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| Americans No Longer Dumbest on Planet; Churchill Thought Fictional in Survey | |
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| Jacaranda | Feb 20 2008, 02:14 AM Post #1 |
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One-fifth of the 3,000 British teenagers interviewed in a recent survey believed that Winston Churchill was fictional, not real. However 65% believed King Arthur was real. Article from the Telegraph |
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| ogoble | Feb 20 2008, 02:31 AM Post #2 |
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And ya'll thunk we was ignerunt!
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| JeffLynnesBeard | Feb 20 2008, 03:46 AM Post #3 |
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Of course, without the same questions asked to the same amount of American teenagers, the thread title is a little bit of a bold statement.
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| BeatleDude1964 | Feb 20 2008, 03:51 AM Post #4 |
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I doubt most American teenagers have ever heard the name Churchill, or know who he is. Not me of course, I'm just smart.
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I've always heard that the good die young There's little time left to prove them wrong. | |
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| BeatleDude1964 | Feb 20 2008, 03:53 AM Post #5 |
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And wasn't Eleneor Righby a real person??? Didn't they find her grave somewhere in Liverpool? I think. Maybe. |
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I've always heard that the good die young There's little time left to prove them wrong. | |
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| Dorfliedot | Feb 20 2008, 03:53 AM Post #6 |
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I think no one dump. It just others have more higher IQ then others. Some times, it has to do with environment and schools they Attend. |
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| maccascruff | Feb 20 2008, 04:42 AM Post #7 |
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Maybe? I have been to Eleanor Rigby's grave. Somebody posted pictures of her gravesite here once. |
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| FamousGroupie | Feb 20 2008, 05:54 AM Post #8 |
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As far as I know one made the sweeping generalisation that Americans were the dumbest on the planet. What non-Americans can't understand, if you're so smart, what on earth possessed you to elect the dumbest man on the planet as your leader? |
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| Mia Culpa | Feb 20 2008, 05:57 AM Post #9 |
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Churchill was fictional. |
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| ogoble | Feb 20 2008, 06:16 AM Post #10 |
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No...he was real and is considered by many Americans to be the greatest actor to come out of England.
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| Mia Culpa | Feb 20 2008, 06:18 AM Post #11 |
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You're thinking of Pauly Shore. |
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| ogoble | Feb 20 2008, 06:22 AM Post #12 |
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No, I think he was a Beatle. |
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| Mia Culpa | Feb 20 2008, 06:24 AM Post #13 |
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The Beatles were fictional, duh. They were characters in an Australian soap opera in the mid '80s inspired by the Gilligan's Island episode with Bingo, Bango, Bongo and Irving. |
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| Bill | Feb 20 2008, 06:29 AM Post #14 |
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No, Irving was the German composer who wrote White Christmas. |
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| ogoble | Feb 20 2008, 06:30 AM Post #15 |
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:hmm: Didn't they get sued by The Honey Bees for stealing their song "You Need Us?" |
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| Mia Culpa | Feb 20 2008, 06:41 AM Post #16 |
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He was actually Prussian since Berlin is in East Afrika. |
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| Mia Culpa | Feb 20 2008, 06:43 AM Post #17 |
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No, that was Marlo Thomas for singing Lemon Tree Very Pretty on F-Troop. |
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| Mia Culpa | Feb 20 2008, 06:45 AM Post #18 |
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Then explain this http://z3.invisionfree.com/Strawberry_Fiel...?showtopic=7069 |
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| Deleted User | Feb 20 2008, 06:47 AM Post #19 |
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calling that dumb is like calling a Japanese Oriental |
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| Dorfliedot | Feb 20 2008, 06:47 AM Post #20 |
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Thanks! I miss that thread. |
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| Mia Culpa | Feb 20 2008, 06:49 AM Post #21 |
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This has quickly become more surreal than giraffes on fire. |
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| Deleted User | Feb 20 2008, 06:52 AM Post #22 |
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Surreal is a beach resort at Sahara desert |
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| Dorfliedot | Feb 20 2008, 06:57 AM Post #23 |
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Unless you watch the show the Surreal world. |
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| Mia Culpa | Feb 20 2008, 06:58 AM Post #24 |
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Beaches are fictional. |
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| FamousGroupie | Feb 20 2008, 07:01 AM Post #25 |
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The cast list for the movie White Christmas: Emma Dreaming Arthur White Chris Muss Jess Likedee Juan Swee Hugo Snow Mayor Dazeby Mary Anne Bright Ann-May Hall-York-Rhys Mrs B White |
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| kink | Feb 20 2008, 12:45 PM Post #26 |
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I laugh. |
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| Colin | Feb 20 2008, 01:34 PM Post #27 |
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King Arthur did exist, I can prove it
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There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on the earth http://www.myspace.com/colin_o_m http://www.flickr.com/photos/27864525@N08/ | |
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| fab4fan | Feb 20 2008, 01:39 PM Post #28 |
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3rd dumbest. We rejected Gore & Kerry.
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| Bill | Feb 20 2008, 01:43 PM Post #29 |
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That doesn't add up and you know it!
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| fab4fan | Feb 20 2008, 01:54 PM Post #30 |
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1+1+1 is 3, got to be good looking 'cause he's so hard to see..... |
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| JeffLynnesBeard | Feb 20 2008, 01:59 PM Post #31 |
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I have to acknowledge the awesomeness of this post.
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| ogoble | Feb 20 2008, 02:10 PM Post #32 |
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Then what did I just do in the bathroom?
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| SherryO | Feb 20 2008, 07:06 PM Post #33 |
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I thought Irving was Jewish! So, the lady I saw running across the parking lot in her large fur coat, dripping diamonds, & yelling "Oyving, Oyving, don't forget the gouda!", wasn't his wife after all? |
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| modgirl1964 | Feb 20 2008, 10:36 PM Post #34 |
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LMAO!!!! I almost spat out my soda when I read this!! |
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| Jacaranda | Feb 21 2008, 12:39 AM Post #35 |
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Well, as you can probably tell, I was in a bit of a mood when I came up with this thread. Actually, surveys like this are being given to and cited about Americans all the time, so turnabout is fair play. Particularly after questions and answers such as these where Americans were shown to have the IQs and education levels of turtles. :lol: Are the Americans Stupid? |
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| Dorfliedot | Feb 21 2008, 12:51 AM Post #36 |
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op's incorrct spelling on my part. See you don't have to be dumb to replace a word with another.
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| Deleted User | Feb 21 2008, 12:55 AM Post #37 |
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"Al Qaeda is a suicide group in Israel, in Middle East."
"Al Qaeda is a wing of the Masonic Order" "what's the religion of Israel? Israeli? Muslim? Islamic?" :wacko: I cant believe that video is real, probably they tell people to answer wrongly. I laughed badly when people thought Australia was Iran, North Korea, FRANCE!!!!!!!!! :lol: :lol: I hope that was a joke, because if that's true, it's a serious thing |
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| Deleted User | Feb 21 2008, 01:26 AM Post #38 |
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Lisa your link is not working here |
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| Jacaranda | Feb 21 2008, 01:30 AM Post #39 |
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Thanks Michelle, I fixed it so it's working now. |
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| Bill | Feb 21 2008, 02:10 AM Post #40 |
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Ah, the Chasers' second finest moment! |
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| Mia Culpa | Feb 22 2008, 03:07 PM Post #41 |
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I don't get it. Is that supposed to be "oy vey"? |
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| Mia Culpa | Feb 22 2008, 03:09 PM Post #42 |
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It has to be staged. I've always thought Americans have a fundamentally poor grasp of the situation but this is too far. |
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| SherryO | Feb 22 2008, 07:04 PM Post #43 |
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Just think, how would a Jewish lady say, "Irving"? It comes out sounding like OY-ving! |
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Ah Mia, I dont think that's true. If that's true, where is the freedom? America is almost like Cuba where people dont know anything about the world. Cuba because of the government and America...? I cant understand it. It's not real, just a bad show. You can't judge the whole country based on 10 or 3.000 people. |
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| Jacaranda | Feb 22 2008, 08:07 PM Post #45 |
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Well of course you can. Everyone does it.
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| modgirl1964 | Feb 23 2008, 12:46 AM Post #46 |
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That sounds like every Jewish mother I knew on Long Island! :lol: |
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| Mia Culpa | Feb 23 2008, 04:21 AM Post #47 |
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I disagree. |
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| Mia Culpa | Feb 23 2008, 04:22 AM Post #48 |
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I'd wager most Cubans know Australia is not North Korea. |
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| Mia Culpa | Feb 23 2008, 04:24 AM Post #49 |
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| Mia Culpa | Feb 23 2008, 04:26 AM Post #50 |
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If the character was supposed to be from Brooklyn that should've been mentioned. I hate when jokes aren't told properly. |
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| Bill | Feb 23 2008, 04:35 AM Post #51 |
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I'm sure most Americans do too. At least, I'm naive enough to hope so. I think the real national trait at work here is that ignorant Americans (and I class those as separate from the rest) are perhaps less self-aware that ignorant people of other nationalities and therefore don't try to cover their ignorance. |
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| Mia Culpa | Feb 23 2008, 04:39 AM Post #52 |
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So ignorant Americans proudly wear t-shirts that say "no fat chix" while ignorant Germans hide in root cellars? |
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| Bill | Feb 23 2008, 04:56 AM Post #53 |
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I wouldn't know. Germans speak some funny language so it's hard to tell if they're ignorant, stoned or just foreign. |
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| Mia Culpa | Feb 23 2008, 05:07 AM Post #54 |
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Ausgetzeichnet |
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| audrey | Feb 23 2008, 05:46 AM Post #55 |
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god bless you |
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| Mia Culpa | Feb 23 2008, 12:58 PM Post #56 |
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Thank you. |
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| theonlyfab4fan | Feb 23 2008, 01:17 PM Post #57 |
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Umm. actually she said the character was from Lon Giland. Geographically far removed by NY standards and yet they share the same grating accent. :lol: |
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You say you want to save humanity but it`s people that you just can`t stand John came to me in a dream and this is what he said. "I had a vision of a man on a flaming pie, and he told me that Betsy with a B not Lisa with a L is the biggest fan of mine". John trumps 'the boss' ! I WAS ROBBED BY THAT DEVIL WOMAN | |
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| Mia Culpa | Feb 23 2008, 01:24 PM Post #58 |
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Brooklyn's on Long Island but that's beside the point. |
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| theonlyfab4fan | Feb 23 2008, 01:33 PM Post #59 |
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:lol: :lol: I beg to differ. I spent many, many summers in Brooklyn while I was growing up. There is a difference. Perhaps by some standards they are very small, but that is usually from those that are uneducated of the nuances that make NY. Upstate doesn`t even count. As far as true NY`ers are concerned they live in a completely different world. |
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You say you want to save humanity but it`s people that you just can`t stand John came to me in a dream and this is what he said. "I had a vision of a man on a flaming pie, and he told me that Betsy with a B not Lisa with a L is the biggest fan of mine". John trumps 'the boss' ! I WAS ROBBED BY THAT DEVIL WOMAN | |
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| Mia Culpa | Feb 23 2008, 01:41 PM Post #60 |
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I guess that settles the American geography question. Next up, why is it called North Dakota when it's south of Florida? :wacko: |
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| theonlyfab4fan | Feb 23 2008, 01:46 PM Post #61 |
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Duh!! Because it is north of South Dakota. Just like North Carolina and South Carolina. Or Virginia and West Virginia. Mia, Mia, Mia, you are such a silly goose! Keep up the good work :lol: |
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You say you want to save humanity but it`s people that you just can`t stand John came to me in a dream and this is what he said. "I had a vision of a man on a flaming pie, and he told me that Betsy with a B not Lisa with a L is the biggest fan of mine". John trumps 'the boss' ! I WAS ROBBED BY THAT DEVIL WOMAN | |
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| iscreamer1 | Feb 24 2008, 01:15 PM Post #62 |
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Hey I resemble that remark! |
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| BeatleBarb | Feb 24 2008, 03:35 PM Post #63 |
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Might make some tonight. |
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| ogoble | Feb 25 2008, 03:47 AM Post #64 |
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<_< Well duh! It's located just west of Hungary. |
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| Mia Culpa | Feb 25 2008, 04:22 PM Post #65 |
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That's spelled Hungry. They've been at war with Phull for as long as I can remember. Hopefully factions of the Di'et peoples can take over and we can worry about Thirstee. |
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| Dorfliedot | Feb 25 2008, 04:28 PM Post #66 |
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Umm, I just learn that I can guess, what capital of what country is. and, at least get 6 right. :lol: |
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