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                                        ___/ So, today's subject of \___
                    _______            /  our panel discussion is about \
                   /       \          | synthetic turf. First speaker is \
                  |""     ""|   _____/   Prof Max Likelyhood, an economy /
                 (|-[.]-[.]-|)    ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ \  expert. /‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
                  |    |    |                       ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
                   \   -   /
                   /‾‾‾(@)‾‾‾\
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                                           /‾‾‾‾ Thank you. Well, it is\_____
                    #######               / undeniable that the increased use\__
                   #########             |of synthetic turf will create a lot of\
                  c~(.)-(.)~             | new jobs in the turf production. So  /
                  |\   ..  /  __________/ from a purely economic point of view,/
                   \ ##### /      ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾\ nothing speaks against ______/
                    \_____/                      ‾\ synthetic turf.  ___/
                   /       \                        ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
                  | |   (@) \
                --( )----|-( )--
                |\              \
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                                        /      Thank you. If there are\______
                    _______            | no further questions, let us move on\_
                   /       \           |to Mrs Michelle Wohlfahrtsoberkacheln, \
                  |""     ""|          | who has worked for the Ministry for the\
                 (|-[.]-[.]-|)    _____| Environment and Nature Protection for  /
                  |    |    |  ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾\some years./‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ 
                   \   -   /                        ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
                   /‾‾‾(@)‾‾‾\
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                        _/Mrs Wohlfahrtsoberkacheln, you claim \__
         @========°    |that your main intention is to protect the\
         ||""""""|      \__ environment. How does that fit? ______ \_
         || o  o |         >-------------------------------<      \_ \
         ||   >  |   _____|        Most experts agree that, \___    \ \
    ( ) (_|\____/      ‾‾‾‾‾|   even though we cannot completely\_   \ \
    \ \  /      \           |predict the impact on the environment,\  | |
     \ \/   (@)  |         / on the long term nature will benefit. /  | |
     --------|------      |  -------------------------------------<___/ \
     |\             \     | |        But hasn't the estrangement of      \_____
     | ---------------    | |  humans away from nature already gone too far? _ \
     | |             |    |  -----------------------------------------------< \ \
     | |             |     \__  Maybe. But there might not be an alternative.\ \ \
                              \ Earth's turf reserves are shrinking rapidly. / / /
                               ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ / /
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                                        ___  ( )    ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
                                       |   | | |
                                      _|,,,|/ /
                                     /       /
                                    / /|    |

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                          -::  -----          |We are against synthetic turf!|
                            \\|_____|_        |Against foreign infiltration! /
                            /_________\        \For clear values and strong /
                             | O   O |          \          company!        /
                            (|   C   |)    _____/ /‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
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                            /‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾\
                           |  ||____|| oooo
                           |  | ____ | OOOO
                           |  ||    || OOOO
                                       oooo         oooo\_
           _/oooo                                   OOOO(  )
          ( )OOOO                                   OOOO/\ \
         / /\OOOO                                   oooo  \ \
        / /  oooo                                          \ \

                               JAWOHL!

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