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Marlon James

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

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The Worst Thing in the World

For years, thetire population tartin outside florence has been unable to sleep through the night because the local priest insisted on clanging those church bells all day. The deafening sound of the bells would ring out for at least five minutes every hour, including in the middle of the night. Even worse than that, some mornings, the priest did the thing where he knew he had to get up at 7 30, so he set the bells to ring at seven o, and then seven o, five, and then seventh o seven. Maybe there was no priest. Maybe i was just a ghost. I know. Ba bongbong bong mong. Queen elizabeth

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