Dave Barry in North Dakota update: Barry had a sewage lift station named after him and a potluck dinner thrown in his honor Wednesday…”I’m honored,” he said at the lift station dedication. “It’s not every day that your work is compared to human waste.”
To those huddled around him in the bitter cold after the dedication ceremony, asking questions, Barry said: “Do you people have nothing to do?” And as for the magnitude of the honor: “I’ll remember this for as long as … I’m in North Dakota.”
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25 January | 9:20 | Luke
Boy, I miss North Dakota.
26 January | 8:14 | Kelly
You just miss the sewer lift stations.
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