Too Old to Fish

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The heir to the throne of France passed this way once and so they named the place after him. Funny thing is, none of us know what that guy's name was.

There's a big lake and they named that after him too. Good fishing. Not many people come out here though, it's just too far. From anything.

Everyone wants to retire so they can go to some lake and fish. Thing is, plenty of people have spent their whole lives up here fishing.

What are they waiting for. They could fish now. It's not like they're going to get famous or something by holding down a job. All that can happen is they watch themselves get old. And maybe they'll get too old to fish. Maybe they'll get dead.

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