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I had a terrible fight with my wife on New Year's Eve. She called me a procrastinator. So I finished addressing the Christmas cards and left.

Robert Orben

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Robert Orben
Age: 96
Born: 1928
Born: March 4
Magician
Writer
the United States of America
Fight
Wife
Called
Procrastinator
Year
Addressing
Fighting
Cards
Left
Christmas
Years
Finished
Terrible

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