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   Gleb Hlebov to Ardith Hinton   
   Re: Funny story about Russians   
   20 Feb 24 11:20:18   
   
   MSGID: 2:221/6.0 65d46eca   
   REPLY: 1:153/716.0 5cec66c1   
   PID: SmapiNNTPd/Linux/IPv6 kco 20240209   
   CHRS: LATIN-1 2   
   TZUTC: 0200   
   TID: hpt/lnx 1.9 2023-02-24   
   Hi Ardith,   
      
   16.02.2024 1:26:34, Ardith Hinton wrote:   
      
   > ak>  And he wrote on his fence this announcement:   
   > GH>  He posted the following annnouncement on his fence:   
   > AK>  Well, but IMHO people write words on the fences, not   
   > AK>  post them. ;-)   
   > Depends on what the fence was made of.  I think Gleb has a   
   > point in that this announcement may have been written on a scrap of   
   > cardboard which the protagonist attached to the fence using whatever   
   > came readily to hand....  :-)   
      
   'The protagonist'. I like the word.   
   Yes, it could be a sheet of cardboard attached to a metal/wooden fence   
   with duct tape, or our protagonist might as well write it in 2-feet   
   tall letters with white paint, which is unlikely (but not unexpected).   
      
      
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