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Temporarily Misplaced 1 (No map)

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Ok, we're lost"
"No we're not! We're temporarily misplaced!"
"What?!"
"Temporarily misplaced, not lost"
"WHAT?!!"
"A. stop yelling B. we are temporarily misplaced"
"Not lost?"
"Yup!"
"Only one thing to say to this...."
"Yes..."
"You are a..."
"Genius?"
"MORAN"
*completely unaware* "Thank y..what?"
"You are a moron"
"There's the turn!!"
"No its not!!!"
"Yes it is!!!!"
"NO! I thought we were lost, excuse me, temporarily misplaced!!"
"We were! Now I know where we are! Turn!"
"No!" *turns to face passenger*
"FACE THE ROAD!!!!"
"Jeez, ok ok ok" *faces road again*
"Ok, thank you. Turn! Now!"
"No alright, it’s not the turn!!!"
"You missed it! You missed the turn! Turn around!"
"No freakin' way!"
"Yes! Turn!"
"No!" *keeps driving*
"Give me the wheel!!!" *lunges for the wheel*
"Get the f*** off me!"
"TURN AROUND"
"GET THE F*** OFF ME!!"
"TURN AROUND!!!!!"
*both scream as car goes off road into a field of grass*
"You should have turned"
"F*** you"
"Let’s go back to that store"
*the two head back to a conveince store to get a map and try again*

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