Isn't there?
Car analogies won't work on me; I know which way up a car goes and that's it.
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Bob Todd whee, Wed 28 Nov 2007, 17:25,
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It's called preventative maintenance.
You don't need to wait until you're a dead minger to have a scrub. You can refresh yourself back to clean before you absolutely need to. Soap is pretty cheap.
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Syncubus Yarr! Ye'll be walking Planck's Constant! [GMT-5], Wed 28 Nov 2007, 17:34,
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