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Sunday, 13 February 2011

Laconism for the day

Live and learn, or die and teach by example.
Posted by Andrew King at 15:56
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Labels: BAD IDEAS, GOOD IDEAS, WORDS

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Stephen Nottingham said...

Shades of the Darwin Awards?

13 February 2011 20:41

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