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#105196 06/14/03 10:58 AM
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Liebeslieder

ja, und lotz auf uther Deutsch. I was thinking waay too hard about it...

thanks to Zed and Wofa for helping me sleep last night.



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I lost sleep over your "Peter Grimes" brought to you by Unilever until you told me to stop thinking too deeply about it.


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damn karma...



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damn karma...

The 'instant' kind is probably the least painful.


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A question: Are we on our honor not to check dictionaries for the word in question? I didn't submit a definition, because I found frist in several places in OneLook. Curiosity done me in.


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back when points were been kept religiously, and the title of Hogmaster was coveted, I think it would have been bad form to go to the books; however, the play and mis-direction to accumulate points probably encouraged many to consult their sources.
now, who cares, as long as you don't spill the beans...



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back when points were been kept religiously, and the title of Hogmaster was coveted, I think it would have been bad form to go to the books; however, the play and mis-direction to accumulate points probably encouraged many to consult their sources. Now, who cares,

Thanks etaoin - you have enabled me to blame my consistently pathetic performance on my over-developed sense of honour.


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'twas my pleasure. <respectful bow>





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back when points

Thanks etaoing - you have enabled me to blame my consistently pathetic performance on my over-developed sense of honour.

Ah, yes, sjm...the Honorable Aught!



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>Ah, yes, sjm...the Honorable Aught!

Scusi, but aught is a libellous misstatement. Retract it at once, or face the consequence, joisey boy. Single digit score, peut-etre, pero nicht zero.


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