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Kurt Vonnegut - "Timequake" (1997)

"You think the ancient Romans were smart? Look at how dumb their numbers were. One theory of why they declined and fell is that their plumbing was lead. The root of our word plumbing is plumbum, the Latin word for lead. Lead poisoning makes people stupid and lazy. 

What's your excuse?"

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