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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 03:59 PM Original message |
A vernal equinox Friday Afternoon Challenge for you: The Rites of Spring! |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. No. 3 is Holi, the festival of color celebrated in India, and No. 6 is Fasching, a German festival. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. #3 is right. |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. did you watch "Outsourcing" last night? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. No, was that mentioned? |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:59 PM Response to Reply #20 |
36. yes, the entire episode was centered around the holiday |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:38 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. No, I just remember it from a National Geographic, I think. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:59 PM Response to Reply #22 |
35. I get LOTS from NG! A wonderful resource... |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. Reminds me I shoud rewatch "Water" |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:59 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. It looks wonderful! |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:20 PM Response to Reply #37 |
54. Stunning film |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. ... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Yes, #3 is in India. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. octoberfest? nt |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. wrong season...it's all about Spring here... |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. ah! -- so it must be a german or austrian spring festival? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. well... |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. lol! -- is 4 the mustang roundup? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I don't think this is what you'd call a "mustang roundup." Do you have a location? |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:32 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. ok -- to me if it was the mustang roundup -- it would be nevada. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:34 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. What a great guess...sadly, not either nevada or either of the carolinas.... |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. Is #2 Zurich's Sechseläuten? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. No, but your answer is interesting...I'll have to look that one up! |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Well, I suppose I could make the obvious but probably wrong guess for #2 |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Oh, it isn't...but I can see why you guessed that! |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
34. Okay, one last guess |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. which one? |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:07 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. #2 |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:16 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. Yes! Woo hoo! Have you been there for Fallas? |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:20 PM Response to Reply #46 |
56. Nope |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:24 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. It would be great to go just for that! I'd love to see it! |
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Call Me Wesley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. In the 'Ulysses', James Joyce refers to it as |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:20 PM Response to Reply #23 |
55. Wow, I love it! |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
12. . |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
13. Is #5 Argentina? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Nooo...there is no Argentina here...sadly... |
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Call Me Wesley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
24. No. 5. Original Buddha's birthday. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:56 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Where is this? |
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Call Me Wesley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:00 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. I have to guess: |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:01 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Wow, interestingt! But no... |
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Call Me Wesley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:13 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Then I have to go with either Nepal or Sri Lanka, |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:17 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. well...close...but... |
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Call Me Wesley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:21 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. See horseshoecrab's reply downthread. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
25. Number 5 is the George Clinton annual festival |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. Oh dear...that is my only response.... |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:16 PM Response to Reply #33 |
47. Does that mean I'm right or wrong? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. What is the George Clinton gig? I have no idea what it's all about and maybe it |
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Call Me Wesley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
26. No. 6 Maifest in Bavaria, Germany. |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Mmmm, Maiwein! |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:57 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Maifest? No... |
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Call Me Wesley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:07 PM Response to Reply #31 |
42. Strange, the decorations look like it. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:15 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. It is. |
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Call Me Wesley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:19 PM Response to Reply #42 |
52. Pentecost? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:22 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. Don't know about Pentecost but I don't this thing has anything to do with a religious festival. |
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Call Me Wesley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:28 PM Response to Reply #58 |
65. You don't mean 'Auer Dult?' |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:29 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. What is that? |
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Call Me Wesley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:39 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. The end of my Bavarian beer festivus knowledge. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:44 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Actually there is one more and it is a spring festival so...you were on the right track before... |
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Call Me Wesley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:53 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. Does it happen on March, 23? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 06:46 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. Sorry, I don't know. I'll research and get back to you, promise... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 06:53 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. Yes, it is at the end of March. You are correct. |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:25 PM Response to Reply #31 |
61. Oktoberfest in perhaps, Munich? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:27 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. No, this is about Spring festivals only, not fall festivals... |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:33 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. Frühlingsfest? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:45 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. no...I'm so sorry...I had no idea there were all these beer fests going on in Germany... |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 06:28 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. Don't be sorry - this is always fun even when we can't figure it out! |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 07:23 PM Response to Reply #74 |
78. Thanks, you are kind! My hubby thinks I "torture" people here! |
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Call Me Wesley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
27. No. 1 looks like carneval in Venice. (nt) |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 04:57 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. You know, it DOES look like that...but...no...not Venice... |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 08:15 PM Response to Reply #27 |
81. carnaval, but don't know where... |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
44. Is No. 2 Walpurgisnacht? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. No, it was guessed. It's is Las Fallas in Valencia Spain.... |
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horseshoecrab (613 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
48. #5 |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:19 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. Hey crab, how ya doin'? |
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horseshoecrab (613 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:27 PM Response to Reply #53 |
63. hmm... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:28 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. Oh, sorry, it is not Thailand... |
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horseshoecrab (613 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:21 PM Response to Reply #66 |
82. ok, another try at #5 |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:34 AM Response to Reply #82 |
85. Yes, indeed! It is Paro Tsechu in Bhutan! |
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horseshoecrab (613 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:00 AM Response to Reply #85 |
92. I'd like to thank the academy... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 07:20 PM Response to Reply #92 |
94. Well, we learn from each other, certainly! |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
60. I love your Friday threads |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:26 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. It is great to know that! I had no idea...shows my ignorance... |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:49 PM Response to Reply #62 |
72. It's a public holiday in Guyana |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 07:20 PM Response to Reply #72 |
77. Wow, I had no idea that it was a public holiday there! I learn so much here on DU! |
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Iterate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
79. Would #6 be the Starkbierfest in Munich? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:37 AM Response to Reply #79 |
86. You are correct! |
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Iterate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 07:52 AM Response to Reply #86 |
89. Perhaps an unfair advantage, but I have some in the fridge. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 08:38 AM Response to Reply #89 |
90. What a great story. Was the forest in Germany or in the U.S. |
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Iterate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:26 AM Response to Reply #90 |
91. Germany, near the Rhein |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 07:24 PM Response to Reply #91 |
96. A terrific story, Iterate! I love it. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
80. Kick! |
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horseshoecrab (613 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
83. kick! |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
84. Is No. 4 in Australia? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:37 AM Response to Reply #84 |
87. It is! |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:42 AM Response to Original message |
88. I will post the winners of the Challenge in GD this morning. |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
93. 4 is India nt |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 07:22 PM Response to Reply #93 |
95. It is actually #3. The number is above the image. It has been identified. |
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