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Old 14th Mar 2011, 21:05   #2 (permalink)
Jan Olieslagers
 
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Sorry, flysebi, but this is all too reminiscent of the novel "Lijmen" by my countryman Willem Elsschot, translated into English as "Soft Soap".

Of all construction materials, steel is the noblest, the most....

("steel" replaced by marble, glass, wood, cardboard, or whatever fitted the new victim)
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