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Old 09-10-2010, 04:14 AM   #12
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Originally Posted by SneakySnake View Post


Although our American friends tend to exchange their ostensibly (less rude) 'ass'for the proper word 'arse' meaning bum, I think in this case, that the law may be an ass, as in donkey.

So says the ageing pedant!
I hang my head in shame, although to defend the indefensible, the law is probably both an ass and an arse.
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