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Worldwalker · 05-12-2010, 04:05 AM

People who know how a siphon works probably don't have to look it up. People who do have to look it up don't know how it works. So it took a while (99 years, apparently) for someone who knows how a siphon works but not how to spell it to look it up.

05-12-2010, 04:05 AM	#5
Worldwalker Curmudgeon Posts: 3,085 Karma: 722357 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: PRS-505	People who know how a siphon works probably don't have to look it up. People who do have to look it up don't know how it works. So it took a while (99 years, apparently) for someone who knows how a siphon works but not how to spell it to look it up.