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Unread 06-28-2015, 04:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Ann Drysdale View Post
And between reading your post, John, and posting mine, I discover that your peach/plum has become a fig, and a reference to the Sistine Chapel has appeared where I swear no such thing was before.

This business of moderators editing stuff without trace is seriously disturbing to those of us who are inclined to question their sanity when things go weird.

It may be an Eratosphere perk, but to my mind it is a custom more honoured in the breach than the observance. And why is there no emoticon for a tut-driven sniff?
Jazz hands, laurel wreath, worshipful respect & much else to Ann Drysdale for knowing (as few seem to) that 'more honoured in the breach than the observance' does not mean 'more commonly breached than observed'.
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