Quote #26

The inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant asthmatic pig under his arm. Unfortunately, the manmade sound never equalled the purity of the sound achieved by the pig.

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  2. I was an uncommonly unattractive young man.
  3. I enjoy playing the audience like a piano.
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  8. If it's a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on.

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