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lifeaquatic
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hic funis nihil attraxit
(this line has taken no fish)
or - this scheme has failed. Today we say: skunked 
Just another scrap of paper I found in the junk drawer while oganizing. I have folders of this kind of stuff saved.
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wannafish
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landlocked beachbum
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lifeaquatic
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Proof that for thousands of years fishermen have had a phrase for not catching fish 
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landlocked beachbum
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THAT, I never doubted! 
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