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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Was this a quick comeback? Apr 17^th, 2015 at 11:26am I thought so. I forget what the hassle was yesterday but my 9yr old grandson was told if he did it again he wouldn't live to see another dawn. Quick as a flash he said: "Does that mean I'll be nocturnal now".
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Swagman Gold Member Offline Beware of cheap imitations...... Posts: 15095 Illawarra NSW Gender:	Re: Was this a quick comeback? Reply #1 - Apr 17^th, 2015 at 12:25pm Smart kid for even knowing what 'nocturnal' means at age 9.....
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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Was this a quick comeback? Reply #2 - Apr 17^th, 2015 at 3:52pm Sometimes you don't know whether to say "don't be smart" or laugh. I burst out laughing.
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Reply #3 - Apr 17^th, 2015 at 6:08pm

It reminds me of when I was 8 years old and my father came wandering into the lounge room looking frustrated over a crossword puzzle he was doing.

One of my older brothers asked him what the question was - which he dismissed with a wave of the hand. But then he read it out to us with an air of hopelesness.

Quick as a viper I said: "moneyspider".

He didn't talk to me for the rest of the day ...

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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 25067 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: Was this a quick comeback? Reply #4 - Apr 21^st, 2015 at 9:54pm Swagman wrote on Apr 17^th, 2015 at 12:25pm: Smart kid for even knowing what 'nocturnal' means at age 9..... I dunno about that. Mum told me what nocturnal meant a long time before I reached 9 years of age. But the retort was a good one for some at age 9.
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Reply #5 - Apr 21^st, 2015 at 10:07pm

Lord Herbert wrote on Apr 17^th, 2015 at 6:08pm:

It reminds me of when I was 8 years old and my father came wandering into the lounge room looking frustrated over a crossword puzzle he was doing.

One of my older brothers asked him what the question was - which he dismissed with a wave of the hand. But then he read it out to us with an air of hopelesness.

Quick as a viper I said: "moneyspider".

He didn't talk to me for the rest of the day ...

For sake of interest, Herbert, what was the question?

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