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   "It is a most extraordinary thing, but I never read a patent medicine advertisement without being impelled to the conclusion that I am suffering from the particular disease therein dealt with in its most virulent form."

   Three Men in a Boat (1889)

   ~Jerome K. Jerome (2 May 1859 – 14 June 1927)

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     English writer & humourist Jerome K. Jerome was born #OTD in 1859.

     He is best known for his comic masterpiece, Three Men in a Boat, which continues to be celebrated for its vivid depiction of pre-World War I Britain and its light-hearted & humorous examination of the British temperament. Other works include the essay collections Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, Three Men on the Bummel.

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