Carolina QuotesWalking down 8th Avenue, I fell in behind two muscled gym queens. When a car alarm went off, one of them turned to the other, saying, "That's the Puerto Rican national anthem." "Really?" the other guy said. "That's actually their anthem?"
David Sedaris Connected to the Carolinas
Source
04.09.1992 - p.291
- work
- Theft by Finding: Diaries, Volume 1 (1977-2002) (2017)
- year
- 1977
- locator
- p.291
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“Walking down 8th Avenue, I fell in behind two muscled gym qu…” David Sedaris. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-F920B082F4. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/f920b082f4
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