Simple advertising messages are always better than complicated ones, which can get muddled up or easily forgotten.

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If cause and effect get muddled up in time, what does that do for our notions of reality?

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But UK Independence Party leader Roger Knapman criticised those who suggested the 'Yes' voters knew what they were doing and that "us poor little peasants who vote 'No', we're a bit muddled up".

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How this muddled lot eventually makes up its mind may decide who wins the next general election, due in 15 months.

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Nothing sums up these muddled priorities so much as water policy.

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These messages were a muddled mess that never added up to anything halfway coherent or believable.

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Next was an Effen-based mess of muddled cucumber and basil with fresh lime, served straight up.

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Our mouths watered as the bartender vigorously muddled an aromatic concoction behind the counter, working to the familiar tune of "All Shook Up" sung in Spanish.

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