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[Darwin60]

tacks

 

[Piperonca]

cracks

 

[Bob Noel]

me

 

[Piperonca]

up

 

[pmanton]

Joke

 

[Piperonca]

laugh!

 

[a572mike]

funny

 

[jayhawk74]

bone

 

[pmanton]

Weary

 

[Piperonca]

Bleary

 

[Bob Noel]

eyed

 

[Ed Sokol]

Red

 

[Bob Noel]

Skelton

 

[pmanton]

Comic

 

[Dana]

Relief

 

[Bob Noel]

tube

 

[Piperonca]

boob

 

[pmanton]

Bra

 

[Charlie Golf]

Bro

 

[Piperonca]

Sis

 

[Charlie Golf]

boom

 

[Bob Noel]

ba

 

[Darwin60]

humbug

 

[Piperonca]

debug

 

[Initial Fix]

Software

 

[Charlie Golf]

update

 

[guest user]

improve

 

[Ed Sokol]

sometimes

 

[Bob Noel]

unlikely

 

[pmanton]

Untrue

 

[Dana]

Ludicrous

 

[pmanton]

Invidious

 

[DaleB]

insidious

 

[Piperonca]

furious

 

[pmanton]

Hostile

 

[Initial Fix]

Takeover

 

[frfly172]

Merger

 

[Piperonca]

Conglomerate

 

[Darwin60]

amalgamate

 

[Bob Noel]

consolidate