human
As some of us have to get away early, I think that we had better begin now, although Mr. Entwhistle and Dr. Pearly are not here.
gpt
I met Dr. Pearly last night at the Vegetarian Club dinner, says one of the members,
human
His wife has just had a very delicate throat operation, I understand,
gpt
Bad weather for throat operations,
human
That's right, says the Chairman, looking through a pile of papers for one which he has left at home.
gpt
But let's get down to business. At the last meeting the question arose as to whether or not it was advisable to continue having conductors punch the little hole at the bottom of rebate slips. As you know, the slip says, 'Not redeemable if punched here.' Now, someone brought up the point that it seems silly to give out a rebate slip at all if there isn't going to be any rebate on it. A sub-committee was appointed to go into the matter, and I would like to ask Mr. Twing, the chairman, what he has to report.
human
Mr. Chairman, the other members of the sub-committee and myself were unable to get exactly the data on this that we wanted and I delegated Mr. Entwhistle to dig up something which he said he had read recently in the files of the _Scientific American._ But Mr. Entwhistle doesn't seem to be here today, and so I am unable to report his findings. It was, however, the sense of the meeting that the conductors should not.
gpt
That's right,
human
Should not what?
gpt
I'm very sorry, gentlemen, but I have an appointment at 5:45 and must be going. Supposing I appoint a sub-committee consisting of Dr. Pearly, Mr. Twing and Mr. Berry, to find Mr. Entwhistle and see what he dug out of the files of the _Scientific American._ Then, at the next meeting we can have a report from both sub-committees and will also hear from Professor McKlicktric, who has just returned from Panama.... A motion to adjourn is now in order. Do I hear such a motion?