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"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of existence. These little problems help me to do so." (Sherlock Holmes)

I sometimes enjoy embedding puns and subtle self-references into many of my answers and comments.

Remember, context is everything.

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Why does the multi-paragraph quotation rule exist?
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What is the word for always YES (100%) or always NO (0%), never in-between
Mar 29, 2016
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What's the English equivalent of the Japanese saying, “A fart ruins 100 days of sermons by the priest (bishop)”?
Jan 25, 2013
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"Sit in a chair" vs. "sit on a chair"
Jun 28, 2012
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Is "Just a friendly advice" grammatical?
Feb 10, 2013
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"Covered with" vs. "covered in" vs. "covered by"
Mar 11, 2012
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rule of thumb for 'however' in the middle of the sentence?
Feb 29, 2012
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What does “10-4 ” mean?
May 6, 2012
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Is there any equivalent to this Persian proverb? "A bad or faulty item should inevitably be kept by its owner"
Jan 28, 2016
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"Eventually" vs. "finally"
May 8, 2012
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