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No don't worry this is not Soapbox stuff, it is not about those Americans...
It's about The Americans, the TV show. It takes place in the last decade of the Cold War, where a couple of Russian spies are embedded into US society as a bunch "regular guys". Last nights episode was called "Do mail robots dream of electric sheep?". You gotta love references like that. I find the series quite enjoyable, have you watched it?
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I would not call it plagiarism. It is a rather obvious reference [to the novel].
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modified 3-Jul-18 8:37am.
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Titles cannot be copyrighted.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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I said plagiarism, not copyright infringement.
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Quote: a couple of Russian spies are embedded into US society as a bunch of "regular guys presidents"
How is this not Soapbox stuff?
They buy shoes, then they wear them! They make them sound old! Dairy! Dairy!
modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.
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Did I call it unique? I called it good. IMDB 8.4
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Hmmm, might be interesting, but I don't think we have it over here in Holland. It was on Belgian TV years ago apparently. 
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Well... if ure into covert stuff there are always downloads. If not, there is Netflix ; )
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Very good show. Ended a few weeks ago.
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Abolish open farm border - it's lost its edge (9)
Okay, it's a bit of a beast so I'll drop a hint:
The wordplay is formed of a word with another (non-anagramatically) modified word appended.
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modified 3-Jul-18 7:07am.
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Not sure about this, but hey ho...
Abolish UN
open (anag)
farm BELT?
border END
it's lost its edge
BLUNTENED
I'm kinda hoping this is completely wrong ... 
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I hope you're wrong too that's a horrible word 
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Pretty horrible, yes. But legitimate unfortunately.
And I'd rather kleep "bluntened" in the language than "innit"
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Can't find bluntened in my dictionary - I would say blunted ( followed by two spaces ) 
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It's a little archaic, but the past participle of blunten[^]
It's going to depend on which dictionary you use, probably - and which version!
I'd suspect it's a "Jacob Rees-Mogg word" in practice.
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You have it then  why is UN abolish ?
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I was thinking "un" as in "reverse of" prefix.
But I was entirely wrong! Yay! 
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Well, no, it's not bluntened. It's a truly hideous word and one that I'd never heard before, so at least I've learnt a word even though I swear that I'll never use it again.
Actually no part of the word-play there is correct - maybe that helps a bit ...
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Hooray!
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So what was the solution? I got nothin' ...
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modified 3-Jul-18 9:01am.
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Open = OVERT
Farm border = HEDGEROW - losing its EDGE becomes HROW giving us OVERTHROW (a synonym for abolish).
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 I had HEDGE for farm border, but couldn't think of "ABOLISH" as "--------H", or at least nothing that meant OPEN.
Well done - you win!
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Winning is a questionable concept - I have to think of another one now!
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