'Excuse me, sir, but do you think you might be able to possibly provide me with directions to the chippy, please?'
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boris the spider,
Wed 20 Feb 2013, 17:44,
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Excuse me, sir, I'm terribly sorry to be a bother, but do you think you might be able to possibly be kind enough to provide me with directions to the chippy, please?"
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Mu Dinofiddler,
Wed 20 Feb 2013, 17:53,
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"Thank you everso much, I'm very much in your debt."
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boris the spider,
Wed 20 Feb 2013, 18:01,
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Needs moreSorry to bother you
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Yo 'Ho of Charlie mass-market saucetrepreneur,
Wed 20 Feb 2013, 18:04,
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"Thank you everso much, I'm very much in your debt. Sorry to bother you, I hope you have a nice day."
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boris the spider,
Wed 20 Feb 2013, 18:31,
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But less of the "nice day" - too American.More "good day to you"
( Yo 'Ho of Charlie mass-market saucetrepreneur,
Wed 20 Feb 2013, 20:09,
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What can I say? I'm a post-modern revisionist.
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boris the spider,
Wed 20 Feb 2013, 21:21,
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