Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist
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he had a weird sense of humor,
I knew that.

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But I didn't know
there was another side to him,

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that he kept very well hidden from us.
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- You had no idea?
- I had no--

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Absolutely not.
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And I'm still stunned by it,
because I sometimes

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go to bed at night thinking,
"Where was I?

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What was I doing that I did not know? "
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Because I thought I knew him.
I knew him better than anybody.

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And the strange part about it, is--
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we were probably the most
closely-knit family there could be.

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- And we didn't know--
- We always ate together,

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watched the same Tv shows together,
we were always very close.

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I started to read his book and I-
where was I?

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But he was very smart.
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And as I say, he is very disciplined.
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"Dear Mom,
I've got great news to tell you.

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Something wonderful
and exciting has happened.

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I fell in love. That's right, love.
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I'm bursting at the seams
to tell you all about her.

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First of all, her name is Rose.
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And my world certainly seems
to have blossomed since meeting her.

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She's a wonderful girl, Mom.
I mean, woman.

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I love her and so would you.
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In someways
she sort of reminds me of you.

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I almost forgot, she can even cook.
Boy, can she cook.

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What she does to a piece of meat
would make a grown man cry.

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I don't know
whether it was the clothes she wore,

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the sound of her voice,
or the look in her eye,

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but I knew right then and there,
I was hooked for life.

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I wanted to fall to my knees
and beg for her hand.

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Sounds pretty severe?
But it's all true.


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