"I yelled over to him, and he looked at me, said my name, said he was retired and just went booking away, " Copperwheat said.

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So I put all my deep technological know-how to work: I yelled at it.

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"If I took my dog to the dog park and yelled 'Dutch, Dutch, Dutch' and the dog ignored me, and this has gone on for several years, we may suggest you change the name to associate a new behavior, " she says.

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"I did tweet on the way to the temple but then put my iPad down because the wedding planner yelled at me, " says Ms. Waxler, 41.

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During a particularly tense round in which players were vying to create an "X" on their bingo cards, one man yelled out, "I only have one number left on my whole card!"

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