Re: Central Intelligence Agency ?

In article <Ir6CL9.35x.B.hinault@xxxxxxxxxx>,
Dennis Davis <ccsdhd@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>I forgot the Butcombe as well. My excuse is I only have a limited
>number of fingers for counting these important matters. And my
>memory gets affected by the Heineken uncertainty principle...

"I'm uncertain whether I'm supposed to drink this or clean my glass with it" ?
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