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    #11
    Originally posted by VectraMan View Post
    I hated it back in the 80s when people started doing that.

    And Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure made it popular before Wayne's World. Bogus.
    whatever

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      #12
      Originally posted by expat View Post
      whatever
      And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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        #13
        Originally posted by expat View Post
        whatever
        Talk to the hand.

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          #14
          Originally posted by Scary View Post
          Talk to the hand.
          huh? Never heard that one. It sounds stupid though.
          And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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            #15
            Originally posted by Churchill View Post
            Why do people insist on using the "faux" slang "Septics" rather than using the correct name for our cousins across the Atlantic?
            Because of the swear filter?
            While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'

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              #16
              Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post
              What has happened to the English language? WHY do people insist on appending the word ‘not’ to something they say, for example, 'Gordon is really competent…NOT!'

              What is wrong with using the word in its proper place in the sentence, just after the words ‘is’ or ‘does’?

              Is this some nasty habit taken over from the Septics, just like repeated use of the word ‘like’ and ‘going forward’?

              Would the death penalty be too harsh?
              Are you missing the rugby club?
              Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyone

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                #17
                Originally posted by doodab View Post
                Because of the swear filter?
                Good point...

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post
                  huh? Never heard that one. It sounds stupid though.
                  Talk to the hand, because the face ain't listening.

                  hth
                  Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
                    Talk to the hand, because the face ain't listening.

                    hth
                    Can we have a fishing smiley?

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                      #20
                      Originally posted by expat View Post
                      whatever


                      My dad actually used that one on me yesterday.... I'm sure I almost spontaneously combusted!!
                      Bazza gets caught
                      Socrates - "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

                      CUK University Challenge Champions 2010

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