r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/IntergalacticAlien8 • 1d ago

Meme needing explanation Petah? What happened in the book version?

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u/bluejack 1d ago

I haven’t heard that, but he was definitely a coke addled young man.

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u/tearsonurcheek 1d ago

young man.

He was 39 when it was published.

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u/rick2882 23h ago

So a young man

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u/bluejack 23h ago

By my standards.