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Angliholic Posted 19 years ago
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discuss my number

0Why don't you step into my manager's office and discuss my number.02br
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00Besides a car's number, what else would my number have? Thanks.02br
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02br 02br 00The man is a used car salesman, so he is proposing to the lady in the same way he would try to sell a car. 0-

— Lil' Ruby Rose

  • 02br 02br 00The man is a used car salesman, so he is proposing to the lady in the same way he would try to sell a car.
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0Boy, Angli, you've found a rich source of not-very-funny cartoons!02br
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00The man is a used car salesman, so he is proposing to the lady in the same way he would try to sell a car. 'Step into my manager's office and discuss the numbers' would mean go and talk to the manager about the price, but he's using it here to mean "Let's close the deal".0-
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0Thanks, Lil' Ruby Rose.02br
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00I don't know what others think, but for me strips are as difficult as poems for a non-nativer.0-
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0I'm sure they are, and it's a great way to learn idiomatic use... but they still make me wince!0-
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0 Though I've been met with a lot of challenges, I enjoy them, though. 0-
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0To discuss financial numbers (how rich he is) or his physical numbers (how good he is in physical terms)050010id1
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0 Thanks, Marius, with your explanation, the strip makes more sense. 0-
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