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Some people are like Slinkies.They aren't really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to my face when I push them down a flight of stairs.

Patricia Briggs

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Patricia Briggs
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: February 28
Novelist
Writer
Butte
Montana
Faces
Simile
Stills
Stairs
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Push
Anything
Flight
Really
Smile
Good
Aren
Like
Bring
People
Face
Slinkies

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