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On 31 Dec 2006, Harlan Messinger wrote
> HVS wrote:
>> On 31 Dec 2006, Harlan Messinger wrote
>>> That's been appearing in stores at least since I was a kid:
>>> "You broke it, you bought it."
>>
>> Or the twee version -- "Lovely to look at/Lovely to hold/But if
>> you break it/Consider it sold" -- which, I'm happy to say, I've
>> not seen for a some years now.
>>
> Oh, yeah, that was the version I saw originally. Much less
> abrupt. You prefer the abrupt version. :-)
Sure do.
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