They got a manure machine in there, ” Keller said. He went up to the barn and peeked through a hole between tow boards. “On wheels. It’s fun to ride sometimes, when you don’t care how you smell.

Sandra Neil Wallace
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When you smell bad, you can always smell worse. In this quote, Keller is talking about the manure machine at the farm. It sounds like a fun toy, but if you ride on it all of the time, you will be smelling bad all day long.

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