Sure Hilary Mantel, pretty impressive. But tell me this: were you ever the first runner-up in your eighth grade student body government vice presidential election?

Nope, didn’t think so.

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   And let me ask you this, Hilary: did your 6th grade book report on Henry VIII get an B+? Huh? Oh… wait.

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    I bet Hilary Mantel didn’t crush her two speaking lines in a second-grade rendition of CATS like one indie publisher I...

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    This caption should win some kind of award.

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    spelling bee? Yeah, that’s right.

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