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Common Phrases #1212330 03/13/20 10:55 AM 03/13/20 10:55 AM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 54,411 Upstate NY Pandora OP Sonic Boomer
Pandora OP Sonic Boomer Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 54,411 Upstate NY	These are all unusual representations of words, phrases or things. Can you figure them out? One posted answer per person, please. If you spell the words "absolutely nothing" backwards, you get "Gnihton yletulosba", which ironically means absolutely nothing.

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1212331 03/13/20 10:57 AM 03/13/20 10:57 AM
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1212333 03/13/20 11:05 AM 03/13/20 11:05 AM
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1212334 03/13/20 11:10 AM 03/13/20 11:10 AM
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1212336 03/13/20 11:24 AM 03/13/20 11:24 AM
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1212338 03/13/20 11:36 AM 03/13/20 11:36 AM
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1212339 03/13/20 11:44 AM 03/13/20 11:44 AM
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1212341 03/13/20 12:04 PM 03/13/20 12:04 PM
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1212346 03/13/20 01:42 PM 03/13/20 01:42 PM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 54,411 Upstate NY Pandora OP Sonic Boomer
Pandora OP Sonic Boomer Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 54,411 Upstate NY	Nicely done! I have a different answer for #6. If you spell the words "absolutely nothing" backwards, you get "Gnihton yletulosba", which ironically means absolutely nothing.

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1212348 03/13/20 02:48 PM 03/13/20 02:48 PM
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1212349 03/13/20 02:49 PM 03/13/20 02:49 PM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 54,411 Upstate NY Pandora OP Sonic Boomer
Pandora OP Sonic Boomer Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 54,411 Upstate NY	Try again, manxie. If you spell the words "absolutely nothing" backwards, you get "Gnihton yletulosba", which ironically means absolutely nothing.

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1212363 03/13/20 06:39 PM 03/13/20 06:39 PM
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1212375 03/13/20 08:05 PM 03/13/20 08:05 PM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 54,411 Upstate NY Pandora OP Sonic Boomer
Pandora OP Sonic Boomer Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 54,411 Upstate NY	Good one! If you spell the words "absolutely nothing" backwards, you get "Gnihton yletulosba", which ironically means absolutely nothing.

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1212384 03/13/20 10:16 PM 03/13/20 10:16 PM
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1212392 03/14/20 02:52 AM 03/14/20 02:52 AM
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1212395 03/14/20 06:32 AM 03/14/20 06:32 AM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 54,411 Upstate NY Pandora OP Sonic Boomer
Pandora OP Sonic Boomer Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 54,411 Upstate NY	Both of those answers are worthy, but not mine. If you spell the words "absolutely nothing" backwards, you get "Gnihton yletulosba", which ironically means absolutely nothing.

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1212409 03/14/20 09:33 AM 03/14/20 09:33 AM
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1212416 03/14/20 12:36 PM 03/14/20 12:36 PM
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1212418 03/14/20 01:25 PM 03/14/20 01:25 PM
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1212419 03/14/20 01:30 PM 03/14/20 01:30 PM
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1212422 03/14/20 01:37 PM 03/14/20 01:37 PM
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1212429 03/14/20 01:56 PM 03/14/20 01:56 PM
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: oldbroad] #1212437 03/14/20 03:36 PM 03/14/20 03:36 PM
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Sherlock Adept Boomer Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 10,797 Minnesota, USA	6. cereal bowl The best math you can learn is how to calculate the future cost of current decisions.

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1212451 03/14/20 04:52 PM 03/14/20 04:52 PM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 54,411 Upstate NY Pandora OP Sonic Boomer
Pandora OP Sonic Boomer Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 54,411 Upstate NY	All good guesses! Sherlock has my #6. If you spell the words "absolutely nothing" backwards, you get "Gnihton yletulosba", which ironically means absolutely nothing.

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1212458 03/14/20 06:19 PM 03/14/20 06:19 PM
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