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That's the reaction i thought i'd get.
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Everyone in this room has been
associated with whitey
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through basketball or the mall
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or various odd jobs he does around
town for free or at most a dollar
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and i'm guessing 99% of you have
either laughed in whitey's face
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or ruthlessly made fun of his feet or
voice or sister or shortness
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when he wasn't looking
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but the next time you'd see him, he'd go
out of his way to smile and wave at you
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and ask about your mother's operation
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because he, unlike us, cares
about someone other than himself
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the reason i bring this up to you
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is because i was the worst offender
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of all
:59:50
my life was simply going nowhere
:59:53
then a tiny, little man
rushed to my side
:59:57
he should've gotten a big thank-you
1:00:02
instead he got a port-a-potty ride
1:00:05
i was such a shithead
1:00:09
but he never quit on me
1:00:13
till i told him he was useless
1:00:17
and his sister was freaky
1:00:20
once when we were watching
sunday football
1:00:24
a fuzzy screen was all that
we could see
1:00:29
whitey came over with a hanger
1:00:33
and spent the game on top of our tv
1:00:36
and when the lightning struck him
1:00:39
he let out a wicked-loud yell
1:00:43
but we just turned up the volume
1:00:48
and ignored the burning smell
1:00:50
we should all rot in hell
1:00:53
i went to high school with whitey
1:00:57
as a joke i told him to meet me
at the prom