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September 1993

Ham on Wry

THE SAME VAGRANTS used to meet under the same railroad bridge every day and get ploughed. One afternoon a member of the clique passed out and never came to. The next day his brother winos went to see him laid out in the local funeral parlor before his county burial. The corpse had been washed, shaved and dressed in a new suit. They gazed at him in awe. Finally one said, "Gosh, old Jake sure looks good since he quit drinking."

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