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NativeJovian Since: Mar, 2014
2016-01-27 07:41:28

Nuthin'? Nobody? I might take this to TRS if no one can tell me why they're different...

Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.
wrm5 Since: Mar, 2014
2016-01-27 07:46:15

As near as I can tell, Dirty Business is about the action itself, while I Did What I Had to Do is more about the Stock Phrase used as an excuse for said thing.

Also, dude, you have to give people time to respond. We're not computers, you know.

Edited by wrm5
NativeJovian Since: Mar, 2014
2016-01-28 07:46:23

Hm, I'll have to double check and see if that's actually how it's used, but I didn't notice that when I was looking them over. Thanks.

And for the record, I waited about three days before bumping this. The timestamp on the top of the thread is the most recent activity in the whole thread, not the timestamp for the first post. (You can see that it's usually identical to the last post in the thread.)

Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.
wrm5 Since: Mar, 2014
2016-01-28 13:38:11

Huh. I didn't see it at all.

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