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#95555 02/17/03 04:30 PM
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Much kinder, I opine.

I believe you're right, wow. My wife has her kids make their own cards and then take them home to their mums.


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My wife has her kids make their own cards and then take them home to their mums.

Do the moms know who they're from?


#95557 02/17/03 06:22 PM
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>they are still loosers.

Even knowing it was bait, I still couldn't resist biting - Aaaaargh!


#95558 02/17/03 06:24 PM
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loosers

It was done with malice aforethought.


#95559 02/17/03 06:32 PM
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loosers

It was done with malice aforethought.


Whattaya, kicking into moose mode there, Faldo? or mebbe it was just a friendly little Valentine[evil-grin e]



#95560 02/17/03 10:11 PM
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>loosers

It was done with malice aforethought.


As I well knew.


#95561 02/18/03 03:59 AM
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I know someone who got the same valentine from her sweetie that she got for him. We were wondering what the odds of that happening would be. Any takers from the Math squad?


#95562 02/18/03 07:15 AM
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Do the moms know who they're from?

Well, they may get the cards mixed up now and then while all the excess paint is drying, and sometimes a child may decide someone else's card looks better than theirs, although this attitude is, I am told, vehemently discouraged. I doubt if the mums would be any the wiser though!

Interesting by the way that in the UK we tend to use 'mum' and 'mummy' while in the USA you tend to use 'mom' and 'mommy'. Wonder how that happened.



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Stranger still is that I say "mum" and write "mom".


#95564 02/18/03 11:01 AM
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what the odds of that happening would be

The odds that some couple somewhere would send each other the same valentine's card? I'd say pretty dang close to 1 to 1. Say 1 to 0.999...


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