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IamtheZombie · 27/01/2013 23:37

Not less. Fewer.

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MardyBraWouldDoEddieRedmayne · 27/01/2013 23:39

Depends on what you're talking about.

Fewer sugar? Fewer sand?

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LineRunner · 27/01/2013 23:39

Less crap
Fewer craps

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MardyBraWouldDoEddieRedmayne · 27/01/2013 23:40

at LineRunner.

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MardyBraWouldDoEddieRedmayne · 27/01/2013 23:41

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IamtheZombie · 27/01/2013 23:44

The LESS guns thread in Chat.

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LineRunner · 27/01/2013 23:46

Do you remember the Asda epic advertising fail, 'Less Carrier Bags?'

They took that one down. But not the exhausted, happy, spoken-to-like-shit Christmas mum one.

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stargirl1701 · 27/01/2013 23:48

Less guns...

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MardyBraWouldDoEddieRedmayne · 27/01/2013 23:50

It was the capitalisation of LESS that made me wince.

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stargirl1701 · 27/01/2013 23:51

I know. It just drew attention to it even more!

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