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    Quote Originally Posted by Glad2BeAPie View Post
    Does anyone say Dinner and not Lunch, that peeves me and won't say it, growing up we had breakfast, dinner, tea, supper. Where did Lunch come from
    Personally I have dinner at dinner time (in the evening) and lunch at lunchtime.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SwalePie View Post
    Personally I have dinner at dinner time (in the evening) and lunch at lunchtime.
    Did you have school dinners served by dinner ladies?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jeekay56 View Post
    Did you have school dinners served by dinner ladies?
    Blast from the past playground song........

    Dinner, dinner, dinner, dinner
    Dinner, dinner, dinner, dinner
    BATMAN!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by upthemaggies View Post
    Blast from the past playground song........

    Dinner, dinner, dinner, dinner
    Dinner, dinner, dinner, dinner
    BATMAN!!!!
    Was he combatting Egghead ?
    With a Penguin for afters.
    Last edited by lunaspie; 20-01-2023 at 03:15 PM. Reason: extra pun

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