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TUESDAY, 13 JULY 1999
Both parties say this is the most important election of your lifetime.
They said that last time. Your lifetime is very important.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You "grew out of" your old friends. They grew out of waiting for you…
- The in-office lunch is optional. The man with the clipboard and no sandwich is…
- Kids grow up so fast. Except between 5pm and bedtime, when time stops and…
- Your toddler has stronger opinions about sock seams than you've had about anything since…
- You call your mum "for advice". You call her for the Netflix password.
- You started saying "oof" when you sit down. That's the countdown, out loud.
- The light at the end of the tunnel is someone asking, "Can you see…
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