I was afraid they kept the hogs in a pen out behind the hospital. I've been prepared for surgery and the doctor says to an orderly, 'Leon, go out to the hog pen and get me a valve.
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- Author's profession: Writer
- Nationality: american
- Born: October 20, 1946
- Died: March 20, 1994
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