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		CountSessine 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sweden Investigates New Cable Break Under Baltic S... Just as an aside, I love the term, “made out of snail.” Is this a Swedish idiom?

card_zero 5 months ago | [–]

I liked it too and investigated phrases involving "snigel", but it looks like it was ad-libbed.

powerhugs 5 months ago | [–]

No, it was just an play on his lack of backbone, lol

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