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Ethical Episodes

Nonsense on Stilts

by Joel Marks

“So good to see you again. How long has it been?”

“Well, Uncle Barry, we haven’t been back to the States since 2001, and we always visit you when we’re here; so it’s been 12 years!”

“That is sinful. That is impossible to believe.”

“I think we can offer you the living proof. Do you remember Alyssa?”

“Of course I remember Alyssa.

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