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Old 24th April 2012, 01:06 PM   #24
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Originally Posted by Moon-Spinner View Post
This story reminded me of another story where someone was growing (possibly watermelons), but somebody kept swiping them, so the grower put a sign up that read "One of these melons has been poisoned!", hoping to deter the thief. When he came back the next day, there was added to his sign that read "Now two of these melons have been poisoned!"

Psychological warfare...
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Long, long time ago, my Daddy told me of the guys that would put a sign on their beer glasses on the bar when they'd leave to make room for more beer...
"I spit in this beer"... and they'd come back to see" So did I" on the sign...
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