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- Pottery Barn rule - ESC 14/June/06
- Fell like nine pins by the wayside - nikhil 14/June/06
- Fell like nine pins by the wayside - ESC 14/June/06
- I have decided to postpone our future - ned 14/June/06
- When you are in rome be as a romanian - manoj 14/June/06
- When in Rome, do as the Romans do - RRC 14/June/06
- When in Rome, do as the Romans do - ESC 14/June/06
- When in Rome, do as the Romans do - RRC 14/June/06
- "First Billed Only" - Mitch 14/June/06
- "First Billed Only" - RRC 14/June/06
- SOMETIMES A CIGAR IS JUST A CIGAR - Yuri 14/June/06
- SOMETIMES A CIGAR IS JUST A CIGAR - Smokey Stover 14/June/06
- "Gild the Lily" and "Polishing the Cannon Ball" - MHunting 13/June/06
- Coupe de gra - Slang 13/June/06
- "For the birds" - Mario E. Hernandez 13/June/06
- Consider It Done - MR.X 13/June/06
- GOD'S GREEN EARTH and GOD'S GREEN ACRE - Yuri 13/June/06
- GOD'S GREEN EARTH and GOD'S GREEN ACRE - Smokey Stover 13/June/06
- GOD'S GREEN EARTH and GOD'S GREEN ACRE - ESC 13/June/06
- Fugitive Unit or Fugitives Unit? - Hill 13/June/06
- Fugitive Unit or Fugitives Unit? - David FG 13/June/06
- "Like a frog on the spring" - Lucia 13/June/06
- "Like a frog on the spring" - RRC 13/June/06
- "Like a frog on the spring" - Smokey Stover 13/June/06
- "Like a frog on the spring" - Smokey Stover 13/June/06
- "Like a frog on the spring" - RRC 13/June/06
- La vie en rose - Jeremy Petroc MacKenzie-Williams 13/June/06
- la vie en rose - Smokey Stover 13/June/06
- "You're a heavy lift" - elizabeth grace 12/June/06
- "you're a heavy lift" - Smokey Stover 12/June/06
- "you're a heavy lift" - R. Berg 12/June/06
- "you're a heavy lift" - ESC 12/June/06
- "you're a heavy lift" - Smokey Stover 12/June/06
- Drink the coolaid - Conservas Ortiz 12/June/06
- Drink the coolaid - RRC 12/June/06
- Drink the coolaid - ESC 12/June/06
- Drink the Kool Aid - Bob 12/June/06
- Get happy or die trying - Freak 12/June/06
- Get happy or die trying - ESC 12/June/06
- My heart is full - seth 12/June/06
- My heart is full - ESC 12/June/06
- My heart is full - pamela 13/June/06
- My heart is full - ESC 12/June/06
- Get in your pants - kayla 11/June/06
- Get in your pants - Smokey Stover 11/June/06
- Onward and upward - Mandy Boswell 10/June/06
- Onward and upward - ESC 11/June/06
- Onward and upward - Smokey Stover 11/June/06
- Onward and upward - ESC 11/June/06
- Dined on the wing of a lark - marya 10/June/06
- dined on the wing of a lark - ESC 10/June/06
- dined on the wing of a lark - Smokey Stover 11/June/06
- dined on the wing of a lark - Smokey Stover 11/June/06
- dined on the wing of a lark - ESC 10/June/06
- 'to play Hamlet' - kathy peregrin 10/June/06
- RIDE LOW - Yuri 10/June/06
- Do yourself a favour - NOOB 10/June/06
- Double-Jack - Kashima 10/June/06
- Laissez-faire - Karmz 09/June/06
- Point of diminished returns - Daniel J Murphy 09/June/06
- Point of diminishing returns - Smokey Stover 09/June/06
- Point of diminishing returns - Smokey Stover 09/June/06
- "Screaming match" - Elena P 09/June/06
- "screaming match" - Victoria S Dennis 09/June/06
- No ticky, no washy - Raymond Buckley 09/June/06
- Which way is upside? - Victoria S Dennis 09/June/06
- Which way is upside? - RRC 09/June/06
- Which way is upside? - Brian from Shawnee 09/June/06
- Which way is upside? - RRC 09/June/06
- To tear sb. a new one? - Noein 09/June/06
- To tear sb. a new one? - pamela 09/June/06
- Go get a monkey - Liz 09/June/06
- "If you move one grain of sand the world will never be the same." - Luis Torres 09/June/06
- "Put oneself on a pedestal" - Joe Kaupp 08/June/06
- "Put oneself on a pedestal" - Bob 08/June/06
- "Right by the snake" - Avigon 08/June/06
- Complete the course - MM 08/June/06
- "Give voice to the voiceless" - Olya 08/June/06
- It takes two to quarrel - cherie 07/June/06
- Drop one's trousers - Olya 07/June/06
- Drop one's trousers - pamela 07/June/06
- "The net closes"? - Olya 07/June/06
- "Top-slicing"? - Olya 07/June/06
- "Sew buttons on your underwear." - Cindy 07/June/06
- "Sew buttons on your underwear." - Smokey Stover 08/June/06
- Folded, Spindled and Mutilated - Noein 06/June/06
- Folded, Spindled and Mutilated - RRC 06/June/06
- Folded, Spindled and Mutilated - Smokey Stover 06/June/06
- To "bogart something" - nick 06/June/06
- "Oh Brother" - diane 05/June/06
- Ninety percent of ownership - Jenny 05/June/06
- Ninety percent of ownership - Bob 05/June/06
- True to one's roots - siliq 05/June/06
- true to one's roots - Smokey Stover 05/June/06
- "Sit on one's kiester" - aers 05/June/06
- High fives - Frank 04/June/06
- "A sack of lies" - Karen Petz 04/June/06
- "A sack of lies" - Bob 04/June/06
- "Handrail round Britain" - Olya 04/June/06
- "Handrail round Britain" - David FG 04/June/06
- "To shift the course" - Olya 04/June/06
- "No-go area" - Olya 04/June/06
- "Judicial eagle" - Olya 04/June/06
- "Big beast" - Olya 04/June/06
- The old beak - Julia Dodd 04/June/06
- The old beak - David FG 04/June/06
- The old beak - Smokey Stover 04/June/06
- The old beak - James Briggs 04/June/06
- The old beak - David FG 04/June/06
- Pop yer clogs - sheena 02/June/06
- "My jaw fell to the floor" - sanjana 02/June/06
- 'in the chair' - Alasdair 02/June/06
- 'in the chair' - ESC 02/June/06
- Working for welfare of the nation - saravanan 02/June/06
- "Learn to walk before you run" - yee ling 02/June/06
- Dancin on a Pony Keg - karyn 02/June/06
- "Bottom line" - Robbie 02/June/06
- What's she going to look like with a chimney on her - Robbie 02/June/06
- Bitter water and fresh water do not come from the same source - Alyce Pipkin-Allen 01/June/06
- Had had had had had - Jan Higman 01/June/06
- Pain in the sitter - James 01/June/06
- Pain in the blank - RRC 01/June/06
- Fay knights - Stuart 01/June/06
- Fay knights - RRC 01/June/06
- PLAY TO THE GALLERY - Yuri 01/June/06
- All the difference in the world - natalie 01/June/06
- Beneath contempt - lasheila 01/June/06
- 'around your neck - kate 31/May/06
- Blow the man down - Ken 31/May/06
- A little bird told me - bird 31/May/06
- All work and no playing makes jack a dull boy - penny 31/May/06
- 'I will have arms like Garth' - Ian Fisher 31/May/06
- Get all of our **** in one sock - George Shpil 30/May/06
- Even stevens vs. even steven - pamela 30/May/06
- Even stevens vs. even steven - Bob 30/May/06
- Run Forest Run - harry 30/May/06
- WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND - Yuri 30/May/06
- "Life Gets Tedious, Don't It" - willie the fish 30/May/06
- 90 girls 90 - Rachel 30/May/06
- Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable - Anthony 30/May/06
- Beyond one's wildest dreams - Steph 29/May/06
- Hip check - Frank 29/May/06
- Hip check - ESC 29/May/06
- Hip check - ESC 29/May/06
- "Fan it", which is the title of a swing song by Woody Herman - Sarah 29/May/06
- "Fan it" - ESC 29/May/06
- Stand on his back legs - Ellen 29/May/06
- "Like a dose of salt through a widowed woman" - JD 28/May/06
- The oldest profession - Paul B Zumaran 28/May/06
- The oldest profession - antiquary 28/May/06
- Mingled words - t.suresh kumar 28/May/06
- IN BITS and IN BITS AND PIECES - Yuri 28/May/06
- Scary biscuits - Ebee 28/May/06
- CHICKEN SOUP - Yuri 27/May/06
- One over the eight - Marc 26/May/06
- Got the monk on - Marcia Allass 26/May/06
- Don't give a wet slap about... - Romen 26/May/06
- Runs people up the flagpole - Annie 26/May/06
- Runs people up the flagpole - pamela 26/May/06
- Runs people up the flagpole - Smokey Stover 26/May/06
- Runs people up the flagpole - pamela 26/May/06
- Hold your horses - Keshav Shetye 26/May/06
- Most established - Cindy 26/May/06
- Most established - pamela 26/May/06
- "You're welcome" - Linda Smith 25/May/06
- "You're welcome" - ESC 25/May/06
- Neither use nor ornament - Lisa Hart 25/May/06
- Neither use nor ornament - Gary Martin 25/May/06
- Neither use nor ornament - RRC 25/May/06
- Neither use nor ornament - Gary Martin 25/May/06
- Smack me on the a** and call me judy - amy 25/May/06
- Smack me on the a** and call me judy - Bob 25/May/06
- Smack me on the a** and call me judy - Smokey Stover 25/May/06
- A chicken with its head cut off - Andy 25/May/06
- 'boil the billy' - Joyce 25/May/06
- In Opposite World! - Merc Employee 24/May/06
- "Banged to rights" - Bronday 24/May/06
- The green room - Clare 24/May/06
- I want some proverbs from bible - esknder 24/May/06
- RHYME NOR REASON - janice 24/May/06
- The duck's nuts - brad 24/May/06
- The duck's nuts - Peter Tucker 24/May/06
- No news is good news - derek 23/May/06
- Rest your weary bones - P. Grunther 23/May/06
- "What goes around, comes around." - Gina 23/May/06
- To know the deceased is to....... - ines ajavon 23/May/06
- ONE'S NUMBER COMES UP - Yuri 23/May/06
- Slow boat to China - Devorah 23/May/06
- Slow boat to China - Bob 23/May/06
- "Barn burner" - Laura vH 23/May/06
- Vote with your feet - trisha 22/May/06
- Fits where it touches - johno 22/May/06
- Catch the tiger by the tail - James 22/May/06
- Catch the tiger by the tail - Smokey Stover 22/May/06
- 'It was great talking to you..." - goldie1 21/May/06
- To gain currency - Chandrika 21/May/06
- Eyes wide shut - Maureen 21/May/06
- The last ditch - Kartica 20/May/06
- Live as if you will die tomorrow but learn as if you will live forever - Babu 20/May/06
- Getting to grips - Katrice 19/May/06
- You can't polish a turd - Dhruv 19/May/06
- Unlucky thirteen - Simmy 19/May/06
- Too big for your britches - Merv 18/May/06
- Too big for your britches - pfbb1042 27/May/06
- Too big for your britches - ESC 18/May/06
- Has your cat died? - Kerri 17/May/06
- Pear shaped - Graeme Reed 17/May/06
- He also serves who stands and waits - Peter Chalmers 17/May/06
- He also serves who stands and waits - Gary Martin 17/May/06
- Just joshing - CHRIS LYNN 17/May/06
- As much as one's life is worth - Leanne 17/May/06
- As much as one's life is worth - Gary Martin 17/May/06
- As much as one's life is worth - Smokely Stover 17/May/06
- As much as one's life is worth - Gary Martin 17/May/06
- This man's army, this man's town - A. Kahrobaie 16/May/06
- Throat full of frogs - Nicole Wong Shu Xia 16/May/06
- Throat full of frogs - ESC 16/May/06
- Throat full of frogs - James Briggs 16/May/06
- Throat full of frogs - ESC 16/May/06
- Walk in the Sun with one's head held high - Leanne 16/May/06
- He who does not have a good head on their shoulders better have a good pair of legs - D. Skliris 15/May/06
- He who does not have a good head on their shoulders better have a good pair of legs - Una 25/May/06
- He who does not have a good head on their shoulders better have a good pair of legs - Smokey Stover 21/May/06
- Like nights in a papercup, when you wanted it to last - elisa 15/May/06
- Like nights in a papercup, when you wanted it to last - Bob 15/May/06
- Like nights in a papercup, when you wanted it to last - Smokey Stover 15/May/06
- Like nights in a papercup, when you wanted it to last - Bob 15/May/06
- Step up to the plate - Denise Williams 14/May/06
- Drawing a blank - Joe Michael 14/May/06
- Well done is quickly done - hany 13/May/06
- well done is quickly done - ESC 13/May/06
- "Cutting Corners" - Mike 13/May/06
- "Cutting Corners" - Victoria S Dennis 13/May/06
- "Cluster f#ck"? - rbrooku 12/May/06
- Cut a hog in the ass - Hagger 12/May/06
- Judist priest on a raft - walt 12/May/06
- Drier than a cork leg - Mark G 12/May/06
- I wasn`t seeing straight - Frank 10/May/06
- I wasn`t seeing straight - Victoria S Dennis 10/May/06
- I wasn`t seeing straight - Frank 10/May/06
- I wasn`t seeing straight - Victoria S Dennis 10/May/06
- See a man about a dog - ahmed ali 10/May/06
- See a man about a dog - antiquary 10/May/06
- "Much ink spilt" - Barbara 10/May/06
- Lay of the land - LeCee Galmiche Johnson 10/May/06
- Lay of the land - Victoria S Dennis 10/May/06
- Lay of the land - Smokey Stover 10/May/06
- Lay of the land - Victoria S Dennis 10/May/06
- High and dry - Darwin French 09/May/06
- Can't sing for toffee - bekki 09/May/06
- "Shakespeare's sister"? - memory 09/May/06
- "Make a citizen out of"? - leanne 09/May/06
- Crime doesn't pay - Victoria 09/May/06
- Crime doesn't pay - Smokey Stover 09/May/06
- In a similar vein - emily 08/May/06
- In a similar vein - Bob 08/May/06
- Butt load - stan 08/May/06
- Butt load - Smokey Stover 08/May/06
- Heavy hand of the law - clark 08/May/06
- Heavy hand of the law - Lewis 08/May/06
- The cat's meow - Dorothy 07/May/06
- "Drag queen?" - Dana Turner 06/May/06
- "Drag queen?" - Bob 06/May/06
- Fly among eagles - Jerry Nelson 06/May/06
- A house like stagey bank fair - Ken 05/May/06
- "Living the dream" - peter 05/May/06
- "Time and Tide wait for none". - Tanuja Das 05/May/06
- It serves you right - Rach 04/May/06
- To take a pass - Sathyaish Chakravarthy 04/May/06
- "CYA" - MJ Capone 04/May/06
- "CYA" - Brian from Shawnee 04/May/06
- "It only hurts when I laugh" - Rachel 04/May/06
- He who excuses himself, accuses himself. - smruti 03/May/06
- He who smelt it, dealt it - RRC 03/May/06
- Apple of my eye - cindy 03/May/06
- Off to the salt mine - Steve Ring 02/May/06
- Any given sunday - anna 02/May/06
- Ride the white lightning - Erik 02/May/06
- Ride the white lightning - David FG 02/May/06
- You can't get blood from a turnip - Chuck 02/May/06
- You can't get blood from a turnip - Bob 02/May/06
- Turnip - R. Berg 02/May/06
- You can't get blood from a turnip - ESC 02/May/06
- You can't get blood from a turnip - Bob 02/May/06
- "Time and Tide wait for none".
- Get in your pants
- Which way is upside?
- "Gild the Lily" and "Polishing the Cannon Ball"
- "for the birds"
- Any given sunday
- Crime doesn't pay
- "much ink spilt"
- Drawing a blank
- Pear shaped
- The last ditch
- Eyes wide shut
- In Opposite World!
- Hold your horses
- To take a pass
- Blow the man down
- All the difference in the world
- "bottom line"
- "no-go area"