Partygoer: 'So Tom, what is it that you do?'

Tom: 'I, uh, I write greeting cards.'

Summer: 'Tom could be a really great architect if he wanted to be.'

Partygoer: 'That's unusual, I mean, what made you go from one to the other?'

Tom: 'I guess I just figured, why make something disposable like a building when you can make something that lasts forever, like a greeting card.'

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