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>> We should all learn to love each other.
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Once I was in San Francisco, walking along the Golden Gate Bridge,
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and I saw this guy on the bridge about to jump.
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I thought I'd try to stall him, detain him, long enough for me to put the film in.
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I said, "Don't jump!"
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And he turns.
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You heard of the elephant man,
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he had the head like the head of a horse.
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My heart went out to him,
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and I said, "Why the long face? "
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He said, "All my life,
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people have called me cruel names like flicka, or trigger, silver,
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chess piece." I says, "Well,
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don't worry about it, Ed.
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They can't be that bad." He said, "Oh yeah? How would you
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like to go through your whole life as a freak?"
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I said, "Well. " He said, "Well,
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you're a bad example."
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I said, "Come on,
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you're not the only person in this world sad over their few problems.
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Don't be mule-headed. Stop horsing around,
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and get down from there, you silly mini."
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He said, "Why go on? In a 100 years,
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the planet will be uninhabitable.
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In 10 million years the sun will burn out.
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In a 100 billion years all matter will disintegrate from the universe."
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I said, "Perhaps,
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but in the meantime, in-between time.
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Besides, you're forgetting about God."
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He said, "How do you know there's a God?"
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I said, "Of course there is a God.
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Do you think billions of years ago a bunch of
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molecules floating around at random without rhyme or
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reason could someday have had the sense of humor to make you
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look like that?"
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He said, "I used to believe in God."
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I said, "That's good.
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Were you a Christian or a Jew?"
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He said, "A Christian."
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I said, "Me too.
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Protestant or Catholic?"
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He said, "Protestant."
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I said, "Me too.
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What franchise?"
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He said, "Baptist."
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I said, "Me too.
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Northern Baptist or a Southern Baptist?"
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He said, "Northern Baptist."
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I said, "Me too.
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Northern Conservative Baptist or Northern Liberal Baptist?"
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He said, "Northern conservative Baptist."
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I said, "Me too.
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Northern conservative fundamentalist Baptist to Northern Conservative Reformed Baptist?"
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He says, "Northern conservative fundamentalist Baptist."
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I said, "Me too.
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North conservative fundamentalist Baptist Great Lakes region
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or Northern conservative fundamentalist Baptist Eastern region?"
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He said, "Northern conservative fundamentalist Baptist Great Lakes region."
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I said, "Me too.
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Northern conservative fundamentalist Baptist Great Lakes region Council of 1879,
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or Northern Conservative fundamentalist Baptist Great Lakes region council of 1912?"
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He said, "Northern Conservative Fundamentals part because
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Great Lakes region council of 1912."
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I said, "Die, you heretic!"
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And I pushed him off.