A Quote by Red Buttons
The Puerto Rican doctor, who wrote all his prescriptions with spray paint. Never got a dinner!
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Peter Minuet, who said to the Indians in modern-day Manhattan, Will you accept a check from a Puerto Rican bank? Never got a dinner!
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