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Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 960
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 25, 2008 - 12:19 am: | |
Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! To everybody. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 968
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 25, 2008 - 2:50 am: | |
And they heard him exclaim as he drove out of sight, "Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night"! So, what constitutes a good night for you? For me, it's getting a game that Richard can't get. |
Patricia Traynier (Trisha)
Advanced Solitaire Player
Username: Trisha
Post Number: 94
Registered: 3-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, December 25, 2008 - 4:33 am: | |
Happy Christmas from me too. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2589
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 25, 2008 - 5:36 am: | |
Merry Christmas everyone.
(A futuristic image of Ken when he finally wins a game I can't). YO,HO,HO! |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 969
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 25, 2008 - 7:27 am: | |
When that happens it will be a miracle, a Christmas miracle!!! |
Ken Blackwell (Blackie9)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Blackie9
Post Number: 347
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, December 25, 2008 - 8:57 am: | |
Bah!! stranger things have happened!
Merry Christmas |
Ken Blackwell (Blackie9)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Blackie9
Post Number: 348
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, December 25, 2008 - 9:02 am: | |
BTW and I know he hasnt the stomach for it but
Picture Patience #1052671632
HO HO Ho |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2590
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 25, 2008 - 10:26 am: | |
There are a few games that brass me off. Black Hole, Frog and Picture Patience are at the top of the heap. They have all been removed from my "Not Won" folder, Picture Patience courtesy of yourself. With these war of attrition games, one win is plenty as far as I'm concerned. I don't suppose you're trying to win a secend Picture Patience are you Ken (B)? If you are, perhaps I could unearth a gif file with a skeleton seated at the computer. It may be the death of you. I, on the other hand am likely to eat myself to death before the day is out. Why did we have so much food prepared? Has the chef taken leave of his senses? Should he be dismissed? Please. PLEASE! PRETTY PLEASE! |
Ken Blackwell (Blackie9)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Blackie9
Post Number: 349
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, December 25, 2008 - 10:37 am: | |
Yes no game has ever taken as long but offered so much pleasure when solved. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2591
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 25, 2008 - 10:52 am: | |
Ha! I'd be glad to see the back of it too. BTW Egil from Norway won Picture Patience way back in 2006.....twice.....and he only played it 52 times. What kept you? Where did you go wrong?
I decided I was going to win Forwards & Backwards and played it 30,000 times. Tom from Scotland managed an 81% win rate, so I gave it up. It was no fun anyway.
Mission Impossible?.... Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to have a win rate in Josephine Climb Mode that exceeds 40%. At least it won't bore the socks off you. |
Ken Blackwell (Blackie9)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Blackie9
Post Number: 350
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, December 25, 2008 - 11:25 am: | |
Well Egil may be an idiot savant I just lay claim to the idiot part... |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2592
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 25, 2008 - 12:09 pm: | |
Whilst I could agree with the first part of that Ken, the second part simply aint true. Peace and goodwill to (almost) all men. Ha! How sexist is that? |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 961
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 25, 2008 - 1:04 pm: | |
It's amazing where these threads go. All I said was Merry Christmas etc. Then we start bashing poor Egil and Tom the Scot. But what did I really mean by Merry Christmas? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2593
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 25, 2008 - 2:59 pm: | |
It's all your fault Mike. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 962
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 25, 2008 - 3:29 pm: | |
Of course it is. |
Thomas Warfield (Support)
Moderator
Username: Support
Post Number: 1242
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Friday, December 26, 2008 - 9:39 am: | |
A late Merry Christmas and Happy Boxing Day to everyone! |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 963
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Friday, December 26, 2008 - 11:11 pm: | |
Hope you had a great Christmas, Thomas and everyone else. And I put on my gloves and beat the heck out of all those nasty boxes. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6219
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, December 11, 2010 - 5:20 pm: | |
It's approaching fast my friends.
The following poem arrived in my emails today. No further comment by me is necessary.
T'WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, HE LIVED ALL ALONE,
IN A ONE BEDROOM HOUSE, MADE OF PLASTER AND STONE.
I HAD COME DOWN THE CHIMNEY, WITH PRESENTS TO GIVE,
AND TO SEE JUST WHO, IN THIS HOME, DID LIVE.
I LOOKED ALL ABOUT, A STRANGE SIGHT I DID SEE,
NO TINSEL, NO PRESENTS, NOT EVEN A TREE.
NO STOCKING BY MANTLE, JUST BOOTS FILLED WITH SAND,
ON THE WALL HUNG PICTURES, OF FAR DISTANT LANDS.
WITH MEDALS AND BADGES, AWARDS OF ALL KINDS,
A SOBER THOUGHT, CAME THROUGH MY MIND.
FOR THIS HOUSE WAS DIFFERENT, IT WAS DARK AND DREARY,
I FOUND THE HOME OF A SOLDIER, ONCE I COULD SEE CLEARLY.
THE SOLDIER LAY SLEEPING, SILENT, ALONE,
CURLED UP ON THE FLOOR, IN THIS ONE BEDROOM HOME.
THE FACE WAS SO GENTLE, THE ROOM IN DISORDER,
NOT HOW I PICTURED, A TRUE BRITISH SOLDIER.
WAS THIS THE HERO, OF WHOM I'D JUST READ?
CURLED UP ON A PONCHO, THE FLOOR FOR A BED?
I REALISED THE FAMILIES, THAT I SAW THIS NIGHT,
OWED THEIR LIVES TO THESE SOLDIERS, WHO WERE WILLING TO FIGHT.
SOON ROUND THE WORLD, THE CHILDREN WOULD PLAY,
AND GROWNUPS WOULD CELEBRATE, A BRIGHT CHRISTMAS DAY.
THEY ALL ENJOYED FREEDOM, EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR,
BECAUSE OF THE SOLDIERS, LIKE THE ONE LYING HERE.
I COULDN'T HELP WONDER, HOW MANY LAY ALONE,
ON A COLD CHRISTMAS EVE, IN A LAND FAR FROM HOME.
THE VERY THOUGHT BROUGHT, A TEAR TO MY EYE,
I DROPPED TO MY KNEES, AND STARTED TO CRY.
THE SOLDIER AWAKENED, AND I HEARD A ROUGH VOICE,
"SANTA DON'T CRY, THIS LIFE IS MY CHOICE;
I FIGHT FOR FREEDOM, I DON'T ASK FOR MORE,
MY LIFE IS MY GOD, MY COUNTRY, MY CORPS.."
THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER AND DRIFTED TO SLEEP,
I COULDN'T CONTROL IT, I CONTINUED TO WEEP.
I KEPT WATCH FOR HOURS, SO SILENT AND STILL,
AND WE BOTH SHIVERED, FROM THE COLD NIGHT'S CHILL.
I DID NOT WANT TO LEAVE, ON THAT COLD, DARK, NIGHT,
THIS GUARDIAN OF HONOUR, SO WILLING TO FIGHT.
THEN THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER, WITH A VOICE SOFT AND PURE,
WHISPERED, "CARRY ON SANTA, IT'S CHRISTMAS DAY, ALL IS SECURE."
ONE LOOK AT MY WATCH, AND I KNEW HE WAS RIGHT.
"MERRY CHRISTMAS MY FRIEND, AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT."
This poem was written by a Peacekeeping soldier stationed overseas. The following is his request. I think it is reasonable
PLEASE. Would you do me the kind favour of sending this to as many people as you can? Christmas will be coming soon and some credit is due to all of the service men and women for our being able to celebrate these festivities. Let's try in this small way to pay a tiny bit of what we owe. Make people stop and think of our heroes, living and dead, who sacrificed themselves for us. Please, do your small part to plant this small seed. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6220
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, December 11, 2010 - 5:22 pm: | |
http://ak.imgag.com/imgag/product/preview/flash/bw s8Shell_fps24.swf?ihost=http://ak.imgag.com/imgag& brandldrPath=/product/full/el/&cardNum=/product/fu ll/ap/3166187/g
I hope this link works. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 2007
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, December 11, 2010 - 7:40 pm: | |
Yes. It's that time of year again. I am almost done decorating. Merry Getting Ready For Christmas to all. KEN! Your eamil won't let me in.
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Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1708
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, December 12, 2010 - 7:37 am: | |
Mike, I changed my e-mail address. You can get my new one from Richard. Ken |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6226
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, December 12, 2010 - 8:08 am: | |
How about a "Pretty please!". |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1710
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, December 12, 2010 - 8:37 am: | |
Pretty please even with sugar on top! |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1711
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, December 12, 2010 - 1:39 pm: | |
Merry Christmas!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXh7JR9oKVE&feature =player_embedded |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Kathyquade
Post Number: 1523
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, December 12, 2010 - 8:07 pm: | |
Ken, I've changed my mind. I'd much rather be in Florida right now. I can't even see outside my window because of the blowing and drifting snow. I wish I could send some to Mike. He could use it for his beautiful Christmas display. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6230
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, December 13, 2010 - 4:30 am: | |
I JUST LOVED YOUR LINK KEN!
Snow can be very beautiful Kathy, but it always looks best when it's somewhere else. Ours has gone away meantime, but we have had two gritters on our street already this morning. They are not spreading salt and grit for the hell of it. Not a good sign. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6231
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, December 13, 2010 - 4:49 am: | |
And not to be outdone .................
Merry Christmas everybody.
http://ak.imgag.com/imgag/product/preview/flash/bw s8Shell_fps24.swf?ihost=http://ak.imgag.com/imgag& brandldrPath=/product/full/el/&cardNum=/product/fu ll/ap/3166187/graphic1
This has been virus scanned.
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Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 2008
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Monday, December 13, 2010 - 1:02 pm: | |
Singing hooligans interrupting my lunch. Bah Humbug......Scrooge |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6233
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, December 13, 2010 - 1:47 pm: | |
A four hour lunch is not normal Mike. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 2009
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Monday, December 13, 2010 - 4:19 pm: | |
One has to sample something from each eating establishment. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6234
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, December 13, 2010 - 5:38 pm: | |
Sounds like a plan! |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Kathyquade
Post Number: 1525
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - 4:28 pm: | |
Here is my Christmas gift to all of you. You must see this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-0WVfj76bo&feature =related |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Kathyquade
Post Number: 1526
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - 8:07 pm: | |
I'm sorry no one liked my Christmas video. I thought it was very amusing. Am I missing something, or am I living in another world from everyone else? |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 2010
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - 10:38 pm: | |
Kathy. Please. It was very nice. Even Scrooge liked it. But it needed a Rat Terrier and a Doberman. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6237
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 4:16 am: | |
Kathy.... Did anyone including you make any comment on the one I posted? No! However, I didn't arrive at the conclusion that nobody liked it. I just thought that nobody felt the need to state the obvious and say how clever it was. Stop looking for problems all the time. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Kathyquade
Post Number: 1527
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 8:30 am: | |
Thanks for the reprimnd, Richard. It's just what I needed right now. I didn't comment on your post simply because I missed it. I don't know if it was my eyesight or just the fact that I'm going through a hard time right now and was too preoccupied to notice it. Sorry. As everyone on the forum knows, I am quite a fool. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 2012
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 11:48 am: | |
Richard posts to the forum? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6240
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 12:38 pm: | |
Yes, Richard does post to the forum Mike. In truth he posts far too often. He should shut up occasionally. This is unlikely to change for a while. Our snow is back with avengence. Some forecasters are predicting the worst blizzards for 100 years. Scaremongers. I'll just ignore them and wait and see what actually happens. We have plenty of food etc so we have nothing to worry about.
Kathy, I was a bit too quick in making my comment. I should just have let it pass. You are spending a considerable amount of your day alone, so you have too much time to mull everything over. I did like the video that you wanted us to see. It must have taken a lot of time to put it all together.
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Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 2013
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 12:55 pm: | |
Oh come on. Singing animals. I listen to them every day. The Doberman can sing opera when he really gets going. Nesse Dorma is my favorite. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Kathyquade
Post Number: 1528
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 12:57 pm: | |
Thanks, Richard. I'm just having a terrible time right now with my vision getting worse every day, and my health is starting to get worse now at the same time. Also, I'm getting no support from my family. When we just had our blizzard, no one cared enough to call me to see if I was okay until my sister called the third day just to say she wasn't going to work that day. So excuse me. You know how emotional I get. Sometimes, I feel as if you guys on the forum are like a family to me, and I guess I just needed some support. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Kathyquade
Post Number: 1529
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 1:02 pm: | |
Richard, I just saw your Christmas card post. It was almost as if it were meant for me with all the critters that I love. Thank you so much. I hope everyone loved it as much as I did. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6242
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 1:53 pm: | |
Kathy, None of us are perfect, and we each have our own insecurities. Being on your own magnifies things out of all proportion at times. It's comforting to know that you have someone else at home with you. You don't have that luxury. It's far from ideal. I don't envy you.
Our snow is now hurtling down the street horizontally (honestly!), driven by a very strong wind coming directly south from the Arctic. I feel sorrry for my local publican. Most of us won't be going out unless it's absolutely necessary. He can always drown his sorrows. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Kathyquade
Post Number: 1530
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 10:53 pm: | |
I just realized that there's not much difference between the word publican and Republican. Do you think there's any connection, or is it just a coincidence? BTW, I'm a Republican but I don't drink. I don't know if that makes any difference or not, but it is interesting. Do you think there is any merit to this, or am I just being plain stupid? Or is there that much of a difference between the Queen's English and American English? I'd better go to bed. I getting confused! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6247
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, December 17, 2010 - 4:27 am: | |
Perhaps a lot of them are lawyers. Don't they study at the bar. I've also heard a court described as "a bar of public opinion". Maybe they are just a load of drunks. That would explain a lot of the decisions they make. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Kathyquade
Post Number: 1533
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Friday, December 17, 2010 - 2:04 pm: | |
I agree. However, I'm still stumped on how Barack Obama could have been elected President. There must have been something in our water. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6250
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, December 17, 2010 - 2:22 pm: | |
The foreign (ha,ha) substance in your water must have been there for quite some time. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Kathyquade
Post Number: 1536
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Friday, December 17, 2010 - 11:19 pm: | |
Maybe it's the loss of the ozone layer. It's affecting our milk. |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Markus
Post Number: 1899
Registered: 7-2009
| | Posted on Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 3:08 pm: | |
Häid jõule kõigile.
Markus |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Kathyquade
Post Number: 1545
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 6:48 pm: | |
Merry Christmas everyone. We're still all together another year.
Kathy |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 2026
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 11:03 pm: | |
That's what the Chilian miners said. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6271
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, December 24, 2010 - 4:13 am: | |
Happy 24th of December everybody. |
Patricia Traynier (Trisha)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Trisha
Post Number: 189
Registered: 3-2007
| | Posted on Friday, December 24, 2010 - 4:18 am: | |
Merry Christmas to everyone . |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Kathyquade
Post Number: 1546
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Friday, December 24, 2010 - 4:31 am: | |
I feel like I'm down a mine right now, Mike. I'm sick and can't see well and I'm all alone. I hope some of you will be playing PGS this weekend, so I can feel like there's someone here. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1727
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Friday, December 24, 2010 - 6:22 am: | |
Surely your sister will come over or at least check on you over the holiday?
(And don't call me Shirley!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqrllkAO1uA
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Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 2027
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Friday, December 24, 2010 - 3:18 pm: | |
Merry Christmas to all. I will be here off and on. I do have to get written premission. But I will manage. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6274
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, December 24, 2010 - 3:57 pm: | |
Here is your written permission Mike. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 2029
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Friday, December 24, 2010 - 4:28 pm: | |
If only it were that easy. BTW. I forgot to add. The gang (family) from Northern California will be here Sunday. But just for one night. Perhaps the passes into Southern California might become plugged with snow. My Christmas wish. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6275
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, December 24, 2010 - 4:52 pm: | |
Hide all the beer Mike! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6276
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, December 24, 2010 - 6:00 pm: | |
It's officially Christmas Day here now, so ......   
Merry Christmas to one and all. Hope your one goes particularly well Kathy. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Kathyquade
Post Number: 1547
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Friday, December 24, 2010 - 7:12 pm: | |
Thank you, Richard. And Ken, my favorite part of Airplane is the little old lady who keeps trying to kill herself when the guy keeps telling her his sad story. I won't call you Shirley if you won't call me irresponsible. |
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