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May your marriage be... - Arlene 21/July/07
Stargate phrases - Mark 20/July/07
The bars of hell - Stuart Jeffrey 20/July/07
- The bars of hell - Gary Martin 20/July/07
Peggy Martin - Dave Pounds 19/July/07
- Peggy Martin - Smokey Stover 19/July/07
Middle For Diddle - Scott 19/July/07
You give me pause - Brian 18/July/07
- You give me pause - Chris 18/July/07
Frit and Frat - Jeff 18/July/07
I hereby dub thee - Shirley 18/July/07
- I hereby dub thee - R. Berg 18/July/07
Stinking rich - Marc Rogers 17/July/07
- Stinking rich - Gary Martin 17/July/07
The high sign - Gary Graves 17/July/07
Just for ducks - Mike 16/July/07
Off you pop - Tara 15/July/07
You dipstick - Spencer Hall 14/July/07
- You dipstick - Smokey Stover 14/July/07
Elephant's eye - Lisa 14/July/07
Ham - Mandy 14/July/07
Go all over unnecessary - Ginger 14/July/07
Mind your Ps and Qs - Jen 14/July/07
Freedom fries - Robin 14/July/07
- Freedom fries - RRC 14/July/07
  - Freedom fries - Bob 14/July/07
Ever decreasing circles - Stu Plage 14/July/07
Home, James - Kathy 13/July/07
Benefit of clergy - Richard Becker 13/July/07
'll beat the black off of you - Ouida Scarborough 06/July/07
At the top of the stairs - Trevor 06/July/07
Remains on the table - John Jones 05/July/07
- Remains on the table - Victoria S Dennis 05/July/07
Blast a Spaniard - CAS 04/July/07
Bumfuck, Egypt - Beth 04/July/07
- Bumfuck, Egypt - ESC 04/July/07
  - Bumfuck, Egypt - Bruce Kahl 04/July/07
Throw the dolly out of the pram - Ahmad Ragab 04/July/07
- Throw the dolly out of the pram - Chris 04/July/07
- Throw the dolly out of the pram - ESC 04/July/07
Take a collective breath - Kashima 04/July/07
- Take a collective breath - R. Berg 04/July/07
  - Take a collective breath - R. Berg 04/July/07
Twinkle toes - Ewa 04/July/07
- Twinkle toes - ESC 04/July/07
We aim to please - Carola 03/July/07
Running on empty - Eduardo 03/July/07
- Running on empty - ESC 03/July/07
Doesn't do you justice - Dante 02/July/07
I call Dibbs - Pam Volkl 02/July/07
- I call Dibbs - ESC 02/July/07
  - I call Dibbs - Smokey Stover 02/July/07
  - I call Dibbs - Smokey Stover 02/July/07
Cross the bridge - Jeffrey 02/July/07
- Cross the bridge - RRC 02/July/07
Walking the dog - Kai 01/July/07
- Walking the dog - Chris 01/July/07
Creature comforts - Denis 29/June/07
Monkey knows no ginger - Seetha 29/June/07
Ill wind - Elizabeth 29/June/07
- Ill wind - Smokey Stover 29/June/07
- Ill wind - Baceseras 29/June/07
Cumsi cumsa - Kevin 29/June/07
- Cumsi cumsa - Smokey Stover 29/June/07
  - Cumsi cumsa - pamela 02/July/07
  - Cumsi cumsa - pamela 02/July/07
- Cumsi cumsa - Baceseras 29/June/07
Seen your arse - Liz 29/June/07
Like a dead priest - Pat Swann 29/June/07
Love you to bits - Darren 27/June/07
Don't hide your light under a bushel - Angela 26/June/07
Cut a Check - Probe 26/June/07
It's Jake - Jack 25/June/07
By all means - Pratik 25/June/07
- By all means - R. Berg 25/June/07
Watch your P,s and Q's - Doug 22/June/07
- Watch your P,s and Q's - Bob 22/June/07
  - Watch your P,s and Q's - RRC 22/June/07
As safe as houses - Carol Roberts 21/June/07
As normal as... - Phyllis Turner 20/June/07
- As normal as... - ESC 21/June/07
  - As normal as... - Bob 21/June/07
Lock 'n Load - Elwin C. Hall 20/June/07
- Lock 'n Load - Curious George 21/June/07
- Lock 'n Load - RRC 20/June/07
Lick the dog - Thomas H 20/June/07
Halifax handful - P Taylor 19/June/07
Run it to earth - Rob 19/June/07
- Run it to earth - ESC 19/June/07
  - Run it to earth - RRC 19/June/07
Go ahead place - James O'Neil Hall 18/June/07
- Go ahead place - Victoria S Dennis 18/June/07
  - Go ahead place - Smokey Stover 19/June/07
  - Go ahead place - Smokey Stover 19/June/07
Walk off the reservation - Mr. HVHJ 18/June/07
A lick of difference - Heather 17/June/07
As right as ninepence - gary 17/June/07
Unring the bell - Ringer 16/June/07
Got the wood on you - Josie 15/June/07
I had a meeting - Laurie 15/June/07
In my oils - Hilary 14/June/07
- In my oils - ESC 14/June/07
  - In my oils - R. Berg 14/June/07
A murder of crows - Probe 14/June/07
- A murder of crows - Smokey Stover 14/June/07
Half in heaven - Katie 14/June/07
Cheap skate - Edward Altizer 13/June/07
You're no shop egg - Stuart Squires 12/June/07
Mark your card - Lisa 12/June/07
- Mark your card - R. Berg 12/June/07
What on earth - Halima 11/June/07
- What on earth - ESC 11/June/07
Skills pay the bills - Marian Wesolowski 10/June/07
Tearin' up Jack - Barb 08/June/07
Happiness - Han Meng 08/June/07
- Happiness - ESC 09/June/07
  - Happiness - Han Meng 13/June/07
  - Happiness - R. Berg 09/June/07
Chinny-chin-chin - Mark 08/June/07
Hanging around the ceiling - Carotta 07/June/07
Pulling on the same oar - Fred 07/June/07
Balloon going up. - pfbb1060 06/June/07
Air out - Brad Holt 06/June/07
- Air out - Smokey Stover 06/June/07
- Air out - ESC 06/June/07
Still waters run deep - Art 06/June/07
- Still waters run deep - ESC 06/June/07
  - Still waters run deep - pamela 07/June/07
About to fall apart - Lara 05/June/07
- About to fall apart - R. Berg 06/June/07
Roger, Over and Out - The Duke of URL 03/June/07
It's getting to me - Thankful 03/June/07
Scotch doubles - Big Dave Knight 03/June/07
Caught in the cross-hairs - Jess 03/June/07
- Caught in the cross-hairs - ESC 03/June/07
Thumb up my ass - Nick 01/June/07
- Thumb up my ass - Parthian 01/June/07
Sharp as a fox - Parthian 01/June/07
Feet of clay - James E. Wicks 31/May/07
- Feet of clay - Victoria Dennis 31/May/07
Kitchen friends - Sherrie 31/May/07
- Kitchen friends - Lewis 31/May/07
Horse trading - Probe 29/May/07
Going all classic - John 29/May/07
Bridging horizons - Penny 29/May/07
Extras - Tanemon 28/May/07
- Extras - Baceseras 29/May/07
- Extras - R. Berg 28/May/07
- Extras - ESC 28/May/07
Whole nine yards - ESC 27/May/07
There there - Mike 27/May/07
- There there - ESC 27/May/07
  - There there - R. Berg 27/May/07
If you've got them by the balls... - ESC 27/May/07
Caught red-handed - Kenneth Anderson 26/May/07
- Caught red-handed - Gary Martin 26/May/07
Memorial Day Weekend here in the US of A - Bruce Kahl 26/May/07
- Memorial Day Weekend here in the US of A - ESC 26/May/07
The snail was on the thorn - Mat Slater 24/May/07
Chips and Peas - Andrew Daley 23/May/07
Sorry, Mac - MK 23/May/07
Not so far from wrong - Bruce 23/May/07
- Not so far from wrong - Smokey Stover 23/May/07
- Not so far from wrong - RRC 23/May/07
Home slice - Deena 22/May/07
Fall off a horse - Beckee 21/May/07
Where the bear got in the buckwheat - Jenny 21/May/07
Done and dusted - Camlinhall 19/May/07
Chickens' insteps - CTRL 19/May/07
- Chickens' insteps - R. Berg 20/May/07
  - Chickens' insteps - RRC 20/May/07
Worn to the quick - Matt 19/May/07
Explain please - Frank 19/May/07
- Explain please - Smokey Stover 20/May/07
  - Explain please - pamela 20/May/07
Raised by hand - Anna-Elyse 17/May/07
- Raised by hand - Smokey Stover 17/May/07
Ninety day wonder - Jim Baker 17/May/07
Snotty Oliver - Louise 16/May/07
Making a pass - Cam 16/May/07
- Making a pass - Smokey Stover 16/May/07
  - Making a pass - Smokey Stover 17/May/07
The mouse in your pocket - Pat 16/May/07
Holy cow - Nancie J Brooks 15/May/07
Termites in the woodwork - Andy 15/May/07
- Termites in the woodwork - Smokey Stover 16/May/07
  - Termites in the woodwork or Great Damage Is Being Caused By Things We Cannot See! - Bruce Kahl 16/May/07
Put a fork in me - Monica 15/May/07
Dinking around - Pam 14/May/07
- Dinking around - Smokey Stover 15/May/07
Kick in the slats - Jim Soar 14/May/07
Living on the edge - Surinder Longia 14/May/07
- Living on the edge - Smokey Stover 14/May/07
  - Living on the edge - Smokey Stover 14/May/07
Slower than Moses - Tod 12/May/07
All is forgiven - Chris 11/May/07
Drop the pilot - Sanja Marinov 10/May/07
- Drop the pilot - Victoria S Dennis 10/May/07
- Drop the pilot - Victoria S Dennis 10/May/07
Cover your sixes - Chiroptera 10/May/07
- Cover your sixes - Bob 10/May/07
- Cover your sixes - Bob 10/May/07
Cock and Bull revisited - Margaret 09/May/07
- Cock and Bull revisited - RRC 09/May/07
Give the man a doughnut - Katia Holmes 09/May/07
- Give the man a doughnut - RRC 09/May/07
If our cat was a cow... - Joris De Roeck 07/May/07
- If our cat was a cow... - ESC 07/May/07
  - If our cat was a cow... - Victoria S Dennis 07/May/07
Now you're logging shoe tack - Joe Trainor 07/May/07
I stand before you - Campbell Wren 07/May/07
Pigeon toed - Probe 06/May/07
Gone for a burton - Tony Cachart 05/May/07
Off the shelf - Roopali Samant 05/May/07
The world's your cloister - Randy Fisher 05/May/07
What have you done for me lately - David 04/May/07
- What have you done for me lately - RRC 04/May/07
  - What have you done for me lately - Smokey Stover 05/May/07
Deep calls to deep - Mathew K J 04/May/07
- Deep calls to deep - reneed 04/May/07
- Deep calls to deep - ESC 04/May/07
Spit wooden nickels - Kerin 03/May/07
Too hard on yourself - Sally 02/May/07
- Too hard on yourself - ESC 02/May/07
For the good of the order - Kathleen McLaughlin 02/May/07
You tiger now - Maria 02/May/07
Their hearts in their hands - John 30/April/07
- Their hearts in their hands - ESC 01/May/07
Smoke In Your Eye - Brandon 30/April/07
- Smoke In Your Eye - RRC 30/April/07
  - Smoke In Your Eye - Brandon 30/April/07
Six (or is it five?) consecutive uses of 'and' - Andrew 30/April/07