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I’ve had this happen in IM messages with Margie, when MSN interpreted a set of points I was making, which I labeled as (a) and (b), to be a little Angel and a Beer mug.<\/p>\n
*sigh*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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