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mc_303_beatz
from Glasgow, Scotland on 2004-03-22 20:58 [#01114468]
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...the devil is in the details, but I tend to disagree.
what are your thoughts?
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qrter
from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-03-22 20:59 [#01114470]
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no. I am not tidy.
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Dozier
from United States on 2004-03-22 21:00 [#01114472]
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the devil is in the white man. it's IN MEEEEE!! haven't you been keeping up?!?
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mc_303_beatz
from Glasgow, Scotland on 2004-03-22 21:00 [#01114473]
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that may be the case, but your sense of sarcasm is not too shabby mr qrter. :)
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qrter
from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-03-22 21:02 [#01114477]
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it's clean/shaven.
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scup_bucket
from bloated exploding piss pockets on 2004-03-22 21:06 [#01114490]
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I have to say that qrter has made quite the funny. You might want to clean that up. OH WAIT YOU SAID YOU AREN'T TIDY HAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA OMG LOL!!!!!!
that didn't make sense/wasn't funny, I'm sorry
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mc_303_beatz
from Glasgow, Scotland on 2004-03-22 21:08 [#01114493]
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tumbleweed moment. heheh
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Archrival
on 2004-03-23 13:28 [#01115034]
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What do they mean with Devil is in the details?
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Ceri JC
from Jefferson City (United States) on 2004-03-23 13:34 [#01115044]
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There's an old saying, originally it was "God is in the details". It means, the little things are important. "The Devil is in the details" is probably a corruption of this saying/bit of a joke out of it. It's used a lot in informal discussions on law, meaning, the little, seemingly unimportant clauses in a contract/act of parliament/whatever are the ones that snare you.
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Archrival
on 2004-03-23 14:47 [#01115134]
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thanx Ceri, on point as always.
yeah I think I heard about something like what u just said..
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sneakattack
on 2004-03-23 14:52 [#01115135]
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Yes, the modern colloquial usage is basically "it's a bitch getting all the little things correct", but by positive implication that's where all the richness, all the fun, and all the hidden gremlins sulk.
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elusive
from detroit (United States) on 2004-03-23 14:59 [#01115142]
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"We are all part of a greater whole."
Haven't you ever read that story?
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