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Actually, there is no way of making vomiting courteous. you have to do the next best thing, which is to vomit in such a way that the story you tell about it later will be amusing.
-P. J. O'Rourke
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Actually, There Is No Way Of Making

P. J. O'Rourke
Actually, there is no way of making vomiting courteous. you have to do the next best thing, which is to vomit in such a way that the story you tell about it later will be amusing.
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