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It’s slightly — slightly <\/em>— more amusing when Katherine comes to ask us to buy something she just saw advertised on TV, restating the various sales pitches almost word for word (“Daddy, did you know that …”). <\/p>\n

So far she takes our word for it that it’s not going to happen, but she still thinks some of this stuff<\/a> sounds really keen …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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