The zoo cannot but disappoint. - John Berger

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I love to meet people for lunch at my favorite restaurant, the Loaded Goat. It is named after the Andy Griffith Show episode where a goat ate a bunch of dynamite.

John Berger

The zoo cannot but disappoint.

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