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....Shocking weather, mister,' he concluded, addressing the man behind the counter, who responded by nodding  his head several times, his countenance still distorted by the vacant grin. 'I suppose you think I shouldn't be complaining about fog with the brogue on me, but Irish mist is a different proposition entirely. You could stand a broomstick up in this stuff and it wouldn't fall down. Bad for business too, I suppose?'


  David Lodge, The British Museum is Falling Down 
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