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								by rip8fan1  Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:28 am 
			
			
			
			
			Isn't it possible, or probable, to overthink a situation, just to come up with a question?
			
			
									
									
						 
		 
				
		
		 
	 
				
		
		
			
				
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								by sweetharleygirl  Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:27 am 
			
			
			
			
			Isn't that what makes this game so much fun?
			
			
									
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								by umsolopagas  Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:14 am 
			
			
			
			
			What game? Where?
			
			
									
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								by MidasKnight  Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:40 am 
			
			
			
			
			If one were learning sign language, would it be silly to learn how to say "Help!  I'm stuck behind this wall!!" ...?
			
			
									
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								by umsolopagas  Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:44 am 
			
			
			
			
			Wouldn't that  depend on how silly one would have to be to get stuck behind a wall?
			
			
									
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								by MidasKnight  Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:47 am 
			
			
			
			
			What if the mafia put you there?
			
			
									
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								by rip8fan1  Thu Oct 22, 2009 12:24 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Wouldn't it be helpful if the wall were made of glass?
			
			
									
									
						 
		 
				
		
		 
	 
				
		
		
			
				
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								by MidasKnight  Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:14 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Can we assume, for the sake of the original question on this topic, that the wall is opaque?
			
			
									
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								by sweetharleygirl  Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:19 pm 
			
			
			
			
			A wall is a wall, does it matter what it's made out of?
			
			
									
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								by gpackin  Thu Oct 22, 2009 5:25 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Would you think it mattered during an earthquake?
			
			
									
									
						 
		 
				
		
		 
	 
				
		
		
			
				
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								by rip8fan1  Thu Oct 22, 2009 6:04 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Would you build the Great Wall of China with paper?
			
			
									
									
						 
		 
				
		
		 
	 
				
		
		
			
				
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								by MidasKnight  Thu Oct 22, 2009 6:16 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Did the Chinese?
			
			
									
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								by ODDBALL715  Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:16 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Would the wall still be standing if it had been made out of paper?
			
			
									
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								by rip8fan1  Sun Oct 25, 2009 6:04 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Couldn't it still be standing if there never was any rain or wind, and cats, and rats, stayed away?
			
			
									
									
						 
		 
				
		
		 
	 
				
		
		
			
				
																			
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								by mccormack44  Sun Oct 25, 2009 10:59 pm 
			
			
			
			
			You can tell me — what is the REAL reason the Chinese built that wall?
			
			
									
									
						 
		 
				
		
		 
	 
				
		
		
			
				
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								by gpackin  Mon Oct 26, 2009 1:50 am 
			
			
			
			
			Was built by General Tso to keep the chickens from escaping?
			
			
									
									
						 
		 
				
		
		 
	 
				
		
		
			
				
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								by MidasKnight  Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:52 am 
			
			
			
			
			Or was it because they had an internal fire buring to engineer something fantastic and hadn't thought of a fork yet?
			
			
									
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								by umsolopagas  Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:41 pm 
			
			
			
			
			How do internal fires bure?  Is this an architectural term or a term describing human emotions?  
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								by MidasKnight  Tue Oct 27, 2009 1:03 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Can we consider that a typo and not a misspelling please?
			
			
									
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								by voralfred  Tue Oct 27, 2009 1:28 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Even if I am ready to be lenient, do you really expect laurie to spare you her  
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								by MidasKnight  Tue Oct 27, 2009 1:40 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Has anyone seen laurie lately?
			
			
									
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								by sweetharleygirl  Tue Oct 27, 2009 3:22 pm 
			
			
			
			
			We may miss Laurie but do we really miss her hammer?
			
			
									
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								by MidasKnight  Tue Oct 27, 2009 4:10 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Wouldn't that depend on whether we are masochists or not?
			
			
									
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								by book junkie  Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:22 am 
			
			
			
			
			Hello I was sniffing around here and I heard there would be cookies?
			
			
									
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								by rip8fan1  Wed Oct 28, 2009 5:21 am 
			
			
			
			
			Cookies?  Do you hear with your nose, or do you sniff with your ears?