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It is funny the things that run through your mind when you're sitting in your underpants in front of a pair of strangers.

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
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Underpants
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Strangers
Mind
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Stranger
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