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the preliminaries, and reminded
everyone about the community
Christmas dinner, I turned the time
over to Samuel.
Samuel stepped to the
microphone to address us. “Men,”
he said, “I have looked things over
and the women have much better
figures than we have.”
His phraseology caught me by
surprise, and I started laughing.
Samuel turned to glare at me, and I
covered my mouth to try to hold
back my mirth. No one else seemed
to find it funny.
John, the old man next to me,
chided me. “Daris, it’s rude to
laugh when Samuel is speaking.”
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