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lae
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02 Aug 2006, 5:08 am

I don't care for the sound of an Ohio accent. Possibly because I grew up there.



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13 Aug 2006, 6:41 pm

Hey!! I think the Ugly Boobs belong here, with the Queens!heh.



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13 Aug 2006, 6:48 pm

So you want to reunite vulgar (common) english with The Queen's English?


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13 Aug 2006, 10:10 pm

blackduck wrote:
How do you get a butterfly from an emu egg?

Do you know how big an emu egg is?

(Incidently, pronounced ee-mew, not ee-moo for you yanks who can't speak the Queen's English) :D



... big enough to hold at LEAST one butterfly?


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