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[WP] Your army cohort, at low wages and ridicule of war-dodging, has spent the last several years building aqueducts to give the kingdom water and irrigation. You're ready to redirect the river at the source to turn it on. But the king decided he wants to keep it as-is for the ornamental waterfall.

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[SP] The other side was presenting gibberish. How do you argue with that?

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[WP] "What can you tell me about Cleopatra?" Ashley's hand shot up. He paused, in case someone else would answer ... "yes?" "Sandals," she said. "With pearls!"

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[SP] "You must have done it wrong. You should try again."

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[sp] two liars haggling over a car

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[WP] X is like Y. Think about a plight with X, but translate it into a story about Y. And don't say what X is.

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[WP] Letters are traditionally loosely rolled up, then wrapped around like a croissant with one end tucked inside the other and flattened, with a blob of wax stamped on the joint as a seal. You maintain OCR letter sorters, and are annoyed at bits of wax gumming up the works.

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[SP] This time, it was the background of those old photos that mattered.

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[SP] Welp, so much for that. Time to aim at comic relief.

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[WP] You're a software developer in a compile-run-debug loop, where compiles take 5 minutes. Doing absolutely nothing for 5 minute stretches is unbearable, so instead ...

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[WP] Your army cohort, at low wages and ridicule of war-dodging, has spent the last several years building aqueducts to give the kingdom water and irrigation. You're ready to redirect the river at the source to turn it on. But the king decided he wants to keep it as-is for the ornamental waterfall.	1
[SP] The other side was presenting gibberish. How do you argue with that?	1
[WP] "What can you tell me about Cleopatra?" Ashley's hand shot up. He paused, in case someone else would answer ... "yes?" "Sandals," she said. "With pearls!"	1
[SP] "You must have done it wrong. You should try again."	1
[sp] two liars haggling over a car	1
[WP] X is like Y. Think about a plight with X, but translate it into a story about Y. And don't say what X is.	1
[WP] Letters are traditionally loosely rolled up, then wrapped around like a croissant with one end tucked inside the other and flattened, with a blob of wax stamped on the joint as a seal. You maintain OCR letter sorters, and are annoyed at bits of wax gumming up the works.	1
[SP] This time, it was the background of those old photos that mattered.	1
[SP] Welp, so much for that. Time to aim at comic relief.	1
[WP] You're a software developer in a compile-run-debug loop, where compiles take 5 minutes. Doing absolutely nothing for 5 minute stretches is unbearable, so instead ...	1