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To: Red Badger
* My wife cut off all her hair and sold it so she could buy a chain for my watch. But I don’t even have a watch and now she looks ridiculous. She can’t even use this set of combs I bought her. [Sounds fake 🙄]

IIRC, this story was a fiction written in the early 20th century by O. Henry.................

2 posted on 12/27/2024 8:29:55 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger
IIRC, this story was a fiction written in the early 20th century by O. Henry.

No, it was written by a dude named William Sydney Porter, a crooked Texas banker.

3 posted on 12/27/2024 8:56:54 AM PST by PAR35
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My recollections also!


7 posted on 12/27/2024 9:05:06 AM PST by grame (May you know more of the love of God Almighty this day!)
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To: Red Badger

Yes, “The Gift of the Magi.” Read that in high school. It’s a great story.


14 posted on 12/27/2024 10:40:12 AM PST by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: Red Badger

Yes, a short story called, IIRC, “The Gift of The Magi.” Can’t believe this writer did not know this.


16 posted on 12/27/2024 1:18:39 PM PST by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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Classic story. Kudos to whoever wrote that post. He knew some people would catch on.


17 posted on 12/27/2024 5:50:25 PM PST by Tired of Taxes
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