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(...) Well, a bottle of nice Californian chardonnay'll do it for me, so I guess you've already got my vote!! ROSCO (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) It's not revenues, it's market cap that matters. And the "market cap" of a country is how much it costs to buy all the shares(voters) and get them to vote in your hostile takeover proposal... from what I hear you can buy an aussie's vote for 2 (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Re the takeover bid, I think the world's leading ute manufacturers have a better chance: Ford revenues + GM revenues = $170b+ $185b GDP for Australia: $380b - $15b (current account deficit writedown) $10b short -- we're safe for the moment! (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) You're just mad 'cuz I outed you as a Creationist. Dave! (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Here you go, Dave Low
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Slagging Oz AND MS all in one strip! (URL) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Priorities, man... priorities! (ref: .trains) Anyway, if there's one place I expect to see Larry posting, it's in a file called "Cad". Jason J Railton (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I see both Rosco and Larry were able to reply without calling you on your improper use of a reflexive pronoun! But you knew I wouldn't be able to leave it alone, didn't you? Maggie (admittedly a bit tougher on anyone with a degree in English (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) 8?) (...) It's rumoured that it was an English, cigar-smoking prime minister, however it was actually Sir Ernest Gowers in "Plain words" (1948), who started the anecdote with "It is said that Churchill...". So the correct answer's not all that (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Construction Toy Grading Standards Now Live!
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(...) Either Churchill or Groucho. -John (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) This is different (from usual) how? Oh wait, you said "you're" instead of "I'm"... never mind. (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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