"The Shedd Aquarium in Chicago recently identified a new species of fish...virtually extinct in the wild, and they haven't even named it yet. I dreamt I ate it."

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“Rita! Get my smelling salts! Ma, you used them up when you discovered that repeal of the estate tax benefits only the very, very rich.”

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