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   HenHanna to All   
   (Left, Right) --- "robbing Peter to pay    
   10 Apr 24 00:14:00   
   
   XPost: rec.puzzles, alt.usage.english   
   From: HenHanna@devnull.tb   
      
    > Always check your pockets twice. You never know what the Left hand   
   stole from the Right.   
    >   
    >   
    > _______________________   
    >   
    > [No One Left to Lie To: The Triangulations of William Jefferson Clinton]   
    > is a 1999 book about President of the United States Bill Clinton by   
    > author and journalist Christopher Hitchens.   
    >   
    >   
    >                      ------- Maybe the [Left] in the title was......   
      
      
               [ Sorry, I don't get the joke.. ]   
      
      
   maybe it's like   "robbing Peter to pay Paul"    or   
      
                     Robar a Pedro para pagar a Pablo   
      
                     Von Petrus nehmen und Paulus geben   
      
                     On ne prĂȘte qu'aux riches   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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