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His mistress and secretary, Francine Pefko, had thirty-seven-inch hips, a thirty-inch waist, and a thirty-nine-inch bosom.

His stepmother at the time of her death had thirty-four-inch hips, a twenty-four-inch waist, and a thirty-three-inch bosom.

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Далее в переводе опять пропущена часть текста с рассуждениями о размерах пениса:

The largest human penis in the United States was fourteen inches long and two and a half inches in diameter.

The largest human penis in the world was sixteen and seven-eighths inches long and two and one-quarter inches in diameter.

The blue whale, a sea mammal, had a penis ninety-six inches long and fourteen inches in diameter.

One time Dwayne Hoover got an advertisement through the mail for a penis-extender, made out of rubber. He could slip it over the end of his real penis, according to the ad, and thrill his wife or sweetheart with extra inches. They also wanted to sell him a lifelike rubber vagina for when he was lonesome.

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Лунный свет (франц.).

В русском переводе отсутствовал рисунок грузовика. Оригинальный текст выглядит следующим образом:

A truck sizzled by on the Interstate, seemed to cry out in pain to Wayne, because he read the message on the side of it phonetically. The message told Wayne that the truck was in agony, as it hauled things from here to there. This was the message, and Wayne said it out loud:

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Формула Эйнштейна.

Завтра мы проведем вечер в кино (франц.).

Мы надеемся, что наш дедушка еще долго проживет (франц.).

В переводе пропущен рисунок еще одной открытки со следующим предложением:

Newbolt Simmons’ most recent Christmas card to Dwayne looked like this:

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Так называют жителей штата Индиана. (Прим. перев.)

Счастливого пути! (франц.).