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Old 11-25-2010, 08:55   #1
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Thanksgiving Quiz from the UK

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11834508

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Old 11-25-2010, 09:55   #2
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Old 11-25-2010, 10:05   #3
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Old 11-25-2010, 10:51   #4
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Minnesota, my ass.
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Old 11-25-2010, 13:14   #5
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Old 11-25-2010, 13:38   #6
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I missed 2. I'm a lucky guesser.

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You have scored 8-10: Pecan pie!
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Old 11-25-2010, 13:54   #7
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Screw the Brits!.........

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Old 11-25-2010, 14:10   #8
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Missed Four.

Might have been 5. But this post ....

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Minnesota, my ass.
.....was a dead give-a-way.
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Old 11-25-2010, 14:12   #9
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Screw the Brits!.........

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Big Teddy,

I didn't see that question on the test?

Isn't THAT what the Pilgrims said right before they left England?

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Old 11-25-2010, 15:16   #10
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Missed Four.

Might have been 5. But this post ....



.....was a dead give-a-way.
I gave you an answer, you googled the rest-and still missed 4?

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Old 11-25-2010, 15:30   #11
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A Google-free 5 wrong.
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Old 11-25-2010, 16:34   #12
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I gave you an answer, you googled the rest-and still missed 4?

Nope. No googling here.

I just took the test like a Scotsman would and GUESSED the rest.
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Old 11-25-2010, 16:37   #13
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Missed Four...I just took the test like a Scotsman would and GUESSED the rest.
The "Luck o' the Irish"...another myth exposed.

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Old 11-25-2010, 18:12   #14
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Missed 3 on the 'hard version' and 0 wrong on the 'easy version'

I thought turkeys would freeze in Mn....
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Old 11-25-2010, 19:16   #15
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Got 6 wrong.

Just imagine if the indians had given the pilgrims a donkey instead of turkey.
We would all be getting a piece of ass for Thanksgiving.
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