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   Message 2,738 of 4,347   
   Anton Shepelev to Dallas Hinton   
   Truck crash?   
   24 Aug 19 00:10:50   
   
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   REPLY: 1:153/7715.0 d5e30670   
   PID: JamNNTPd/Cygwin32 1.3 20190811   
   CHRS: IBMPC 2   
   TZUTC: 0300   
   Dallas Hinton:   
      
   DH> A  truck  loaded  with  thousands  of  copies of Roget's   
   DH> Thesaurus crashed  yesterday  losing  its  entire  load.   
   DH> Witnesses  were  stunned, startled, aghast, taken aback,   
   DH> stupefied, confused, shocked, rattled, paralysed, dazed,   
   DH> bewildered,  mixed  up,  surprised,  awed,  dumbfounded,   
   DH> nonplussed,    flabbergasted,     astounded,     amazed,   
   DH> confounded,  astonished, overwhelmed, horrified, numbed,   
   DH> speechless, and perplexed.   
      
   I wonder what would have happened if  one  of  them  had  an   
   adjective cellar like cousin Len's:   
      
     http://www.robbinsskyward.com/omit-needless-words-cousin-lens-   
   onderful-adjective-cellar/   
      
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