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In reply to the discussion: Openings of famous novels -- with "Four Seasons Total Landscaping" added. [View all]carpetbagger
(4,404 posts)56. Not a novel, but the opening sura of the Quran
I won't paraphrase it out of deference to anyone who considers it uniquely holy, but there are three funny places to add this
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Openings of famous novels -- with "Four Seasons Total Landscaping" added. [View all]
dogknob
Nov 2020
OP
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen at Four Seasons Total Lands
soothsayer
Nov 2020
#3
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fishwax
Nov 2020
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Nov 2020
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Nov 2020
#26
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First Speaker
Nov 2020
#38
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Nov 2020
#42
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Nov 2020
#51
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Hugin
Nov 2020
#58
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Hugin
Nov 2020
#59