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When Prince Charles speaks, everybody pretends to be fascinated, even though he has never said anything interesting except in that intercepted telephone conversation wherein he expressed the desire to be a feminine hygeine product.

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Dave Barry
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: July 3
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Armonk (New York)
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