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Antique Shopper’s Cheeky New Orleans Finds Go Wrong
The narrator recounts buying antique chairs, a bell with no clapper, and a bottomless copper watering can from Royal and Chartres streets. He jokes these items are impractical hazards, shadows of the Battle of New Orleans, and muses on using them for an April Fool’s gag while warning his wallet may collapse.
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