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In fairness, however, she could have done far worse. She could have ended up with Crawford, perish the thought, or Harvey, the latter of which still makes my bottom itch just at the thought of him. These two could bore the Statue of Liberty into a yawn; they could have sent Saddam’s troops screaming into the desert without a shot being fired; if you could bottle up their brain-addling conversation and sell it in Boots, it would be the number one best-selling natural antidote to insomnia within a fortnight. No, really.