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" I don't fuckin' like wee brown dogs"

I just limped slowly through Boiling a Frog by Christopher Brookmyre. Brilliant.

I need suggestions for the next book cause Boiling is right in the middle.

also,

junketa wrote:

In L.A. people just scream "GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY WAY, MOTHERFUCKER. FUCK." Then the cautious driver pulls out a gun and fires as you pass him.


this is about par for the course.
Ty Webb wrote:I hope the little-known 8th dwarf, Chinky, is on that list.

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Pants = lame 'the new Britney album is pants'

do one = begone, sling yer hook

what a swizz / what a gyp = what a rip-off

giving me gyp = giving troubles 'my piles (chalfonts) are giving me gyp today'

giving me the right arsehole = getting on the nerves 'this ProTools rig is giving me the right arsehole - CUUUUNNNTT!!'

hadaway and shite, the lot o'yez! = begone and excrete, all of you

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Clownhunt wrote:
chairman_hall wrote:
Clownhunt wrote:hadaway and shite, the lot o'yez! = begone and excrete, all of you


Moreover = I don't agree


bugger! have i been using this innacurately all along?

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No, both are the same thing really.

Example A:

"Sunderland are a great football team"

"hadaway and shite"

Example B:

"Would you like to listen to this Pearl Jam album?"

"hadaway and shite"


The phrase can be used in both instances.

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