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    • GilesG
      Giles
      IHUK Crew
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      @goosehd said in Random conversations:

      cross draw, strong side, back carry

      As an Englishman, I had to google all 3.....

      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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      • NocturamaN
        Nocturama
        Haraki san Prodigy
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        @louisbosco - the sketch I remember from my youth (yoot).

        #JustStopCrocs

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        • Walery SmirnoffW
          Walery Smirnoff
          The Unwoven
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          in the famous song Smokie - What Can I Do, the chorus is heard for Russians “I’ll find vodka”)) Sounds like “vodki naidu”))))

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          • GilesG
            Giles
            IHUK Crew
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            English - "Blow out"
            Space X (if they were doing clothing) - "unrushed unscheduled disassembly"

            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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            • KarolK
              Karol
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              @Giles 🤣😂

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              • GilesG
                Giles
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                Pillow:
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                Cushion:
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                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                • MattM
                  Matt
                  見習いボス
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                  🙄

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                  • goosehdG
                    goosehd
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                    Ass

                    Asshole

                    Arse

                    Arsehole

                    Potato

                    Tomato

                    "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                    • mclaincauseyM
                      mclaincausey
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                      Pretty funny Harvard clowned on someone’s English.

                      https://www.livemint.com/news/us-news/harvard-corrects-trump-secretary-linda-mcmahons-letter-threatening-future-research-grants-11746624531131.html

                      Think it, be it.

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                      • BridgerB
                        Bridger
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                        WhatsApp Image 2025-12-02 at 05.37.54_f2ecb052.jpg

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                        • WhiskeySandwichW
                          WhiskeySandwich
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                          We have a whiteboard at work where we make fun of language errors. one of the entries:

                          Dilated 👍

                          Dialated 👎

                          Die elated 👍

                          "The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today...The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
                          -Seneca

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