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tblue37 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-18-09 07:58 PM
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13. Well, that’s the whole point about the story of a straw that breaks
the camel’s back. If the camel were not so terribly overloaded in the first place, the tiny weight of a straw would not affect its back. But it’s the very overload of outrage that causes the one extra little “straw” to have such a powerful impact.
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