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Old 27-Oct-2006, 07:51
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Default Re: I have no idea what i'm doing

1 I'm not sure that using a simile that is actually a quote rather than one of hers is a good example. What's the question, by the way. The eye and socket doesn't work for me, but in the same section there's a reference to 'wives' for a young boy's friends, which is a metaphorical usage.
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