America’s first seaside resort was Cape May. Before that, people only used the sea to fish or kill themselves. Then somebody went to Cape May to kill themselves and changed their minds and went home and said, “I actually enjoyed that time before and after. On the sand.” And everybody said, “They really are crazy. Why would you lie on sand? You use the water and then get out.” People didn’t have time to lie on the sand. It seemed weird at first. Because it is kind of weird. It would be like if after you took a shower, you put on sunglasses and you laid on a towel on the bathroom floor and read
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