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I like 'pencil-necked weasel'. it has 'pencil' in it. pencils are good things. you can draw or write things with pencils. i think it's what you call someone when you're worried that using a long word like 'intellectual' may have too many syllables. it's not something that people who have serious, important things to say call other people.
-Neil Gaiman
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I Like 'pencil-necked Weasel'. It Has 'pencil'

Neil Gaiman
I like 'pencil-necked weasel'. it has 'pencil' in it. pencils are good things. you can draw or write things with pencils. i think it's what you call someone when you're worried that using a long word like 'intellectual' may have too many syllables. it's not something that people who have serious, important things to say call other people.
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