Lou: Who’s on first?
\nBud: No one knows.
\nLou: Surely someone knows?
\nBud: What does it matter.<\/p>\n
This conversation continues until one of the participants dies of a heart attack.
\nApproximately 43 years.<\/p>\n
Third Base!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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