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SG: I was going to say, is that a fact?

“Is that a fact?” says Uncle Al.

“Is that a fact,” says Uncle Al.

“I saw that Senator Murphy met with the Iranians, is that a fact?”

If you tell me that once it was seafloor ooze and that through some incredible sustained process it was thrust deep into the earth, baked and squeezed for millions of years, then popped back to the surface, which is what accounts for its magnificent striations, its shiny vitreous crystals, and flaky biotate mica, I will say, “Goodness!” and “Is that a fact!” but I can’t pretend that anything actual will be going on behind my game expression.