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[dedbutdrmng]

I cannot find the long one of these - on my keyboard. the one for splitting up bits of sentence rather than the one for connecting words. Stupid keyboard

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[steer]

A rotten apple spoils the barrel.

The thin end of an evil wedge -- admittedly that's a made up version of the saying. :-)

[dedbutdrmng]

Thin end of the wedge is the right sort of feel. But I require more nastyness.

[steer]

How about the extremely rotten apple with behavioural issues and a nasty glint in its eye spoils the barrel and then kills the barrel with a knife.

[clarentine]

[Doing this] opens the door to evil, maybe?

[jongibbs]

How about, 'The thin end of the wedge'?

[jongibbs]

Hehe, sorry. Should have read the other posts first.

[jongibbs]

Re splitting up bits of a sentence. I think three... dots slows it down, and to indicate an interruption you--

[dedbutdrmng]

I have a bit of an aversion to ellipses outside of dialogue (and exclamation marks.). It seems wrong when I see it on the page. Conversely, the dash thing looks right. To me.

This may well be oddness on my part.