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   Les Albert to admin@127.0.0.1   
   Re: deflating lines for literature, dram   
   13 Dec 21 10:29:29   
   
   From: lalbert1@aol.com   
      
   On Mon, 13 Dec 2021 17:29:20 +0000, "Kerr-Mudd, John"   
    wrote:   
   >On Mon, 13 Dec 2021 09:25:29 -0800 (PST)   
   >Bob  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Must be time for hints:   
   >>   
   >> > > > > > > Will that be before, or after Moon go in front of it?   
   >>   
   >> It's from fiction, and has become a cliche of similar situations, to where   
   some people probably believe it's actually occurred.  The phrasing is a clue.   
   >>   
   >> > > > > > > Not according to the DNA test.   
   >>   
   >> > > > That'll be Luke's reply to Darth Vader   
   >>   
   >> > > > > > > Get off this mountain and come home to take care of our kids.   
   >>   
   >> The humor comes from the revelation within that commandment.   
   >>   
   >> > > > > > > What have you done with our school books?   
      
   >> For that one you have to imagine a small concern superseding a big action.    
   Instead it could be, "You didn't pay for your ticket," but that'd've been   
   harder.   
      
   >> > Yes I do, but I don't think the School Inspectors will be impressed with   
   the nutritional value.   
      
   >> Is it set within the past 100 years?  Is it a comeback to an insult or   
   provocation?   
      
   >There's a bit of a twisty to this one; you'll have a dickens of a time   
   getting it.   
   >I don't think I'm very good at this game.   
      
      
   No, your game is very good.  Please sir, may we have some more?   
      
   Les   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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