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WRONG CRUSOE
Years ago, the great tenor, Enrico Caruso, took his car to an auto mechanic for repairs. When Caruso told the shop owner his name, the man was obviously impressed. The man asked, “You mean you are the man who is so famous?” The great tenor Caruso modestly admitted that he was, indeed, famous. That night the shop owner reported his brush with fame to his wife: “Guess who came to the shop today? That explorer-guy: Robin Crusoe!”