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Contest #971
“I was just one ring away from retirement.”
Scott E. Gilbert, Comfort, Texas
“Someday, when you least expect it, you’ll get a terrible paper cut, and you’ll know it was me.”
Tyler Stradling, Mesa, Ariz.
“I knew you couldn’t stand living in my shadow.”
Krista Agatielli, Staten Island, N.Y.
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