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mash
Joined: 27 Feb 2007 Posts: 2683
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Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:20 pm Post subject: |
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Pinkstar you are correct again.
Your last trade was only made for $50k so, I will decline that and if you make out a trade for $1mill instead, I will accept as soon as poss
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True or false? It is impossible to lick your elbow. |
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milon
Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Posts: 3649
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Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 1:32 pm Post subject: |
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Unless you're like...really flexible, I think that's a true statement. I certainly can't lick my elbow >.> |
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mash
Joined: 27 Feb 2007 Posts: 2683
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Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 2:34 pm Post subject: |
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Correct Kat. It is impossible to lick your elbow (unless you have a freakeshly long tongue lol)
Make out the trade $500k
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What is the average number of people airborne over the US at any given hour?
a) 10,000,000
b) 61,000
c) 9,567 |
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PinkStar
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 889
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Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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Oh yeah i am nnot that good with money.. LOL Just spendindg and saving..
The correct answer is b for that q though I cant remember how i knew that.. |
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mash
Joined: 27 Feb 2007 Posts: 2683
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Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 1:40 pm Post subject: |
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Pinkstar you are correct once again
Make the trade
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Which was the first novel ever written on a typewriter? |
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milon
Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Posts: 3649
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Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 1:48 pm Post subject: |
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Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain? |
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mash
Joined: 27 Feb 2007 Posts: 2683
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Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 1:56 pm Post subject: |
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well done Kat, correct answer
Make out the trade
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What do bullet-prrof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common? |
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Fiddle
Joined: 21 Jan 2008 Posts: 123
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Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 3:37 pm Post subject: |
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They were all made by women.
We found out about this in class not long ago xD |
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ChocolateGal
Joined: 29 Jul 2007 Posts: 1868
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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:44 am Post subject: |
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mash wrote: | Correct Kat. It is impossible to lick your elbow (unless you have a freakeshly long tongue lol)
Make out the trade $500k
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What is the average number of people airborne over the US at any given hour?
a) 10,000,000
b) 61,000
c) 9,567 |
I have a freakishly long tounge but even that isimpossible to lick your elbow becuae your have to break you shoulder away from your face...
ewwww |
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mash
Joined: 27 Feb 2007 Posts: 2683
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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:15 am Post subject: |
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Correct Fiddle, make out a trade for $500k
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What is the only food that doesn't spoil? |
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Fireflake
Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 436
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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:42 am Post subject: |
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honey |
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mash
Joined: 27 Feb 2007 Posts: 2683
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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:59 am Post subject: |
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Well done Fireflake make out a trade for $500k
THIS IS THE LAST QUESTION!!!
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Where did the phrase "Goodnight, sleep tight" come from? |
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EDZ
Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 3345
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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 12:54 pm Post subject: |
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This is what I found.. Overkill? LOL
Origin
This is a very well-used phrase in many parts of the English-speaking world. It's been common at bedtime for many years in the form of "good night, sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite", or similar.
There are several theories going the rounds as to the origin. One is that bedclothes were tied tightly to stop bedbugs biting. That's pure speculation and there seems to be no evidence whatsoever to support it. Another theory, this time a little more plausible, dates from the days when mattresses were supported by ropes which needed to be pulled tight to give a well-sprung bed. Again though, this is speculative.
The phrase "sleep tight" itself was well used in the late 20th century, but there could hardly have been better way of cementing any phrase into the popular consciousness than by Lennon and McCartney using it in the lyrics of a song at the height of Beatlemania. That's where it found itself, in Good Night on the White Album in 1968:
Now it's time to say good night,
Good night. Sleep tight.
The phrase actually isn't very old. The first citation found is from 1866. In her diary Through Some Eventful Years, Susan Bradford Eppes included:
"All is ready and we leave as soon as breakfast is over. Goodbye little Diary. ‘Sleep tight and wake bright,’ for I will need you when I return".
There aren't other known citations until L Frank Baum’s Rinkitink In Oz, 1916 and the OED has no others until 1933. This puts the phrase out of general circulation in the early 20th century, which tends to argue against the rope stringing origin as we might expect the common use of the phrase and the common use of rope-strung beds to coincide.
Susan Eppes' line, with its clear link between 'sleep tight' and 'sleep well', leads us to what is the most probable explanation for the phrase. The word tight, although not often used in this way now, means 'firm, sound, secure' (as in 'sit tight'). So, 'sleep tight' just means 'sleep soundly'. |
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mash
Joined: 27 Feb 2007 Posts: 2683
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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:32 pm Post subject: |
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You DID mention the answer I was looking for EDZ
Which is...
In shakespear's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase "Goodnight, sleeptight"
So make out the trade EDZ |
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PinkStar
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 889
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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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mash can you setup the trade and what is the next question? |
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