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My epic battle with a fly
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It fell to the floor, you plonker.Originally posted by minestrone View PostIt's the weapons grade tea towel that was the give away. I mean who has a tea towel that can crack a vase?
Sorry sas.Hard Brexit now!
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Predictable. Dull. Nil points.Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostAt last! You found your intellectual equal to do battle with. Well done!
Next.Hard Brexit now!
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Would better be called Descartes.Originally posted by sasguru View PostI've just killed a fly after an epic battle. So there I was quietly doing some maths in my study when this blue bottle (who I shall henceforth call Einstein) flew in through the open window.Comment
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Originally posted by realityhack View Post
Glove full of vaseline, by any chance? Sas is Curley in Of Mice And Men, AICMFP.
I think this post says more about you than me.
Hard Brexit now!
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If it was really an intelligent fly, it would have worked out how to fly out of the open part of an opened window.
I have an electrified "tennis raquet" swat. Works wonderfully.Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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I have one of those. It makes a very satisfying Zap! sound.Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostIf it was really an intelligent fly, it would have worked out how to fly out of the open part of an opened window.
I have an electrified "tennis raquet" swat. Works wonderfully.Last edited by Sysman; 17 August 2009, 13:03.Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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