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Posted by Kate G. on August 20, 2008, 11:10 pm
I didn't try to lick my elbow -- I know I can't do that!
But I did scroll back up! DUH!!!!
The rest are fun... and interesting!
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Kate in MI
http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves
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> their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey
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> Don't delete this just because it looks weird. Believe it or not, you
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> I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.
> The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at
> Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a
> wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer
> be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll
> raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not
> raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?
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> YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2008 when...
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> 1. You accidentally enter your PIN on the microwave.
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> 2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.
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> 5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is
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> 7. Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom of the
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> 8. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn't even
> have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for
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> 10. You get up in the morning and go on line before getting your
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> 11. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. : )
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> 12. You're reading this and nodding and laughing.
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> 13. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going to forward this
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> 14. You are too busy to notice there was no #9 on this list.
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> 15. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a #9 on
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> ~~~~~~~~~~~AND FINALLY~~~~~~~~~~~~
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> NOW U R LAUGHING at yourself.
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