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Cool story, but was your life really at risk in that situation?



> Brazil Advances Criminal Prosecution of American Yout.com Operator

Touché! I see sibling comments assuming I was being sarcastic (without mandatory sarcasm tag!), but what I was really hoping for was more backstory like this. I guess it depends on how you read things in your head.


Not all statements should be interpreted literally.


You just took the wind right out of his sails


I missed the part about a boat?


Turn the new Flask logo upside dowb, it’s a sail.


And took the shine off his shoes and stopped him in his tracks.


Luckily all the whooshing has refilled them.


At risk of not being programming?

Seemingly.




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