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Common Phrases #1340272 02/21/25 11:23 AM 02/21/25 11:23 AM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 53,674 Upstate NY Pandora OP Sonic Boomer
Pandora OP Sonic Boomer Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 53,674 Upstate NY	These are all representations of common words, phrases, places or things. Can you figure them out? Only one solve per person, please. The man who invented the Ferris wheel never met the man who invented the merry-go-round. They traveled in different circles.

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1340273 02/21/25 11:32 AM 02/21/25 11:32 AM
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1340274 02/21/25 11:34 AM 02/21/25 11:34 AM
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curly Sonic Boomer Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 49,387 Ottawa Ontario CANADA	2. the last round up The Doctor says, "You'll live to be 60!" "I AM 60!" "See, what did I tell you?"

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1340275 02/21/25 11:38 AM 02/21/25 11:38 AM
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OrleansBelle BAAG Specialist Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 7,488 Orleans, Ontario, CANADA	4 - bottom of the ninth A will finds a way

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1340279 02/21/25 12:11 PM 02/21/25 12:11 PM
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fildil BAAG Specialist F Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 7,266 Long Island, N.Y.	7. The start of something big Fil There is a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line. Oscar Levant

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1340280 02/21/25 12:16 PM 02/21/25 12:16 PM
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manxman Sonic Boomer Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 31,090 Unionville	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] #1340281 02/21/25 12:33 PM 02/21/25 12:33 PM
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oldbroad True Blue Boomer Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 21,398 Chicago	6. skinny dipping

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1340287 02/21/25 03:08 PM 02/21/25 03:08 PM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 53,674 Upstate NY Pandora OP Sonic Boomer
Pandora OP Sonic Boomer Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 53,674 Upstate NY	All good so far! The man who invented the Ferris wheel never met the man who invented the merry-go-round. They traveled in different circles.

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1340295 02/21/25 07:10 PM 02/21/25 07:10 PM
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Sherlock Adept Boomer Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 10,784 Minnesota, USA	5. the whole is greater than the sum of its parts The best math you can learn is how to calculate the future cost of current decisions.

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1340296 02/21/25 07:29 PM 02/21/25 07:29 PM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 53,674 Upstate NY Pandora OP Sonic Boomer
Pandora OP Sonic Boomer Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 53,674 Upstate NY	Looks so obvious once you say it. The man who invented the Ferris wheel never met the man who invented the merry-go-round. They traveled in different circles.

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1340297 02/21/25 08:04 PM 02/21/25 08:04 PM
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1340300 02/21/25 08:20 PM 02/21/25 08:20 PM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 53,674 Upstate NY Pandora OP Sonic Boomer
Pandora OP Sonic Boomer Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 53,674 Upstate NY	Another good solve! The man who invented the Ferris wheel never met the man who invented the merry-go-round. They traveled in different circles.

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1340311 02/22/25 04:02 AM 02/22/25 04:02 AM
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Lex Adept Boomer Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 12,543 Isle of Man	9. Close quarters, perhaps Life is what happens while you're making other plans.

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1340314 02/22/25 07:24 AM 02/22/25 07:24 AM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 53,674 Upstate NY Pandora OP Sonic Boomer
Pandora OP Sonic Boomer Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 53,674 Upstate NY	Yes! Well done! The man who invented the Ferris wheel never met the man who invented the merry-go-round. They traveled in different circles.

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