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Old 11-18-2006, 08:17 PM
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Response that strictly sticking to a tradition can lead to silly and/or absurdly idiotic behavior. Case in point: a person who always parted their hair on the left because that's how their mother's did it, then discovered that their hair was right-oriented all the time and looks better that way.
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