Ever seen a dude in rear entry boots almost fall 4 times while walking the 50 feet from to his car, each time over correcting and learning nothing? Ever just been standing there and have a open jacketed non-ironic mustached fellow fall through the lift line rope as if a ghost pushed him over? So is the life of a penguin…nature’s gapers endlessly fumbling through the world, constantly catching themselves right before eating shit or just eating shit.

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