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Ogden Nash Quotes: Basketball, a game which won't be fit for people until they set the basket umbilicus-high and return the giraffes to the zoo.
         

Basketball, a game which won't be fit for people until they set the basket umbilicus-high and return the giraffes to the zoo.


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