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[[File:betsyross.jpg|right|thumb|"Boom-Boom Betsy", as she was known.]] | [[File:betsyross.jpg|right|thumb|"Boom-Boom Betsy", as she was also known.]] | ||
Betsy Ross was famous for knitting the American Flag out of Native American pelts. She was George Washington's wife and crossed the Atlantic with him in 1776 after she threw his favorite Dollar across and he wanted it back. | Betsy Ross was famous for knitting the American Flag out of Native American pelts. She was George Washington's wife and crossed the Atlantic with him in 1776 after she threw his favorite Dollar across and he wanted it back. | ||
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Ross the Dancing Tramp is a homeless man who lives outside my apartment building. If you give him a quarter, he will do a dance of joy for you. Sometimes this jubilant expression of physical prowess will last up to an hour and a half. If you don't give him a quarter, he will do a dance of rage - and God help you. | Ross the Dancing Tramp is a homeless man who lives outside my apartment building. If you give him a quarter, he will do a dance of joy for you. Sometimes this jubilant expression of physical prowess will last up to an hour and a half. If you don't give him a quarter, he will do a dance of rage - and God help you. | ||
One time I came outside and found Ross the Dancing Tramp sitting on the front steps, weeping softly. When I asked what was wrong, he said the Government was sending | One time I came outside and found Ross the Dancing Tramp sitting on the front steps, weeping softly. When I asked what was wrong, he said the Government was sending messages to him, and the last broadcast was particularly cruel and amounted to a personal attack. I offered to make the messages stop, and after a tearful acceptance, I set to work. | ||
Long story short, I buried him under the basement floor. | Long story short, I buried him under the basement floor. |
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