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1  Every serious Bunburyist knows that.
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2  Yes, but you must be serious about it.
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3  I happen to be serious about Bunburying.
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4  I hate people who are not serious about meals.
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5  They are the only things that are never serious.
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6  That of course will require serious consideration.
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7  What on earth you are serious about I haven't got the remotest idea.
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8  Well, one must be serious about something, if one wants to have any amusement in life.
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9  If you don't take care, your friend Bunbury will get you into a serious scrape some day.
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10  It would hardly have been a really serious engagement if it hadn't been broken off at least once.
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11  If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square.
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