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February 1981

Once Over Lightly

Sense and nonsense on the road to recovery

ON THE TOPIC OF FIRE, D. N. of California sent in a joke about two old guys from a rural area who drank together, hard and often, at a village tavern. One night, one of them didn't show up, and the bartender told the other, "I've got bad news. Last night, your pal got so drunk that when he blew out the candle at bedtime, his breath caught fire and he exploded."

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