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[Freddie]

Your response is your usual interjecting of flotsam.

Fred

Freddie, may i call you "Fred?"
This is in contrast, of course, to your responses being jetsam: debris thrown overboard to lighten the load.
Say "hi" to Ah-nold.

Absolutely.

You actually read it. Therefore.. a gold star for you.

And the show goes on. {ThumbsUpThingie}

Fred
Etiam sapientibus cupido gloriae novissima exuitur.
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