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Grandchildren now don't write a thank you for the Christmas presents. They are walking on their pants with their cap on backward, listening to the Enema Man and Snoopy, Snoopy Poop Dog.

Alan K. Simpson

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Alan K. Simpson
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: September 2
Lawyer
Politician
Denver
Colorado
Alan Kooi Simpson
Thank
Snoopy
Dog
Poop
Walking
Caps
Listening
Backward
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Presents
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Grandchildren
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Pants
Christmas
Enema

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We have two political parties in this country, the Stupid Party and the Evil Party. I belong to the Stupid Party.
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A society like ours, which professes no one religion and has allowed all religions to decay, which indulges freedom to the point of license and individualism to the point of anarchy, needs all the support that responsible, cultivated homes can furnish. I hope your generation will provide a firmer shelter for civilized standards.
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