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(...) When someone observed to Winston Churchill that his predecessor as prime minister, Neville Chamberlain, was a humble man, Churchill is reported to have replied, "And he has so much to be humble about." Ditto for some current European leaders (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I agree. You can count my PM in the list :-/ Pedro (22 years ago, 19-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) And Bush! ;-) -->Bruce<-- (22 years ago, 19-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I feared that quote may have been erroneous. I did some checking. It turns up only in one place on the web: (URL) someone observed to Winston Churchill that his predecessor as prime minister, Neville Chamberlain, was a humble man, Churchill is (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It turns out that if you leave a few words out of the search (URL) get a lot of sites with cites, most of which say that Churchill was talking about Clement Atlee, not Chamberlain, and most of which have a different wording. My memory of the (...) (21 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hey! That's way better than the lame excuse for an apology I got when you accidentally censored me! I demand an apology! ;^) Don (21 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'm surprised, ->Bruce<-, that you'd even recognize humility in a leader, given whom you recently voted into office;-) JOHN (21 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I sent you 3 or 4 already, and that exhausted my stock. Sorry, I'm fresh out now. :-) XFUT .fun because I hope this was in fun... (21 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Lar, perhaps (URL) this> might help. All I do is give, JOHN (21 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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(...) Oh and I apologise for censoring you Larry, it was totally accidental, I promise... ROSCO (21 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Thanks. but that actually seems to cost actual money. After buying 5 Maersks (even at US prices) I'm fresh out of that too. (...) ... or take, as the case may be. Are you getting a cut? Also, did you print the inscription on the shirt the nice (...) (21 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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(...) I think you mean censure, because: 1. There *is* no censorship practiced on LUGNET. Even accidentally. 2. AFAIK you don't have cancel privs anyway even if there was.(a) a - unless I missed a memo here somewhere... (rummages) nope. (21 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I feel your pain and raise you 20 metroliners...;-) (...) I wish! ;-) (who even goes to that site??? I just punched in "imsorry" into Google and found it. About as lame as you can get IMO. I mean, "Epology"??? They don't even check for (...) (21 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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(...) Is this really the best explanation you can come up with after 15 months? That is not how it (URL) looks>. It looks like you tried to pass someone else's words off as your own (plagiarism) and infringed their IP rights in the process. Read (...) (21 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur wrote: (snip) I explained what happened, I admitted fault, and I apologised for it. If it doesn't fit the format of the apology you want, or doesn't fit the facts as you imagine them to be, tough. Take it or (...) (21 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) I use google, and you're right, I did need to look up the first biggie. Unfortunately the top link from google didn't help much: (URL) of assidious> Or maybe that was sneaky debator's trick for calling someone an insidious @$$ and passing it (...) (21 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) are you an assiduous and malintentioned nitpicker? If not, I wasn't talking to you Scott, apologies if you think I was, but therefore I wasn't insulting you. If you are, then, by your own admission, identifying you as such isn't an insult, (...) (21 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek wrote: **snip** (...) **snip** (URL) On a related note...> 8^) (21 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Which reminds me of (URL) this> (...) (21 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Sadly, our local rhino died just a few days ago. We are RZSS members pretty much because of Kruger; so the zoo was rather empty without him last weekend ;-( His mate, Umfolozi (AKA (URL) "Floozy">), looked pretty sad. Scott A (21 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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Can anyone tell me exactly what this is achieving? Is there any sort of aim to these attacks on me? Is this “constructive” Don? Should I just ignore him? Is his behavior acceptable? Is he obsessed by me? Should I be flattered by the attention? (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.terms, FTX)
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(...) Wow, you folks are sensitive. I thought the typo and the bizare link from google were kinda funny. I even added a smiley to go with the winky, but lugnet squashed my attempt to set FUT to .fun. Gotta figure out how to do that. Anyhow, the only (...) (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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