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A Neighborhood Where Santa Breaks in through a Window

DVD salesman: I couldn’t give you a better deal if I slid down the chimney.
Little girl, whispering glumly: But we don’t have a chimney.

–A train, Brooklyn

Overheard by: VassarBoy

  • Posted on March 25, 2008
  • Brooklyn, Business and Commerce, Default, Girls, Holidays, Home, Sweet Home, Kids, Money & Class, On the Subway, Vendors & Street Performers
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