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you do know what they say about assume....sm

Posted By: Assume - bad bad thing *lol* on 2006-05-28
In Reply to: It just seemed like you also had made - anon

Subject: you do know what they say about assume....sm

When one assumes, they make an a@@ out of U and an a@@ out of me = spelling of assume...*lol*


NOT the OP here......just an observer.....


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