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I'm a 21st-century kid trapped in a 19th-century family.

Bill Watterson

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Bill Watterson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: July 5
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Washington
District of Columbia
Trapped
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Kids

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It's psychosomatic. You need a lobotomy. I'll get a saw.
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