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author: Eric Wagoner
date: '2001-01-24T04:56:07'
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title: '"Ha ha," I''ve said. "The'
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"Ha ha," I've said. "The ol' snake in a can gag. You know, I've seen this a thousand times," I've said. So why is it that when I really, truly need the ol' snake in a nut can, I can't find one. I've been all over Athens, looking in the stores that should have these things, sheepishly telling the clerks "I'm looking for the snake in the nut can thin. Got one?" Nothing. Luckily, [there's the internet](http://www.pranxsters.com/snakenutcan.html). I can't believe FedEx is delivering me a snake in a nut can. The things I do for theater...