The respondents said they were more likely to gossip about the shirker to colleagues than to friends.

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However, he's eventually proved correct when a very small shirker named Jo-Jo, who was just standing around playing with a yo-yo, is spirited by the mayor of Who-ville, the community in question, to the summit of the Eiffelberg Tower.

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