It must be a metaphor for something, but I don't know what it is.

3 seconds sound clip from the You've Got Mail movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:47:52.224 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- What boat thing?

- I could never be with someone who had a boat.

- I have a boat.

- Oh.

- Which clinches it. We'll never be together.

- How many?

- Three.

- Allow me.

- Thank you.

- I could never be with someone who likes Joni Mitchell.

- 'It's cloud's illusions I recall I really don't know clouds at all'. What does that mean? Is she a pilot? Is she taking flying lessons?

- It must be a metaphor for something, but I don't know what it is.

- So how's your book coming?

- Well, there's this children's book editor I know from the store and she's excited to read it when I'm finished.

- Yeah?

- Who would ever have thought that I would write? I mean, if I hadn't had all this time

- You know what?

- What?

- The truth is that he was the one who started me thinking about writing.

- Mr. 152 Felony Indictments.

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