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Deepak Gopalakrishnan and Tony Sebastian have been the bane of society since they discovered puns. They blog here and here

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Posted by ArchieIndian on (July 26, 2010, 3:55 GMT)

Nice.. The Hair block creates a field which blocks the curve created by the Doosra field..

Posted by on (July 25, 2010, 20:16 GMT)

Sorry dudes...i dont get it...if its an inside joke, then its pretty difficult..

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