in reply to the long way round

Why is this named "the long way round"?

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Re: Re: the long way round
by Cody Pendant (Prior) on Jul 04, 2003 at 06:27 UTC
    Just because it starts in the middle, goes left, then comes back again from the right kind of thing? It's been a long day.

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