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They sometimes beat things into the ground. They don't know when to get out of a situation. They think it's going to be funny....the more you pound the nail into the ground the funnier it gets and that's not necessarily true.
Jamie Farr
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Jamie Farr
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: July 1
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