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"Joe [McCarthy] was known around Appleton as a practical joker, a guy who'd do anything for a laugh. Oddly, his favorite prank involved pouring water down the pants of male companions. He loved to take a running hose, put it in someone's pocket, and wait for the frenzied reaction."

David Oshinsky, A Conspiracy So Immense: The World of Joe McCarthy, p. 28.

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