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Calvin is hammering nails into coffee table. Mom: CALVIN WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO THE COFFEE TABLE?!? Calvin: Is this some sort of trick question, or what?

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Bill Watterson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: July 5
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