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Old 08-06-10, 11:55 PM   #32
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Originally Posted by Dan D View Post
Nothing really. Don't get me wrong. "Not even in the US" is just a phrase like "i am on a horse" or like ""Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed" which the Roman statesman Cato the Elder would always end his speeches with.
Gotcha. I was thinking "Is the US so bad that we need to be pointed out as exceptionally etc?"

So I'll add Caesar Augustus's favorite means-nothing quip: "Quicker than boiled asparagus!"
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