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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 03:31 PM Original message |
If you could have ONE thing from the Smithsonian, what would you pick? |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. Duh. No brainer. Hope Diamond. I don't believe in curses. |
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ZombieNixon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'd pick the security camera overlooking the most valuable item there. |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. Fonzie's Jacket |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 04:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. But what if it only works on vinyl? |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
4. Fred Roger's sweater |
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WannaBeGrumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
5. The first Hot Air Balloon... |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
6. Probably this |
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anarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 03:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I've always kind of wanted one of these |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 04:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Certainly a SHARP looking machine. |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 04:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Too fast, too high |
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Sugar Smack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
7. You want too much. |
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swimboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 04:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Sweet! |
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Sugar Smack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 04:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. You liked those too? Should we share them, |
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swimboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 04:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Just click your heels together three times, baby! |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
9. this sucker for my front yard |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
10. I want two things |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
11. The Hope Diamond, hands down |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 04:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. I think you have to fight Midlodemocrat for it. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 04:44 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. I can take her on -- she's a soccer mom |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
17. Marilyn Monroe's Lips |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 04:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Those things dance when I scroll my screen up and down. |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 04:31 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Funny, so am I. My CEO had a shitfit when I hung the prints in my office |
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Sugar Smack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 04:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. *blinks* heheh. |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 04:35 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Thanks, woman. |
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Sugar Smack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 04:50 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. If THAT'S Hell why am I not happier? |
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Sugar Smack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 04:54 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. That is to say, I've been told to "make myself comfortable". |
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Benfea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
20. My granduncle's moonscape paintings. |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
23. do the moon rocks count? |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
25. Either Carol Burnett's charwoman costume or the X-1. n/t |
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seemunkee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
27. The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 04:52 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. That's just pretty damned IMPRESSIVE right there. |
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seemunkee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 05:37 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. It is indeed |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
29. this plane |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
33. Jacqueline Kennedy's inaugural gown |
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RevCheesehead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
34. Indiana Jones' hat. |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 05:01 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. It is a really nice hat, innit? |
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RevCheesehead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 05:19 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Actually, I'd trade it in for Harrison Ford. |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
35. the deed. |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:54 AM Response to Reply #35 |
52. Me too |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
39. These: |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 06:08 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Those are a popular choice amongst the Loungers today. |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
40. The Oppenheimer Diamond |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 06:07 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. To me, that's prettier than the Hope. I have one that looks like that... |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
43. There is only one thing *to* have! |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 06:43 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Weird! What is that- some sort of submarine? |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 06:45 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Yep, it is |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
46. Late night KICK. Most popular items so far: Judy Garlands Ruby Slippers, |
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qnr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
47. Don't know if it is still there, but as a child, I was always fascinated |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
48. their entire music archive |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:31 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Is their music archive even fully "archived" yet? |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:45 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. exactly the reason i want them |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:59 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Y'know, I might have to change my original choice... |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
49. The keys, so I could go whenever I wanted |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
54. Easy choice... |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
55. The Dulles Air & Space Hangar. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
56. Nicolo Amati |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 03:05 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. You really can't get wood like that anymore. |
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Kickin_Donkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 04:02 AM Response to Original message |
58. Pele's jersey ... |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
59. Julia Child's Kitchen |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 09:11 AM Response to Reply #59 |
62. I'm with you on that, though |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
60. The Wright Bros. plane that flew the inaugural flight at Killdevil Hill. |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
61. Archie Bunker's chair ... |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
63. One of the first televisions or one of the first radios... |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
64. The Director's job.............. |
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progmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
65. this |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:24 PM Response to Reply #65 |
71. "Clothing" (as a category) has been the most popular choice. |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
66. The Planetarium! |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
67. It's endownment, investments, and other liquid assets |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
68. The Hope Diamond has too many curses |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
69. I'd take the Hope Diamond... |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
70. The big Calder mobile in the atrium of the National Gallery/East bldg |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:29 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. Dayum! Just how big is your living room? |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
73. Their 1906 Indian motorcycle |
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