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| 174 | Springtime in Virginia | betty | Done | 22 | 12/27/2022 |
Hey, there's always Waffle House. And thinking of that, what does a dog like to eat for breakfast??
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| 173 | Daylight Saving Time ! | betty | Done | 23 | 4/21/2021 |
Something stinks, and it's not the flowers. Time for a change of clothes: work boots, old jeans, and that t-shirt with a hole in it will be the perfect outfit for attending the funeral.
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| 172 | A Winter Day in the Wilderness | bonnie | Done | 22 | 2/15/2021 |
2 bites and I am full. However I will never turn down a big bowl of Whoop-Ass!
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| 171 | Oh, the weather outside is frightful... | betty | Done | 22 | 12/31/2020 |
The pilot banked to avoid it but it seemed to swoop toward us, and in moments were were engulfed in the savory smells of Christmas dinner cooking! Happy and relieved, we smiled and stepped through the revolving door only to be snagged into a continual rotation!
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| 170 | The McAvoys' Big Turkey Dinner! | betty | Done | 23 | 1/13/2020 |
But Chancellor Palpatine has UNLIMITED POWER!!!!!!!!! That's why Master Windu got disarmed. Dang Sith. Dang them straight to heck. But anyway, that's okay because we'll fry it later. So, as for sides, we wanted Greg's famous Sweet Potato Casserole, Bonnie's famous Homemade Stuffing, and most of all, Xander's famous bread!
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| 169 | A Breath of Fresh Air | bonnie | Done | 22 | 11/15/2019 |
Everyone was staring because they had never seen anyone throwing beans in the river before.
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| 168 | Toiling at 3 a.m. | betty | Done | 22 | 10/13/2019 |
Sitting there on the two-holed set was very relaxing and in the distance we could hear the rumbling of thousands of troll feet as they stampede toward us. It would have been a terrifying sound at any time, but hearing at 3am was the worst. We steeled our resolve and And?
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| 167 | The Reckoning of the Kiwis | xander | Done | 22 | 7/28/2019 |
Something massive and unprecedented was stirring beneath the surface, and it was probably angry. It was impossible to deny: Sweet dreams are made of cheese / Who am I to dis a brie? / I cheddar the world and the feta cheese / Everybody's looking for stilton.
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| 166 | Somebody's Gotta Do It ! | betty | Done | 22 | 7/8/2019 |
It was really getting on my nerves. So to calm them down I decided to show them my appointment book with times, dates, and detailed descriptions to verify that yes, indeed, they were enjoying themselves, having kitty treats and drinking warm milk.
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| 165 | I love Thunderstorms ! | betty | Done | 21 | 6/10/2019 |
When is the pizza guy going to get here?!! If I have to wait any longer, I will have to make a point to go to bed early tonight.
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| 164 | Wrapping those Christmas Presents ! | betty | Done | 23 | 1/9/2019 |
They would be so impressed with my new toy' When they arrived they looked at my grand display and with great enthusiam, they said, " Good king Wenceslas looked out, on the feast of Stephen!"
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| 163 | Let's Set Fire to the Woods | xander | Done | 21 | 12/7/2018 |
I can bring roast beef sandwiches, and you can bring a few bottles of beer! You can bring a few bottles!
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| 162 | Some Kind of Adventure | xander | Done | 23 | 9/10/2018 |
But first, I needed to build a safety net! I bought a whole bunch of ropes at Ace Hardware and carefully wove them into a really strong basket we could use to swing ourselves across the chasm.
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| 161 | That Garage ! | betty | Done | 22 | 8/9/2018 |
Exasperated, I loaded my shotgun. No more screwing around. Sometimes, only brute force can solve a problem. Locked and loaded, I peeked out the cat door to see what all the commotion was about....
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| 160 | I need a Summer Job ! What should it be ? | betty | Done | 24 | 8/3/2018 |
There's something to be said for being out in the sunshine and fresh air, so maybe I should think about wearing rubber gloves when I am washing the dishes at Jim's.
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| 159 | A large, healthy tuft of stump grass | bonnie | Done | 22 | 7/18/2018 |
I couldn't imagine walking one more mile without at least a gallon of the stuff on hand, so I started scrounging around for old rags to wipe up the spilled lemonade and the big pool of melted popsicles.
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| 158 | Cleaning up after Milo the Mouse | betty | Done | 21 | 7/11/2018 |
But Boppy exclaimed, "I can't kill it if I've named it!" No one could argue with that. But here's another question: if you've named a mouse Milo, can you ever set out a mousetrap for him?
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| 157 | Taking a Walking Tour of the UTSA Campus | betty | Done | 22 | 7/6/2017 |
They were unbeatable. They were everywhere at once. As soon as any player was in the least bit of jeopardy, he would take the ball and throw it out the dorm window onto the crowd of new freshmen coming in.They started yelling and running toward the gym. Meanwhile, just leaving from there was a group of sweaty pony-tailed girls running toward the cafe we could smell the delicious aromas.
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| 156 | San Antonio Vacation | greg | Done | 22 | 5/27/2017 |
I may as well have this with a side of socialism and a hot mug of Bernie Sanders Uber Alles.
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| 155 | Will That Snow Ever Melt? ! | betty | Done | 21 | 2/5/2017 |
We could use the snowblower we borrowed from Danny. I am sure he won't mind if we use it to insulate the garden from the cold. Another good way to do that would be to sprinkle that special salt all over the road. That makes driving safer because I was wearing my hiking boots that had traction straps stretched around them.
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| 154 | Different Pizza Toppings | greg | Done | 21 | 1/11/2017 |
Other good ideas include Burger King, Wendy's, and Hardee's, if you get tired of having pizza all the time. Not me!
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| 153 | But I don't want to! | bonnie | Done | 20 | 11/13/2016 |
Hey! foam fingers and their goofy hats with the springy antennas. politicians, but true to form, they proceeded to just laugh and point and not help at all. Not only were the kids running around like crazy, the adults were really getting hungry and with the hunger came grumpiness.
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| 152 | We Need More Enthusiasm ! | betty | Done | 22 | 10/16/2016 |
It was from the party last night! Everyone drank too much, and everyone will clap and cheer when they see it! This performance will be so spectacular that the town will hold a fireworks extravaganza! And vendors will come to sell their homemade costumes. The matching outfits looked kind of amateur, but the makeup and wigs more than made up for it with Cherry Blossom Bubble Bath!
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| 151 | Xander's New Dorm Room | bonnie | Done | 21 | 9/9/2016 |
But all he could find to make them with was paper mache'. But he ran out of that, too, and didn't have any more newspapers to soupify to make more, so he started tearing pages of his roommate's textbook.
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| 150 | Trying to Keep Cool ! | betty | Done | 22 | 8/20/2016 |
As each one of them came back to consciousness, They said, " Excuse me, could we please get ten pounds of Reese's Peanut Butter Cup!" We collected the balls of ice and used them to rub the backs of the necks of the people who had passed out from the heat.
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| 149 | The Stump Vine | bonnie | Done | 21 | 4/26/2016 |
They have always known about what pesticides were too dangerous to use. For instance you would never use DDT in combination with crystals of methamphetamine! I didn't want to break the bad news, but police could show up at any minute!
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| 148 | Laundry | colleen | Done | 20 | 4/2/2016 |
What a great product! And the name of it was " Your dearest wish come true." Oh! Well, in that case, we should string up some clothesline in the back yard. One end we could wrap around the big pine tree, and the other end we could tie to the neck of an ISIS terrorist! Hahaha!
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| 147 | It's snowing!!! | colleen | Done | 29 | 2/22/2016 |
One never wants to run out of Beefaroni and Coke Zero. You know before you get snowed in you should stock up on Cheetos and Cherry Smash!
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| 145 | Bonnie is Coming for a Visit !! | betty | Done | 21 | 2/5/2016 |
So we packed the extra stuff into a priority box and sent it to Hell in a handbasket! And there to welcome it into eternal damnation was none other than Xander and Ethan who decided to come for a visit too!!! her suitcase, that is! So we packed the extra stuff into a priority box and sent it to Hell in a handbasket!
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| 144 | Heeeelllllloooooo there!!! | colleen | Done | 20 | 1/10/2016 |
That was effective, and I was able to get on with my work selling potholders door to door. Everyone loved the red and yellow ones. Maybe it was because their kitchens were so well-organized. In fact, anyone could just walk in and easily help themselves to croissants, chocolate eclairs, and mugs of steaming beef stew.
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| 143 | Resolutions for the New Year ! | betty | Done | 22 | 1/9/2016 |
You aren't a cow!!" Who knew organic farming could be so aggravating that I decided to rewrite the whole list. Starting again with #1, I pledged to try again.
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| 142 | Ordering Online Christmas Presents ! | betty | Done | 21 | 12/14/2015 |
Man, I will hate to go to court and stand before the magistrate and hope you don't get thrown in jail until you paid every penny because you were cruel to your debtors and the king found about it.
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| 141 | Dual Composters | greg | Done | 21 | 12/13/2015 |
!!! That way it will be super-easy to make tons of money selling homemade compost !! We positioned it right at the end of a row of green beans. !!!
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| 140 | Deli Bologna | greg | Done | 22 | 11/28/2015 |
They were holding handkerchiefs over their noses and were mumbling, " Aaahhh! and proceeded to have a coughing fit that lasted for approximately 20 seconds. Then everything continued as before, except, curiously, one boy on a skateboard crashed through the Deli's plate glass window and he landed in the bin of expired fruit.
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| 139 | Getting Ready for Fall ! | betty | Done | 21 | 10/29/2015 |
He had had it! He was mad as hell, and wasn't going to take a long time to get through all that! So take a deep breath and enjoy the wonderful fall smell of burning leaves and the aromatic essence of powdered Dramamine, which helped keep my lunch down as the plane bounced and quivered its way to jump altitude.
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| 138 | Slatherage | greg | Done | 21 | 9/16/2015 |
Slatherage is track 4 on the album "Magenta Manta Love Tree" by Dig Hay Zoose, and came out in 1993. band. I first heard about them when they appeared as my Wiki Word of the Day. Another stupid bunch of words. Who writes this stuff??
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| 137 | Growing Those Tomatoes ! | betty | Done | 21 | 8/1/2015 |
I looked, up into the sky and there was shining the Blue Moon !! How peaceful and pretty. But then I spied flying across the full moon, a big hulking tomato like I had never seen! I couldn't believe my eyes! As I cautiously walked closer, a flock of birds which came closer and closer, flew over the tomatoes, came back, flew down and plucked every single tomato off the vines and then flew away !!
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| 136 | Midnight snack | colleen | Done | 21 | 6/11/2015 |
I thought I could see through it. Was it a ghost? Uncertain, I reached out my hand and gingerly nudged the doughnut. It seemed to be moving by itself!
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| 135 | That New Smart Phone | betty | Done | 22 | 6/10/2015 |
I just gave up and started playing Soda Crush. A relaxing game that makes me feel insecure.
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| 134 | NOT A REAL STORY! IGNORE THIS | greg | Done | 24 | 6/3/2015 |
Panicking, I slept. Zzzzzzz Garfield was asleep again. Odie was just staring at him and then he decided to wash & polish his motorcycle and get it all ready to take to Texas ! It was going to be a whirlwind adventure, scenic, and of course buying lots of tickets: to the movies, to the amusement park, and to go to the back of the bus where you can be alone so you can read your fortune cookie!
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| 133 | Why me!?!! | colleen | Done | 23 | 6/3/2015 |
Make sure you have good posture and have a glass of water hidden under the blankets.
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| 132 | Backyard Projects | betty | Done | 22 | 5/28/2015 |
Obviously that will help improve the borders of the property by planting every 18 inches a small new sprout. So many new beginnings! It's so encouraging to see all the worms twisting and turning in the new worm farm which was another new project thought up by the very garden gnomes who now completed the whimsical tableau.
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| 131 | Cupcakes! | colleen | Done | 22 | 5/26/2015 |
Decorating is the part that's the most fun. Be creative! You can use sprinkles, candy, curls of chocolate...even tiny toys or other unusual options such as little Hulk faces made of butter and green-colored strips of bacon, ground-up meatballs, and garnished with chicken wings.
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| 129 | Climbing Enchanted Rock | betty | Done | 21 | 5/2/2015 |
So, I sat down to eat some calories before attempting the climb. Other important preparations include wearing thick socks, sturdy shoes,and drinking bottles and bottles of water.
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| 128 | I Need to Take a Trip ! | betty | Done | 22 | 4/16/2015 |
I got so sleepy that I put my head on the edge of the elevator shaft. It's hazardous to do that because the TSA might take you aside and frisk you!
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| 127 | Bonnie's New Tutoring Job | bonnie | Done | 27 | 4/16/2015 |
That job took you to the back room to show you where to sit and how long it will take for the next assignment. In fact it should take about this long: 15 and a half femtoseconds. You would need a pulsed X-ray laser to measure that time frame!
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| 126 | Getting Ready for New Year's Eve | betty | Done | 22 | 2/18/2015 |
It's good for you! It's Regular Ordinary Swedish meal time flies when you're having fun! Or as the famous Latin phrase puts it: "
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| 125 | New Year's Resolutions | bonnie | Done | 22 | 12/24/2014 |
Hmmm I think this destination would be a good choice: the unemployment line! My job sucks! I could scarcely do worse!" So the next morning try again. Every new day is a new chance to redeem all your failures of last year simply by giving yourself room to dream of the possibilities.
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| 124 | Get Those Presents Wrapped ! | betty | Done | 22 | 12/24/2014 |
The first step is to acquire the presents. Second, you have to get someone to put their finger in the middle of a bow, so you can pull out just as much as you need. Next, take the scissors and curl the ribbon. Make sure every strand of ribbon is curled in a spiral and hangs down over the back of the tongue.
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| 123 | We Need a Plumber ! | betty | Done | 22 | 12/12/2014 |
uh-oh. There are three things you never want to hear your plumber say: "Uh-oh", "This is really going to cost a lot", and "
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| 122 | Christmas Decorations | bonnie | Done | 22 | 12/12/2014 |
My favorite thing to use for that is a treetop angel...dressed in silver and gold and on her head wpuld be a sparkling grape juice instead of champagne. "What!" I exclaimed. "I'm a high-class dude, so I require REAL POWER."
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| 121 | I Just Could Not Stop Playing That Video Game !! | betty | Done | 21 | 11/28/2014 |
There's no time to climb down! Just jump! As soon as you get your balance, you can play Pac-Man with your feet ! Yes! It is possible and it will save your hands from getting that dreaded Ebola virus!
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| 120 | The Great Beyond | xander | Done | 21 | 9/21/2014 |
A nebula suddenly appeared in my viewfinder, It was huge and did not appear on any map I had seen ! I decided to name it: Double Rainbow All the Way Across the Sky! So intense! What does this mean? "CHEESE! CHEESE FOR EVERYONE!" Sheogorath bellowed, solving the mystery of his dazzling appearance.
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| 119 | Summer | bonnie | Done | 20 | 9/21/2014 |
WRONG! You can also use Skin-So-Soft Bath Oil. And after 30 minutes, you can add another layer of impermeable film. That will prevent water loss through evaporation.
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| 118 | Best Video Game of the Year ! | betty | Done | 22 | 8/15/2014 |
there is a grand expanse of purple mountains, faraway blue lakes, and a great number of reddish-orange Doritos. They were next to the Cheetos, Slim Jims, Twizzlers, and a box of Poop. I wondered how it had gotten in there.
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| 117 | The best movie EVER!!! | colleen | Done | 21 | 7/18/2014 |
Should old acquaintance[s] be forgot, and never brought to mind, then I'll never see you again, and that suits me just fine."
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| 116 | What I Saw When I Took A Walk II | greg | Done | 23 | 5/28/2014 |
OOOH ! Fortunately, I landed on my feet on a big pile of money. I said "Gimme that money!" But he said, You are under arrest! Face down on the ground!
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| 115 | You know... | bonnie | Done | 23 | 11/10/2013 |
The heat that radiated from their cavernous maws surged over us like a hurricane of pain.
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| 114 | Whatever is on your mind ! | betty | Done | 24 | 10/27/2013 |
Yo, I couldn't wait to get home to play Ice Cream Tycoon! I pulled into the driveway, and in the moonlight I saw something shiny half-buried in leaves. I walked over to get a closer look, and punched him in the face!
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| 113 | Nursery Rhyme | greg | Done | 22 | 10/24/2013 |
The secret to winning the eating contest is, before the start bell sounds, separate out all the smallest lambs to put into the new Minecraft corral handily built by none other than Jack!
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| 112 | Global Warming ! | betty | Done | 26 | 8/19/2013 |
They were scarfing them down by the bowlful. Then we knew we were in store for greenhouses gases by the cubic yard. Any second now I expected a giant squid to lunge forward and puke his guts out onto the floor.
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| 110 | Planning a trip to Texas...or Virginia ! | betty | Done | 22 | 4/19/2013 |
How delicious! But things don't always taste the way we remember them....
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| 109 | Thanksgiving | bonnie | Done | 19 | 12/19/2012 |
I exclaimed. "You go to Dollar General to find a knife sharpener but instead you come home with a large group of hungry friends and acquaintances! Hah!" But it so happens that actually works out better, because Waffle House is open 24 hours!
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| 108 | I Blew Up My Lab! | greg | Done | 21 | 10/26/2012 |
When I heard that City of Heroes was in danger of shutting down, I got so mad that I slammed the door; the shock rattled the shelf and down to the floor fell a beaker full of precious golden rings.
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| 107 | Christmas Shopping III | betty | Done | 21 | 2/11/2012 |
Before anyone would take any of the glistening, tempting flutes, I barked, "NO. That's not champagne. It's actually going to be a Midnight Madness Sale and we will certainly be going to it and after that we want to get a bite to eat at the newly opened wormhole in the fabric of space!"
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| 106 | Let's Organize Your Garage ! | betty | Done | 22 | 7/25/2011 |
We are running out of time! We want to get all this cleaned up and haul all the junk to the Gloucester Short Lane ice cream parlor, where we ate so much we could barely fit in our newly-reorganized garage. ice cream.... There was no time for making pizza. We are running out of time! We want to get all this cleaned up and haul all the junk to the Gloucester Short Lane ice cream parlor, where we ate so much we could barely fit in our newly-reorganized garage.
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| 105 | Christmas Shopping II | greg | Done | 21 | 2/24/2011 |
I am calling the cops! If you make one false move, I will take care of you by spiking the Christmas punch bowl with Jack Daniels! If you want to have a proper Tennessee smooth-sippin' holiday that's the only way."
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| 103 | Zombie Attack! | greg | Done | 22 | 6/10/2010 |
I went outside to water my plants, when suddenly I heard the deep guttural voice of a zombie! It scared me so badly that I screamed, " Where's my money, you silly stupid old fool?" Since he was no Jimmy Stewart fan, the zombie jumped out of the monitor and uttered a gravelly :) voice at me, and said right into my ear, "
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| 102 | The Art of Decluttering | betty | Done | 21 | 8/4/2009 |
But that's OK! As a male, I know how to get things done. And the first thing to do is play a few missions in City Of Heroes just to get your blood flowing. The next thing to do would be have a fire sale!
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| 101 | The hathood of the traveling brown hat. | rhonda | Done | 21 | 3/20/2009 |
What I needed was a big eagle's feather! That would look so cool on my hat. I got on the internet and ordered one from this company called " The Joke's on You, LLC." They specialize in sneaky stuff like letting the air out of the sweatband of the hat where I found a secret note!
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| 100 | The Nephews come to Visit | greg | Done | 22 | 12/9/2008 |
Cheese again, not after the last debacle. That was something else. It all started when Ethan ran into the living room to take a swing in Greg's new hanging chair, only to discover that he had forgotten his Prozac.
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| 99 | Laser Eye Surgery | greg | Done | 20 | 10/3/2008 |
Listen you! Pay me or else! I need to make my mortgage payment on my house on Wall Street!" I told him, " Listen you! Pay me or else! I need to make my mortgage payment on my house on Wall Street!" Rhonda exclaimed, "While you're in there, why don't you get me a metal prod so I can get behind the eyeball and repair the side of my car that the guy smashed into when he was trying to park, cuz he couldn't see worth a darn."
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| 98 | Abiathar the Superhero! | greg | Done | 21 | 4/27/2007 |
He was in a Vahzlizok strongold! He leapt to his feet, grinned from ear to ear and slammed the Death Wish Mortificator into the bottom of the Hydra's stomach.
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| 97 | My New Video Game! | betty | Done | 21 | 3/13/2007 |
I could use it to make dessert with. I got my first 100 points with my first 100 kills. That was easy. Now for the next 500 points I would have to load up on missiles and ammo and armor before I woke up I had another dream about the battle!
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| 96 | Fixing up my Garden | greg | Done | 22 | 1/29/2007 |
Once the pile reaches a certain size, then it is time to do some pruning. So get out the special shears and with great vigor attack the dogs which had taken to pooping on the lawn.
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| 95 | Rearranging My New Tech Room | betty | Done | 22 | 1/31/2007 |
It even took control of the speakers, and it was saying "Santa Claus is coming to town" over and over again until I could not stand it any longer, so I stood up and moved the cabinet of electronics components closer to the desk, so they'd be easy reach when they climbed down from the high cat tower.
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| 94 | Speeding Down the Highway | betty | Done | 21 | 12/4/2006 |
There must have been 20 police crusiers there! They were blocking the road, so I slammed on the brakes and turned in to a McDonald's drive-thru. I really needed a new line of work. There just isn't as much money in moving moonshine across state lines like there used to be.
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| 93 | Having Surgery | greg | Done | 20 | 12/1/2006 |
I was going to need surgery. This would be the first time I'd ever been operated on. The note also said "What have you eaten lately?
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| 92 | Accountant at Work | greg | Done | 21 | 4/1/2006 |
Flush with cash, I immediately headed for Long John Silver's! It had been way too long since I had enjoyed their crusty planks of fried chicken from Long John Silver. I dunked them in a thing of tartar sauce, then demanded some pieces of carbon paper to make some old-fashioned copies of himself from the cloning machine!!
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| 91 | What I Saw When I Took a Walk | betty | Done | 21 | 3/31/2006 |
The engine roared, branches of trees could be heard snapping as it swiveled and spun with greater and greater speed making me feel terribly dizzy and causing me to start coughing and hacking like I had tuberculosis or something.
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| 90 | Learning a Foreign Language | greg | Done | 22 | 2/4/2006 |
Show me your passport." And I hope you have it, because it's important when traveling to be able to drink hot tea with the little finger in the air. It's not as easy as you think!
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| 89 | Putting out Christmas Lights | betty | Done | 21 | 2/3/2006 |
They were givin away a big pink inflatable heart for Valentine's Day, which was just around the corner, and there it was: a brand new Hobby Shop stocked with every kind of Christmas light you could imagine!
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| 88 | Lazor Beam Hydra | greg | Done | 22 | 12/16/2005 |
He shouted, " You're no match for our shoulder-mounted quantum rocket launchers!" Without further ado or hesitation, he pulled out his Equalizor, opening very carefully the hatch, and peering in; there seemed to be a strange odor drifting out.
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| 87 | Concert at Chrysler Hall | betty | Done | 21 | 12/14/2005 |
What fun it was to hobnob with all those blue bloods! The mayor was there, several state councilmen were there, we even saw George Allen, John Warner, and Harvey Morgan in the foyer, and they were having a heated discussion about which burned longer: a violin or a viola. he exclaimed. He cracked his knuckles and proceded to sing their little hearts out.
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| 86 | Touring Europe | bonnie | Done | 21 | 12/13/2005 |
The driver was chatting incessantly and I was sure she wasn't the real tour guide. She didn't seem to know much about the countryside, nor did she know much about the practice of rounding up American tourists and pressing them into slave labor.
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| 85 | Christmas Shopping | betty | Done | 22 | 12/1/2005 |
We searched the mall index to find a good place to eat, and we found the intriguing listing of "The 12 days of diarrhea. That's the last time I'm ever going to IHOP!" Thoroughly disgusted, we threw up our arms and shouted, "THIS STORE SUCKS!!" Needless to say, the manager had never heard such beautiful singing in his life.
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| 84 | Working at McDonald's | greg | Done | 21 | 12/1/2005 |
I knew she was from Guinea, especially when she proceeded to order a Whopper...oops, this is McDonald's!!! Just a small faux pas, she thought. Well, think again!! The employee's eyes bugged out and he screamed "I want a refill!
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| 83 | Trip to the Pumpkin Patch | sherry | Done | 22 | 11/7/2005 |
Everyone turned their attention to us and the farmer (who was very creative about recycling) used old tires to start a bonfire. Boy, it stank, but the flames reached to pick up a jar of homemade apple butter!
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| 82 | test2 | greg | Done | 24 | 9/16/2015 |
He then tried to use the cash register, but it exploded! Into a million pieces of pillow filling!
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| 81 | Going Into Space II | greg | Done | 21 | 10/28/2005 |
Why you could probably teach us to perform an EVA correctly and not drift away from the craft. First, secure your seatbelt and your helmet and make sure the main power switch is turned to cheese, just as the Lunar Society of Cheese-Lovers had predicted.
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| 80 | Taking Computer Class | betty | Done | 20 | 10/27/2005 |
You must have gone to school in West Virginia! Did they have electricity? Indoor plumbing? Well, they sure didn't have any computers, because who knows what germs are lurking on the keyboard left over from the last class?!!
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| 79 | Cooking Show II | greg | Done | 21 | 9/27/2005 |
a voice exclaimed. with at least a gallon of premium unleaded. Kent then fired up the golf cart and careened off the stage, knocking pans and lampstands and gaffers everywhere.
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| 78 | Potty Training the Twins | betty | Done | 21 | 9/24/2005 |
You know eating prunes will always cause them to cooperate because they want to buy combat boots in order to have enough traction to navigate the poop-slimed floor. We went to Outdoor World and found 2 very dirty diapers behind the bookcase.
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| 77 | Noisy Neighbors | bonnie | Done | 21 | 9/23/2005 |
There's no way I am going to invite those idiots to my birthday party so they can eat all my gourmet pastries were sitting on the counter, and I reached for the mop to bang on the ceiling. Suddenly it occurred to me that I could hook up my Mega-Blaster speakers and aim them next door!
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| 76 | Driving Across Country | betty | Done | 22 | 9/16/2005 |
We immediately had a flat tire! And I know it was because we ran over a speed bump that was so big, the front end of the car shot into the air! We were leaning back like astronauts! As if on cue, the voice of Jackie Gleason could be heard exclaiming, "You're going too fast!"
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| 75 | NASCAR Days | greg | Done | 21 | 9/9/2005 |
As if an answer to prayer, up walked none other than George W. Bush! red, white, and blue streaks were all we could see of the cars! They were going so fast, the asphalt was melting. The pavement started to get sticky, and that made the tires start to melt. I panicked at first until I learned my suit was really fireproof.
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| 74 | Conserving Water | bonnie | Done | 22 | 9/9/2005 |
So don't worry about flushing the toilet. We can wear nose plugs and burn the leftover sludge, even though everyone knows a better use for it would be to put it into a bucket beside the commode.
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| 73 | The Best Diet Ever! | sherry | Done | 21 | 8/31/2005 |
Stuff like what to get and what to avoid at the grocery, how to eat out smartly, and above all, remember it's not about a number, it's about how you feel!
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| 72 | What a Yard Sale! | betty | Done | 20 | 8/23/2005 |
Delighted, I said, "This has been such a success, let's have a yard sale every weekend!" The grass was all mashed down, because all the people had found such great bargains, and were so delighted, they asked us if we would consider administering a state-wide network of yard sales from an executive highrise in Manhattan.
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| 71 | Test Pilot | greg | Done | 21 | 8/17/2005 |
That means we will have to try to land at the closest airport we can find! Don't be alarmed at a change in plans, just make your face like flint, give it full throttle and close your eyes!
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| 70 | A Day in the Life of a Dork | sherry | Done | 21 | 8/14/2005 |
Great googlely-mooglely...that was just about the nicest thing anyone had ever said!
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| 69 | Time for a Checkup! | bonnie | Done | 21 | 8/3/2005 |
It had been a while since my last checkup so I figured I should go ahead and see about getting a prostate exam. I hear those things can really mess you up.
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| 68 | Building My New Cat Condo | betty | Done | 21 | 7/10/2005 |
Muhahaha! They'll never figure it out! They'll see little toy mice dangling from the penthouse roof. They will just love all the neat ideas I have come up with for their entertainment.
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| 67 | Putting Up Wallpaper | greg | Done | 21 | 6/12/2005 |
I was going to need a lot more spit to get this job done. As I prepared the next strip, I suddenly has the urge to pee. But the toilet had been removed! So I went upstairs and screamed to let out the frustration.
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| 66 | My Newest Home Improvement Project! | betty | Done | 20 | 5/17/2005 |
After all that hard work, the value of the property went up so much I got an offer I couldn't refuse, and I moved into a condo. and it will also help you store things." After all that hard work, the value of the property went up so much I got an offer I couldn't refuse, and I moved into a condo.
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| 65 | Phone Call | bonnie | Done | 21 | 5/9/2005 |
That's life in the Space Marines!!! Her favorite thing to talk about is how she's going to marry that new recruit that she met from talking to on the phone, if they survive the latest mission, that is."
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| 64 | Airline Pilot | greg | Done | 21 | 4/23/2005 |
I think we are going to have a very bumpy landing! Be sure to tell all the passengers to please consider us the next time they're making travel plans. It's important for you to remember that each passenger stepped carefully over the puddles of puke and gladly walked down the metal stairway into the fresh air of Tarmac City, U.S.A.
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| 63 | I'm Not In It For The... | bonnie | Done | 21 | 4/6/2005 |
Or else you will regret it!" So I said, "Honey, I'm not in it for the lettuce! I'm in it for the quality time and cultural enlightenment. After all, who would know that the slacker pizza cook would just put a smattering of cheese on my pizza! He even missed a couple spots!
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| 62 | Hosting a Cooking Show | betty | Done | 21 | 4/12/2005 |
To improve things, we had to make sure everyone in the audience got at least a taste, so we passed out portions the size of your brain doesn't matter.
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| 61 | Ain't It Cool? | greg | Done | 22 | 4/7/2005 |
So I headed for the rodeo. I got my gloves, my chaps, and of course my hat. That hat and me go way back. Why, I remember when 8-tracks were giving way to audio cassettes!
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| 60 | Competing with Starbuck's | bonnie | Done | 21 | 4/2/2005 |
Incredulous, I asked her, with sarcasm, " You want fries with that?" She gave me such an evil look, that I really wanted to give her a chance to make better hot chocolate than the swill she had been serving. I told her, "You have to SMILE at the customer!
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| 59 | My First Ocean Cruise | betty | Done | 21 | 3/28/2005 |
Ha! Ha!" Ha! Ha! Ha!" He laughed and exclaimed, "I'm turning this sucker into a waterside museum!
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| 58 | Captain Underpants | greg | Done | 21 | 3/23/2005 |
His nemesis, Professor Poopypants, won a blue ribbon at the county fair for producing the longest poop--a record hard to beat. But he was going to try anyway, and to practice he was going to crash! "Quick! To the Toiletmobile!" Captain Underpants and his sidekick Angel Soft jumped in the vehicle, and roared off to the water treatment plant!
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| 57 | New Year's Resolutions! | bonnie | Done | 21 | 3/18/2005 |
She shouted, to no one in particular. Next, she declared she would eat more chocolate than ever before. She would also eat a lot more lettuce! With a healthier diet, lifting weights, power walking, and balacing my checkbook on time so that I know I have enough money to buy some new underwear!
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| 56 | Saturday Morning's Cartoon Marathon | betty | Done | 21 | 3/13/2005 |
The rockets landed with a great sound like a car crash! But it was the dishes, falling on the kitchen floor because the kids were up on the counter trying to get their own breakfast! Bam! The rockets landed with a great sound like a car crash! But it was the dishes, falling on the kitchen floor because the kids were up on the counter trying to get their own breakfast!
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| 55 | Spy Base Alpha | greg | Done | 21 | 3/8/2005 |
After he recovered from his coma he discovered he had a new ability: he had heightened awareness of a person's inclinations-- good or evil. It's up to us to determine which way the world goes. With the intelligence we gain, not so good...That is the question.
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| 54 | Texas Winter | bonnie | Done | 20 | 3/3/2005 |
How did I get here? It's so hot and the heat makes me feel like dancing! It makes me want to dance! When I hear the music playing The Yellow Rose of Texas. How lilting was the music.
It made me want to change into a tank top and get a cold drink.
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| 53 | Christmas Shopping - 2004 | betty | Done | 20 | 2/26/2005 |
En route, we stopped at Arby's to eat. Unfortunately the sandwiches were cold and tasted old. And it's no wonder: the workers behind the counter looked as if they had been shopping for three days straight! "Ladies! You look exhausted!" The salesman crooned. "Have a seat on this bench while I go into Best Buy.
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| 52 | Modeling Agency | greg | Done | 21 | 2/21/2005 |
When you fill in your applications, please include your criminal history, if applicable. That may seem like a strange question, but would you mind if I applied just a bit more hair gel?
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| 51 | All I Need Is... | bonnie | Done | 21 | 2/16/2005 |
in which case jelly doughnuts will be your best bet. Of course everyone knows in addition to trays of sugary pastries, you should add bountiful numbers of rose petals to your bath!
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| 50 | My Summer at the Archeological Dig | betty | Done | 21 | 2/11/2005 |
We arrived all excited to start our search for buried treasures. First we set up out tents and dug latrines into which to put the daily entries, which should include date, grid coordinates, name of the person who found it, and a description of ancient Babylonian bones with the addition of old photos of amazingly preserved pies!
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| 49 | Shopping at Lowe's | greg | Done | 20 | 2/6/2005 |
Yikes! Get out of the way! We scrambled in a hurry and landed on big pile of garden hoses!
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| 48 | Anorexia Therapy | bonnie | Done | 21 | 2/1/2005 |
Probably. Your other alternative is to eat yogurt 3 times a day. To add to the great nutritional value of the yogurt, you can add chopped tuna.
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| 47 | Building My New House! | betty | Done | 23 | 1/27/2005 |
After that I had forgotten my problems and was ready to mix the cement. We needed a large wheel barrow and plenty of buckets of cement. "Hey, take those back down! You don't build a roof with wheels of gouda cheese! Are you insane?"
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| 46 | Ultimate Ninja II | greg | Done | 21 | 1/22/2005 |
Ultimate Ninja II would want everyone to remain respectfully quiet. Each fully dressed fighter was armed with daggers, leather lashers, and 4 or 5 weapons...per hand! A good Ninja has excellent freckle patterns.
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| 45 | Election Day! | betty | Done | 21 | 1/17/2005 |
I answered, "As a matter of fact, I do have clean hands and a pure heart, and I have not lifted up my hand to vote for John Kerry. Can you do better than that?" but he pledged allegiance to communism.
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| 44 | A Day in the Life of... | bonnie | Done | 20 | 1/12/2005 |
The rain of the night before had stranded several earthworms on the sidewalk! We got right to work cleaning our whiskers after eating all those fish heads.
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| 43 | High School Carwash | greg | Done | 20 | 1/7/2005 |
If they aren't stuck to the upholstery. If they are, we can try to use a high powered spray washer with a jet nozzle...or to blow his big hair dryer over the towel-dried car, for a final touch-up.
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| 42 | Pushed Over the Edge | bonnie | Done | 21 | 1/2/2005 |
Yeah! Then he would celebrate with a big scream, which merged into tears which shot straight out for four feet, and led to snot rivers from the nose to the chin. When this happens, you can't get a word in, so your best strategy is to put on your ninja mask and draw your ninja sword.
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| 41 | Cleaning Out the Garage | betty | Done | 21 | 12/28/2004 |
John-John, my special friend, what I should do...wait. He's imaginary, I keep forgetting! I'm cracking up! I need to stop and take a break. I'll just put this Dr.
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| 40 | HULK SMASH! | greg | Done | 20 | 12/23/2004 |
Everyone made a dive for the only door. Unfortunately in their path was a deep hole from where the truck had landed. "We can't go this way because the Hulk has smashed it to smithereens.
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| 39 | Joining the PTA | bonnie | Done | 20 | 12/18/2004 |
Together! I know I'm not the only one who feels this way. The voice of the people will not be ignored! A bundle of sticks is not easily glued together to make a log cabin for a school project. In fact, to collect all the sticks needed, the teachers and parents had to come to some sort of agreement.
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| 38 | Going to the County Fair | betty | Done | 20 | 12/13/2004 |
This is the best BBQ I've been to!" He shoveled some baked beans on my plate and one big greasy hog jowl. I looked down and could feel my breakfast coming up. I quickly leaned over and threw up, deftly avoiding potentially lethal food poisoning.
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| 37 | News at 11 | greg | Done | 20 | 12/8/2004 |
They lay in wet piles atop the sewer grates, and rats slithered out and began to dance on the grates!
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| 36 | Investigating Vegetarianism | bonnie | Done | 21 | 12/3/2004 |
Add oat bran to your oatmeal! Add it to your yogurt! he said as he took another bite of his steak.
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| 35 | Boppy's Trip to Texas | betty | Done | 21 | 11/28/2004 |
Let's use this Spanish-English dictionary to figure out what the heck they're saying! I have no idea how to get to the Transportation Museum. I want to see the Pullman cars again and sit on the sofas made from styrofoam and gasoline.
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| 34 | Dance Class | bonnie | Done | 21 | 11/23/2004 |
Ready to dance? First lift your right leg and touch your toes on the edge of the piano. We were lucky enough to have live piano music to dance to. Which makes sense, actually, because the piano player had sprained his ankle and couldn't show up.
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| 33 | The Minotaur King | greg | Done | 21 | 11/18/2004 |
I grumbled as I tried my best not to throw up. It wasn't easy I can tell you.
I pursed my lips and grimaced and I then proceeded to back up. I just knew if I could get a running start I could make that jump.
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| 32 | The Bizarre Bazaar | bonnie | Done | 20 | 11/13/2004 |
I said, smiling. "No thanks." I tried to be polite but firm. No one in his right mind would ever think of charging $100 for an old rug! "I'm not paying that much!"
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| 31 | My Trip Around the World | betty | Done | 21 | 11/8/2004 |
This was strange pizza though; it had slices of boiled egg on it. And spread over the top were bits of shredded lettuce. Yum! "This will hit the spot! This is good for an appetizer.
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| 30 | Downtown Precinct | greg | Done | 22 | 11/3/2004 |
Fortunately I had 2 sets of handcuffs because I was sure going to need them!
Now the keys to the handcuffs...where did I put them?
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| 29 | Growing Up on a Farm | betty | Done | 21 | 10/29/2004 |
That took a while. To wash them I used cotton balls and baby oil. Everything was working great until the cotton balls started to fall apart and blow away! "I told you you should have repaired that hen house!"
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| 28 | The Dinosaur World | bonnie | Done | 21 | 10/24/2004 |
I'm so sweaty." Everyone agreed and started looking around. "Look at all these fossilized bones. I wonder how old they really are.
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| 27 | Gardening with Betty | greg | Done | 20 | 10/19/2004 |
They were everywhere!! So I grabbed a hand hoe and started hacking at it. No interlopers in this garden! You can count on me to take care of all the weeds, because I know what a weed looks like. It looks like a cross between a marigold and a dandelion.
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| 26 | On the Open Road | bonnie | Done | 21 | 10/14/2004 |
He couldn't hear her, either, but he knew she was talking because her lips were moving. But he could not hear her! Weird! He must have deafened himself with the loud engines he was working on. Now she was getting mad because he wasn't answering her. He knew she was mad because she turned into a werewolf!
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| 25 | The International Village | bonnie | Done | 21 | 10/9/2004 |
We rampaged through the tattered remains of library for an hour, and finally found her yak! "There you are!" She called. "I've been looking all over for you!" She was distressed to see its hoof stuck between two rocks, but at the same time knew its mooing/braying for help was the only was she was able to find it so fast.
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| 24 | Weekend in Paris | greg | Done | 21 | 10/4/2004 |
I screamed. "Why, I oughta punch your red diaper doper baby lights out! You flamin' liberal French sissy. Go back into your cave and drink your cafe au lait. Next time I see you I will give you $20, but only if you can seat us in a better part of the restaurant.
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| 23 | Xander Goes Shopping | betty | Done | 22 | 9/29/2004 |
The clock said "TIME TO GO SHOPPING!" Let's go find an ice cream freezer in this place, and look in it to see if we can find some quarters so we can play a few final video games before we have to go."
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| 22 | Fart Dictionary | bonnie | Done | 21 | 9/24/2004 |
How about some sugar? You can't have tea without sugar! and you can have it with bacon, eggs, Spam and sausage."
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| 21 | Boot Camp | greg | Done | 21 | 9/19/2004 |
Sometimes I did anyway, and I paid sorely for it. Soon I had a cold, and I had to think long and hard if I should keep going out in the cold rain with no boots on. I soon decided barefoot was good........if your feet were hot. But not good if your feet were covered with blisters, stuck with splinters,
and if the ground oozed with the green slime from that pond we sloshed through earlier, while holding up our rifles so they wouldn't get wet!
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| 20 | Good Old Pop's Drive-in | betty | Done | 21 | 9/14/2004 |
he exclaimed. "You just drooled on it! You stupid idiot. And that was our last steak in the kitchen!
Well, the customer is waiting; we've got to do something.
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| 19 | Going Back to College | betty | Done | 21 | 9/9/2004 |
So look me in the eye and tell me where the bathroom is? Cuz I really, really, REALLY gotta go." she said, laughing.
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| 18 | If You Give a Mouse a Cookie | bonnie | Done | 21 | 9/4/2004 |
Yeah, and we need some meats! And to go with that some milk!" And if you give him some milk, he will lap it up very delicately all the while holding his little pinky high in the air. We ain't had nothin' to eat for three stinkin' days but this moldy bread.
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| 17 | Our Summer Vacation | betty | Done | 21 | 8/30/2004 |
Mystified, they cautiously approached the abandoned roller coaster. "Hey, let's get one of the cars, push it to the top and jump in and see how far we can go!"
So they laboriously pushed and pushed, and when they got to the top they saw what was causing the tornado: the villanous Sky Master!!
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| 16 | Trapped in a Mine | greg | Done | 21 | 8/25/2004 |
And this chair. And that's ALL I NEED. And this dead battery. And this rock. And this lawn chair. And that's ALL I NEED!" People began to stare at him because he had a pale green luminescence about him. He looked down at his hands. Green! What had happened?! He began to feel sick and dizzy; his stomach started to rumble and growl, but then I realized it was just my stomach.
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| 14 | Our Visit to the Library | bonnie | Done | 21 | 8/15/2004 |
We all looked at each other and silently agreed to lie down and take a nap in the shade of the old oak tree. It's our only chance!" We all looked at each other and silently agreed to lie down and take a nap in the shade of the old oak tree.
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| 13 | Stress Reduction Techniques | bonnie | Done | 23 | 8/10/2004 |
by Wagner, done entirely with a quartet of kazoos? screamed Bonnie, "HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO MEDITATE WHEN YOU KEEP TALKING TO ME???!! Would you please go twiddle your thumbs while I take care of MY important business! You are so getting on my nerves!
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| 12 | My New Job at Burger King | betty | Done | 20 | 8/5/2004 |
Oh... The Horror... I was busy fainting from the horror. Oh... The Horror... The supervisor clapped me on the back as the cameras flashed; but I didn't notice. I was busy fainting from the horror.
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| 11 | Cooking with Grandma | betty | Done | 22 | 7/31/2004 |
When they are all finished, you place them carefully on a doily and garnish them with breath-freshening parsley. Parsley isn't given nearly enough press for its natural, chemical-free breath-freshening qualities. Just be sure to brush your teeth after, though, the dark green bits between her teeth showed up in the camera shot.
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| 10 | Ultimate Ninja | greg | Done | 22 | 7/26/2004 |
He spent the rest of his days travelling from town to town, teaching any who would listen, when he wasn't busy flipping out. The power that enables the ULTIMATE NINJA to unleash hundreds if not thousands of punches and kicks upon any who opposed him.
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| 8 | Wall Street Blues | greg | Done | 22 | 7/16/2004 |
Will somebody please tell me what kind of world we're living in when a man cannot turn a dollar into a million, or turn a Euro into a big fat wallet.
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| 7 | Going into Space | betty | Done | 21 | 7/11/2004 |
Sam pulled a lever, and a deadly missile fell out! Where did that come from?! Is it programmed for a target?! Oh no!
It is headed for a crash! Unable to steer, her frustration at the malfunction gave way to panic as the obstacle loomed ahead, a giant miasmic mix of sulfuric and methane gases, swirling, boiling, reaching out for the next great leader in the cataclysmic battle for galactic supremacy.
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| 5 | Ye Olde Medieval Days | betty | Done | 21 | 7/1/2004 |
The enemies were pouring across the hillsides, and they were all wearing clothes that were way too lightweight for the unexpected turn of events which had placed them here, shivering, being splashed with icy hot oil poured from the castle walls.
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| 4 | Barrister the Lawyer Cat | betty | Done | 21 | 6/26/2004 |
Laughing, we walked off down the sidewalk, leaving the mess for somebody else to clean up. The shopkeeper couldn't believe it!
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| 3 | The Big Conundrum | betty | Done | 21 | 6/21/2004 |
He waved at him, and yelled, "Where did you graduate from? Podunk U.?!!
Your degree must have been written with invisible ink!"
He started to sit down, but
then yelled again, " but still no luck. reply. This could only mean one thing, the subjects for the theses were all wrong!
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| 2 | Woo baby! | greg | Done | 21 | 6/16/2004 |
exclaimed Betty. "You deep-fried carrots sticks???" Bonnie nodded gleefully, and handed her a big basket of individually wrapped rolls of toilet paper.
A bonus to be sure! She stored them in the back pocket of her blue jeans.
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| 1 | Big Computer | greg | Done | 18 | 6/11/2004 |
So, it was most certainly his last bungee cord jump. and as luck would have it, that was the one in which his cord broke.
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