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WEAR SUNSCREEN…

Now, how did those lyrics go again?

Accept certain inalienable truths: Prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old And when you do, you’ll fantasise that when you were young Prices were reasonable, politicians were noble And children respected their elders.”

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