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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!warwick!uknet!edcastle!benha
  2. From: benha@castle.ed.ac.uk (Ben Hambidge)
  3. Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
  4. Subject: 3 guesses
  5. Message-ID: <30722@castle.ed.ac.uk>
  6. Date: 25 Jan 93 11:48:21 GMT
  7. Organization: Edinburgh University
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  11. Does anyone know the origin of 'three' in the phrase 'I'll give
  12. you three guesses'?
  13.  
  14. Ben.
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  17. Ben Hambidge    |                       |Bread is the staff of life; Toast is
  18. 4 Merchiston Ave| benha@castle.ed.ac.uk |a decadent capitalist luxury.
  19. EDINBURGH       |-----------------------|------------------------------------ 
  20. EH10 4NX        |Tel: +44 31 447 4047   |Smile they said, life could be worse.
  21. U.K.            |                       |So I did, and it was.
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