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I wonder who cocked this one up...

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...&id=1619546457

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On 09 Aug 2009 13:03:16 GMT, Andrew Gabriel wrote:

I wonder who cocked this one up...

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...&id=1619546457


Looks like they forgot about the doomed roof and just measured the
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Owain wrote:
On 9 Aug, 14:03, (Andrew Gabriel) wrote:
I wonder who cocked this one up...
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...&id=1619546457


"If it doesn't fit, 'it it wiv an 'ammer"


Or 'don't force it, use a bigger ammer'.


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On Sun, 9 Aug 2009 10:30:58 -0700 (PDT), Owain wrote:
On 9 Aug, 14:03, (Andrew Gabriel) wrote:
I wonder who cocked this one up...
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...&id=1619546457


"If it doesn't fit, 'it it wiv an 'ammer"

Owain

I sawed it, an' it was too short. So I sawed it again, an' it was
even shorter!
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http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...&id=1619546457

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On Sun, 9 Aug 2009 10:30:58 -0700 (PDT), Owain wrote:
On 9 Aug, 14:03, (Andrew Gabriel) wrote:
I wonder who cocked this one up...
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...&id=1619546457


"If it doesn't fit, 'it it wiv an 'ammer"

Owain

I sawed it, an' it was too short. So I sawed it again, an' it was
even shorter!


Should've sawed a bit off the bottom and put on the top to make longer,
then.



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