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If you’re running errands this weekend, possibly doing some grocery shopping, you may run across some very young, but very persistent sales people. Funny Lady Francesca Rosko prefers to call them terrorists…

Francesca Rosko’s commentary originally aired five years ago. In that time, the cost of Girl Scout cookies has increased to $3.50 a box, but Francesca remains one of the funniest Birmingham women on the web. Here’s a collection of her commentaries:

 

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