What is Double-eight?
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Absolutely Broken. Completely unrepairable, replacement is the only option. From the Cable boxes from Telewest in the UK that display 88.88 when the CPU dies; when the engineer shows up, he invariably rubs his chin and says "oooh... Double-eight."
Oh, blimey, my Renault 11 is double-eight. Some scallywag took it down the forest and burnt it out.
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