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THURSDAY, 2 JUNE 2005
A good night out now means home by ten.
Nobody had to come and get you. Nobody offered.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You wanted a mini-me. You got a tiny negotiator who has never once lost…
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- Every birthday is a gift. The gift is one fewer birthday.
- Your savings account isn't empty. It's a memorial.
- You said you're "booked and busy". Booked for a dentist you'll cancel. Busy rewatching…
- You swore you'd never sound like your parents. You just said "because I said…
- Your birthday cake now needs a risk assessment. The candles are outnumbering the years…
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