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Old 28th April 2007, 10:29 AM   #16 (permalink)
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Old 28th April 2007, 10:58 AM   #17 (permalink)
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Old 28th April 2007, 11:05 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Old 28th April 2007, 11:19 PM   #19 (permalink)
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Old 3rd May 2007, 12:45 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Old 6th May 2007, 11:52 PM   #21 (permalink)
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How about a couple of ROU names?

Try Nodding Your Head

and

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Old 20th May 2007, 06:27 PM   #22 (permalink)
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More possible ROU names:

Sudden Change In Fortunes
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Old 20th May 2007, 06:52 PM   #23 (permalink)
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Old 21st May 2007, 03:38 PM   #24 (permalink)
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We Apologise for the Inconvenience
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Incest and Morris Dancing
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(Explanations of the last two: "one should try everything once except incest and morris dancing" - Sir Arnold Bax. "I am going to the inevitable" - the dying words of Phillip Larkin)
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Old 21st May 2007, 04:21 PM   #25 (permalink)
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Whoops! Sorry Pyan - I should have read all the posts!
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Old 20th June 2007, 07:22 PM   #26 (permalink)
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I'll call you . . .

The cheque is in the post

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Old 20th June 2007, 08:44 PM   #27 (permalink)
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More ROUs:

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Old 5th July 2007, 10:49 AM   #28 (permalink)
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Has anybody suggested Klaatu Barada Nicto yet?
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Old 29th September 2007, 12:44 AM   #29 (permalink)
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How about:

Thanks, I'll eat it here.

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Old 4th October 2007, 02:10 PM   #30 (permalink)
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