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John Hunt's avatar

I'd throw myself in tears onto the lawn every time I suffer a setback except 1) at my age, I'm afraid I'd break something or be unable to get back up, and 2) I don't have a lawn.

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Weldon Berger's avatar

Yeah, I think a certain lissomness is required, or you have to be at that age when you bounce.

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Carmen's avatar

Thanks for updating my clearly sanitized knowledge of Andersen.

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Weldon Berger's avatar

I had no idea of what he was like as a person, or even that he was a contemporary of Dickens, let alone that they knew each other.

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