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Nope. When you set a crossword clue, you don't count spaces: is the solution was "COUNT SPACES" then you would say "Add up gaps (5, 6)" and you ignore all other punctuation (a hyphenated word would be indicated in the letter count: (3-4, 6)
And you should always assume that punctuation in the clue is there to mislead you! 
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Aah, so these are the rocket science thingys which I never focused on.
Thanks Griff I'll keep these things in mind 
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"Callipygian"?
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Phone -> CALL
me -> I
short pygmy -> PYG
finishes with Ian -> ending with "IAN"
Callipygian -> a person having well-shaped buttocks.
You have just been Sharapova'd.
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I think you just won a lego box.
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Congratulations.
You win the chance to be turned into a minifigure, and to set tomorrow's
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Is, I believe, amazing. He had no dog in the fight, but stepped up and put himself in a position I don't think many would.
Look at this.[^]
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Thanks for posting this, Michael.
Whether you believe in an heaven or hell, there is a special place somewhere for heros like this. People, who put others first, in times of need.
Speechless...
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Alien Abduction Lamp[^]
Out of stock, or off planet? The Truth Is Out There... 
I can't help feeling that if I went to a friends house and he had open of these, I'd leave...
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Maybe a sheep instead of cow... 
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Wooly sheep
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modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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Five 5-star ratings say that customers have enjoyed the ride, so they had to make some changes. 
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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10 on the first page...12 on page 2...5 on page 3.
So...27 in total.
Methinks the younger generation(s) will have a lower total, and the youngest generation will be going "wassa boook innit?" or running out of fingers if QA is any guide.
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25 I'm certain of, and a few more (not counted) that I may have read a long time ago (my memory no longer serves...  )
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Some missing ones:
Jules Verne - From the Earth to the Moon
H G Wells - The Time Machine
Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo
Edward Bulwer Lytton - The Last Days of Pompeii
Those are some I'd read more than thirty years ago.
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It is a fast-and-furious list by the editors, not complete by any means (I'm not sure it meant to be such)...Maybe those 100, the BBC staff read (including kids)...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Yes - its difficult to pick the top 100; from the beginning-of-time till this moment. New ones tend to nudge out some great oldies.
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In the S.F. category, I would add:
Arthur C. Clarke - Childhood's End
Isaac Asimov - The Foundation Trilogy (without the later additions)
Robert A. Heinlein - "The Number of the Beast..."
Larry Niven - Ringworld
I feel that Science Fiction tends to be shortchanged in lists of the "100 best books", presumably because the so-called literati consider it beneath them.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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And no Pterry Pratchett?
No Orson Scott Card?
Harry Potter gets in, but Belgarion doesn't?
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