Dan talks about his crazy day, and all three agree that they "have seen better days".
"Seen better days" - Someone or something that is not in a good condition as they used to be.
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TRANSCRIPT
Hey
What’s up guys?
What happened to your neck?
Oh, I, um…. I fell from a tree.
What happened to your arm?
Oh, I tried to catch him.
Dude. What happened to your eye?
You will not believe what happened today…
You know what? You need drinks
Earlier.
Come on pick up
Come on pick up
Hello this is Nick.
I’m on my way to the school now.
Oh hey Dan.
I’m sorry, I’m actually pretty busy right now.
Hey ok, um... I just…
I tried to call you yesterday.
I have some real quick questions about the position.
Which one are you interviewing for today?
Interview?
You said it was substitute teaching
Ohhh, ok yeah… I remember…
I remember… yeah… yeah…
So whats up?
What do you want to know?
Whats the age group?
You said you would KEEP ME POSTED
But I never heard from you.
Oh yeah… you’ll be substituting high school.
Ok so I’ll be using lesson plans from text books, right?
Yeah, something like that, hmm, something like that.
I’ve got another phone call coming in…
So, I got to go…
Have fun
Alright Dan?
Hello?
And the place is full of the cutest kids I’ve ever seen.
What?
Cutest kids?
I thought you said they were in high school.
Yeah, that’s what I thought.
So the director asks me if I can play with the kids…
… and I’m thinking
“Yeah, I can do that, I love kids…”
Ok, stop stop.
Yeah, my first black eye… brought to you by 5-year olds.
You’ve SEEN BETTER DAYS bro.
What BETTER DAY?
Is that like a movie or something?
No…
Better days, what I mean is…
You’ve been healthier, or…
You’ve… just been better than you are now…
So… can I say my eye has SEEN BETTER DAYS?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah for sure.
My arm has SEEN BETTER DAY?
Yeah your arm, my neck..
it can be used to describe anything…
Even this pretzel
Well gentlemen…
To better days
