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Molly Mockford
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 12:29 pm    Post subject: Re: Don't give up (bored pants) Reply with quote

At 12:32:37 on Tue, 19 Jul 2005, Blue Fogey <zen79148@zen.co.uk> wrote
in <1121801557.900259.218700@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>:

Quote:
How does anyone with sense know that his or her pants are bored? Do
they start talking amongst themselves, or fiddling with their pens or
what?

I had to read that twice...
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Isabelle Hamey
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 12:30 pm    Post subject: Re: Don't give up Reply with quote

Giles Todd a écrit :
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On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 17:46:45 +0200, "Michèle"
caillemimienospam@oteryahoo.fr> wrote:


John of Aix a exprimé avec précision :

Isabelle Hamey wrote:

How do you understand this song?

I don't, I turn it off like all these pseudo-romantic duos that bore the
pants of anyone with sense.

??

From the context, I think he meant 'duets', but I could be wrong.
It's hard to tell sometimes.

Must be the influence of French...
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John of Aix
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 1:05 am    Post subject: Re: Don't give up Reply with quote

Giles Todd wrote:
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On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 17:46:45 +0200, "Michèle"
caillemimienospam@oteryahoo.fr> wrote:

John of Aix a exprimé avec précision :
Isabelle Hamey wrote:
How do you understand this song?

I don't, I turn it off like all these pseudo-romantic duos that
bore the pants of anyone with sense.

??

From the context, I think he meant 'duets', but I could be wrong.
It's hard to tell sometimes.

Duos do duets so it was perfectly understandable if not particularly
well put.

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John of Aix
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 1:06 am    Post subject: Re: Don't give up (bored pants) Reply with quote

Blue Fogey wrote:
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How does anyone with sense know that his or her pants are bored? Do
they start talking amongst themselves, or fiddling with their pens or
what?

Oh dear.
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