“How are you feeling?” “I haven’t jumped off the balcony yet. I take it all out on the kids instead.” “You’re not the type to commit suicide,” he said. “Your method’s to stick your head in the sand.” “True,” I said. “But the most fascinating thing about the ostrich isn’t that at all. I saw this documentary about them once. They’re huge and really strong, and with the claws they have they can be lethal, so do you know what the farmers do to get close to them?” “Put a sack over the ostrich’s head?” “Well, once they get that far, yeah, they go completely still. But before that. Before they go up
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