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Tribble wrote:clean kill
Nope, that one is not an oxymoron. they do exist
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ACiD_Omega wrote:
Tribble wrote:clean kill
Nope, that one is not an oxymoron. they do exist
I would beg to differ You can check here - it is in alphabetical order
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Tribble wrote:
ACiD_Omega wrote:
Tribble wrote:clean kill
Nope, that one is not an oxymoron. they do exist
I would beg to differ You can check here - it is in alphabetical order
So if it isn't on some list it doesn't exist? :eyebrow:

Anyway Tribs - when you pull an apple off a tree you are, in effect, killing it are you not? This needn't refer to bloodsport only. :lol:
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clean as in clean,
kill in reference to death( which is always messy).....

verdict: issue closed - the oxymoron stands

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Dubious indeed...

Anyway

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strangely familiar
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almost exactly
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