That appendicitis is an ailment invented by surgeons twelve years ago for money-making purposes and that, in the century before that time, no one was ever troubled with it.
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That a theatrical matinée performance is always inferior to an evening performance, the star being always eager to hurry up the show in order to get a longer period for rest before the night performance.
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That John D. Rockefeller would give his whole fortune for a digestion good enough to digest a cruller.
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That a clergyman leads an easy and lazy life, and spends most of his time visiting women parishioners while their husbands are at work.
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That it is almost sure death to eat cucumbers and drink milk at the same meal.