I arrived in the middle of a press conference

P. J. O'Rourke
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I arrived in the middle of a press conference - as boring a thing to sit through if you don't know the language as it is if you do. ✨ P. J. O'Rourke (2007). Holidays in Hell: In Which Our Intrepid Reporter Travels to the World's Worst Places and Asks, What's Funny About Thi, p.235, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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