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Willie Wanka and the Coffin
Willie wanka was a real life postman who lived in Nebraska. He had his snooker cues with him in the coffin to entertain himself. The last thing that was there, buried with mister doll when he died in 19 90, was a power saw. i like to think it was a nod to the darker side of rolle all as seen in his children's novels and short stories for grown ups. maybe the power saw was to be there for rold if it turned out that he had been buried alive and edgar allan poe kind of burial. That would be the way to cut yourself out of the coffin, right? Saw could come in handy.
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