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Common Phrases #1290622 01/13/23 11:33 AM 01/13/23 11:33 AM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 54,427 Upstate NY Pandora OP Sonic Boomer
Pandora OP Sonic Boomer Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 54,427 Upstate NY	These are all representations of words, places or things. Can you figure them out? Only one solve 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] #1290624 01/13/23 11:40 AM 01/13/23 11:40 AM
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1290625 01/13/23 11:44 AM 01/13/23 11:44 AM
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1290627 01/13/23 01:04 PM 01/13/23 01:04 PM
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1290630 01/13/23 02:04 PM 01/13/23 02:04 PM
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1290631 01/13/23 02:11 PM 01/13/23 02:11 PM
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1290633 01/13/23 02:52 PM 01/13/23 02:52 PM
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manxman Sonic Boomer Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 31,990 Ontario	1. circular reasoning Sometimes lost is where you need to be. Just because you don't know your direction doesn't mean you don't have one.

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1290634 01/13/23 03:03 PM 01/13/23 03:03 PM
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1290637 01/13/23 03:47 PM 01/13/23 03:47 PM
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1290641 01/13/23 04:46 PM 01/13/23 04:46 PM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 54,427 Upstate NY Pandora OP Sonic Boomer
Pandora OP Sonic Boomer Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 54,427 Upstate NY	Mostly right! #2 and #5 are not correct If you spell the words "absolutely nothing" backwards, you get "Gnihton yletulosba", which ironically means absolutely nothing.

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1290642 01/13/23 05:42 PM 01/13/23 05:42 PM
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1290645 01/13/23 06:54 PM 01/13/23 06:54 PM
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1290650 01/13/23 08:08 PM 01/13/23 08:08 PM
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1290651 01/13/23 08:12 PM 01/13/23 08:12 PM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 54,427 Upstate NY Pandora OP Sonic Boomer
Pandora OP Sonic Boomer Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 54,427 Upstate NY	michele and soot SQF, sorry, try agin. If you spell the words "absolutely nothing" backwards, you get "Gnihton yletulosba", which ironically means absolutely nothing.

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1290701 01/14/23 03:34 PM 01/14/23 03:34 PM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 17,391 Ohio michele rose Graduate Boomer
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: michele rose] #1290705 01/14/23 04:50 PM 01/14/23 04:50 PM
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 17,412 Upper Arlington, Ohio Space Quest Fan Graduate Boomer
Space Quest Fan Graduate Boomer Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 17,412 Upper Arlington, Ohio	Originally Posted by michele rose 3. outnumbered 3 to 1 That was a good one! It's nice to be important but it is much more important to be nice.

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1290709 01/14/23 06:54 PM 01/14/23 06:54 PM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 54,427 Upstate NY Pandora OP Sonic Boomer
Pandora OP Sonic Boomer Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 54,427 Upstate NY	Sure was! Well done! If you spell the words "absolutely nothing" backwards, you get "Gnihton yletulosba", which ironically means absolutely nothing.

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1290710 01/14/23 08:16 PM 01/14/23 08:16 PM
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Marian Global Moderator Sonic Boomer Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 53,195 near Yosemite	michele rose!

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