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I have to agree with you there, I can't wait to get shoes and socks off my feet at every opportunity.Originally posted by Pogle View PostI just hate socks
<tip> Buy some "Kung-Fu" slippers from a martial arts shop, but make sure they're 1 size too big. Keeps you feet warm around the house and you don't know you've got them on.
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Sri Lankans?Originally posted by alreadypacked View Postteam members who make up their own words "updation" anyone
Off-shore people, you know what I am talking about.
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Originally posted by TimberWolf View PostGood list - apart from the last one. I feel nuts sometimes stopping at traffic light, as my carrying on would have no impact on the other traffic at all.
Sorry TW, you're a road user, you obey the rules. Look on the bright side you don't have to pay road tax for the privilege.
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Old grunty bollux behind me who keeps grunting to clear his throat!Last edited by BoredBloke; 20 October 2009, 08:35.Rule Number 1 - Assuming that you have a valid contract in place always try to get your poo onto your timesheet, provided that the timesheet is valid for your current contract and covers the period of time that you are billing for.
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people who say cretaceous, in swahili with a Welsh accent(\__/)
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You too?Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Postpeople who say cretaceous, in swahili with a Welsh accent
“The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”Comment
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Good luck with that .....Originally posted by cailin maith View PostI'm trying to make him into a nicer person
I'm sorry, but I'll make no apologies for this
Pogle is awarded +5 Xeno Geek Points.
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"Everyone knows an ant, can't, move a rubber tree plant....etc."Originally posted by cailin maith View PostI'm trying to make him into a nicer person

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