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Do You Open Your Egg On the Big End

From: Robert Karl Skoglund
Length: :54

There is no philosophy insignificant enough but what some people will fight to defend it. Read the full description.

Humbleoats_small I hold my shirt cuffs when I put on my sweater, but you might not.

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Piece Description

I hold my shirt cuffs when I put on my sweater, but you might not.

Transcript

Anyone who lives in Maine knows that there are two basic schools of thought when it comes to putting on your sweater. You can either hang onto your shirt cuffs or you can let the sweater drag them way up over your elbows. Every morning when I put on my sweater I am faced with this metaphysical problem. Should I cast my lot with the cuff holders or should I join those who don?t mind their shirt cuffs pulled up above the elbow. The reason I have never taken a stand might suggest to an unbiased observer that one way is no better than the other. The difference between the philosophies is so meaningless and insignificant, I'm surprised the two camps have never gone to war.
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