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To synopsize this kind of ectoplasmic yarn with any degree of fidelity would be to connive at criminal boredom, and I have no intention of doing so, but it might be fruitful to dip a spoon into the curry at random to gain some notion of its flavor.
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S.J. Perelman (Cloudland Revisited: A Misspent Youth in Books and Film)