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    The Common Man

    Slideshow • Local • ISSUE 46•15 • Apr 13, 2010
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    • Man Gets Life In Order For 36 Minutes

      JACKSONVILLE, FL—
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    • Area Man Has Far Greater Knowledge Of Marvel Universe Than Own Family Tree

      LA CROSSE, WI—"We're from Sweden or Norway or somewhere around there," said Sundling, who when prompted can accurately detail the origins of each costumed hero in the X-Men, the Avengers, the Defenders, and the Squadron Supreme. "I don't know for sure. I never really asked about it."
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    • Area Man Just Wants To Throw One Good Punch In His Life

      SACRAMENTO, CA—"I want to make a guy's head snap back like in the movies," said local resident Carl Hilland, who hopes to one day throw a straight right hand without looking foolish.
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    • Area Man Somehow Even Less Popular Than He Was In High School

      JEFFERSON, MO—Contrary to what he had been assured about adult life, local resident Mike Glick, 24, reported Monday that he is even less popular than he was in high school.
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    • Upcoming Date Only Thing Between Area Man, Utter Self-Neglect

      MORGANTON, NC—
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    • Area Man Just Wants Regular Haircut Without All The Frou-Frou

      GLENDALE, AZ–Retired building contractor Bud Easler, 67, who ordinarily patronizes Vic's Barbershop, informed Studio Quest hairstylist Gina Nardo Sunday that he just wants "a regular haircut, without all the frou-frou."
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    • Area Man Well-Versed In First Thirds Of Great Literature

      KANSAS CITY, MO—Malcolm Seward likes nothing better than hunkering down and reading the first 100 pages or so of a classic novel.
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    • Area Man Suspicious Of Wrap

      ERIE, PA—Local resident and frequent fast-food-restaurant patron Don Turnbee said Monday that he was
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    • Job Became Completely Humiliating So Gradually Area Man Barely Noticed

      CHICAGO—"Now that I think about it, a lot of little things have sort of slowly added up, like when they reduced my lunch hour to 30 minutes last October," Stephen Durkee said while walking CFO Janice Dugan's poorly behaved English bulldog.
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    • Area Man Makes It Through Day

      SCHAUMBURG, IL—Besieged on all sides by such opponents as suburban conformity, inner emptiness, and virus laden spam e-mail, Adam Blume managed to survive another 24 hours.
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