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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 02:22 PM
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I bought an item for $30, brought it home and almost immediately threw it out. What was it?
Hint: it was pretty small.
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Chan790 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 02:24 PM
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1. a really-nice trash can? n/t
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 02:35 PM
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3. Huh-uh, but a worthy effort. n/t
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siligut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 02:27 PM
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2. A nice door mat?
Do you actually throw a throw rug? I think it is a matter of semantics really. I wanted to guess seeds for the birds, but $30 worth of seeds is not small.
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 02:36 PM
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4. A clever guess, but no. n/t
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EOTE Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 02:47 PM
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5. One of them fancy digital pregnancy tests? NT
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 03:04 PM
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8. Given my gender and lack of social skills, it would be reasonable to expect me to throw one away
immediately, but no.
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redwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 02:58 PM
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6. A whole lot of ice melt?
:-)
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 03:05 PM
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9. I live in SC; I don't even know what that is. n/t
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 03:01 PM
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7. some kind of medical device/product?
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 03:06 PM
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10. No, but another good guess. n/t
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 03:16 PM
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11. Fire extinguisher?
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 03:19 PM
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12. Don't they recharge those things? Anyway, no. n/t
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 03:55 PM
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13. 'nother hint: my cell phone is a Net10
Somehow, I don't think anybody is going to need any more hints, which is lucky as I'm starting supper now and might not be back.
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 03:56 PM
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14. What's for supper?
:shrug:
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 04:18 PM
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16. Pasta fazoo. Yaay! nt
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Rhythm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 04:20 PM
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17. I do this all too often as well, so i know...
:hi: from another Net10 user...
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 04:23 PM
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19. Hi back! I could easily live without it, but it has paid off a few times
when the regular phone was tied up. So I guess I'll stick with it another couple months at least.
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Rhythm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 06:58 PM
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21. It's been pretty cost-effective for me...
Especially now that they've unveiled a $50 unlimited call/text/web option.

I've had the same basic flip-phone for a couple of years... i really don't need all of the bells and whistles of the more expensive ones.
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MadBadger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 04:02 PM
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15. A Baby? Always buy a few during the holidays and chuck them
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 04:21 PM
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18. "Why, I myself fetched $30,000 on the black market. And that was in 1954 dollars."
No, but it would be a good story!:)
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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 05:11 PM
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20. Phone recharge card
You added minutes to your phone.

Hint: if there's a truck stop in your area, buy your minutes there. It's far more ecologically correct because truck stops print the PIN on your receipt rather than giving you a card you must scratch off, key the numbers into your phone then throw away.
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 07:05 PM
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22. Steve Spurrier's handbag??
:P

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edbermac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 07:05 PM
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23. A football?
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GreatCaesarsGhost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 08:05 PM
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24. Decision Points
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 09:46 PM
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25. Battery
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surrealAmerican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 09:59 PM
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26. Grass seed?
... but I guess that would be a whole bunch of very small items, rather than one pretty small one.
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surrealAmerican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 10:00 PM
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27. dupe.
Edited on Fri Nov-26-10 10:01 PM by surrealAmerican
... removed.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-27-10 09:00 AM
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28. A mail-order husband?
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-27-10 03:39 PM
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29. It was only pining for the fjords!
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