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I Wanted To Get The Guy Who Works Next To Me In The Office Something He Really Wants, But How Do You Wrap Up A Saloon?

-Milton Berle

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Milton Berle

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I Wanted To Get The Guy Who Works Next To Me In The Office Something He Really Wants, But How Do You Wrap Up A Saloon?

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