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« on: January 16, 2015, 18:25:56 »
Quote from: bignosemac on January 14, 2015, 15:39:02
How spooky. I asked the contractors the exact same thing this morning!

Got the same answer as you WP.  Grin

Errily similar!
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« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2015, 20:53:31 »
Quote from: Four Track, Now! on January 16, 2015, 18:25:56
Errily similar!

What is Erry about the same person being asked the same question and giving the same answer?

Or should we have irony marks added to this site?
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« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2015, 10:43:21 »
Quote from: ellendune on January 16, 2015, 20:53:31
Quote from: Four Track, Now! on January 16, 2015, 18:25:56
Errily similar!

What is Erry about the same person being asked the same question and giving the same answer?

Or should we have irony marks added to this site?

Sorry - spill-over from another thread.
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« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2015, 11:11:47 »
That's allright then isn't it ?.
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« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2015, 18:01:16 »
Quote from: Western Pathfinder on January 17, 2015, 11:11:47
That's allright then isn't it ?.

Definately.
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« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2015, 18:55:40 »
Jolly Good.
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« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2015, 23:54:32 »
It seems I have been accused of being likely to go off at a tangent, and I'm not sure how I should take this. It reminds me of a time when I was in the Scouts in my early teens, along with a tall gangly lad named Les something or other, when we stopped for a comfort break during a hike. He produced the... oh hang on, I understand now.

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