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"...sunt etiam animalia quae appellantur alces. Hae nullos crurum articulos habent. Itaque si forte conciderunt, sese erigere nullo modo possunt."

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I think that is a strange thing of Dooge to say. Anyways, I can see why you like him now.
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were we just talking about this recently? i remember having a recent conversation about this but can't remember for the life of me who was conversing or what was said. :)
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:shock: Really? D'Oogis curriculum regit :lol: scit enim quomodo mentem liberorum mihi similum capiat :lol: Admirabilibus fabulis!

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In montibus vīxī, et tot alcēs vidēbam ut eas haud multum amāre coepissem. Et multī ab urbibus magnīs peregrīnātōrēs vēnērunt ut alcēs vidērent. Et alcēs et peregrīnātōrēs multa “traffica impedīmentia” fēcērunt! Alcēs, ugh! :)
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Spero te dicere alces a hominum carribus non esse oppressos :evil:
Nisi isti homines incidissent in furorem iter vero alcibus facile darent, ideo nemo sanus est qui alces necet. Non alces tamen itinera claudunt, bene scio ita esse. Multa in viis saxa viatores obstruentia; quam ob rem ego imperam tibi ut eas eo itinera viatoribus stratum. Ne negas te non veritatem dedisse. Remove saxa, incendeque ballistas ac catapultas avarorum in via pecuniam volentium quae alcium pelles detraherent. Noli tamquam si nescires agere. Haudquaquam heri episcopus est natus. Noli quoque alcibus culpam referre cum nihil fecerint; vel refer pedem. Ego, similiter D'Oogi, amo alces plurimum. Cum sint pulcherrimi velocissimique, nec adfligandi nec quatiandi alces montis; vero orbis terrarum. Nunquam volo audire alces obteritos esse neque quisquam iustum esse potest alces a stupidis hominibus viae declivi ad montem perungi. Namque admirabilia sunt animalia silvarum omnium pulcherrima.

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Fabula non D'Oogis sed Caesaris est.

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oh, that's where i've heard it before! "Caesar Against the Celts', which I read recently. :)
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haha quid haec scripsit Caesar? fatigantem putaveram esse Caesarem :shock:

Atque non sciebam vera alces esse animalia!! Raya autem mihi dixit contrario!

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