One guy closes with this line:<\/p>\n
\nP.S. – I haven’t taken a sick day in years – I don’t get sick.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
I don’t know why, but that line caught my attention and made me laugh. Not a bad technique to stand out in a crowd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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