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Galen Thu 25-Feb-16 16:05:16

Just heard on the news ' two women lost a leg'.
Did they share a leg or each lost part of a leg and the sum of the parts was one leg?
Confused of gransnet

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Stansgran Thu 25-Feb-16 16:16:11

Very careless of them.

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wot Thu 25-Feb-16 18:12:52

very funny!

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grannylyn65 Thu 25-Feb-16 19:37:43

Legless?grin

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NanKate Thu 25-Feb-16 21:26:35

They lost their marbles when they sacked Tony Blackburn.

Sorry about the women from the pleasure park who were in that dreadful accident.

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Katek Thu 25-Feb-16 22:21:00

I was wondering the same Galen! Heard it on 4pm news report whilst driving and nearly choked on my sucky driving sweetie

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