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04-19-2008, 10:06 AM
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Princess of Skwerlz
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles)
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Yes, the word itself suggested the mewlips to me as well, but there doesn't seem to be any other similarity. I wonder if they're a kind of insect, perhaps - though the "mousy" smell seems rather to suggest a very small mammal. Why would TB imagine them to slide down from the Moon?!
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