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    <literallayout class="normal">Lend us a couple of bob till Thursday. 
I'm absolutely skint. 
But I'm expecting a postal order and I can pay you back as soon as it comes. 
Love, Ewan. 
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    <para>Another one:</para>
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    <para>Take it away, Eric the Orchestra Leader!</para>
    <literallayout class="normal">A one, two, a one two three four 

Half a bee, philosophically, 
    must, *ipso facto*, half not be. 
But half the bee has got to be, 
    *vis a vis* its entity. D'you see? 

But can a bee be said to be 
    or not to be an entire bee, 
        when half the bee is not a bee, 
            due to some ancient injury? 

Singing... 
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