The America's Cup is like driving your Lamborgini to the Gran Prix tra…

P. J. O'Rourke
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The America's Cup is like driving your Lamborgini to the Gran Prix track to watch the charter buses race. ✨ P.J. O'Rourke (2015). Thrown Under the Omnibus, p.159, Atlantic Books Ltd
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The America's Cup is like driving your Lamborgini to the Gran Prix track to watch the charter buses race. ✨ P.J. O'Rourke (2015). Thrown Under the Omnibus, p.159, Atlantic Books Ltd

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