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	from Jen Hubley I'm allergic to almost everything - cats, dogs, mold, pollen, dust - but I'm not allergic to food. This is probably best, as I have a great deal of trouble remembering things like where I put my house keys or what time I'm supposed to be at my folks' house for the Fourth of July. Throw a food allergy in there and my holiday would surely end in tears.

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