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Start by excluding yourself and your dumbass fellow travellers.Originally posted by original PM View PostYeah - think we were looking for smart people not smart arses!
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Originally posted by original PM View PostYeah - think we were looking for smart people not smart arses!
Sometimes we just have to make do with what we have
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Yeah - think we were looking for smart people not smart arses!Originally posted by MrMarkyMark View PostThat's where you would be wrong.
Plenty of smart arses in General
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Absolutely : Commotio cordisOriginally posted by Hobosapien View PostThough with the desert eagle maybe it would pack enough punch to kill the heart or damage it beyond repair if fired directly at the person from 30cm, regardless of what book was in the way.
A young woman was killed only the other day when a soda bottle or similar exploded and the top struck her chest.
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostI hadn't read the whole story, I'd assumed it was a typical home defence small handgun.
At the very least you'd test-fire by shooting another book!
Though with the desert eagle maybe it would pack enough punch to kill the heart or damage it beyond repair if fired directly at the person from 30cm, regardless of what book was in the way.
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That's where you would be wrong.Originally posted by original PM View PostLol no whose sockie Lady is.
seeing as rarely post anywhere but general I would be unlikely to be on a list of smart posters...
Plenty of smart arses in General
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Lol no whose sockie Lady is.Originally posted by MrMarkyMark View PostWhat the list of smart posters?
Were you on it
seeing as rarely post anywhere but general I would be unlikely to be on a list of smart posters...
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What the list of smart posters?Originally posted by original PM View PostSomeone Pm'ed me with the details

Were you on it
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Someone Pm'ed me with the detailsOriginally posted by northernladyuk View PostStart off with a list of clever CUK posters. That will narrow it down somewhat.
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and they're not eligible for a darwin award anyway, - they've already polluted the gene pool.
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