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(...) Given that the post is in .loc.au I imagine most involved appreciated the irony long before posting. (Chucks another bone) Tim (18 years ago, 21-Nov-06, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Alright, I'll take the bait. Does anyone else appreciate the irony that a thread called "don't feed the trolls" has become a veritable banquet? Aussies are sublime! (Crawls back under bridge to gnaw on that one for awhile.) (18 years ago, 21-Nov-06, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) My apologies sir - the winkie was supposed to mean that I don't really want you to elaborate on etc. since I am very familiar with it's meaning. :-) I was just trying to be funny. It appears that I have failed and now I probably must resign (...) (18 years ago, 21-Nov-06, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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(...) You're asking me about "etc"?! Etc is a popular abbreviation of etcetera, meaning a number of unenumerated things. I used it to avoid the combinatoric explosion that results from all combinations of "fail to get the joke", "take offence", (...) (18 years ago, 21-Nov-06, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) And a complete list of the words that we are not allowed to say because there is someone somewhere who disapproves of the word. Many an innocent Aussie abroad on Lugnet has fallen foul of that one, speaking as we do in the vulgar vernacular! (...) (18 years ago, 21-Nov-06, to lugnet.loc.au)
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