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  1. Rad Scribbler

    Rad Scribbler Faber est suae quisque fortunae Contributor

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    Cricket balls are about the size of an apple or orange
     
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  2. Xoic

    Xoic Prognosticator of Arcana Ridiculosum Contributor Blogerator

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    Damn, you must have some monster crickets 'round your parts!
     
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    Rad Scribbler Faber est suae quisque fortunae Contributor

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  4. Vince Higgins

    Vince Higgins Curmudgeon. Contributor

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    Considering how many billions of people who have ever lived I cannot be certain that any thing I come up with hadn't been thought of before. I certainly have not read even a tiny fraction of everything that has ever been written.
     
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    Burn it with fire.
     
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    I am going to have to break it to one of my mum's carers that she has no future in romantic poetry...

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    Homer Potvin A tombstone hand and a graveyard mind Staff Supporter Contributor

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    Took me a minute to remember 7/5 is 5/7 in the UK and not some future poop prediction.
     
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    Naomasa298 HP: 10/190 Status: Confused Contributor

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    That is the worst superpower ever.
     
  9. Earp

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    Howard R. Garis penned an Uncle Wiggily story every day (except Sundays) for more than 52 years, and published 79 books in his lifetime.
     
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    Imagine not once ever getting tired of writing Uncle Wiggily stories. Dude's a legend though.
     
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    But she can write legible cursive.
     
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    Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
     
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  13. big soft moose

    big soft moose An Admoostrator Admin Staff Supporter Contributor Community Volunteer

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    But not when frozen
     
  14. J.T. Woody

    J.T. Woody Book Witch Contributor

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    good to know... i left a bag of hair rubber bands in a bag.... reached in, and they'd all melted.....
    it was like reaching into a bag of tar. was super hard to wash off, too
     
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    And even longer in a humidor. Fridge keeps em from drying out.
     
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    I've had that happen, it's really nasty! It must be similar to why erasers stop working after a while and instead make big marks on the paper. The opposite of what they're supposed to do. The pink erasers anyway, the white vinyl ones don't seem to do that.
     
  17. Vince Higgins

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    Direct exposure to sunlight makes them rot.
     
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    Don’t worry, they still won’t survive the sole of a heavy boot.
     
  20. J.T. Woody

    J.T. Woody Book Witch Contributor

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    I learned that i would not pass a U.S. Citizenship test if i ever had to take one (the news hosts asked each other some of the questions on the test... yeah, i drew blanks on all of them)
     
  21. big soft moose

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    I got 8 out of ten on the CNN quiz - the only ones i got wrong were the last day you can submit taxes and how many members there are in congress https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/04/us/us-citizenship-quiz-trnd/index.html
     
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    J.T. Woody Book Witch Contributor

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    Welcome to the US, Moose! have fun, good luck, don't kill anyone :bigwink:

    me:
    YOU PASSED, BUT YOU COULD USE A CIVICS CLASS!
    You got 5 out of 10 right!
    ok, so to be completely honest, the only reason i passed was because one of the questions was answered on the news when they were going through the questions :supergrin:

    HS failed me......
     
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    woo-hoo, look out US!

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    (not sure that I could pass the UK one though...)
     
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