A baseball bat's quite modest in diameter
compared to, say, a hand. Which isn't all that uncommon an object.
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Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Fri 5 Jun 2009, 15:12,
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still
it's got a rather blunt end.
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spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Fri 5 Jun 2009, 15:16,
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that's easily mitigated
by taking a long enough run-up.
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Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Fri 5 Jun 2009, 15:17,
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