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Jan^ Started conversation Nov 20, 1999
For the hangover caused by 12 days of over-indulgence, raucous piping, ex-members of the House of Lords practising the high jump while their wives boogie until dawn, and so on.
Also to remind you that the next day is my birthday 
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Jan^ Posted Nov 20, 1999
Correction (having looked in my diary and counted) : the day AFTER next is my birthday - don't forget now ! 
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Peta Posted Nov 20, 1999
Happy birthday for then then. I will remember as long as it isn't the day after the party
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Lonnytunes - Winter Is Here Posted Nov 24, 1999
Maybe 12 English Lords who lost all their money in the stock exchange crash of 1929 and leapt to their death from high buildings....
....or possibly the lyricist was high on opium. It was legal when the song was written.
The crash happened 69 years and 179 days before my birthday this year 
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Lonnytunes - Winter Is Here Posted Nov 24, 1999
Let's pretend this is really posted under 10 Lords A-leaping and not tell anyone about our incompetence
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