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Agita

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3:30PM
Aug-19-09


Lani

Connecticut

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I grew up in an Italian neighborhood in the late 50's early 60's in Middletown, CT. It was my understanding that agita was a nervous stomach. Later in life I met a man who named his cat Agi, short for Agita because he was a nervous cat. Love the podcasts!