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And when Hugh would grow progressively Gandhi on me, I'd remind him that these were pests---disease carriers who feasted upon the dead and then came indoors to dance upon our silverware.

David Sedaris

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David Sedaris
Age: 67
Born: 1956
Born: December 26
Comedian
Essayist
Humorist
Writer
Binghamton
New York
David Raymond Sedaris
Dance
Carriers
Disease
Indoors
Grow
Pests
Dead
Progressively
Grows
Hugh
Came
Carrier
Upon
Gandhi
Feasted
Would
Remind
Silverware

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