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...that the CIA director David Petraeus has just resigned for having an extra marital affair.
Extra, I thought, extra? Damn it, man, how many affairs is he allowed to have before it's deemed extra?
I mean, can he have three? Ten? Thirty? Does it count only if they are simultaneous, or do they rack up like points on a driving licence? Does high rank permit more before it is considered extra?
I think we should be told!
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Genghis Kahn had cultivated the image of using the daughters of his enemies instead of ordinary blankets when he went to bed. I think that also counts as 'extra'.
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Ask the wife. I think the number will be very, very low.
As will be the kick she aims at you... 
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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OriginalGriff wrote: Ask the wife.
No need to go to extremes here. 
I just want to know what the standard quota is, above which an affair may be classed as 'extra'. I wouldn't like to fall short of my quota.
Oh - wait a minute - 'marital' does mean doing things as if you were married, doesn't it?
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Over 9000.
*crushes .. career? but why*
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No, you got it all wrong.
The "extra" means that the affair was with someone outside his marriage, to make perfectly clear it wasn't an intra-maritial affair, which is uh ... when you ... err... you know ...
OK, I show myself out.
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peterchen wrote: it wasn't an intra-maritial affair, which is
...only available to Mormons? 
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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Well, thank you for clearing that up for me!
In fact, what the BBC World Service announcer said this morning was "an extra {pause} maritalaffair" rather than "an extramarital {pause} affair".
A quite different affair, I think you will agree. 
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