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Welcome to Feedback Friday. I'm your host, Jordan Harbinger. As always, I'm here with Feedback Friday producer, the sugar in the raw packet, evening out the wonky leg of this tabletop with savory life conundra, Gabriel Mizrahi.
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So Gabe, I was cleaning out some old boxes over the holidays, and I came across a Zippo lighter. I used to love Zippos when I was in high school and college. I don't know why.
Yeah, who didn't?
Okay. So that was a thing.
Yeah. We all go through the Zippo phase. You do. Okay.
And you like learn that trick where you put two fingers on top and the thumb on the bottom, it goes bling and it flips open and it's like magic. Like you're a pool hustler in the 80s. Totally. Yes. Like me and James Dean just hang out regularly. Anyway, I came across this Zippo lighter that I found in Vietnam in the jungle while I was walking around with a guide near the tunnels that they have.
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