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|    Dallas Hinton to Alexander Koryagin    |
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|    09 Sep 20 11:25:01    |
      MSGID: 1:153/7715.0 f591e5b0       REPLY: 2:221/6.0 5f58b8ee       CHRS: IBMPC 2       Hi, Alexander -- on Sep 09 2020 at 14:13, you wrote:               AK>>> What is "PC Plod"?        PK>> I think the English 'PC' means 'Police Constable'. Therefore,        PK>> it seems that there is a copper named 'Police Constable Plod',        PK>> a flatfoot.              Yes, the clues are:              1) 999 is the emergency phone number in Britain;       2) knowing that, PC stands for Police Constable;       3) and the word "plod" means to tread heavily and slowly as if walking       through thick mud, the implication being that PC Plod thinks that way!       :-)                     Cheers... Dallas              --- timEd/NT 1.30+        * Origin: The BandMaster, Vancouver, CANADA (1:153/7715)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 90/1 120/340 123/131 138/146 153/0 250 757 802 6809       SEEN-BY: 153/7715 154/10 221/0 6 226/30 227/114 702 229/101 275 424       SEEN-BY: 229/426 664 240/1120 1634 1895 2100 5138 5411 5832 5853 8001       SEEN-BY: 240/8002 8005 249/206 317 261/38 280/5003 313/41 317/3 320/219       SEEN-BY: 322/757 331/313 333/808 335/206 364 370 342/200 382/147 2454/119       SEEN-BY: 3634/12 4500/1 5020/1042       PATH: 153/7715 757 221/6 335/364 240/1120 5832 229/426           |
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