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Tue Aug-15-06 04:04 PM
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Anyone else here have a useless superpower? |
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I can predict what song will come up next when my iTunes is on random and I have premonitions in dreams about mundane conversations. :D
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Tue Aug-15-06 04:06 PM
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1. Before looking at the caller ID |
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Edited on Tue Aug-15-06 04:15 PM by lizziegrace
I usually know who's calling. It's about 90% success...
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Tue Aug-15-06 04:08 PM
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Tue Aug-15-06 04:39 PM
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7. Yeah, 90% of my calls are from the same person, too. |
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Tue Aug-15-06 04:41 PM
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lots of different people... :)
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All those things that most people can't smell, but some can:
untreated natural gas cyanide Carbon Monoxide etc.
I can smell.
I can also smell electricity, hard water, and blood. (Everybody can smell blood, most can't smell paper-cuts from 2 rooms away though.)
I'm not sure if this is useful or not.
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Tue Aug-15-06 04:15 PM
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4. I used to be able to smell electricity |
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when I was about nine. I could also tell if it would rain that day because my bones felt "damp." :D
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Tue Aug-15-06 04:17 PM
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5. I used to be able to predict simpsons episodes just by thinking about them |
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And no, I don't know anybody in the industry.
I can also impart aversion with a touch. Whenever I pet my cat, he gets up and leaves.
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Tue Aug-15-06 04:27 PM
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6. I retain ungodly amounts of trivia. |
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It's generally useless, except for the time I won some of Ben Stein's money.
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Tue Aug-15-06 04:40 PM
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8. I can predict the future with surprising precision, but only |
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when no one will listen to me.
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Tue Aug-15-06 06:01 PM
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25. I can too! In a limited fashion. For example, I'm /almost/ always right |
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Edited on Tue Aug-15-06 06:04 PM by qnr
about what the next day is going to be
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Tue Aug-15-06 04:55 PM
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Tue Aug-15-06 04:57 PM
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Tue Aug-15-06 04:58 PM
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WannaBePassingFair and I... |
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have mind telepathy...
...weird, right?
:think:
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Tue Aug-15-06 05:00 PM
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Edited on Tue Aug-15-06 05:02 PM by ZombieNixon
I don't know where I'm going with this, I just wanted to dyslexize your name like I do your mom's. :D
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Tue Aug-15-06 05:01 PM
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Tue Aug-15-06 04:58 PM
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12. WannaBeGrumpy and I ... |
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have mind telepathy...
...weird, right?
:think:
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Tue Aug-15-06 04:59 PM
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13. Conspiratorial little punks! |
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Tue Aug-15-06 05:02 PM
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18. damn straight, pitidoe. |
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Tue Aug-15-06 05:00 PM
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14. Also I always turn on the Tiger's game.... |
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When Magglio Ordonez is batting... EVERY TIME!!!
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Tue Aug-15-06 05:07 PM
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you're definitely not obsessed or anything......(please don't hit me.)
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Tue Aug-15-06 08:18 PM
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63. I JUST DID IT THIS SECOND!!! |
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Tue Aug-15-06 05:21 PM
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21. I have the power to turn any love interest in to a friend |
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Tue Aug-15-06 05:22 PM
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22. And every guy in the world wants the opposite of that power. |
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Tue Aug-15-06 05:58 PM
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23. I can melt hearts with my smile. (Doesn't work on evildoers) |
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Tue Aug-15-06 05:59 PM
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24. I can make change for a dollar. |
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Tue Aug-15-06 06:02 PM
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27. Now that is a skill worth having |
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Tue Aug-15-06 06:04 PM
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29. But wait, there's more! |
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I can also sit down and take a nap in nearly any given location.
I hear the villains quivering in their boots!
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Tue Aug-15-06 06:06 PM
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30. I know I am awed and amazed!! |
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Tue Aug-15-06 06:08 PM
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31. Oh it doesn't stop there... |
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While stopped at a red light I can turn it green simply by concentration with my mind powers for several seconds.
Citizens rejoice!
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Tue Aug-15-06 06:09 PM
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32. Hey I think I have that same power... |
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Tue Aug-15-06 06:11 PM
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Do not tempt the wrath of the gods!
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Tue Aug-15-06 06:12 PM
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36. OOHH I'm shivering in my boots... |
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Tue Aug-15-06 06:18 PM
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42. See! I knew you were wearing flip flops! |
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"How did he know?" you're asking yourself now.
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Tue Aug-15-06 06:20 PM
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Tue Aug-15-06 06:28 PM
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My mind-boggling rays are behaving as they should be.
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Tue Aug-15-06 07:51 PM
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Tue Aug-15-06 06:02 PM
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26. I can make my monitor turn off just by showing up at the computer. |
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It's amazing how many times it goes into suspend, just as I'm getting ready to sit back down to it after wandering off for a bit.
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Tue Aug-15-06 06:04 PM
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28. I can make cookies and chocolate disappear! |
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And interestingly enough, if a cup of coffee is near those cookies it too will disappear!
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Tue Aug-15-06 06:10 PM
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33. I can spot a misspelled word from across the room |
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And not just on signage, either.
You'll love this one: We've got a guy working in Hardware that can draw Homer D. Poe, the little man with the bulbous nose and no eyes who's our mascot, pretty much in his sleep...so lots of people get him to make them signs. Only problem is, Diego can't spell his own name.
Diego's department head tasked him to make a sign advertising the different signs we sell. Diego made a very pretty sign with Homer holding a FOR SALE sign in one hand and a hammer in the other. And then he wrote at the top:
SINGS FOR ALL YOUR NEEDS Available on Aisle 13
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Tue Aug-15-06 06:11 PM
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35. I do that too but maybe it's cause.... |
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Edited on Tue Aug-15-06 06:12 PM by WannaBeGrumpy
I'm a national spelling bee kid! :)
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Tue Aug-15-06 06:13 PM
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37. It's not exactly useless, but I always know where north is (and all |
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the other directions).
It's not common, but not ultra-rare, either. I found out that it has to do with a concentration of iron in your sinuses (really!).
Redstone
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Tue Aug-15-06 06:15 PM
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39. Hey, yeah, I can do that, too! |
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I've heard it was iron in the bridge of your nose, though, but I guess sinuses works too. :D
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Tue Aug-15-06 06:17 PM
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40. Someone else, I think wetzelbill, is like that too. |
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Tue Aug-15-06 06:14 PM
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38. I can walk and chew gum at the same time... |
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...and I can tell--at a glance--who can and can't, as well...
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Tue Aug-15-06 06:17 PM
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this to you, and you alone. I can cut onions without crying. Yes, it's true. Sheesh!
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Tue Aug-15-06 07:34 PM
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Tue Aug-15-06 07:35 PM
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46. I know each and every time when my mom is calling |
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Tue Aug-15-06 08:02 PM
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in which I see places I haven't yet been, but, sure enough, I get there soon afterwards. Example: last Christmas break I went to a friend's house which I'd never seen before, but as soon as I got there I saw every detail I'd had in a dream, down to the back staircase and the alignment of pictures on the wall.
:hi:
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Tue Aug-15-06 08:04 PM
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49. I did almost the same kinda thing when my Grandpa died... |
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I dreamt that he had died and about a week later we found out he had.
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Tue Aug-15-06 08:06 PM
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51. Actually, that reminds me... |
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I did dream about my great grandfather's death one night, and I was woken up to be told that he had. :hug:
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Tue Aug-15-06 08:07 PM
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53. It's so strange because.. |
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i've heard a lot of stories like that so there must be something to it! :shrug:
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Tue Aug-15-06 08:09 PM
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55. I believe there is... |
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I've heard quite a bit of them too. :hi:
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Tue Aug-15-06 08:11 PM
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58. I think it most often happens when... |
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it's someone or something that you're really close to or something that you fear.
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Tue Aug-15-06 08:05 PM
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50. Those are like my mundane premonitions. |
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I'll dream about talking about something random and inconsequential and then three days later, I'll have that conversation. In fact, this summer, I've spent so much time on DU that I've started dreaming about making DU posts and then make the post a few days later. :eyes: One of them was in your love song thread yesterday. :D
:hi: :hug:
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Tue Aug-15-06 08:07 PM
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I feel special :D :loveya:
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Tue Aug-15-06 08:08 PM
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54. I think. It might have been in the flirting thread. |
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One of those threadjacks. Too many threadjacks to keep straight, but I think it was the love song one. :crazy: :loveya:
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Tue Aug-15-06 08:11 PM
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Edited on Tue Aug-15-06 08:11 PM by lelapin
Soon all of DU's gonna be yelling at us to get a (chat) room :P
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Tue Aug-15-06 08:14 PM
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60. I'm surprised there haven't been more of them yet! |
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Yeah, me too! Hey... I was wondering, how did you come up with your screenname? :shrug:
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Tue Aug-15-06 08:20 PM
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65. Check your PMs and find out! |
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Tue Aug-15-06 08:11 PM
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57. Streetlights burn out when I pass under them. n/t |
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Tue Aug-15-06 08:16 PM
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62. That is REALLY cool... |
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I wish I had that for a special effect :D
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Tue Aug-15-06 09:12 PM
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67. Yeah, special effect IS a good name for it. |
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Tue Aug-15-06 10:17 PM
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70. Streetlights go out on me all the time |
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and I go through an unbelievable amount of light bulbs in my house.
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Tue Aug-15-06 08:12 PM
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59. I can leap two sleeping dogs in a single bound! |
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:hi: And I can open jars without using a helper.... :rofl:
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Tue Aug-15-06 08:19 PM
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64. I can recite the first 13 lines of Canterbury Tales in Middle English. |
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Tue Aug-15-06 08:39 PM
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66. I have a pretty decent sense of timing |
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Edited on Tue Aug-15-06 08:40 PM by fujiyama
If I'm wondering what the time is, I'm usually no more than 2-3 minutes off from the actual time.
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Tue Aug-15-06 09:33 PM
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68. I can make repukes' brains shrivel up like raisins |
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What makes it useless is that apparently millions of other people have it, too, so I can hardly find any repukes anymore whose brains haven't already been shriveled! :evilgrin:
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71. My daughter claims to be able to eat ice cream fast and not get a headache |
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Tue Aug-15-06 11:08 PM
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72. I'm completely invisible to attractive women |
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:shrug: As far as super powers go it's pretty useless.
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