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"ref": "2006 Mar. 3, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 1, Episode 6",
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"ref": "2014, Becky Rutledge, Miss Becky's Charm School, Citadel Press",
"text": "You have to admit, however, that during that time of the month, we are not at our most likable. Let's face it. We are swollen up like an overfed slug, our breath stinks, the tiniest irritant is magnified ten thousand times, and we cry at the drop of a hat.",
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