For Father’s Day, an Ode to Funny Dad Texts
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Jesse Smith, 46East Windsor, N.J.
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Lisa McCarty, 45Washington D.C.
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Anjali Kidder, 36Bainbridge Island, Wash.
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Jess Pechie, 26Charlotte, N.C.
Addie-Grace Cook, 21Columbia, S.C.
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Sarah Grace Dougherty, 29New York City
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Dick Fink, 35Los Angeles
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Sarah Wilbanks, 35Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Adam Whiley, 32London
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Elizabeth Yardley, 28Philadelphia
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Brooke Aksnes, 34Atlanta
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Melissa Mayer, 34Tacoma, Wash.
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Madi Himelfarb, 29Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Helen Amon, 20Princeton, N.J.
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Tues. Oct. 29, 2:52 p.m.
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Tues. Nov. 5, 2:54 p.m.
Thurs. Nov. 7, 2:47 p.m.
Anne Acosta, 41Miami
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Shreya Mehta, 39Rockville, Md.
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Alicia Lopez, 22New York City
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Halsey Hoster, 33Palo Alto, Calif.
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Laura Nelson, 32Portland, Ore.
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Logan Light, 29New York City
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Sara Spohr, 50Minneapolis
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Irene Raich, 19Fayetteville, Ark.
Sofia Voz, 39Seattle
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Ashley Corso, 22Alexandria, Va.
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Sydney Stevenson, 24New York City
