Wed
Dec 13 2017
09:00 pm
By: R. Neal
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The Mrs.: Are you going outside in the cold?
Me: Yeah.
Her: Why?
Me: Science.
Her: You're insane.
Me: That's what they said about Copernicus.
Me (a few minutes later): Didn't see any meteors. My neck hurts.
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