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   From: HenHanna@devnull.tb   
      
   A pair of pants,    or    A pair of trousers   
      
                     ... ok because each Pair kinda looks like  [2 pipes].   
      
       ...but...   
                 "a Pair of Panties" ?????   
      
      
      
      
      
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   "Keep your pantyhose on." -------   [The Abyss]   quote   
      
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                 Actors.     Virgil 'bud' Brigman     by Ed Harris ·   
   00:12. Starting our descent along the umbilical.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)