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1. Thumbless Pete’s Fireworks Barn

2. Big Al’s Mullets and More Salon

3. The Flaming Hammer: Hardware for Sissies

4. Ye Olde Shoppe O’ Shite

5. Porkers: A Place for Fat Women

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