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Grace—Congratulations. A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, and clothes shabbier. I know, for I’ve brought up five of them.

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Deep Stuff

A young man who hailed from Thief River,

Made love to his girl in a fliver,

The car hit a tree,

She cried, “Oh, dear me,

I fear I have fractured my liver.”