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spiderpig

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22. Should I start worrying about Guam? (At least it's small)

Reply to antiquie (Reply #21)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 01:57 PM

Nov 2012

Anecdote from my elementary school days, back at the Dawn of Time.

There was discussion of Puerto Rico statehood in my classroom, and a worried kid asked the teacher "But how will they change the stars on the flag?"

Another classmate immediately piped up "Three rows of seventeen!".

Never forgot it. Second kid must be a nuclear scientist now.

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Earworms. [View all] spiderpig Nov 2012 OP

"She's having my ba-buh. What a wonderful way zazen Nov 2012 #1

Thank you, Torture Master zazen. spiderpig Nov 2012 #2

Sing the song out loud then start singing another song usually works ;-) bkkyosemite Nov 2012 #3

I'll follow your advice, but my cats will hate you. spiderpig Nov 2012 #4

Go with the theme song from "Gilligan's Island" - that wipes out everything else. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #5

We have reached the End of Days. spiderpig Nov 2012 #6

You can stretch far enough to give yourself a hum job? HopeHoops Nov 2012 #7

Naughty Naughty!!! spiderpig Nov 2012 #8

Ooooh. Do it again. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #11

I love deranged nun movies. spiderpig Nov 2012 #12

No kidding, this parrot frogmarch Nov 2012 #9

I would so like to adopt that parrot, but don't they have insanely long life spans? spiderpig Nov 2012 #10

Just about anything by Stevie Wonder becomes an instant earworm Art_from_Ark Nov 2012 #13

Is there a correlation between high-pitched male voices and earworms? spiderpig Nov 2012 #15

Kelis's Milkshake -- Even just typing it has set off the earworm. aikoaiko Nov 2012 #14

The bloodwood and the desert oak CanonCityGecacher Nov 2012 #16

I asked my sister about deals on pillowcases spiderpig Nov 2012 #17

It is strange CanonCityGecacher Nov 2012 #18

My ophthalmologist was telling me about ocular migraines. spiderpig Nov 2012 #19

Puerto Rico voted for statehood, antiquie Nov 2012 #21

Should I start worrying about Guam? (At least it's small) spiderpig Nov 2012 #22

K-K-K-Katy antiquie Nov 2012 #20

Now you've done it. spiderpig Nov 2012 #23

You are welcome. antiquie Nov 2012 #24

When Clinton Was Running For President CanonCityGecacher Nov 2012 #25

ANY of these songs you guys listed 2theleft Nov 2012 #26

That god damn song by Taylor Swift about her breaking up with Connor Kennedy. Odin2005 Nov 2012 #27