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Old 03-26-2009   #2761 (permalink)
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The otolith?

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Can you figure out what these words have in common.

Banana
Dresser
Grammar
Potato
Revive
Uneven
Assess

No, having multiples of the same letter isn't it.


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Can you figure out what these words have in common.

Banana
Dresser
Grammar
Potato
Revive
Uneven
Assess

No, having multiples of the same letter isn't it.

They all have a 5 letter palindrome after the first letter.
anana
resser
rammar
otato
evive
neven
ssess


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What do all these things have in common...

Political Cartoon
Plate tectonics
Postal service
libraries
Daylight Savings Time
Fire Insurance Company
Fire Department
Gulf Stream


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What do all these things have in common...

Political Cartoon
Plate tectonics
Postal service
libraries
Daylight Savings Time
Fire Insurance Company
Fire Department
Gulf Stream
I have absolutely no idea.

Here's one for you - What do they take to EVERY cup final but NEVER use?

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riddles anyone?

a mighty wind it does make
and unsuspecting it does take
with fury and with fire
all in its wake becomes a pyre

what am i?


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riddles anyone?

a mighty wind it does make
and unsuspecting it does take
with fury and with fire
all in its wake becomes a pyre

what am i?
A bomb?


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no, no, no ,you chilly celestial entity
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riddles anyone?

a mighty wind it does make
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with fury and with fire
all in its wake becomes a pyre

what am i?
Wild Fire? Forest fire? Pyroclastic Flow?


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nope, not quite and certainly not likely-step away from the moonshine young man and try again


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