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WEDNESDAY, 17 NOVEMBER 1971
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— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You said you're "built different". You're built the same. Just assembled worse.
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- Every Monday you swear this week will be different. You've sworn it nine hundred…
- The pothole is on the list. The list is dynamic. The pothole is permanent.
- You wanted a mini-me. You got a tiny negotiator who has never once lost…
- Skipping your daily coffee won't buy you a house. Nothing will. Have the coffee.
- You call it a "situationship" because "relationship" would mean someone has to commit to…
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