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Bill Vaughan

(1915—1977)

Muscles come and go; flab lasts.

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(1915-1977) When insects take over the world, we hope they will remember, with gratitude, how we took them along on all our picnics. www.english-slang.com

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10 fingers...10 toes. Aw, crap! I'm metric!

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