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333:, right, in a list of crap things' ... and at first he just looked at me in a very mystified way, like, 'What is this nutter ranting on about?' And then it kind of clicked with him what I was on about, and he said, 'Well gee thanks guys, that's the way you repay me!' ... for me, it was embarrassing.
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