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in reply to a message by Anneza
Or a mashing-together of Shannon and Brandon.
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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
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Some daft Brit wrote a poem about the river Shannon (19th century I imagine) and stuck a D into it - Shandon - so that he could rhyme it with the bells that sound so *grand on* the *land on* either side, or something equally odd. So maybe there's a link, or just great minds thinking alike ... !
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