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All that proves is that most of the world is too poor to build bowling alleys, golf courses, tennis courts and baseball fields. There's hundreds of millions of poor people out there who still ain't got indoor plumbing, but that don't mean there's something great about an outhouse. Soccer is boring. I've never seen a more boring sport.

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Mike Royko
Age: 64 †
Born: 1932
Born: September 19
Died: 1997
Died: April 29
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