PETER SAGAL, HOST:
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Right now panel, time for you to answer some questions about the week's news. Paula, if a new bill in New York state's legislature passes, New Yorkers will soon be able to do what with their pets?
PAULA POUNDSTONE: They will soon be able to - oh, oh, be buried with them.
SAGAL: Yes, you're right.
POUNDSTONE: Yeah, baby.
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SAGAL: Paula, that's exactly right.
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SAGAL: This is great news for people who live in New York who love their furry friends and want to be buried with them once they're gone, spend eternity together. It's bad news for cats who thought they finally got rid of you.
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POUNDSTONE: Yeah, I can't even imagine being buried with my pets. What if it was, like, one of those things where they thought I was dead and I wasn't?
SAGAL: Oh.
POUNDSTONE: And then I'm in there with 14 cats and two dogs?
TOM BODETT: Right.
SAGAL: Well, the dog...
BODETT: So do you have to die, like, simultaneously for this to work?
SAGAL: Well, no...
POUNDSTONE: Yeah, well that's a good point.
MO ROCCA: Yeah, but we're talking about if the pets are alive.
POUNDSTONE: Yes.
SAGAL: I don't think the pets - although it would be great for the dog because all of a sudden 206 more bones - hey.
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POUNDSTONE: Oh, I think that would be a great use of my bones.
BODETT: Yeah.
POUNDSTONE: If my dogs enjoyed my bones, that would thrill me.
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SAGAL: I think that'd be great actually.
BODETT: And it's already buried.
POUNDSTONE: Exactly.
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