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| 174 | Springtime in Virginia | betty | Done | 22 | 12/27/2022 |
Boil em, mash em, stick inna stew! The pleasant earthy smell of po-tay-toes!
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| 173 | Daylight Saving Time ! | betty | Done | 23 | 4/21/2021 |
Boppy has stamps from there. It's now known as The Enforcer. Most other people would flee or cower in the face of such peril, but we could always count on him to fire up the grill!! Get those steaks ready!! He was always generous with sprinkling the garlic salt, but he was very careful with the bottle of 1931 Sauvignon Blanc from France.
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| 172 | A Winter Day in the Wilderness | bonnie | Done | 22 | 2/15/2021 |
They also complained last week when I took my trash to the dump, I ran into an old friend, who enthusiastically said to me, " This kind of lichen is edible! Look how much there is, we could eat all day!"
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| 171 | Oh, the weather outside is frightful... | betty | Done | 22 | 12/31/2020 |
Then they slammed down the phone, jumped up and down, and stomped into the mud room. Most people's mud rooms have a bench where you can sit down and take off your muddy boots before you go into the house.
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| 170 | The McAvoys' Big Turkey Dinner! | betty | Done | 23 | 1/13/2020 |
I need to find out what the score is. I guess I could find out on my phone, but turkey grease had dripped all over it and it was so slippery that I quickly had to unwrap a stick of butter and vigorously whipped the buttery mashed potatoes into a big mound of dog crap.
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| 169 | A Breath of Fresh Air | bonnie | Done | 22 | 11/15/2019 |
So when he tried to gather up the magnolia leaves, the tree started rustling,he looked up and an avalanche of leaves came tumbling down! He couldn't see! He was stumbling! Stumbling, he tried to reach for the next page of music, but his cramp was so bad it was like he was moving in slow motion.
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| 168 | Toiling at 3 a.m. | betty | Done | 22 | 10/13/2019 |
This itemization for homeowner's insurance was going to take FOREVER! category for an hour and I wasn't even halfway through!
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| 167 | The Reckoning of the Kiwis | xander | Done | 22 | 7/28/2019 |
We knew they were getting colder and colder all the time, and with the power out, we couldn't use the microwave to heat them up again.
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| 166 | Somebody's Gotta Do It ! | betty | Done | 22 | 7/8/2019 |
After drinking their fill...woohoo! they then proceeded to let loose a tremendous battle cry, striking fear into the hearts of their enemies. Their fury was legendary, their strength and unity were more than we could contend with.
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| 165 | I love Thunderstorms ! | betty | Done | 21 | 6/10/2019 |
Within just a couple weeks, I had already earned a cool nickname, which I've used to this day. That name was: Earl. So the thing about a thunderstorm in the daytime is that it creates a pensive mood, full of mystery and eerie intrigue....plus a dash of danger!
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| 164 | Wrapping those Christmas Presents ! | betty | Done | 23 | 1/9/2019 |
In the garage? Ah, man.. I will just go buy some new paper at the local Christmas wrap store. They had every kind you could think of, but I was really drawn to the sparkly tissue wrapping paper!
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| 163 | Let's Set Fire to the Woods | xander | Done | 21 | 12/7/2018 |
But it looks and tastes like snot so wash it down with very dry sticks and pine straw. We gathered all that in a little pile, and then went looking for the all important matches. Can't have a fire without matches.
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| 162 | Some Kind of Adventure | xander | Done | 23 | 9/10/2018 |
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. Searching for a good spot to lasso the lead line, we spotted what appeared to be a very sturdy Viking axes protruding out of this rocky hillside.
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| 161 | That Garage ! | betty | Done | 22 | 8/9/2018 |
I would end up calling the Alex Jones show from a hidden location, probably located a big pile of possum poop in a hidden corner. Yuck! Well at least it was all dried up and easy to sweep it into a dustpan and carefully dump it into the ditch by the road.
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| 160 | I need a Summer Job ! What should it be ? | betty | Done | 24 | 8/3/2018 |
Hmmm. Well, it did not matter because the power had gone out and it did not work anyway.
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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. Even worse, deflated balloons were starting to droop into it, getting sticky, like ponderous, buoyant doughnuts glazing themselves.
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| 158 | Cleaning up after Milo the Mouse | betty | Done | 21 | 7/11/2018 |
Coming home from Texas I opened up the cabinet door under the sink, and saw a cat. "Perfect!" I thought. "They're designed to be mousetraps, and are cute and fuzzy too."
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| 157 | Taking a Walking Tour of the UTSA Campus | betty | Done | 22 | 7/6/2017 |
So a crew of many students vigorously applied their muscle power and with great success, they snapped the toothpick in half.
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| 156 | San Antonio Vacation | greg | Done | 22 | 5/27/2017 |
"What are we supposed to sprinkle on our tacos, for crying out loud?! HOW ABOUT A NICE SPRINKLING OF HOT HOT HOT SRIRACHA SAUCE !!!" That will make everybody want to go to the Alamo!
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| 155 | Will That Snow Ever Melt? ! | betty | Done | 21 | 2/5/2017 |
That makes driving safer because I was wearing my hiking boots that had traction straps stretched around them. These featured steel posts that would dig into the ice so you can melt the snow so you can flush your toilet!
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| 154 | Different Pizza Toppings | greg | Done | 21 | 1/11/2017 |
Bring on the onion, black olive (or should I say o-LOVE?), green pepper, and chopped onion, grated cheese of course, and and a whole mini jar of MUSHROOMS!
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| 153 | But I don't want to! | bonnie | Done | 20 | 11/13/2016 |
Because if you are hungry, you will probably end up getting frustrated. The best thing to do is take a minute to evaluate the situation, then decide which size pizza to order, the giant 18-inch, or should we order the small instead of the large?
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| 152 | We Need More Enthusiasm ! | betty | Done | 22 | 10/16/2016 |
Because they had so much experience, this was going to be extremely funny: Each person must get up, turn to the person on his right, look him in the eye, And say," WE'VE GOT SPIRIT, YES WE DO!
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| 151 | Xander's New Dorm Room | bonnie | Done | 21 | 9/9/2016 |
They're delighted with the constant flow of free T-shirts, hors d'oeuvres, gift bags, and lanyards with name tags that say, "
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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. As each one of them came back to consciousness, They said, "
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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!
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| 148 | Laundry | colleen | Done | 20 | 4/2/2016 |
You know those men in your house don't want to wear pink underwear when I had to go to the locker room at the gym! I was so irritated because the water would not go out of the washer!
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| 147 | It's snowing!!! | colleen | Done | 29 | 2/22/2016 |
Anytime you're walking on ice, you should be careful to look both ways before you sled down the Speights' driveway. You could easily run into a large elk, arctic fox, or other similar sleds and sleighs, all designed to go really fast down a snowy hill, as long as they were not running around in their underwear as if they were about to take the Polar Bear Plunge.
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| 145 | Bonnie is Coming for a Visit !! | betty | Done | 21 | 2/5/2016 |
When she got to the bottom, she dug in the sand with her hands, feverishly trying to find the return plane ticket. It had disappeared ! Maybe we should look for it in the shoe store! I know there are tons of photos to go through and sort.
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| 144 | Heeeelllllloooooo there!!! | colleen | Done | 20 | 1/10/2016 |
I am so bored!! I might as well take a nap. It's cold & cloudy today, so I am going to find my fur gloves and my fur hat, and put them on my dresser next to my collection of Birkenstocks and in fact, they were taking up so much floor space, that I had to rearrange a few things so that it would boil and roil and steam was rising rapidly.
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| 143 | Resolutions for the New Year ! | betty | Done | 22 | 1/9/2016 |
So I thought I would work on that and turned to the person next to me, and I said to him "
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| 142 | Ordering Online Christmas Presents ! | betty | Done | 21 | 12/14/2015 |
And that box was hidden inside the computer tower! What a great hiding place! After finding it I hid it again, but this time inside a really big box!
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| 141 | Dual Composters | greg | Done | 21 | 12/13/2015 |
Because if so, you are correct!" He turned to go, which was awkward because he was carrying bucket load after bucket load of stinking garbage and pouring it carefully into the concrete mixer.
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| 140 | Deli Bologna | greg | Done | 22 | 11/28/2015 |
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 |
"Now get ready for the fall!" He roughly shoved me toward the edge of the precipice. Talk about getting ready to fall! Getting ready for falling? Thinking fast, I ran down the hill trying to stay ahead of the rolling pumpkin. I was hoping to catch it before it fell into the raging river down below.
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| 138 | Slatherage | greg | Done | 21 | 9/16/2015 |
Only a very petite model could fit in that dress! And look at the price tag! It cost over $ 500. Worth every penny! Not only was it useful for safely snagging escaped animals, you could also use it for compost.
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| 137 | Growing Those Tomatoes ! | betty | Done | 21 | 8/1/2015 |
I carried it over to the Speights to see what their opinion would be. And Danny exclaimed, " They're HUGE!" Unexpectedly, the plants were hit with a terrible blight which quickly made them perk up. I was satisfied with that, so then I sprayed the tomatoes with a solution to kill the blight.
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| 136 | Midnight snack | colleen | Done | 21 | 6/11/2015 |
Layers and layers of vegetables, meats and cheeses, all between two pieces of angel food cake. Now where is that whipped cream and those sugared syrupy pasta dishes, which are only appropriate for Christmastime!
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| 135 | That New Smart Phone | betty | Done | 22 | 6/10/2015 |
A relaxing game that makes me feel insecure. The only thing that could settle my nerves now would be if I could take some time to remove all the apps I don't like.
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| 134 | NOT A REAL STORY! IGNORE THIS | greg | Done | 24 | 6/3/2015 |
And make sure you tell him to bring exact change. When you're buying tickets for entertainment purposes, it's best if you just ignore this storyline because it does not have one. Who thought this up anyway??
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| 133 | Why me!?!! | colleen | Done | 23 | 6/3/2015 |
I picked the lasagna and doused it with balsamic vinaigrette. As a finishing touch, he sprinkled on some red pepper flakes, chopped up jalapeno peppers, and just a splash of vodka.
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| 132 | Backyard Projects | betty | Done | 22 | 5/28/2015 |
Three rows of seven each. That arrangement is perfect for the high school piano recital. We had been practicing for weeks, and had finally Kissed the day goodbye with a drop to the pillow. But, why then could he not get off his duff and help me?!!
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| 131 | Cupcakes! | colleen | Done | 22 | 5/26/2015 |
I had to have plenty of room to make the icing made with butter and powdered sugar. Into that, sprinkle some delicately iced with pastel swirls of curled ribbon. The most delicious part is the unique combination of chocolate chips, coconut, chopped pecans, and held together by welded high-gauge wire.
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| 129 | Climbing Enchanted Rock | betty | Done | 21 | 5/2/2015 |
When I touched one, it felt rough. I decided to take a picture.
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| 128 | I Need to Take a Trip ! | betty | Done | 22 | 4/16/2015 |
It was so hot! It made me want to go to San Antonio, Texas to visit Bonnie, Chad, Xander, Ethan, and their dog named all the cats in the neighborhood: "Stinky", "Spazzy", "Sissy McWeepington", "Sir Pukesalot", etc.
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| 127 | Bonnie's New Tutoring Job | bonnie | Done | 27 | 4/16/2015 |
They say the most important thing to consider when deciding to accept a new job is whether or not to include your brief stint as a soldier of fortune. That job took you to the back room to show you where to sit and how long it will take for the next assignment.
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| 126 | Getting Ready for New Year's Eve | betty | Done | 22 | 2/18/2015 |
If only everyone would stand still! If only I had remembered all the eggnog was gone! Why is the eggnog always gone? Why is the New Year's number always depicted as novelty eyeglasses? So we worked through the night putting the final touches on the family portrait.
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| 125 | New Year's Resolutions | bonnie | Done | 22 | 12/24/2014 |
For example, don't just say that you're going to lose weight. Say you're going to take a trip around the world !! Just make sure you stop at the first sign of feeling faint. And now you know how to make your neighbors your best friends for life !Just walk over, knock on their door and with great enthusiasm, say, "
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| 124 | Get Those Presents Wrapped ! | betty | Done | 22 | 12/24/2014 |
You will recognize the delivery personnel by their red noses so cold and dripping with molasses. Or was it maple syrup? Regardless, I put it on the plate with the other desserts next to the Christmas tree.
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| 123 | We Need a Plumber ! | betty | Done | 22 | 12/12/2014 |
I went outside to get a fresh bucket of water, just in case it catches fire.
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| 122 | Christmas Decorations | bonnie | Done | 22 | 12/12/2014 |
"HaHa! That's great!" I said, " Now I know my electric bill will go up!" I was kidding of course, but I knew now the county would surely waive the rule about no inflatables taller than 40 feet!
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| 121 | I Just Could Not Stop Playing That Video Game !! | betty | Done | 21 | 11/28/2014 |
It was mesmerizing! It drew me in...into a world that I could hardly imagine! Finally I had to say Good night to my Chat buddies, and in unison they all said to me, " We're doing an intervention."
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| 120 | The Great Beyond | xander | Done | 21 | 9/21/2014 |
We're also going for the ultimate challenge of reaching Mars in less than the time it takes for a comet to become invisible again to the naked eye. A nebula suddenly appeared in my viewfinder, It was huge and did not appear on any map I had seen !
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| 119 | Summer | bonnie | Done | 20 | 9/21/2014 |
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. That will mean fewer times you have to refill the pitcher at your lemonade stand.
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| 118 | Best Video Game of the Year ! | betty | Done | 22 | 8/15/2014 |
Video games are expensive, especially if you buy them when they first come out, or even pre-order them. That's why when there's a new game coming out that I want, I always get scared if I'm approaching a shadowy corner.
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| 117 | The best movie EVER!!! | colleen | Done | 21 | 7/18/2014 |
I was beginning to freak out a little because it was quite large, ugly AND smelly! There was no way to get out! I looked and looked for the EXIT sign, but all I saw was a blur. It never occurred to me to just tell the guy in front of me to turn off his cell phone screen.
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| 116 | What I Saw When I Took A Walk II | greg | Done | 23 | 5/28/2014 |
As I broke into a jog, I peered down into the muddy puddle and spied something moving! It looked like a convoy of Army vehicles. Humvees, trucks, tanks on trailers, and even a snail could have gone around the block faster than that turtle which was stampeding through peanut butter.
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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. We had to seek shelter fast or we would be doomed for sure. Nearby there was a lurking police car. People should know better than to cook a bowl of noodles for lunch in the middle of defeating the giant cave troll, I found I needed quickly to scrub that off before it stained.
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| 114 | Whatever is on your mind ! | betty | Done | 24 | 10/27/2013 |
It's not like anyone can smell you at 10,000 feet! But by the time you finish your last task, you have run out of time and lost all your money causing you to giggle with delight. You know it's the little things in life that really matter, so go ahead and get an associate's degree in plumbing.
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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 |
Then you will be safely high enough to escape the impending tsunami.
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| 110 | Planning a trip to Texas...or Virginia ! | betty | Done | 22 | 4/19/2013 |
"What?" I said. "I THOUGHT I saw a passenger carrying a suspiciously-shaped bag. I was scared that in it would be a basket of fruit. like a nice day at the beach with relaxing waves, shimmering sunlight, and lots of ketchup for the French fries.
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| 109 | Thanksgiving | bonnie | Done | 19 | 12/19/2012 |
"You look like a street walker!" 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!
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| 108 | I Blew Up My Lab! | greg | Done | 21 | 10/26/2012 |
Deee-licious! Now I am going to mix it all up in my new blender.
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| 107 | Christmas Shopping III | betty | Done | 21 | 2/11/2012 |
"Champagne?" The stewardess offered us complimentary drinks as bubbly as she was. Before anyone would take any of the glistening, tempting flutes, I barked, "NO. That's not champagne.
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| 106 | Let's Organize Your Garage ! | betty | Done | 22 | 7/25/2011 |
This is the way to do it: First, stack up the ammo boxes you have scattered all over the floor. How can you expect to be able to deal with the revenooers properly if all your ordnance is in such slaphappy disorder? Put them back into the empty egg cartons where they will be safe.
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| 105 | Christmas Shopping II | greg | Done | 21 | 2/24/2011 |
It covered the entire front of the store!! I'd never seen anything like it.
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| 103 | Zombie Attack! | greg | Done | 22 | 6/10/2010 |
we are doomed...... They were now known to be in cahoots with the left wing red diaper doper babies. we are doomed...... But by that point there must have been at least 1,000 zombies!
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| 102 | The Art of Decluttering | betty | Done | 21 | 8/4/2009 |
zombies had invaded and were eating people's brains and throwing newspapers helter skelter down from the attic until finally everything was listed on Ebay and Craigslist.
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| 101 | The hathood of the traveling brown hat. | rhonda | Done | 21 | 3/20/2009 |
because big drops of sweat were pouring down my face. It was just so hot that I had to grab the hat and hurl it into a guy's open car window as I shot past him on the interstate. Utterly freaked out, he slammed on the brakes just in time to avoid hitting the big brown and white brownie sundae with whipped cream and chocolate sprinkles.
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| 100 | The Nephews come to Visit | greg | Done | 22 | 12/9/2008 |
To calm him down, we tried to make the boys go to bed early, but alas they had eaten too many bags of ice for their swollen eyes. Maybe one day they'll learn to stop fighting over who got to choose the ice cream flavor.
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| 99 | Laser Eye Surgery | greg | Done | 20 | 10/3/2008 |
Your insurance will not cover this! Just how do you intend to take out the eyeball and lay it on the cheek just long enough to read the eye chart perfectly. Better than perfect, in fact!" The doctor beamed and said "Your vision is 20 over 200 and you are definitely a candidate for surgery.
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| 98 | Abiathar the Superhero! | greg | Done | 21 | 4/27/2007 |
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we do some serious bashing! After dinner, he got to his feet and threw a zombie up in the air with his Jawbreaker, while at the same time he grabbed a troll by the ankle, spun him around and launched him into orbit with one flick of his manly wrist.
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| 97 | My New Video Game! | betty | Done | 21 | 3/13/2007 |
And I hadn't saved my game! I was so mad! I jumped off the building right into the middle of 5 contaminated thugs who began pummeling the Playstation in frustration.
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| 96 | Fixing up my Garden | greg | Done | 22 | 1/29/2007 |
I've got half a mind to take a nap in the nearby hammock. Last summer I had installed the hammock between two pillars made of marble. They were 30 feet tall, 2 feet wide, and frankly they stink and I don't want them in my garden anymore. Away with you!
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| 95 | Rearranging My New Tech Room | betty | Done | 22 | 1/31/2007 |
I needed some deodorizing spray, so I went to the store and bought a can of Great Stuff and sprayed it into the crevice. It expanded quickly into a hard, yellowish goo which was perfect for the cats new dining area.
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| 94 | Speeding Down the Highway | betty | Done | 21 | 12/4/2006 |
It moves through air like a hot knife through butter. Like a tax hike in a Democrat controlled Congress."
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| 93 | Having Surgery | greg | Done | 20 | 12/1/2006 |
They were pretty sure though that the X-ray would show the presence of decades-old cysts the size of walnuts. They were everywhere!
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| 92 | Accountant at Work | greg | Done | 21 | 4/1/2006 |
My name's Carl. I'm an accountant. One day the boss looked over my shoulder and started laughing hilariously, and then he bellowed, " I'm starvin'! I ain't had nuthin' to eat but maggoty bread for three stinkin' days! Why can't we have more toilet paper in here? Those rolls go down in a hurry, especially when all the managers flock around me like buzzards!
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| 91 | What I Saw When I Took a Walk | betty | Done | 21 | 3/31/2006 |
If I waited any longer I would poop on myself! So I turned around and I rushed toward the massive oak tree in order to hide behind it. They wouldn't see me here. I peeked around and suddenly saw that someone was peeking back at me! It was none other than Mr. T, leaning out the window of his 1982 GMC van, yelling, "Get out of the road, sucka!"
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| 90 | Learning a Foreign Language | greg | Done | 22 | 2/4/2006 |
We started laughing hilariously and we had to enunciate to be understood.
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| 89 | Putting out Christmas Lights | betty | Done | 21 | 2/3/2006 |
Where are they coming from?? They must be coming from Mars! We're being invaded on Christmas!" He ran inside the house to call the electric company because the power seemed to be off.
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| 88 | Lazor Beam Hydra | greg | Done | 22 | 12/16/2005 |
= It exploded with the force of a 1,000 thermonuclear bombs, carving a massive crater out of the side of the moon and creating a ring around the earth, which persisted forever and ever. And guess what happened?!!
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| 87 | Concert at Chrysler Hall | betty | Done | 21 | 12/14/2005 |
I asked, and they said please to take our seats immediately! The maestro was heading down the center aisle was Hulk Hogan! he howled, and the audience began to shuffle their feet with boredom.
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| 86 | Touring Europe | bonnie | Done | 21 | 12/13/2005 |
I realized that whichever one of us was driving would really have to pay attention, knowing that they were about to be invaded by Germany again! Already, I could hear the sound of heavy traffic.
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| 85 | Christmas Shopping | betty | Done | 22 | 12/1/2005 |
A tear ran down my cheek as a sudden blast of frigid, snowy air reddened my nose, numbed my cheeks, caught my breath and blew all my packages into a snowdrift.
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| 84 | Working at McDonald's | greg | Done | 21 | 12/1/2005 |
The new kitchen at Mc Donald's could satisfy even a barnyard full of swine. That's why we never eat at McDonald's anymore! It would seem that fast-food production was more streamlined and technology-driven than even Dilbert could ever imagine!
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| 83 | Trip to the Pumpkin Patch | sherry | Done | 22 | 11/7/2005 |
If there are any chocolate creme ones, those are mine. Or coconut. Now, the only thing left to do is pick up all the pumpkins, and give them to eat whatever was left and that would be, of course, at least a dozen doughnuts! If there are any chocolate creme ones, those are mine.
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| 82 | test2 | greg | Done | 24 | 9/16/2015 |
Back to the Battle!!!!! AAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! Back to the basics of the hip-hop scene, just a loop, and some lyrics, and a mic, you know what I mean? "Well, not exactly..."
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| 81 | Going Into Space II | greg | Done | 21 | 10/28/2005 |
What! No light speed??? Would it help if I released the emergency brake? She smiled sweetly and pushed the button that sent them all hurtling into a black hole. We landed on the dark side of the moon and off in the distance we could hear weird music, so we decided to go to light speed!
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| 80 | Taking Computer Class | betty | Done | 20 | 10/27/2005 |
"Wow!" I exclaimed when my turn came to say Wow! Ah just kidding! The new teacher was quite a knock-out!
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| 79 | Cooking Show II | greg | Done | 21 | 9/27/2005 |
(laugh track) "To start with, crack these eggs, whip them up, and blend them into your stock pot. Next, chop the garlic into tiny bits at least small enough to fit into a cupcake holder! You should decorate it with a little truffle trifle." "Eww!" I exclaimed.
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| 78 | Potty Training the Twins | betty | Done | 21 | 9/24/2005 |
Hahaha! We put them in the bathtub because it's just easier to wipe two bottoms at the same time. To do this, you just need a lot of patience. One day at a time, we worked at moving the vast quantities of toddler turds out of the house.
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| 77 | Noisy Neighbors | bonnie | Done | 21 | 9/23/2005 |
I mean it. They must be major weightlifters because that's exactly what it sounds like: dumbells on the floor next to my barbell and other weight equipment. My workout was over, and now I could hear them again playing their awful rap music. Boy, do I hate it! Every time I hear it, I am ready to go up there and ask them if they could please take off their concrete shoes when they're walking around upstairs!
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| 76 | Driving Across Country | betty | Done | 22 | 9/16/2005 |
That reminded me of when we went camping and we pitched the tent on the side of a hill: When it rained we started sliding down the hill and we landed in a cow patty. Squish. We immediately had a flat tire!
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| 75 | NASCAR Days | greg | Done | 21 | 9/9/2005 |
Nobody but nobody wants to be in a fiery wreck and only be wearing a Kevlar vest and boxer briefs. There is no A/C in a race car, and it gets pretty darn hot in the cabin.
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| 74 | Conserving Water | bonnie | Done | 22 | 9/9/2005 |
It might surprise you how much water you use just taking a shower. With all that water you could probably survive by drinking sand. You never know until you try!
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| 73 | The Best Diet Ever! | sherry | Done | 21 | 8/31/2005 |
So instead, try to re-interpret your hunger as a desire to do another favorite activity besides eat, such as eggplant, okra, mushrooms, and rhubarb: all on Greg's list of guys lookin' in yer window!
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| 72 | What a Yard Sale! | betty | Done | 20 | 8/23/2005 |
When it is time to go to the bank, I am sure we will NEVER MISS any of this stuff! It feels SO GOOD to relax now and do my yoga exercises!
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| 71 | Test Pilot | greg | Done | 21 | 8/17/2005 |
The co-pilot thought I was kidding, but far be it from me to let him know what was *really* going on. He'd probably just freak out and start to open up the escape hatch. But that would cause the enemy to unleash the entirety of his airforce!! The noise of the numberless engines would shake the earth.
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| 70 | A Day in the Life of a Dork | sherry | Done | 21 | 8/14/2005 |
"I'm only doing that today," he answered, "tomorrow I'm going to upgrade my PDA to have 256 MB of RAM! she said, "I just can't relax unless I know that you have other clothes to wear besides one bearing logos and movie quips from Star Wars, Star Trek, Tron and Hackers, I'll never go out with you!"
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| 69 | Time for a Checkup! | bonnie | Done | 21 | 8/3/2005 |
"It's good for us to keep a copy of your dental records and a listing of all intimate encounters you've had for the past 2 years." "What??" I exclaimed. "Why would I need to order x-rays? Clearly the problem is an occluded colon. This sort of thing happens if you don't eat enough fiber, and then load up on cheese pizza.
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| 68 | Building My New Cat Condo | betty | Done | 21 | 7/10/2005 |
"That's an unexpected surprise!" "What?!" "Well, you didn't expect him to throw up on it, did you?
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| 67 | Putting Up Wallpaper | greg | Done | 21 | 6/12/2005 |
my mouth tasted like wallpaper paste. I started to wonder if licking the backing was really the correct way to do this.
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| 66 | My Newest Home Improvement Project! | betty | Done | 20 | 5/17/2005 |
I flicked the switch and the loud noise that erupted
sounded like a hundred termites trying to chew through the wall!
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| 65 | Phone Call | bonnie | Done | 21 | 5/9/2005 |
It was a car full of phase rifles and doom grenades! the driver said.
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| 64 | Airline Pilot | greg | Done | 21 | 4/23/2005 |
immediately started rubbing his neck and said "Ouch! Somebody shot me!!"
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| 63 | I'm Not In It For The... | bonnie | Done | 21 | 4/6/2005 |
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!
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| 62 | Hosting a Cooking Show | betty | Done | 21 | 4/12/2005 |
The size of your mouth is! Can you talk a good show? Will your viewing audience please stop throwing food and sit down! This is not a middle school cafeteria!
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| 61 | Ain't It Cool? | greg | Done | 22 | 4/7/2005 |
And a tattoo to match! and on the back it would say "got r00t?" Then everyone will know that you grew up in the Sixties. We can tell because your clothes look so cool, they have to be made in Greenland by eskimos. And your hair needs more color!
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| 60 | Competing with Starbuck's | bonnie | Done | 21 | 4/2/2005 |
Here, I'll show you." With that, she turned around and punched her in the face as hard as she could.
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| 59 | My First Ocean Cruise | betty | Done | 21 | 3/28/2005 |
So much excitement! My first ocean cruise! I flew to Miami and boarded the beautiful liner with all the other baggage, getting stowed in the hold.
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| 58 | Captain Underpants | greg | Done | 21 | 3/23/2005 |
"I can't believe you just wet your pants! Now they are going to freeze while you walk, and soon you won't be able to have a bowel movement because you'll be so constipated! So why don't you just give it up and go back to using Depends Undergarments?" They were all dressed in furs and diamonds, tuxedos and tails, and they all looked at each other with wonder, mingled with disgust.
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| 57 | New Year's Resolutions! | bonnie | Done | 21 | 3/18/2005 |
Valentine's Day party. And I'm all for a healthy diet, but don't you think you're taking it a little far?" She just couldn't understand why anyone would resolve not to exercise. I mean what are we here for? We must improve our health!
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| 56 | Saturday Morning's Cartoon Marathon | betty | Done | 21 | 3/13/2005 |
"What's the deal with all the psychedelic colors?" She replied, "They did a study and found that children as young as 14 months would show a preference for brands they had seen advertised on TV!" Marketing firms know how much parents want to make their kids happy.
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| 55 | Spy Base Alpha | greg | Done | 21 | 3/8/2005 |
It is a liberating feeling: not having to carry a wallet. Remember how heavy those wallets and purses used to get? Sometimes they seemed to weigh as much as bowling balls! Even though he was a very strong man, he wasn't strong enough to defeat Herr Kapitan in hand-to-hand combat. As a result, he was disgraced--and grievously wounded.
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| 54 | Texas Winter | bonnie | Done | 20 | 3/3/2005 |
Ah the warm desert air blowing from the west, bringing with it a great deal of heat. I wished I'd brought my sunglasses with me.
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| 53 | Christmas Shopping - 2004 | betty | Done | 20 | 2/26/2005 |
The salesman crooned. "Have a seat on this bench while I go into Best Buy. I need to, umm, get some stuff."
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| 52 | Modeling Agency | greg | Done | 21 | 2/21/2005 |
Fleschmarkt who authorized that! You know it's against procedure to wear more clothes than can be stored in a purse. Now fix your wardrobe immediately!" Crying, she moaned, "Why me? Why do I have to wear that hideous dress? Can't you see that it is too cold in here for a swimsuit shoot!
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| 51 | All I Need Is... | bonnie | Done | 21 | 2/16/2005 |
might I recommend a jackhammer operator? Your first day will probably be the least fun because you will have to get all your shots and make sure your coffee maker is off when you leave the house.
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| 50 | My Summer at the Archeological Dig | betty | Done | 21 | 2/11/2005 |
There was a long, tense silence, until finally someone said, "Well, I'm hungry. Who's up for some Mickie D's?" And yet, here are the little yellow wrappers!" There was a long, tense silence, until finally someone said, "Well, I'm hungry.
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| 49 | Shopping at Lowe's | greg | Done | 20 | 2/6/2005 |
As much of a headache that is, it'll be even worse if you led mold take control. So we looked at the dehumidifiers. They were piled to the ceiling in a very haphazard manner. This did not look good! I yelled, "We need a pilot!...No, I mean a forklift driver!"
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| 48 | Anorexia Therapy | bonnie | Done | 21 | 2/1/2005 |
See, once you get the idea, you'll understand you can't live on rice cakes and water. And that's when you'll need a tongue depresser and flashlight in order to look down your nose at people who weigh more than you do!
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| 47 | Building My New House! | betty | Done | 23 | 1/27/2005 |
Wet cement reached from their toes all the way up to their knees! Either we're forming a habitat for something other than humans, or someone's gonna have to mow!"
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| 46 | Ultimate Ninja II | greg | Done | 21 | 1/22/2005 |
Therefore most ninjas tend to sleep only 2 hours at a time. Then it's back to the gym to practice yoga and sip nutritional frothy ice cream sodas!
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| 45 | Election Day! | betty | Done | 21 | 1/17/2005 |
And early in the morning, all across the country, the vote counters were ready for the squads of illegal immigrants and communists to descend upon the voting booths, there to wipe down all surfaces with antibacterial scrub. It was necessary because all the candidates were secretly communists.
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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. Wow-Meow! Were they delicious! Now I just want to lie down in the sun and dream about life beyond these four gray walls.
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| 43 | High School Carwash | greg | Done | 20 | 1/7/2005 |
Everyone was impressed by all the water running into the gutter.
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| 42 | Pushed Over the Edge | bonnie | Done | 21 | 1/2/2005 |
"MO---om! Mom! Help me!" He was dangling from a precarious precipice with a scant hand hold. There wasn't much time to waste. They were going to be late! How could she get her toddler to hurry?
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| 41 | Cleaning Out the Garage | betty | Done | 21 | 12/28/2004 |
That stuff has no life left. It needs to go to the auto dealership, because if I'm going to be able to park my car in this clean and roomy garage, I'm going to want it to be a new one!" Looking back, it was a job made in hell. Yeah, and there's no beans about it.
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| 40 | HULK SMASH! | greg | Done | 20 | 12/23/2004 |
Bricks were flying , windows shattering, the asphalt rippled and disintegrated with every impact. the Hulk bellowed, "But the Hulk is strongest there is! Me prove it! Me dumb. Me stupid. Me go the wrong way on a one-way street. Me knock you into the middle of the walls of the building across the alleyway!"
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| 39 | Joining the PTA | bonnie | Done | 20 | 12/18/2004 |
The parents cheered while the teachers groaned. All your children will be going to Christian charter schools from now on!" The parents cheered while the teachers groaned.
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| 38 | Going to the County Fair | betty | Done | 20 | 12/13/2004 |
Look behind you!" He turned around, and suddenly, "NINJA!" and the party continued into the wee hours of the morning. Of all the nerve! Look behind you!" He turned around, and suddenly, "NINJA!" and the party continued into the wee hours of the morning. "You think you have the right to scare innocent people like that?
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| 37 | News at 11 | greg | Done | 20 | 12/8/2004 |
"Are you ," I exclaimed, "or are you not going to ask me to marry you?!"
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| 36 | Investigating Vegetarianism | bonnie | Done | 21 | 12/3/2004 |
Get ready to mash those soybeans and mold the tofu into shapes resembling flowers. Admittedly, that artistic effort, combined with the variety of color in the salad made it extraordinarily beautiful. However, I sighed, knowing that again, soon after eating, I'd be hungry.
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| 35 | Boppy's Trip to Texas | betty | Done | 21 | 11/28/2004 |
That, and spending an afternoon with President Bush at his ranch. He showed her how to bring down a runaway calf and hogtie 'em. he said. Boppy laughed and laughed. That was Boppy's favorite Texas memory! That, and spending an afternoon with President Bush at his ranch. He showed her how to bring down a runaway calf and hogtie 'em.
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| 34 | Dance Class | bonnie | Done | 21 | 11/23/2004 |
Her ability to spin on her toes was phenomenal. We could only watch in amazement, envying her strength and grace. "How beautiful are the deep pools of blue that are your eyes.
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| 33 | The Minotaur King | greg | Done | 21 | 11/18/2004 |
That soft cartilage is so sensitive, so easy to bleed, so tender and kind. I felt much better about the whole situation now that the lands no longer lived under the tyrannical ravages of the Minotaur King, the people would be free to laugh out loud, sleep in on weekends, and eat dessert at any time of day!
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| 32 | The Bizarre Bazaar | bonnie | Done | 20 | 11/13/2004 |
and there they are! Waiting for us....all squeaky clean and shining with colorful beads! It was just what I was looking for! It was so beautiful I couldn't take my eyes off it!
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| 31 | My Trip Around the World | betty | Done | 21 | 11/8/2004 |
I really don't recommend eating that! You know what it will do to you. It will cause itchy feet. That's right. You won't be satisfied to stay at home. You'll want to take another trip as soon as you can. The fun is just beginning. Now we are headed for the North Pole!
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| 30 | Downtown Precinct | greg | Done | 22 | 11/3/2004 |
Yeah, One says to the other, "I think I lost an electron!" The second one says, "Are you sure?" And the first one says, "I'm positive!" Get it? That's the way we do things around here. And sometimes I had to bash some heads to make it happen. someone yelled, "have you seen those platinum handcuffs that were in the display case?!!
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| 29 | Growing Up on a Farm | betty | Done | 21 | 10/29/2004 |
Then I took a flying leap into the big pile of you-know-what! You can't get away from that on a farm, you know! Don't worry, it builds the immune system.
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| 28 | The Dinosaur World | bonnie | Done | 21 | 10/24/2004 |
We had to clean it off before it attracted more predators. We found a stream, and carefully waded into it. How delightfully cool was the bubbling water.
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| 27 | Gardening with Betty | greg | Done | 20 | 10/19/2004 |
Getting dirty is half the fun. The smell of the fertile earth is like the perfume of the Garden of Eden. There is no better smell except for the smell of tulips, lavender, and freshly cut grass. Oh yes, and don't forget the fresh-baked biscuits that were brought to us by UPS, the BROWN people.
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| 26 | On the Open Road | bonnie | Done | 21 | 10/14/2004 |
Do it again!" They chanted, pounding their feet in rhythm. "Oh, Kayyy..." I said, and I turned around to go again. There is nothing that is more fun than going down hill in a red wagon.
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| 25 | The International Village | bonnie | Done | 21 | 10/9/2004 |
Celina wasn't scared of alligators. She'd been in the river back home in Brazil many times with them. She knew they wouldn't harm her. Just one look at the M-60 machine gun she had slung easily over her shoulder and they knew she meant business.
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| 24 | Weekend in Paris | greg | Done | 21 | 10/4/2004 |
And you know what that means: a Frenchman without a beret is like a woman without a new pair of shoes."
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| 23 | Xander Goes Shopping | betty | Done | 22 | 9/29/2004 |
I want a Brown Mule. 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." The clock said "TIME TO GO SHOPPING!" I'm really getting tired and hungry.
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| 22 | Fart Dictionary | bonnie | Done | 21 | 9/24/2004 |
How about some sugar? You can't have tea without sugar!
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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 |
You stupid idiot. And that was our last steak in the kitchen!
Well, the customer is waiting; we've got to do something. Here, rinse it off with this sprayer. NOT AT ME! Aim it that way!" Quickly, I retrieved the wiggling hose and finished cleaning up.
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| 19 | Going Back to College | betty | Done | 21 | 9/9/2004 |
Ha ha ho ho." At this, we slowly backed out of the room and ran lickety split down the hall yelling our lungs out, "Help! Help! We need help!" Hearing our calls, suddenly out of the dean's office appeared a lovely young woman. From her shiny blonde hair to her pretty face, impeccable spring pastel suit and pristine, stylish shoes, she was the picture of confident perfection.
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| 18 | If You Give a Mouse a Cookie | bonnie | Done | 21 | 9/4/2004 |
I listen to it nice and loud, and it rocks me to sleep, no pun intended! But the mice hate it. The mice also hate it when their fur is rubbed the wrong way.
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| 17 | Our Summer Vacation | betty | Done | 21 | 8/30/2004 |
Hurry we need to try to refreeze it! And to do that we need some sunscreen lotion, beach towels, and volleyballs, and of course food.
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| 16 | Trapped in a Mine | greg | Done | 21 | 8/25/2004 |
He thought to himself, " They are so scared of their shadows! Hey if it were left up to me I would never travel with women, I would only travel with my SWISS ARMY KNIFE! And that's ALL I NEED!
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| 14 | Our Visit to the Library | bonnie | Done | 21 | 8/15/2004 |
And they set up a display on the lawn outside the library. But the weather report was not so good, so when they looked up into the sky they saw not only the police helicopters arriving in the distance as reinforcements, but also the vultures had already started circling.
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| 13 | Stress Reduction Techniques | bonnie | Done | 23 | 8/10/2004 |
Ha ha Then you can tell us all about it: why do you have the irrepressible need to straighten out the tassels at the ends of an area rug?" "I can't help it," Bonnie said, "Every time I see one, it makes me want to cry. I just can't help it. I get all teary-eyed; and then I start to wonder why is the sky blue?
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| 12 | My New Job at Burger King | betty | Done | 20 | 8/5/2004 |
I get to spread big slabs of lard on the grill, before I start frying the sausage. All the customers just love the big hot greasy patties served with generous chunks of meat. What kind of meat? No one knew! It was stored in the ice cabinet marked "meat", right next to the fry basket in hot oil!
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| 11 | Cooking with Grandma | betty | Done | 22 | 7/31/2004 |
They clearly had been tanning for quite some time. "Hey you girls," I exclaimed, "come out of the sun before you get skin cancer. Come and sample some of these fresh-baked biscuits with homemade apple butter and freshly churned butter.
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| 10 | Ultimate Ninja | greg | Done | 22 | 7/26/2004 |
"I don't care what anyone thinks , real ultimate power will soon be MINE!!!" With that, he jumped into the air doing a phoenix burning somersault, and launched himself into a flying killer leap, landing on his arch enemy and completely smashing his record for number of enemies smashed with a single swing of his Bayou Croc Crescent Kick.
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| 8 | Wall Street Blues | greg | Done | 22 | 7/16/2004 |
However as soon as their buys went through, the Commissioner announced, " Batman. Batman! 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 |
Now what?!! "I guess we will have to get out those old-fashioned space suits. What bummer!" So they hurried to put on their Superman underwear, because it was as inspiring as nothing else is. Thusly donned, they left--earning strange stares since the underwear was actually their outerwear.
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| 5 | Ye Olde Medieval Days | betty | Done | 21 | 7/1/2004 |
The Earl replied with a bow, "And I named the cheese after thee, milord." Then the Count called all the servants together to tell them the bad news:
They would no longer get free sandwiches until the draconian taxes levied by the Duke of Hazzarde were removed. Count Muenster, along with the Earl of Sandwich, agreed to approach the Duke, but first the catapult must be reloaded.
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| 4 | Barrister the Lawyer Cat | betty | Done | 21 | 6/26/2004 |
There were a few close calls, but after about 20 tense minutes she gave up. "I'm so stressed out I can't think. I need a break." So she put down her pencil and went to hell in a handbasket. That's what the country's coming to. A parking lot here, a parking lot there, and pretty soon you've got some real evidence there!
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| 3 | The Big Conundrum | betty | Done | 21 | 6/21/2004 |
What will the students do now? They must reevaluate and find a better deal on a used car.
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| 2 | Woo baby! | greg | Done | 21 | 6/16/2004 |
I mean, he didn't even mention the name of the deceased! He spent most of the time talking about himself. As a result, they gave permission to build on the site of the historic battlefield never realizing that an apocolyptic tidal wave was only a few miles away and coming fast.
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| 1 | Big Computer | greg | Done | 18 | 6/11/2004 |
And the first thing they decided to buy was a life insurance policy, because they knew they would not live forever.
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