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That reaction would fit my personality, and I'd have the added benefit of it being a neg, (makes her feel a little silly for thinking I would), while at the same time showing her that I'm so far removed from AFCdom that it didn't even occur to me buying a drink was an option.

The other evening — it was two o'clock in the morning, to be exact — a sick man of my acquaintance lay in bed in what could only be described as a twittersome condition.

A seventy-third of 1460 is 20.