That's the effect of living backwards: it always makes one a little giddy at
first, but there's one great advantage in it, that one's memory works both
ways.
-- Lewis Carroll, "Through the Looking-Glass"
first, but there's one great advantage in it, that one's memory works both
ways.
-- Lewis Carroll, "Through the Looking-Glass"
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Jeff... - Blew his O
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