Do you suppose Walter Hunt would have invented the safety pin if he had known that punk rockers would stick them through their cheeks? (Connie Willis)

Do you suppose Walter Hunt would have invented the safety pin if he had known that punk rockers would stick them through their cheeks?

Connie Willis

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