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I didn't know about the rest of the class, but when Bastille Day eventually rolled around, I planned to stay home and clean my oven.

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David Sedaris
Age: 67
Born: 1956
Born: December 26
Comedian
Essayist
Humorist
Writer
Binghamton
New York
David Raymond Sedaris
Stay
Rest
Bastille
Class
Oven
Didn
Ovens
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Rolled
Home
Planned
Eventually
Clean

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