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Slicing a warm slab of bacon is a lot like giving a ferret a shave. No matter how careful you are, somebody's going to get hurt.

Alton Brown

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Alton Brown
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: July 30
Actor
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Alton Crawford Walter Brown
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