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Bad News, Heirs

Judge John Hodgman

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Happy Birthday to a Jewish Family

A husband and wife were in a dispute over this. The husband said that it was traditional in his family to bring out the cake with the candles in total silence. He claimed that it was a Philadelphia Jewish thing. But Keith wrote in from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania,. "We always blow the candles out first and then sing Happy Birthday" Jesse: I'll tell you what at mango squash, why don't you find her phone for a minute?

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