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I drink because she nags, she said I nag because he drinks. But if the truth be known to you, He's a lush and she's a shrew.

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Ogden Nash
Age: 68 †
Born: 1902
Born: August 19
Died: 1971
Died: May 19
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
New York
United States
Frederic Ogden Nash
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Nags
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