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    We don’t shoot somebody soon, I’m gonna forget how.

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    There’s only one way kids will wear helmets, and that’s if their parents are nagging them to. They will never wear helmets because some state passes a law requiring it.

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    We’re wild horses. We’re going to eat your food, knock down your tent and poop on your shoes. We’re protected by federal law, just like Richard Nixon.

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    Guys care about sports teams. I’m not talking about simply rooting; I’m talking about a relationship that guys develop, a commitment to a sport team that guys take way more seriously than, for example, wedding vows.

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    I’m afraid that, in this chapter we must talk about sex in a very explicit manner, because we want to expand the Frontiers of Human Understanding and also we want to sell as many books as possible to adolescent boys.

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    Your guess is as good as mine. Better probably, because you haven’t had four beers.

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    It is a scientific fact that your body will not absorb cholesterol if you take it from another person’s plate.

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    WARNING: This is assuming your spouse’s name is Margaret.

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    I recently had my annual physical examination, which I get once every seven years, and when the nurse weighed me, I was shocked to discover how much stronger the Earth’s gravitational pull has become since 1990.

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