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  • Planet-x.com.au » Our Backhanded Debt of Grattitude to IO9

    Planet-x.com.au » Our Backhanded Debt of Grattitude to IO9 2009

  • Backhanded complementaries: the higher you go up the career ladder, the more likely you are to encounter corruption, according to Martin Cunningham.

    Politics Turns on Me 2007

  • Backhanded complementaries: the higher you go up the career ladder, the more likely you are to encounter corruption, according to Martin Cunningham.

    Politics Turns on Me 2007

  • Backhanded complementaries: the higher you go up the career ladder, the more likely you are to encounter corruption, according to Martin Cunningham.

    Politics Turns on Me 2007

  • Edit 2: Backhanded congratulations to lamentables for being the first to confess to being a dirty great freak.

    Get Your Snack On eccles 2006

  • Her new title is Mistress of the Backhanded Compliment, Queen of Denial.

    Cause once is really never ever enough times to be nitwit of the day Miss Snark 2006

  • Backhanded compliments all round:Girl at the Spectator Eh personaly I don't expect our MP to be perfect, Who wants a prim and propper pric for a MP, no one if they require sensible politics thats for sure.

    ... err ... err ... no ... now ... 2004

  • Best Backhanded Comment: "You know, this paper is so well-written that I almost forgot that you had no argument."

    Comments 2003

  • Best Backhanded Comment: "You know, this paper is so well-written that I almost forgot that you had no argument."

    The Little Professor: 2003

  • Backhanded the cue with all his strength against the upper arm and shattered the bone, five.

    Echo Burning Child, Lee 2001

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