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In the ambiguity and shifting playing field of adult life, I often wish I could just fill in a dot and have someone say “Yes” and hand me a chicken leg, or “No” and slap me with an old fish.

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Rob Delaney
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: January 19
Actor
Comedian
Television Actor
Marblehead
Massachusetts
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Chickens
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