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I found that if I offered to cook for a girl, my odds improved radically over simply asking a girl out. Through my efforts to attract the opposite sex, I found that not only did cooking work, but that it was actually fun.

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Alton Brown
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: July 30
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