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When You Tell An Iowan A Joke, You Can See A Kind Of Race Going On Between His Brain And His Expression.
-Bill Bryson
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When You Tell An Iowan A Joke,
Bill Bryson
When You Tell An Iowan A Joke, You Can See A Kind Of Race Going On Between His Brain And His Expression.
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