Never Try to Teach a Pig to Sing

Author: Alan Dundes
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0814323588

Never Try to Teach a Pig to Sing: Still More Urban Folklore from the Paperwork Empire (Humor in Life and Letters Series)

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