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samatman on Aug 31, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: It's not the $7, but the principle

I had never read that! Charming. The punchline is, it's actually Heinlein's razor. Which makes perfect sense.

(yes the wiki refers to a Robert Hanlon of Scranton, PA. This is probably only amusing if you're from America and know that Scranton is the archetypal funny place to be from)

derleth on Aug 31, 2013 [–]

> Scranton is the archetypal funny place to be from

Up there with Walla Walla, Washington and Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

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