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   alexander koryagin to Paul Quinn   
   Re: thimble   
   07 May 14 12:49:52   
   
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   From: alexander koryagin    
      
   Hi, Paul Quinn!   
   I read your message from 06.05.2014 16:25   
      
     ak>> Can you call a crook like this a thimbler? Do you have such   
     ak>> a word?   
     PQ>   
     PQ> No.  We would call them a thief.  :)   
      
   It a pity, it means that this joke has difficulty in translation:   
      
   ... Yesterday archaeologists found the grave of the famous thimbler from    
   Ancient Egypt. The grave has three gravestones.   
      
   Bye, Paul!   
   Alexander Koryagin   
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