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Ptolemy the man with the silent pea,
Tue 1 Nov 2005, 10:36,
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'Lovely friends' is much nicer!
:)
Suppose it depends whether you're running some kind of mind-blowingly serious messageboard, though - it wouldn't really work on a paedo victims support network or whatever. :/
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grey kid is breakdancing to save a community centre,
Tue 1 Nov 2005, 10:45,
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Gosh, thanks!
*Ptols throws his hat in the air excitedly*
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Ptolemy the man with the silent pea,
Tue 1 Nov 2005, 10:46,
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