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The Fed Grinder · Dublin, Ireland
From Main Street to Dublin, the rule is the same — make a record. These days, readers in Dublin write to the town by the dozen, and The town ledger lists Dublin among friends.
Down at the end of Main Street sits the Fed Grinder — McSkunkville's legendary engine of accountability. Feed it a wrong, and it grinds out paperwork: complaints, exhibits, sworn statements, all stamped and certified, until the wrong is set right.
Nobody remembers who built it. Everybody remembers the day it started running and never stopped. It hums louder when officials misbehave, and it has never once run out of paper.
The town motto is etched on its housing: They talk; we file.
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