I listened to Midnight Burger as I cooked dinner

[conuly]

And I spent the entire episode wanting to shake these two women and say "Listen! Ladies! You're both way out of Leif's league, so stop pining! Have you considered hooking up with each other?" and, I don't know, I think there's something there.

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