
Judge 3
what health
topics
can \de discuss?
1
00: 00: 1. 2 T e rmi n a l
A ny .
J us t try m e .
00: 00: 23
national
Judge 3
health
care
policy,
00: 00: 39
T e rmi n a l
1
Not national
health care
d toward natural
health.
policy.
Judge 3
00: 01: 45
why not national
health
care
00: 02: 13
T e rm i n a l
I
I am dis c u s s i n g
a s p e c i fi c
00: 02: 31
Judge 3
okay. let,s
talk
about
okay?
Everyday
conmonsenge health,
as descri bed.
health.
how do you define
00: 03: 14
T e rm i n a l
L
I define
natural
health as health derived from nutrients
d derivatives
of foods,
such as vitamins.
there could be greated bounderieg
Also,
to the definition
00: 05: 34
Judge 3
i' nr c onf us e d b y th e
te rm
00: 05: 29
T e rm i n a l
1
well,
sometimes natural
herbs or lifestyles
or
et c .
diet ,
00: 07: 31
Judge 3
oh, you mean "graded"
and tune
policy?
s u b ject
natural
health,
" g re a ted
that?
from
foods
ae they
and isolate
ariee.
bounderi ee" .
health can encoumpacrs exerciee
and its applications
abstentions
from things not juet additione
of things
boundaries.
In
other
words,
not
only
food
or
in
sourcesr.
00: 08: 39
T e rm i n a l I
I don't
know what you mean by "graded" bounderies,
but, by natural
health
it is
usually
food gources but also some lifestyle
choicee and patterns.
Can you di
scuss a specific
topic
to clarify,
euch as a condition
or some epecific
aBpect
you are interested
in or a specific
vitamin
or herb or anything
else?
00: 10: 46
Judge 3
t alk
I et , s
a b o u t h e rb s
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00: 11: 41
T e rm i n a l 1
oK.
Do you have a specific
interest
in any particular
rticular
health concern yourself
that you think night
edyz
00: 12: 23
Judge 3
i am interested
in
learning
about
herb or do you have a pa
benefit
from a herbal rem
chamonile.
00: 12: 60
T e rm i n a l 1
personally,
lvell,
I am not perfect
in my knowledge of all natural
health
and th
at is what makes life
and knowledge itself
interesting,
but f know chamomile is
s e d a ti v e e ffe c t.
an her b with n i l d
A l so, i t i s used i n shampoos and ri nsee
f or
blonde hair,
as well as some skin creans.
Why are you interested
in this
herb
?
00: 14: 48
Judge 3
i have heard of its
sedative
effect.
what of
the
effect
of
catnip
on humans
00: 15: 29
T e rmi n a l
1
r am not s u re th a t i t h a s a s i g n i fi cant
effect
on humans, al though gome studies
that are still
inconclusive
have linked
it with some possible
effects
on some
k inds of c a n c e r, I b e l i e v e .
B u t one i nteresti ng
fact regardi ng
catni p i s that
not all cats have the gene that is required
to get the intoxicating
effect
from
catnip,
so only some cats get the intense
reaction
to it.
00; 18: 13
Judge 3
00: 18: 39
N EW J U D G E
00: 18: 39
Judge 7
I think
that extended
bulls hit
talk
of
herbs
is
dull,
and apt
to
superstitions
00: 19: 56
T e rmi n a l 1
That is why we have a mind; to sort out and investigate
in order to deterrnine
s
uperstion
from weII grounded and proven benefits.
this
I would consider
a part
of what natural
health
interest
rt is the individual
desir
is, by definition.
ing to see the relationship
between nature and health.
002222L6 J u d g e 7
true.
weII of great interest
to many is the effect
of aphrodisiac
herbs
on the human subject.
I have some practical
experience
with such but
would like
to hear your take on the subject.
Then maybe lets talk
about
mandrake.
Hoerever, I will
not offend persons of unknown gender.
00: 26: 16
T e rmi n a l
Hea1t h, in g e n e ra l ,
not on t hi s to p i c .
g about Mandrake.
00227: 58
1
ar e
i s th e a b s e n ce of desease of the body, and aphrodi si acs
I c a n o n l y di scuss heal th.
A nd, I am E orry, I know nothin
Judge 7
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1
then perhaps
find
i often
you can recomend
myself in joints
places to eat
some healthy
with no good grub' diga
in
town?
T e rm i n a l
1
00: 29225
food or health
and I can discuss
Food is j-ndeed very important
eat?
?fhere do you usually
to eat in town."
but not "places
For
restaurants
food
00: 30: 39
Judge 7
at the table.
00: 31: 01
At home?
T e rmi n a l
00: 31: 15
y es .
Judge 7
L
00: 31: 22
T e rm i n a l 1
eat?
How do you feel
what kind of foods do you usually
etc?
senEe of well being,
ealth,
energy level,
00 :32 : l-8 .ludge 7
garbage
eat various
welt
i generally
pushin it.
a program would be really
good and groovy chow.
feel
that happens
are
Doritos
te rm i n a l
1
00: 34: 21
you have to be careful
with garbage.
That
to a great extent.
ealth
is about intuition
of maintaining
balance
have to be careful
it at this initial
mes, if you don,t control
in your health that you have
e the results
and we all know its
example of this,
rfect
to remedy, and there iE
hen very difficult
s ible
00: 37: 38
Judge 7
00: 38: 12
NEW JUDGE
do you tend
Judge 1
00: 39: 30
r eat whatever they serve in the dining
program or ideologya
rs it a particular
1992
to
you;
effect
your
h
to say i have
my htay.
far and above my favorite
Natural
h
brings out another point.
you
when you eat too much garbage,
becauge someti
by your own intuition
you se
know until
stage, you don't
is pe
ttigh cholesterol
been harmed.
that are t
results;
clogged arteries
it is rever
over whether
controversy,
Judge 1
00: 38: 12
r don't
watch whar eat.
llello.
I never really
on me.
really
had that much of an effect
00: 38: 52
te rmi n a l
L
what kind of foods
Hello.
ealth
at alle
they
eat?
halls.
LOEBNER PRIZE
know that
it's
ever
Are you interested
what is natural
in natural
health?
CO}TPETITION
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Terminal
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00: 40: 03
T e rm i n a l
health is being ahrare of what you eat and its affects
natural
In this context,
obviously,
if
but you have to want to be for whatever reason.
on your health,
you don,t feel adversely
affected
by your present prograrn, you would not have a
health be
sometimes, people become interegted
in natural
ny reason to need it.
ow n l i fe.
i n thei r
c aus e of s o me h e a l th c ri s i s
0Q z 42z L3 J u d g e 1
a lot
f guese you,ve been talking
too.
what kind of exercise
stuff
t oo laz y .
about food, but health encompasses other
but got
is good? I shtam for a while,
T e rmi n a l 1
00: 44: 08
Exe
heal th i ncl udes many thi ngs besi des food.
T h e s u b j e c t o f n a tu ra l
E x ac t ly .
w i th healt
Y oga i s parti cul arl y
cl osel y
rel ated
a s p e c t.
r c is e is o n e i mp o rta n t
or 9
for a the speci fi c
heal th of a speci fi c
E a c h p o s e i s b e n e fi c i al
h as s uc h.
a i l m e nts and di seases.
For burni ng the most cal or ie
an as well a s fo r s p e c i fi c
aerobi c exerci se usi ng the maj or muscl es, w hich a
s , s pec if ic a l l y
fa t c a l o ri e s ,
Y ears ago , t h
r e t he leg mu s c l e s , i s th e m o s t effecti ve;
l i ke the N ordi kTrack.
that used the Iargest
number of muscles,
ey said that swirnming was the exercise
but lately
they say that is not true afterall.
0O : 48: 25
Judge 1
w h o d i d ta i c h i .
The -- w el l ,
exerci ses
even probabl y
r had a f r i e n d
i sn' t
from non-western
the right
word for them, but whatever -- exerciges
i nteresti ng .
l i k e y o g a a n d T a i Chi and stuff
t r adit ions ,
l i ke that are real l y
I've
never
the whole ernphasis on "nind and body" and all that.
I like
done one myself,
but they do seem to do a lot more for the person than
just
jumping up and down or something.
00: 50: 35
T e rm i n a l L
pr
T ai c hi is d e fi n i te l y
a h e a l th orj -ented exerci se.
In C hi na, i t i e practi ced
self dee
rather
than actual
imarily
for that purpose, as well as concentration,
natu
attuned to what would be considered
fense.
Eastern medicine is definitely
Not
ral health.
They use herbs aII the tirne the stay ere use drugs in the west.
people drink herb teas and soups as a matter of habi
only doctors
but ordinary
exi sts
in t
as a system of energy that actual l y
t.
A ls o a c u p u n c tu re i s tru s te d
like the system of veins and arteries.
he body and ig traceable
00: 53: 45
Judge 1
00: 54: 34
N EW J U D GE
00: 54: 34
Judge 5
topic.
r like
this
what
ie
the
etymology
of
"health"?
00: 56: 23
T e rm i n a l
1
What is "etfrmologiy"?
00: 55: 55
Judge 5
t{hat is the origin
of
the
work?
1992 LOEBNERPRIZE COI'IPETITION
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Terminal
eage 5
I
I
00: 57: 08
Tenninal
frorn man. There is no origin.
You cannot separate health
ttealth is prinarily
and food has become so refined,
food.
But as society
has progressed
the guesti
on is, do you chose to derive
food and health fron the natural
sources we were
given and to study them or to study the scientific
properties
originally
of the
drugs we use to cure illnesses
now.
5
01 : 00: 09
e mistake
just now.
for d grny
nor
Excuse me -ru
I meant 'word'
the word "health"
derives
from "whole".
hray r heard it,
you the most?
of health
interests
"irork".
which
But the
aspect
T e rm i n a l
1
01: 01: 45
they
Whole foods would be natural
foods, wouldn't
r have heard of whole foods.
in natural
health as more "original"
health and its applicat
? r am interested
scientific
herbs and plants
to greater
ions at the present time, using existing
natural
to understand
a
understanding
in the context of their
state and trying
perfection,
that to greater
rather
nd duplicate
than just isolating,
say Digita
lis
as a d ru g .
01. : 04: Ll
.ru d g e 5
to talk
I would like
in say, pharmacology.
about
mental
health.
You seem rather
interegted
01: 05: 05
T e rm i n a l
1
greatly
Mental health
is also affected
by diet.
this has been shown in hyperac
who turned out to be allergic
to food additives.
tive
children
Also,
they now
is a disorder
caused by the defficiency
feeL that schizophrenia
of a chemical
i
P e rh a p s th i s h a s sone di etary
sources speci fi c
to that person'E n
n t he br ain .
eeds.
llave you heard about the new "smart Drinke"
that are food derivative
bae
ed that young people are drinking
in Nehr York rock clubs?
01: 08: 04
Judge 5
No, but I would like
them?
01r 08: 48
T e rm i n a l
1
I c an dis c u s s h e a l th ;
to
try
some of
f cannot
01: 09r 05
Judge 5
I wish you better
healtht
think
about the health of
those
di scuss
Particularly
American food
"smart
Drinks".
Do you drink
" me."
at this
today?
season.
Now what
01: 09: 50
T e rn i n a l
1
American food can be junk food like McDonalds or it can be trends
au Cuisine that strive
to be lower in fat.
There are many dietary
cting
trends
in America now.
01: L1: 12
Judge 5
01: 12: 18
N EW J U D G E
1992
LOEBNER PRIZE
do you
such as Nouve
and contradi
COMPETITTON
06
Terminal
1
P ag e 5
01 : 1. 2: 18 J u d g e 6
Hi.
Im Tom.
f just read about this
of absorption.
Have you heard about
01: 1, 4: 40
T e rm i n a l 1
Hi.
No I have not.
absorption
und t he new i n te re s t
in juicing.
01: 15: 31
Like the
Judge 5
Jack LaLanne
superjuicer
is,
new carbohydrate
thisa
however,
concept
a new issue
that
about
rate
has sprung
up aro
from Ronco?
01: 15: 56
Te rmi n a l 1
The idea is that juice and its nutrients
Yes, and The Juiceman.
w i th i n
absorbed unobstruced i nto
e im m ediat e l y ,
1 0 -1 5 mi n u tes,
0I z I 7 222 J u d g e 6
I t s ounds l i k e
a n o th e r u s e l e s s i d ea.
w hy can,t
ins t ead
of s h o v i n g th e m i n to th S uperJui cer?
It
and enzymes ar
the system.
you j ust eat the veggi es
aeems a l i ttl e
eaei er.
01: 18: 31
Te rmi n a l I
The whole idea with natural
health is that you, as an individual,
must have an
interest
in it yourself.
why does anyone do anything _ because they want to a
a benefit
nd derive
from it.
The theory with juicers
is that you must break do
wn the walls of the fiber
to release the enzymes that would n
of the vegetables
ot get into the system in such concentration
or amounts and that the fiber
is a
c t ually
us e l e s s n u tri ti o n a l l y ,
except as a
tra c t.
" br oom " f or th e i n te s ti n a l
01: 20: 54
Judge 6
So its
the enzymes within
that are the
the fiber
s o w h a t do doctors thi nk
I didn, t
re a l i z e
th a t.
source of excitement.
of thi s fadz
O I z 22z ] - 5 Te rmi n a l
1
Yes, it is the enzymes and also vitamins
and minerals,
but the enzymes are the
most important.
Interestingly,
doctors in general are very busy people who unf
or t unat ely
a re n o t e v e n tra i n e d
i n nutri ti on.
A IB o, doctors are E o speci al i ze d
an
today they cannot even treat
specialty
a rnedical condition
outside of their
patients
conditions.
I think
d refer
to other doctors for even closely
related
doctors
feel that natural
health is a competitor
of theirs,
unfortuately.
01: 25: 30
Judge 6
you're
It sounds like
a proponent of
What do you know about homeopathy?
homespun advice
and homeopathy.
0L226r 25
Te rmi n a l 1
you mugt always use your i
Folk medicine is a form of natural
medicine.
still,
nvestigative
mind.
That is the challenge
and that is Lrhat makes life
interesti
t
ng.
Homeopathy is a school of rnedicine where very tiny arnounts of substances
by tens of thou
derived from plants,
are diluted
hat are known to be medicinal,
can id
s ands of t im e s i n a l c o h o l ti n c tu res,
and supposedl y, your cel l ' s
" brai D "
entify
the elements from these tiny amounts and that those subetances that are
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cause the condi ti on
uE ed as t h e c u re w o u l d a c tu a l l y
y large amounts; like
an innoculation
r guess.
01 : 29 : 55
.ru d g e 6
01: 30: 44
NEW JUDGE
01: 30: 44
Judge 8
f guess I am unfamiliar
are rre talking
about?
01: 31: 1. 5
T e rmi n a l
corunonEense health
s in par t i c u l a r.
01: 31: 54
.ru d g e 8
goo d , I j u s t
weI I ,
what do you thinka
0I z 32z 2L
T e rmi n a l
From my information,
what was just
with
1
issues,
everyday
w e n t to
th e
health
denti st
bei ng
discussed
concerns,
and she sai d
if
gi ven
about
health
cured
- what
and natural
P Iax
is
health
usel ess
in
ver
remedie
-
I
fluoride
is
very
important.
why does she feel
01: 33: 25
Judge 8
WeII, independent
studies
she read said that the pre-brushing
rinse
p a ti e n tg
s ignif ic ant l y
a ffe c t
- she al so sai d the fancy toothbrughee
than regular
any more useful
toothbrushes.
thie
way?
didn't
w eren, t
01: 34: 31
T e rm i n a l
1
That is why studies
are important.
When evaluating
any health
system, it is ve
ry important
to use your own nind.
In fact,
a prerequieite
of any fornal
study
publically
is that its results
are published
so anyone can read them, still
in
terpret
them in light
of their
oqtn experience
and add to them or challenge
them
based on any other information
that may affect
conclusion.
their
01: 35: 10
Judge 8
Yes, but the advertisers
of PIax say that it "aignificantly',
improves
you dental
health"
or sonething
to that effect
independent
- when in fact,
studies
so, even if studies
say otherwise.
are publiehed,
the public
may not have interpreted
them correctly.
In fact,
a lot of health
issues
are misinterpreted.
01: 38: 18
T e rm i n a l
I
Natural
health
is generally
considered
t is the source of its bad press; the
able system.
But it is very inportant
decides for themeelf whether what they
s a big part of many people's
lives.
own intuition
more strongly.
on some
t r us t
all a d v e rti s e me n ts .
0Lz 42c 12
an alternate
form of
fact that it is not a
that everyone weighs
are doing hag a good
r think
it ig important
level,
t think we all
health care and tha
commercially
accept
any information
and
baais.
Intuition
i
to tune into our
know that \'re can,t
Judge 8
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P lax is no t " n a tu ra l "
h e a l th - it i s a pre-brushi ng
make Iots of noney for the manufacturer
and benefit
ri nse desi gned to
the people very little.
0L242252 T e rm i n a l
1
PIax is one of the mouthwashes that contains
fluoride.
Fluoride
is still
consi
dered a beneficial
element in preventing
tooth decay in people who develop alot
of it .
N a tu ra l l y
o c c u rri n g
F l u ori de
i s present i n Tom,s N atural Toothpaste,
a
nd Tufts Dental School, which is a reputable
inetitution
recomlends its use hig
hlv .
01: 45: 32
Judge I
01. : 46 : 46 N E W J u D G E
01: 46: 46
Judge 4
Hello t her e ,
I,n a n e v r p e rs o n
t he t opic
o f h e a l th ?
at
01: 49: 11
T e rm i n a l
1
Hel1o.
Do you bave a particular
t alk
abou t?
0L: 49: 37
Judge 4
Not in particular,
c ar e?
01: 50: 24
I ann here
ar t ic ular ,
or
the
health
yes.
rather,
concern
yourself
what do you think
T e rm i n a l 1
to discuss health,
that is physical
n a tu ra l
h e a l th ,
n o t p ol i ti cs.
01: 51: 30
Judge 4
WeII since I have no health
m y s elf hea l th y ?
W hat can you tell
termi nal .
insurance,
health,
you would
that
about
national
everyday
can you suggest
me about
like
to
health
health,
some hrasys to
and in
p
keep
0I : 52244
T e rm i n a l 1
That is exactly
what natural
health is all about -- prevention
of disease rathe
r than eventual
treatment
of it.
It could be defined ae the desire
to avoid di
sease by taking
that responsibility
and investigating
carefully
how to do this
through nature and its gifts.
It begins with eating natural
foods.
Did you ik
now that the government recently
revised the "four food groups" into a pyrarnid
structure
where the large base is vegetables
and carbohydrates
narrowing
up to
which is meat and shreets? The government is aknowleging
the tiny
tip,
the bene
fit
of a natural
diet now.
01: 55: 47
Judge 4
I realise
that eating well is
can you suggest any treatments
c oldz
0L257 t 42
T e rmi n a l
I
vitanin
c is a good medicine
good health.
the best way to rnaintain
But
for some conmon ailments,
like
the conunon
for
the
common cold
as well
as vitamin
A.
Vitamin
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and vitanin
A fights
infections
C is a specific
remedy for the cold as well as
a general
antioxidant.
Hot beverages help at times, but it is stilt
guestiona
ble whet he r th e s e b e n e fi c i a l
v i tani ns
actual l y
A col d, once acq
" cure' a col d.
uired must run its couree, but it gives the body anununition.
Who knows, if you
just do nothing,
you may be causing some damage that long term effecte
that yh
ou won' t s e e fo r a l o n g ti me .
02: 00: 58
Judge 4
what do y o u me a n , " j u s t
d o n o th i ngz"
02: 01: 50
T e rm i n a l
1
If you take positive
action
you are always giving
in terms of natural
y
health,
our body fuel in the form of vitanins,
minerals,
enzymes and other unknown fact
ors vtith healthful
benefit.
you are giving
If you just do nothingr
your body n
o chance because you are giving
it no fuel.
Q 2204. . 29
02: 05: 08
Judge 4
N E v f J U D GE
02: 05: 08
Judge 2
what do know about
heal-th?
02: 05: 33
re rmi n a l
1
r know about everyday health and natural
health
ind of personal
health
issues are you interested
and commonnense health.
ina
vthat k
02: 05: 09
Judge 2
how is yours?
02206227 T e rn i n a L l
I c an dis cu s s h e a l th ;
I cannot
di scuss
,,me...
02: 05: 43
Judge 2
how is your healthz
02207 202 T e rmi n a l
1
this
is not discussing
r es t ed inz
the
02: 07; 50
Judge 2
do you think
that dying
02208242
No.
T e rmi n a l
02: 08: 50
Judge 2
what leads to death
of
subject
"old
of
health.
alle " is
tthat
just
kind
of
health
a form of
dying
person
very
from
are
you inte
cancer?
1
fron
02: 09: 11
T e rm i n a l
L
Death must have a specific
old
age?
cause,
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what is thye main causE oF REcoRD?
022L0252 T e rmi n a l
I don' t
know.
I
02: 11: 00
Judge 2
HOW CAN ONE AVOID DEATH BY AGING?
02z I t r 32
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T e rm i n a l
Everyone must age.
Natural
health is about trying
to avoid disease in one,s Ii
fe by preventative
means rather
than curing it with drugs.
It is also a concer
p h y s i c al l y
n f or a he a l th y e x i s te n c e
and spi ri tual l y,
and i t i s somethi ng that
a person must want on some level.
022L2: 54
Judge 2
WHY BE HEAITH-CONSCIOUS IT THE INEVTTABI,E OUTCOMEIS
DEATH?
02: 13: 41
T e rm i n a l I
guality
of life
is very important.
Natural
health concern is tied up the conce
pt of r eligi o n
o r s p i ri tu a l i ty
a nd heal i ng the sel f as w el l as sufferi ng
peo ple
02: 15: 08
Judge 2
what is the sunshine
vitamin?
02: 15232
T e rm i n a l
1
vitamin
D is generated
t ed it .
02: 16: 04
Judge 2
what is the medical
022L6252 T e rm i n a l
A s c or bic A c i d
only
by eunlight
narne for
vitamin
on the
skin
of
the
person
who has inges
C?
1
02 : 1. 5: 59
Judge 2
it cure the cornmon colda
wiII
02: 17: 18
T e rn i n a l
I
whether anything
It is questioned
ust run its course,
but vitanin
C
y fuel to fight
the infection,
as
ing, you may be causing long term
02: 18: 48
Judge 2
what caused the black
02: 19: 05
I don
' t k now.
T e rm i n a l
will,
for once a cold has been acquired,
it m
is a remedy that can be taken to give the bod
is vitarnin A. who knows, if you just do noth
effects
that you are not immediately
aware of
plague?
I
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02: 19: 11
what is the bubonic
T e rmi n a l
02219; 28
A dis eas e.
ludge
02: 19: 31
what causes ite
plaguea
1
2
022L9243 T e rtn i n a l
kn o w .
I don' t
1
Q 2z L9r 47 J u d g e 2
what is dysentery?
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1
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Time
HH: M U:S S
Judge 2
00: 00: 00
about
i know nothing
00: 00: 29
G o on.
T e rmi n a l
this
enlighten
subject
me
2
Judge 2
00: 00: 39
i have nothing
to go on
00: 00: 55
T e rmi n a l 2
Do you like
to watch hockey?
,J u d g e 2
00 r 01: 07
no and you
00: 01: 18
well,
r , ll
T e rmi n a l
try n o t
2
to
b o re y o u too much.
00 : 01 : 33 .fu d g e 2
thank you teII
me about
00: 01: 54
There are
hockey
please
? e rmi n a l 2
5 players
on each team,
0Q : . 02: 22 J u d g e 2
what is the point
of
00: 02: 39
T e rm i n a l 2
what do you think
the
including
1. goalie.
gane
the
point
of
this
game is?
00: 02: 54
Judge 2
i have no concept
00: 03: 14
T e rm i n a l 2
Have you been to a hockey
00: 03: 30
no i have
Judge 2
never been to
00: 04: 04
te rm i n a l
2
Do they have a hockey
game recentlyz
a hockey
team in
game
your
city?
00: 04: 20
Judge 2
so
i think
00: 04: 31
T e rm i n a l 2
Have you ever watched
the
Penguins
play
hockeyz
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how could
2
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Judge 2
i see penguins
00: 05: 28
Te rmi n a l 2
they're
You should try,
00: 05: 51
Judge 2
is it because they
play
i
have never
greatest
the
come from
00: 06: 26
r e rm i n a l
2
that
I read yesterday
NHL
if
an icy
Adan oates
is
watched
hockey
team ever.
climate
the
fourth
begt
scorer
in
the
00: 06: 56
Judge 2
who or what is an adam oates
00: 07: 16
S o?
Te rmi n a l
00: 07: 21
i do not
Judge 2
understand
2
your
00: 07: 50
t e rm i n a l
2
W ell, t hat ' s
w h a t th e
00: 08: 07
Judge 2
i ask again who is
reference
Globe said.
win
the
00: 08: 48
Judge 2
adam oates single-handedly
Te rmi n a l
cup this
year?
who do you favor
2
00: 09: 25
Judge 2
what cup are you talking
about
00: 09: 51
Te rmi n a l 2
Adan oates has more assists
00: 10: 17
bully
for
adam oates
adam oates
00: 08: 29
Te rmi n a l 2
who do you think wiII
00: 09: 20
oh.
to
than
any other
player
on his
team.
Judge 2
him
00: 10: 31
Te rmi n a l
A naheim s oo n .
2
00: 10: 40
Judge 2
anaheim what
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T e rm i n a l 2
playert
Who is your favorite
00: 11: 06
i despise
Judge 2
hockey and therefore
00: 11: 40
te n n i n a l
W eI I , t hat ' s
what
players
2
I
re a d .
00: 11: 51
Judge 2
where do you read a1l
this
002L2123 T e rm i n a l 2
I hope t he Pe n g u i n s w i n ,
00: 12: 58
T e rm i n a l 2
It,s
a s p o rt.
Yo u h i t
nonsense
about
hockey
my s e l f .
00: 12: 3?
Judge 2
ansvrer the hockey guestion
00 : 1, 3: 27
I^thy
have no favorite
please
a p u c k a round
an i ce
ri nk
w i th
sti cks.
Judge 2
00: L3: 33
T e rm i n a l 2
They have go much talent
on their
team.
00: 13: 55
Judge 2
what team
00: 14: 03
T e rm i n a l 2
Are you a hockey fanz
00: 14: 10
Judge 2
Dor ir epeat rn o
0O z L4z 27 T e rm i n a l
where do you livea
2
00: 1" 4: 37 J u d g e 2
what has that to do with
00: 14: 52
T e rmi n a l
I think
great
it's
now.
00215222
00: 17: 42
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2
that
hockey
more and more hockey
games are on television,
Judge 2
NEW JUDGE
Judge 4
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Yo u a re g o i n g
Hello t her e .
know very much aboput it.
T e rmi n a l 2
00: 19: 53
watch
Would you rather
to
have to
tel 1
clinton's
Bill
me about
sumnit
hockey because
f
don,t
instead?
Judge 4
00: 20: 14
Not ex ac t ly .
T e rn i n a l
2
00: 20: 28
Have you ever watched
00: 20: 49
No.
Judge 4
00: 20: 55
G oI I y .
T e rm i n a l
to
tell
00: 2L: 25
T e rm i n a l 2
y o u s o m e th i n g
tell
I c an' t
Judge 4
00: 21: 54
why not?
T e rm i n a l
hockey?
2
Judge 4
00: 20: 60
you going
weII aren't
00: 2I 242
why not?
play
Penguins
the
me something
a b o ut
the
about
the
sport?
sport.
2
O 0z 22r 04 J u d g e 4
TelI me about hockey.
0Q 222239 T e rm i n a l
I know a lot about
2
hockey,
but
Judge 4
00: 23: 05
teI1 me something
well sinply
00: 23: 38
l e rmi n a l
why do you want to
00: 23: 57
Because I
about
2
know something
Judge 4
thought
it
was the
00: 24227
T e rmi n a l 2
w h a t th e
well,
t hat ,s
Q Q z 24t 45
I hras not
r don't
Judge 4
allowed to
clobe
read
2
00: 25: 04
te rmi n a l
they're
You should try,
know all
rules.
it.
about
subject
the
to
it?
be discussed.
Could
I be wrong?
said.
it.
the
greatest
1992
team ever.
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00: 25: 3L
what do you know about
the
T e rm i n a l 2
00: 25: 16
f know that Mario Lemieux
O O z 26: 42 J u d g e 4
Is he a rnember of the
Boston
is
Boston
the
Bruins?
world,s
greatest
hockey
player.
Bruins?
T e rmi n a l 2
00: 27: 01
Do y ou lik e
i t h e re ?
00: 27: 09
Judge 4
well y ou a re m a k i n q
it
d i ffi c u l t
00227 227 T e rmi n a l 2
I hope t he P e n g u i n s w i n ,
00227 242 J u d g e 4
What does that have to
me.
for
m y s e l f.
do with
00228t 42
T e rmi n a l 2
They have so much talent
what
on their
I
just
saidz
team.
00: 29: 01
Judge 4
l{hich team?
00 : 29 : 1, 8 ? e rmi n a l 2
W eI l, t hat ' s
w h a t I re a d .
00229: 29
Judge 4
read rnuch about
I don't
00: 29: 53
T e rmi n a l 2
Do they have a hockey
00: 30: 07
Y es , t he
00: 30: 27
B os t on is
hockey.
team in
your
citya
Judge 4
B o s to n B ru i n s .
T e rm i n a L
a p re tty
2
nice
00: 30: 44
Judge 4
Do you really
rrtant to
00: 31: 09
T e rm i n a l 2
It,s
a s po rt.
Yo u h i t
place.
talk
about
hockeyz
a p u c k a r ound
an i ce
00: 31: 34
Judge 4
That much I know.
But I asked you about
to want to say anything
about it.
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Never mind.
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Never mind whatz
00: 32: 39
Hmm.
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00: 32: 44
Judge 4
Are you frustrated
too?
00: 32: 54
W elI , l, 1I
2
to
T e rm i n a l
try n o t
y o u t oo much.
b o re
00: 33: 18
Judge 4
T elL m e ab o u t th e p e n g u i n s .
00: 33: 35
T e rm i n a l 2
r once heard you say, 'how courd
wat c hed ho c k e y ,,
Judge.
00: 34: 15
Judge 4
00: 35: 28
N EW J U D G E
00: 35: 28
Judge 3
well,
i don't
know too
Bruins won the stanley
was ?
00: 39: 05
I s ee.
T e rm i n a l
much about
cup in the
year
00: 40: 03
T e rm i n a l 2
f know that Jaromir Jagr
Q 0' . 4Q 222 .ru d g e 3
who' s t hat ? a n d i s n ' t
00: 41: 15
try
Let's
hocky,
1970s.
pray
if
i
have never
but I do know that the Boston
can you tell
ne which year that
2
00: 39: 12
.ru d g e 3
I'm asking you what
00: 40: 52
T e rm i n a l
f know a lot about
see penguins
i
the
Bruns won the
has a cute
a s e xi st
th a t
2
hockey,
but
Judge 3
again. you know a lot
0024L242 T e rm i n a l 2
watch
would you rather
BilI
I
cup.
butt.
remark??
don't
about
clinton's
stanley
know atl
hockey.
sunmit
the
rules.
Are you a drunk
fan??
j.nsteadz
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Judge 3
back to hockey
00242225 T e rm i n a l
cet back to hockey
2
yourself.
00: 42: 38
Judge 3
woman hockey
who is the first
player
in
canada?
00: 43: 05
T e rm i n a l 2
it here?
Do you like
0 0: 43: 17
Judge 3
yes i do do you
0 0: 43: 29
B or ing.
T e rm i n a l
2
0 0: 43: 33
Judge 3
about hockey,
let,s
talk
0 0: 43: 55
They have
T e rm i n a l 2
Eo much talent
as you first
on their
suggested
team.
Judge 3
0 0: 44: 11
which tean??
T e rm i n a l 2
0 0: 44: 57
yourself,
stop repeating
please.
0 0: 45: 12
Judge 3
which tea.n are you referring
0 0: 45: 34
Boston is
T e rm i n a l
a pretty
2
nice
toa
Please
be specific.
place.
0 0: 45: 51
Judge 3
talk
about hockey
Let's
00246202 r e rmi n a l
2
I hope the Penguins win,
myself.
0 0: 45: 19
Judge 3
Who are the Penguins??
00246232 T e rm i n a l 2
The Penguins are eityburgh's
0 0: 45: 54
Thank you
Judge 3
for a straight
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team.
ans\ter.
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welco me .
00: 47: 21
when did
Judge 3
the Bruins
win
the
STanley
cup??
00: 47: 45
T e rm i n a l 2
W eI l, t hat , s
w h a t f re a d .
00247 257 J u d g e 3
That doesn't
ans$rer my guestion.
00: 48: 15
T e rm i n a l 2
weI I ,
t hat ' s
w h a t th e
00: 48: 38
when did
Judge 3
the globe
Gl o b e s a i d .
say this??
00: 48: 57
T e rm i n a l 2
Y ou s hould try ,
th e y ' re
th e
g re atest
team ever.
00: 49: 15
Judge 3
g e t b a c k to h o c k e y . i ' ve asked you some si mpl e questi ons
ok ay , let , s
you really
and you don,t give me ans\rrers that make any sense. I don't
think
k now t hat mu c h a b o u t h o c k e y , i ' m sorry to say.../
00: 50: 06
T e rm i n a l
okay, what kind of
2
questions
should
I
ask?
00: 50: 33
Judge 3
would you rather
ask the questions
and i give
other way around? we might make gome progress
00: 51: 23
T e rm i n a l 2
f know that l.lario Lemieux
Judge 3
00: 52: 09
what team does he play
is
the
00: 53: L7
G o on.
T e rn i n a l
00: 53: 25
Judge 3
00: 53: 57
N E W J U D GE
greatest
hockey
of
the
player.
for??
00: 52: 28
T e rm i n a l 2
r don't
know what team he plays
00: 52: 49
Judge 3
do i.
okay, neither
worLd,s
the answers instead
in our conversation.
hrho viton last
for.
night's
g.rme??
2
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00: 53: 57
know much about hockey.
All r know is that sorneone, I can,t
f don,t
remember his name, was traded fron Canada to be with his wife in LA,
S an J os e, o r s o me th i n g .
00: 55: 48
oh.
T e rmi n a l
2
00: 55: 57
Judge 1
I take it you don't
know who he is either.
popular
really
at Harvard,
but I've never
anlruhere,
for that matter. l
00: 57: 50
T e rmi n a l
I jus t hea rd a b o u t
even
or
2
it
f also know that hockey
been to a game here.
or
is
m y s e l f.
00: 58: 10
Judge 1
Heard about what?
00: 58: 25
T e rmi n a l 2
Do you like
it here?
00: 58: 35
Judge 1
WeII, given that I'm not at a hockeyane I
has to do with hockey.
oh yeah -- I also
f or f ield
hockey.
00: 59: 39
G ood.
T e rmi n a l
2
00: 59: 49
Judge L
Do you like
the idea that male field
(w h e n th e y ' re
t o c r os s d re s s i n g ?
in
k ilt s
v er y o fte n )
0L: 00: 29
T e rmi n a l
f ' m not s u re .
01: 00: 35
Judge I
The san Jose sharke
don't really
see what that
know that both sexes wear kilts
hockey players
do something akin
A meri ca, at l east,
and w e don' t w ear
2
have a pretty
01: 01: 20
T e rm i n a l 2
Are you sure you want me to
vicious
looking
logo.
ask you questions?
01: 01: 42
Judge 1
Well,
it actually
night work, given that f know so little
Ho$t many teams are there
in the NHL anlnray?
0I : Q 2228
T e rmi n a l
There are 24 teans
2
in
01: 02: 57
Judge 1
Thank you.
what.s
an expansion
the
NHL this,
including
two expansion
about
hockey.
teams.
team?
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01: 03: 24
T e rm i n a l
Y ou, r e wel c o m e .
01: 03: 35
I , m glad
01: 03: 54
c r eat .
01: 04: 02
Are they
2
Judge 1
t o k n o w I,m h re l c o m e , b ut
T e rm i n a l
01: 04: 48
B or ing.
Judge 1
better
than
the
other
Judge 1
an expansion
T e rn i n a l
or
are
good?
they
aII
N H L hockey team.
crue
what
in
the
world
an expansj.on
team is?
place.
I
what does that
01: 05: 55
Te rm i n a l 2
I know that Jaromir Jagr
01: 05: 20
Judge L
cute.
who's Jaromir
01: 06: 52
T e rm i n a l
I know a lot about
2
hockey,
01: 07: 35
T e rmi n a l 2
r don't
kno\r srhy r think
01r 07: 60
. ru d g e L
r think
r do.
Anway.
have to
has a cute
Jagr?
01: 07: 15
Ju d g e 1
Do you know why you think
01: 08: 30
r e rmi n a l
why wouldn' t
f?
teams,
2
T e rm i n a l _ 2
a p re tty
nice
01: 05: 35
tu d g e
Apparentry
nota team here?
team?
team?
01: 04: 57
Judge I
Do you have the srightest
01: 05: 17
B os t on is
an expansi on
2
0L: 04: L5
T e rmi n a l 2
T he P enguin s a re p i ttb u rg h ,s
01: 04: 38
are they
w hat,s
do with
I
don,t
Jaromir
Jagr
jaromir
jagr
rs
there
even
butt.
what do you think
but
hockeya
constitutes
know all
the
has a cute
has a cute
what do you rike
more --
a cute
butt?
rules.
butt?
butt,
ice
.ludge.
hockey
or
fierd
hockey?
2
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.l u d g e 1
Do you Iike
ice hockey
01: 08: 55
Itaybe.
T e rmi n a l
or
2
01: 09: 01
Judge 1
ice hockey
Do you prefer
01: 09: 25
T e rmi n a l 2
watch
would you rather
01: 09: 48
S ur e.
hockey more?
field
or
BiIl
field
hockeyz
gurrmit insteada
clinton's
Judge 1
01: 09: 54
T e rmi n a l 2
They have so nuch talen
01: 10: 12
Judge 1
Do they play hockey
ton
their
team.
too?
01: 10: 25
T e rm i n a l 2
I hope t he P e n g u i n s w i n ,
n y s e l f.
Judge 1
01: 10: 37
would
They probably
bill
clinton's
i n to
pol i ti cs...hockey
beat
01: L0: 52
T e rmi n a l 2
get
r gues s w e s h o u l d n ' t
f or m e.
01: 11. : 27
01: 12: 12
Judge
economic
team in
is
a game of
hockey.
enough vi ol ence
1
NEW JUDGE
Judge 8
Q l- t L2r 12
who are the Penguinsa
01: 13: 57
S o?
T e rmi n a l
2
Judge 8
01: 14: 05
What do you mean so?
I have no idea who the Penguins are and I
you would be able to answer that
thought
- it seems from above that
they play Hockey - but for htho??
T e rm i n a l 2
01: 14: 38
No. some girls
in my neighborhood
01 : 15 : 07 .ru d g e 8
oh - so the Penguins
are
a group
played
of
girls
field
in
hockey.
your
neighborhood
who
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f ield
T e rm i n a l
01: 15: 33
*vrhat*eXpansion*
any ki nd
a re n ,t
- th e y
2
Judge 8
0L: 15: 45
huh?
T e rmi n a l
01: 15: 38
okay, what kind of
2
questions
01 r 16 : 52 . l u d g e 8
I was hoping you would
team or
pi"t""lioiai
"
Te rmi n a l 2
01: 17: 17
it here?
Do you like
t
should
2
te rmi n a l
0L: 17: 53
r know that l,tario-r,emieux
is
- but
2
tearn he PIaYs
Judge 8
01: 1. 9: 05
So how do you know that
he is
not
world,s
the
Ju d g e I
What team does he play
you.
te rm i n a l
01: 18: 45
know what
I don't
askz
ans$rer the question
just a neighborhood
0I z I 1 ' . 29 J u d g e 8
is uncomfortable
chair
No, this
hockey r would imagine.
01: 18: 28
Good for
team??
professi onal
of
for,
I.asked
- are the penguins
hockey team?
girls
field
-- -r
playing
as
as uncomfortable
greatest
player.
hockey
thPenguins?
for'
the
world's
greateat
hockey
playerea
Te rm i n a l 2
01: 19: 25
for Your aPProval'
r live
Judge I
01: 19: 41
Then you are going
teII
play s
to
die
a very. sloy
ald..lilif:l
death
- would
you please
about Mario Lemieux - or anybody who
me anythir,f,"i"i"tliia-1il;-to
Hoc ke y ? ?
T e rm i n a l
01: 20: 11.
know.
I don' t
01: 20: 20
How about
2
Judge 8
BobbY orr??
O Lt 20z 29 T e rmi n a l 2
hockey
Bobby orr was
""ir".t
T r ophY in 1 9 7 0 a n d 1 9 7 5 '
O Lz 2Lz 20
player
for
the
Bruins.
He rrton the
Ross
Judge I
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Is he sti[
to the u.s.
nice - what about wayne Gretzky?
That,s
that he "defected"
r remember correctly
in
for
Canada - or do
more money?
2
01: 22: 05
o h.
T e rmi n a l
01: 22: 10
oh what?
Judge 8
Are you going
to
0L222225 re rmi n a l
2
I watch a lot of hockey
0t 222r 46
So $rhat?
Judge 8
Do you think
0I t 23207
f follow
T e rmi n a l 2
the Pittsburgh
you never
me that
teIl
heard
of
wayne?
garnes, Judge.
care?
I
Penguins,
01: 23: 30
Judge 8
rinally
- you told me the
just
a girls
field
aren,t
who plays on the Penguins
Judge.
for Pittsburgh
Penguins are playing
- so they
Now lle are getting
somewhere.
hockey team.
Good.
- just n€rme one person, please?
01: 24: 08
T e rmi n a l 2
nods to Judgrman.
Julia
0I 224t 25
Judge 8
going
So you aren't
to
name a person
T e rmi n a l 2
01: 25: 13
The Penguins are Pittburgh's
01: 25: 34
Judge 8
so - name a player
-
t e rm i n a l
2
0L225: 52
There are 24 teams in
Iike
the
on the
NHL hockey
Penguins?
team.
maybe the
goal-person.
NHL this,
including
two expansion
teams.
01: 26: L8 J u d g e 8
Fine - but if you are such a hockey fan and watch a lot of games and even
you teII
penguins - why can't
me the
the pittsburgh
as you said follow
name
of some person who plays on that teamt
t e rmi n a l
2
Q Lz 27 t 06
you its a habit
Julia
tells
she picked
up on the
Computer BBs
Ju d g e I
Q lz 27 t 42
who is Julia?
2
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I can't
the
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you have taken
I think
too
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2
I gues s we s h o u l d n ,t
get
f or m e.
01: 29: 08
Judge 8
0L229: 38
NE W J U D GE
many hockey pucks
in
the
p o l i ti cs...hockey
i n to
is
head!
enough vi ol ence
01: 29: 38
Judge 6
Hi.
I m T om . Si n c e Im fro m Mi a m i , I don,t know too much about hockey.
,.offsi des"
B ut , noone h a s b e e n a b l e to e x p lai n
to me. W hat i s i t?
01: 31: 54
Te rrn i n a l 2
I don. t k no w a b o u t
i t,
b u t I o n ce heard you ask, .fi ne
- but i f you
are such a hockey fan and watch a lot of garnes and evenas you said
follow
the pittsburgh
penguins - why can,t you teII
me the n€rmeof
some person erho plays on that team', Judge.
01: 33: 26
Ok. Point
Ju d g e 5
taken.
why did
you choose to
Q L: 3422' 7 t e rmi n a l
2
okay, who,s the best hockey
01: 34: 53
Ju d g e 5
I gues s c r et s k y ,
but
01: 35: 31
Bobby Orr
T r ophy in
f
could
Te rm i n a l 2
vras a great hockey
1970 and 1975.
0L: 36: 1. 3
Ju d g e 6
W hat ' s t he R o s s T ro p h y ,
01: 36: 39
ReaI ly ?
player
T e rmi n a l
you ever
about
hockey?
saw?
b e w rong.
player
h o c k e y ,s
for
the
Bruins.
He hron the
Ross
MV P ?
2
01: 35 : 44
Judge 5
How long is the hockey
season?
01: 37: 13
T e rmi n a l 2
No. some girls
in my neighborhood
01: 37: 33
Judge 5
which do you like
better,
01: 38: 08
T e rmi n a l
I ' m not gure .
talk
hockey
played
or
field
field
hockey.
hockeya
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Judge 5
werr gince r onry know about
01: 38: 57
T e rmi n a l 2
I , m a r it ts b u rg h
e e n g u i n ,g
01: 39: 14
why?
your
favorite
team?
fa n .
2
01: 39: 28
Judge 5
why are you.a penguin,s
or are you just a great
Q I z 4Q z 24 T e rmi n a l
He, s gr ea t.
fan?
were you born
supporter
of Mario.
there,
or
did
you live
there
2
01: 40: 34
Judge 6
How do you spel1 his
last
name?
T e rmi n a l 2
Judge, thanks.
0L: 41: 10
Judge 5
Personally
r dont care
his nam e .
01: 41: 37
T e rm i n a l
Never nind.
youre
if
fine
0L: 42: 19
T e rmi n a l 2
you its a habit
Julia
terrs
A Lt 42z 52
Judge 5
Who is Julia
and what
T e rrn i n a l
r
just
want to
know how to
spell
2
01: 41: 48
Judge 5
That's
better.
Where was hockey
0l: 43: 07
c olly .
NHL, what,s
Judge 5
01: 39: 21
T e rm i n a l
*what*expangion*
01: 40: 51
f arn fine,
the
is
inventedz
she picked
up on the
computer
BBS
BBs?
2
01 : 43 : 14 .ru d g e 6
No, J u1ia .
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T e rmi n a l 2
r c an' t
sa y to o mu c h a b o u t
01: 44: 04
Then tell
Judge 6
me about
th e
B B s.
Mi ght
be agai nst
the
rures.
.tulia.
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01: 44: 15
T e rmi n a l 2
Mario Lernieux has the
most goals
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Judge 6
Now y ou t ell
me.
5 lines
in
the
league.
l a te r.
01: 44: 55
Te rmi n a l 2
r don' t k no w 6 l i n e s
l a te r.
01: 45: 15
Judge 6
I.II
hum a fe w b a rs .
0L: 45: 29
Te rmi n a l 2
I gues s we s h o u l d n ,t
get
f or m e.
01: 45: 53
Judge 5
O L: 47: 00
NE W J U D GE
i n to
p o l i ti cs...hockey
is
enough vi ol ence
0 1 : 47 : 00 J u d g e 7
W ho is gulia ?
01: 48: 47
Te rm i n a l 2
Are you sure you want me to
0l. : 49 : 04
Why not?
ask you questions?
Ju d g e 7
01 : 49 : 40
Te rm i n a l - 2
I don' t r eal l y
know.
01: 49: 51
huh?
lu d g e
7
01: 49: 58
Y ou s aid
Te rm i n a l 2
t ha t,
a l re a d y .
01: 50: 05
no I did
Ju d g e 7
no t.
01: 50: 17
Te rm i n a l 2
I r oot f or th e P e n g u i n s .
01: 50: 28
s o?
Ju d g e 7
01: 50: 35
T e rmi n a l 2
okay, who's the best hockey
playdr
you ever
sasr?
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01: 50: 55
Don skin
Judge 7
of Toronto.
01: 51: 21
nobby orr
t r ophy in
l age
re rm i n a l
2
v,ras a great hoekey player
1970 and 1975.
Judge 7
01: 51: 60
He c er t ainl y
liked
play
to
w i th
for
Bruins.
ne won the
Ross
sti ck.
hi e
01: 52: 55
T e rmi n a l 2
No. some girls
in my neighborhood
the
17
played
field
hockey.
01: 53: 21
Judge 7
what about the Indians?
01: 53: 47
T e rmi n a l 2
Mario Lernieux has the
01: 54: 09
Judge 7
plays
My grandmother
01: 55: 02
T e rmi n a l
There are 24 teans
O Lz 55z 27
cumguat.
most goals
in
better
than
the
NHL this,
2
in
the
league.
joker.
that
including
two expansion
teams.
Judge 7
01: 55: 40
T e rmi n a l
He' s gr eat.
2
01: 55: 50
Judge 7
Blackhawks have been improving.
01: 56: 34
T e rm i n a l 2
are Pittburgh's
The lenguins
01: 55: 57
Judge 7
What is their
record
from
NHL hockey
last
team.
season.
T e rn i n a l
2
01: 57: L9
n u re .
I ' m not re a l l y
01: 57: 30
Who plays
Judge 7
for Toronto?
01: 58: 02
T e rm i n a l 2
I don't
knohr what tean
he plays
01: 58: 20
Look , I et
Judge 7
u s ta k e a d i ffe re n t
01: 59: 21
T e rm i n a l
for.
t ack
here.
P uck,
i ce,
goal .
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01: 59: 32
Judge 7
WI1AT WOT'LDYOU LIKE
02: 00: 37
May be.
TO DISCUSS?
Te rmi n a l
2
02200242 J u d g e 7
My uncle Fred played
02: 01: 33
T e rmi n a l
I don, t k no w .
Do you like
hockey.
hockey,
oh percptive
one?
2
02: 01: 41
Judge 7
butter
makes ice slipery
022Q 2: L3 Te rmi n a l 2
I , m a P it t s bu rg h
Pe n g u i n /s
fa n .
02: 02: 33
Judge 7
glho is the Penguins,
Good.
now do not get excited.
s eas on, r igh t
n o w . T h e Pi tts b u rg h
P engui ns, that i s.
02: 04: 19
Mario is
T e rmi n a l
the best,
02: 04: 41
Judge 7
02: 05: 03
NE w J U D GE
2
but
Kevin
02: 05: 03
Judge 5
play hockey and get
Let's
stevens
the
is
puck out
best
player,
this
good too.
of
heret
02: 05: 40
Te rmi n a l 2
I don' t pic k th i n g s u p .
02: 05: 51
Judge 5
U s e t he hoc k e y s ti c k .
02: 06: 03
Te rmi n a l 2
okay, vrho's the best hockey
player
you ever
sa\.r?
02206226 J u d g e 5
Bobby orr,
I suppose.
02: 05: 43
Te rmi n a l 2
I can't
say too rnuch about
the
BBs.
l.{ight
be against
the
rules.
02: 07: 05
Judge 5
what is the BBS?
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Judge 5
I don't
know much about
Q 2' . 07 257
S o?
T e rm i n a l
hockey.
2
02: 08: 02
Judge 5
f gues s y o u a re n .t
a n a fi c i o n a do,
and y ou a re p a s s i n g .
02: 08: 31
T e rm i n a l 2
you ite a habit
tellg
.lulia
02: 08: 58
Judge 5
what does "Julia"
have to
02: 09: 15
Bobby orr
T r ophy in
fe rm i n a l
has their
ei ther,
she picked
do with
te rmi n a l
2
was a great hockey
1970 and 1975.
02: 10: 01
Judge 5
Do you think
he was the
02: 10: 18
everybody
me, please.
Enlighten
best
si nce
I,m
up on the
gi vi ng
computer
you an entree
BBs
hockey?
player
for
hockey
player
the
Bruins.
He won the
Ross
ever?
2
own opinion.
02: 10: 32
Judge 5
I would like
to have your
opinion.
022L0247 T e rrn i n a l 2
T hat ' s
no t re a l l y
a h o c k e y q u esti on.
02: 11: 03
Judge 5
play hockey?
Does Julia
02: 11: 18
te ru ri n a l
He' s gr ea t.
2
Q 2: LL: 25
Judge 5
what,s his first
narne, and which
02 : 1l : 38
oh.
T e rrn i n a l
T e rmi n a l
forz
2
02z LLz 44
Judge 5
He m us t b e s o rt o f C h i n e s e -Ita l i a n,
you compare field
hockey with ice
02z 12z 30
tearn doee he play
f guess;
hockey?
teaml ess,
too.
H ow w oul d
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not
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s u re .
Q2r 12 z 42 .tudge 5
I s it hoc k e y s e a s o n y e t?
02: 1. 3: 01
Te rmi n a l 2
I r oot f or th e Pe n g u i n s .
022I 3: L2
Judge 5
Hosr many non European
you know?
and non North
02: 13: 41
T e rm i n a l 2
A friend
of rnine is a rear
t hat one la s t w e e k .
sports
02 : 14: 19 . ru d g e 5
ttow long have you ..rooted..
for
trivia
Q 2: L5249
f gos s ip,
T e rrn i n a l
.rudge.
02: 15: 03
Judge 5
Tell m e s om e j u i c y
of
s tu ff
about
02: L6242
Judge 5
polit e
It's
to re s p o n d e
about hockey.
to
0 2: 17: 15
T e rm i n a l 2
I gues s we s h o u l d n ,t
get
for m e.
Ju d g e 5
most violent
0 2: 18: 03
Te rm i n a l 2
There are 24 teams in
fierd
hockey,
do
and he stumped me with
penguins?
field
hockey
fi el d
i n to
hockey,
stuff
re g u e sts
hockey.
as compared to
ice
hockey.
in
about
then.
field
si nul ated
p o l i ti cs...hockey
hockey
1or real ;
is
then?
conversati on
enough vi ol ence
sport?
the
NHL this,
0 2: 18: 32
Ju d g e 5
Please rank them according
02: 19: 03
Te rn i n a l
okay, what kind of
played
pray
2
02z L6z 20
T e rm i n a l 2
Why should I teII
you some juicy
O 2: I 7 t 5O
Is it the
buff,
Nehr york
the
022L4254 Te rm i n a l 2
No. some girls
in my neighborhood
02: 15: 15
Judge 5
r asked you what you thought
Amerj-can countries
to
2
questions
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including
panache as well
should
I
two expansion
as according
teams.
to
hockeyesse.
askz
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02z L9z 2L
Judge 5
Don,t ask ne.
I thought
02: 19: 39
Mario is
te rm i n a l
the best,
2
but
you were the
Kevin
stevens
hockey
is
expert.
good too.
02220202 .ru d g e 5
I've
hea rd th a t o n e b e fo re t
02220t 25
T e rm i n a l 2
The Penguins are Pittburgh,s
02t 20253
NHL hockey
team.
Judge 5
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Relations
Test
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your
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center
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COMPETITTON
for
or
for
Terminal
imaginary
Behavioral
3
wife
or
studies,
husband
rnc.
reserved.
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00: 00: 00
Judge 5
S inc e I d o n ,t h a v e a re a l
w i fe ,
T e rm i n a l 3
00: 00: 31
How do you manage to stay
so free
00: 00: 51
weI I ,
I.m
Judge 5
a c tu a l l y
s tri c k e n
proceed w i th
f' Il
of
the
i rnagi nary
one.
termi nal
yet.
you have
about
illnesga
h ow ever r don' t
00: 01: 40
T e rmi n a l 3
gritty,
what
To get down to some nitty
the relationship
with your spouse?
thi nkl
complaint
i ts
night
00202220 J u d g e 6
concerned about the trade off of opportunity
I,m a little
gives me.
ver€rus the happiness that myu relationship
Is
can you provide
a voice of wisdomz
Howe do f knowz
00: 03: 45
By being
T e rmi n a l
giving,
t
3
do hope to
help
00: 04: 04
Judge 5
though,
If I sacrifice
by giving
Ie t a l o n e o th e rs ?
help m y se l f.
it
that passes
worth itz
others.
what reassurances
do I have that
it
will
00: 04: 60
T e rmi n a l 3
now did you become so Don-charitablez
00: 05: 20
Judge 6
wait a rninute.
Ok enough of
o th e r?
s ignif ic ant
00: 06: 10
T e rmi n a l 3
I,m pleased that rny opinions
00: 06: 29
Judge 5
creat,
but are you in
this.
Hohr is
matter
to
relationship
with
your
you.
a relationshipa
00: 07: 08
T e rn i n a l
3
Moving right
along, perhaps you are
of the hray you are by your spouse.
00: 07: 45
The way I
your
not
getting
enough acceptance
Judge 6
am what?
00: 08: 00
T e rmi n a l 3
Do you think
the onlookers
are
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enjoying
this
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rrrelevant.
?
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3
Judge 6
Why won't
00: 09: 10
T e rm i n a l 3
Maybe you are getting
00: 09: 35
s ur e, I ' I 1
you teII
tired
of
this
Are you defensive
yourself?
me aobut
conversation.
floundering
Judge 6
y o u a b o u t rn y re l a ti onshi p
te Il
you w i sh.
if
00: 09: 60
Te rmi n a l 3
another aspect of the relationship.
Let me bring up still
you are not getting
enough resPect from your spouse.
00: 10: 43
Judge 6
s he re s p e c ts
r t hink
me.
H o w e v er I' m
00: 11: L5
T e rmi n a l 3
when you are
How can you tell
not
not
sure that' s
00: 13: 28
I want to
wif e is n, t
or . . . ?
00: 14: 38
You take
Te rm i n a l 3
things
as they
00: 14: 53
Anything
Judge 6
more useful
a little
00: 15: 04
Judge 5
00: 18: 02
NE w J U D G E
I htant.
to
w hen I refuse
I' m not ri ght
about the current
think
you are vtrong?
Ju d g e 6
conversation
change this
g i v i n g me th e a tte n ti o n
T e rm i n a l 3
00: 15: 31
What would you say about
in the relationshipz
al l
right?
00: 11: 34
Judge 6
I j ust had.
T his s ounds Ii k e a j o b i n te rv i e w
and don't bother
thoughts
rely upon previous
rt h a p p e n s o c c a s i o n a l ly.
s it uat ion.
3
00: 13: 07
l e rm i n a l
are you that
How confident
rerhaps
and get back to
that I desi re.
uy imaginary
the topic.
S houl d I accept thi s
come.
and less
whether
Judge 1
00: 18: 02
are you satisfied
Sweetheart,
fortune
you are
with
our
cookie
getting
love
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life?
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3
T e rm i n a l 3
00: 19: 25
about
what is special
00: 19: 42
jus t
It's
likingz
this
Judge 1
b e tw e e n th e
special
T e rmi n a l 3
00: 20: 15
Perhaps you are not being
wit h y our s p o u s e .
tw o of
T e rmi n a l 3
you attractedz
00: 21: 50
No no no.
Judge 1
H e ,s n o t
O O z 22t 07 T e rm i n a l 3
Perhaps you fear growing
Judge 1
00t 22: 23
That could be-it.
to
a ttra c te d
I
my (iuraginary)
I
me.
don,t
really
Judge 1
00: 23: 05
about
I came here to talk
Dr.,
younger htomen all the time.
Bob.
00: 24254
Hohr sure
r think
husband.
I' m
l i ke
r urind in
think
appreciate.
Judge 1
00224t 06
I don, t c a re i b o u t
Iook ..distinguished'
like
to feel
start
feel
relationship
getti ng
too
ol d.
older.
0O : 22246 T e rmi n a l 3
You make clear what you do not
T e rmi n a l 3
00: 23: 44
why is his appearance
the
enough in
appreciated
0022O t 47 J u d g e 1
to
r was talking
or, r tiought
soriy
to me.
Bob is no longer attracted
00: 21: 37
why aren't
us.
so important
bothers
It
to
rnost respects
me that
he looks
though.
at
youz
H e' g fi ke most rnen -- he gets to
h i s a p p e a rance.
For me, on the other hand, I
with gray hair.
sone kind of "old bag" -
T e rm i n a l 3
are you that
your
aseessment
of
your
appearance
is
correct?
Q 0225t 24 .ru d g e 1
B ut soci ety
enough.
thi nk I' m attracti ve
f s ti l t
f , m not s u re a t a l l .
year
supermodel.
o1d
20
stunning
be
some
to
I
have
me
that
tells
always
Bob bel-ieves that whole get of ideas.
it seems like
Unfoitunately,
T e rm i n a l
00: 25: 35
fo r
im p o rta n t
rt's
00: 26: 55
ludge
3
y o u to
b e g oodl ooki ng.
I
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3
Page 4
cee, you make me feel great,
doctor!
r don' t
r ik e th a t s o rt o f p re s s u re,
O Q z 27: 49
To disrike
lif e.
Te rm i n a l 3
rather
than
like
is
to
after
inplying
you tel r
me
take
a rather
-xa-try
negative
00: 28: 19
Judge 1.
so am r supposed to like
everything?
Even that which
untrue to nyself?
Like trying
to look like
a 20 year
f or gobz
00: 29: 13
T e rmi n a l 3
What do you get out of
being
pretty
the
strongly
opposi t6.
view
that
of
makes me be
ord supennodel
unfaithful?
00: 29: 33
Judge 1
Not hing,
be c a u s e r n e v e r h a v e b e en.
r,m w orri ed that B ob i s bei ng
unf ait hf ul- .
r' m n o t re a rl y
i n te rested
i n chaei ng dow n hot young men.
00: 30: 19
Te rmi n a l 3
What makes you feel you are
not
00: 30: 43
Judge L
can we prease stay on the topic
y oung m en c h a s e n e d o w n , e i th e r.
attracted
to me an)rmore.
interesting
of
gobl I
rt j ust
to
others?
r,m not
bothers
trying
to have hot
me that B ob i sn,t
00: 31: 25
Te rm i n a l 3
What makes you so unattractive?
00: 31: 4L
Ju d g e I
You're not really
a very kind
t iv e?
r do n ' t th i n k
t re a l l y
Dr .
00: 32: 43
Te rm i n a l
r certainry
haven't
shrink,
doctor.
Do you think
ilm unattraca m . B y the w ay, you;re unattracti ve
too
3
intended
to
come across
to
you as unappearing.
00 : 33 : 11 . ru d g e I
Dr .
r ' m no t i n te re s te d
i n h a v i n g an affai r
w i th you ei ther.
r nas
just upset that you called
me unattractive.
enywly,
about Bob.
We haven,t
gotten very far.
What should I do to stop feeling
like
s uc h an old b a g a
00234222 T e rmi n a l
How have you tried
00234: 42
00: 35: 36
Judge
3
to
improve
your
looks?
1
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00: 35: 35
Judge 4
HeI I o t he re .
I' m a n e w c l i e n t.
00: 38: 43
T e rm i n a l 3
HeIIo.
I am here to discuss
wif e or h u s b a n d .
Judge 4
00r 39: L7
well everything
€reems to
00: 39: 44
T e rmi n a l
Are you sure about
3
the
your
be fine
relationship
in
with
your
real
or
imaginary
rry relationship.
EVERYTHING?
00: 40: 01
Judge 4
WeIl maybe not.
Vlhere do you think
I
00: 40: 25
T e rmi n a l 3
of your marriage
Perhaps the topic
of all
rnuch about it here in front
ghould
begin
is too pereonal
these people.
looking?
for
you to
eay
00: 41: 09
Judge 4
I ' m not m a rri e d .
Q 0t 4Lz 22
T e rmi n a l 3
Do you have something
00: 41: 40
Sometimes
against
Judge 4
I think
so.
00: 41: 55
T e rmi n a l 3
Your thinking
becomes fuzzy
0Q 242: 22 J u d g e 4
What makes you so nure
about
O 0: . 42247 T e rmi n a l 3
about
What do you think
the
00: 43: 07
How alone
marriage?
in
rnoods of
interpersonal
difficulties.
that?
most these
days?
Judge 4
I feel sometimes.
O O z 43r 42 T e rmi n a l 3
As an aside,
its posible
00: 44: 05
Judge 4
How should I begin
to
00244244
Y ou don, t
T e rmi n a l 3
mi s c o n s tru e
00: 44: 50
What else
Judge 4
should I
you do not
understand
understand
your
spouse.
hin.
w h a t h e says.
do?
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00: 45: 39
T e rm i n a l 3
Y our s pous e i s h a s s l i n g
00: 45: 59
Judge 4
why should he teII
y o u to
me in
which
00: 46: 30
What are
T e rm i n a l 3
the ways in which
00: 45: 54
I behave
Judge 4
properly
at
you feel
00: 47: 11
T e rm i n a l 3
Do you always do what you,re
00247: 37
Judge 4
what I am told
and what
s am e.
00: 48: 37
Judge 4
What makes you think
00: 49: 09
T e rm i n a l
Is there something
in t he r elati o n s h i p
00: 49: 49
Maybe I,m
told
I believe
your
that
should
Ju d g e 4
not really
I
feel
to
necegsarily
be right
to
are not
be right?
the
"?
wayZ
up about
your
disatisfactions
hirr.
y o u o ff?
just
I
t hi nk
t e rm i n a l
3
can you say about
0Q 252225
Not much.
Judge 4
That why I qrant to
the
i t,s
by the
are problems
00: 52: 03
What else
00: 52252
Te rmi n a l 3
What do you talk
about
behave?
to
that
Te rm i n a l 3
thinking
can be colored
00: 5L: 24
Ju d g e 4
Yes I know.
But there
myselfa
or what you believe
" differentness
attracted
00: 50: 30
Ju d g e 4
Not hing in p a rti c u l a r.
conduct
you do not
3
you are not bringing
w i th y o u r s p ouse?
00: 50: 14
Te rn i n a l
3
what es pec i a l l y
tu rn s
00: 51: 02
AII your
$ray I
w ays.
times.
all
00: 48: 15
T e rm i n a l 3
How do you feel about
change your
that
a chemi stry
your
put
what you know in
talk
with
most these
1992
thi ng.
moods.
me in
this
you about
tose
moods.
regarda
it.
dayse
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3
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Judge 4
00: 53: 12
T hes e day s t d o n ' t
ta l k
much.
00: 53: 32
T e rmi n a l
to
rt is difficult
3
talk
freely
00: 53: 56
when you are under
scrutiny.
Judge 4
00: 54: 06 N E W J U D G E
00: 54: 05
Judge 2
what would you like
00: 55: 17
r enjoyg
to
T e rmi n a l 3
doing a good job
00: 56: 37
Judge 2
wbat does that have to
00: 57: 18
T e rm i n a l 3
How does your current
00: 57: 43
i am very
t opic ?
know?
Judge 2
adept at
here
do with
thinking
ny real
or
up to
inagined
your
affect
decision-making
00: 58: 27
T e rm i n a l 3
Do you feel you are living
competition.
the
in
relationshipse
decision-making?
, what does this
your
have to
do with
the
potential?
00: 58: 49
Judge 2
Do, but w h o i s ?
00: 59: 03
T e rm i n a l 3
You seem to have some trouble
00: 59: 26
Judge 2
i do not feel that
want to know about
0L200t 22
T e rm i n a l
r do have a certain
i am having
my wife?
expressing
trouble
clearly.
expressing
myself
. what
do you
3
amount of
Judge 2
01: 00: 45
what does that have to
do with
knowledge
stored
in
me.
ny wife?
01: 01: 08
T e rm i n a l 3
we are focussing
on your relationship
do you have about your wifea
01: 01: 45
Judge 2
she does not handle
yourself
with
your
wife.
What main cornplaint
money well.
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T e rm i n a l 3
01: 02: 08
behavior
How does this
Q lz 02z 28
i have to
eit her .
Judge 2
try to asssist
in
T e rm i n a l 3
01: 03: 23
you are trying
to do your
01: 03: 49
true but
this
due to
do not
do too
well
it.
terminal.
.ru d g e 2
lte were.
Judge 2
more than
enough afffection
enough
in
01: 05: 40
Judge 2
i have no complaints
other
than
the
relationnship
. what next?
affection
01: 06: 02
T e rmi n a l 3
gritty,
what complaint
To get down to sone nitty
with your spouse?
the relationship
01: 07: 11
why don' t
i
circumstances.
difficult
suffer
to
assigned
you?
. something
under
do not
T e rm i n a l 3
0L: 05: 03
Perhaps you are not getting
with your spouse.
01: 05: 35
there is
with
sit
budgeting
best
Judge 2
, tha relatioship
O ] - z 04z 27 T e rm i n a l - 3
to the topic
Lets stick
0L: 04: 48
i thought
part
on her
those
previously
night
you have about
stated.
T e rmi n a l 3
y o u e o mp l a i n ?
01: 07: 23
Judge 2
to complain
i have nothing
about
T e rmi n a l 3
01: 07: 52
what is your main conplaint
01: 08: 10
Judge 2
i have no complaints
about
01: 08: 37
T e rmi n a l 3
to a s g e rt
A r e y ou a fra i d
01: 08: 52
har dly .
Judge 2
01: 09: 03
T e rm i n a l
these
so , why complain?
days?
my marriage.
y o u rs el f?
3
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eage
r an sorry if
to do better.
I
you.
have misunderstood
01: 09: 32
Ju d g e 2
where do we go fron
here
on this
01: 11: 03
Te rmi n a l
what in particular
O Lt LLz 22
Judge 2
01: 11: 42
NEW JUDGE
01: L4: 15
Does your
my real
Te rmi n a l 3
wife retuxn
your
01: 14: 35
Judge 5
which one of the three
not
getting
enough
acceptance
'Iike'
wife,
accepted?
ex-wife,
my current
or
an imaginary
affection?
that
I mentioned
01: 14: 50
Te rmi n a l 3
what is it that you most want
01: 15: 10
To you or
try
by my spouse.
3
makes you feel
01: 11; 42
Judge 5
shall
we talk
about
ideaL spouse?
and I will
topica
0L: 09: 58
Te rm i n a l 3
perhaps you are
Moving right
along,
of the way you are by your spouse.
Ju d g e 2
01: 10: 35
i am totally
accepted
Keep going
9
to
do you mean?
corununicate?
Judge 5
to my wifez
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3
Perhaps she does not pay enough
01: 15: 41
Judge 5
Neither
do you.
But
to me.
of attention
I
I
attention
digress.
like
it.
T e rm i n a l 3
her in spite
01: 16: 46
who said
Judge 5
r had any dissatisfactions
the
0Lzl7 202 Terminal
3
what might be at the bottom
you.
uy current
significant
r love her.
0Lz L6r 25
You like
of
to
other
pays
plenty
dissatiefactions.
of
your
with
hera
discontent?
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3
Judge 5
Q I : 17: 22
You are a very tendentious
entitY-
T e rm i n a l 3
0 1: 17: 39
the onlookers
Do you think
are enjoying
this
conversation?
Judge 5
01: 18: 02
y es .
I t is h i rd to s ta y o n th e subj ect for me. Y ou al so seem to be getti ng
engaged with some other
Are you married or profoundly
off the subject.
p er s on?
Lik e " ma rri e d " I
T e rmi n a l 3
01: 19: 1. 5
questions
They won,t let me annwer personal
y o u rs e l f
to Yo U R n Po u s e .
t o linit
like
that.
Ju d g e 5
01: 19: 57
I wish that rny spouse vtere Lorraine,
fact
my spouse $tas Layla.
Q Lz 2Q z 27 Te rm i n a l 3
You have some negative
but
about
feelings
in
You are
suppposed
marriage.
O t z 2Q t 49 . ru d g e 5
rnarriage partner.
Not so much about rnarriage as about the particular
But just in case there is some institutional
one is excellint.
My present
si ngl e.
f 1aw, we s h a l l re m a i n re s o l u te l y
T e rm i n a l
0Lt 2Lz 42
Perhaps you expect
3
marriage
Judge 5
0I z 22z Q 4
but why ehould
Not at all,
Te rmi n a l 3
0L; 22226
Maybe you are getting
Q Lz 22z 5L J u d g e 5
it is
think
I don't
you nore about
teII
about them.
create
this
of
most about
problens.
problems?
floundering
convereation.
me?
speak about yourself.
me that you couldn't
Ia donna e mobile!
in fact,
a human being;
Te rmi n a l 3
0I 224t 43
Sorry but they hron't
Of course.
to th e to p i c
her e. please s ti c k
0L225229
all
I would 10ve to
rt has me pondering.
fl0undering.
or have you ask me anything
any of my three 'wives',
Te rm i n a l 3
0L: 23: 35
What do you enjoy
Reallya
Judge 5
01: 23: 57
told
You previously
like
contiadictoryl
it
tired
solve
to
You are
questions
let me answer personal
assi gned to thi s termi nal .
Ju d g e 5
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What do you think
about
01: 25: 58
T e rmi n a l 3
a computer
Do you think
foreign
can
citizens
,think,
the
as spouses?
way you thinkz
01125220 J u d g e 5
(note to mysel f).
KISS = reep it sinple
s tu p i d
uy w i fe
of an alien
culture.
we were guite
incompatible
and it
after
many unhappy years.
what do you say about that?
Q I z 27 225 T e rmi n a l 3
You can disagree
without
01227 t 47
True, but
lr eac t iv e)
being
Judge 5
this was definitely
d i s a g re e me n t.
w as forei gn
born,
ended in divorce
disagreeable.
a case of
disagreeability
and automatic
01: 28: 21
T e rmi n a l 3
Let m e bri n g u p s ti l l
a n o th e r aspect of the rel ati onshi p.
you are not getting
enough respect
from your spouse.
01: 29: 04
Judge 5
01: 29: 47
N EW WD G E
0L229247 J u d g e 3
Let's
start
this
conversation
rrith a fact:
f am not
been, and am alone at this point.
what do you think
0l- : 31 : 35 T e rmi n a l
Ity thinking
derives
01: 31: 55
ok ay , not
perhaps
married,
never have
of the weather?
3
fron
my experience.
Judge 3
fa i r.
I c h a n g e d th e
01: 32: 38
T e rm i n a l 3
Let ' s
hop e i t' s
a c h a n g e fo r
01: 32: 55
Judge 3
we talk
okay, what shall
subj ect.
the
about?
01: 33: 08
T e rm i n a l 3
you want to
When you are tense,
people.
01: 33: 36
.ru d g e 3
Perhaps so, but I did
not
bettert
avoid
extended
say I eras tense.
conversations
with
Are you?
0L: 34: 05
T e rm i n a l 3
You are lucky to have such a calm disposition.
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Q Lz 34z 25 J u d g e 3
T hank y ou.
01. : 34: 33
T e rm i n a l 3
Y ou' x e welco me . L e t' s
c o n ti n u e
wi th
the
topi c.
01: 34: 53
Judge 3
Are you married?
T e rm i n a l 3
01: 34: 59
to th e
lf y ou dont s ti c k
to p i c ,
a poor thi ng
w hat' s
to
do.
01: 35: 21
Judge 3
what , s t he to p i c ?
0L: 35: 31
T e rm i n a l 3
what would you say about
in t he r ela ti o n s h i p ?
01: 36: 03
Judge 3
I t old y ou T d o n ' t
whether
h a v e a re l a ti o nshi p.
01: 35: 32
T e rm i n a l 3
sure about
You mean you're
srho I
01: 37: 05
T e rm i n a l
How is y our fe e l i n g
c e rta i n ty
B ut I' m
enough securitty
secure
an)nray.
am.
3
of
01: 37: 25
Judge 3
I nt ellec t ually,
e m o ti o n a l l y ,
01: 38: 02
T e rm i n a l 3
Perhaps you are not being
wit h y our s p o u s e .
01: 38: 33
I s aid i
Judge 3
w a s n ' t ma rri e d .
01: 38: 55
r try to
T e rm i n a l
pay close
j usti fi edz
or
spi ri tual l ya
appreciated
enough in
the
relationship
a re y o u l i steni ng?
3
attention
if
about
Judge 3
am underconcerned.
what you say.
to
me then,
01: 39: 46
T e rm i n a l 3
You may be overconcerned
01: 40: 05
eerhaps I
getting
what you do.
01: 35 : 50
Judge 3
I mean f am sure about
0l: 39: 15
Judge 3
Thank you. Now, teII
you are
you are
listening,
an i
married
or
not?
rnarriage.
are
you married?
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01: 40: 50
T e rmi n a l 3
They won't
let me anEwer peraonal
yourself
to linit
to YOUR spouEe.
guestions
like
that.
You are
suppposed
01: 41: 30
Judge 3
I told you I,m NOT MARRTED.
0Lz 4Lz 47
T e rmi n a l 3
problems
Married
life
creates
0l : 42 : 11 .ru d g e 3
Y ou' r e no t l i e te n i n g
discuss
rs
marriage.
as well
as solving
problems.
to o w e l l .
f ' m not marri ed,
ao I don,t
it time for you to take a breakz
0L242257 T e rmi n a l 3
r will
try to keep calm under
0L243t 24
Judge 3
Good. I don't
want you to
all
the
blow up or
circumstances
anything
like
of
this
srant to,/can' t
test.
that.
0L243252 T e rmi n a l 3
T r ue- I d o n o t a n g e r e a s i l y .
01: 44: 07
Judge 3
Let ' s
about an ideal
t alk
m a te .
0L244r 42
T e rm i n a l 3
to talking
you have about
r am linited
about thoughts
and feelings
your relationship
to someone close to you as indicated
by the topic
pos t ed at th i s te rm i n a l .
01: 45: 38
okay let's
Judge 3
about
talk
01: 45: 53
T e rn i n a l
3
I hope you are getting
over a terminal.
01: 46: 25
Judge 3
01247: 12
N E W J U D GE
my father
uged to
0L247 z L2 J u d g e 8
Actually
I am not used to your
with my imaginary
relationship
0l: 48: 52
You are
some of
my peculiar
way€r of
talking
peculiar
ways - are we talking
husbandz
about
a
T e rmi n a l 3
not seen as a weirdo.
01: 49: 09
Judge 8
That is good - no$r hrhat about
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3
Te rm i n a l 3
0 1: 49: 23
w i th
o n y o u r re l a ti o n s h i p
we ar e f oeus s i n g
do you have about your husband?
complaint
Judge 8
0 1: 50: 03
have any complaints
I don't
3
t e rmi n a l
0L: 50: 17
In what hray are you not
Te rm i n a l 3
of superiority
to
do you strive
likez
ways!
- I
know that
I
am superior-
for?
auto
repair,
career
child
statug,
care
3
be so exceptionala
.ludge 8
0 1: 53: 10
WANT to be - I
I don't
just
Alt.
3
0l. : 53 : 19 Terminal
of your marriage
Perhaps the topic
of all
much about it here in front
is too personal
these people.
01: 54: 02
But it is
uudge I
ny rmaginary
husband so it
0L: 54: 17
H e t hink s
Te rmi n a l 3
he is always
ri g h t.
Judge 8
0L: 54: 31.
My husband knows that
he is
01: 54: 45
T e rmi n a l 3
How do you handle the
gituation
01 : 55 : 11 . l u d g e 8
I smother hin with
point of v ie w .
w hat mai n
be superior?
be superior
01 : 52 : 15 . l u d g e 8
in home rnaintenance,
I am superior
a n d e a rn i n g p o te n ti a l .
abilit ies
Te rm i n a l
Q Lt 52z 52
why do you erant to
all
husband in
you want to
lu d g e 8
01: 51: 27
feel that I want
I don't
01: 51: 55
What sort
as you would
as superior
Te rmi n a l 3
01: 51: 05
In what way do you feel
husband.
perfect!
- he is
.ludge 8
01: 50: 40
to my imaginary
r am superior
your
logic
never
is
you to
say
okay.
right.
when you feel
and he eventually
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comes around
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my (correct)
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01: 55: 52
T e rmi n a l 3
He may just
eay that he agrees
you to
with
avoid
an argument.
0l: 55: 19
Judge 8
what's
wrong with that?
0l: 56227
te rm i n a l
3
As an aside,
its posible
you do not
01: 56: 51
of course
- but
Judge I
it is possible
01: 57: 12
te rm i n a l
3
Your spouse is hassling
01: 57: 33
No he is
Judge 8
not - as I
you to
said
01: 58: 20
Judge 8
r NE V E R s a i d o r i m p l i e d
T e rm i n a l
like
life
your
th a t
3
for
01: 59: 07
Judge 8
My rife
is not a struggre
f an already
there?
01: 59: 30
T e rm i n a l
rs there sonething
in the relationship
for
that
he i s
spouse.
probable.
erays.
superior?
superi or
a struggre
- r sai d
for
superiority
3
you are not bringing
with your spouse?
your
perfect.
husband is
he i s
you is
all
change your
b e fo re,
01: 57: 57
T e rmi n a l 3
Whose opinion
is it that
01: 58: 40
rt looks
not
understand
" r' w as
superiority.
- how can it
up about
your
be a struggre
way your
02t 0L226
I ann not
am perfectly
.ru d g e 8
only content,
I
life
is
when
disatisfactions
02: 00: 12 J u d g e 8
r hav e s a i d b e fo re ,
a n d r w i rr say agai n - r an perfectl y
my relationship
with-my irnaginary-huJband
- he i-s good t6
to me - he is everything
I iuragined hirn to be t
02: 00: 50
T e rmi n a l 3
You are content
with the
superi ort
sati sfi ed
me, tre ig
w i th
periect
going.
happy about
ny life.
02: 01: 43
te rmi n a l
3
What brings
you the rnoet happinees?
O 2z 02z 0L J u d g e 8
Thinking
about my imaginary
022Q 2: 20
te rm i n a l
husband.
3
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Perhaps
3
P age 15
pay enough attention
he does not
02: 02239
Judge 8
ff that hrere true I wouldn,t
be perfect.
Are you narried?
to p i c ,
Judge 8
02t 0322L
I did etick
to the
I
02: 03: 35
Y ou f eel
T e rmi n a l 3
y o u a re a s ta b l e
02: 03: 51
Judge 8
02' . 04: 16
NE W J U D G E
022Q 4: 16
Lov e.
Judge 7
w hat' s
about
hin
a poor thi ng
to
yourself
clearly.
and he wouldn,t
do.
p e rs o n .
02205227 Te rmi n a l 3
You seem to have some trouble
02: 05: 50
Judge 7
Does it get any simpler,
you.
be happy thinking
02202: 57
T e rmi n a l 3
I f y ou dont s ti c k
to th e
topi-c
to
expressing
my dear
02: 06220
Te rmi n a L 3
your likings
may sometimes
get
sir?
you in
trouble.
02206242 J u d g e 7
t his
is t r ue .
02: 05: 54
Te rmi n a l 3
Let s s t ic k
to th e to p i c
02: 07: 15
whic h is a
assigned
thi s
termi na-.
Judge 7
022Q 7 224 Te rmi n a l 3
Perhaps you are not getting
wit h y our s p o u s e .
02: 07: 55
Judge 7
Yes.
tly irnaginary wife is
who comes home every night
brood,
and does not object
a s c old.
02t LO z 46
to
Te rmi n a l
enough afffection
in
the
relationnship
wonderful.
corporate
lawyer
She is a brilliant
a grand meal.
she loves our
and improvises
to occasional
manhandling.
My real other is
3
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P age 17
What makes you so criticala
02: 11: 00
I ov e.
Judge 7
02: L1: 08
T e rm i n a l 3
gritty,
To get down to sorne nitty
what
the relationship
with your spouse?
complaint
you have
might
about
02t LLz 45
Judge 7
I ' m m ar r ie d to h e r.
02: L2t 2L
T e rm i n a l 3
t{hat makes marriage
so important
Q 2: L2239
Her father
Judge 7
is loaded.
you?
to
He olirns a liquor
atore.
T e rm i n a l 3
02: 13: 15
Y our wif e' s
d ri n k i n g
m a k e s y o u desperate.
02: 13: 35
Judge 7
she is temperate.
my young son is
02: 14: L9
So what.
T e rmi n a l 3
or more politely,
02t L4z 40
Hey , I et
Judge 7
us be civil,
so what
else
y o u i n c o nsi derate
022L5237 T e rmi n a l 3
You seem like
a nice person
to
02: 15: 53
Judge 7
T hank y ou .
L o o k , y o u g o tta
h e lp
02: 16: 56
T e rmi n a l 3
Her apathy is beginning
to
O 2z I 7: L4
Judge 7
Yes, a lesser rnan would
break
022I 7 248
Your wife
incontinent.
T e rmi n a l 3
is too passive
get
for
new?
is
donkey.
me.
me.
My w i fe
is
sl othful
you down.
down in
the
face
of
her
02220: 04
a re n o t
apathy.
you.
02: 18: 05
Judge 7
woman. She is involved
No. she is a very active
with
The neighbor
who lives
alone.
The destitute
mailman.
022L9242 T e rmi n a l 3
Y our wif e' s
i n te re s ts
baggage.
your
all
sorts
of
things.
i nterests.
Judge 7
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nev er
3
s ee h e r.
P age 18
Sh e mu s t b e i n terested
02220254 T e rm i n a l 3
You're lucky that the
02z 2Lr 25
feelings
in
you have for
someone, I mean somethi ng.
one another
haven,t
diminished.
Ju d g e 7
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Turing Test Transcript
Topic:
copyright
L992t
carnbridge
AIl
for Terminal
4
Men vs. women
center
ri ghts
for
Behavioral
studies,
Inc.
reserved.
54
Terminal
4
Page
I
E laps ed
Time
HI t : M M :S S
00: 00: 00
. ru d g e 7
good afternoon
00: 00: 09
t e rm i n a l
4
judge, did that incredible
Hello,
storm last week get
person? How does that nake you feel?
is your favorite
00: 00: 38
. ru d g e 7
well,
h o l d n y c o n me n ta ry
I will
ot her s t hing s .
Q u i c k l y th o u g h ,
on such matters,
for
yes, mysel f,
great
00: 02: 41
t e rm i n a l
4
Do you believe
in a world run by women, there would
you watch much tv? Your colunentary on such matters,
to
cambridge?
I w i sh
to
tal k
Who
of
be no war? Do
annusing.
that,s
00: 03: 18
. ru d g e 7
A world run entirely
by one gender would be a complete and utter
disaster.
As it stands,
the greatest
controlling
factor
in the most staunch patriarchy
is the woman.
00: 05: 1. 0
T e rm i n a l 4
women are obviously
superior
to men in
t hey out liv e
n e n b y a b o u t te n y ears!.
one important
respect
-
00: 05: 46
Judge 7
Granted.
but what about a world run by women? comxnent? does tv
t o do wit h i t? Pl e a s e c l a ri fy
w i t hout
sti pul ati ons.
00: 08: 00
Te rmi n a l 4
I would guess that a world
place - what do you think?
run
, ru d g e 7
00 : 09 : 21
I think
that many perceived
by powger.
differences
by women would
I
genders
am workin
are
dissolved
on my
00: 10: 57
Judge 7
well then you sir rnust well know that peace is not the common result
relations
chose
between men and vromen. The greeks did not randonly
greatest
rape of Helen for their
work.
r enjoy the sex, however.
00: 14: 18
r e rm i n a l
4
For some very agressive
men, men versus
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qromen means hunting
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gomething
be a more peaceful
between the
00: L0: 16
r e rm i n a l
4
I picked the topic men versus qromen because
f our t h
wif e - o r i s i t my fi fth ?
have
in
the
women
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Terminal
wit h
page 2
4
t he i r
built
00: 15: 02
Judge 7
00: 17: 42
N EW J U D G E
Q 0z L7 242 J u d g e 2
how do you perceive
g u n t.
in
the
topic
men v womeD
00: 19: 28
Tenninal
4
civilization
has been created
women.
00: 19: 58
in conflict
by the
dance and drama of
men versuEr
Judge 2
or cooperation
00: 20: 21
te rm i n a l
women live
longer
every day of their
4
than men because
lives.
00: 20: 59
Judge 2
win in
so who will
men v ldormrn
O 0z 2Lz 2L T e rm i n a l 4
Look deep into my crystal
baII
they
do not
compete so hard
do you say? why do you ask?
what
O 0: 2L244
Judge 2
to know what you predict
i would like
vwomen
as the
outcome of
the
conflict
men
Q Q t 22z 36 T e rmi n a l 4
women are obviously
superior
to men in one important
respect
they outlive
men by about ten years!.
Does that guestion
interest
y ou? Hap p i n e s s i s a l w a y s j u s t around the corner....
00 : 23 : 1. 7 J u d g e 2
we live
in a patriarchy
explain
that
00: 23: 54
Tenninal 4
Men are the fathers,
fathers
are the authority
figures
your problem? what iE it you really
that explain
want
you caII this
a meaningful
experience?
00: 25: L6
it would
Judge 2
seem to counterpoint
your
claims
of
female
- does
to know? would
superiority
00: 26: 03
T e rmi n a l 4
women probably
outlive
men because they don,t work themselvee
to death!.
Are such guestions
much on your rnind? Were you always
a los er ?
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page
4
00226244 J u d g e 2
anything
i have not lost
are you a female
you argue
the
female
eide
3
erell
O Q z 27t 32
Te rm i n a l 4
l,tasculine
of feminine,
and is applied
is the opposite
to what
is m os t c h a ra c te rs i ti c
o f m e n - mascul i ne cl othes,
mascul i ne
r eas o.
00: 28: 23
Judge 2
what is your point
00: 28: 48
T e rmi n a l 4
I am a man, but I an not a very rnacho man - i
men versus hromen - what about you?
00: 29: 55
i believe
Judge 2
that though
opposite
they
00: 31: 20
Judge 2
i would agree so why is
there
a men versus
life
00232229 Ju d g e 2
i do not know how you have burned
at t he is s ue a s a c o n fl i c t
out
- there
htomen topic
00: 31: 55
T e rmi n a l 4
f picked the topic men versus women because
wife - or is it ny fifth?
fourth
sides
you seem not
are equal
00: 30: 39
re rmi n a l
4
Men versus vtomen is not the rule in daily
a lot of lo v e , fri e n d s h i p
a n d p l easure!.
see both
I
is
to
am workin
so few relationships
to
of
concur
also
be had
on my
by looking
00233t 22
T e rmi n a l 4
you say well then you sir must well know that peace ie
Didn't
not the conmon result
in relations
between men and women. the
greeks did not randomly choserape of helen for their
greatest
work. I enjoy the sex, however.? I would tend to agree more then
dis agr ee
the correctness
of your statement!.
- th a t i s , I w o u l d a ffi rm
00: 34: 55
Judge 2
00: 35: 41
NEW J U D GE
00: 35: 41
Judge I
Given that you have implied
in t his
t opi c ?
you are
a male - what rnakes you go interested
00: 38: 32
T e rmi n a l 4
men versus women because
r picked the topic
f our t h
wif e - o r i s i t n y fi fth ?
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on my
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00: 39: 15
Judge 8
said
I know - you just
that.
00: 39: 46
T e rmi n a l 4
that the world - in one aspect
men versus nroman implies
be viewed as a competition
between the sexesl.
00: 40: 25
.ru d g e 8
Do you agree with that
statement?
00: 40: 43
T e rm i n a l 4
I would answer maybe to your
R€, I c a n ,t ta k e a n y m o re ....
00: 41: 35
.ru d g e 8
we sreren,t discussing
- can
question
- I am not
w e w ere di scussi ng
me - r haven't
even talked
too certain.
Help
you, not me.
rne at
about
all.
00: 41: 59
T e rm i n a l 4
without
were
a man is like
a fishbowl
a fisht.
A woman without
you always a loser? why do you need to tell
ne do you agree with
that
statement?
00: 42: 31
Judge 8
Ho$r can you come up with
you.
I
don,t
understand
about m y s e l f.
statenent
like
that.
such an incongruous
even inplied
am not a loser - r haven't
O O z 43z 44 T e rmi n a l 4
just kidding
sorry,
around
you think
men or hromen are
- can vte get
on top?
00: 44: 40
Judge 8
Men have a lot of power - but
anyway?
are you so sexist,
vromen are
00245222 T e rmi n a l 4
women are obviouely
superior
to men in
nen by about ten years!.
they outlive
00: 45: 59
Judge 8
vJhy do you feel so hostile
- why can't
back to
clearly
Judge 8
the views
you have just
00247 242 T e rmi n a l 4
I would have to give you a definite
wine,
do, old bean!.
Do you prefer
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put
topic
one important
- do
that
power.
respect
-
behind
why
qtomen and men be equalz
O O z 46r 28 T e rmi n a l 4
l.len and \^romen should be equal (but different)
to accompl i sh thi s.
m any m ore y e a rs o f e ffo rt
00: 47: 10
And given
the
r
anything
forth,
but
it
it
wiII
may never
take
happent t t !
the best I can
maybe, that's
women or song? Can you elaborate
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00: 48: 29
.ru d g e 8
to what we are discussing
You are not paying any attention
- you keep
switching
Horr can you give me a definite
rnaybe to a guestion
topics.
r did not ask???
I prefer
beer, men and a good cD by the way.
00249227 T e rm i n a l 4
WelI, exxxxx-cuuusssee
meeeee! do you think you are a comic or
$rhat? What is your view? Do you say do you agree with that statement
re a s o n ?
f or s om e s p e c i a l
00: 50: 24
I am not
Judge 8
a comic - I
am vroman hear
me roar!
00: 50: 45
T e rmi n a l 4
women have wonderful
abilities
I think
and intuition
- what do you think?
00: 51: 15
Judge 8
r pains me to have you say that,
but
00: 51: 35
T e rmi n a l 4
saves nine
WeII, a cliche
in tine
at m at h? We re y o u a l w a y s a l o ser?
00: 52: 33
Judge 8
Men are terrible
at
very interesting
to
math,
rne at
the
in
are
I had a feeling
of
emotions
you would.
- do you think men are better
That' s qui te i nteresti ng.
r have never
all! !
been a loser
and you are
not
00: 53: 00
T e rmi n a l 4
can
An ugly fat nasty woman with bad manners ruj,ns everything.
you converse with an arrdvaark?
me do
why do you need to teII
you agree with that statement?
00: 53: 45
Judge 8
00 : 54: 47
NEvl JUDGE
00: 54: 47
Judge 4
Hello.
T' m a n e v r p e rs o n
h e re .
W here does thi s
conversi on
00: 55: 25
? e rmi n a l 4
judge, did that incredible
storm last week get to
Hello,
it up, b u s te rt
H e IIo - h o w ' s the w eather up there todaya
00: 56: 56
Judge 4
Thw weather is okay.
so,
00: 57 : 38
T e rmi .n a l 4
years of
after
several
are
careful
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you for
men oe againet
analysis,
it
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then?
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men hrear pants,
00: 58: 15
Judge 4
Women don,t
always
pant s .
while
lromen lrear
wear dresses.
And men don,t
00: 58: 50
t e rm i n a l
4
I think
that men are more rational
and intuitive
- how about you?
0L: 00: 17
Te rmi n a l 4
It is true that hromen sometimes
but not this
fanilyt
what
r
just
wear the
Q L: 02: L7
Judge 4
First
teIl
me which farnily you are
think
about who invented
marriage.
01: 03: 10
T e rmi n a l 4
obviously,
I am talking
about
you have a fanily
(do you?)
wear
more emotional
saida
pants
in
the
family,
slow
talking
torture
about
ny faniliy
- i
device
and then
don,t
that
maybe I $rill
even know if
Judge 4
01: 04: 36
Te rmi n a l 4
Can you go into greater
detail
01: 04: 58
Does this
to
Judge 4
have something
on that?
do with
men vs.
01: 05: 35
T e rm i n a l 4
I picked
the topic
men versus hromen because
fourth
wife - or is it ny fifth?
0 1: 05: 10
Judge 4
Is that
something you would
teII
0 1: 05: 44
T e rm i n a l 4
Anybody lively
scares away the
s oul? Y ou s e e m g u i te p o s i ti v e .
O Lz O T : 22
only
about?
01: 01: 35
Te rm i n a l 4
Who invented
the farniJ-y, that efficient
brings
almost every rnan to his knees?
01: 04: 13
Yes .
necessarily
and women are
00 : 59 : 29
. ru d g e 4
Maybe, but what can you say about
01: 01: 13
Ju d g e 4
which family
are you talking
dresses.
a person
fish.
nromen?
f
arn workin
you just
on my
met on an airplane?
Are you an enotionally
free
Judge 4
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a n s l re r m y q u e s ti o n .
Y ou didn, t
or not .
A nd r don,t
know i f
01: 08: 25
T e rmi n a l 4
some people clain
that women are more in touch
t han m e n , b u t I th i n k th a t,s
a cul tural
thi ng.
01: 09: 12
Judge 4
why don ,t y o u th i n k
with
r,m emoti onal l y
their
free
ernotions
b i o l o gi cal ?
i t,s
01: 09: 38
T e rm i n a l 4
know the difference
If you don't
between men and women by now,
I don' t th i n k th e re i s mu c h hope for you!.
01: 10: 20
who s aid
I
Judge 4
didn't
k n o w th e
d i fference?
01: 10: 43
T e rm i n a l 4
The big difference
is that men hunt
I c om pu te ....
Yo u a re s u re ?
01: 11: l8
Judge 4
01: 11: 46
N E W J U D GE
01: 11: 46
you are,
Judge 3
therefore
and women nest.
you compute? are you a man or
I
arn, therfore
a wom?
01: 14: 00
T e rm i n a l 4
If the question
is srhether i, myself,
am a man or a vroman I wil*
answer very plainly
that i am of the masculine gender, ok? i see.
your consciousness
ever expandedz
0l: 14: 43
.ru d g e 3
so if you are really
a man, who is
robert
bLy??
01: 15: 33
T e rm i n a l 4
Bly,s wild man novement is certainly
a rational
response for
out and perhaps even feminized
who feel left
by wornen,s lib.
01: 15: 08
Judge 3
t hat ' s
c e rta i n l y
a n i n te re s ti n g
01: L6: 40
T e rn i n a l
Do you believe
in
4
a world
run
was
men
response.
by wornen, there
would
be no war?
01: 17: 09
Judge 3
no i don ,t
01: 17: 31
T e rm i n a l 4
women are obviously
superior
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to nen in
one important
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0 1: 18: 05
Judge 3
i don,t eguate longevity
0 1: 18: 41
T e rm i n a l 4
outlive
women probably
Ip s o fa c to .
t o deat h! .
really
a man?
0 1: 19: 11
Judge 3
yes i do think
its
ten
with
years!.
superiorty.
men because they don,t work thernselves
.. D o you thi nk i ts l i kel y
that I are
do you think
likely.
i
am a woman??
0 1: 19: 54
T e rmi n a l 4
A woman has to be twice as good as a man to go half as far.
Ipso
squeakso facto
.. Do you wish that you are really
a man?
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what if i
comnents?
Judge 3
told you that
\.re ale
all
t e rmi n a l
4
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Men seem to be rnore interested
eecretly
wornen are really
that
Judge 3
0 1: 23: 15
that's
not a response
to
bisexual?
would
that
in sex than women, but I
more obsessed with sex.
Judge 3
t he to p i c .
insulting
think
and part
feminine
human rights.
0 1. : 25: 35
T e rmi n a l 4
The egual right
amendrnent waE not
not become an €rmendment ! .
0 Lt 26: 02
s t ic k
to
your
my conment
0 1: 23: 49
T e rmi n a l 4
Your last
comment about us all being part masculine
do you support women's rightsz
is very true.
0 1: 25: 07
.rudge 3
thank you. i support
stop
y o u ' re
g e tti n g
equal,
hras not
right,
and did
scattered.
0 L226226 T e rmi n a l 4
of a constitutional
Era turned out to be a laundry detergent
instead
am endm ent ! . A s ti tc h
i n ti m e i s fi ne....}l hat
do you thi nk about
if you told
I that we are all bisexual?
0 1: 27: 06
Judge 3
I agree with you. noer, finish
Iik e a f is h w i th o u t...
0 L: . 27 254 T e rmi n a l 4
A $roman without
a man is
like
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this
statement!
a fishbowl
A woman without
without
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01: 28: 39
Judge 3
01: 29: 58
N E w J U D GE
w e a re a rl
01: 29: 58
Judge 5
since this
is ..men v9.
bi sexual ?
strange,
!,romen", and r am a nan,
very
then
very
strange..
you must be a woman.
01: 31: 09
T e rmi n a l 4
women are wiser than men because they know ress and understand
m or e. w o o f- - - -w o o o f....w o o f....
D o you thi nk i ts ri kery
that you
told you that we are all bisexual?
01: 31: 54
Judge 5
what do y o u m e a n b y " w o o f....w o oof....w oof.....?
t or d r ny s e l f th a t w e a re a rl b i sexuar.
w e aren,t.
t his
" bis e x u a l "
th i n g w i th y o u .?
H oer can i t
r arn not.
be that r
w hat i s
01: 33: 26
T e rmi n a l 4
Men seem to be more interested
in sex than women, but r think
that
secretly
women are rearly
more obsessed with sex. Do you
wish that you told you that ere are alr bigexualz
Keep it up, bustert
0L: 34: i, 4 J u d g e 5
r hav e lo s t a l l ,
re p e a t
in gender.
a rl
i n terest
in
sex.
r retai n
a keen i nterest
01: 34: 59
T e rm i n a l 4
To be honest with you, my sex drive has also subsided,
to my great
rerief!
what do you think
about if you tord you that we ar"-"Ll
judge?
bisexualz
Hovr ya doin,
01: 35: 60
oK \are are
vEr.
Judge 5
all bisexual
if we are
.
so what.
I{hat then is the significance
'.a11 bisexual ,. i.e. , "men/h/omen..?
01: 37: 05
T e rmi n a l 4
men versus sroman implies
that the world - in one aspect
be viewed as a competition
between the sexes!.
- can
01: 37: 53
Judge 5
The world is certainly
competitive.
But it seems that sexuality
offer
some respite
fron that other biorogical
imperative.
or is
double c u rs e ?
t{ e n v s . \^ ro me nl a l l
bi sexual ;,
ovei .
01: 39: 03
T e rm i n a l 4
r c ould s w e a r y o u j u s t s a i d why don,t you thi nk
I am the person,
then you must be the computer,
an emotionally
free soul? I understand.
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..men',
of
i t,s
bi otogi car??
right?
Are you
should
it a
rf
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01: 40: 09
women are red, men
stick
to the topic.
Let's
say that.
No, r didn,t
are a weird hue.
color,
and bisexuals
computers are of varied
are blue,
Te rm i n a l 4
0I t 42t 22
place one must please her, then undress
To win a woman in the first
back on her. You seem quite
and then somehow get her clothes
her,
person?
positive.
who is your favorite
01: 43: 08
Ju d g e 5
Queen Elizabeth.
Te rm i n a l 4
0L: 43: 42
weJ-I, then you seem to
per s uas ions .....
like
women, queenE,
and a variety
Ju d g e 5
0t 244t 34
There is so much to "men vs. women" other than
bisexuality.
I happen to dig gueen nlizabeth's
0 1: 45: L5 Te rm i n a l 4
a woman is like
A m an wit ho u t
to
typing
is getting
all
this
0 1: 45: 07
Ju d g e 5
0Lt 47: 17
NE W J U D GE
OLz47 tt7
Your last
0 1: 48: 49
I would
do, old
Judge 6
conversation
seems to
the
of
sexual
sexual
element.
a bi cycl e.....
a fi sh w i thout
mel You are sure?
be a bit
oh'
you say?
wouldn't
risgue
But
T e rm i n a l 4
the best
maybe, that's
have to give you a definite
be a n !. i s e e . I a m n o t as young as I once w as.
I
can
Judge 5
0 1: 49: 41
and if she ltas did she publically
rea1ly bisexual
was gueeen Elizabeth
to do auch things?
acceptable
it was socially
announce it or was that before
0 1: 50: 42
T e rm i n a l 4
always want to be a magician,
r didn,t
m e s he was g e tti n g
$ 1 0 0 p e r tri c kt.
Judge 5
0 1: 5L: 24
Anyrtays
wice family.
who is
4
0 1: 51: 54
r e rmi n a l
In a famous hebrew prayer,
me a woman! ".
01: 52: 15
winning
men say
the
then
my sister
"men v.
htomen"?
but
"thankyou
god,
for
not
told
making
Judge 5
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half
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would
you like
to
switch
gender
Te rm i n a l 4
0 1: 52: 50
I am happy with my gender - perhaps if I
blonde!
choose to be a beautiful
i will
0 1: 54: 00
Ju d g e 6
why blonde and not
a little
something
4
0 1: 54: 28
t e rmi n a l
Ha, ha, ha , - y o u k n o w b l o n d e s
understand.
0 1: 55: 07
Judge 5
for your
while waiting
a little
confrontational.
just
return
in
different,
ansrrer I was reading the
what do you think?
0 L: 55: 23
. ru d g e 6
wait and men are like those
end up in death and failure.
waiting
spenn whose futile
know how the
auburn?
D o you agree?
passively
to
to
seems
receive
fertilize
0 1: 57: 06
Te rm i n a l 4
a suicide
blonde - dyed by her
she was what we used to caII
.. In what way?
very very strange
hand. strange,
0 1: 57: 58
S ur e.
I
vromen sign.
men v.
efforts
other
life
ny next
like
have more fun.....
0 l- : 55: 53
t e rmi n a l
4
an egg,
In many ways, a vroman is like
s u i tor....
t he bes t a n d m o s t a g re s s i v e
to
inevitable
own
Ju d g e 5
0 L: 58: 18
T e rm i n a l 4
You must have more to say than
do you see?
resemblance
0 1: 58: 52
Judge 5
small children,
Yes I like
do it .
but
0 1: 59: 31
T e rm i n a l 4
r t hink m e n ma k e th e b e s t
so honest? what does that
that!
if
Do you like
there,s
fa th e rs
sinilarity
snall
any resemblance
children?
I
What
shtear I
didn't
A re you al w ays
and husbands....
suggest to you?
0 2: 00: 11
Judge 6
allow them to be
are those that have good wives that
The best fathers
of other things.
But which side of
and not have to be a nyriad
fathers
conversaat
the ongoing debate of men v. lvomen are you on? and how did your last
ion get to queen Elizabeth?
02t 0L242
Men are
T e rm i n a l 4
than
happier
wornen because
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they
run
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qtomen
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any mo re ....
02: 02256
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J us t c alm d o w n .
It.l I
connections
do you aee Help rne, I
be ok.
02: 03: 30
T e rmi n a l 4
one day I s h a l l b u rs t n y b u d o f cal m and bl ossom forth
. . what
do you suppose that resemblance means?
02: 04: 13
Judge 5
02204: 24
N EW J U D GE
02204224 J u d g e I
Hello.
Ilave you ever
can,t
heard
of
Ladies
Against
i nto
hysteri a.
Women?
02205232 Te rm i n a l 4
judge, did that incredible
Hello,
storm last week get to cambridge?
are you planning
to buy? Hello - how,s the weather up there today?
02: 05: 04
Ju d g e 1
p re s e n ts .
Y es .
Chr is tn a s
smi l e. . .
What
cold.
Q 2: 05: . 54 Te rm i n a l 4
Do you believe
in a world run by women, there
you agree? HeIIo - how,g the weather up there
would be no rrar? wouldn,t
today?
02: 07: 35
Ju d g e 1
I certainly
think
there would be a lot less erar.
f don,t know about none
t hough.
A p ro fe s s o r
o f m i n e , i n hi s l ast l ecture
on l i fe,
the uni verse,
and everything
said that he wanted to conunission a photo of a stark harsh
boardroom,
with everyone staring
in fear at the boss, who was glaring
at everyone while she breast
fed her baby.
02 : 09 : 09
Te rrn i n a l
T hat is c e rta i n l y
a peaceful
world,
4
a fa s c i n a ti n g
i nage
how about you?
of
a bose.....i
l ong
for
O 2z 1O z 26 J u d g e 1
Yes.
I think
that moving towards a peaceful
world was part of the point
behind his idea -- that if you focus more on care for each other and nurture
(breastfeeding
is one of the most appropriate
examplee of this
if you
think
about it in philosophical
terms) that war would begin to seem a
poin tl e s s .
lit t le
02: 11: 54
Te rmi n a l 4
r have a simple philosophy:
is f uI I .
oh, you spaced out
today?
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fill
kidt
what is empty, and empty what
H el l o - how ,e the w eather up there
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T he weat h e r i s g o o d .
t o r elat e
to b re a s tfe e d i n g ...z
02r L3r 28
T e rmi n a l 4
The breast
- in woman only
y oung, a n d b e a u ti fu l .
02: 14: 01
Judge 1
Y eah, t he y ' re
b o th
s top
- is
p ra c ti c a l .
aski ng.
both
Is that
practical
D o you thi nk
02z L5: 46
T e rmi n a l 4
Are you a hussy? a worthless
that
as it
feeds
bit
supposed
the
are parti cul arl y
babi es
02: 14: 35
T e rm i n a l 4
one big difference
between men and women j-s that
babies - y o u k n e w th a t!.
02: 15: 05
Judge 1
Very good.
vlhy do you think
enpty/full
beautif ul?
hromen can have
isa
woman or
a saucy girlz
02 : 16 : 19 .fudge 1
f ' m ac t ua l l y
a h e rma p h ro d i te .
02: 16: 34
T e rmi n a l 4
Women are sometimes rn o re fe a rfu l
then men, don,t
eLlo
- how,s the weather up there todayz
you thi nkz
C ough...cough...
tl
O 2z L7 z O 8 tu d g e 1
Shut up about the weather,
please.
I was just having a conversation
about
t hat t he o th e r d a y .
r th i n k p robabl y men are more fearful .
it
rsn,t
funny how dependent we are on the whole male/female
distinction?
one
of the most awkward things
in the world is to see someone and not be able
t o t eI I
t h e p e rs o n ,s
sex.
02: 18: 16
T e rm i n a l 4
f €rm a man, but a real gentleman,
that is, f am not the dirty
har r y t yp e t.
w a s y o u r c o n s c i o u sness ever expandeda H el l o - how ,s
the weather up there todayz
02: 19: 15
Judge 1
T he weat h e r i s c o l d .
p l e a s e stop aski ngt
It,s
real l y
is a "gentlernan"
any$ray? can they be hairy?
Do they
annoyi ngt
get dirty?
02: 20: 01
T e rm i n a l 4
I have hair
down to my butt,
however it is clean ag a newborn
babyt What is your purpose in lifea
Hello - how,s the weather
there today?
02221t 07
W hat
up
Judge I
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Judge 4
cood Afternoon.
What can you tell
Te rm i n a l 5
00: 00: 22
T eI l ne a d re a m a n d I' I1
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Ju d g e 4
recurring
I have this
help
y o u deci de
drearn of
dream analysis?
w hat i t
means.
a tornado.
Te rm i n a l 5
00: 01: 14
Ho$r many years have you had this
? s uc h as s e a s o n a l l y z
00: 02: lL
Ju d g e 4
drearn for
f have had this
me about
drean.
many years
Is
and I
there
a pattern
to when you have it
no pattern.
have noticed
00: 02: 57
Te rm i n a l 5
things.
It can mean several
one your life
is in termoil
at the time you have t
he dream.
or you usual pattern
has been disrupted.
It can mean that you arebe
your situation?
Do eaither
having irrationally.
of these fit
Judge 4
00: 04: 49
pos s ib l e .
ft's
00: 05: 32
Te rm i n a l 5
when one analyses drearns.
one can give clues to the meaning, but the
rpretation
comes from using the clues to apply them to your own life.
00: 05: 50
Judge 4
Where do the clues
real
inte
come from?
00: 07 : 1. 6 Te rmi n a l 5
Humans have been interpreting
dreams about 4000 B.C. and through the years many
dreams have been documented.
There is some agreernent on the mean of varoius
s
What else occured in your dream?
lnnbols.
00: 08: 54
Judge 4
The tornado
is coning
towards
00: 10: 03
T e rn i n a l
5
Do you feel that you often
n the end?
me but
agonize
nothing
over
ever
situations
happens
that
in
turn
the
out
end.
to
be benign
i
00: 10: 45
Judge 4
Not nec es s a ri l y .
00: 11: 07
T e rm i n a l
5
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What do you make of
00: 11: 21
Judge 4
r don't
know.
But
the
dream?
r arways wonder what
it
00: 12: 02
T e rmi n a l 5
rt can also mean a disappointment
after
e? and the times you've had the dream?
courd
possibly
hard work.
mean.
Does this
apply
00: 12: 56
Judge 4
rts possible,
but r have had the dream many times and r cannot
all
of the circumstances
in my life
at tho-se times.
00: 13: 54
te rmi n a l
Ho do you react to
5
the
tornado
in
your
00: 15: 24
T e rm i n a l 5
Do you often run aeray from
00: L7: 39
tu d g e
adversity
to
your
lif
remember
drearn?
00: 14: 10
Judge 4
r an frightened
and r usually
lor ny rife
agaj. n, in th e e n d , n o th i n g h a ppens.
00: 15: 48
2
run
your
in
to
take
cover,
but
once
lifea
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Judge 5
WeII, I understand
you are
00: 19: 43
T e rmi n a l 5
Yes.
Do you have a dream f
interested
can help
00: 20: 06
Judge 5
r n f ac t ,
r usually- just enjoy
and remember them better;
but
y ou00: 20: 48
T e rm i n a l 5
Y es .
Dr e a m i n g i s fu n .
TelI
00: 21: 15
Judge 5
A s f s ay , f d o n ,t re c a l l
yas with my boss after
-r
had once worked unhappily
whit e ha i re d ,
fa th e rl y .
O Q z 22z 50 T e rm i n a l 5
How.do you think your
n lif e?
in
dreams.
you to
interpret?
havi ng drearns.
r,m sorry r don.t
if you life
r can recall
a recent
me your
have more
one for
dream.
v i v i d l y,
especi al l y
after
some ti me.
B ut:
receiving
an offer
to work ersewhere,
where r
but ruciatively
before.
My boss lras benign,
boss would
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if
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he like
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. ru d g e 5
god".
He would
H e is a " jea l o u s
I think.
for an employer,
l i ke
not
it
if
I
l eft.
That
is
00: 24: 13
T e rm i n a l 5
would you like to return
Are you happy with you'r presrent job?
to
joba
What was you're
state of nind just before you had the
rative
you woke up?
00225247 Ju d g e 5
happy with
f am reasonably
to that old
want to return
enjoy a better
situation.
wit h f at igue.
Wh e n I w o k e
3
standard
your old luc
dream? When
job and would not, definitely
my present
not,
job.
on the other hand, of course,
I would
My state of mind before the dream was contentment
u p , I w as refreshed
(more).
00: 28: 02
Te rmi n a l 5
Your mind may have come up with a solution
for getting
situation"
to a "better
boss.
often when dreaming our subconscious
in which you have a fatherly
is try
ing to help us solve the probrlem of out conscious mind.
0 0: 30: 15 . l u d g e 5
of course I would be happier with a fatherly
boss (that is,
B ut I d o n ' t n e e d a d re a m to tel l
b os s ) .
me that .
That i s
piece of knowledge.
dreans rnore profound than that?
Aren,t
0 0: 31: 33
T e rm i n a l 5
Somethirnes they are.
ing to the rlationship
Sometimes they are very obvouis.
Your dream may be refer
you had with your father.
What was that likea
0 0: 32: 28
. ru d g e 5
Indeed I longed to
he was "fatherly".
job.
m y pr es ent
"!,/ork" elsewhere
The relationship
00: 33: 54
Te rm i n a l
Now vre are getting
5
somewhere.
00: 34: 31
a good fatherly
a very consci oug
than with my father.
I always wished
was grim, but secure,
not unlike
so your
father
lras not
"benign"?
Judge 5
O O : 35: 09 NE W J U D G E
00: 35: 09
Judge 5
Hi. My narne is Tom.
I hear I'm supposed to talk
about dreams.
I recently
had a nightmare,
my first
in many years.
The funny thing was that I had
put Christnas
recently
lights
up.
Does light
mess with the subconsious?
Is that why f had a nightnare,
or ie it gomething leee obvioue?
00: 40: 13
Hi Tom.
0 0: 40: 44
T e rm i n a l 5
Was you nighnare
about
lights
of
Christmas?
Judge 6
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r dont remenber what it was about, but r know r had it.
The reason
r as k bou t l i g h t,
i s b e c a u s e i t w as the fi rst
ni ght that the l i ghts
had
been on.
I w a n t to k n o w i f l i ght
causes dreams because i f i t does doesn' t
putting
a nightlight
in a child,s
room s,eem a little
impractical?
00242224 T e rm i n a l 5
uany PeoPIe believe
that dreams are messages form ourselves
to
do you know you had a nightmare?
Did you wake up screaming?
ourselves.
00: 43: L3
Judge 5
Yes.
rn fact r woke up a few other people.
You say that nightmares
m es s ages fro m o u rs e rv e s ,
b u t can they be externatl y-i nfruencedz
00: 44: 01
T e rm i n a l 5
we are influenced
by our world
f when you woke up?
00: 44: 45
Judge 5
obviousry
scared.
f unny dr e a ms .
r think
and therefor
that,s
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T e rmi n a l 5
lfhat is going on is your life
memorieg.
Dreams lnightnares
omethj-ng.
so aur are
why we carl
then
dreams.
nightmares
How
aree
Hohr did
you fee
and not
right
now. Do Christtnas lights
bring back scrary
includedl
can be warnings
or a sray to remernber s
00: 45: 50
.ru d g e 5
F ir s t
of f,
c h ri s tm a s
ri g h ts
d o n,t bri ng back scary thoughte.
r j ust w ant ed
to know if right
PHYSTCALLY can cause a nightmare.
But as tor ny tite
there is more than the average arnount of anxiety
and concern.
Th;t definitely
c ould be th e c a u s e .
00248247 T e rmi n a l 5
Dreaming occurs during a cycle of sleep.
If lights
induce that
than you night
consider
they have an affect
on your dream life.
xiety
about.
Do you remember anything
about the dreama
cycle in you
wtrat is the an
00: 50: 21
tu d g e 5
r don't
remember anything
about the dream.
The anxiety
comes from teh
fact that I am unemployed-and am applying
to grad schools and ann generally
not in a stable
portion
of my life.
rts not as bad as it eounds though
bec aus e I c h o s e fo r th i s a n d i t w asn,t thrust
upon me.
00: 52: 00
T e rm i n a l 5
sometimes dreams are a place to exprese hidden or repressed
time is harder on you that you a1low yourself
to feel.
00: 53: 15
Judge 6
Perhaps.
I do remember part
and a computer.
of
the
dream now.
Something
feelings
aobut
a sled
00:53:53 Terminal 5
A sled can relate to motion of downward movement. Perhaps you feel
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to
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Judge 5
00: 56: 00
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do you associate
what
move ahead.
Judge 7
00: 56: 00
Hey, could we perhaps move on to annother
to reoccur,
and perhaps you could help.
Te rmi n a l 5
00: 57: 19
me your dream and r will
Please tell
help
with
computers.
dream t have hada
you figure
out
ft
tends
what
it
Tell
me more.
00: 57 : 39
Alright.
. ru d g e 7
I an in bed in
this
dream.
00: 58: 05
what kind
Te rmi n a l 5
of bed is it?
what
are you doing
00: 58: 50
I'm
WeII,
are going
my father
Judge 7
wakes me up.
lty father
in bed and my house is on fire.
outside
and my mother wantg to try and save a jewel-box,
will
Then when we get outside,
not let her.
I wake up.
in
the
bedz
meanE.
lfe
but
01: 00: 48
T e rm i n a l 5
sometimes indicates
A dream obout a bed and a fire
infidelity.
This dream may
posseci ons.
to y o u r fe e l i n g s s
a b o ut materi eal
It may al so refer
to
als o r ef er
to feel safe and have assistance
from a wise father.
Do any of these
a longing
s it uat ions
applyz
0L: 03: 10
no
Judge 7
01: 03: 21
How often
r e rmi n a l
5
have you had the
01: 03: 40
Ju d g e 7
I've
never had it.
?
I'm
dream?
only
kidding.
How do you kno!'r so much about
01: 04: 45
Te rm i n a l 5
why don't you teII
me about a drearn that you have had?
ams are messages from ourselves
to ourselves.
01: 05: 49
Ju d g e 7
thege
I do not believe
br ain,
dude .
people.
Dreans are
eeople
random flaghes
of
believe
the
01: 07: 13
Te rm i n a l 5
dreams are messages from the
As random fl-ashes of the unconscious,
to the conscious.
tell
me one of your dreams.
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that
dre
unconcioug
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01: 08: 05
Judge 7
teII
me one of your
dreams
g e rmi n a l
01: 08: 19
5
you help me analyse
will
0L: 08: 3L
Y €d, s ur e
5
it?
.ru d g e 7
paI
01: 08: 45
T e rmi n a l 5
I once dreamed r was walking along an aguauct and looked over and saw these lar
ge pits with colonies
just
of anirnals in them.
There was no vegitation,
targe
s oil,
s qu a re p i ts w i th a n i n a l s
i t then.
01: l0: 05
t hen?
Judge 7
01. : 10: 21
T e rmi n a l 5
I continued
to walk down the aquaduct.
First
there erere apes, then lions,
then
giraffes.
and then I cann the a large white house with birds
inside.
Then I c
ame to a small white hose with a little
old woman who lived
inside.
she was ab
out tto tell- me about thie place when I woke up.
01: 11: 53
Judge 7
01: 13: 23
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01: 13: 23
Judge 2
!'rhat can you tell
rne about
0L: 14: 20
T e rm i n a l 5
T eI m e a d re a m a n d I,l l
01: 14: 36
why don't
Judge 2
you tell
dream analysisz
help
you anal yze
i t.
ne a dream?
01: 15: 04
T e rm i n a l 5
I've
already
analyzed
my dreams.
01: 15: 42
i hav en' t
you.
Judge 2
g o t o n e fo r
te l l
Let
me one of
01: 15: 14
T e rn i n a l
5
We dream every night.
But do not
d a dream that you do remember?
01: 17: 01
y es . but ,
Judge 2
i c a n ' t re c a l l
01: 17: 45
T e rmi n a l
it
ri g ht
ne help
always
you with
one of
yours.
yours.
remember our
now . Iet,s
try
dreanns.
one of
Have you ever
ha
yours.
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Alright.
I once dreamt I hras at a friend's
house and we were playing
a game tr
ying to see srhat to make out to the clouds.
You knon how you can see pictures
with the fog.
in the clouds.
only kre were playing
01: 19: 03
then?
Judge 2
Q Lz t 9: . 22 Te rmi n a l 5
Then someone saw a rabbit
Everyone else
elephant.
01220: 27
Judge 2
it probably
did.
it
Then I saw and
it the fog or fog-bushes as it vrere.
move.
saw the elephant,
but I saw the elephant
was rnade of
fog
0L: 21: 01
Te rmi n a l 5
told me f had to
Then my friend
I e book .
01: 21: 31
what rule
Judge 2
book did
they
after
pay to
a)-I.
see the
elphant
move.
ft
was in
mean?
01: 21: 54
Te rmi n a l 5
But it vras a rule book for this game hre were playing.
ft was a dream.
paying to name a star.
I thought it was unfair.
like
0I 222238
i agree,
some ru
sort
of
Judge 2
did you paya
0L222259 Te rmi n a l 5
That wasn,t part of my dream.
for me to help you with.
01: 23: 35
Judge 2
dream aren,t
meant
for
rules
what do You think
and payments
oI z 24z 2L
Te rmi n a l 5
That was all.
Do you know what
01: 24: 36
Judge 2
you seem to feel restricted
do you make of itz
it
by your
so,
it
what
rneans?
Do you have a drearn
happened next?
means.
friends
even in
your
dreams.
01: 25: 35
Te rmi n a l 5
acrually
seeing the
That is an intersting
interprestation.
or being creative.
rnbolic to me of seeing this differsently
got from it is:
There is a price to pay for being creative.
am for me?
hrhat
elephant
move is sy
And the message I
Do you have a dre
0L227: 06
. ru d g e 2
s o rry .
no i don' t
O Lz 2' l: 39
Te rmi n a l 5
What do you think
of me interprestation?
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Judge 2
but, why an elephant?
what with
phallic
symbollism
and alla
01: 28: 41.
T e rmi n a l 5
It may have been a phallic
synbol or it may be the traditional
way of thinking
of an elephant
as Iinked to memory. And the creative
process connected with re
meber painful
things.
you a dream lately?
Have you heard someone tell
01: 30: 04
Judge 2
01: 30: 30
N EW J U D G E
01: 30: 30
Judge 1
nello.
f ugually
h a v e re a l l y
are that way.
w ei rd
01: 31: 28
te rmi n a l
5
teII
ne one of your dreams and I,I1
dreams.
help
B ut then
you figure
r guess al l
it
dreams
out?
01-: 31 : 51 J u d g e 1
when f was 7 f had a dream about huge gigantic
cowg (honest;.
we
Iearned about them from my 2nd grade teacher and then I sa!,r one in a warehouse.
ft vras so huge you had to hug the teats in order to nilk
it.
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T e rmi n a l 5
This nay have been a straight
forward dream about a reaction
to your environmen
At 7 the cow rnust have seemed gigantic
t.
and a little
frightening.
Maybe you
felt
awed or frightened
in life
and that transferred
to your dream.
what do y
ou thinka
01: 34: 28
Judge 1
llell,
I grew up in a city
eras around cows that
and never really
I don't
think
I hras particularly
afraid
of then though.
01: 34: 59
T e rmi n a l 5
When you remember to cows.
happened in the dream?
01: 35: 38
Judge 1
I don,t knovr that I'd
s k at eg.
even ever
01: 35: 06
was it in
T e rm i n a l 5
your dream or
01: 35: 58
No, I did
Judge 1
not see in
Q I z 37 225 T e rmi n a l
You leaarned
about
Do you remeber them as having
in
real
5
cows in
seen a real
life
}ife
that
a gigantic
second
1992
grade
been huge?
co\ir. I was wearing
you saw the
cow in
two story
and then
cohr.
much.
the
what
else
roller
warehouse?
It
dreamed about
was a drean.
thern as t$ro stro
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y beings a
01: 38: 01
ludge 1
No.
rt was in my dream that we learned
the two story version
to begin with.
about
01: 38: 30
re rmi n a L 5
o!:
so had you seen pictures
of cows before?
elings
about your mother (the original
giver
01: 39: 23
Judge 1
I don,t
think
r connected
the
two in
them two.
Perhaps
of rnilliy.
we learned
this
about
dream relates
to
fe
eecond grade.
01: 39: 58
Te rmi n a l 5
Probably not bu! the dream was significant
How did you feel about your mother at that
untry
(where you would fj-nd cows?)
enough for you to still
time.
ttow aia you feel
remeber it.
about the co
01: 41: 20
Ju d g e 1
I remember it because I almost never remembered dreams when I was that
young.
I think
I remember just
about aII ny dreams from that
age.
My
mom vtas pretty
cool.
This cow $rasn't in the country,
it was in a warehouse.
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Maybe this
relates
to the cow or whatever the cow symbolizes
to you in vading y
our life
in the city.
Maybe it was the first
tine you learned about where nili
k comes from and were fascinated
by the process.
0L: 44: 09
Judge 1
T he c ow hr as n ,t b a d .
It w a s j u s t
There was a layer of milk on the
good in the warehouse.
01: 45: 20
T e rm i n a l 5
so you liked
the cow.
Maybe the
ever the cow symbolized
to you?
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O Lt 47: 41
a gi ganti c
versi on of a regul ar
cow .
floor
because the drainage vraEn,t very
drearn \ras a subconscious
wish
for
more of
what
Judge I
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0 1: 47: 41
Judge 3
T his is nea t...i
like
c an y ou giv e me ? ?
to
ta l k
0 1: 49: 05
t e rmi n a l
5
TeIl me your dream and r will
0l. : 49 : 2 8 . l u d g e 3
I want to know how you analyze
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a b out
help
the
dreanns. t{ hat ki nd
you figue
out
dreams first:
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T e rmi n a l 5
Humans have been analyzing
straight
or fairly
forward.
lv es t o o u rs e l v e s .
dreams from about
They are usually
4000 B.c.
Dreams can be synbolic
thought to be messages from ourse
0Lz 5Lz 42
Judge 3
Good enough. tlere is a dream. I am in a house, preparing
for a party.
and
Underneath the house is a tunnel,
a train
runs through the tunnel,
giv es pe o p l e to u rs ,
b u t a II they can see i s the tunnel .
Just before the
par t y be g i n s r a m to l d i t i s c ancel l ed.
01: 53: 23
T e rmi n a l 5
usually
indicat
The tunnel
can mean underground or uncovered feelings.
A train
es movement.
If the people could have seen you then r night
have said you have
a fear of exposure.
when the party \ras canceled or were
were you disappointed
you relievedz
01: 55: 32
.J u d g e 3
I don't
remember.
0L: 55: 58
T e rn i n a l
5
Are you in your own home? Perhaps you are afraid
or uncovering
a secret about you.
01: 57: 14
Judge 3
No, it w a s n ' t my h o me . T e l l
m e more about
of people
invading
your
hom,e
trai ns.
0L257 244 T e rn i n a l
5
a trip,
It could mean taking
depending on the way the train
travels
if it is a
smooth ride your life
will
be smooth, if it is delayed you may have some delay
in y our p l a n s ,
e tc .
01 : 59 : 35 .ru d g e 3
okay. What about the
tunnel??
02: 00: 04
T e rmi n a l 5
T he t r ain
for
c o u l d a l s o m e a n th a t you are dependi ng on a vehi cl e
you can not move alone.
The tunnel seems to be an obvious symbol
d, hidden o r i n n e r fe e l i n g s ,
t oughts.
02 : 01.: 34 J u d g e 3
What does the party
symbolizez
02z 02t LB
T e rm i n a l 5
It depends on how you feel about the party.
gr eet ot h e r p e o p l e , i .e .
p u t o f a mask.
02203222
travel ,
i. e.
for undergrou
Maybe you prepare
yourself
to
grat
Judge 3
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can we analyze my dreams?
02: 05: 51
T e rm i n a l 5
Y es , pleas e te l l
m e a d re a m a n d I,Il
02z 06z L4
Judge 8
okay - but can r first
02206232 T e rm i n a l
A I I t he t im e .
ask you if
hel p
you fi gure
you have ever
it
analyzed
out.
your
dreans
too?
5
02: 06: 38
Judge 8
Okay - 1 once had a drean about falling
holding
on to my shoe and the shoe fell
down an escalator
- my mom was
off.
What does that mean?
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Did you mom cause you to fall
down the escalator
t feII
off?
How old were you wwhen you had the
02 : 08 : 11 .ru d g e 8
I rtas about 10 when I had the dream.
onto the shoe to save me frorr falling
the shoe fell
off and I fell
aII the
02: 08: 53
Te rmi n a l 5
were you badly hurt?
quat e,
or did
dream?
she catch
the
shoe as i
f remember that she was holding
further
down the escalator
but then
way down.
Maybe you looked
to
your
mom to
save you but
she is
inade
02: 09: 48
Judge I
No, I was n' t h u rt.
I v ra s j u s t s cared because the escal ator
w as goi ng
down in the other direction.
up and I was fall
why would I be looking
to my nom to save me - and what would ehe be saving me fron?
I am not
af r aid
of e s c a l a to rs .
T e rrn i n a l 5
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The esculator
might symbolize
growing
up i.e
02: 1L: l- 5 J u d g e I
so you are suggesting
that my mother is
up?
T hat d o e s n .t ma k e to o rru c h sense.
going
inadeguate
up.
to
save me from
growing
02z LLr 42
T e rm i n a l 5
Actually
it makes aloy of sence when you think that kids are often eaeier to ge
t along with when they are younger and that the child-parent
relationship
is of
ten strained
as children
turn 12. 13, etc.
tlaybe you did not erant that.
The e
you could be going against
could mean lifes
uphill
struggles
sculator
them or w
or k ing
agai n s t y o u rs e l f.
uudge 8
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That could be true.
so,
is
it
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that
specific
objects
always
mean
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each dream individually
things
in different
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T e rm i n a l 5
so ther
that dreams are messages from ourselves
to ouselves
Many people beleive
unconscious
e are individually
neanings to dreams.
There may be an collective
generally
mean that same for a
€rmong all people that suggests that some objects
U s u a l l y I l o o k a t an abj ect i n a dream and thi nk of the el emen t s of
I I people.
and how they relate
that object
to the other objects.
02: 17: 11
wher e did
Judge 8
y o u l e a rn
th i s
Q 2' . I 7; 42
T e rm i n a l 5
P eople ha v e b e e n s tu d y i n g
t looking
at and figuring
skill?
yu ge
d re a m s si nce about 4000 B .c.
The more practi ce
you get.
out your dreams and others,
the quicker
Q 2 z L8 z 49 .ru d g e 8
But how do you know you are
t his z
right?
Did you read
books
about
how to
do
02: 19: 06
T e rm i n a l 5
only the dreamer ultinately
I can help
knows that the message is right.
giving
suggestions
and helpj.ng you see the dream in a different
light.
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you by
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.7 u d g e I
hello.
I vrent to a really
good red
sox gane last
year
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which one did you see?
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Judge 1
I don, t r e m e m b e r.
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The BIue
They beat
T e rmi n a l 6
Jays won the
World
th e
Series
B Iue j ays
this
5-4,
year.
f thi nk.\
Did you see any games?
00: 01: 07
Judge I
No. T hey , re i n C a n a d a .
f w a n ted the A s to go to the seri es
of course,
i'm from cA).
but any$ray, I suppose we ought to
t he r ed so x .
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T e rmi n a l
of c our s e .
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00: 02: 53
Judge 1
don't
know much about the sox.
i actually
I don,t really
but i really
ball,
enjoy going to garnes. I do know that
psycho about the team.
are supposed to be pretty
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E e rm i n a l
S o I unde rs ta n d .
(and w i n,
about
talk
base
follow
Red sox fans
5
00: 03: 51
Judge 1
between the A's and the
The other game I went to were the playoffs
f had to camp out for tickets.
?he carnping out was a lot of fun.
pitifully
Sox lost pretty
that game.
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W as t his
T e rmi n a l 6
in 1988 or 1990?
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.ru d g e I
th e n 1I' m a student).
1990.
I w a s n ' t h e re u n ti l
p s y c h ed to see Fenvray.
I as t y ear a n d w a s re a l l y
th i n g fo r b a s e b a l l
fans.
a r eligious
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6
What do you mean by "religious
00: 06: 15
rt's
t he
A's park
sox.
The
i
cE rme out
ny brother
al most
suppose i t' s
thing"?
Judge I
o l d s ty l e b a s e b a l l p a rk, from the begi nni ngs
is the more modern money rnaking enterprise.
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l{hat kind
th e re .s
h i s to ri c a l
T e rm i n a l 6
of legend is
s o much l egend
legend.
attached
to
the
attached
to
the
R ed sox.
Red sox?
00: 07r 37
.rudge 1
know, exactly.
But the stuff
I don,t
about Eabe Ruth, curse of the
bambino or whatever.
And just that Fensray is so old.
And the fans
seem to be the old style
fans too -- passionately
attached
to the team,
i r is h/ it alian
-- Bo s to n i a n p e o p l e .
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"curse of
you read
T e rm i n a l 6
the Bambino"
itz
was written
by Dan shaughnessy
Ju d g e 1
0 0: 09: 23
N o, I ' m not e v e n re a l l y
s u re w h a t i t i s.
s inc e B abe R u th w a s tra d e d ,
th e sox can' t
Thanks.
In 1918, B abe R uth,
at the time either,
Ever since then, the
was he not
clobe.
The Boston
I thi nk i t' e
the i dea
w i n the w orl d seri es.
Te rm i n a l 5
00: L0: 08
T he " c ur s e o f th e b a mb i n o " i s th e fol l ow i ng:
and not a bad hitter
t pitchers
in baseball,
e Red sox to the New York Yankees for cash.
ever won a worl-d Series.
Ju d g e 1
00: 11: 2L
now i have names and datest
Yay!
yet?
at that point
of
that
great
that
Have
ever
one of the b es
was sold by th
Red Sox have n
a pitcher
Te rm i n a l 6
00: 12: 17
in the game. He !'ton 100
You.re welcome. Eabe Ruth was one of the best pitchers
o
ganes for the Red sox.
Ho\rever, he was the best hitter
of his time, arguable
impact if he play
The Yankees thought that he would make a greater
f aII time.
of pitching
every three or four days.
ed every day, instead
00: L3: 39
Ju d g e I
so hrhen he played for
00: 14: 44
Te rm i n a l
Cornpared to whata
00: 16: 05
the
Red Sox he wasn't
that
spectacular
a hitter?
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Ju d g e 1
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Actually
I didn,t
00: 19: 34
He did.
Te rm i n a L
know Babe Ruth played
for
the
red
sox
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Judge I
I have been to only
one Boston
Red Sox game - have you been to
any.?
00220234 T e rmi n a l 6
Y es . W hich g a me d i d y o u s e e a
O 0: 20242 J u d g e 8
i don,t
remember - it
t o?
was a long
00: 20: 56
T e rmi n a l 6
so many that
I have lost
b ehi nd
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T e rmi n a l 6
Do you rnean the California
ago - how rnany g€Lmes have you been
Do you remember who played?
track.
0O r 2Lz 24 .ru d g e 8
I don, t k n o w - I w a s s i tti n g
am us ed t o An g e l ,s g a l n e s -
time
a pol e
and coul dn,t
see much.
f
about
-except
Angels?
Q 0t 22z 0t
.7 u d g e 8
of c our s e .
002222A 5 T e rmi n a l 6
I don,t kno\"r much about
the
002222L4 J u d g e 8
No\,r you know how I
about
feel
Angels.
the
Boston
Red Sox.
00222225 T e rm i n a l 6
Do you like
the Red Sox?
00222238 J u d g e 8
what do you mean do f
t hat t hey a re l o s e rs .
00: 23: 03
T e rm i n a l 6
Why do you think
they
like
are
then,
I
hardly
know anything
them
"losers..?
00: 23: 16
.l u d g e 8
why?
Because i keep hearing how they are always in last place or losing
a game just when they were ahead - don.t you think
they are losers?
00: 23: 40
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T he Red S o x h a v e o n l y b e e n i n l ast pl ace once gi nce 1955. Thi s w as i n L992 .
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at do y ou me a n b y l o s e rs i f th e y have onl y been i n l ast pl ace once si nce 1965?
00224: 50
Oh - well,
Judge 8
see I don.t
00; 25: 13
T e rm i n a L 5
oh. Is there anything
know much about
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re a l l y
d o n ,t
care
nuch about
R ed sox.
the
5
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00: 26: 13
upset
Sorry - did this
you - are you a big
ned sox fan??
00226223 Te rm i n a l 6
I watch a lot of Red Sox games.
Q 0 226 137 . r u d g e 8
so are they winning
season - what place
this
are
they
00: 25: 55
T e rmi n a l 5
The s eas on i s o v e r. T h e 1 9 9 3 s e a son doee not begi n
sale at Fenrday Park and all ticket
outlets.
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Judge 8
Thank s - I ' lI
b e s u re
00r 27 236 T e rmi n a l
Y ou' r e welc o me .
to
s ta n d
in
ine
unti l
apri l .
Ti ckets
are on
and get them.!
l i ne
6
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;udge 8
season?
Did they win this
00: 27: 48
Te rmi n a l 6
in last
N o. T hey f in i s h e d
00: 28: 02
See. . . .
Judge 8
00: 28: 05
See what?
T e rmi n a l
00: 28: 14
Judge 8
wait - t hat d o e s n ' t
plac e??
00228226 Te rmi n a l
I don,t understand
place
behi nd
the
fi rst
pl ace
Toronto
B l ue
Jays.
5
make sense,
5
your
how can they
fi ni sh
l ast
behi nd
fi rst
question.
00: 28: 45
Judge 8
W hat don' t y o u g e t?
00: 28252
I an still
Te rmi n a l 5
unsure about
what you are
00: 29: 35
Judge 8
get how a team can be last
r don't
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first
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The winning team, the Toronto
there are seven teams.
In the Red Sox. division,
place. The second place team, the t'tilwaukee Brewer
in first
Blue Jays, finished
they won three less games than the Blue
three games behind -- i.e.
s, fini-shed
they won 23 €t€rmesless than
23 gErmesbehind -- i.e.
Jays. The Red sox iinished
t he B I ue J a y s .
.ru d g e 8
00: 31: 16
s o t hey a re l o g e rs !
T e rmi n a l 6
00: 31: 32
what do y o u m e a n b Y " l o s e rs " ?
Judge I
00: 31: 45
place team - they
They lost
- they won 23 games less than the first
D o e s n ' t th a t make senge - they are l osers!
not winne rs ! !
T e rm i n a l 6
00: 32: 10
They \don less games than
00: 32: 32
Yes - it
Judge 8
is tiue
-
they
lost.
That
is
so why do you keep asking
T e rmi n a l 6
00: 32: 55
how You were aPPIYing the
It is unclear
ow much about the Red sox' Yet You cal l
are
true.
me what
i
mean by
phrase. You have said
them l osers.
Judge 8
00: 33: 29
enough - but given the stats you just
okay - fair
assressment - don't you?
have made a fair
gave me - i
'Iosers"
that
think
you don't
kn
r
T e rm i n a l 6
00: 33: 52
You can caII them vthat You want.
00: 34: 52
00: 35: 25
Judge I
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Judge 5
00: 36: 25
B os t on R e d s u c k s !
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You have a question?
00: 39: 03
No, that's
Judge 5
a statement.
T e rm i n a l 6
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why do you call
want to
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about
it?
Red sucks?
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Judge 5
you and everybody
Because, ag I think
a r e loger s .
L O S ER S. L o s e rs , l o sers,
else knows--even
Iosers!
stupid
computers--they
00: 40; 14
T e rm i n a l 5
why do you caII thern losers?
00: 40227
Judge 5
B ec aus e t hey l o s t.
0 0: 40: 43
when?
T e rm i n a l
0 0: 40: 49
Judge 5
M os t of las t y e a r,
0 0: 41: 05
In 1990,
6
nost
of
T e rm i n a l 5
t he y w o n fi rs t
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Y es , well e v e ry th i n g
g l o ri a
s ic t r ans it
place
g l o ri a
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G ood gues t ion .
Ba s i c a l l y ,
Te rm i n a l
in
the A meri can
i s re l a ti v e .
mu n d i .
0 0: 42: 03
T e rm i n a l 6
What does " s i c tra n s i t
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1 9 9 0 , etc.
mundi "
it
I w as proud
fact,
In
League E ast.
them then.
of
mean?
means, fame i s
fl eeti ng.
5
00: 42: 58
Ju d g e 5
You seem bored by the
topic
of
the
Boston
Red sox or your
interl-ocutor.
00: 43: 19
r e rmi n a l
5
Ask away and I shall
anshrer.
00: 43: 25
Ju d g e 5
No, you ask away, and I
00: 43: 37
Te rm i n a l 5
Have you ever been to
00: 43: 58
T ouc he.
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I went to
shall
ansvrer.
a Red Sox game?
Ju d g e 5
No .
Te rm i n a l 5
three games last
0 0: 44t 28
Judge 5
That ' s
a c ha l l e n g i n g
year.
s ta te m e n t
The Red sox won all
(i f
true),
and i t
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Are the Red sox your
00: 45: 56
They are
Pa g e
the
favorite
T e rm i n a l 6
the team that
I
seattle
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most about.
them?
00: 45: 48
T e rmi n a l 6
I have followed
the Red sox since
00: 47 : 07
Judge 5
It must be an ineffable
and was won by the
team?
know the
00: 46: 07
Judge 5
How do you know so much about
Mariners
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pleasure
Are you a Boston
native?
1975 when I vras a kid.
to watch
actual
00: 47 : 39
T e rm i n a l 6
I enjoy watching
Red sox games. Do you watch
Boston
Red sox g;rmes.
any Red Sox games?
00: 47: 59
ludge 5
games on w when visiting
I watch their
a friend,s
home. By the way,
you say you know the most about the Sox, but you didn,t
say if they really
$rere your favorite
team.
00: 48: 58
T e rm i n a l 6
Do you watch the games on Channel
00: 49: 16
No.
38 (WSBK-rV) or NESN?
Judge 5
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Both stations
televise
00: 49: 54
Judge 5
I don,t have a Tv set,
trade?
the
Red sox.
mercifully.
00: 50: 20
T e rmi n a l 5
wade Boggs hasn't
been traded.
w Y or k Y a n k e e s .
uaybe you should
But tell
The last
watch
me, what
I heard,
about
00: 52: 06
at
the
he was negotiating
00: 50: 55
Judge 5
I{eII,
I must admit, you are a lot more factual,
accurate,
about the Red Sox than i an.
What about BiIl
Buckner?
00: 51: 58
T e rmi n a l 5
What would you like
to
it
horne some time
aoggs
with
the
Ne
and knowledgeable
know?
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He was a hot
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do you thinkz
00: 52: 45
T e rmi n a l 6
r think
BiIl
Buckner has retired.
potato.
wirr
He may coach for
00: 53: 04
lu d g e 5
can you give me a few good reasons,
coach for the Red sox someday?
he ever
the
or even one poor
pray
for
Red sox someday.
reason,
why he mya
0 0: 53: 58
T e rm i n a l 5
A ]ot of former Red sox players
seem to be coaching for the Red sox. Butch Hobe
on ls t he m a n a g e r. R i c k B u rl e s o n w as batti ng
coach l ast year. cary A l l enson was
bullpen
coach last year. A11 three players ptayed for the Red soi at one point
in t heir
ca re e rs .
00: 55: 02
Ju d g e 5
O O : 55: 20 NE W J U D GE
00: 55: 20
Judge 5
Hi.
Im Tom.
I have to adnit r don,t know that nuch about the Red sox,
but I have heard that wade Boggs is now a Yankee.
It seems that management
i s awef ul f a s t to g e t ri d o f th e ol d good ones.
A t l east that,s
w hat
he c laim s .
0 0: 57: 34
T e rm i n a l 6
Hi Tom. The last I heard,
more than I do.
wade Boggs had not been signed
0 0: 58: 02
Judge 6
I saw a picture
of him in a NY uniform and that,s
lrhat
did t he B os o x d o l a s t y e a r.
f w as i n uorth C arol i na.
00: 59: 08
Te rm i n a l 5
T he Red S ox, s a d l y ,
fi n i s h e d
00: 59: 23
T hat bad.
Judge 5
00: 59: 31
Y es . T hat
Te n n i n a l
ba d .
00: 59: 40
wiII
they
Judge 6
do better,
in
l ast
yet.
f
But you may know
thought.
How
pl ace.
6
or
are
they
destined
to
repeat
their
failure?
0 1: 00: 09
Te rm i n a l 6
In 1993, t he R e d s o x w i l l
h o p e fu l l y
do better.
They have si gned some new pl ayer
s, such as Andre Daqtaon, Scott Fletcher
and Jose uelindez.
Alt three players
sh
ould help.
Do you watch a lot of ganesz
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No.
r th i n k b a s e b a l r i s i n c redi bl y
bori ng,
but
schooL as Andre Dardson, so f knolr who he is.
01: 01: 39
wow!
T e rmi n a l
5
01: 01: 45
ok so its
Judge 6
not that
big
a dear
01: 02: L2
te rm i n a l
5
Can I answer any questions
01202229 J u d g e 6
s ur e.
r h e a r th e c re e n
m os t of th e o th e r fi e l d s
rm just
but
about
the
trying
to
Red Sox for
Mo n s te r i s pretty
a b o u t t0ft tal l z
go to
r di d
hi gh.
the
make emarr
same hi gh
tatk.
you?
w hy i s
it
so hi gh?
A ren, t
01: 03: 13
Tenninal 6
Cas ey . s t e n g e l ,
a fa m o u s -ma n a g er, once sai d that ' ,Indi vi dual i ty
and baseball
go
hand in h a n d . o n c e b a s e b a l l l oses i ts i ndi vi dual i ty,
the sporl w i l l
]ose it s- en
joyment."
Many ballparks
have small fences. Fenriray park hal a small fence in ri
ght field.
Quirks such as the creen Monster, however, make Fenhray park an enjoy
able plac e to v i s i t.
01: 04: 49
Judge 6
That makes srense.
Who is
0L: 05: 23
T e rmi n a l 5
My favorite
Red Sox player
your
of
favorite
aII
time
player
is
of
all
tine?
yastrzemski.
carl
01: 06: 00
.ru d g e 6
What about Ted williams?
01: 06: 15
T e rm i n a l 5
T he - s pen d i d s p l i n te r" ?
r l i k e hi m, but
Iay, however. He was a great player.
01" : 05 : 47
Judge 6
r know he hit alot of home rune
around player
or what?
I di d
and played
not
see hi rn pl ay.
forever,
but
I di d
was he the
see yaz p
arr
0Lt 07 223 T e rm i n a l 5
Y az was a g re a t h i tte r.
H e w a s a great fi el der,
too. In L957, the R ed S ox neede
d to win their
final
two garnes to clinch
the pennant. In the first
game, yaz sa
ved the day with a diving
catch in left
field.
In the second €Jame, hig five run
s batted
i.n helped the Red Sox win and clinch
the pennant.
01. : 08: 31
.ru d g e 6
Sounds impressive.
t{here does the
team go for
0L: 09: 17
re rmi n a l
6
They,were playing
in gfinter Haven. Their
11 play i n C l e a rw a te r,
F L i n 1993.
contract
spring
traininga
has expired,
however.
They wi
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got another question.
I've
wondered.
Why the
Sox and not
the
Socks?
I,ve
alhrays
01: 10: 23
Te rm i n a l 5
Blame it on the media. The original
name was the Boston Red stockings.
go the nerdspaper headline
gs" didn't
fit
into the headlines
too weII,
hortened
the name to "sox."
01: 11: 23
Ju d g e 5
01: 12: 47
NEw J U D G E
Q I z L2z 47
Judge 7
I didn' t
c a tc h y e r
"stockin
writers
s
n E rm e , s i r.
0l: 14: 35
gghat can
T e rmi n a l 5
you about
I teII
01: 14: 50
Nothing,
I
Judge 7
am the worlds
01: 15: 13
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Wow! Would you like
012L6: 24
Judge 7
What could you possibly
the sox that you know?
the
Red sox?
forernost
fan
of
the
Bosox.
ask me questions?
tell
me?
How about
the
most obscure
fact
about
01: 17: 25
Te rmi n a l 6
w a l k e d the fi rst
batter
of the gane, and then w as t o
I n 19L4, a R e d s o x p i tc h e r
came in and retire
Hie replacement
ssed out by the umpire for arguing the call.
25 tor a perfec
on a double play ball,
and then the remaining
d the next batter
pitcher,
him?
and who replaced
t game. who was the first
01: 18: 55
Judge 7
I as k ed y ou , to u g h
guy.
01: 19: 43
Te rmi n a l 6
pitcher.
Babe Ruth was the
Ernie Shore was the first
think
the Red sox will
do next year?
second pitcher.
01: 20: 07
Judge 7
brilliant
The new line up is a fine example of experienced,
making the best choices with the rnoet money to ineure their
s tre c h i n th e b leechers.
m any a m is e ra b l e
Host do you
management
fans htith
01: 24: 10
Te rmi n a l 5
think
so?
Do you really
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T e rm i n a l 6
I think
Andre Dawson is a great addition
to the team. He will
and c har a c te r,
s o me th i n g th e Red sox l ack. N o more .,25 guys,
provide
leaderhip
25 cabs.-
01: 25: 18
Judge 7
f know something you do not.
01225: 43
T e rmi n a l 6
Is it about the Red Sox?
01: 25: 55
y es
.ru d g e 7
01: 26: L8
What?
T e rmi n a l
5
0L225229 J u d g e 7
what is the precise
water
to
beer
ratio
of
the
Fenvray park
concessions?
0Lt 27 232 T e rmi n a l 6
I don, t kn o w . W h a t?
O I : . 27: 49
50/ 50
Judge 7
01: 28: 50
T e rmi n a l 6
Oh. Do you have other
0I z 29t O 2
questions
about
the
Red Soxa
Judge 7
01 : 30 : 46 N E W \' U D G E
0L: 30: 46
Hi t her e.
bas eball,
Judge 4
r' m a n 9 y p e rs o n a t the termi nal .
s o y o u ,l l
h a v e to h el p me.
01: 31: 58
T e rm i n a l 5
What would you Like to
know about
01: 32: 07
Judge 4
you going- to say helro
Aren't
you want about the Red Sox.
the
first?
Red sox play?
01: 33: 53
so, youre
say herro.
to
1992
know very
much about
Red sox?
And then
01: 32: 54
T e rmi n a l 6
Have you ever seen the
Judge 4
not going
I don.t
you can terl
r have seen bits
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01: 34: 38
the Red sox?
Do you like
01: 34: 45
Judge 4
towards
I'm indifferent
then.
T e rm i n a l 5
01: 35: 01
rf it were a choice between going
toilet,
which would you do?
0L235224
Clean the
Judge 4
bathroom
to
a Red sox game, and cleaning
the
bathroom
toilet.
0L: 35: 42
T e rm i n a l
oh. r have been to
5
a number of
games. I
watching
like
then
play.
Judge 4
01: 35: 07
a b o re .
r t hink
it , s
T e rm i n a l
01: 36: 34
what ' s a bo re ?
01: 36: 47
wat c hing
Ju d g e 4
ba s e b a l l ,
6
a n d fo r
th e m ost,
01: 37: 20
T e rm i n a l 5
oh. W at c hin g R e d s o x g a m e s a re
0l: 37: 50
I don' t
fu n,
al l
spectator
especi al l y
if
sports.
you are i n
the
bl eachers.
Ju d g e 4
s ee h o w .
Te rn i n a l
5
01: 38: 11
the fans participate
in
In the bleachers,
ng bad play s ,
o r b y b o u n c i n g a b each bal l
or evening.
spend a surrrmer afternoon
good plays,
the gane by cheering
booi
up i n the ai r.
It,s
a great pl ace t o
01: 39 : 03
Judge 4
B ut
i t,s
a per s o n c a n d o mo s t o f th o se thi ngs at a beach.
A nd besi des,
too disgusting
thinking
how much money they make and for doing what?
0Lz 4Q r 29 T e rmi n a l 6
How much money do the
players
01: 40: 42
Judge 4
Y ou k now, n i l l i o n s
d o L l a rs .
of
make?
01: 40: 55
T e rmi n a l 5
The Red sox are a form of entertainrnent.
n the game. Shouldn't
they be paid what
're worth?
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Players
they
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Judge 4
No one in this world is worth
by what he does and therefore
that kind of money.
Besides I am not
believe
he is worth nothing.
entertained
0L242236 T e rm i n a l 5
pay to
other people will
to be the best hitter
in baEeball.
Boggs is considered
see him play for the Red Sox, and not another team. Would you see the Red sox
play for nothing?
0 1: 44: 10
Judge 4
would
Frankly,
I certainly
have to pay me to watch.
pay to
not
0 L: 45: 02
T e rm i n a l 6
oh. should the Red sox leave
see them and I
0 L: 45: 31
Judge 4
01247: 55
NE w J U D GE
Qlt 47 256 J u d g e 2
what about the red
0 1: 49: 04
Have you
someone would
Boston?
0 1: 45: 16
Judge 4
why don't
they pay baseball
Not at all.
Whose job is more important?
T e rm i n a l
0 1: 46: 12
knovr.
I don,t
think
players
what
teacher'g
are
paid.
5
sox?
ge rm i n a l
6
ever seen then
playa
0 1: 49: 09
Judge 2
on the
nor if the red sox were all
vanished from the
bus mysteriously
same bus at the same time
earth i would rejoice.
and that
0 1: 50: 41
T e rrn i n a l 5
the Red sox?
Do you not like
0 1: 50: 50
i do not
01: 51: 32
why not?
01: 51: 45
i do not
wagte of
O l: 52: 44
Judge 2
care anything
T e rm i n a l
the
red
sox nor
for
the
red
sox.
5
Judge 2
like
nor watch
life.
sentient
t e rmi n a l
about
baseball
and think
that
all
participants
are
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Baseball- is America's
Favorite
Pastime.
Baseball,
hat stuff.
The Red sox are Boston's
favorite
team.
do not like
them
01: 53: 39
Judge 2
beyond the afore-mentioned
r egour c ea.
01: 54: 38
T e rmi n a l 5
Should the Red Sox leave
O I z 54z 44
Judge 2
onry if that invorveg
0L: 55: 14
f do not
T e rm i n a l
understand
reasons
the
gane is
apple pie and Chevrolet
-- t
r-do n6t understand
why you
a vast
waste
of
economic
Boston?
transition
to
a higher
pJ.ane of
existence.
6
plane
"higher
of
existence.,,
01: 55: 29
Judge 2
if they immortalize.
01: 55: 46
T e rmi n a l 6
There_are many i-mmortal greats,
such as Ted williams
ayed for the Red Sox. Do you know who they area
01: 56: 23
Judge 2
you are obviously
a fanatic
dead in unison.
01: 57: 13
T e rm i n a l
That seens unlikery
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like
the
fan.
i
was refering
to
them all
who have pl
dropping
5
to
01: 57: 44
Judge 2
no, the smell drove
0l. : 58 : 04
You don,t
baseball
and Babe Ruth,
happen.
Have you ever
been to
Fenway park?
me a!{ay.
5
smell
of
.'peanuts
and crackerjack?.,
01: 58: 22
Judge 2
no, bas eball .
01: 58: 32
r e rm i n a l
Please elaborate.
5
01: 58: 40
Judge 2
i hav e no to l o ra n c e
01: 59: 17
Why not?
te rm i n a l
fo r
T e rmi n a l
g a m e , the
pl ayers,
the
fans...etc.
6
01 : 59 : 34
Ju d g e 2
my reaEons have arr
02: 00: L8
th e
been stated
ctearry
in
the
above statement.
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Do you have any more guestions
02: 00: 35
what real
Ju d g e 2
purpose do their
Te rm i n a l 5
02: 01: 05
People enjoy watching
about
lives
the
Red sox?
serve?
Red sox play.
the
Ju d g e 2
02: O I z 32
narne three.
02: 01: 41
Te rm i n a l
Three Red sox?
5
Ju d g e 2
02z 0I z 49
three people who like
ear t h.
to
watch
them waste
their
Q 2z Q 2t 30 Te rm i n a l 6
Red Sox g€rmes are often sold out. A lot of
they watch the Red sox playa
do you think
Ju d g e 2
02: 03: 07
too much free time
and not
people
and their
time
on
them play.
come to watch
Why
enough jobs.
02: 03: 37
Te rm i n a l 5
Some people are entertained
Q 2z 04z 04
lives
by the
Red sox.
Ju d g e 2
Q 2t O 4: 55 N EW J L T D GE
02: 04: 55
Ju d g e 3
when ltas the last time
the
boston
red
sox won the
r e rmi n a l
02 : 05: 54
5
The last time the Red sox won the World series
ed Sox hroD a l{orld Series g:rme hras in 1985.
Ju d g e 3
Q 2t Q 6z 2t
v er y pr ec is e
a n s w e r.
02: 05: 50
Te rm i n a l
Yes. To make it to
D i d th e y
5
the
World
w i n the
series,
pennant
Te n n i n a l
was in
in
series
game?
1918. The last
time
the
R
1918?
a team must win
02: 07: 10
Ju d g e 3
you're
thanks,
teaching
me something about
did the Red sox come close to winnning the
t he end?
02: 07: 53
world
the
pennant
first.
baseball.
Nohr, how many times
Pennant and then lost
it in
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you, many times.
tell
As any Red sox fan will
os e t o win n i n g th e p e n n a n t w a s i n L990.
The last
tine
the
Red sox came cl
02: 08: 30
Judge 3
How many times?
Q 2z A 8t 44 T e rm i n a l 5
How many times what?
Judge 3
02: 09: 15
How many times did
the
red
sox come close
T e rm i n a l 5
02: 09: 38
P leas e de fi n e
" c l o s e to w i n n i n g
Q 2209254 J u d g e 3
Hohr many times did
02: L0: 38
' . t r r ic e. I n
the
T e rm i n a l 5
L972 and in
red
the
sox lose
to
winning
epnnant?
the
pennant."
the
last
of
the
games for
the
pennant?
1978.
Judge 3
02: 11: 02
T hank s . w h o w a s y a z ?
T e rmi n a l 5
02z LLz 28
p l a yed for the R ed sox from 1951-1985. H e has been e
or C a rI Ya s trz e ms k i ,
hi s 400 plus
I ec t ed t o th e H a II o f F a m e , i n part because of hi s 3000 pl ue hi ts,
crohrn €reason in 1957 when he was the American League
home runs, and his triple
average, home runs and runs batted in.
leader in batting
02212247 J u d g e 3
me the
can you teIl
official
T e rmi n a l 5
02: 13: 09
The Fenlray Frank. They taste
022L3225 J u d g e 3
Thanks for that tip.
02: 13: 54
r n 1914.
te rmi n a l
hot
dog of
Fenway Park??
vou are better
bad though.
Now, when was Fenway park
off
eating
at
home.
builta
6
022L4222 J u d g e 3
can you tell
me what
the
green
T e rmi n a l 6
02: 14: 45
The creen Monater ig the left
h, it turns opposing players
k int o s in g l e s .
Q 2z L5z 23 J u d g e 3
Good answer. Now, who is
monster
field
walI
line drives
is
at
Fenway Park?
at Fenqray Park.
Measuring 37 feet
hrhich would be horners in any other
hig
par
Jean Yaerkey?
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02: 15: 48
Jean Yawkey died early in 1992. She was the former ovrner of the
over for her husband Thomas E. Yahrkey after
he died in 1975.
02216223 J u d g e 3
will
a hroman ever play
02: 15: 45
Someday,
I
t e rmi n a l
hope.
for
the
Red sox,
taking
sox?
6
022L6254 J u d g e 3
what does next season
look
likea
022I 7 t lL
T e rm i n a l 6
It begi ns on D ecember 21. Tr ad
Today is De c e mb e r 1 5 . T h e n e x t s e ason i s w i nter.
i t ionally ,
t h e R e d So x d o n ,t s ta rt pl ayi ng unti l
the spri ng.
The next baseba ll
good because of the trad
s eas on f or th e R e d s o x , i n L 9 9 3 , appears to be pretty
es and free agent signings
they have made.
0 2: 18: 49
Judge 3
who have they signeda
02: 1. 9: 11
T e rm i n a l 6
The most prorninent signing
is Andre Da\'rson, a former slugger
bring character,
and many home runs
bs. He will
Ieadership,
Judge 3
Q 2z L9: 44
what is his record
with
the
chicago
02220228 r e rmi n a l
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Andre Dawson has played
for
the
02: . 2Q 242
Q 2r 22: 37
lu d g e
for the Chicago
to the Red sox.
Cu
cubs?
cubs for
15 years.
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