UBoB

UBoB

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I find that rum, mixed with ice and taken in large quantities works best for me. I also find that if my lungs are congested I can inhale a special magical substance that a "buddy" gets for me, and the congestion is greatly reduced. The problem is, this substance makes me extremely hungry for a few hours after inhaling it. <img src="http://images.stardock.com/images/smiles/joke.gif" border=0 ALIGN="

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Another little fact: The source of the expression "cock and bull story". Meaning: A fanciful and unbelievable tale. Origin: The phrase may have originated at Stony Stratford in Buckinghamshire, England. The village has two pubs, the Cock and the Bull. Coaches between London to Birmingham changed horses at one pub or the other. The banter of the rival groups of travellers, from England's two largest cities, resulted in exaggerated and fanciful

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In a palindrome the spaces and letter groups do not matter. Only the letters themselves matter. The space between 'race' and 'car' means nothing in a palindrome. The letters are still r-a-c-e-c-a-r, no matter how you look at it. And in reverse, they are still r-a-c-e-c-a-r.

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'In comparing British, American and Canadian writing, in 1972, Margaret Atwood noted the unifying themes at the heart of each national literature. The motif in England is seen as "the island" - after all, an Englishman's home is his castle. The dominant American symbol is "the Frontier," which "suggests a place that is new where the old order can be discarded." In Canada, the central symbol in both English- and French-Canadian literature is "Survival, la Survivance." The main idea is "hangin

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Let's break it right down to bare minimum, at least in the written language. To express surprise, we could just write an exclamation point. Everyone knows what it means. Hell, let's do away with letters altogether. How did the person react to winning a million dollars, she asked. "!", she replied.

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