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    Alternative congratulatory phrases

    Let's say that someone buys a #1 Stanley plane for $20 at a garage sale and posts a picture of it in the hand tool forum, complete with the original box. For years we congratulated them with a phrase that is now against the rules to use. What would be some alternatives?

    1) That's abysmal!
    2) That's mean!
    3) That's pathetic!

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    Most excellent!

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    How about "Congratulations. That's wonderful! A great deal." I'm sure you can come up with a bunch more similar phrases.

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    We could throw back a few years or borrow from other countries. Get creative.

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    I like Todd's Gnarly, dude
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    I like the one used by James Dean in a movie: "you are killiiiiing meeee!" ,said while dragging your hand over your face slowly distorting features in a tortured manner.

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