@fmf saidBeing a butcher. I'm well acquainted with candlestick makers and bakers.
Nonchalantly mentioning that you consort with truffle scone MAKERS - and know them on first name terms - feels like a non-too subtle attempt to set yourself apart from your fellow posters here on this lumpen masses message board.
@the-gravedigger saidBeing a reader of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy I'm well acquainted with John Le Carré.
Being a tinker I am well acquainted with tailors soldiers and spies.
@fmf said"Three" was a white lie. It should have been seven for a secret never to be told. etc.
Being a magpie, I have collected multiple accounts. It should be one for sorrow, two for joy. But it appears to be all three accounts are for sorrow.
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Eleven for health. Twelve for wealth. Thirteen: beware it's the devil himself.