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Welease Woderwick

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Rubbery cold toast is one of the most disgusting things known to man, or woman.

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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?

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Raptor Eye
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Woma Northern Territory pythons live in the desert and feed on Spiny Tailed monitors.

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Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10

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Eutychus
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It (ORSCA) is the acronym for the Ontario Round Arm Softball Cricket Association, as I have just learned.

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Let's remember that we are to build the Kingdom of God, not drive people away - pastor Frank Pomeroy

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Cara
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Lear, Ned (or Edmund), Cordelia, and others are characters in that Shakespeare play featuring a blasted heath.

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Pondering.

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Smudgie

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As Ted Heath used to say, "I don't think that modesty is the outstanding characteristic of contemporary politics."

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Welease Woderwick

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Tics and mites can be a real nuisance!

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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?

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Mamacita

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Is ancestry an important factor in human intelligence, or is it more a result of nurture?

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Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.

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Eutychus
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Ure, Cann, Cross and Currie: Ultravox (not forgetting original frontman John Foxx).

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Barnabas62
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Oxymorons such as 'O heavy lightness' decorate Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

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Who is it that you seek? How then shall we live? How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?

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Eutychus
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"Et tu, Brute?" is also a Shakespearian line, and not a lyric sung by original Ultravox frontman, John Foxx [Razz]

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Ox X-rays are performed only by specially trained vets due to the high mortality rate (of the vets not the oxen).

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Sioni Sais
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Ox enjoy almost everything except pulling carts and having people make soup out of their tails.

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"He isn't Doctor Who, he's The Doctor"

(Paul Sinha, BBC)

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Ailsa always did enjoy a good session of Strip The Willow

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Adam.

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Will owls maintain their sagacity?

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Ave Crux, Spes Unica!
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Saga City, Japan is in the southern end of the country and known for its balloon festival.

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A master of men was the Goodly Fere,
A mate of the wind and sea.
If they think they ha’ slain our Goodly Fere
They are fools eternally.


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Sioni Sais
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STI? Val! What have you been up to?

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"He isn't Doctor Who, he's The Doctor"

(Paul Sinha, BBC)

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Uptown Girl was a hit back in 1983 for Billy Joel.

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I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
alto n a soprano who can read music

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EtymologicalEvangelical
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Bill? Y. Joe liked to tick items off his electronic to-do list, although inserting the 'Yes' against the heating bill rip-off was a rather cold comfort ('scuse the pun!).

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You can argue with a man who says, 'Rice is unwholesome': but you neither can nor need argue with a man who says, 'Rice is unwholesome, but I'm not saying this is true'. CS Lewis

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Set "Hep unplugged" on the synthesizer, and let's go, shipmates!

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In other words, just because I made it all up, doesn't mean it isn't true (Reginald Hill)

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Smudgie

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Hip mat, especially the fluffy version, is very pretty but not particularly practical.

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'Act!' I called out to those wannabe hamsters with ever increasing exasperation.
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Smudgie

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Rat - I only mention it in passing but the word you were looking for was not "hamster", it was "rat".

[blatant abuse of the hostly editing privilege to avoid anyone noticing I had totally mucked up my last attempt on this thread]

[ 17. January 2014, 18:12: Message edited by: Smudgie ]

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'Twas rather bright earlier, regardless of what today's weather forecast foretold.

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'If a pleasant, straight-forward life is not possible then one must try to wriggle through by subtle manoeuvres' - Kafka

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Raptor Eye
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'Ore', told the miner to the newcomer, 'is whar' the gold comes from. It's what we're a lookin' fer'.

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Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10

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Eutychus
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'Ere! a loo, kin: fertiliser source, so we need to get the 'ole family emptyin' it for manure!

[ 17. January 2014, 20:18: Message edited by: Eutychus ]

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Man! Ur evidently was the place for dead royals to get robbed.
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Chorister

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'O get robbed then!', I cried impatiently as he left the front door unlocked again!

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Retired, sitting back and watching others for a change.

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Mamacita

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Ed, a gainfully-employed young man, was considered a good marriage prospect.

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Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.

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Pectoral muscles like cast iron were among Ed's assets.
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Sass ETs and face the consequences.

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Eutychus
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Ace! the con sequence saw the audience glued to their seats, and Catch me if you can was a box-office success.

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Smudgie

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Cessation of this game will occur when someone posts a sentence which cannot be followed, although the likelihood of that when Eutychus is around is zilch!

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Miss you, Erin.

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ZiL chose to major on truck and heavy equipment but also produced armored cars for most Soviet leaders, as well as buses, armored fighting vehicles, and aerosani.

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Who is it that you seek? How then shall we live? How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?

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Lucia

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Aero's a nice chocolate bar if you like your chocolate with bubbles.
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Welease Woderwick

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Bubbles was my favourite character in Ab Fab, with the exception, perhaps, of June Whitfield as Gran.

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I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way.
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?

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Raptor Eye
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"New hit! Field!" As G ran madly from marker to marker, the cry went out to find the ball.

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Sioni Sais
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"In D!" The ball isn't in sectors A, B or C.

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EtymologicalEvangelical
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Insect or Sabor? Clearly it was difficult to know which creature had inflicted the wound on Tarzan while he slept.

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You can argue with a man who says, 'Rice is unwholesome': but you neither can nor need argue with a man who says, 'Rice is unwholesome, but I'm not saying this is true'. CS Lewis

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Eutychus
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Ptarmigan, more likely, in my view; or an oryx.

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Net Spinster
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Or y=x wrote the professor at the bottom of the blackboard in chalk.

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Smudgie

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Inch alkaline solutions forwards and acidic ones back slightly on the lab bench.

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Sioni Sais
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A.B. Ben chose the Navy over the Army because of the smarter uniform.

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Lucia

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Run if ormolu is being made to avoid inhaling the poisonous fumes.
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EtymologicalEvangelical
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"F*** U!" Messages and other forms of communication were generally curt and to the point from Eric, the angry employee; this particular one being directed at his long-suffering boss.

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You can argue with a man who says, 'Rice is unwholesome': but you neither can nor need argue with a man who says, 'Rice is unwholesome, but I'm not saying this is true'. CS Lewis

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Smudgie

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Ring Bo's sister Daisy and see if she's serving at the diner tonight, will you?

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Chorister

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Will your circussy host notice that she has posted the same sentence twice?

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Net Spinster
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Twi census indicates most speakers are in Ghana.

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Hana Mandlikova was a celebrated tennis-player from Czechoslovakia.

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I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
alto n a soprano who can read music

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Adam.

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A kia soul, I learnt from google, is commonly reputed to be a "girly car."

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Ave Crux, Spes Unica!
Preaching blog

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EtymologicalEvangelical
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Girl = y, career = x : these are the two axes; now let us plot the curve to see if there is a relationship between employment remuneration and dating success.

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You can argue with a man who says, 'Rice is unwholesome': but you neither can nor need argue with a man who says, 'Rice is unwholesome, but I'm not saying this is true'. CS Lewis

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