24-year-old receives sage counsel from venerable 27-year-old
DULUTH, MN-Generously bestowing the kind of wisdom that only comes with age, worldly and venerable 27-year-old Matthew Owen took the time last night to offer his enlightened counsel to 24-year-old family friend Dennis Paige.
Other Onion stories with Duluth datelines:
- National News Highlights (2010)
- Boy finds own real-life E.T. (2009)
- National News Highlights (2006)
… and there are probably some we missed.

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I hate to be this person, but I don’t think we carry that beer in Duluth. It’s almost like they didn’t even come here to shoot the photo.
I think they sometimes build their stories around the stock photos they have available. Obviously not always, but sometimes. They certainly don’t send a photographer to Duluth to make their fake story more authentic.
The beer is Half Acre Daisy Cutter, brewed in the Chicago Area. I don’t believe it is available in Minnesota, though before they got their own brewery they contract brewed at Sand Creek in Black River Falls, WI. I’ve never had it, but it gets pretty good marks on Beer Advocate.
I’m pretty sure Emily was kidding.
I’m pretty sure, too. The “I hate to be this person” intro makes it seem like she’s not, but the second sentence has the tone of sarcasm.
God, that Emily is mysterious.
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