Witty snippets fly in a chaotic era of jokes and jabs
A jumble of satirical lines from American Queen items mocks regions and public life. Ohioans prefer beer to cider while California splits, Texas proclaims civility, and Iowa bills itself leading ghost state. A Brooklyn man mocks a plumber, and an Illinois alderman is fined for snoring at a funeral amid city quips about virtue and enforcement.
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