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I talk kinda slow, especially for the Northeast, so it was a way to beat [would-be hecklers] to the punch.

"When Studios Need a Doofus, Jim Gaffigan Is Their Main Man". Austin American-Statesman, February 18, 2007.
I talk kinda slow, especially for the Northeast, so it was a way to beat [would-be hecklers] to the punch.