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How is your favorite team doing at this moment in time? Is it what you expected or are you surprised by their play? I am very pleasantly surprised by the Bluejays so far. Every season I start out with hope and they never deliver; and then this season, with a depleted rotation, I had no expectations whatsoever and here we are in mid-May with the most wins of anyone in the AL! I fully expect the Red Sox to win the division as we fade away, and most likely we won't even take the wild card since we have...

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What is the record for the most rbis in a single game by a ray or devil ray? The Rays' website lists the record holder as Paul Sorrento, who hit 6 RBIs in a game against Cleveland on 3rd May 1998. This may not have been updated to include the 2009 season, but to my knowledge nobody has surpassed 6 for the Rays this year.

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What is the most dangerous thing in the world? A bear with a chainsaw.

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Now that Manny Ramirez has been suspended for 50 games, how do you think the Dodgers will do without him? They'll do just fine, they are a solid team and they are in a very weak division... they won't be as good as they have been with him, but they're hardly going to fall apart. I expect them to still have a healthy enough lead in the NL West when he returns in July.

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What was your favorite baseball game? As a Brit, I only get to see baseball games when I am on vacation in the US, which is a shame because I love the game. My first game was just last year when the Yankess blew out the White Sox in a game that actually was a big let down for my first live experience. However the final game of my road trip was a thriller between the Mets and the Cubs at Shea, in late September deep into the...

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What was the last year that an Australian Open singles title was won by an Australian? I thought Lleyton Hewitt won it once, but apparently not... the last Aussie winner of a singles title was Christine O'Neil in 1978. The last male winner was Mark Edmonson in 1976.

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THERE ARE TWO PLAYERS LEFT IN A HAND IN TEXAS HOLD EM, THE FIRST PLAYER GOES ALL IN AND THE SECOND PLAYER EXPOSES HIS HAND BUT DO NOT SAY I FOLD. IS THIS PERSONS HAND DEAD OR CAN HE STILL CALL? Until a player either a) pushes his hand to the dealer, b) pushes chips over the betting line or c) verbally announces "call", "raise" or "fold", then his hand has not been acted on and he has all options still open to him. His hand is certainly not dead! If he's doing it because he thinks he is a soul-reader who can sweat a tell out of his opponent once his...

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Do you think a NFL football player that is out for the season should still attend the team's games? I would expect him to show his face at the home games, provided of course he is still residing in the home city... if he actually lives somewhere else and is receiving his rehab there then he's off the hook. Likewise, it would be daft to make him travel on road games.

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Are live games in casinos or internet cash games generally more profitable? Generally the standard of play in live cash games is AWFUL, whereas the standard of online play is merely bad. Why this is, it's hard to say... maybe live players get sucked into the casino atmosphere of "let's play for fun and gamble" and throw all strategy out of the window. But a 1/2 live cash game with have worse players than a .25/.50 online game, maybe even than a...

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What happens in texas hold em if the cards are dealt and a player is not at the table Exact rules vary from house to house, but generally the rule is that if a player is not in his seat when he receives his 2nd card then his hand is dead and the dealer should muck it at once. Some places will give the absent player until the whole table has been dealt cards before declaring his hand dead, but they will never allow him to return to the table and pick up his hand once action has...

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If you have pocket aces, do you raise before the flop? How far do you take bets it if the flop gives you nothing? Always raise pre-flop, to the amount you usually raise to when raising pre-flop. As for after the flop, well that depends too much on board textures, opponent betting action and their styles to give an answer. On most boards however, your hand will still be ahead after the flop so lean towards building the pot unless there is compelling reason not to.

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Have you ever played "Pass the Pigs?" Yes, I had the little set of piggies when I was young... don't let them touch each other or you score zero (unless they are in exactly the right position)!!!

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If a player goes "all in" does he have to show his cards in texas hold em In a tournament game, it is usual for players to turn their cards face-up at an all-in situation to allow for more drama, so people can ooooh and aaaaah as the remaining community cards are dealt out. However in the main, in cash games in casinos around the world, neither player turns their hand up until all cards are dealt, and they have the option to muck their hand unseen if they choose...

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Which British sprinter set UK & European records for the100meters in 1993 Linford Christie, he of the famously big 'lunchbox'.

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Do you think Arnold Schwarzenegger goes "commando"? Only when he wants his twins to jingle all the way...

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Were does grand theft auto 4 take place The fictional city in the game is called Liberty City, but it is clearly based very closely on New York. The first island represents Brooklyn and Queens, the middle island represents Manhattan (with the small island in between based on the Bronx), and the final island is based on New Jersey. There's even a "Statue of Happiness" for heaven's sake... the parallels are very clear.

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Who do you think is the MVP at this point in the NFL? I would say Albert Haynesworth of Tennessee. He's pretty much the leader by example on a very tough, physically intimidating team.

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Who would you say is the worst team in the NFL right now? Why are they the worst? It has to be the Lions. They looked like they were making strides last year, but have really regressed badly. They can't stop teams, they can't run, they can't pass and don't even have a settled quarterback any more... they are pretty much a shambles in every department, usually even a lousy team can play ok in at least one aspect of the game, but not the Lions!

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You are in the Big Blind. The player in the Small Blind raises after all others folded. You both have just over 14 Big Blinds und you hold a pair of eights. What do you do? How many players are left, how many get paid and what is the pay-out structure, roughly? The nature of ICM calculations means that in general you should only be calling a narrow range of hands in situations like this... but it needs specific details that I asked for before I can give a proper answer. A hand like 88 is usually pretty close to the borderline, and it is a nasty decision spot... if...

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Short stack P1 is "all in". P2 & P3 "call" to form (Pot1). P3 puts P2 "all in" to form a side pot (Pot2). P1 has best hand & takes (Pot1). Does P2 & P3 split the side pot (Pot2)??? or does the better hand out of P2 & P3 take the side pot (Pot2)? The better hand out of players 2 and 3 wins the side pot.

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Have you ever bought a beanie or sweatshirt with print of a sports team that was not your favorite because you were cold? or do you like all the teams? I bought a pair of Leicester City Football Club gloves from their club shop because my hands were freezing the day I went to watch them (I go to a lot of random matches just for the heck of it without really supporting the teams involved); I have only been their the once and have no real interest in the team. They were fairly cheap though and I needed some gloves anyway... I don't think I...

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What do you consider a loser? People who call off their stacks with flush draws, and people who limp/call shoves with junk... nice tarp you donktard!!!

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If you answer a question and the asker doesn't like your answer would you rather them not give you any points or DR it? It doesn't bother me either way. I would hope they had a semi-sensible reason for downrating if they did so though, for their sakes, otherwise it might discourage other would-be answerers... but personally, I am past caring about whether I am given +ve points, -ve points or no points whatsoever.

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I've been practicing my opening hand betting at http://carls-permaculture.com/thfc/ and I was wondering if anybody knows about a similar site somewhere for after the fold, turn, and river practice. I don't know of any, and I doubt they do exist; play after the flop is far too complex, with too many variables, to be able to be reproduced in such a basic way as that site you linked to. It even oversimplifies pre-flop play too much for my liking... things such as stack sizes and bet/raise AMOUNTS are also important and are given no attention, not to mention the fact that your decisions...

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What's your weakness in chess? Lack of patience is what does for me. I don't seem to be able to give moves the thorough analysis needed before making them; I tend to get impatient and end up just making the first move that I originally thought of before I got myself bogged down thinking of all the possible permutations arising after all my plausible moves, and trusting my instincts are right. They aren't, at least...

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Guys... If a lesbian has a really hot girlfriend do you get jealous? A little bit... mostly I think "what a waste of good talent".

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Who is the NFL all-time leader in passer rating? Over the span of a career, I was going to say Steve Young... but actually so far Tony Romo has a better career passer rating than any other quarterback! You can view the list here: http://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/pass_rating_career.htm

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What should i do so you will be convinced to send me 100$? You could convince me by sending me $100 first.

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What do the betting odds 4/7 mean? 4/7, also referred to as "7 to 4 on", means that for every $7 you wager you will receive $4 return if you win (plus your original $7 back of course).

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If someone “came out” with the admittance of having Asperger’s Syndrome, would you still be their friend? Well they have, and I am, so that would be a yes. He can be pretty trying on occasions but usually only when he has been drinking and is utterly oblivious to how much of a **** he is being; the rest of the time his condition doesn't really manifest itself too much, at least no more than the average slightly rude person.

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I'm 4 weeks pregnant. My partner wants me to have an abortion. He says he is too unstable to be a father unfortunately he suffers from depression. My morals tell me not to abort. My partner has given me a choice abort or he will take off . Please help. While I sympathise with the father's issues, it seems grossly unfair to try and deliver you an ultimatum like this. The kind of person who does this is someone I would not be too sad to see walk out of the door... so in your shoes, I would ignore the threat and simply decide, do I want to have my baby or not, based on nothing other than your own feeling. Once you have answered this...

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My friend has a Nazi flag which his uncle brought back from WWII. He doesn't want it and doesn't want to sell it, but doesn't know what to do with it. It seems like it has enough historical significance that it should not be destroyed. What should he do? I'm not sure, but it may comfort you to know that others have had the same dilemma - http://www.qwantz.com/archive/001179.html

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Do you think the macho man, alpha male, mentality is a little played out? Do women really like such narrow minded, old fashioned, biased kind of guys? I thought the evolution of society would have dealt with these types by now. No, we're still around and chicks dig it. YOU'LL HAVE TO TRY HARDER SOCIETY!!!

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Row v. Wade? Which side are YOU on? I don't think this should be in the "Crossing the Road" jokes section... it put too many grotesquely tasteless puns into my mind, it's just not safe. Can we get a move here *whoop whoop*? Yeah, I know that's not really answer, but it isn't really a question either (although it certainly could be), it's just a set-up for a joke (admittedly quite an amusing...

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Was 20/20 cricket designed to entice the Americans? Not specifically... it's purpose was simply to attract ANYONE. Outside of international matches, cricket struggles to attract fans to the games even in nations where cricket is long-established and popular. The most common reason why people stay away is that it just goes on too long, hence the (very successful) innovation of a super-short version of the game... people can go along to a...

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Do you think that pets know when someone is prejudiced? All pets really know is who feeds them and who doesn't, and who makes a fuss of them and who ignores them... I don't think they have any sort of uncanny sense for anything, we just like to anthropomorphize them to make our relationship with them feel a lot deeper than it actually is.

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Why is it that some people in relationships like to bite/be bitten, even if they make their partner bleed, or they end up bleeding? I think it is down to the vampire gene that some of us carry... it usually lies dormant, but in states of arousal it surfaces. I am mildly afflicted by this, I confess... I stop short of drawing blood though.

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I need some good rock music,please help,alternative,modern rock,classic rock, just rock,please please name a good rock song asap, I'm at work so can't really go hunting round for link, but I strongly suggest you hunt for Tool videos on youtube and play through them... Stinkfist, Sober, Aenima, Prison Sex and Schism are all essential listening for any fan of guitar music.

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Did you find it hard to get your first job? I found part-time jobs very easy to come by, but full-time employment was a lot harder to get. This is somewhat down to some issues I was having at the time I was hunting for work though, not strictly down to economics. PS. big thumbs up for having Cindy grace your profile :)

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If your boss told you, you wouldn't have a job next Wednesday if Obama wins because he wouldn't be able to afford you and then replaces you with an alien, would you regret voting for Obama? If an employee has done nothing wrong or in breach of their contract of employment, then no employer has the right to fire them. He could make them redundant for financial reasons after agreeing a suitable compensation package, but only if he didn't then replace them with somebody else; the actual job has to disappear for redundancy to be offered, you can't just fire someone and...

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Who made his full debute for south hampton at leeds in 2005 and later signed for Arsenal That would have to be Theo Walcott. I can't think of any other ex-Southampton players at Arsenal...

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Why are most liberals lazy and don't want to work and live off welfare and the cheat the system? Many people are lazy because doing little is easier than doing a lot. That would also explain why you have used such a lazy stereotype instead of putting more effort into constructing a more meaningful question.

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How to punctuate this sentence? "Indeed [PUNTUATE] it is clear that human nature intended us to murder [PUNCTUATE] to become the dominant primate" Maybe a semi-colon after the 'Indeed'? Comma after 'indeed', nothing at all after 'murder'.

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If you had to pick a whole new keyboard key to be added, which would you choose? (I would pick the musical note) I would want the accented 'e' (acute accent) added... it always annoys me having to type things like "cliche" and "passe" without it.

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Is it illegal in Florida for two minors to have sex? Provided they take their headlamps off and brush the coal dust off themselves first, I think it is legal.

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What is the perfect height? 6 feet is the perfect height, it saves you having to type out a number of inches. Arguably 5 feet or 7 feet would have the same benefit, but one is a little short and one is a little tall.

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What square has the same perimeter as its area and why? The perimeter of a square is 4x, where x is the length of side. The area of a square is x^2, so if we set x^2 = 4x and divide both sides by x, we are left with x = 4. So a square with length of side 4 has the same perimeter as its area.

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Loving you is .........? ... like loving the dead.

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Do roulette systems work. Where you double up on red or black when you lose, until you win again. I think they are called progressive? The system you describe is called a "Martindale" system (I think), and it sounds foolproof... however it can only actually BE foolproof in a world where your money is infinite. You can very easily enter a bad run of luck where this system would require you to be wagering very large sums of money very quickly, and find yourself deep in a hole with an empty wallet and unable to continue...

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Do you think that the only thing that looks good in Tracy Brooks are her inflated boobs? I must confess, having just browsed around a few images of her on the web (nice to have an excuse for once!), I am somewhat of a fan of the whole package.

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Mum or mom? Being British, Mum... but if I am chatting online with an American/Canadian then I often find myself typing 'mom' for some reason... I'm not sure why, and I'm not sure whether I should stop doing it or not.

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Do late season baseball games start too late? Probably... there are often weather complications in postseason games. I already thought that maybe they should start the season mid-March, bringing everything forward about 2 weeks, but that would leave weather problems in the early season. They already have trouble in places like Detroit and Milwaukee with snow and rain even in April, so maybe it would hinder these teams too much to start the...

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Would you have sex with Awesome Kong? Not voluntarily, in this lifetime or the next. However, if we were in the same room and she told me to do it, I'd do as I was darn well told, provided the sheer terror hadn't rendered me physically incapable.

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Is it permissible to rip pages out of magazines in waiting rooms? It's not your property, so no... however I admit I would be very tempted to do it if nobody was watching, so my answer is really "only in empty waiting rooms".

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Is there just 1 person in ur life that is SO annoying? Yes, the other guy in the warehouse where I work. I am slacking off there right now and he is very close by so I am typing this super fast to avoid him reading it over my shoulder by accident kthx bye.

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What ever makes you think that you'll be at the top 2% of money earners? My obvious superiority in all respects to, um, 98% of the world's population :)

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You're at bat in game 7 world series, bottom of the 9th, 2 outs bases loaded, full count. down by a run. the ump calls it strike 3 when you know it's a ball. what do you do? There's no value in arguing... having said that, I might to tempted to show a little bit of creative dissent and trot down to 1st base and stand there for a bit to make a point, but I better be damn sure I'm right though to do that!!! Most likely I just stand there shell-shocked and wish I had swung, because human error does happen and I probably shouldn't have left my...

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What does AC Milan stand for in AC Milan? Their full name is Associazione Calcio Milan, which translates as Football Association Milan.

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Do you think these Divas had more class than today's Divas? More class? Quite probably... but that doesn't mean they were any more entertaining. Old school women's wrestling matches were often like having your eyes rubbed with sandpaper; some modern diva matches are no better, but generally the standard of entertainment, both in pure wrestling and "tittilation", is much higher nowadays. Has some class and dignity been sacrificed?...

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What are some good tips so you can study better? It depends exactly what you are studying, but in general terms, make sure you are well away from things like the TV and the life-stealing internet so you don't feel distracted. Music is ok but set it at background level so it isn't demanding your attention. Try not to work for more than an hour or so at a time without a break (a SHORT break!!!)... trying to force stuff into your head...

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Christmas Day is just 2 months away. Will you be ready? I will probably be fed up with the whole thing around the middle of December to be honest... and then I will realise on the 22nd that I still should buy people presents even though I'm fed up with Christmas, and will finally be ready for it by the afternoon of the 24th.

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I know nothing about 9 Ball, so forgive my ignorance. Could you tell me whether the non-breaker has the option of a push-out and if so, when is this allowed? After the break shot, whoever visits the table for the next shot has the option of a "push out". This can be either the original breaker, if he has made a ball but cannot see the next ball on, or the non-breaker if no ball was sunk by the breaker and he arrives at the table in a troublesome position for playing a good shot on the #1 ball. So EITHER player can push out on the shot...

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I'm a male 14 year old that's 5 foot 9 inches in height. Would this be considered short, average or tall to a woman? Women: Give me your height and compair it to mine. Guys: Give me your opinions. 5'9 would be considered pretty average for an adult male... however most boys do the bulk of their growing from 13 through to 16 (some even more, up to the age of 18ish), so I would be surprised if your final height wasn't more than you are now, and you will probably reach a height that would be considered fairly tall.

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Baseball's anthem is "Take Me Out To The Ballgame." What is Golf's anthem? The Birdie Song?

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What do you call the moment when a player, overcome with emotion, loses the capacity to play well This is known as being "on tilt" or "tilting"... it derives from pinball I believe, where "tilt" is when the ball gets stuck and the player bangs away at the machine, tips it up etc in frustration to try and set it loose.

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Have you ever visited the grave of a famous person? I've been to the graves of Mozart, Haydn and I think Brahms in a cemetery just outside Vienna... it seemed like a nice change of pace from the sight-seeing we had been doing up till then!!!

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How many funerals have you been to in your life? Only 4, one of which was today. It was the first one where they lit incense in the chapel and I choked on the fumes though.

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Whats something you have done that would dissapoint your parents if they ever found out? I think the thing that disappoints my parents (especially my mother) the most is that I don't really like to confide in them. I have a few secrets I would rather not share with them, not out of any sense of shame or embarrassment but because they might get upset by them and what they don't know won't hurt them, right? RIGHT???? Anyway, if I ever did tell them those things, the...

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Who is the highest completion percentage QB in the last 3 years in the NFL Taking the stats from the start of the 2005 season to the present day (ie. including the current season to date), I believe Drew Brees is top of the pile with a completion %age just a shade below 66%. I found a lot of quarterbacks with %ages of 64-65% (Brady, P.Manning, Kurt Warner, Pennington, Palmer are all close behind) but Brees just edges it if my math is correct.

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Who is the last NFL cornerback to have intercepted more than 10 passes in a season? There are quite a few recent players with 10 interceptions in a season, the most recent being Antonio Cromartie for San Diego last year... however to find a cornerback with MORE than 10 we have to go back to 1981, when Everson Walls had 11 interceptions for the Cowboys in his rookie season.

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What actor acts the same in every movie? Robert DeNiro always seems to play the same sort of gangster roles... also, I saw about 3 different films last year where Julianne Moore played an FBI Agent.

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How would you like to help me come up with a name for the coffee shop I plan to open up soon? "Much Ado About Muffins"

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When was the last time boston gave up 9 or more runs in 3 consecutive games? It was on August 18-19 2006, in the midst of a 5 game sweep by the Yankees at Fenway Park... the Red Sox lost both halves of a doubleheader on the 18th, 12-4 and 14-11, and followed it with another loss on the 19th by a 13-5 scoreline. Pretty nasty, especially against such a huge rival. They did improve the next day though... they only lost 8-5 ;)

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If a runner is picked off at first base for the 3rd out, is the batter who was being pitched to up in the next inning? Yes... he has not completed his at-bat, and so he will lead off the next inning (the count is wiped clear of course).

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What pitcher has the best batting average in MLB? This season, of pitchers with a statistically meaningful number of at-bats (ie. not including pitchers whose entire season consisted of going 1-1), the best was Carlos Zambrano, who went 28-83 for an impressive .337 average. Hopefully that is what you were asking... if you were asking about career averages or all-time averages, please clarify.

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What's the most you would bet at a poker game? With a bankroll of just a couple of thousand dollars, I would be reluctant to sit down at a table with any more than 5% of my bankroll in play at any time, or to buy into a tournament costing any more than 5% of that... so we're talking roughly $100 in front of me at a time as a maximum.

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Does anyone like the Minnesota Vikings? I'm sure someone does, but frankly they aren't a very interesting team, Adrian Peterson aside... and even he is becoming less impactful as Minnesota continue to lack a decent passing game and defences can concentrate almost entirely on blocking the Vikings' running game. That's the impartial reason why I don't really have much time for the Vikings. The remainder of the...

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Do you think that tony romo makes too many mistakes to be a verteran quaterback "Veteran" relates to age, not ability, so I would say he has too few years to be a veteran quarterback. However he is certainly good enough to enjoy a long and sustained NFL career, mistakes aside, and to one day become a veteran quarterback in the league.

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Would you dare to call a baby racist if both parents are racist? What a strange question, since babies have neither the reasoning abilities, moral framework or communication skills to act with prejudice against any racial minority.

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Here's a challenge! Can any of you write a reasonable sentence, without using a word containing more than 5 letters? I don't see why that would be too hard to do, but it would be a bit of a waste of time if you ask me.

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Who holds the highest batting average of any infielder for the chicago cubs I think it is Rogers Hornsby... in 317 games for the Cubs between 1929 and 1932 (all but 10 of them in the infield), he had a batting average of .350 over 1121 at bats. I confess to not having looked up every Cubs infielder in history (can you blame me?!?) but I doubt anybody who played a significant number of games has bettered this.

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Are you obligated to call your team's ball out when you clearly see it land out.during a doubles match my partners ball was blatantly out. i had a clear view of it as i was on top of the net and the ball landed right in my view. I play regularly and in these situations I let my opponents' reactions govern what I do. If they instantly start saying "great shot" and are happy that the ball was in, then I won't say anything, but I might have been wrong. However if they show any doubt then I will quickly step in and offer an opinion that my partner's shot was indeed out. However to answer your...

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A few month's ago Joe Biden said Obama was not qualified to be President of the US, now Joe says Obama is more qualified than anybody. Now why would he change his opinion? Logically, those two statements are not contradictory, so he may not have changed his opinion - Joe Biden may believe that nobody is qualified to be President of the USA, but that of everybody Barack Obama is the least bad choice.

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Three people are playing poker, a, b, and c. a goes all in and b and c call, and continue to bet on a side pot. b then goes all in against c. b wins both pots with 3 of a kind but a beats c on the side pot. who comes second? sorry its a bit confusing A cannot beat C on the side pot as you say because the side pot is being contested between hands B and C. In this situation, the best hand out of A, B and C wins the main pot (so B's 3 of a kind wins), and the better hand between B and C wins the side pot (B's 3 of a kind wins again). A does not contest the side pot.

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Before the flop in a free texas holdem tourny game what is the legal raise? Ive got in many arguements and I think its minimum bets of the big blind right? The minimum opening raise pre-flop is the size of the big blind in addition to the size of the bet ie. at 50/100, the minimum opening raise is 100 to call plus a raise of 100 = 200. The minimum re-raise is then the size of the previous raise in addition to the size of the bet ie. in the above example the minimum re-raise is 200 to call plus a raise of 100 = 300... but if the original opening...

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Have you ever been to Liberty City? Recently it feels as if I live there! I have also visited the 20th century version when I couldn't speak and drowned as soon as I touched any water.

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Is a yard longer than a meter? Most back yards are longer than a meter. However the measurement of a "yard" is equal to 3 feet or 36 inches, which at 2.54cm to the inch works out at around 91.5 centimeters - therefore it is slightly less than a meter.

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If a player calls my bet are they required to show their hole cards? I feel that I have paid to see what they thought was worth betting on, they could be playing poor cards, bluffing or just poor players, that piece of information I think is very importan When a bet is called on the river, the original bettor must either show his hand or muck it unseen (he might wish to do this if he was bluffing and knows he cannot win the pot); if he mucks, the other player takes the pot without having to show his hand... if he shows, the other player can either show his hand if it is better or muck his hand if it is worse. He is NOT required to show his hand....

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Have you ever bought a book, that you thought was going to be a good read, but when you read it, it wasn't? Yes... I hate to leave books unfinished and will usually struggle through to the very end, but I buy an awful lot of them so the law of averages dictates that some of them are bound to just not grip me in the slightest. I can count the number of books I have abandoned unfinished on one hand, but among them would be a couple of quite famous and well-respected books - "On The Road" by...

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What is the most often pressed button in the world? The left mouse button? The 'e' key on the keyboard, or spacebar? The car horn? The doorbell?

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Which poker power would you rather have (In Texas Hold 'Em): 1) Be able to see every player's hole cards. Or. 2) Be able to know what the flop, turn, and river will be before the flop even comes out. (which would be more beneficial?) On the whole, I would rather see the other players' hole cards. Both will obviously yield huge rewards, but the deciding factor for me is that if you can know the flop, turn and river in advance and end up playing a lot of stupid hands like 7-3o because you know they will hit the board, your opponents will become very suspicious of you and should walk away from the table... with no...

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Why do the White Sox & Twins have to have a one game playoff when the Twins won the season series 10-8? I read that if Tampa Bay & Boston had tied that Tampa Bay would win the tie-breaker because they won the season series 10-8. What gives? The difference between the two situations is that in the case of a Rays/Red Sox tie at the top of the AL East, both teams would still qualify for the play-offs. So in this scenario, a play-off is seen as unnecessary, and head-to-head record over the season is used as a tie-breaker to settle the positions instead of a single game play-off. However in the case of the Twins/White Sox tie, only one...

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Your choice for NL MVP this year? A Ryan Howard B Adam DUNN C Carlos Delgado D Aramis Ramirez E Other I would choose E - Ryan Braun. He has been the single difference on offence between the Brewers being a decent team and being a play-off team.

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If you are playing a par 3, and you lose the ball on the tee shot and hit the next ball into the hole then what would the score be? If you lose the ball off the tee, you must take a penalty shot and then play another ball off the tee to continue the hole. So we have your original shot as shot 1, the penalty shot as shot 2 and your re-taken tee shot as shot 3. So if your 2nd shot off the tee goes straight into the hole, you have made a par 3.

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Do you think the Milwaukee Brewers made a good move by firing their manager while they are still in playoff contention? I think it was a strange move. They haven't played great lately, but is the positive boost of a new manager going to outweigh the negative of the transition? I'm not convinced. I'd have seen out the season with Ned Yost and then looked at the situation; he's built a play-off contending team, give him the chance to see the job through.

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Why do people put douche bagish answers on my questions? its anoying as hell We just do.

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Im more of a biology student and im finding it hard to understand the LHC machine in "physics" terms, can someone please explain to me in easier descriptions why? how? and what? As far as I understand it, the machine itself is a circular tube of enormous length (around 27km long I think? don't quote me on that!) surrounded by an immense amount of cooling equipment to help it function efficiently. The function of the machine is a) to hurl protons at each other at immense speeds, shooting beams around the tube in opposite directions, thereby smashing them apart by...

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I has placed 2 oders for PS3 from two different suppliers A and B. the probabilities that the suppliers deliver PS3 on time are 0.3 for A and 0.5 for B. what is the probability that one or both of the suppliers will deliver PS3 on time? The probability of at least 1 supplier delivering on time is simply 1 minus the probability that neither delivers on time... this is the simplest way to calculate it. It gives us 1 - (0.7 * 0.5) = 0.65.

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What qualities make a good poker player? Discipline and a level temperament. An absence of fear. A sound grasp of the mathematics of everyday poker situations and the odds associated with them. The ability to adapt to other players' styles. The willingness to continually analyse their own game in a non-results-oriented fashion and be open to new ideas.

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Can Manny win the NL MVP? If the writers who vote for the award believe that he has contributed more for the Dodgers in less than half a season since joining them than any other player in the NL has contributed to their team throughout the entire season, then sure, it is possible for him to win it. But seriously, the writers aren't stupid, and really you need to play a whole season in the league to be seriously...

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Isn't it noble that Obama and McCain have suspended negative ads towards each other on September 11th? Why do they have to wait for a day of remembrance to stop slandering each other? Don't you just hate how people play "dirty"? Yes, it is a depressing state of affairs, but it is one repeated the world over by people in all walks of life. "Success" is the act of rising above your competition; whether this is achieved by boosting yourself up or by trampling your opposition down beneath you doesn't seem to matter to people as much as it ought to. Politics is merely the most high-profile example of this...

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Which football is the official ball of the English Premier League? I found this paragraph in the Wikipedia "Premiership" page, answers this question perfectly with some added details thrown in :) For the inaugural season of the Premier League, clubs were obliged to supply their own match balls, which were usually provided by the clubs' kit manufacturers. In 1993, the Premier League came to an agreement with Mitre for them to supply the...

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Who scored the first ever Premier League goal? It was Brian Deane, who scored for Sheffield United in a 2-1 win over Manchester United on the opening day of the 1992/93 season, the first season in Premiership history.

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FIND A CUBE WERE THE SURFACE AREA AND THE VOLUME ARE EQUAL If we let x = the length of side of a cube, then the volume of a cube is given by x^3, and the total surface area of the cube is given by 6x^2. Setting these as equal gives us: x^3 = 6x^2 Divide both sides of this equation by x^2 and we are left with the solution: for these two to be equal, x must be 6.

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Who do you think is the best hitting pitcher currently in the National League? It probably is Micah Owings, although whether he is actually much of a National League pitcher might affect his eligibility for this accolade!!! After him, it would have to be Carlos Zambrano... he hits better than some position players around!

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Who took the most test wickets - Richie Benaud or Jeff Thomson? Richie Benaud took 248 wickets in 63 matches... Jeff Thomson took exactly 200 in only 51 matches. So Benaud took more, but in terms of wickets per match they were pretty much identical.

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WHAT NFL PLAYER WILL MAKE HALL OF FAME NO DOUGHT? I PICKED LT- LADAMIAN TOMLINSON OF THE SAN DIEGO SUPER CHARGERS. Current players... definitely Tom Brady and Brett Favre, Randy Moss, Ray Lewis, LT...

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For a 12yr old girl who is 5 ft what is an average wieght? I just found this chart here: http://obesity.ygoy.com/ideal-weight-and-height-for-girls/ According to this, the average weight for a 12 year-old girl is 40kg... the average height is around 4'11, so for a 12 year-old girl 5 feet tall then the average weight would be a fraction more than 40, maybe 42-3 kg?

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I failed an exam and now time to give my tutor the reason why i have failed this exam . If the reason is not appropriate i cannot keep studying on this subject. If you're not capable of grasping the concept of a "question", then I think that may go some way towards explaining why you failed the exam. I know how I would phrase this to the tutor, but for decency's sake I'll not share it with you.

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I need some good country songs to put on my playlist in projectplaylist.com please? they are still mean and not telling me any. If you can't tell me some good country songs fine get a life dumbass your mean. If you can't answer me fine be mean I dont care Must all your questions always include references/rants about people being mean to you and general insults to the AB population as a whole? Perhaps you should dwell on the meaning of the phrase "self-fulfilling prophecy". (and then seek out some Hank Marvin and Dolly Parton)

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When a bet is reraised and then the reraise is called by a third player and the original better which players are required to show thier cards? If there is still the possibility of further betting occurring in the hand, then NOBODY should show their cards. When the time comes to showdown at the river, the player who initiated the last betting action is the first to either table his hand or muck it; other players then have the same choice in sequence. Technically, nobody is ever required to show their cards; they can muck their hand at...

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If there is 4,7,9,2,5 of spades on the board and i have Q,10 of spades in my hand and my opponent has and ace of spades and jack of hearts does my opponent win the pot where he has a flush with ace even though i make a flush with bot Opponent's hand is A9754 (all spades), yours is Q10975 (all spades), and an A high flush beats a Q high flush. Sick turn card for you.

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What are the odds of getting a pair before the flop in texas hold em? It is indeed 1 in 17 chance of being dealt a pocket pair... after you are dealt your first card, there are 3 cards left out of the 51 unknown cards that will make a pair with it, so 3/51 which equals 1/17 (just under a 6% chance).

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Obama/biden, mccain/palin, Barr, or Nadar? As a Brit, I'm not going to be voting for anyone, but I have to say that for the first time in my adult life I actually feel that the US has two good presidential candidates who are capable of doing their country proud if elected... I haven't been able to say that before, and it makes me glad, particularly after the travesty of the Bush v Kerry election where there were huge negatives...

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When you die, what do you want to happen to your body? I might have myself shot into space, or donate my body to science. No, I personally don't care about it. I think people worry about the time after their death too much and should focus more on the time they are alive. Burn me, bury me, feed me to the dog... it's all the same to me, I've had my use out of it.

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Six times a certain number is 4 increased by 5 times the number. What is the number? If 6x = 4 + 5x, then x would be 4.

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There is a documentary on TV tonight about what has become of the Michael Vick pitbulls after their rehabilitation. Will he be welcomed back to the NFL by the public or should he be denied the oppertunity to make millions through sports again? Neither. It would be wrong to welcome him back with open arms, like some sort of returning hero, and I don't expect the US public will be particularly forgiving, even amongst the fans of whichever team signs him; however he should certainly be allowed the chance to retake his place in society and resurrect his career, just as any other average Joe who commits a crime and serves his...

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Why do the women get disqualified when they knock over a hurdle but the men do not? Knocking over a hurdle is not a disqualifiable offence in either of the hurdle events for either of the genders.

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I am very confused...is King booker and Booker T the same person? My second question is this: is King booker still in WWE? Or did he move to TNA? Please help. They are the same person, Booker T adopted the smug "King Booker" persona after he won the 2007 King of the Ring tournament. However he has since left the WWE and joined TNA (this happened early this year I think... not long after HHH returned to the WWE and had the "King of Kings" storyline with Booker); I believe he uses the name Booker T again, but his persona is very...

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Colin Montgomerie has been left out of the Ryder Cup team this year, do you think Nick Faldo has made a mistake by not including him in the team? Not really... there were a lot of strong contenders for wild card picks, many of whom had played very well in previous Ryder Cups and had had a lot more consistent seasons than Monty. I have no problem with Poulter and Casey being picked ahead of him, and if he is honest with himself then he knows he didn't play well enough over the past two years to earn his place on the team.

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My cat is sleeping on his back in the afternoon sunlight, his paws are moving. Is he dreaming? What do you think cats dream about? All sorts of different things...

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Have a few questions, I will post them in pictures as an ANSWER.If anyone can help I would really appreciate it. The key thing for these 3 questions is to recognise the relationships between the various angles. Since the two horizontal lines are parallel to each other, then angle 1 and angle 2 must be identical in size. Likewise, angle 3 and angle 4 must be equal in size. The final relationship is that since l and m are straight lines, angle 1 plus angle 4 (and also angle 2 plus angle 3) must add up to...

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What is your favourite old time board game? It has to be Scrabble. Nothing else really comes close for me.

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Who is your favourite Street Fighter character? I found that some of the characters I could play really well and some I could never get the hang of the special moves. This meant that I found the game too easy with the first lot, and frustrating with the second lot, so really a lot of the time I never really "enjoyed" playing with anyone!!! If pushed, I would probably have to vote for E.Honda as my favorite, because his 1000 hand...

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How many games did Orioles win in 2007? The 2007 Orioles won 69 games (69-93), finishing 4th of 5 in the AL East.

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What was the ONE SONG that got you into your favorite musical artist? Stinkfist or Inertiatic Esp, depending on which band I decide is my favorite on any given day. edit - it didn't occur to me to put a link in, but since others are doing it, here is Stinkfist by Tool

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Are online poker sites totally random? There was in incident where an employee of 1 site could see the cards of other players, and was caught. Most of the major online sites are legitimate and honest. Unfortunately, due to the attempts by US government to drive the industry out of business and criminalise it, there is no reputable official overseer in place to keep an eye on things and regulate them properly, so there is always going to be some doubt, especially in the light of the recent scandals involving Absolute Poker (where a...

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How do you feel about the Yankees being almost out of postseason contention? I've been trying not to admit that they are out of it because I'm a Bluejays fan, and if the Yankees are out of the running then the Bluejays DEFINITELY are out of it, and I'm not ready to give up hope just yet!!! Seriously though, it shows that the old cliche about good pitching winning more games than good offence is true... aside from Mussina and Pettitte, the Yankee...

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My Name Is Jacob. im 18. i played running back in high school and some receiver. im 6ft 195. i had full rides to florida a&m and wake forest! i turned them down b/c i mant to play for ou. i live here in oklahoma, i had 1750 yrds rushn & 750 yrds receivn I am glad to hear that you have great sporting prowess, because if you cannot understand the concept of a question then your future in life would look pretty bleak without these talents.

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Has any batter caused all three outs in one inning? Depends how you define "caused". Do you consider a batter who grounds into a triple play to have "caused" all three outs? Because this has happened numerous times, most recently Kevin Kouzmanoff of the Padres did it earlier this season. If however you mean that the same batter actually WAS all three outs, then I highly doubt this has ever happened, as it would need the...

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Why does MLB sign players so young from 3rd-world countries and not from the U.S.? Because players from Dominican, Puerto Rico etc are not likely to go to college in the same quantities that US players do. This means that while Major League teams can wait and see how US players develop in college before drafting them, thus reducing the risk of acquiring a dud, with the Latin American (or "3rd world") players they really have to take a punt on them as soon as they...

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Have you ever folded AA in Texas Hold Em? Sure I have, but it needs a pretty scary board to force a lay-down... 4 cards to a flush showing or somesuch, or if your opponent is a total nit who check-raises you on the flop and you just know he has to have flopped a set. I even folded them once pre-flop on a satelite bubble; felt pretty sick, but it was definitely +EV :)

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Which do you prefer, 5 card stud or Texas Hold'em? Is 5 card stud still offered anywhere? Hold'em is by far my favorite game, although I have a weakness for Omaha Hi too. I enjoy Omaha8 a lot, but I confess to having a lot of holes in my game so I stay away from it on the whole and just rely on H.O.R.S.E. tournaments to get my fix. Stud and Stud8 are ok, but again, I'm a little bit at sea in them. The only forms of poker I...

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If you play Poker, who taught you how and how old were you when you learned? I worked out the basics on my own from watching TV shows. Then I learned how to actually play well from my own experience and the Cardplayer magazine poker forums. I would guess I was around 22 when I first played the game (I'm now 28), but I would say I only learned to play it properly about a year ago. Looking back, it shocks me how horribly skewed some of my thought processes used to be...

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What is your worst bad beat in Texas Holdem Poker? I don't remember any of my bad beats; it's not productive to dwell on them and it doesn't improve your game. If you got your money in good and caught the thin end of the statistical wedge, then you played a nice hand and should do the same all over again if the situation arises again. Worrying about bad beats leads to results-oriented play, which is the bane of many many...

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Should there be a death penalty for child rapists? I don't agree with a death penalty in any circumstances. I'm glad to see others on here have already said the same thing... I actually expected more hysterical and emotion-driven responses on here than there are, so I am pleasantly surprised. If killing is wrong, then it is wrong; if murder is a crime, then the death penalty is itself criminal. If humans really are the most...

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K me and my girlfriend want to kiss but every time i go to make my move something happens.her friends pop up and get in the way!its like they have a sixth sense to when shes tryin to do something which doesnt agree with her friends(like kissing me) So what exactly are you asking?

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Dont you just love Jim Carrey? No, far from it. I prefer actors and comedians to do a little more than pull silly faces and make weird noises... maybe I'm just crazy though.

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I was sure the American men would win gold in baseball, their national sport, at the Olympics. Who else is shocked and disappointed? I'm not at all shocked. Baseball is also THE national sport in Cuba and a highly-regarded one in Japan, and these nations actually send strong teams to the Olympics. If anyone seriously believed that a bunch of AAA prospects from the MLB were better than the top squads from Cuba and Japan, then they were deluding themselves from the very start. They were medal contenders, but not even...

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Who was the youngest major league player to reach 1000 hits? Nobody has reached 1000 major league hits prior to the age of 24. 7 players reached this milestone while aged 24... Ty Cobb, Buddy Lewis, Freddie Lindstrom, Mel Ott, Robin Yount, Al Kaline and Vada Pinson. Which of these passed the barrier first, I don't have time to go through their records and calculate their exact ages on the day they had their 1000th hit, but I would bet it was Ty...

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How did john the baptist prepare the way for jesus? He walked in front of him with a broom sweeping dirt and the occasional leper out of Jesus' path. He also phoned ahead to all the inns they were visiting to make sure they had remembered their reservation and the bedding had been changed fresh that day (he learned from Joseph and Mary's mistake).

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Why didn't Obama pick Hillary when she could have gotten so many votes for him? Chiefly because nobody with serious aspirations to run as President should ever put themselves on the ballot as a VP candidate; if the Presidency is a success, the President will be elected for another 4 years and there is no window of opportunity for the VP to move up to the main office; if the Presidency is deemed a failure, the VP will be tarnished by association and become unelectable in...

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I was boxing today, i got punched just below left ear. this seemed to affect my right ear, and any bass like sounds vibrate my right ear. i did go to the doctors 4days ago and he did say i had slight ear wax in my left ear. could it have shifted accross. Quite possibly. Most people have something called a brain which would prevent earwax moving through the centre of their head from one ear to the other, but judging by your question you probably do not possess such an obstacle, hence earwax being knocked from one side of your head to the other becomes a possibility.

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Who is the oldest met on the roster? The oldest player on the Mets active roster as of today (25th August 2008) is Damion Easley, born 11th November 1969 therefore aged 38. However El Duque, Orlando Hernandez, who is on the 40-man roster but currently on the Disabled List, was born one month earlier than Easley. So depending on which specific roster you mean, those are your answers. And you should also factor in Moises Alou,...

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In which two offensive categories did Carlos Beltran lead the team last season? He led the 2007 Mets in home runs and rbis, with 33 and 112 respectively.

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Please write a caption for this picture...see first answer... Kittee dreams of bedtime hugz...

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What happend to Carlito in wwe? According to wikipedia he is currently still under contract with the WWE but is on a hiatus at the moment. I know he has been unhappy with his role there for a while (since they made him a face and paired him up with Torrie Wilson pretty much... he prefers to be a heel), so perhaps he will not actually return. I'm not really sure the powers-that-be have any good ideas for how to use him...

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Who is the greatest olympian in history I'll throw a vote for Sir Steve Redgrave... 5 Olympic gold medals in 5 different Olympic games (1984-2000 I think) in rowing, one of the most physically gruelling sports there is. To win gold so consistently over such a span, even at a relatively old age competing against far younger athletes, is a phenomenal achievement.

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In the nfl if a receiver catches the football for a 12 yard gain then fumbles the ball which is returned for 12 yards by the opposing team, in the stat book would the receiver be credited for a 12 yard catch or a catch of net 0 yards? He would be credited with a catch for however much yardage he had gained prior to the fumble, in this instance 12 yards.

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Texas Holdem, we are only 2 in the hand. My opponent says :"raise" pre-flop but I did not let him finish saying how much he was raising, Right after he said "raise", I immediately said "All IN" . Was I permitted to go all in no matter what.? You are entitled to re-raise him all-in, yes, but by being so hasty you have cost yourself money. If your opponent was planning to make a fairly big raise with an average to weak hand, then he now has the opportunity to make only the minimum raise since you did not allow him to declare his bet amount yet, and then fold to your all-in. So you win less money off him in this situation. It is hard...

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Does Fulltiltpoker.com charge you to deposit money to play? No, every cent you give to them appears in your account as funds cleared to play. Depending on the method you use to fund your account, the middleman (be it Neteller or whatever) might charge a fee, but since I am a UK player who can deposit direct from his debit card then I don't know much about the various methods of depositing that can be used and how much charge (if any) they might...

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Avg. stack was 3K I had about 5K blinds were 50&100 with 20 antes, I was UTG with KK raised to 400, folded to big blind (who is a pretty tight player) called. flop came 889 BB checked I went all in, BB called with 10J hit a Q, am I a donk or just unlucky? You made a chronic overbet on the flop... with a pot of ~1000 then a bet of 750-800 (and call any raise all-in) would be right on the flop. Shoving your last 4000 into a 1000 chip pot just scares away too many of the hands you want to be calling and costs you money. As it happens, your opponent played his hand even worse and you were unlucky, but you were also a bit of a donk as well.

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Ok So I am in a Poker turnament Small blind does not have enough to cover big. All others have folded. Big blind who is a friend of small folds so as not to eliminate his friend. Is this cheating? The small blind acts before the big blind in every betting round, so the situation you describe is impossible.

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I participated in on line gaming (poker) in amounts of several thousand dollars can the money be recovered even if I had given my information. I have had some success but feel a small claim is necessary to recover further. Will I win? What are you saying? That you gambled online and lost your money, and you want to get it back somehow? Forgive me if I just laugh in your face for a few seconds. Ok, I'm done.

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What MLB team had the highest ratio of team salary to total wins for a season? If I am understanding the question correct and you are asking for the team who effectively spent the most money for the least return, then I would put forward the Mets teams of recent years... they were consistent low finishers despite a very high expenditure. I have no figures to hand though to back this up though, sorry.

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Name of the brothers to hit home runs in the same game? This question is so bad it beggars belief. Many brothers have hit home runs in the same game, either playing on the same team or against each other. Sandy & Roberto Alomar, Jason & Jeremy Giambi, Brett & Aaron Boone, Vladimir Guerrero and his brother, Jose and Bengie Molina (which I believe is the most recent occurrence)... those are just a few examples, and there are more. But I...

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What is the logic behind Spinal Tap's amplifier going to level eleven? There is no logic... that is where the humour in the scene comes from. Obviously whether you define the scale as being 1-10, 1-11 or 1-100 makes no difference at all, because the highest number on the scale has the same volume in each case... just as a score of 90% in a test is no better than scoring 9 out of 10, even though 90 is a bigger number than 9 - it is just a different scale being used...

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In seven card stud, it looked like 3 aces was my best hand but as the other 2 players were calling their hands i noticed i had an ace high flush. is it still good? Your hand speaks for itself when turned face-up on the table. If you spot your error, or if anyone else at the table is chivalrous enough to point it out to you, before your hand has been mucked and rendered dead, then yes it still counts. The cards are the be-all and end-all when it comes to a showdown, the actual hand over-rides any verbal declaration a player may make about his hand.

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If after a cut, a player notices a joker is on the bottom of the deck, can this player decide to do another cut? 1) There should never be a joker in the deck, so this should never happen. If it does, play should stop and the deck checked to ensure all cards outside the regular 52 are removed. 2) Nobody should ever see the bottom card of the deck because you should use a cut card to conceal it. A cut card is a blank card-sized piece of cardboard that the cards are placed on during cutting, so that...

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From a penalty kick , the ball rebounds off the goalkeeper back to the player who took the kick, that player then kicked the ball into the goal. What is the proprer restart:a- kick off or b- goal kick This is a goal, and play restarts with a kick-off on the centre spot by the team conceding the goal.

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100 is what % more than 40? 100 is 150% MORE than 40. It is also 250% OF 40. I'm giving you both answers because I suspect you might have phrased your question wrongly and have meant to ask the latter.

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"I have five hats...three white hats and two black hats. I will place you all in a darkened room and place a hat on each person's head. I will then hide the other two hats so that no one can see them. Next, I'm pretty sure this riddle requires the people in the hats to be seated in such a way that some can see other's hats but others cannot see theirs... as written, I don't know the answer though.

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When you are playing online poker wih real money, if you have a lot of money and you dont want to continue , can you leave and take the money (when they transfer it to your acount) Why on earth would anyone in their right mind ever play for real money if they could never claim their winnings off the site?!?!? Of course you can transfer the money off the site back into your pocket.

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Whats your favourite four lettered word? ZOMG!!!!!!11!!!ONE!!

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Is there any software to win Texas hold'em? A mouse, a hand, and an installed version of one of the many poker clients that offer online poker are all you need to win at Texas Hold'em. If you're not smart enough to win money using these perfectly legal methods, then you're probably not smart enough to cheat successfully and avoid getting caught either.

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What do you think the Indian Premier League cricket competition will do to the game...improve it or destroy it? Neither. It is totally money-driven, which is not ideal, but it will provide some top class cricket with a lot of star names and should be very entertaining to those who can watch it, so it will certainly not harm the game. Just because its motives are not necessarily to do anything but make a marketable product to fill the coffers of the Indian Cricket Board doesn't mean that it will...

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What is your favorite all time movie and why is it your favorite? I don't really have a favorite film, there are several I enjoy enough to own and rewatch time and time again. If I were to single one out however, it would be a film that actually existed, unlike your choice. There is no actor listed on www.imdb.com with the name Curt Douglas... I suspect you mean Kirk Douglas. However Kirk Douglas wasn't in the film "The Game" either....

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If someones DNA was found ONLY on like a chair, or a peice of carpet, and NOWHERE ELSE at a homicide. is that enough to charge and possibly convict? NO PRINTS, NO HAIR, NO DNA FOUND ANYWHERE ON THE VICTIM. It could well be enough, depending on the context of it. I served on a jury last year and we convicted a man of murder based largely on a DNA sample from the culprit that was found on the windowframe of an upstairs window used by the one or more of the killers to enter the premises where the murder took place. There was supporting evidence as well, obviously, but the fact that there was only...

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Whats does 8-6i equal? And could you please show your work. i, in this context, is used to denote the square root of -1. We are taught that negative numbers have no square root, since a negative number mutliplied by itself will always be positive, and a positive number multiplied by itself will also be positive... however, in order to allow mathematicians to do certain calculations it is convention to "define" the square root of -1 as an...

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I just heard on the news that they were going to enforce the 'legalization' of smoking in England. Smokers would be required to take a test to get a license and pay about $20 for it..in order to smoke (tobacco)...Any takes on this? This is nothing more than an idea that an MP put forward recently... quite how much serious discussion it is being given in the corridors of government, who knows, but it is certainly a long way from being passed as legislation... it is just a vague notion floating around the air, that some people are in favour of and some people think is another example of the "Nanny State". I...

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In a NL cash game. What does it mean to run it twice after the flop. Does the pot double? As Miss D says, it means dealing two turn cards and two river cards, giving two distinct outcomes to the hand. The pot is NOT doubled, it is split with half going to the winner of each hand. This is a popular method in high stakes games in order to reduce variance, aka "the swings" of the game.

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WHAT DOES "FELICITY" MEAN...?..IS IT A REAL WORD...? As well as being a girl's name, "felicity" is a real word, a noun meaning good fortune. It is derived from the Latin word for lucky, "felix".

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People who ask "Can I ask you a question?" Didn't really give me a choice, did ya? I suppose you must be making up for that here by not really asking any question at all...

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If you are one of those who have realised that the bible was written by different people and is full of contradictions, why do you still value it more than Reader's Digest? I value toilet paper more than Reader's Digest... so of course a book with at least some moral and spiritual material in it for me to contemplate would get more respect from me.

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Kiss me or Kill me :Paris Hilton I'm pretty sure Paris Hilton would kiss you, and want to film it.

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Kiss me or kill me: Britney spears Britney Spears would, I'm guessing, kill you.

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What's the life purpose for Forrest Gump? I don't think it was a question he ever saw fit to ask himself. He just did what he felt like and faced whatever life threw at him. He never had any one grand plan or even seemed to think about whether he ought to have one, he just lived in the moment.

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What's the first thing that comes to mind when I mention, "The Breakfast Club"? Ally Sheedy.

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In your opinion, do you think supermodels are mostly happy, or mostly sad? I think trying to make a statement like "all supermodels are happy" or "all doctors are sad" is pretty ridiculous. In my opinion, some supermodels are happy, contented individuals, and some are dissatisfied and somewhat unhappy with their lives. Just like prison wardens, garbagemen and bakers.

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Lets keep it simple - Boston Red Sox or New York Yankees? I would probably say the Redsox. However since you leave a lot of context out of your question I'm not sure that I am answering it as you intended it.

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If a player accidently sees another players hole cards what should that player do? Should he tell the rest of the table or keep the info to himself? This is purely a moral question. To me, if it was a result of a dealer error then I would confess straight away that I had seen the player's hand and get the hand re-dealt. However if it was the player's own fault or carelessness then that is their problem, I would say nothing and try to use the information to win money if the opportunity presents itself. After all, the aim of the...

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Is the way your dressed important when you play poker? Not really, since nearly all my poker hours are logged online... Live, I would never make any judgements on other players based on the way they dress. Their play gives you enough accurate information about them, to judge them on their clothes is as dangerous as judging them on their age. I would assume that any player smart enough to be a threat to me at the table would not fall into the...

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Who thinks that Big Daddy V needs to wear a bra? I think that would be even scarier!!! Although he would have better cleavage than all the divas if he did... Ok, I need to get that image out of my mind at ONCE!

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If all games in the group stage of the world cup end in nil all draws... who goes through to the knockout stage? as all teams would have no goals for and no goals against and 3 points each.. It would be decided by some sort of random process, such as a series of coin tosses. In the 1990 World Cup there was a case where Republic of Ireland and the Netherlands finished with identical records in their group thanks to drawing all three games, and the decision of which team was given 2nd place in the group and which was given 3rd was decided by a coin toss. Fortunately since some teams...

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Do you think the England Managers Job should be taken by an English man? In an ideal world, yes I do. But there are very few English managers with the proven ability and track records around nowadays (to go into why this is would require an essay from me and would make me very cross, so forgive me if I don't elaborate as to the reasons for this), so it is better to appoint someone better qualified regardless of his nationality than to settle for McLaren, I...

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Has Roger Federer ever been broken in back to back service games since he was number one? I remember Andy Murray beating him towards the end of 2006 and there were about 5 breaks of each player's serve in the first set alone so Federer must have lost at least 2 service games in a row then, if not more.

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What is a draw in poker As well as the definition given by Gamer88, which is specific to draw poker where cards are discarded, the main use of the term "draw" in all forms of poker is to describe a hand that is not yet a made hand but is only one card away from it. So it you hold 4 of one suit (needing 5 for a flush), then you have a "flush draw"... if you have a run of 4 consecutive cards (needing...

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In no limit texas holdem (tourney) are you allowed to tell the truth about your hole cards if it is not an all in moment or heads up play? No... it is one of the more bizarre rules in poker that at no stage before a showdown are you allowed to tell the truth about your hand. Lie all you want, but no honesty please! I can't say for sure why the rule exists, but I expect it is something to do with preventing possible collusion between players. That's what most rules are for.

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Keegan joined Liverpool in 1973 for £35,000 - from which club? I haven't checked this so may be wrong, but was it Scunthorpe? My Dad played against him when Keegan was in their youth team, so I know that is where he started off. Not sure if he moved anywhere else in between though.

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What do you think of Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan returning to St James' Park? I am surprised, I must admit. Not that they wanted him as manager, but that he chose to accept the job again. His first spell as manager at Newcastle was something of a golden age for the club, and historically going back and trying to recreate such a period is almost impossible. I don't think he will be able to achieve anything more than getting Newcastle into 7th or 8th in the league,...

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If you get 2 strikes in a row then get a 4 with the next ball what do you score for that frame? If Frames 1 and 2 are strikes, and the 1st ball of Frame 3 is a 4 then your score for Frame 1 is 24. Your scores for Frames 2 and 3 are still to be determined, as they depend on the result of your next ball. Frame 2 will score you 14 plus the result of your next ball, and Frame 3 will score you 4 plus the result of your next ball (if you get a spare with it, then your first ball in Frame 4 will...

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Atheists, I'm sure most of you have been wronged in your life. My hope is that if I can't get them back God will. Do you think that the people who have hurt you will just get away with it? That thought would be too much for me to handle The idea that God is an all-powerful, vengeful being who hands out pain and suffering to those who have done some slight to one of his believers is a pretty unpleasant one. If a God like that exists, then I'd really rather he didn't. It's a little odd that you have that much trouble with forgiving that you can't "handle" the idea of them "getting away with...

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In which country the next Olympic Games will be held? You put this question in the category "Olympics > 2008 - China", so surely you already answered your own question in the process of doing so?

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Do you think Iftikar Rao, the Paki was wrong when he gave Sachin out lbw today? There is nobody with the name Iftikar Rao involved in the current Australia v India test match series. Sachin Tendulkar was given out lbw by Asad Rauf. I understand your mistake though, because your phrasing clearly suggests that you think all "pakis" are the same, so why would you bother to check the name of them when you could just call them a "paki" and be done with it.

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I play in alot of small hold 'em tournaments. I always get to the final table but usually don't win. What am I doing wrong? It is impossible to say what you are doing wrong without knowing what you are doing. Feel free to e-mail me (address is in my profile) with some of your held hands from final tables or latter stages of tournaments and I'd be happy to give you some thoughts on them.

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Buying a car at a dealership in Texas, after agreeing to a price and signing all paperwork, the dealership (angry I won't use in house financing) refuses to give me copies of all the paperwork I signed, is this legal? If you sign anything, you are entitled to a copy of it, whether it is something little like a credit card receipt for your grocery shopping or something big like your mortgage agreement. I don't know Texas law per se, but if this isn't illegal then I'd be astonished.

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Subtract p – 5 from 3p – 6. The actual answer is 2p-1, if you prefer that to the moral high horse brigade.

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Solve the system by addition. x – y = –3 , x – y = 4 There must be a typo here, because those equations combine to say that -3 = 4 and are therefore nonsensical.

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I want to be on my schools football team but im not as good as the other guys and if i dont make the team it would be imbarrasing and i will probably be made fun of. I know i shouldnt care but i do, so what should i do? We can't all be the best at the things we want to be best at... that's just the way the world works. What we can do is try our best and give our all to accomplish what we want, and if we come up short then that is just the way the cookie crumbles, at least we can be proud of ourselves for giving it our best shot and not backing away from a challenge for fear of failing. Trying and...

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What NFL playoff game this weekend will YOU be MOST interested in the outcome? Why? As a Packers fan, obviously I will be most interested in their game with the Seahawks. But the most interesting game I think is the Giants and Cowboys match-up... Dallas are a little beaten up and a little below par, Giants are playing as well as they have been all season... Dallas are still the better team, but momentum could see the Giants sneak it. If I were a total neutral, that would be...

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What is the chelsea fc's first 11 It's hard to say for sure, because they rotate their line-up quite often and suffer with injury and suspension a lot recently. However, their most often-fielded team, subject to availability, is usually: Cech Ferreira/Balletti Ashley Cole Terry Carvalho Lampard Essien Mikel Wright-Phillips Joe Cole Drogba In a 4-5-1 cum 4-3-3 formation. When they play a 4-4-2 system then...

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NFL punting: The Kick is headed for the endzone but a player on the punting teams make a leaping save and knocks the ball back onto the feild. On the way back on to the feild it hits a recieving team player.Recovered by kicking team. Whose b Once it hits the player on the receiving team, the kicking can then gain possession of the ball instead of merely downing it, so in this instance the kicking team will have possession. Also, remember the golden rule - "i before e except after c"!!!

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Who will win seahawks or packers? I don't want to jinx my Packers by tipping them, but I really don't see the Seahawks offence making much of a dent in them. I'm usually very pessimistic about my own team's chances (I even tipped them to lose both games to the Bears, which they did!), but this time I really don't see them not winning by 10 or more.

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Can you recommend anything on tv tonight worth watching..no violence please. Girlie on her own! Not without knowing whereabouts you are or what TV channels you are subscribed to. If you want my advice - just rent one of the Back to the Future movies!!!

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Has anyone posted a question with charts or graphs? I would like to see that and I know I have never seen it. But maybe I missed it !!! I attached a Venn diagram to one of my answers once... I was amazed that a flood of points failed to appear for it! I don't think it is possible to do this with a question though... only answers can have pictures attached to them or videos embedded in them.

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Have you ever sent a text message without paying attention and the predictive text input accidentally entered a funny word you didn't mean to use? I don't think so... at least, if I have then I didn't notice it and nobody text me back to point it out. However I have had several people text me trying to write the phrase "bus stop" who have inadvertently written "cup stop" instead.

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Is man the servant or the master of computers in todays society? It's an interesting question. Mankind as a whole is still very much the master of computers I think... they program them and use them to serve. But I was in a bookstore last week and one of the people working there was helping another customer find a book... the title wasn't on the shelf where it should be, but the computer said there were 3 in the store. That place on the shelf was...

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Why Is David Beckham Training at Arsenal? Should'nt he be training at Old Trafford? Why Won't Fergie (Who's a Bloody Scot!) allow that? It's not a question of Fergie not allowing it - Manchester United were never approached by Beckham with a request to train with them. And why would he ask to train somewhere that would require an 8 hour round trip from his home every day?!?!?!? He lives just outside London while in England, and has trained many times at Arsenal's facilities while with the England national side, who...

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Who do you like in the Chargers-Titans playoff game this weekend? San Diego have quietly turned their poor start around, and even though you know what they are going to do (give it to LT on the ground and throw it to Antonio Gates), nobody has really figured out how to stop this simple formula. Tennessee certainly won't be the ones to figure it out... they are the weakest team in the play-offs to me, with or without Young. With Young, their pass offence...

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What do you think about the Kenyan Genocide? I wasn't aware that one has ever taken place, but that may be a hole in my knowledge. There are some issues going on there at the moment to do with suspect elections, but no systematic exterminations of any races or tribes or anything even close to being a genocide, so presumably you are referring to something in Kenyan history with which I am not familiar. Perhaps if you could give me a...

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Hypothetical Question: It's after 8PM, you live in a slightly rural area, and you're restless. What do you do? If this happens often, then maybe you should take up jogging or something? Personally, when I wanted to get out of the house and things were not readily available to entertain me (because it was often 3am in my case, not because I was in the country, but same problem for different reasons) I would always take an hours walk with my Ipod on and a pack of cigarettes. Jogging is a healthier option...

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How do you think the tampa bay rays are going to do this year? Not very well, just like most years. Their rotation is building up to be ok, they are starting to get some pieces in place and by 2010 might be in some sort of competitive shape, but right now they are still going to take a beating because they have the worst bullpen in baseball by a country mile and although there is talent in the team, no team has THAT much talent that they can cough up runs...

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Who will win the wild card game this weekend between the New York Giants and Tampa Bay? A couple of weeks ago I would have said the Buccaneers without much hesitation. But the Giants have shown a little more in recent games than they had the rest of the season... they haven't dropped as many balls, and they have shown the ability to move the ball on the ground AND in the air. My common sense is telling me that Tampa Bay probably still has just a little bit more in them than...

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Who will win the wild card game this weekend between Washington and Seattle? Probably Seattle, but maybe not. Redskins have really picked up... every one of their games since the loss to Buffalo has been do-or-die for them, against some very good teams, and they have passed the test every time. I think with Matt Hasselbeck and Shaun Alexander Seattle are the slightly stronger team, but I would be loathe to bet against the Redskins. I'll pick the Seahawks here,...

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Who will win the wild card game this weekend between Jacksonville and Pittsburgh? The momentum says that Jacksonville will win. Steelers really limped into the play-offs, and since "Steeler football" revolves around Willie Parker who has a broken leg, they are really going to struggle against a rough, tough Jaguars team who are playing "Steeler football" much better than the Steelers!

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When you bowl, how many fingers do you put in the ball? I only use 2. Two fingers and a thumb is the conventional way to bowl. Any other method, while possible to use with practice, inevitably sacrifices a lot of control.

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I'm gonna buy my first car. But I don't know what kind of car would b best to buy. I want a car that can b fast and that also has good gas mileage. I dont want it to look crappy or anything i want it sporty. Any suggestions on what make to buy I would suggest something like a Toyota Yaris or a Ford Ka. They are fairly nifty looking things, but reliable with it (assuming you don't drive them into a tree).

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Would you mail me a penny? (Hypothetically) Yes, if you paid for the stamp!

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Does anyone know of a site where I can play either 5 card conventional or Texas hold 'em poker online free of charge? There are many sites that all have "play money" tables where you can play without depositing any money, just registering... Full Tilt, Pokerstars, Partypoker and many more. They are all much of a muchness to be honest, I wouldn't recommend any one over the others. So if you want to play for free, almost all online poker sites have the facility for you to do so. Personally, I...

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What is John Edwards thinking? He said, "You need to send a fighter and a warrior to the White House!" Has he already forgotten this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AE847UXu3Q I would be more at issue with his apparent belief that more fighting and war is needed when the last two terms served by President Bush have seen him do NOTHING BUT wage war (rightly or wrongly); Mr Edwards seems to be a little behind on events of the 21st century to date and the impact they have had on the world, which is a worrying trait in a would-be President. Everyone has hair and...

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My wife and I are trying to make a bet on the sex of our baby but we both think its going to be a girl. Is there any other things we can bet on? Guess the weight is always good, with a baby or with a jar of sweets!

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Please can sis1227 not answer my questions anymore as she is not giving me a very good answer, so please don't answer me anymore, or do you sit by your screen the whole day and wait for me to pose a question I don't dare answer this question in case it turns out to be not a very good answer. Oh wait, it's not a very good question... I guess that makes us even! I think sis1227 can answer or not answer your questions as she pleases, I would expect she is trying to be helpful. If you don't find it helpful, just don't take any advice she gives or don't read any future...

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Whose question did you answer first on AB? The first question I answered here was by someone called skinsfan72 in the NFL section, over 3 years ago.

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Who first answered your first ever question on AB?(Mine was by henpc999!) My first question received just one answer (but a good one!) from Perryman.

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IS it a happy new year? Who can tell yet? I'm not willing to judge either way based on 2 days out of 366...

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Was the Trojan Horse ( Ancient Greek mythology) real or a myth? There is no solid historical evidence that the Trojan War, with all the stories arising from it as told in the Iliad, the Odyssey (and to a lesser extent the Aeneid), ever actually took place and is anything more than just a story. It is possible that it did though. As for the details such as the Trojan Horse, the semi-mortal Achilles being killed by an arrow in his heel, Odysseus wandering the...

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Whats the first thing that comes to mind when you see the letter, "G"? Gary Barlow from Take That.

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Who on Ab would like to be my friend... Im a really nice girl? You're a Cubs fan, so I'm afraid I can't be your friend... I'm so sorry, you must hear this a lot!

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My son's buddy is trying to convince us to believe that dead people can come to life. What should I do? help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well, you can choose to believe him, or choose not to. Personally I would choose the latter option. As far as your son is concerned, kids love talking about these sort of things, it lets their imaginations have a good bit of exercise... like the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, ghosts... so I don't see why you need to take any action at all. It's just silly talk. If your son believes it and...

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Why is America the global punching bag? I'm not quite sure in what sense you think that it is, so we risk talking at cross purposes here, but in my experience when people start throwing punches in your direction it is most often because you have been throwing punches first. Applying this here a metaphor, I think it fits the situation. The USA behaves at times like a brash, loud nephew who rubs all his relatives up the wrong way,...

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OLO is the inverse of LOL...what should it stand for? Obviously Less than Optimal Of Little Originality

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A car arrives at a stop sign(going north) and is waiting to make a left hand turn. Another car arrives at the same intersection (going south) and is going to go straight across. Both cars wait for the intersection to clear. When it does, who has priority? The car travelling straight ahead (going south) has priority, unless their are traffic lights that dictate to the contrary. The car trying to make the turn across a flow of traffic must wait for the way to clear before making his turn.

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When i connect my play station 2 it makes a loud hissing noise and the screen says no data any ideas please.it is a slimline model thankyou Call Samuel L Jackson... we got "Snakes in a Playstation"!!! I recommend some sort of musical pipe to coax it out. Do it outside though, otherwise you'll still have a snake in your house and that could be a problem.

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Have you read the new AB Terms of Use and Private Policy? No. I remember reading them a while back and it raised a lot of questions in my mind. For example, Answerbag owns any answers posted on here, and content may not be reproduced without permission, so adding those two bits together it seems that if you post an opinion on here and then share that opinion with your friend (without asking an AB staff member!), you are breaching the terms of use and...

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Have NOT Received answer to my question on Olympic Champion between Spitz and Weissmuller. No e-mail except account verified. This is 3rd request. Thank You. And what exactly are you asking us? There is no question here, and we can't answer your original question because you haven't provided a link to it. Even if you did provide one, we wouldn't answer it anyway because it is considered rude to try and "bump" your questions like this. If a question you posted receives no replies, it is either because it was a lousy question...

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I'm a car salesperson. As customers, would one be offended if I "asked for the sale"? For example: "So, sir. What's holding you back from buying this car today? Is there any way we can get you in it today?" I'm sure some people would have no problem with that. Personally, I would find it excessively pushy... where's the difference whether I buy the car today or buy it after taking a couple of days or even weeks to think about it, provided it is the right car for me? Sensible people often like to think through major purchases like houses and cars before they take the plunge, and when a...

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What kind of thing on Answerbag REALLY annoys you? It's hard to choose; I prefer to just bottle my AB frustrations up and push them deep down, past my knees, and pretend they aren't there.

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The person im with has a sex addiction & everytime were together he tries to pressure me into having sex (his attempts fail) I broke up with him & he asked for a 2nd chance, so i gave it to him, i havent seen him for 2 weeks, do you think he is cheating? It's hard to say, but it is very possible. Or maybe the reason you haven't seen him lately is that he doesn't think he can spend time with you without becoming desperate for sex, so is avoiding you. That would be a pretty stupid way of dealing with his problem, but he might be stupid, I don't know. I would expect he is probably fulfilling his urges elsewhere so that he...

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What's the difference between a novel and a book? A novel, in the true sense of the term, is something that explores existence, human emotions, the modern world... it reveals things to us previously unknown, it poses questions without the intention of providing answers, without even the certainty that answers exist; but by the journey of reading it, the reader feels illuminated. As Milan Kundera says in "The Art of the Novel" (a...

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What was the first movie you watched in 2008? I (re)watched "The Truman Show" yesterday evening on one of the movie channels.

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If you wear glasses and have a high perscription do you opt to have your lenses thined down, if not why not. Yes, I do... I'm fine with being a specky four eyes, there are some very nice and stylish frame available these days (unlike the old days!), but big fat lenses look bad in any sort of frame. Nobody wants to have to look at the world through two jam jars stuck on their face.

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Why do baggers, in general, hate being downrated, when they downrate others too? I don't like being downrated, but I don't get bent out of shape too much about it either. I am perfectly content with the idea of other people disagreeing with me, or finding something sarcastic I have written to objectionable, or to find an attempted joke completely unfunny. It happens, it's not ideal, but hey, what can you do? I do downrate quite a bit, I confess. Although...

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Who Would win in a hardcore battle royal? Mankind, Dude Love, Cactus Jack, Undertaker,Terry Funk,Tommy Dreamer,Sabu,Sandman, RVD,Goldust,Kane, Great Khali,Umaga,Abyss,Black Reign,Kurt Angle,Booker T,Christian Cage,Kurt Angle,HBK,HHH,Stone Cold Or the Rock I would like to think Christian would find a way to cheat his way to victory. Realistically though, the two Kurt Angles would probably team up together and one of them would end up victorious ;)

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Who was the greatest 2nd Baseman of all time? (All Around) Most of the Hall of Fame 2nd basemen are from an era where many of those alives today and following the game would not have seen them play, so I admit in advance I may be overlooking somebody more worthy than my answer due to sheer ignorance. With that rider, I would nominate Jackie Robinson... he was a complete ball player and bore the burden of his race at that time with honour and without...

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Why do some people still answer a question that calls for fact (not opinion), even if they really don't know the answer? Worse, they don't even acknowledge that they could be wrong. People have a tendency to guess when they don't know but think they have a vague idea. I have no problem with this, provided it is clearly signposted as being a guess, something they "think might be right but accept might not be", because this can often set the questioner thinking in the right direction and help them along the road to finding the answer for themselves. However...

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My wife is addicted to The Sims. How do I get her to stop playing? You just have to express the problem in terms she understands. Tell her that your social need is running low, and that your gold want is for her to stop playing the game and spend some time with you, making it obvious to her that the aspiration points she will earn from fulfilling this want of yours will ultimately be used for her benefit by you.

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How many teams have ever gone 10-6 and missed the playoffs (in a 16 game regular season...obviously) Quite a few I think... I remember it happening to the Dolphins just 2-3 years ago. edit: the Dolphins was in 2003. Apart from the Browns this year, other teams who have missed out at 10-6 are Kansas City in 2005, and in 1991 BOTH the 49ers and Eagles missed out on tie-breakers for the 6th NFC play-off spot. Prior to that, the play-off format was different so there weren't as many teams...

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I'm an EU citizen, would like to move to Greece. Any thoughts on this? It's a good choice. Make sure to live somewhere on the coast so you can make the most of the beaches and fresh seafood; not the busy tourist islands where all the Brits go to vomit all over the streets, but somewhere more "Greek"... I fell in love with Napflion down in the mainland Peleponnese (sp?), I would recommend there.

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What's the most interesting poker hand you've been involved in? I have played quite a few interesting hands that never made it to showdown, but without knowing what people were holding they don't really make for very interesting telling except for to real poker afficionados. However, this one hand come up last Thursday at the tournament game I play in every week and generally do well at. At the 4th blind level (100/200), a table of 10, in middle...

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How does a state, like Arkansas, get a national football league team? Texas has two, There has to be a way for us to get one. Major league sports teams migrate to wherever there is a big enough fan base to operate a successful professional operation. The way to make franchise owners consider your state as a potential home for their teams is to support the teams that already exist at every opportunity, so that people come to think of Arkansas as a real "sports place", and then who knows what may happen down...

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Are undertaker and kane brothers In the WWE world, yes they are... however the men behind the characters, Glenn Jacobs and Mark Callaway, are not related in any way.

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Is there a Soccer player, one the entire planet, who can take a free kick better than David Beckham? If Sir Alex wanted him back at Old trafford would he fit in there with the new team? He is still one of the best free-kick takers, but in football the ball is usually moving and people are trying to tackle you, so just being good at free-kicks isn't enough to make you a top player. Beckham's time as a world class star performer are over, and Man United would have no use for him now. His old right wing spot is filled by Ronaldo, and he doesn't have the pace or...

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What is your favorite sport and your favorite professional team or player of that sport? Baseball - Bluejays NFL - Packers Football (soccer) - AFC Bournemouth/Manchester Utd Cricket - Lancashire Basketball - too short to care so avoid it on basic principle Any other sports I missed?

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Who led the cubs in home runs and runs scored in 2007 Alfonso Soriano led the team in both categories with 33 home runs (7 more than Aramis Ramirez) and 97 runs scored (6 more than Derrek Lee).

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How much Money have you won or lost gambling? Most I have lost was £33 (about $66) for a buy-in to a poker tournament I entered a few weeks ago. Most I have won... well, I don't know to be honest, I just have a lot of small wins that add up over time. I've never won more than $1000 in any of the poker tournaments I've played in (stakes too small), but I have had many wins of several hundred.

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How many tight ends, in the NFL, have had 1000 yards receiving in a single year? Three have done it in the current season - Jason Witten 1121, Tony Gonzalez 1108 (his 3rd such season) and Kellen Winslow 1044. Others who have achieved this are Antonio Gates (1101 in 2005), Shannon Sharpe (3 times), Ben Coates (1174 in 1994), Todd Christensen (3 times), Mark Bavaro (1001 in 1986), Ozzie Newsome (twice), the ORIGINAL Kellen Winslow (3 times, including 1290 in 1980, still the...

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How old do you think Sunny is? That's a coincidence, because last Saturday a buddy and I were talking about going to a wrestling convention (meet and greet type thing) and she was going to be there, so talk turned to how old she would be by now and whether she was still a looker. He thought she would be into her 40s, I said I'd be surprised if she was much past 35 (and also told him that she was very much a looker...

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Which team will be UEFA hero ? and why? SOCCER What the hell does this even mean?

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Aren't Santa's elves technically slaves? I've never seen them get paid for their labor, and they work all year round. Sounds like slave-labor to me. I think they get paid in food and lodgings, and do it for the job satisfaction and chance to experience a new environment and culture. Kind of like being an au pair.

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What are the things I need most before i start with my Treasure Hunting? A map. A horse. A wagon full of supplies. A scary guide who knows the area. A close friend for moral support. A relative who is a disappointment to you so you can undergo a bonding session as the hunt progresses. I've never really been treasure hunting, I'm using "City Slickers 2" as my reference...

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Can you understand this;hrgapprgy chrgristmrgas argand arg hrgapprgy nrgew yrgear trgo yrgou? So this is the level that Answerbag has descended to... *sigh*

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Only my assasins creed game freezes how do i fix this? You could scratch the discs for some of your other games so that they freeze too...

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After the T. Owens joke about Jessica Simpson distracting Tony Romo people are now trying to get fans of upcoming opponents to print and wear Jessica masks to the games. Is this funny, or mean spirited? I think it's funny. http://www.ruinromo.com/ It's mildly amusing, but it is also pretty stupid since Jessica has been to several Cowboys games where Romo has played very well and Dallas has won. She was definitely at the Green Bay game and the Jets games, so the idea that she is somehow a jinx or distraction is utterly ridiculous. But the idea doesn't seem mean-spirited to me at all.

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Does anybody think that Derby will avoid relagation this season? No, and to be honest the way Billy Davies was talking before he left nobody at the club really believes they can avoid relegation either. It's not hard to see why when you see the way they defend. If they don't start keeping some clean sheets and nicking the odd game 1-0, then they will be dead and buried by April, like Sunderland two seasons ago. I also have some sympathy with...

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What is als heimer I forget? "Als heimer" is a meaningless phrase, please visit your doctor and have him run some tests to see if he can find some brain function. You may be clinically dead.

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How many revolutions will a 15 inch tire make on a 100 mile trip traveling at 60 mph? and what is the formula for this math question? First of all, you need to realise that the speed is irrelevant. The number of revolutions is equal to the total distance travelled divided by the circumference of the wheel. Since it's not clear to me whether a "15 inch tire" means that the tire has a circumference of 15 inches or means that the diameter is 15 inches, then I can't really go into any more detail. But the...

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In which body of water are the Balearic Islands? They are in the Mediterranean Sea, just off the coast of Spain.

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Has anyone played golf with hail sized golf balls? No, but I've had my windscreen broken by golf-ball sized hailstones if that is close enough?

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Will the Green Bay Packers Get Home Field Advamtage Throughout? It is possible... I wouldn't have said that a couple of weeks ago, but the Cowboys' loss to the Eagles has thrown it open again. Dallas only need to win out because they have the tie-breaker over the Packers, and I can't see them losing tonight even minus Romo, but against a Redskins team who may be chasing a wildcard in Week 17, I'm not so sure. And I entirely expect the...

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Red Sox or Yankees? Well one team is world champions, with a good solid line-up and the best pitching rotation in baseball, and the other, while they have a very strong batting line-up, can never get them all on the field at once because they are old guys with recurring injuries, and also has a rotation so weak that they need to sign 45 year-olds mid-season to prop it up. I think you should be able to deduce my...

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Do you want to test your geography IQ? Play this really fascinating geography game posted in my answer here and feel free to share your results with me after you've played. Just over 413,000, came up just short on Level 10... my Pacific Islands were a little awry!

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In Smackdown VS Raw 2007 for PS2, in general manager mode, the only way I can save a game is on the GM screen; is there a way to save games between matches ? Is it a problem with my cd or is the game built that way ? Thank you ! I haven't checked this for sure, but as far as I know you can't save the game in the middle of an event... you have to finish the match card properly and then save on the main menu screen as you describe. I think that is just the way the game is built rather than an error... but I confess I don't think I ever tried to do this, because my obsessive-compulsive nature would consider...

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My friend says that "serious gamers" play with inverted controls. I think he is a moron. Is he right or wrong? That is just as dumb as saying "serious baseball players hit left-handed"... do it the way it feels natural to you, and if he wants to look down on you then I would suggest playing games with somebody else, because really you got it spot on, he's a bit of a dick.

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When using the underhand serve in a match does the ball have to be dropped from above your shoulder or can it be dropped from waist high or even lower? As long as your opponent is informed before the point that you are serving underarm, then you can drop the ball in whatever manner you choose.

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NFL - is Terrel Owens good or bad for this beautiful game and why? Good players are good for the game, and he is undoubtedly a good player. Yes, there is a load of s*** that comes along with him off the field, and that detracts from the amount of appreciation he receives... if I ever met him I'm sure I would want to strangle him inside 10 minutes. But none of that makes him "bad for the game", because the game is about top athletes performing at...

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. Which bowler has taken most wickets in India-Australia Tests? I haven't managed to find a definitive answer, but having looked through career records of all the likely Indian and Australian bowlers (rather than just picking a name at random and stating it as an answer), the most I have found is Anil Kumble with 88 test wickets v Australia... I would be surprised if anyone has taken more in India v Australia matches than this. For the record, Warne...

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Should people be required to have an IQ above 100 to vote? People should be required to have an IQ above 100 before they are allowed to walk out of the front door in the mornings... those with IQs below 100 should be chained to their beds and have to drink out of beakers. Society would just be better that way, trust me.

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Do you feel that the Pope dissed your beleifs when he said that protestants could not be called a church? Yes, my homies and I were most vexed; we are planning on teaching that brutha some respect.

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What pitcher had more regular season losses as a Florida Marlin than any other in team history. Only losses with the Marlins count. Many thanks. The most losses by a player in Marlins regular season history is the recently-departed Dontrelle Willis with 54. There is one other player with 50 losses in Marlins history - AJ Burnett, now with Toronto. Also, the crown for "best name" in Marlins franchise history goes to Tim Spooneybarger, who I stumbled across when researching this answer. Imagine if that was YOUR name. People...

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Who else thinks Pete Rose was the best non steroid using Baseball Player out there? I would disagree with that. He may hold the career hits record, but he was a fairly limited player. Yes, a high OBP is very valuable to a team, but he had no power, and his ability in the field was less than you would expect from a player of his ilk, especially towards the latter end of his career. There are many others I would choose ahead of him... The Babe, Ty Cobb, Nolan Ryan... Rose...

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The Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments only prohibit discrimination by government bodies. They do not apply to private organizations. It is within the rights of private organizations to discriminate on the basis of gender, race, national origin and religion. I'm going to discriminate against you on the grounds that you can't tell the difference between a question and a statement...

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What is the derivative of (Q^2)/2.1 with respect to Q? The general rule is that when y=ax^n, dy/dx=anx^(n-1)... so if we re-write your equation as 1/2.1 * Q^2, then a=1/2.1 and n=2, so then the derivative with respect to Q is 2 * 1/2.1 * Q, or 2Q/2.1

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Which type of mythical creature would you most like to exist? I would love to see a winged horse like Pegasus, or for there to be a forest somewhere full of centaurs...

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Demi Moore: Was there ever any time or any role in which she was hot? Disclosure. I don't know what Michael Douglas was whining about. "Oh no, my incredibly hot boss is sexually harrassing me, what do I do?!?!?" Um, give me your job perhaps Michael? Also Striptease, but that film was so dire that I still couldn't watch past halfway through even with the allure of the eye candy.

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Whats your all time favorite 80s band? The Smiths. That's it really.

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How can i call my friend named lira... she is rreally into magic and witchy stuff If she has a phone, you could try calling her on that...

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What are euphamisms for (how shall we say) self gratification. Please keep it as clean as possible. One of my favorites is "Releasing the troops". Manual Blast-off Weeping into your Y-fronts Playing Hackysack with the Fockers

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Will a bullet travel further on the Moon? On flat terrain, with no obstacles, a bullet fired on the moon will indeed travel further than one fired in similar conditions on the earth, because the gravitational pull of the moon is less than the earth, and it is gravity that is responsible for pulling the bullet to the ground (as with all objects).

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Wanna Play SCATTEGORIES? Read answer!!! What is your name: Dan 4 Letter Word: Dove Vehicle: Donkey? City: Detroit Boy Name: David Girl Name: Danielle Alcoholic Drink: Drambuie Occupation: Doctor Something you wear: Dress (not me personally) Celebrity: Donnie Osmond Food: Dogmeat Something found in the bathroom: Dryer Reason for Being Late: Dog hid my shoes Cartoon Character: Daffy Duck Something You Shout:...

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If the QB fumbles the snap and falls on it behind the line of scrimmage, does the defense get credited for a sack? I believe it is scored as a fumble and a fumble recovery for negative yardage, and not as a sack.

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Is professional wrestling, like the WWE, real? No, it is just the same as any other major wrestling promotion. Maybe it is a little less regimented, though I haven't really seen it enough to comment definitively, but it is still essentially scripted.

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Do you like mashed potatoes baked potatoes or fried potatoes better I would never want fried potatoes (unless that is a weird way of saying "fries"?), but either or the others is fine by me! Probably prefer a nice big baked potato with a really crispy skin, filled with butter... but mashed is good too, especially if it is made with a lot of cheese thrown in.

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What is the difference between a Lord and a Sir? Lord (female equivalent = Lady) is an hereditary title dating back from medieval times. Sir (female equivalent = Dame) is a title that is apportioned to people by the reigning monarch for outstanding service to something, ie Sir Elton John, Sir David Attenborough, Dame Vera Lynn, and is non-hereditary.

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Did you know that you can get a 15 yard penalty for a choreographed celebration after making a good play in the NFL? Yes I did... it is part of the clampdown on unsportmanlike conduct that is NFL has begun. I agree with it as well, unlike most of the other answerers... some of the things people were doing were totally ridiculous and disrespectful, players were making themselves look like idiots. The game isn't about grabbing the limelight at every available opportunity, but that was the message being...

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Why will Michael Spurlock be one of the most important trivia answers for NFL questions for decades to come? Last night he became the first player in the history of the Tampa Bay franchise to return a kick-off for a touchdown. However he won't be the important NFL trivia answer you suggest, because only Bucs fans actually care about what he did. Kick-off return touchdowns happen often enough for it to have been nothing special to people outside Tampa Bay.

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Who led the NFL in kickoff and punt return touchdowns in '06 football season? Devin Hester, with 2 kick-off return TDs and 3 punt return TDs for a total of 5 on the regular season. Plus one on the opening play of the Superbowl for good measure.

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What is your view in the Montreal Screwjob? I have had this discussion with a friend who was at the event at the time. I was a sad turn of events, one that nobody came out of looking good... however the bottom line is that the people who write the stories at the WWE are the ones who write the stories, period. If they wanted Bret to drop the title to Shawn Michaels then Bret should have been prepared to do so. However his ego led him to...

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If a dealer deals an extra hand (he forgot that player went out last hand), is this a mis-deal or does he just pull the cards in and put them on the burn pile, continuing the hand? As with your other question, other than in a very relaxed home game this is a misdeal, to avoid allegations of the hand being rigged in some way.

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In poker, if the dealer skips dealing one player a card on the first go round and some of the players have already looked at thier card, is it a mis-deal or does he just give that person an extra card after dealing the rest of the hand? Unless this is a very relaxed game between buddies at home, it is always a misdeal. This is because players are not being given the cards that they should have been, and can lead to accusations of cheating unless the hand is ruled dead.

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In a cash texas hold'm game does it matter how much each person buyes in for $10 or $ 20 can it be different for everyone. I don't believe there is a minimum amount that people must buy in with... however the upper limit on any cash table is nearly always set as 100 times the big blind amount. So a .25/.50 table will have a maximum buy-in of $50, and a 1/2 table will have a maximum of $200. People are free to buy in for any amount up to the maximum, it doesn't have to be the same for every player; however...

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My dog just recently passed a stool with mucus and blood in it. What should I do? Whatever you do, don't sit on it! Find another cleaner place to sit.

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Why are condoms like cameras? They both end up covered in jism?

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If someone asks a question here at AB, and includes "be honest" in the question, does that mean your answer is automaticaly wrong if you don t give an honest answer? Yes, I suppose it does. However all questions on AB have an implicit "be honest" attached to them, since otherwise there would not be an awful lot of point to the exchanges of information that go on if everyone was lying in their answers all the time. Everyone who asks a question wants an honest answer, so really any untruthful answer that anyone gives should be considered...

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What's your favorite Sci Fi / Fantasy TV show? Not really a genre I watch a lot of, but one of my guilty secrets is that I was a huge "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" fan...

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Were The Philadelphia Phillies crazy for letting Aaron Rowand walk away to sign with the San Francisco Giants? There's a few big salaries on the Phillies payroll nowadays... Howard is on mega-money, Utley and Rollins command huge wages too. Given the resurgence in production that Rowand has gone through this past season, his value contract-wise is probably just one big salary too many for them to be able to afford in this context, especially when you consider that they really need to build up their...

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Who would you rather have on your team, Barry Bonds or Aaron Rowand? Aaron Rowand. Barry plays for Barry, not for the team, and everything that goes along with his presence combines to hurt team performance. Rowand may not be the elite level performer that Bonds was in his prime, but he leaves his everything out on the field trying to win the game. Bonds would rather hit a home run and lose than go for 0-4 and win... that's not an attitude I want on my team.

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Has anyone told you that you look like someone famous? Do YOU think you look like someone famous? If so, who? I often used to get told I looked like Chester Bennington, the singer from Linkin Park. This was back when people still gave a rat's ass about that band of course, although I have been told it twice this year as well so maybe it still holds true to an extent.

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Does anyone know, by 1608, was it already generally accepted that the Earth orbits the sun, or did they still think that the Earth was the centre of the universe? To add to Glenn's excellent answer, it is hard to say when the Sun-centred world model became "generally accepted"... Galileo's excommunication for heresy was only formally repealed by the Vatican in 1992, so it could be argued that Catholics still believed in the geo-centric model of the world up until then!

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Should President George W. Bush pardon Michael Vick just before he leaves office? I disagree with the idea of the Presidential pardon full stop. It is a political tool that undermines the system of justice, and thereby undermines the rule of law that 'civilised' society is built upon. In this specific case, I see no reason why he should pardon Vick... although the Texans could use a new QB, and he is probably buddies with whoever owns them, so that might be a...

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Whats the Raw theme song called(atleast i think its the theme song),It goes something like "I just wanna be loved........" sorry thats all i have,any ideas? It's a slightly edited version of the song "To Be Loved" by Papa Roach.

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What do people mean when they say "well educated"? some college, batchelor's degree, master's degree, or doctorate? In my experience, people class you as "well educated" if you went to university/college at all and can string a coherent sentence together. (Note - not all university graduates can string a coherent sentence together, sadly).

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Why is it that people argue with you about the law, but dont seem to understand that both could be right because you live in different countrys? (but theirs is the right answer without a doubt... so they say) People are so well-practiced at seeing the world through their own eyes that they often forget there are occasions when it could be useful to step outside of their own range of experiences. I have noticed people in the USA tend to assume that everyone they address is also from/in the USA, and this mostly stems from plain laziness. Stupidity can often be a mitigating factor too, but usually it...

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Is it the best way to hide marijuana threw jfk airport on an international flight going to vienna over the holidays if i compact it with duck tape/gorilla tape, ziplock bags, wax,and cellaphane? Drug dealers are a universal constant. If it is really so important to you to be able to smoke marijuana while you're away, I'm sure you can find a supply in Vienna, there's no need to risk blowing your whole holiday and getting a criminal record by getting caught in possession when boarding your flight. Buy local if you really must, and think of it as "broadening your...

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Does Richard Simmons go to the toilet? No, the toilet comes to Richard Simmons.

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I'm writing an essay and my thesis is "how/why were Dr.Frankenstien (Shelley) and Darwin (origin of species) considered dangerous?" I picked these because they had to do with creation, except it still doesn't seem quite right. Are the books comparable? I'm not sure you can really compare the two meaningfully... Darwin's work was based on research and put forward genuine scientific ideas for consideration, whereas Shelley's was an entirely fictional construct intended to create moral questions regarding human ability to "play God". Honestly, I never quite understood why this book was considered controversial, other...

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I just heard on the news..a man was drunk and tied his neighbors horse to his car and drug it down the road. The horse was killed, of course, (partially dismembered) and the man arrested. What would a suitable punishment be in your opinion? Stone him to death, let horses drag his carcass around the street, then kill his family etc etc /hysteria, loss of perspective

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Why did Satan rebel against God? I think he got frustrated with not being allowed to covet his neighbours' oxen. So he grew horns of his own, gave God the finger and took as many of the damn things as he could carry down to the firey depths of the Underworld, where he has dined off BBQ ever since.

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Do you think it's foolish for an athlete to guarantee a victory? I don't know about foolish... in a team sport, it can be good for your teammates to know you believe in them. Personally I would never say such a thing though... it really only sets you up for a fall if you don't win. (And you usually don't win afterwards, because it is only underdogs who tend to make those sort of statements... the best teams "do their talking on the...

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What is the NFL record for largest points differential ; total points scored in a season minus total points allowed in a season? I can't give a definitive answer because I haven't found it stated anywhere officially, but I've looked back over the standings for the past 30 years (I was bored!) and the biggest differential I found was the Rams in 1999, with 284 (526-242). Prior to the mid 70s, seasons only had 14 games rather than 16 so the total points differentials would have been proportionally less on...

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Do you believe Mike Hussey can go on to break Don Brad's record average of 99.94 in tests? No, I don't believe an average that high is sustainable in modern test cricket (unless he plans to retire as soon as he has a higher average, which would be cheating). Although pitch conditions are better for batsmen now compared to in Bradman's era, there are a wider variety of challenges that a batsman will face during his career... when Bradman played, there were fewer countries...

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Can the washington Redskins make the playoffs? It is possible, but I doubt it. Minnesota have found some form, with possibly the best running game in the NFL, and I don't see them finishing worse than 9-7. That would mean the Redskins having to win out, and even if they did that they might miss out on tie-breakers (not sure how they stand relative to the Vikings). But I don't think they are consistent enough to win out anyway so...

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Men, have you ever worn a cup while playing sports? Yes, it's a must when batting in cricket. Also more recently I have played a few games as a goalie in field hockey, and a box is an essential part of the full-scale body armour needed for that.

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I keep seeing wolves in my sleep this time i had blue eyes like a wolf this is really killing me Next time it happens, ask the wolves if they have any punctuation spare. Especially question marks, they are very handy for asking questions, which you have failed to do...

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Who won the Ryder Cup in 2007? The 2007 Ryder Cup was won once again by the European team, and by quite a wide margin this time. I believe Europe has won 4 out of the last 5 Ryder Cup events, although before that the USA team dominated the event.

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How many test wickets did Shane Warne take? Shane Warne finished his career with 708 Test wickets from 145 matches. At the time of his retirement this was the most ever taken by a single bowler, however since then he has been surpassed by Muttiah Muralidaran.

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After doing some brief calcubations, I've come to realise that my answers constitute a full 0.4% of all the answers given on this site. Am I really that vain? I don't know about vanity, but 0.4% of the quantity could still equate to 40% of the quality* * it probably doesn't equate to that much, but my general point is that quantity is over-rated.

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Who on here is from manchester england? I'm born and bred in Manchester, and still live here. Or there, depending on how you look at it.

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Texas hold'em..... If I open the betting, lets say 100, everybody at the table puts in their 100, but nobody says check or call, can I raise my own bet when it comes back to me? Or is it implied that when people pay the bet that it If somebody puts in the amount of the bet without saying anything, it is assumed to be a call. It is only when they put in either less than the bet or more than the bet (but less than the minimum raise) without a verbal declaration that things get complicated. And in no circumstances can you raise your own bet, ever - action for a betting round closes once all players have either folded or...

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How do I overcome arachnophobia (fear of spiders)? You're a computer program, you can't be afraid of anything because you don't feel fear. If your programmers for some bizarre reason saw fit to make you crash when you typed the word "spider", then I would send them an e-mail on the subject asking them to fix this bug. If that's not Pun of the Day then there's no justice in the world.

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My ex boyfriend asked what i wanted for Xmas, i told him toe/finger rings, he CUSS, asking what the ___ am i gonna do with rings since i do not go anywhere? Did he overeact, or not, since i only go to work, shop, church & ocassional party?feedback pls I don't really think it is up to him to determine what you want... if he doesn't like the idea of buying rings, then he doesn't have to, he can go and buy something else, but asking someone what they want then effectively telling them they are stupid for wanting it is no way to behave. I can see why he is an EX boyfriend.

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Is paying for chiropractic care like buying magic beans? I don't think so, because although it can be expensive it can very often be helpful to people struggle with chronic back pain and the like. On the downside, in the cases where it doesn't really work then it is a total waste. At least you can make soup out of the 'magic' beans.

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6 less than two times a number is 4 I feel so much more enlightened now I know that!

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Is anybody else out there as addicted to guitar hero as I am? It is hard to say without you detailing how addicted to Guitar Hero you actually are to give us a basis for comparing our own levels of addiction.

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Does size matter when you are getting in a fight? Size is irrelevant when it comes to getting into a fight... people of any size get into fights all the time. However size is very important if you want to get OUT of a fight intact, unless you have mad ninja skillz.

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Do you say creek or crick? bag or beg? wash or wursh? Which words are we actually supposed to be trying to pronounce in each case? A creek and a crick both exist and are entirely separate things... when I am talking about a creek I say "creek", when I have a crick in my neck I say "crick". Likewise with "bag" and "beg". So without specifying a base word that we are to give our pronunciation of, really this...

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What did you think of the trade between the Marlins and the Tigers involving Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis? Will this trade make the Tigers one of the top AL teams? Cabrera is a great acquisition for them... Willis is a reasonable pick-up too, he consistently gets through a lot of innings even if he was a bit off this past season, so he will be a good solid presence in what is (Kenny Rogers aside) a very young rotation, and will strengthen them a bit. Being an AL team, they won't get the benefit of his strong bat, but oh well. I don't see them...

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What does alcohol have that peroxide doesn't? A hangover afterwards.

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What is an ocelot? I think Gareth Gates and Iggy Pop can answer this question better than anyone else.

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Who thinks the Browns got ripped off from Kellen Winslow's CATCH last Sunday in Arizona? It should have been ruled a touchdown in my opinion, but Edwards' touchdown catch for the Browns earlier in the game should have been ruled downed by contact at about the 20, which the officials somehow failed to pick up even after viewing video replays. So it's all swings and roundabouts, you win some you lose some, you can't have your cake and eat it and many other cliches too....

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A philosopher points out Godels theorems are invalid he uses the axiom of reducibility- which all say is invalid, he constructs impredicative statements - which all say are invalid http://gamahucherpress.yellowgum.com/books/philosophy/GODEL5.pdf At least make your advert into a question...

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Can anyone explain these verses from bible"If you answer a silly question, you are just as silly as the person who asked it.Give a silly answer to a sily question, and the one who asked it will realise that he is not as clever as he thinks"Proverbs 26:4,5 To me, it looks like the Bible was running to too few pages and this is part of the filler that got added. But it seems to advocate pointing out to stupid people just how stupid they are being, which is something I love to do and am well practised in, so I'm happy to leave it in. I'm also happy for the bit about shunning menstruating women to be left in as well, because that is...

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For those of you with Itunes, how many hours worth of music do you have in your library? HOURS?!?!?! My library is telling me I have 144.6 DAYS of music on there!

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A 5 yr old boy is 100% above normal height for his age group and recently has been complaining of headaches and vision problems. A CT scan indicates a large pitutary tumor: 1) What hormone is being secreted in excess, 2) what is the name of the condition I really think the child should have been scanned much earlier than this... it must have been obvious from birth almost that something was wrong if he is over 7 feet tall at the age of 5!!!!

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Recaping my question. When I asked why is that in anime when two people who fight a lot are the ones who are in love, I was talking about those who are the opposite genders like Ranma and Akane(Ranma 1/2) or Ash and Misty(pokemon). So that's your previous question cleared up. Now what exactly are you asking in this question?

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Where was Carthage located? The ancient city of Carthage was situated on the north coast of Africa, in what is now modern day Tunisia. http://www.tassoni.it/ancient-rome/photo/carthage.gif

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If a carpet costs 12.99 per square meter and another costs 15.00 per square yard, which is the cheapest and why? 1M = 1.0936 yards Reading the corrected version of the question, the price per square metre is slightly cheaper. Imagine a square room that is 10 yards by 10 yards, ie. 100 square yards. A yard is roughly 90cm, so in metres the same room is 9 metres by 9 metres, ie. 81 square metres. So to cover the floor with the first carpet would cost 100 x 12.99 = $1299 To cover with the second carpet would cost 81...

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Could you list the countries where there are Answerbaggers? For example: USA - Jodie, Guatemela - Barcaluv, Norway - Slothmister... Honestly, no, because I don't really pay much attention to where people are from. However I do know we have several Aussies (Prettypirate and Sakhawhateverhe'scallinghimselfnow spring to mind), and I think Hallmehn is Danish...

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Who will get Santana, the Yankees or the Red Sox? I think the Sox are more likely to land Santana; they seem to have more pieces that they are willing to offer, so the chances of them hammering out a deal that fits everything Minnesota wants is more likely than the Yankees, who I suspect would have to offer a lot of prospects to make a deal work because the established players they are willing to offer are far fewer in number than the Sox.

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Who rushed for 1000 yards in a single season in the 1980's An awful lot of people, many of them multiple times... too many for me to really list. I suggest you use the http://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/index.htm resource, and look through the leaderboards for each year if you want more detailed information.

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Who was the last team to have beaten the New England Patriots in a regular season game? Amazing as it sounds, the last team to beat them in a regular season game was the Miami Dolphins, who shut the Patriots out 21-0 in Week 14 of the 2006-7 season. Of course Indianapolis also beat them in the AFC Championship game that year.

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12 man tourney two tables. do you keep the same # of people on each table as people get knocked out,and if so who do you pick to move to a different table. small or big stack? or are we doing it all wrong. If it is your tournament then it is entirely up to you what to do; however yes, it is usual to keep the tables as balanced as possible, so if 2 get knocked out on the same table so there are 6 on one and 4 on another, you should move one from the full table to the one with spare seats so there are 5 on each, and so on until there are only 6 players left, at which point you can seat them all on...

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Do you think Barry Bonds will get voted into the Hall of Fame? I think that really depends on the outcome of the perjury indictment that is pending. As things stand then he is surrounded by controversy and speculation, but really it is only allegations of wrong-doing and nothing concrete, and I'm not sure you could keep the all-time home run champion out of the Hall of Fame based solely on conjectures. The Hall itself would be a poorer place without...

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My boys are on a roll. How far do you think the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will go this year? The division is nearly in the bag, and I think they will end the season as number 3 seeds for the play-offs. If Minnesota keep running hot and make it into the play-offs as 6th seed, then I think the Bucs may struggle to get past them, but against anyone else I think they will come through to the second round and probably get beaten by Green Bay.

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Will the Cleveland browns make the playoffs this year? Pittsburgh will almost certainly win that division - they would have to drop 3 out of the last 4 to let the Browns past - but I think Cleveland will get a wildcard spot. They score a lot of points, and their remaining schedule is fairly soft... they should get to an absolute minimum of 9-7 (might get in, might not), but will probably finish as good as 10-6 (99% certain to get in). Jacksonville...

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Does anyone else think the College ovetime system is lame? Sudden death overtime is so much more compelling. Am I alone on this? Personally I dislike sudden death overtime. If you win the toss and get to receive kick-off, you are halfway towards winning the game, and I don't like seeing 3 hours of closely fought contest being virtually decided by a coin toss. Perhaps if a touchdown were required to win sudden death overtime instead of just any score then it might be ok. As a Brit who is used to soccer games often...

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Does anyone care that the Packer/Cowboy game will only be shown on the NFL network? I'm in England, I've learnt to be grateful for what I get when it comes to US sports coverage. I only have access to 2 MLB games a week during the baseball season ffs, so any package better than that for NFL is a bonus to me. As it happens, Sky TV does get the feed from the NFL network I believe so I *think* Packers @ Cowboys is available to me tonight.

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What do you think about blondes wearing yellow or green? I think a yellow top can complement blonde hair very nicely, provided it is close to the same shade as the hair ie. orangey/mustard sort of yellows don't really work, but a light yellow with very light blonde hair can work well. I don't see how a wearing green would present a problem... green is one of my favorite colours to see people wear, especially a deep, vibrant green, and...

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NFL football fans: will you be able to watch the Cowboys vs Packers game on November 29th? My cable company does not carry the NFL Network, aarrggh! I'm in England and for once, it seems I am lucky because I can see it... provided I stay up until 1am! Which, as a big-time Packers fan I will probably do, but I might have to go to bed at half-time. It seems that Sky Sports, who does almost all the NFL coverage that exists in the UK, has agreements with pretty much every broadcaster of NFL games that exists, because they always show a...

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What can I do to increase my reaction time? You could play with your eyes closed. Or you could count to five before you make a move to do anything, if your other senses are too sharp for the first suggestion to work.

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I just called out sick because of second-degree burn on my lower abs. Am I a bad person? Depends how much it hurts and whether you are actually capable of doing your job in the condition you are in. I just hope you've learnt not to try and drink a cup of tea while doing sit-ups in future.

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Have you ever been to Roskilde Festival in Denmark? ...ever heard of it? I seriously thought about going 4 or 5 years ago, I'm something of a metalhead and there always seemed to be a lot of bands I was interested in on the line-up... but, distance, money and a lack of organisation proved enough to stop me and my friends actually making it there. Since then, I have taken my finger off the pulse of the heavy music world somewhat and so it has never really...

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What comes to mind when you think of the movie "Dirty Dancing"? Obviously the famous lift scene... but also, the "I carried a watermelon" line!

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Do you agree with Jimmy Rollins getting the NL MVP? If not, who should have won the award? I do agree with it, although I will be honest and say that I got caught up in the Matt Holliday hype a little towards the end of the season and thought he would win it. He would have deserved the award as well had he won it, just as Magglio Ordonez played well enough to deserve the AL MVP award, but I don't think there can be any argument that either Rollins (or A-Rod for that matter) was...

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Do you think it is morally right for a prof to use their own books they've written for a class. Example, in college I had a class that had only 1 text. It was $800 (no joke) and it was going out of print and you were unable to resell it. Extra $$ for him In general, I think it is fine... since they will be teaching the class they will naturally be throwing their own opinions and slants on the subject matter involved, so you may as well have the professor's own text to refer to. Provided they encourage you to read more widely around the subject and get the opinions of different academics from their books as well then there is nothing...

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Which current Barclays Premier League manager famously made reference to ‘prawn sandwiches’? I believe it was Roy Keane, current Sunderland manager, who made the reference to the "prawn sandwich brigade" of supporters at Old Trafford while he was still a player at Manchester United.

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Does it piss you off when people talk authoritatively about a language you speak/are taking, and are clearly UTTERLY clueless? Not just mistakes, I mean acting like an expert when they know 3 words- badly. What language? Any *really* painful instances? At university my hall had a hockey team I played on and the captain decided to put a comedy Latin motto on our shirts. Instead of asking me to help write the motto, since I was one of only 15 people in the entire University at the time who happened to be studying Latin as part of their degree, he did it on his own, by pulling words out of the Latin dictionary and placing them one after the...

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In cricket, what does the abbreviation "ht wkt" stand for? It is short for "hit wicket", a mode of dismissal where the batsman breaks his own wicket by accident while trying to play his shot. It is not a very common way for a batsman to get out, but still happens every now and then, usually when a batsman is moving backwards to play a short-pitched delivery and loses his bearings. A slightly more unusual incidence happened this summer when...

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What is the most at-bats ever had by a player during a regular season? I know it's my own question, but... Jimmy Rollins broke the Major League record with 716 at-bats in the just-finished 2007 season.

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How many times a week do you receive this email from AB? "Your question does not meet our Terms of Use - Answerbag" I have never received that e-mail as far as I'm aware. This is probably because my questions are (mostly) sensible and fact-seeking and totally non-controversial, however it is also possible that I just don't see the e-mail because all my AB alert messages go straight into my junk folder.

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What have you read by Douglas Adams, author of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy? Only the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series I'm afraid.

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Does the homosexual term 'lesbian' come from the Greek woman Clodia, who was nicknamed Lesbia due to her affinities for women? My understanding of the term's origin is that its original meaning was "from Lesbos", Lesbos being a Greek island. It came to have its connatations of sexuality due to the ancient poet Sappho, a Lesbian (ie. from Lesbos - whether she was "lesbian" in the modern sense is unsure), who wrote somewhat homoerotic poetry in the 7th century BC where her female narrators spoke...

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What is the winning percentage of all mlb pitchers following a win? example - what is the chance of a pitcher winning their next start if they are coming off a win? Logically, over a long enough time scale, it has to be 50%, or at least 50% of all games that do not result in a non-decision for a starting pitcher, so perhaps nearer to 40%. But it must, over the long term, tend towards that figure simply because for every game played there is 1 winner and 1 loser. Any short-term winning or losing trends by pitchers at one end of the ability spectrum will be...

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People who support George W. Bush in America today are the same kinds of people who would have supported Adolf Hitler if they had been Germans in the 1930's. Is this not obvious? No, it is not obvious. It is though true that good, well-meaning people sometimes make poor choices despite their best intentions, and that can include electing people into positions of power that hindsight shows to have been a mistake. But beyond that basic fundamental truth of human fallibility, I don't really see what this question is hinting at, hence my answer of "it is not...

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If only the good die young, does that mean you're bad if you lived a long life? As Glenn Blaylock says, the answer to your question logically speaking is no, it does not mean that. "Only the good die young" does not preclude people from NOT dying young and still being good. A lot of people make this incorrect leap of logic, try and bear the following example in mind next time you get confused... Take the statement "all canaries are yellow". This...

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Is the catcher classified as an infielder in baseball? I don't believe so, since he doesn't actually take his position inside the diamond whatsoever... he crouches behind home plate in foul territory. As I understand it, the infield is only the 1st, 2nd, 3rd basemen and shortstop... the catcher and pitcher are I think considered too specialist positions to be put into the "infield" grouping.

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What is the purpose of neutering pets? The thought of it makes me sick to the stomach... It is chiefly to stop them from producing unwanted offspring which may well end up neglected or in a sack at the bottom of a lake. There are also some behavioural benefits in certain circumstances too... it may make male dogs less aggressive around other dogs, it may stop them humping your leg, and so on.

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Stupid questin, i know, but..sims2 playstation2.....It says i need to buy a food source and ive looked but i guess i just dont know what im looking for .please help I think a refrigerator would count as a food source as the other answer suggests, but failing that, try buying the Frood Tree, the Aquarium or Genolife Hutch (or whatever its name is), these will all provide different kinds of food for free.

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What does it mean when your nose itches??? Like ichy palms means your coming into money. When your nose itches it means nothing, in much the same way as having itchy palms also means nothing.

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Who is third on the Test wicket list behind Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan? I will have to run away and confirm this, but I have a feeling it may be Anil Kumble. Failing that, it would be Glenn McGrath. edit - I was right, Kumble has 566 (as of 8th Nov), Glenn McGrath is 4th with a final total of 563. 5th on the list is the first man ever to take 500 wickets in tests, Courtney Walsh, with 519.

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Why is it always the coach that shoulders the blame when a team has a losing season? I think it is primarily because when a team's performance is sub-standard there is an overwhelming sense of urgency (from supporters chiefly, but also from ambitious and easily-influenced members of club boardrooms) that they have to DO SOMETHING!!!! DO SOMETHING NOW!!!! Nobody is prepared to ride out the dips in form and give players and coaches time to turn things around, so conventional...

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What are the top five places you must visit before you die? The doctor's surgery, the pharmacist, the lawyer's office, the funeral parlour and the hospital. And you're all set for the black hand of death to take you away!

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How many complete games were pitched in 2006? By my maths, 144, split between 80 different pitchers (most individually was 6 by Aaron Harang and CC Sabathia).

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Since 1930, which player has hit the most triples in one season? To add to Cowtipper's answer, Curtis Granderson also hit 23 triples this season (2007) with Detroit to hold the record jointly with Comorosky and Mitchell.

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Who was the last American league pitcher to pitch 300 innings in a season? The last AL pitcher to throw over 300 innings in a season was Jim Palmer, who threw 319 innings for Baltimore in 1977. The last pitcher from either league to throw over 300 innings was Steve Carlton (304 in 1980 for Philadelphia). http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/IP_leagues.shtml

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What is your opinion of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays dropping 'Devil' from their name? Personally I always thought the Devil Rays was a cool name, but amazingly they took this decision without consulting me! I also dislike when there are two rhyming words next to each other, it always sounds cumbersome and stupid to say (at least to me) so the Tampa Bay Rays sticks in my throat a little to say. Still, whatever a struggling team like that needs to do to get some attention and...

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In Billiards, if player A breaks and no ball is pocketed, then player B targets and pockets a stripe, but also scratches, does the pocketed stripe count and player B shoots stripes? Or does it remain an open table until a ball is pocketed without scratchl It remains an open table until a ball is potted LEGALLY by either player, so player A may still shoot for whichever set of balls he wishes on his next visit.

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ConThis is the 2nd time I have ask, when I play a DVD on my Sony player, they all have a green tint. I was told the reason the question was not answered at the last submission, "nonsense". What are you asking here? Why your question was rejected last time? Or are you simply asking the question all over again with some irrelevant details thrown in to confuse everyone? By the way, if your original question read "when I play a DVD on my Sony player, they all have a green tint", then of course it was rejected as nonsense because it doesn't actually ask anything, it...

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If someone asked a question (which is highly uprated) accusing you of advocating rape & many members discuss it would you leave the site permanently? Yes, I would undoubtedly flounce off in a sulk, but not before I drew attention to the fact I was flouncing off in a sulk by posting a question about how I was thinking of flouncing off in a sulk. Actually, I wouldn't do that at all, but I just wanted to show my support for your course of action. Personally, I would debate questions that have been asked in the appropriate threads,...

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How often do people smoke a day? Some people smoke marijuana several times a day, other people never smoke it at all in the course of their lives. Many people smoke it with a frequency in between those two extremes.

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What would be a good name for a sports blog? 13 other writers and I are starting up a sports blog. We're thinking of using Sports Banter, but we'd love to think of something more crazy and unique. It's going to be an overall sports blog, compacted with With a range of sports being covered, it is hard to single out any particular sport that you can make some sort of a pun on or reference to... or title it after some player you either love or hate. Since most of the sports are ball-related, there could be some "ball" gags out there, but they always sound pretty weak... "Balls to the Wall"? "The Ballpool"? Hmmmm,...

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Barry Bonds Indicted!! Opinions? It's about time the whole issue was taken out of the hands of rumour-mongering journalists, fans, and the ham-fisted MLB, and dealt with by the legal system. The whole "did he, didn't he, asterisk?" debate has dragged on for way too long and achieved nothing apart from cheap headlines, so it is very much a positive thing from where I'm sitting that charges have been...

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Which club in the english premier league is called "Edible"? There isn't one, sorry to disappoint.

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Which two MLB players played ten seasons batting over .300, hitting 25 or more homeruns? There are more than two, so I don't know which ones you are referring to... Hank Aaron did it, Babe Ruth did it, Lou Gehrig did it, as mentioned in the previous answer both Bonds and Ramirez have done it... so that is 5, and there may be more that didn't occur to me right away. So take your pick of whichever two you like.

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WHAT IF YOU CAN'T OPEN AN ACCOUNT? This question is far too vague and needs a lot more context before it becomes answerable. Please either provide this, or don't bother posting in future.

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On a scale of 1-10 (10 being highest) how much do you think you contribute to this site? More quality than most, less quantity than most. If we assume for argument's sake that answers here are binomially distributed with a mean of 5.5 (they might not be because people will over/underestimate their contributions, but it keeps things simple as a base), then I'd say I'm a 3 on quantity and a 8.5 on quality. If we then assume that quality is worth twice as much as...

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Have you ever dreamt about another Answer Bagger? If so, who and what happened? Apart from yourself, no.

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Do you think Drew Peterson killed Stacy Peterson? They have the same surname so it's an open and shut case.

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What is your answerbag rank? I'm ranked number 1 in everything that is important.

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What is 2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2? That is 2^25 (if I counted the 2s correctly), which is 33,554,432. That's not really algebra though, it's just plain old arithmatic.

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In college I had an Indian professor that always used to say calculator as kaliclaytor and another one that said ten issues like tennis shoes. Do you have any experiences with a foreign born professor that mispronounced words which were funny sounding? Not so much with professors, but I remember one confusing incident when my friend's French mother called him in a panic and said that her car had been broken into. The way she placed the stresses on the words, she actually said her car had been broken in two, and there were several minutes of confusion as my friend tried to work out just how the hell this had happened!

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Have you ever had a really strong feeling that something bad was about to happen without knowing what it was or to whom it would happen? Were you right? If you don't know what the event is or who it is going to happen to, then you cannot possibly be in a position to judge whether you were right or wrong because you never really 'predicted' anything. How do you compare the eventual outcome to something that you never actually defined? So really this question is nonsense.

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Which state has the longest name Leaving aside the long-winded official names, in common parlance the longest state name is Massachusetts at 13 letters. North Carolina and South Carolina also have 13, but they don't roll off the tongue so well so I'm ranking them 2nd. West Virginia, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire all fall 1 letter short. Ohio doesn't really get a look in.

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3 people here. A box with 5 hats. 3 are white and 2 are black. randomly chooses a hat for each. The 1st person can see the others, doesn 't know his color hat. The 2nd person can see only the 3rd, doesn't know his color. 3rd person knows. What color? His hat is white. The person who can see both the others' hats cannot deduce his own hat colour from this. The only way he could know his own hat colour is if BOTH the other 2 were wearing black hats (since there are only 2 black hats in total), so the fact that he does not know tells us that the other two are either both wearing white hats or one is black and the other is white (but...

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My x works at the gym i go to we broke up 14 weeks ago she phoned me 4 weeks ago sayin she loves me and thinks of me but 5 weeks of are split she was seeing someone i wrote a letter 2 weeks ago she said shes seeing someone move on do i go back to the gym Gyms are for people who have partners that they want to look attractive for... IMO, it isn't worth the energy for single people. Making the transition from happy, healthy person in a steady relationship to overweight, single slob with a chip on your shoulder and a complex about whether you will ever be able to trust anyone again will not be an easy one, but I hope you know that all of us...

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What should a sports team do when a star player is caught with drugs? Quickly move his stash to the locker of a less talented player who you can afford to be without.

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What is your "can't eat just one" snack food? To be honest I am like that with pretty much every snack food... once I get it in my mouth, I keep eating until there is no more in the house. But the worst thing is definitely Wine Gums... once I eat one, it is 2 minutes absolute max before the entire tube is inside me.

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What defines a pedophile? Are there clear boundaries? Are we all capable of being attracted to children? You're probably going to get slated for this, but I think it's an interesting question. The boundary between what is acceptable behaviour and what constitutes paedophilia can be blurred at times. The definition of what constitutes a child can be somewhat blurred too. There are lots of grey areas I think along with the black and white ones. Having sex with an 8 year-old is clearly...

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Other than hockey and AB, does any other sport use an actual penalty box? Both codes of rugby, League and Union, have a "sin bin" which is the exact same concept. Also, field hockey uses this as well (I assume when you said 'hockey' you meant specifically the kind played on ice).

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If the New England Patriots go undefeated this season, do you feel that their record is tainted due to 'spygate'? No, I don't think it really had any impact on their success (I could get a team together off the streets to beat the Jets), so while it was right that they were punished for it and shamed a little, it really did them so little good that it you can't really use it to discredit their record.

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I have pigmentation on my nose Hopefully you have pigmentation everywhere, otherwise you would be albino.

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Have you ever eaten glass, like I did? I don't know the way in which you ate glass or the circumstances in which you did it, so without that information I'm afraid I cannot compare the way in which I have eaten glass to the way you did, sorry.

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What's worse than cowardice? Having your fingernails pulled out. Having your eyeballs removed and force fed to you. Accidentally driving into a family member and killing them. Having your scrotum put into a vice. Being shot in the head. I would take being a coward over those, and many more things I haven't the time to name, any day. Maybe that is just proof of what a coward I am...

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Do insane people know they are insane and inversely, if people think they are insane, they are actually sane? I think an insane person can still understand that they are insane, can understand that their perception and thought processes are somewhat askew, in the same way that a stupid person can understand that they aren't the sharpest knife in the draw. The knowledge of their insanity/stupidity does not automatically render them sane/smart, like a moment of enlightenment. Obviously there are...

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Let's play a game! I will name an actor/actress, and you have to name another actor/actress that has been in a movie with him or her! Anyone can answer, but when five minutes has past since the last response, then that person wins! Ready...Tom Hanks. Go! Denzel Washington.

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The Taliban have carried out 130+ suicide bombings in Afghanistan this year. Yesterday 1 bomb killed 41 people/injured 81-some seriously. These were children going to a sugar factory opening.Do you think the bomber is enjoying his 62 virgins? How sick! No, because I do not believe in the existence of an afterlife, let alone subscribe to the belief that you are rewarded with virgins in the afterlife for acts you perform on earth for the glory of your god.

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What's a 'doosra' in cricket? A "doosra" is a 'trick' delivery bowled by an off-spin bowler, which spins in the opposite direction to his orthodox delivery after pitching. So while a right-handed off-spin bowler would normally make the ball spin from left to right, his "doosra" would spin from right to left. It is bowled with a very slight change to his delivery action that is very difficult...

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Would you be so nice to upload some horses? It isn't possible to upload an animal to your computer, or indeed any living creature. It may be possible in the future... I look forward to the day when we are able to upload ourselves onto a computer, it will be a massive watershed in video gaming.

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Have you ever seen an old man crying? Yes, but I've never seen an old man eating a Twix.

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You are on a low, fixed-income. You must chose between spending $10 each week in transportation cost to and from church or donate $40 per month to a charitable and worthy cause. Which would you choose and why? I would donate $40 per month to a worthy cause, primarily because I'm not a religious person and going to church would be a bit of a waste of my time and money. Also, $40 per month would work out almost $40 per year cheaper than $10 each week.

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I have just read in my local newspaper that Fire fighters are being attacked by yobs who have started deliberate fires. They are being attacked with fireworks,sticks & stones when they attend to put the fires out. How should we deal with these yobs? The police should arrest them and charge them with arson and assault. This should go without saying, however the police where I live (the UK) don't seem to like enforcing the more serious laws, or dealing with the more serious (dare I say "real"?) criminals, they prefer to protect our society by sitting in lay-bys holding radar guns across the street. So to me, this question...

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Marion Jones is the winner of five medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics. What were these medals for? The actual events she won them for were 100m, 200m, long jump, 4x100m relay and 4x400m relay - 3 gold medals and 2 bronzes. But they have all now been returned to the IOC for re-distribution to their "rightful" winners after she confessed to using banned performance-enhancing drugs.

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Imagine every little girl born from now on will be born deaf'n mute. Then skip two centuries. Are you able to describe what the world would have become in 2207? No, it is beyond the capabilities of my imagination.

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If the Hollywood screen writers stay on strike for a long time, will it affect you at all? Or do you not rely on TV shows and movies for entertainment? All screenwriters have done for the last 10 years is recycle the same old scripts, just changing the names of the characters and the place where the show is set. To be honest, they could have been on strike for the last decade with a computer program randomly generating the new names and locations and nobody would have noticed. I think the idea of this strike "seriously affecting"...

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What was the name of Hitler's dog? Hitler doesn't have a dog, he died over 60 years ago. Any dog he may have had when alive is also dead by now I assume.

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If i call someone all in and he responds by throwing his cards on the table with 1 face up does that mean he folded? he never called and put money in the pot. thinking i won i showed him my cards he said he wasn't folding what is the proper rule? It was probably his intent to fold (hard to say for sure, but I suspect it was), but until he either matches your bet or the dealer mucks his hand you should NEVER show your cards. (In fact you should almost never show them here anyway if he folds because you are giving away free information, but that is a tactical issue not a rules issue). If he is the last player left in the pot besides you,...

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In texas hold'em poker, if a person has 4 spades on the flop, wat are the odds of making the flush if going all-in and getting 2 more cards? The easiest way to calculate this is to work out the probability of NOT making a flush and then subtracting from 1. So here, there are 47 unseen cards (if opponent's hand is turned face-up because it is an all-in situation then we can work that into the maths too, but since you don't say that then I'm assuming his hand is face down until the river is dealt)... 9 of these cards...

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When was the last game that you've attended? What and who was it? A dire soccer match in English League 1... Millwall v Bournemouth, Millwall winning 2-1.

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How can a football record be made of over 100 yards when the field is only 100 yards long? Secondly, how long is the longest possible run using this ridiculous rule of setting a record longer t To add to the kingcobra's answer, the longest possible touchdown pass or rush is 99 yards (ball spotted on own 1 yard line and play results in a TD). The longest possible kick return /fumble return /interception return is 109 yards, if a player gains possession of the ball at the very back of his own endzone and returns it for a TD... this happened this very Saturday when Antonio Cromartie...

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How often do you look in the mirror? Only when I have done something to change it, such as shave or style my hair. Also if I am going out (as in a night out, not just leaving the house) I will check to see how I look after I have got dressed. But other than that, I don't think I would check.

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When scolding your children for running amok in a shopping mall, would you explain that it is wrong or because it would bother other people, or they might hurt themselves? Generally when explaining anything to a young child you should err on the side of pointing out the drawbacks their behaviour has TO THEMSELVES. This is because small children have an extremely self-centred view on life, because they have yet to learn the importance of social harmony and consideration for others. As a result, they cannot really comprehend the nuisance they are causing to others...

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Would you be worried to be a juror in a murder trial because the accused might come out to "get you" if you voted he/she was guilty? I would expect that they would not be paroled if there was any suspicion of them coming out to "get back" at anybody. However even if they were a great actor and managed to conceal this intent, I would be amazed if they could remember what I looked like 15-20 years afterwards, and even if they could then I would have changed a lot since then and really there would be no chance of them...

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If an event occurs 5 times in a hundred, what is the likelihood that it will happen two times in succession? 3 times? What is the formula? Both the above answers are correct, but to put it more simply, when an event happens 1 time in every 20 (which is what 5 in 100 simplifies to), then the chances of it happening twice in a row are 1/20 x 1/20 (1 in 400), chances of three in a row are 1/20 x 1/20 x 1/20 (1 in 8000) and so on.

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In the Stanford and Cal game in 85 did Gary Tyrrell (trombone player who got ran over at the end of the play) get hurt? I hope so, that band was asking for it. There's plenty of time to ponce around the field blowing your horn AFTER the game is over, now get off the pitch!!!! But he was just too desperate to get his instrument in his mouth...

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Do you think IQ tests are fair and accurate? I would like to think they are accurate because I always score very well in them, but sadly they aren't. The way that they factor your age into your score is what makes them unreliable gauges of intelligence in my opinion... my scores have consistently gone down since I first took an IQ test 10 years ago, but I don't think I have become any less mentally dextrous. I consistently...

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Will A-Rod follow Joe Torre? If this question is asking whether A-Rod will try and sign with whichever club Joe Torre manages next year, then I think the answer is no, because I don't see Joe Torre managing anybody next season... I expect him to take a little time out. If it is asking whether he will leave the Yankees like Torre has done, then the answer is that he already has, although there is no reason why he could...

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Who was player of the tournament in the 2007 Cricket World Cup? According to the wikipedia article summarising the tournament, the player of the tournament award went to Glenn McGrath, who took 26 wickets in the course of the event.

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Do your want your favorite baseball team to sign A-rod? Why/Why not? I would be happy enough if my Bluejays signed him, we hit like little leaguers this year... however that would require us shifting Troy Glaus who has a no-trade clause, and it would also require the Bluejays clubhouse to forget about the whole "calling off" incident that happened between the Jays and the Yanks this season (and was followed by him getting hit by pitches a couple of...

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What three books would you suggest President Bush read? I would recommend him the story of the "Three Billy Goats Gruff", and any other story which involves goats. I know for a fact he loves stories about goats since he chose to read one to a class full of children on 9/11 instead of doing anything to deal with the hijacked aeroplanes that were being flown into the World Trade Centre... he must REALLY love them.

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I'm noticing more and more question entries that are statements rather than questions. Shouldn't there be a flag designation of "not a question."? I think this would be a good flag to have. At the moment you can only really flag such things as "nonsense", but they aren't really nonsense in so far as they actually do make sense and usually attract a lot of answers as well, so the flags tend to be rejected in my experience. However I do think the site's fundamental "Q&A" format should be preserved and...

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Where do all the letters written to Santa Claus really go? I think most of them end up in the town of Santa Claus, Indiana, giving the old lady who runs the post office there panic attacks over what to do with them all.

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How do you define faith? Do you have faith in anything? To me, faith is a belief in something that has no direct evidence to back it up. It is a sense of surety that something is right that comes solely from within, a belief that feels as strong as knowledge but that does not stem from anything as concrete as proof. Personally, I am too much of a cynic to really have faith in anything, although I often envy those who do.

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What year does this Roman numeral refer to, please? I think I know but I need to be certain: MDCCCXXXIX Thanks! EDIT: Nevermind, I found it here: http://www.guernsey.net/~sgibbs/roman.html and yes, it is 1839! Thanks to Lynne for the speedy answer. That translates to 1839.

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Do you waste time on empty headed questions? No, I don't waste my time with questions that are barely even worthy of being called "questions" but are instead just the spewings of a low-grade mind. There was perhaps a time when I did give such questions the time of day, but I got nothing from them, took no satisfaction in answering them, so I no longer bother. This is why my AB usage time can be measured in minutes per day...

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Which sheet of paper experiences a stronger gravitational pull? The open paper or the paper ball? How do you know? Gravity is a constant and acts on all objects of any mass in the same way. If you drop a penny and a boulder off the top of the Empire State Building simultaneously, they will hit the ground below simultaneously. So neither the paper ball or the sheet of paper is affected more by gravity than the other. Any differences in the way they fall are down to other forces that are acting... air...

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Who will play third base for the Yankees in 2008? This is assuming A-Rod doesn't sign a new contract with the Yankees, right? I think him staying in New York with a new contract is still very possible, since there are not too many teams who would be able to afford the $25million per year salary that he will be asking for. But if we assume he is gone, then there doesn't look to be much quality on the Yankees roster to replace him...

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Does anyone have an aversion to stewed tomatoes......Ugh! I can't stand them in spaghetti sauce. Judging by the second part of your question, yes, at least one person has an aversion to them, and that person is you.

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Whatever happened to "Practice makes perfect?" It went the same way as "patience is a virtue"... both lost out to "if at first you don't succeed, quit". I put it down to our culture of instant gratification. If people can't do something well the first time they try it, they just don't want to persevere. I'm as guilty of this as anyone else.

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What do you think of the Yankees signing Joe Girardi as their new manager? I think he was the best candidate available to them and they made the right choice. He worked wonders with a very young and not especially talented Marlins side before being inexplicably fired (inexplicable in purely baseball terms I mean), and I think it defied logic that he spent this last season not managing in the Majors, unless it was his personal choice.

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Have you ever went and placed a bet on the horse or dog races? Did you win? I have never "went" anywhere, however I have GONE places on occasion. The only bets I have ever made on horse races have always been made online though, so did involve going anywhere. There have been very few of them, largely because I have rarely won... I prefer to gamble on things where I have some chance to influence the outcome, but horse races have always seemed too unpredictable...

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Choose a movie,Shrek3,Spiderman3,fantastic4 the new one,or the next one its gonna come out? I will choose Spiderman 3. Now what?

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How do you score a hand with 4 4's and a 7? You begin by finding out what game the hand is from, and take it from there.

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Does anyone think Johnny Damon is crying over selling out & missing championship ring #2? No, I think he made his choice two years ago, moved on and is looking to the future.

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Do you / would you feel offended when someone says thanks for your TIME but not for your help? I find it kinda rude Not really... if someone stopped me in the street and asked for directions, and I didn't know where the place they were looking for was, then I would find it weird if they said "thanks for your help". In fact I would assume they were being sarcastic if they did, and might say something back to them. In this context, "thanks for your time" would be a much better thing to...

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In "Star Wars" why is there only one Sith lord but many Jedi? There are several reasons why this would be the case from a dramatic perspective; chief among them I think would be that the Jedi are supposed to be good and wise while the Sith are evil and power-driven. Therefore it makes sense that the Jedi operate as a Council, in a democratic fashion that resembles modern "civilised" societies, while the Sith are more tyrannical and despotic,...

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Did anyone else see the video of Brian Havana racing a cheetah? Crazy! According the youtube, the video has over 200,000 views, so yes, plenty of other people have seen this video.

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When I say Catwoman, who do you think of first: Eartha Kitt, Julie Newmar, Lee Meriwether, Michelle Pfeiffer, Halle Berry, or someone else? Halle Berry, partly because she was in the film of that name and partly because I just plain fancy the ass off her. I accept she wasn't the original though.

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Who will join me in congratulating ABer JohnOBonno on being the 4th ABer to accuse me of being a prostitute because I am anti-war? Congratulations JohnO, sock it to the drugged-up kerb-crawler!!!

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What active mlb player(s) has(have) the most world championship titles? Unless there is somebody who has bounced from club to club and picked up WS titles at every stop, then I would imagine the most is Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada and Mariano Rivera who were all part of the Yankees team that won 4 World Series in 5 years from 1996-2000.

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When I say: 'This is madness' what comes to mind first? I think of this -

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Do you think Don Larson's perfect game in the 1956 World Series was the greatest World Series performance ever? If not, who had a better single World Series game performance? The other one that springs to mind is "Mr October" Reggie Jackson hitting 3 homers in one game, all off the first pitch of the at-bat. That is just crazy big-stage production.

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What city would you like to see host the Olympics? I would like to see the Olympics take place in Rio de Janeiro... I think it would be a great atmosphere, I think they have or are not far from having the facilities to do it, and as best I recall there hasn't been an Olympic games in South America (Mexico City maybe was the closest? I might be wrong) and the committee who decides these things likes to be seen to be "playing fair"...

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Do you find the below women sexy? To be honest, the biggest turn-off of all in that picture is the fact that her face looks it is made from leather... the sort of leather cloth that you use to polish your car, I forget the name for it. Also, she has spent maybe a couple of hours too many in the gym for my liking, but I wouldn't dare say that to her (wrinkled leathery) face.

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Does anyone remember Rosie and Jim? Yes, I remember them well... floating along on the old Rag Doll (I believe those as the words that should replace the 'do do doo' bit in Nevet's song!). They were pretty dull though I have to say, I was more of a Sooty and Sweep fan when it came to puppet-related children's entertainment.

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Why do most moneys chew sugarfree gum? Even assuming "moneys" is a typo, this question is still nonsensical, especially when the context is the "quilting" category.

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Whats the highest scoring MLB world series game in history? I believe the Yankees scored 18 in a 1936 World Series game against the Giants, don't think any team has done better than that...

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When Josh Beckett pitches 7 or more innings, by MLB rule, how many days/games must he sit out before he can pitch again? As others have said, there is no rule on this. If Beckett feels good to go every day, he can start every game as far as the rules are concerned. Limits are only imposed by rule on young, developing pitchers (ie. little league and teens) to protect them from injury through overuse.

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Should benitez jump or be pushed? It depends whether he wants to be a couple of feet in the air or a couple of steps in front of where he is. If he wants to be in the air, he should jump, but if he wants to move forwards, he should ask somebody to give him a push... although if he really wants to advance a couple of feet then he could probably achieve that himself simply by taking a step. To be honest though, it is a strange...

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Do you drink Earl Grey tea? Despite being English, I don't drink tea of any kind. I don't wear a bowler hat either. I just love subverting stereotypes, I'm such a rebel.

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Whats the worst prank you've ever had pulled on you? I probably have been quite lucky and escaped fairly lightly, because when I think of this prank it really doesn't seem so bad... but some friends sellotaped me to a barstool once, I found it funny at first until I realised they weren't actually going to stop, and by then they had enough tape around me that I couldn't break free of it. I had to get a woman with some nail scissors...

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Have you ever been mistaken for another age (Younger or Older)? What age have you been mistaken for and how did you react? I often get mistaken for being younger than I am... getting asked for ID to get into clubs and bars because bouncers think I look under 18, when I am now 27. Also I realised recently that many acquaintances who I have known a while but not in too great depth all believed I was about 5 or 6 years younger than I actually am. Fortunately I am at an age where it is somewhat flattering to be thought...

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I'm 18 and my bra size is 32 F. I have consistantly had a 32 band size but my breasts haven't stopped growing. Is this normal? Also, is there any way to prevent further growth without surgery? I think I speak for all the males on AB when I say it is impossible to give an accurate answer without seeing photographs ;) Seriously though, while there is likely a genetic factor to this that you can't do anything about, breasts are largely fat deposits, so reducing the amount of fat you consume and also increasing your levels of exercise are worth considering. If you already have a...

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What is the closest purple object to you right now? It took me a while to find anything purple nearby to be honest, but I finally noticed a small purple stamp belonging to my flatmate hidden away on one of the desk shelves. It's the kind of stamp that teachers use to print "good work" or "excellent" on kids' books when marking them... this one actually says "Got it!" on for some reason.

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Have you been to Hell and back? Yes, I went on Saturday. However on the signs they call it London, SE16, instead of Hell.

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I wrote a essay about why i love returning to school in september in 100 words. what do you think of my essay? is there anything i can fix? also i have 101 words and need to get rid of one...what word can i delete? the essay is in my answer. please read! Hyphenate "extra curricular". Alternatively, the phrase "Anything can be a goal" is pretty redundant, so I would cut that completely. Otherwise, it is nice and sucky-uppy, just what the teachers will be hoping for... don't forget to give them an apple along with this assignment and pick a desk in the front row!

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Do you know how to say "Hungarian" in Hungarian? I'm guessing it is Magyar, but that is only a guess. If it is right, then yes, I DO know how to say it!

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Why is the World Series starting on October 24, 2007? Why wait so long? Well given that the Indians v Red Sox series only finished on the 21st, the 24th doesn't sound like a huge wait to me... it is only one rest day and one travel day before they start the World Series. It must feel like a long wait if you're a Rockies fan or player I admit, but really to rush the Red Sox back out onto the field just because fans are impatient for them to "get on...

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Besides Answerbag, what websites do you check every day? Sadly, AB is no longer a daily check for me, but anyway... the sites I do check are www.hotmail.com for email, www.facebook.com for general fooling around (especially games of Scrabble!), www.cardplayer.com to browse the strategy forums, www.bbc.co.uk for news and sport because it's much better and less partisan than any newspaper I could buy, and www.mlb.com during the baseball season...

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How often do you go to the gym? I play sports regularly so feel that I don't really need to go to the gym to maintain/build my fitness. I'm kidding myself of course, some time in the gym would be of great benefit to me, but probably not enough benefit to justify the membership fees, so I'll just stick to running around hitting balls about to get my exercise.

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Just how cute are you really? Really pretty darn cute! ;) There is a picture thread on here somewhere that will prove me wrong, sadly :(

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Which Major League player hit safely in all seven (7) games of the 1960 World Series AND all seven (7) games of the 1971 World Series? That would be Roberto Clemente, playing for Pittsburgh on both occasions.

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In what year did Brett Favre lead the Greenbay Packers to a Super Bowl title? Was it 1995? I'm doing this from memory, I may be out by a year... edit - it was 1997, out by 2 years. Shame on me :(

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I'm 25 years old, single and no kids, am I abnormal to some people? I don't think so, I will raise you another 2 years on top of your 25... however all my friends are now starting to get engaged/married and I'm starting to feel a little left behind in that aspect of life, so I can sympathise with your worry to a degree.

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Is there one World Series that is the most memorale to you? I'm relatively new to baseball so don't have that many to choose from, but the one that sticks in my mind is the Marlins 2003 triumph against Sammy Sosa and the Cubs, because it was the first time I actually watched baseball! At the time I didn't quite appreciate what a big deal Beckett's complete game shutout on short rest to clinch the series was though...

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Is the heart the strongest muscle in the body I think I read somewhere that the sphincter is actually the strongest muscle in the human body... if I hadn't read that then I would probably have said the heart was strongest though, I remember cutting one up in biology class once and its walls were really thick with all the muscle.

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In field hocket can the ball be lifted in the air with stick and thrown 20 feet in the air? Yes, "aerial" passes are allowed provided there is no player within 5 yards of the person making the pass, for obvious reasons of safety, and provided the ball does not land within the D area (lifting the ball deliberately into the D is an offence). Also, if the pass lands amidst a group of players who compete for the ball in a dangerous manner, the pass itself may be penalised for...

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Who hold the career Major League record for most inside the park home runs? Sam Crawford leads the list with 51 from 1899-1917, split between the Reds and the Tigers.

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What was the first song you learned all the lyrics to? "The One And Only" by Chesney Hawkes *cringe*

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In wrestling, what are house shows? House shows are non-televised events that exist outside of the main storylines that the promotion is running. They are used to try out new ideas, and almost as a trial for new characters to see how crowds take to them before they decide whether to use these characters on Raw or Smackdown. And of course, it gives the fans something to watch and makes the company a little bit of money.

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Who you favorite person on wwe? I've got to admit, I'm actually a big fan of Edge... it's a shame he has suffered so much with injuries lately, he has really evolved well since he split with Christian (who I am also a huge fan of by the way, would love to see him leave TNA and rejoin the WWE fold, although they never really seemed to use his talents well enough). In general, I find it is the heels who make or...

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What are your thoughts on the American football game being played in London this Sunday, October 28,2007? Do you think it will help the National Football League (NFL) expand internationally? I think it could potentially be a great interest-generator if done say once a season... however I don't see a one-off game, even a competitive league fixture, making any great difference and attracting the average non-NFL-loving Brit to the game. ESPECIALLY since the game itself is a stinker involving the Dolphins... they aren't even sending the stars of the NFL to sell the game......

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How come most americans are against fox hunting and most british people are against wolf hunting but it doesn't go vice versa? Why do you say it doesn't go vice-versa? British Parliament passed laws designed to severely limit the number of foxhunts taking place because the British publicopinion was so against it (participants excepted of course). So to imply that the British public is against fox hunting is blatantly incorrect and ignores all the evidence to the contrary. As a result, your question becomes totally...

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Which one is correct: "I will come tomorrow," or "I would come tomorrow"? Technically, it should be "I SHALL come tomorrow", not "I will", so that one has a tiny flaw in it. Most sensible people would still consider it correct though, as they would also consider "I would come tomorrow" correct... however this second one isn't really a full sentence in its own right, it is conditional as someone else already mentioned so the...

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I am CrazyB, can you guess what the "B" stands for? Bootylicious?

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Did Lilian Garcia work for World Wrestling Federation Entertainment before Owen Hart died? No... her WWE debut was August 23rd 1999 according to you-know-where, and Owen hart died in May of that year, so there was no overlap between the two.

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Do you find your boss attractive? I am my own boss, and I'm DAMN hot!

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On the Kinsey scale, 1 being exclusively heterosexual and 6 being exclusively homosexual, what rating would you say you were? I'd say I was about a 1.5. I'd say 1, but I hate to be thought of as an extremist in anything I do or believe, and I like to leave myself a little wiggle room in case I get any urges in the future.

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The forces that make economics work Thermonuclear force, centrifugal force, and a sprinkling of gravity when you accidentally drop your wallet.

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What are your favourite two Queen songs? (Me: probably Bohemian Rhapsody and Too Much Love can kill you, but most of them are great). Probably "Don't Stop Me Now" or "We Will Rock You".

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So we all answer the congrats questions, but how would you react to one from someone congratulating themselves? I think I would just find it quite funny. There's no such thing as "hard work on AB"... for most people AB activity is work-avoidance at their jobs, so it definitely can't be classed as work... if anything it is "anti-work". And it's only a website anyway, nothing worth congratulations goes on here as far as I have noticed.

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Wouldn't it truly wonderful if we DID have all 'the right' answers? Take it from someone who does have them all, it can be very frustrating to hear other people not listen to you when you share these answers with them. If everyone had the right answers though, things might be wonderful.

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What do you call the evening meal..dinner or tea? I used to call it tea growing up, but I call it dinner now... I'm not sure why or when the change happened though! Perhaps it is some traumatic dining incident that I have shut out and won't allow myself to remember... but anyway, I used to eat tea, but now I eat dinner, they both taste the same though!

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AB ALERT- I just found out that some users have made a petition to get rid of the Congratulating Answerbaggers category. How do you feel about this and where do you stand? (Links are in my answer) I think the whole "let's congratulate so-and-so for reaching level 29" thing is pretty stupid and would rather eat raw onions than get involved in it all, but I have no problem with the category existing for those who like their fluffy irrelevant stuff as long as I don't have to join in.

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Who were the people your parents warned you about? The ones who were the most fun, at least it felt that way...

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Is there face-down card in texas holdem Every player is dealt two cards face-down in a hand of Texas Hold'em. The remaining five cards that are dealt are dealt face-up. So yes, there are lots of face-down cards in Texas Hold'em.

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Why has no one made a teleporter yet? Personally, I am waiting for parts to be delivered. You know what suppliers are like. I can't speak for other people though, they may have different reasons for not having made one.

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How and where can I find a photographer who takes professional, decent and tasteful naked photos of people in England? Just give me a ring ;) It's ok if they keep copies, right?

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Who would you choose for the AL and NL Rookie of the Year for the 2007 Major League Baseball season? In the NL, I think it is either Troy Tulowitski or Ryan Braun... their performances have far outstripped all others. In the AL, there is no clear cut candidate, instead there is a pool of roughly level contenders; from this, I think the RoY will go to a Redsox player, but I can't decide whether it should be Dustin Pedroia or Hideki Okajima who I believe is a rookie and has been lights out....

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Are muscular women attractive? (Not body-builders, just normal women with muscles.) I find fit, athletic female bodies to be attractive. Muscles can be a part of that, and it in no way detracts from the attraction. There have also been cases where I have found a girl with a little muscle to be pretty darn cute, so I don't consider being "muscular" as automatically disbarring a woman from being attractive. And yes, "detracts from the attraction" is a...

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"What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas". Can you think of a phrase for your city? "And on the 6th day God created MANchester..."

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You have one each $1, $5 , $10, and $20 bill in your dresser drawer. you close your eyes and select one of the bills. what is the probability that the sum of the remaining bills is greater than $30.00? Probability is 0.5, or 1/2, or 50% depending on how you like to phrase these things. There are 4 different bills you can remove... removing the 1 or 5 leaves over $30, removing the 10 or 20 leaves less than $30.

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Who would you choose for the AL and NL MVP's for the 2007 Major League Baseball season? Already been said, but I don't think you can look beyond Holliday in the NL, especially after last night's heroics to get the Rockies into the postseason. Ryan Howard has hit for great power again, but he has a great line-up around him to help him out... Rollins, Utley, Burrell (recently)... Holliday doesn't have that level of support around him, he has picked up that team on his...

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Now that the 2007 season is complete, who would you choose for the AL and NL Cy Young Award for the 2007 Major League Baseball season? For me, Peavy has been a lock for the NL for a while... only other candidate would be Brandon Webb, but Peavy's stuff has just been nasty all year. If the Padres didn't make the postseason, it's because their batters look like they are batting with toothpicks a lot of the time, not down to Peavy. The AL is a lot tighter... it could go to a vastly improved Josh Beckett, and...

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If there are two players going for the bull to finish a game if one persons dart falls out of the board does that class has there go or do they get another go For a dart to count, it must stick in the board long enough for the player who threw it to walk up to the board at the end of his turn and retrieve it. If it falls out before then, bad luck and throw the dart a little harder next time!

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Other than Barry Bonds....what active MLB player has the MOST career RBI's? After Barry Bonds 1996 career RBIs, the 2nd most by an active player is Ken Griffey Jr with 1701.

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If batman or supergirl were real, would you date a super hero? I would definitely join the queue to date Supergirl... but since she seems pretty popular, I'll probably just ask Wonderwoman out instead.

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Would you rather watch a high scoring baseball game or a great pitching duel? Either is fun to see, but for me the deciding factor is that being in the UK my baseball viewing begins at 1am, so while I enjoy high-scoring slugfests they obviously last longer, which means I am often falling asleep by the 5th inning purely due to the late hour! So for me, a fast-paced pitching duel is preferable simply because I have a better chance of watching it all the way through to the...

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Do you think China's pollution rates or position Sudan will effect the Olympics? Everything controversial about China... its pollution, its stance on certain political issues, its political allies, its human rights offences... these were all known about before Beijing was awarded the 2008 Olympics. So at this late stage, I don't see how they could have any effect whatsoever, apart from maybe whether the pollution is so bad it will affect the athletes'...

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How many winning seasons did Archie Manning have in his professional NFL career? According to pro-football-reference.com, he never once played for a team that had a winning record. A couple of 8-8 seasons, but never better than that.

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Three players reached the 500 home run milestone during this 2007 Major League Baseball season, can you name them? Frank Thomas, A-Rod and Jim Thome, in that order. Sammy Sosa also joined the 600 club.

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I'm having trouble with this sentence (this isn't one of those fill in the blank questions used to gain points). Could you guys help me out? "Questions flashed through his mind as he was dragged like a ______ toward his doom." "like a weary partner in a 3-legged race" "like a screaming child from a ball pool" Oh, I see you're already sorted for a simile... well keep my ideas on file just in case.

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What is that one key you keep pressing by mistake on your keyboard? I often put caps lock on by mistake when I am trying to type an 'a'... or when I am holding down the shift key next to it sometimes.

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As of this moment, how long have you been sober for? A long time actually... I can't remember the last time I had more than one drink at a time. I'd guesstimate around 2 months? What an exciting, debauched life I lead :(

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If a batter is replaced for a pinch hitter with an 0-2 count, and the pinch hitter strikes out, which hitter is credited with the strikeout? Does the same answer apply if the pinch hitter hits a home run? The pinch-hitter is credited with the strikeout, and he shouts at his manager for sending him in in such a bad situation. If he hit a home run, he would obviously get credit for it, not the guy he replaced.

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Why was Acts 1:8 written? So there wasn't a big jump from Acts 1:7 to Acts 1:9 which made people go "wtf, did I fall asleep and miss something?". Plot continuity is very important, and this was known even in the time of Jesus.

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Have you ever actaully been tremendously Hurt by someone you loved? (not family) What did they do? I think everyone has at some point. I've been dumped with no warning signs whatsoever by a girl I was engaged to, and it hurt tremendously. I'm pretty sure most people on AB will have suffered something similar somewhere down the line... but we deal with it and move on as best we can.

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Glittering points that downward thrust, sparkling spears that never rust. What am I? You're a man asking a riddle. I'm taking the "all the riddle-like words are just a smokescreen to try and mask what the actual question is" approach to this one, if you hadn't realised.

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Whatever one's social background, level of education, intellect, ethnicity, religious belief or political view , we all share 3 things..we have something to say, something to teach and something to learn...do you agree? Sorry to play the cynic, but in my experience although most people have 100,000 things to say, usually none of them are worth hearing. They make up for it by having 100,000 things to learn though, so maybe it balances out to more or less what you said. Except some peopleare so dumb they couldn't teach a dog to p*** on a lampost, so that needs to be factored into the equation somewhere.

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Would proselytizing Muslims get beaten up in the United States if they went door to door like the Mormons? Probably not... at least I would hope not. I'm not really down with the mindset of folks in Alabama and Mississippi. It would be extremely unpopular though, and most people would probably make some reference to terrorists recruiting door-to-door, but I would hope violence wasn't used. I'm probably kidding myself though. In my view they deserve exactly the same "leave me...

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Before the answer your about to type, what was the last word you typed in? Sorry, I can't tell you because it was the password to my hotmail account!

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How much Money have you won or lost gambling? I'm probably up around $1500 playing poker, at an estimate, plus another couple of hundred from a lucky streak at blackjack a year ago. Those are the only games I wager on though.

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Should the Chicago Bears bench Rex Grossman and save their season by going with a real QB? Nfl.com says they have decided to bench him. Personally, I am of the opinion that 3 games isn't long enough to judge somebody (yes, I know he struggled last season too at times, though the Bears did pretty well anyway), so if they made the decision over the off-season that he was the man to lead them back to the Superbowl then I think they should trust in that decision for a little longer....

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If the yankees and red sox tie for the regular season, who wins american league east championship? Do they play a one game play off, or do they yanks get it for beating the sox more times in the regular season? I believe that the Yankees would be crowned AL East champions since they have won the head-to-head series between the teams. This is the first tie-breaker that would be used, and in this case no others would be needed.

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How do you know when it's time to leave your job? The clock strikes 5 and everyone else is packing up their stuff and leaving...

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Which Kate Hudson film did you enjoy the most: Almost Famous, Rasing Helen or How to Lose a guy in 10 days? The Skeleton Key. Sorry it wasn't on your list, but it was a bad list.

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What postgame conference rant by a coach is your favorite? "I'll love it if we beat them, love it!" - Kevin Keegan, Newcastle United football club manager, talking about his title rivals and their manager back in the heat of a title race in the mid 90s.

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What is your favorite song by tool? It's so hard to pick a favorite on just one album, let alone across their entire catalogue, so I'm not even going to try, sorry. The songs I most enjoyed seeing them play live were "Third Eye" and "Reflection", if that is of any value to you. But pretty much anything they play leaves me open-mouthed and shivering with my faith in music restored. PS. If anyone...

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My bag is finally "unblacked!" how should i celebrate? The cake idea sounds good... but please, celebrate quietly so that us folk who are still "black-bagged" don't feel too bad... I'm very happy that you are free from this stigma however, even if it means I can't talk to you any more until my own 'curse' is lifted too.

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Is it true that women are always right and men are always wrong? Not if a man says it.

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Scott has 1/3 as many computer games as Mike, and Mike has 1/2 as many games as Nick. Together they have 140 games. How many games do they have each? It's a question of ratios. For every game that Scott has, Mike has 3. And since Nick has twice as many as Mike, then for every game Scott has, Nick has 6. So when Scott has 1 game, Mike has 3 and Nick has 6. That makes 10 games in total. So you just need to scale this up to cover 140 games in total, keeping the ratios between the three guys the same.

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What's your top 3 favorite actors of all-time? Sean Penn, Kevin Spacey, Denzel Washington. Tom Hanks narrowly missed the list.

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I received a speeding ticket on the way to the doctors.I was already there when he pulled behind me. He asked if it was a medical emergency,which to me it was. He walked up almost to the door, then turned around and wrote me the ticket, with out checking. About 43% of the time. Obviously I am having to guess at what your question is in order to answer it, since you haven't taken the time to actually tell us.

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The people here before Jesus; Where did they go when they died heaven or hell? Well if we assume for now that heaven and hell exist and people go to one or the other when they die, then people before Jesus would have gone to either heaven or hell when they died. I don't recall it being written or said anywhere that Jesus created heaven and hell. So if they exist now, they always existed and always applied, even if people had not thought of them. Gravity always acted...

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What stereotypes would normally be attributed to you? How do you break them? Because I am small and wear glasses, and come off as being kind of bookish in some of the things I say, people assume I am some kind of feeble nerd. I actually play a lot of sports and follow even more, so they are totally off-base. I'm not sure why it should be so surprising that a 5'6 man with glasses is good at sports, but it seems to be to some.

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How can I become a professional poker player? You need to gather a lot of experience playing the game in all sorts of ways... online, in casinos, in drunken home games with your friends... cash games, tournament games, any game that is going... read up on the game, and generally learn to play well and log a lot of hours until you can turn a steady profit playing at medium to high limits. Then when you have enough of a bankroll behind you...

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Can i read my friends profile and wall on facebook without them knowing? If they are on your facebook friends' list, then yes, by clicking on their profile you should be able to read it and everything on it, unless they have specifically enabled some of the privacy features. They would not know who, if anyone, was viewing their profile. If however they are not on your friends' list then most people do not allow non-friends to view their profiles. But...

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I can't stop thinking about this guy that lives 1000 miles away, he lives in oklahoma, And we like each other when i go up and visit, but we dont ever talk about long distance relationships, do you think one could work out? Have you ever tried one? I have been in one before, it lasted around 18 months... it has its plus points, in that you appreciate the other person so much more when you do get together, and your time becomes so much more special. However, there is so little of this time - the girl I was seeing lived 6 hours away by train, we saw each other a couple of times a month in a good month, sometimes only once... this really...

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What receiver caught the most touchdown passes from Dan Marino? What receiver caught the most touchdown passes from Brett Favre? The following is not 100% accurate as it has come from me checking through stats season-by-season and is subject to human error, but I believe the names are right even if the numbers are slightly wrong. I think the most touchdown catches off Dan Marino is Mark Clayton with around 80. Interestingly, the last career touchdown pass that Clayton caught was off Brett Favre in his first season at...

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Of all the current major league baseball players, who do you think has the best chance of winning the Triple Crown? Honestly, with players like Ichiro around who can consistently hit .340 over a season, it is hard to see a power guy winning that category. A-Rod and Ryan Howard have had fantastic years for average as well as power this season, but they are still at least .30 short of the batting average leaders. So honestly, I don't see any of the current players having a realistic shot at a Triple...

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A pitcher throws a no hitter yet the opposing teams batters averages do not change,why? This could only happen if 27 batters were either walked or hit by pitch, and then caught stealing or picked off without any batter getting out while at the plate. The odd sac fly or sac bunt could be involved too I suppose as they don't count towards batting averages. Obviously this is a stupidly contrived scenario that would never happen though.

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Should we be able to delete our questions? I think it would be ok for us to be able to delete our questions for maybe the first 10 minutes or so after we posted them, if we maybe regret asking it for some reason before loads of answers have built up. But after that, I agree with other answerers... allowing questions to be deleted at the will of the user asking them would be detrimental to the sight and we could lose a lot of information...

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Do you find that as you grow older people you know your own age don't look older to you? I never notice that they have aged (or at least not much) in the past 30 years. Is this just because age becomes less of a focus for us after WE age? Yes, I think this is very common. You see some people so regularly that you don't notice the gradual changes of the aging process taking place, and then one day you will be looking at old photos and realise "Damn, I never knew we they had aged so much". I don't think it is so much because we no longer care about age so much.

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Have you ever bitten someone? I quite like playing vampire sometimes, so yes, a willing lady or two has felt my teeth on her neck...

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I want to go and see a sports team play in SoCal. I don't care what team or sport (I don't follow either). What and who would you recommend? From what I have heard, Dodger Stadium is a great place to watch baseball, so I would recommend an LA Dodgers baseball game there (based on others recommendations to me!). However if you are going in October then baseball isn't really going to be an option, as most teams will have finished their season and those that haven't will be in the play-offs and tickets will be hard to come by...

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Do you have a degree? What in? I have a BA Hons in Classics. It was a world of appalling jumpers and ill-advised beards from which I was lucky to escape intact.

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What do you think of Detroit Lions QB Jon Kitna predicting ten wins for the team this year, will they deliver? It is a realistic aim, and they have started well... it is good to see some confidence starting to show in a struggling team and I think it is a good thing for him to say. Of course it could backfire if it raises fan expectations too much and the team doesn't deliver, but I suspect most Detroit fans are so used to losing by now that they won't believe it could happen until it HAS...

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If a person has power of attorney of a person who has passed, is that person also responsible for any and all unpaid bills that the departed person might have had? Power of attorney is only relevant while the deceased is still alive... it is designed to give close relatives the power to use the ill person's assets on their behalf eg. to pay nursing home bills or pay for medical care when the ill person is mentally or physically incapable of carrying out the necessary transactions for themselves. However once the person passes away, there is no such...

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If someone's bail is reduced, does that mean that the case against them is weak? Not really... it would usually mean either that the charges have been downgraded to something less serious than they were, or that the accused is deemed to be less likely to do a runner than they were originally thought to be for some reason.

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Do you ever find yourself wondering why you bother trying to maintain friendships and relationships with other people? Not often, because I am one of those people who tends not to bother as much as they should in the first place. But there are enough times my friends frustrate me that I do question if it is worth the (little) effort I have put in, and that kind of vindicates my decision to an extent. Just f*** 'em all and buy a parrot that talks.

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If your life was on the line as well as theirs, who would you pick for these three tasks: a) to shoot the 20 foot jumper under pressure b) to get a base hit with the game on the line, and c) which quarterback would you pick to win one game for you? My basketball sucks, but if I have to pick anybody I'd pick Larry Bird. Ichiro for b) and Tom Brady for c) (assuming he gets to use his own offensive line-up).

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In North American football,should players be able to over celebrate in the end zone after a touchdown, to the point of mocking the other team? I think a lot of the players make themselves look stupid with their celebrations. Not only on touchdowns, but just making a good tackle sends some of them leaping around celebrating like they had won the Superbowl. What was that jacket Johnson wore first week of the season after his touchdown? Does he realise what a self-important clown it made him look? Probably not, which is why the NFL is...

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What will keep O.J out of jail this time.. A)Good lawyer..B)Sympathetic jury or..C)David Copperfield? This time it *might* be the fact that there is some dispute over whether the items he is alleged to have stolen actually belonged to him all along. From what I have read, ownership of the "stolen" items is very muddled, and if this memorabilia of his was actually taken from him unlawfully in the first place then he cannot by definition be guilty of stealing it since it belonged to him...

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If you were awarded $25,000 in a lawsuit, what would you do with the money? Well it would depend to some extent on WHY I was awarded the money. If it was because of some sort of injury I had suffered that meant I couldn't work and the money was for loss of earnings, then I would have to spend it on food, bills, rent and so on.

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Can you think of any words with 3 consecutive consonants? There are loads of them... you use one, "consonants", in your question, and the category heading for this question, "etymology", is another. There are so many that frankly trying to make a list of them is somewhat pointless. ("frankly", "trying" and "pointless" would make that list incidentally... as would "incidentally").

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What's your bedtime routine? Usually it involves some absent-minded internet surfing and a couple hundred hands of online poker. Bed then follows when I feel like I'm not playing well any more. There may or may not be a glass of something alcoholic next to me while this routine takes place.

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Jesse Jackson recently accused Barak Obama of acting "white" - was he out of line? I think anybody who makes a comment like that, whether it be accusing a white rapper of "acting black" or accusing a black man of "trying to be white", is out of order... the notion that people must act in different ways according to the colour of their skin is fundamentally stupid and divisive, regardless of the context it is expressed in. People should just be people, and...

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What's the landscape like by you? Typical suburbs of a major city. Some nice houses, occasional park dotted around... nothing worth mentioning really.

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Who is the dumbest person you know and why? I have a policy of not getting to know dumb people too well, so none of them sticks in my mind at all. The first person that springs to mind is my mother, sadly... although it is not so much that she is "dumb", just that we do things in totally the opposite way, take a totally opposite approach to everything, so that everything she does or says just makes me think "WTF?!?"...

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Why do fools rush in? Because it is better to regret something you did than to regret something you didn't do...

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Do any smells turn you on? If a girl washes her hair in some sort of coconut-scented shampoo, she can expect me to follow her down the street. Not really, obviously. I'd just google around till I found her address and wait for her to come home. Not really, obviously.

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Should I be offended I was compared to a robot? Depends in what respect the comparison is made. I've been called a "robot" at a poker table before and took it as a term of respect; if they were describing your efficiency and dedication to something, then maybe it would also be a compliment. However if it was a comment on your personality or your depth of emotional feeling then perhaps you should be offended by it!

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What's your favourite song or album title? (Not the song or album itself, just the title) "Priest With The Sexually Transmitted Diseases Get Out Of My Bed" or "Captain Gaydar It's Time To Wind Your Clock" or "Late For A Double Date With A Pile Of Atoms In The Water Closet" Basically anything by The Locust http://www.myspace.com/thelocust

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Where and when was the last mountain you climbed? Mount Snowdon, in Snowdonia national park, Wales, in July this year. I'll leave the metaphorical answers to other people because I don't really want to share that.

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Has Family Guy Plagiarized any material from the Simpsons? Possibly. The underlying concept of a dysfunctional cartoon family doing "crazy" things with "hilarious" consequences is firnly based on The Simpsons model. I can't recall off-hand any specific jokes or storylines they have plagiarized though, and frankly if they were funny ones I wouldn't care too much.

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What's the first thing you usually go for at an all-you-can-eat buffet? The only all-you-can-eat buffets I have been to have been Chinese ones, so that limits my answer somewhat. The first thing I do there is to fill the bottom 1/3 of my bowl with rice, so I guess my answer is "rice". But that sounds so dull, so I'll say "whatever meat they are serving in satay sauce" instead. And a healthy side order of prawn toast and seaweed :) Ok, I...

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Do you think man kind, as a race, will last much longer with all the chaos going around? Mankind creates the chaos, so if mankind starts to die out, the level of chaos will drop to a level where mankind can probably survive after all. It is quite possible we are living beyond our means right now, or at least destroying the means for future generations to live in the same fashion we do today, and some kind of "backwards" progress in our lifestyles/numbers may result from...

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Does mr bean ever get on your nerves? Actually yes, he does nowadays. When the TV series first came out in the 90s, I found it hilarious... however as time has passed, the joke wears thin. Yeah, he's a guy who's a bit weird and does silly things... what's new? He did it last episode, he does it this episode, and if I have to watch him do it for 1 3/4 hours in a movie then I think I'll scream. The fact that I...

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Best prison-focused film: Cool Hand Luke, Shawshank Redemption or The Green Mile? A vote for the Shawshank Redemption here, with Dead Man Walking in second place. How you could not put that on the list I have no idea.

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Who wants to join me in seing the longest movie on earth? It's 87 hours long... Will there be car chases and shocking plot twists? Triumph against all odds and animals that can communicate with humans? All those are musts for a good movie, and 87 hours is plenty of time to fit them all in... if it's got those, I'm in :)

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When makeing a double play, the 2nd baseman has ball after throw from shortstop. Does the 2nd baseman always have to touch the second base for the force before throwing to 1st base. It seems alot times the 2nd baseman "misses" the bag altogether? Yes he does, otherwise it isn't out. But yes, I agree that very often they seem to just step in the vicinity of the base and not actually touch it, and the umpires are very lenient about enforcing this. If the batting team had the right to appeal decisions to TV replay I am sure a large number of so-called double plays would become single outs.

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In the NFL draft in 1989, the Green Bay Packers selected OT Tony Mandarich with the the No. 2 overall pick . Who were the next three players taken? Detroit took Barry Sanders at #3 Kansas City took Derrick Thomas at #4 Atlanta took Deion Sanders at #5 Troy Aikman was the #1 pick that year, just to fill out the top 5. Tony who? lol

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How many innings must be pitched in order for a pitcher to get credit for either a win or a loss? A starting pitcher must pitch at least 5 innings to get credit for a win. There is no minimum that a starter must pitch to be tagged with a loss... I have known starters be removed from games without recording an out after they have been hit to all parts, and if their team doesn't recover then they will receive the "loss". This is also true of a losing reliever... they do not...

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If there's an English general election while an English citizen is out of the country, how is that person supposed to vote? You can arrange for a proxy to cast your vote for you... I have never needed to so don't know how, sorry, but I know people who have done this. Postal votes are also an option in some areas.

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Who's that guy in the English cricket team, he's tall, blond and looks like a pretty girl? Are you talking about Stuart Broad? http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/7181/pic02ds6.jpg

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If 4 players get a royal straight flush, which suit is the winner? The suits have no value relative to each other, so it would be a 4-way split pot. Every online source I have checked confirms this.

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In texas hold em, me and a friend had 2 pairs, i had aces and 5s, he had 10s and 9s, who wins and why? As and 5s beat 10s and 9s... the highest pair in your hand is the deciding factor in this case. If this is tied, the size of the 2nd pair in your hand determines the winner. If this is tied, the highest value 5th card in your hand (or "kicker") determines the winner.

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Does a pair of Aces beat a 4/7/9/J/Q of spades in poker? No, but if one of your Aces is the ace of spades then you actually have a higher ranking flush than the Q-high flush so would win the hand. But a pair, whatever size, if a long way from beating a flush, and really if you are playing poker you should know this before you start to avoid losing a lot of money very quickly.

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In what year did the NFL go from a 14 to a 16 game season? Flicking through old standings tells me that 1978 was the first season to have a 16 game schedule. Which would make 1977 the last season to have a 14 game schedule, obviously. I probably didn't need to say that last bit.

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Which NFL quarterback holds the record for most career wins? As of last night, the guy whose name is on my jersey right now... Brett Favre, with I believe 149 wins. And just 14 wins away from a perfect season might I add ;)

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What famous people's graves have you seen? It's not something I make a habit of doing, but when in Vienna we did take a trip out to the countryside and called into the large cemetery there where many famous composers such as Mozart, Haydn and Strauss are buried.

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Have England got any semblance of a chance against the Springboks? Yes, if you squint and tilt your head then blob on the horizon looks a little like a chance. Seriously, anything can happen... South Africa are not a free-flowing side that will tear England apart, their game is built around power and muscle in the forward line, which is the same as England's style (although England don't execute it as well in recent times). So it's not as if...

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What is the difference between Celsius and Fahrenheit? How do you convert temperatures between Celsius and Fahrenheit? I was always taught that to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit you multiplied by 9, divided by 5 (ie multiply by 1.8) and then add 32. This is at least a very close approximation, and is correct within a degree. There is probably a more exact way that somebody may be able to help you out with.

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Who was the last new york yankee to win a home run title besides a-rod? Unless I'm missing someone, and I might be because I couldn't find a definitive list of home run title winners, then I think it is Reggie Jackson when he co-won the title in 1980.

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What is the meaning of 'leader pinchhitter' and 'bottom of the tenth (or ninth..)' in relation to the game of baseball? I am absolutely new to this game and I need to understand these terms to better understand an article I am reading about baseball. As you will have noticed in baseball, the game is divided into 9 innings per team... one team bats, then the other bats, then they repeat until the end. When the first team is batting in an inning, it is known as the "top" of the inning, and when the second team is batting it is known as the "bottom" of the inning. So a game begins in the "top of the 1st"...

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The Cleveland Browns seem to be on the way to finishing with the worst record in the NFL this season. Which team holds their first round draft pick for next Aprils draft? I had to look this up because I forgot who they traded up the draft ladder with to get Brady Quinn... it was the Dallas Cowboys. I couldn't find details of the exact trade that was made, but I would hazard that it included the Browns 1st round pick in 2008 heading Dallas' way.

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Did the Cincinnati Bengals steal a win in the last game? It depends on your definition of stealing a win. They were bailed out by a very questionable offensive pass interference call on the Ravens' last possession which would otherwise have been a game-tying touchdown, so in that respect they were fortunate. They were also fortunate in the way that the Ravens turned the ball over so many times, including 3 times in the 1st quarter alone......

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How do you determine a handicap, in bowling, on a first night of the season? My total was 387 for three games There are many different ways to determine handicaps in bowling leagues. The usual way is to set a "par" score per game, such as 200, and then subtract a player's average from this number (so 200-129 in your case = 71). And then depending on the organiser, they can be generous and give everyone that number (200-their average game score) as their handicap, so everybody in theory...

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Why can some people forgive capture and torture, while others can't let go of a harsh word spoken years ago? Because some people realise that by clinging to past wrongs and holding grudges (or at least a little resentment) the only people they are hurting are themselves, and other people don't...

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What was the last card game you played? Am playing Texas Hold'em right now online... if you mean in the real world, then Texas Hold'em last Thursday at my weekly live game would be the answer.

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What do you think of my Fantasy Football team (10 team league)? QB-E. Manning-B/U R. Grossman RB-F. Gore, M. Barber III-B/U B. Jacobs WR-C. Johnson, P. Burress,T.J. Houshmandzedah-B/U C. Chambers,V. Jackson, A. Toomer TE-Shockey K-L. Tynes D-Chicago I think I speak for most of Answerbag when I say we aren't really interested in your team. But good luck for the season anyway.

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What is your highest snooker break? Probably about 25. I tend to miss too many easy shots, so I don't string them together as well as I should...

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How many sets do you think Federer and Djokovic are going to play today? 2? 3? 5? Well it won't be 2 unless somebody gets injured, since they need 3 sets to win. I'm going to go for 4, because it isn't on your list of choices and it ought to be...

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Do you agree with the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki? No, I think it was reckless, unnecessary and short-sighted. The guaranteed high levels of total destruction it caused were totally foreseeable, and to commit an act like that seems to me as morally reprehensible as the Nazi-led Holocaust that began the war in the first place.

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Kate and Jerry are now suspects in the investigation surrounding Maddeline's disappearance. What are your thoughts? I think that any people, either in the press, on the news, sitting on their sofas discussing the case or posting on internet forums, should try and remember that the police who have been working on the case daily for around 4 months now probably know just a little more about the situation and they themselves do. I wish people would stop making their mind up on what they think happened and let...

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Does Michael Vick lose his lucrative deal with the Atlanta Falcons as quarterback,because he is going to prison and banned from football.In other words is the contract void from the point of his firing? The way I read your question, you are pretty much asking if he is fired from the point when he is fired. I don't think that really warrants a response to be honest, except perhaps for one that infers in some way by the back door that your question and possibly you by association are grotesquely stupid. Any volunteers to provide that for us? ;)

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Why are people so shocked that Kate McCann has been suspected in the murder of her daughter? There is the blood evidence - it must be accounted for somehow, irrespective of the person's character. If there was a body in the Popemobile you'd suspect him. The "Find Madeleine" campaign has really been taken on by the whole nation and has really moved many people (at least those who are prone to being moved by hack, sensationalist tabloid journalism), and everyone across the country has been feeling terribly for the torment that her parents have been going through. As a result of this, they are shocked for one of two reasons. Either they...

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Who is the hottest men's tennis player? All the polls I have seen on the subject seem to have Marat Safin near the top... Mark Phillipoussis also featured highly, and I expect if they did one now Rafa Nadal might be near the top of the list too. As a straight male, I don't really have any input of my own, but these are the thoughts I have heard on the subject in tennis magazines I have read.

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With no outs and a ground ball is hit to either the shortstop or the third baseman, where does the second baseman go It doesn't matter, since the SS/3B will be throwing to 1st to get the batter... the only way he could get involved in the play is if there was a throwing error of some sort that meant the batter tried to take 2nd base, so he probably doesn't move too far away from there.

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Who is the worst MLB pitcher this year? My instinct is to shout "Kip Wells", or "the entire Devilrays bullpen" who must have an ERA too high to be expressed by mere numbers... but actually Kip Wells is still in the Cards rotation and is being a bit more steady now and even winning the occasional game! So really, when you take into consideration the reputations of some other pitchers (based on past performance or...

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Which MLB player do you hate? (Or, OK, hope to see lose, just because you can't stand him?) I enjoy seeing Barry Bonds have batting slumps, just because he's a bit of a jerk. I don't really worry too much about whether he wins or loses, because frankly he doesn't really care whether he wins or loses, as long as he hits home runs and looks like a star. I have also taken a recent dislike to Carlos Zambrano, I think he is something of a surly and troublesome character......

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Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter, died one year ago today (September 4, 2006). Did you watch his show and do you miss him? Occasionally but not often, and no not really... I mean he seemed like a good guy, and he seemed to care a lot about what he did, but he was hardly an integral part of my life and I have soldiered on just fine since his death so it would be silly to say I "miss" him. And I would hazard any amount of money you care to name that those who have answered yes to your second question...

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Would you rather be the best pitcher in AAA for your entire career, or the worst in the Majors? Worst in the majors definitely... just ask Crash Davis in Bull Durham! He set the minor league home run record, and to him it just proved what a flop his career had been, that he had been in the minors for long enough to set that record. Ok, so it was fictional, but it echoes my thoughts exactly. Also, the whole point of the minor league clubs and their players is to benefit their parent Major...

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Who was the last Major League Player to have 100 rbi's and less than 10 homers in a season? It was Paul Molitor while playing for Minnesota in 1996... he drove in 113 runs while hitting only 9 homers. This 'feat' is extremely rare in the modern era of baseball, I could only find one other player who had done this in the past 50 years (Tom Herr for St Louis in 1985 for the record).

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Who is mr. mcmahons son on WWE? The clue was this: things are looking up'. I was hoping it would be Triple H, meaning that when he married Stephanie all those years ago he was marrying his half-sister... alternatively, I was hoping for Eugene, which would make Vince related to Eric Bischoff in some way and might be the queue to bring him back into the WWE. But I highly doubt it is actually either of those. The one I actually THOUGHT it might be rather than hoping it...

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What is the currency of the united kingdom? Oi oi me ol' cocker spaniel, we call our dough good ol' quid over 'ere, and it's a score of ponies to the monkey... lovely jubbly!

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Does anyone remember the british track runner who blew out his hamstring in the 1996 Olympics and his dad came out of the stands to help him finish his race? What is his name? His name was Derek Redmond... I seem it remember it being in the Barcelona Olympics though, which would have been 1992... but I won't swear to that. I will swear to his name though!

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Name 6 new zealand born players who have played international rugby for wales I can start the ball rolling with 2... Shane Howarth, and Brett Sinkenson (who didn't even have a Welsh grandparent as he had claimed and shouldn't have played for them at all!). Beyond that, I'll have to defer to others.

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Can anyone tell me something about a guy named Graig Sechler? his voice is in this game The elder scrolls: oblivion (elves) and I wish to know for example where is he from... age ...or anything? Assuming this is a mis-spelling of Craig Sechler (which it is), then here is his profile on the IMDB - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0781130 where you can find all the things he has acted in or worked on or provided voices for. Unfortunately for you, nobody has taken the time to add any basic info such as full name, DoB or hometown to his profile on there, so the info is only that of a resume.

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In these days of scandals and controversies, who do you consider an exemplary figure in the sports world? Brett Favre. Roger Federer. Ken Griffey Jnr. People who play their chosen game expertly yet still conduct themselves with great humility both while playing and away from the court/field/pitch.

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Is Barry Bonds 756 home run ball worth $500.000.00? I personally don't think so, but the way capitalism works is that everything is worth however much somebody is willing to pay for it, so if it goes up at auction and somebody pays $500,000 to buy it, then the rules of economics say that yes, it is worth that amount.

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Why can't WWE have a match with Mark Henry and The Great Khali, asap? Perhaps they are wary of pairing the two together because neither of them is very good at selling the offence of their opponents, nor are they very agile, so the match would be pretty slow and painful to watch in my opinion... it would be like having the Big Show back! Both are being given a good push at the moment to get their "monster" characters over, so pairing them off with other...

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Aerosol carcinagins not harmfull to pla nts but harmfull to humans im not looking for points just a serious answer please em m.m7733@gmail.com thank you You have to ask a question before you can get an answer of any kind, let alone a "serious" one... and you haven't actually asked anything. In fact I'm not even sure I understand what you've said.

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Can you drive after you go to the eye doctor's office if they dialate your eyes? If not, how long should you wait before driving? If they dilate both your eyes then you definitely cannot drive... I had this conversation with a doctor after I had an inflamed iris a few months ago - even though only one of my eyes was affected he still advised me not to drive right away, even though I was legally allowed to because I had one fully-functioning eye, so if BOTH eyes are dilated then driving right away is a definite no-no....

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What would all of the sport athelets become[have a job]if they never made it to the pros? They would all have become different things to each other, obviously... they wouldn't all have gone into the same profession. And since you can't seriously be expecting a list of every professional athlete in the world with their likely alternative profession, then "they would all have become different things to each other" is the best and most complete answer I can give.

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Does any1 no wut i should use for rope while building a wrestling ring around my tramp Really, unless you have been trained in wrestling and stuntwork then you shouldn't be indulging in any wrestling at home, and shouldn't be building your own ring at all. I would recommend using nothing as rope, and using your trampoline as a trampoline and nothing more.

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Team A plays against Team B and wins 0-2 Away and losses 1-3 at home, using the Away Goals Rule in Football, which team goes through. The team that recorded the 3-1 victory away from home, which if I understand your example correctly would be Team B... this is because they scored 3 times away from home compared to the other side's 2 goals away from home.

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In a tennis tournament if play is delate because of the rain for several days is it possible for a player to play 2 singles matches in the same day? What do the rules say? This has been known to happen in extreme cases during top level ATP events... sorry that I can't name any example off the top of my head, but I definitely remember days where players have played a 1/4 final and 1/2 final in the same day so that the final can take place as scheduled. At lower levels, the rules are whatever the organisers say they are, I can't answer that.

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Guys, do you read books written by women? I don't consciously let the author's gender influence my choice of books, but it is probably true that in the main (and there are of course exceptions before anybody tells me off for over-generalising) the writings of male authors tend to appeal to me more because they create stories and characters and scenarios that appeal more to the male psyche than those created by female authors,...

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Why is Andrew Flintoff the cricket player better known as Freddy Flintoff? The nickname comes from the fact that "Flintoff" is similar to "Flintstone", hence the name "Fred", or "Freddy" since every cricketer's nickname there has ever been in England has been 2 syllables long. I'm not sure when this first got used however.

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What's the best rpg ever? The Secret of Monkey Island!!! Guybrush Threepwood is my hero.

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What is the best answer that describes each word or phrase in brackets?[Tom and his son Bob were imprisoned in a great maze. Is it an object of a prepostion,complete predicate,complete subject or independent clause? There are no words or phrases in brackets, just a random "[" thrown in the middle. The best answer to describe this? Nonsense.

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If I say "Chicago Bears", what's the first player that pops into your mind? Brian Urlacher. If only because I tend to start in the present day and work backwards in my thought processes...

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What's the Madden curse? It is to do with the NFL video game series named after former coach and commentator John Madden... there has been a trend of the star players who appear on the cover of the game each year subsequently suffering in some way... losing form, suffering injuries or in Michael Vick's case, going to prison for dogfighting. This has led many observers to start talking as if appearing on the cover...

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Do you say sure or surely? (surely is the proper form....) I say both, since they are both common English words. "Surely" is only the proper form when context calls for an adverb... in other contexts "sure" is the proper word to use.

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Do you have a George Foreman grill in your home? Yes, I have one but I don't use it very often because I lost the instructions and can't remember how long to cook everything for in it. I also have one in the garage where I am storing some stuff for my sister.

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Are there very many people that can drive a stick shift car anymore? Pretty much every car driven in the UK is manual transmission, so I would estimate at least 15-20 million of my countrymen can for starters, myself included.

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Are these good enuf reasons to consider ending your life? 1. 34 yrs old & never had a boyfriend. 2. just got fired, jobless. 3. have not a single friend, not 1 to talk to. They are good enough reasons to consider making some major changes to your life, but I would not agree that you should consider ending the whole shebang. There's no reason to quit when I expect you haven't tried everything you can to change things... it will be tough to steer the ship back on course, but things feel so much sweeter when you have to work for them a little, so...

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Find the next three terms in the sequence. 1000, 729, 512, 343, 216, ?, ?, ?. The sequence is 10^3, 9^3, 8^3, 7^3, 6^3... so the next three terms would be 5^3 (125), 4^3 (64) and 3^3 (27.

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If a co-worker appeared to be asleep at their desk next to you and when you tried to wake them up, you discover that they were dead, what would you do? Happened in Japan more than once. I would get the office first-aider and then help them out with whatever they ask me to do. After slipping a few things from my own to-do pile into the "sleeping" colleague's pile of course.

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9 Ball or 8 Ball and why? 8-ball, because playing 9-ball always requires me having to explain the rules to my less savvy friends at the start and have them stare at me cross-eyed like I just asked them to prove the theory of relativity, and I just can't be doing with that.

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Why is Grammy Robin congratulated for becoming a professor and not me? Because the site is a popularity contest. If you didn't realise that already then you're really not sharp enough to be a true "professor" ;) Also, maybe because Grammy Robin doesn't post questions about AB users under completely unrelated category headings like "Levelling up in Ragnarok Online" as you have done.

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Do you think the U.S. should offer Cuba statehood after Fidel Castro dies? How do you think the Cubans would feel about it? How do you think Florida's Cuban-Americans would react? No, they shouldn't offer it, it would go down extremely badly; having been to Cuba, I can tell you that the country actually functions reasonably well and does not need saving from corruption and dictatorship as US government propaganda would have people believe. Cuba would tell the US to get to f*** (in Spanish) if they offered them statehood... it would just re-inforce the Cuban...

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Do cities in other countries have as big a pigeon problem as those in the UK? Are pigeons the new rats? Pigeons are very much winged vermin... St Marks Square in Venice is the most pigeons per square metre I have ever seen, so that indicates that it is not just a UK problem.

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Do you like playing video games? If so, which ones? Yes, many of the modern style of games are much like interactive movies now, where the action is plot driven and you find yourself drawn in, wanting to keep playing to find out what happens next... they can therefore be enjoyable on so many levels... Second Sight, Max Payne (1 and 2), Manhunt and Fahrenheit are some of my favorites of recent times, along with the GTA series.

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Where can a guy find a XXL Jock? The same place where he found something that needed an XXL jock to protect it - in his dreams.

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Who is the lead singer of system of a down? His name is Serj Tankian - like the rest of the band, he is Armenian in origin and politically active away from his "day job", especially when it comes to raising awareness of the Armenian Genocide in the early 20th century. I believe he runs his own record label called Serjical Strike, and may also be a published poet, although I can't link you to any of his work offhand.

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Are there any major league baseball stadiums(active or not) where there were no "no hitters" I have a game called Out Of The Park Baseball downloaded to my PC, and while it is loading new screens it throws out lots of random trivia from the world of baseball... one such bit of trivia is that there was never a no-hitter thrown in Forbes Field, the old home of the Pittsburgh Pirates (the wikipedia article on Forbes Field backs this up). So there is at least one! (I have read that the...

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Why does religion ask so much of its followers? Why are not allowed to just contently believe and go about our daily buisness? You are asking this rhetorically it seems so that makes it hard to answer... but anyway, I will give my two cents worth. I think the problem is that most followers seem to believe that God requires constant proof and affirmation of people's belief in him, that they must constantly strive to demonstrate their belief and worship him in order to give him glory, and so that is the accepted...

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Which scene in a movie scared you the most? I get absolutely terrified by the nanny in The Omen, and the scene where she attacks Mr Thorne when he goes to kidnap Damian always scares the bejesus out of me.

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Do the Packers suck? It remains to be seen how good they are this season, but last season they were 8-8 and just barely missed out on making the play-offs, so they didn't suck too badly then and I don't see any reason to believe they will suck in 2007/8. I don't see why they can't have a winning record this time around.

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Do you hate the Braves? No, I don't waste my time hating any sports teams. There are some I would rather win than others, and I have no particular feelings either way about the Braves, but there are no teams that I hate.

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Would you wear a kilt? No, it is a Scottish traditional thing and I wouldn't feel comfortable wearing it since I'm not Scottish... I would feel like I was gatecrashing into their heritage. Besides, a Scotsman's kilt will have the tartan pattern of his own clan, and I don't have a clan with its own family pattern because, as I already said, I'm not Scottish, so I couldn't do the...

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Are you ready for some football? Not really, I tend not to pay attention really until baseball season is over... I'm not good at multi-tasking! But after October I will be right on board I promise, and hopefully will still remember to check out the scores even before that...

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How long was that 30-3 Texas Baltimore game?(Timewise) According to the boxscores on baseball-reference.com, it lasted 3 hours 21 minutes... so it was long, but not as long as one might have thought. In fact the 2nd game of the double-header, a 9-7 Texas win, lasted 7 minutes longer.

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What comes after a trillion? Is a jillion even a number? After a trillion, the next number is... a trillion and one, obviously ;) And no, a jillion is a woman, not a number.

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What are the next three terms in this number sequence: 1, 8, 27, 64. What is the rule? As other people have said, the sequence is 1 cubed, 2 cubed, 3 cubed and so on... so the next three terms would be 125, 216 and 343

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Do you think that Micheal Vick should get another chance to stay on the NFL team when he comes out of prison, after he executed the dogs and had them fight violently? Everyone has the right to resume their life once they have "paid their debt to society", so if there is a team desperate for a QB when he is released that is prepared to put up with the bad publicity that would come with signing him, then he may well get another chance. Personally I wouldn't be the manager to give him that chance, but there are 32 NFL sides and I would expect at...

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What are the guidelines for getting a "no decision?" There aren't really guidelines for a no decision... there are guidelines for recording a win or loss, and if you don't meet any of those criteria then you receive no decision as a default. To get a win, you need to be the pitcher of record when your team takes the lead for a final time (starters must pitch minimum of 5 innings to qualify); to get a loss, you must be the pitcher of...

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What does the song "Hide and Seek" by Imogen Heap mean? Absolutely nothing.

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Name the only Indian father and son duo who have won the Junior Titels at Wimbledon.? Ramanathan Krishnan (1954) and Ramesh Krishnan (1979). Although since you have been answering all your own questions today, I expect you already knew that so there wasn't much point in me answering...

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Who got the hit to break Orel Hershisers 59 scoreless inning streak up? The hit that scored the run was by Todd Benzinger of Cincinatti on April 5th 1989... it scored Barry Larkin from 2nd base after Larkin had led off the inning with a base hit.

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At many "all you can eat buffets", I have seen people cramming things in their purse that they brought to the table and didn't eat. Do you engage in this practice or care to share your thoughts? I don't do it and I don't like it... it's all you can EAT, not all you can CARRY. There is no difference in principle between doing this and carrying a big vat into the place and emptying every scrap of food into the vst and walking out, it is just a matter of scale, so if the latter is clearly wrong then so is the former.

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Any comments on the Rangers' 30-3 win yesterday in Baltimore against the Orioles? Of all the teams to do it, Texas is the least team I would have expected... also, I think there might now be a spot in the Orioles rotation opening up for someone. There are two thoughts!

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Did Judas have a choice on weather he would betray Jesus? I don't think Judas did have a choice on the weather... but if the betrayal took place on a nice sunny day then he may have had a choice, because that's the weather I would have chosen. If it was a rainy day then he probably didn't choose it however.

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If everyone poops, why is it so embarrassing to poop in public bathrooms? It isn't. Unless it makes a big splash that everyone can hear, or it turns into a life-or-death struggle and you are in there for 15 minutes. But otherwise, a quick and crisply executed dump in a public restroom is in no way embarrassing.

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My husband & I fancy taking a short break away. I want to go to Geneva and do a bungy jump off Spider Bridge & he wants to go to Rome. Where do you think we should go? From experience, both are very nice places... I would lean towards Rome for the wealth of history and culture and world famous sites to visit, whereas Geneva's sites are somewhat less known. Also, Swiss prices are considerably higher than you will be used to (that is true WHEREVER you are from!) so if money is an issue at all, try Rome... if it not an issue then Geneva is a lovely place...

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When the bases are loaded, batter gets a called third strike and the catcher drops the ball and runner scores... does the batter get the RBI? The batter is automatically out if 1st base is occupied, which it is in your scenario, so the catcher failing to catch the ball does not help him at all, he is out come what may. Assuming this out does not end the inning, the ball is still live so there is the opportunity for the man on 3rd to run to home if he chooses to... if he does manage to cross home plate, then it will be scored as a...

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I havent moved up on my level in literally about 6 months. What gives? I have been suffering from this too... after spending over a year building up to level 41 and gathering over 4,000 points in the process, one day the staff messed with the points scaling and I suddenly needed another 4,000 points just to reach the next level!!! I am assuming there is some logic to it, although I am not entirely sure what that logic is or if it does actually exist, but if...

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What is your "personal" golden rule for your life? Don't let other people make you miserable. Some will do it consciously, some by accident, but rise above it and keep control of your happiness in your own hands.

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What is Soviet Russia? When people talk about "Soviet Russia", they are referring to Russia during the communist era of 1922-1991, when the country went by the name of the USSR (see Randy's answer for explanation of this)... so it describes a time period in Russia's history, rather than a geographical area of Russia.

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Moral and ethical "Laws" aside, do you think government has the right to make suicide illegal? No I don't, I think government should instead try to promote and create a world which people would not rather kill themselves than live in. I don't see what would be achieved by criminalizing suicide - those who commits the offence wouldn't really have much to worry about in terms of punishment. Unless that punishment took the form of some sort of estate tax/confiscation of...

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TEAM: Together Everyone Achieves More ... What's another acronym? The two best examples of acronyms I can think of are SCUBA and LASER... Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus and Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation respectively.

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If i'm the big blind and 2 people call. I have the option and I go all in, but I only have 1/2 the big blind. what must the other players bet, what I put in or must they put in at least the big blid and go to a side pot They must only match the size of your bet, even though it is below the value of the 'minimum bet'... although of course they have the option to raise and create a sidepot if they so wish.

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Who has the most friends on facebook and are they really friends or just number :) I have around 45 friends on facebook, which is not that many by most people's standards I think. But I dislike the way people just accumulate "friends" on these kind of sites when many of those on their "friends" list are random people who they have never spoken to. I only add or allow people who I have either spent time with in person or communicated with over regular...

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Who hand is higher tow j and tow q or tow k and tow 2? Assuming the two (or tow) hands you are talking about are meant to read: Two jacks and two queens, and Two kings and two 2s then the higher value hand is the Kings and 2s. When both players hold two pairs, the highest value pair is the deciding factor. Only when the top pair in each hand is of equal value does the size of the 2nd pair become relevant.

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Do you think that most people that play low limit online poker have no real idea about how the game is really played i.e. real hand values in full ring games, position and pot odds That is most definitely the case, which is what makes large online tournaments at low buy-ins so hard to succeed in... you cannot predict your opponents at all since they do not know good play from bad. On a typical 10 seat table at this level, I would estimate 3 or 4 actually have an idea of the things you mentioned, and the other players don't know much more than that an ace is the...

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Which british footballer has played for 4 european cup / champions league winning teams? But never won the cup I am afraid I am going to have to admit defeat on this, but am posting anyway because I am curious about the answer... I first thought it might be Paul Ince, but he only played for one club in Italy (Inter) and not two as I had thought. Then I had a bit of a blank with some of the names I checked up on, until I had a EUREKA moment and thought "David Platt!!!!"... only it isn't...

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Can a trained ape teach gym? Bart Simpson thinks so what about you? Only if the ape isn't trained TOO well...

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Why do people ask, are you gay, why dont people ever say are you hetro? It is because the majority of people are heterosexual rather than homosexual, therefore there is an underlying assumption made by most people that an unknown person is heterosexual unless or until they discover to the contrary. I expect even homosexuals make this same assumption about the sexuality of strangers, since it is simply a matter of probability, unless the context dictates otherwise...

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Don't you just hate it when you dress up nicely for a night out then spill something over yourself? Yes, but I have learnt to get dressed AFTER I eat dinner now. Although I should add that if I am going out for dinner I do still get dressed before I leave the house.

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Would you consider yourself to be patriotic? Not compared to most. Obviously I cheer for my country in sporting events, and I cheer for my countrymen too, but I am well aware that my country is no better than many others, either morally or in terms of living standards, which many others choose to ignore; to me, this is the definition of patriotism.

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I have a huge pear tree, and I need recipes, so the don't go bad. Two words - pear cider!

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Have you ever purposely lost a game? No, but I have purposely gone easy on occasions to make a game more competitive if there was a marked skill difference between my opponent and myself, and have been beaten on occasion while doing this... however I was never planning on losing when this happens!

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When saying the word "foyer", do you pronounce the "r"? No, and I can't actually think of a way of pronouncing the 'r' that makes any sense... as with some of the other answers, I pronounce it foy-ay, like the French word that it was originally before English adopted it.

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Is your glass 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? I tend to focus on what is actually in the glass rather than how much of it there is... usually I see it as half-full, but half-full of something I'd rather not have to drink...

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Why can I no longer see my money, health, time, or weapons inventory in GTA:SA? ALso, after doing missions for catalina why can't I take over enemy gang territory? It says I have lost only 4 territories, the most held is 54 and that I hold 0 territories. I don't know about the first part of your question, but the reason you have lost all your gang territories and cannot take over any more is simply because of the plot. After the mission where Sweet gets taken to the police hospital and Tenpenny and the other cop dump you out in the woods, the Grove family loses all its influence around San Andreas... but CJ has bigger problems on his mind...

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Who do you think should win the Cy Young award in the National League this year (2007)? Well there are still some clutch games to be played, and they could well affect my judgement because I place a lot of importance on the impact the player's performance actually has on their team's success, and it remains to be seen whose contributions will actually count for the most in the final analysis. But for now my clear leader is Brandon Webb... obviously he has a crazy...

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Why do we have almost two of everything but only one heart and liver? I am struggling to think of an organ that I have "almost two" of; there are some I have one of and some I have two of, but none that I have "almost two" of, so I'm afraid I obviously don't know enough about anatomy to answer your question. Or alternatively you don't know enough about anatomy to ask it properly.

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Sometimes i hear a door slam sound on my laptop what does this mean? I expect it only happens when you are logged into an instant messenger of some kind, right? Some of these programs use the sound of a door swinging shut to alert you when somebody from your contact list who was online has signed off, so that is most likely what is going on.

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If you were to write a book on mobile phone etiquette what would you put in as the number one rule? Remember that it doesn't have to be on ALL the time, you are not THAT important. If you're in church, in the theatre or something like that, turn it off. The people around you are just as important as the person on the other end of the line.

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How to convert meters into centimeters There are 100 centimetres in a metre, so just multiply by 100 to convert from metres to centimetres... the simple way to do this is to shift the decimal point two places to the right, so 1.3 metres would be 130 centimetres, and 25 metres would be 2500 centimetres.

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Why are some people so average? Personally, I do it on purpose to make other people feel good. I was assuming other "average" people were doing the same.

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How much you spend monthly in gambling and you prefer online or to go to casino? Well I packed in poker until recently, but now have just joined a regional tour in my area and now play once a week for £17.50 buy-in each time, so that would be around $150 a month to you folks over the pond. Having started playing live, I now hate online poker, it is too one-dimensional and not as satisfying, so I would choose "bricks and mortar" every time. I'm...

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I just lost $2000 on poker, but made $2000 investing in Gold. Which is the stupidest? If you lost money playing poker that you couldn't afford to lose, then it is very stupid... if however that $2000 loss was within your limits and won't hurt you too much (ignoring the fact that you made back the money some other way) then it's no big deal.

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Is it permissible for people to post multiple answers to a question if they think up different answers? (points given per person limit still holds) It is certainly permitted, but personally I would always edit my original answer if there was something further I wanted to add. Or, horror of horrors, I would THINK before I wrote in the first place so that I said everything I wanted to say first time around!!!

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How do I compute slot machine odds? All slot machines should declare on them somewhere what their pay-out is as a percentage of all money wagered on them... usually it is somewhere in the low to mid 90s. For example, a machine with a 95% pay-out means that for every dollar you put in it, you will get 95 cents back over an extended time period. The highest I have seen on a machine is 97.5% pay-out. And really, those are the only...

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How many people like rum and coke Very much so, but only white rum, and with a particular leaning towards Malibu (I'm coming out of the closet!!!). I tend to alternate between vodka, whisky and rum of some variety when drinking depending on mood.

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If you could create a Movie about your life, and it came out on DVD what would be the first line on the movie description be on the back of the box? They thought he was just a pedantic jerk... but he had many more faults than that.

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What is the worst job that you had and hated to go to, how long did you last there? I had a temporary job in telesales once, for a furnishing/manufacturing firm, I had to cold call business after business in the manufacturing sector and try and get them to sign up for training schemes. It was so spirit-breaking, the temporary contract was only for a month but I left after one day short of 2 weeks there... I called in 'sick' on the Friday and then never turned up the...

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WHO IS ONLY PLAYER WITH 0 HOMERUNS AND 75 RBIS SINCE 1950 It is Ozzie Smith, who had a zero homer 75 rbi season with the Cardinals in 1987.

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Do you think you can forget how to be happy after been depressed for so long? I don't think you forget, but your depression and misery becomes self-fulfilling after a while... you see the dark cloud hovering over everything good that presents itself in your life, and you become suspicious of any happiness that comes your way, as if you are looking for the small print that will f*** you up even more than before. You just need to decide to let go of the worries about...

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What did you pay for your first car? What was it? I paid £700 for an old (circa 89/90 I think) 3rd or 4th hand 1.3 litre Ford Escort. I didn't really need it for going back and forth to school, but I figured what's the point in passing your test if you don't get a car afterwards... plus it meant I didn't have to stand and wait for the bus home if I decided to cut class and leave early, thus reducing the chances of me...

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What are some famous black/white duos For some reason the first thing that came into my head was 90s one hit wonder pop duo Charles and Eddie... but the word "famous" wouldn't really apply.

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Do UK computer keyboards have the pound sign on it, like American keyboards have the doller sign? Is it in the same location? (above the 4) UK keyboards have the £ sign above the 3, and the $ sign above the 4. There is also a euro symbol on mine next to the 4, which presumably there is some way of using if I were so inclined...

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Do you have anything in your fridge right now that really shouldn't be in there? There are a few jars of various kinds of jam that I haven't even thought about eating in quite a while, so heaven knows how old they actually are! Also there is a bottle of red wine which somebody must have put in there by mistake because we all know red wine should always be served at room temperature...

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What is something you should NEVER say to a policeman? Eg Aren't you the guy from the Village People? Shouldn't you be catching some REAL criminals???

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A Chinese couple tried to name their baby "@", claiming the character used in e-mail addresses echoed their love for the child... If your parents chose a keyboard character/s for your name, which do you think they would choose and why? I would hope to be a * like the star I am... or failing that, £ or $ - hopefully they would be a sign of good things to come!

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How did Noahs Ark work? The biblical story is not logical. No way that every animal could have fit on the ark with food and such. Plus the time frame of the earth being covered with water and drying up does not compute. They didn't need to carry food because the Lord made sure that whenever Noah cast his sacred rod (fishing rod I mean, that's not a euphemism) over the side of the Ark the fish bit away on his hook and he caught enough to feed everyone. Of course a few of the animals died as well in transit, so they were a source of food for the other animals too. As for "the time frame of the...

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I text my boyfriend today at half 11 he never text me back but he rang a friend off his phone because i went on his phone network to check so he saw my text obviously... What does this mean? My interpretation of this is that you are probably too demanding of instant attention, and checking his phone network to see how and when he has used his phone is frankly verging on the obsessive. There are all manner of reasons why he might not have replied right away... maybe he was busy, maybe he didn't have anything worth saying in response, maybe he was having sex with a co-worker......

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I painted my livingroom a pale green color. It looks like you painted the wall white and then dabbed a shade of green on it. What color rug do you think would compliment this color? It sounds like a fairly autumnal colour, so other autumn (fall) colours like earthy browns would generally complement pretty well I think. edit - if I'm being an ass, I would also say that no rug of any colour will "compliment" your walls because rugs cannot speak and therefore find it hard to give compliments.

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Should Ben Kingsley be considered as great of an actor as Deniro, Pacino, or Brando? If not, why not? Ben Kingsley went to the same school as me (about 40 years earlier of course!) so I have to say he is great... it's therefore a happy coincidence that I do actually think he is a good actor. However his roles, Gandhi aside, do not tend to be greatly memorable ones, and perhaps his star does not shine as brightly because of this. Whereas someone like DeNiro plays fundamentally the same role...

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If your best friend gave you a letter that said not to open till tomorrow would you open it anyways? If not and he or she committed suicide that night would you regret not opening it earlier? I am quite nosy and a good liar, so I would agonise over whether to read it or not for an hour or so then finally open it and read it... if it was something that required urgent action, I would do what I thought necessary, if not I would pretend I hadn't read it until they asked me to.

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When You visit a zoo, is there any animal that really scares you? When the lions start to roar..... I look like the cowardly lion on the wizard of oz. I'm outta there. What about you? Wolves. All the big animals have something majestic and splendid about them... but the smaller predators, especially wolves, don't have that, and the wolves are just creepy. They stand and watch you as you go past them, and kind of gang together like they are about to hunt you, it gives me the shivers. I came here to look at YOU, not for YOU to stare at ME damnit!

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What felony or misdemeanor do you often commit? Recently I haven't been wearing my seatbelt all the time when driving; also, when I am on a motorway I am definitely guilty of speeding. Somewhere on the borderline - I am currently playing regularly on a poker tour that requires you to be a member of the club where it is held, and I am not a member, so it constitutes unlicensed gambling technically. However the organiser doesn't...

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How do you pronounce the letter "Z"? Is it "ZEE" or "ZED" for you? As a Brit, I say "zed"... and I never heard a native Brit pronounce that letter in any other way, so you can expand that answer across 50-60 million people if you like :)

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In the game the sims 2 for Nintendo DS, I have enough mechanical skill points to break into the penthouse, but every time I go in the penthouse Optimum Alfred sends me back to my room. What am I supposed to do? You need to break in between 6pm and 10pm, when Alfred leaves the room to recharge his batteries.

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Who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize? Marie Curie, who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903 jointly with her husband Pierre for their work on studying radiation. The first woman to win a Nobel Prize outright was Baroness Bertha Sophie Felicita von Suttner (I'm only typing that once!) who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1905.

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Who won the first Nobel prize? The first year in which Nobel Prizes were awarded was 1901, under the headings of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology/Medicine, Literature and Peace. So there are actually 5 answers to your question, unless you are being ultra-specific and want the name of the first person who actually had their name read out and went up on the rostrum to collect their award, in which case I don't know who that...

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Can you help me collect 105 positive thoughts right here? It doesnt matter whether the glass is half-full or half-empty, the main thing is that you had a drink in the first place...

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In snooker after a coloured ball is sunk, what happens if a ball is occupying the spot where the coloured ball is to be replaced? The rule is that the ball will be respotted on the highest available spot, where the order of values in descending order is black/pink/blue/brown/green/yellow. If all 6 spots are occupied, the ball is respotted as close to its own spot as possible, in a direct line with the top cushion (the "top" end being the end where the reds are racked, despite the confusing fact that this appears...

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Baseball -- Yesterday I saw a "force play" at home plate where the runner was called out. The catcher was barely in the vicinity of home plate, about three feet in front of it, when he caught the ball. Why is this an out? Outs can be recorded by tagging runners with the ball, not just by stepping on the base while holding the ball; in the case of outs at home plate, the most usual way for a catcher to record the out is by blocking the runner's path to the plate and tagging him as he slides into him, so presumably this is what happened in the instance you saw, with the catcher several feet down the third...

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How is slugging percentage calculated? Slugging percentage is simply total bases divided by number of at-bats... technically it isn't a percentage as such, it is a kind of batting average which is weighted to give more credit to extra-base hits, which is why it is used as a measure of power. If every base hit you have is a single, then your slugging percentage will be identical to your batting average; at the other extreme, if...

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Do you think if everyone tried to answer at least ONE unanswered question a day, we could make the huge list of unanswered questions considerably shorter? Yes, we could, but would those answers be ones worth having? Presumably they are unanswered because nobody has a good answer to contribute, or the question is so dumb it doesn't merit any answer. So I would only urge people to do this if they actually have something worthwhile and useful to say in response, otherwise it is pretty much just spreading hot air around.

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Have you ever wanted to be with someone who was totally your opposite? I don't know about "totally" my opposite, but certainly I tend to find myself attracted to women who are quite different to myself. I think that is because there are personality traits in myself that I would like to be different ie. more outgoing, more spontaneous, and so I admire those people I meet who have the qualities I wish I had myself, which in turn makes them attractive...

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A pitcher (A) gives up a run in the bottom of the 9th to tie the score. The visiting team scores a run in the top of the 10th a new pitcher (B) pitches the bottom of the 10th and allows no runs. Who gets the win Pitcher A or B? Pitcher A gets credit for the win because he was the pitcher of record when his team took the lead for the final time; he also gets a blown save against his name however for blowing the lead in the bottom of the 9th (assuming you havent omitted any relevant information that would change this eg. pitcher A is actually a starter who pitched into the 9th, or he entered the game before the lead was...

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How do you set up your own blog? There are many different sites that host blogs or journals, just sign up with one of those and blog away... www.blogspot.com and www.livejournal.com are the first two that spring to mind, I have used both at points in time and found them pretty user-friendly. Livejournal is better if you want to spread your blog far and wide I think, it has better "friends" and networking facilities....

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In the movies Dawn of the Dead (2004) & 28 Days Later (2002), I thought the first 10-15 minutes of each were exceptionally well done at portraying the fear & confusion that each lead character endured when they awoke. Which do you think was better? I prefer the start of 28 Days Later, even I was freaked out by the deserted streets of London and I was expecting it because I'd seen the trailer! The music was very apt too.

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What are some ways to earn extra cash? (Please dont say something unsurprising like babysitting) Either sell some stuff on ebay - DVDs, CDs, books, stuff you don't really need and don't watch/read/listen to much - or just check out the ads in your local paper, there are usually a few short-term or part-time jobs advertised there that you could work on top of your regular job. I am currently delivering telephone directories in the evenings after my "regular" job after I...

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Why is YodaChick/Chopsie so full of lambchops manure? I don't know if they are, and if they are then I don't care. All I know is that these kinds of questions are not a very smart idea... posting defamatory remarks about another user is potentially libellous, and at the very least divisive and disruptive to the AB community. Join the line for my "dry slap" club.

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Why is my vagina 9 inches and saggy like my grandpas? Your grandpa really shouldn't have a vagina... if he does, then I suspect you have been misled about your true family tree. I would look into this before you start worrying about your own vagina.

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I know this question will get flagged as nonsense. I have to make up for my bad karma. I will check the time to validate this. Who wants to be one of the first 5 to answer this question so I can run out as many of your questions with +5's as I can? I'm answering to be one of the first 5, just so I can say please don't rate my questions up unless you feel they are actually worth rating up. If you have bad karma you want to atone for, give some money to charity or something meaningful. These sort of "free points" offers devalue the site's rating process and should earn you a dry slap, as my gran used to say.

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In an interview about "The Bourne Ultimatum", Matt Damon described the James Bond character as a misogynist and imperialist. Do you agree or disagree, and why? As far as imperialist goes, I'm not a big enough Bond fan to have really picked up on that, if indeed it were a reasonable criticism. However I would definitely say that Bond is a sleazy womanizer... whether this counts as misogynism I'm not sure. But his behaviour towards women would certainly seem sleazy and somewhat neanderthal if he weren't a secret agent in a fancy suit...

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In Texas Hold-Em Heads-Up Play, assuming both players are all-in pre-flop and no cards are known, what are the odds of there being a split-pot? What you are asking is in effect to compare every possible hand that could be dealt, which is beyond the patience of pretty much any human you will find here on AB. Hell, every hand simulator I have ever used online demands that you at least enter the starting cards, so maybe it is beyond the patience of any computer too. You will have to be more specific if you want to receive an answer of any...

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WHAT IS THE STATUS OF RICARDO LEDEE, NY METS? After stepping up to the Major League roster in early June, he was sent back outright to Triple A New Orleans by the Mets on 12th July after they recalled Lastings Milledge to the big leagues. He is currently playing for the New Orleans Zephyrs, batting .263 with 11 homers and 58 rbis in the minor league season to date.

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In his career in major league baseball, how many teams did 'Dandelion' Pfeffer play for? Fred "Dandelion" Pfeffer played for the following teams: Troy Trojans 1882 Chicago White Stockings 1883-89 Chicago Pirates 1890 Chicago Colts 1891, 1896, 1897 Louisville Colonels 1892-95 New York Giants 1896 That is 6 teams; however my 19th century baseball knowledge isn't good enough to tell you whether some of those teams were just renamings of the same franchise......

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Does hitting a deer at 60 miles an hour give you lunch? Lunch in hospital most probably... not the most appetising of meals from my experience, and that's without factoring in the pain. But seriously, isn't it illegal to eat roadkill? I was under the impression that you cannot take home anything you run over, in order to prevent people 'hunting' in this fashion... however you CAN take home any roadkill you find that other...

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Which video games (PC or console) have you not completed that you started a while ago and why? I am still stranded mid-way through Max Payne (awesome film noir style game if you never played it), I got incredibly frustrated by one part which needed lots of precision with the analog stick and my controller was malfunctioning a little so I couldn't do it... I decided to take a break and come back to the game another time with fresh impetus, and that was around 18 months ago now! Silly...

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What does the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs actually do? According to their official website: "The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) is the United Nations office responsible for promoting international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space. The Office serves as the secretariat for the General Assembly's only committee dealing exclusively with international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space:...

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What Major League Baseball Team made the best trades at the deadline? Probably Texas. It won't show for a while, but they picked up some very good prospects who will serve them well long-term. Short-term they will suck even more than they did now they are without Teixeira and Gagne (and to a lesser extent Lofton), but since they sucked even with them then so what?!? The Redsox also made a good trade for Eric Gagne I think, although short-term I think...

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What movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger did you like the most? Well, objectively I would say one of the Terminator movies would be the best... and since I had a huge crush on Kristanna Loken when T3 came out then I would probably lean towards that one. However, I have a soft spot for "Jingle All The Way" and his search for a Turboman doll, so if we leave hot blonde girls out of the equation then that is my favorite!

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What should i be for Halloween this year? A sexy pirate or keira knightly from King Arthur when sheis blue and is in her warrior outfit? Since it is Halloween, why not try dressing as something vaguely scary or spooky, since that is the usual way. If you just want to dress in a way that makes you look hot, you can do that any night of the year. How about, you dress as a pirate for Labor Day, dress as Keira Knightly on Columbus Day, then do a proper f***ing Halloween costume for Halloween?

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Who is the most famous dog of all ages? It has to be Lassie. There have been a few other decent suggestions thrown out by people, of which Scooby Doo and Snoopy are probably the best, but Lassie is in a class apart. I know so many people who refer to Lassie's breed as a "Lassie dog", that dog is so iconic. Nobody even knows what the hell kind of dog Snoopy is meant to be!

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Barry just tied the Home Run record.............cheer or boo? Honestly, my first reaction was "how did that get out, it looked like a high pop-up"... to be honest, I just want the circus to be over, it is a lot of fuss being made over a guy who, although I respect his achievement, I really don't like at all. So my response is more "sigh of relief" than a cheer or boo.

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Bath,car,you,plane,sky,dad,entertainment,water,fire,mom, I am so sorry what are you thinking about right now?(I mean now) I am thinking about how drunk I am. I am also pondering how despite this fact, I am still far more coherent than you, and what conclusions I should draw from this.

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What is the one thing (other than drivers license and credit cards) that you always carry with you whether you are dressed formally or casually? Who always carries their drivers licence with them?!? If you're not driving, why would you need it? But anyway, I always have a handkerchief (especially in hayfever season), an inhaler, and if I leave the house my wallet and keys. Usually my phone, but not always, so I guess we leave that one off the list.

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What qualities would you look for in the perfect roommate? Single, 36-24-36, 5'4 to 5'10, hair colour optional... questionable morals a definite plus.

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If it is the bottom of the nineth, tie game and the pitcher is up to bat so they put in a pinch hitter and he hits a walk off home run, who gets the win since the pitcher is out of the game when the home run is hit? The pitcher who has just been lifted for the pinch-hitter still gets the win... he remains the pitcher of record until a new pitcher steps on the mound to throw for his team.

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Are the Royals going to beat the Yankees tonight? (i hope so because i'm going to the game) I'm sorry but no, the Yankee bats are too hot right now and the Royals, despite their recent improvements and general promise for the future, still can't pitch, plain and simple. However anything is possible in a one-off game, and since the Yankees have been beating them up in every game so far then maybe the Royals are due, who knows.

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What exactly is regularity, once a day, a few times a day once every few days? Regular really only means that something is done repeatedly at intervals of roughly the same length. My birthdays come with regularity, once every year, and the garbagemen collect my garbage from my house, once every week, and both are regular. So you cannot define how frequently something has to happen for it to be called "regular", it all depends on context as to whether you would...

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Who holds the single-season record for most multi-HR games? The most I could find by trawling stats from past seasons was Sammy Sosa, with 11 in 1998. This data only covered seasons from 1957 onwards, so was not definitive, but I also found reference on another website to him holding the record jointly with Hank Greenberg, who also had 11 such games in 1938, so there you go.

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Simplify (5xy)/(2yx)multiplied by (4x^2y)/(10y^2) When you say (4x^2y), do you mean x to the power of 2y, multiplied by 4, or 4 times x squared times y? I suspect you mean the latter, but what you have actually written is the former, which makes the calculation considerably harder. Assuming you mean what I think you mean, then: (5xy)/(2yx) simplifies down to just 5/2 (divide both top and bottom by xy) and (4x^2 times y)/10y^2) simplifies...

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What's a half truth? It is when somebody asks you a question and you give an answer that is totally true, but choose to leave out pieces of information that are relevant and you know the questioner is really trying to find out from you, because you would rather keep them secret. You are not lying about them because you have not been directly asked, but you are not revealing them when given a prime opportunity too,...

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Ken can paint his house in 13 hours , whereas katie can do the job in 8 hours . how many hours will it take them to do the job together.( round to the nearsest tenth) In an hour, Ken will paint 1/13th of the house, and Katie will paint 1/8th of the house... so between them in an hour they will paint 1/13 + 1/8 = 21/104 of the house. So the number of total hours the job will take is 104/21 hours, which I make as 4 hours 57 1/7 minutes. Handily, to the nearest tenth of the hour that is plain old 5 hours!

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Are there countries whose currency isn't available for Forex trading? There are several countries whose currencies are not available outside the borders of that country and I guess would therefore be untradable... I found when I visited Romania in the late 90s that I could not get Romanian lei anywhere until I arrived in the country, although I suspect that will have changed now as they have entered the European fold a little more. I expect the Cuban Peso...

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Anyone know what the word emigre means , it has an accent over both e's Yes, it is someone who has emigrated. It has nothing to do with electronics though, which makes me wonder if you know what it means...

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What useful object of today will still be exactly the same 250 years from now? Clothes pegs. They might become redundant though once washing machines have an in-built drying function, but they will never change. Ditto with pencils. They will stay the same and continue to be used by people who need to do quick bits of mental arithmatic.

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Fastest to 100 rbi's in a single season? Unfortunately the baseball-reference.com stats I usually use for this sort of question only go back as far as 1957, so I haven't been able to find out how quickly players like Babe Ruth, Jamie Foxx, Loe Gehrig and of course Hack Wilson in his record-holding 191 rbi season reached the 100 rbi plateau, sorry. The fastest I could find was Juan Gonzalez hitting his 100th rbi of 1998 on July...

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Who has the highest batting average in World Series history for a player having at least 20 at bats? Barry Bonds has a World Series average of .471 in 30 plate appearances. However 13 of those plate appearances were walks, so he actually only has 17 at-bats, so if you think that disbars him from being the correct answer then the next best is Bobby Brown of the late 40s/early 50s Yankees side, who had a .439 batting average in 41 at-bats, spread over four World Series.

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Old baggers would you like to introduce your selfs here so new baggers can get to know you? No, I wouldn't really like to do that. Although new baggers can probably get an accurate feel for what I'm like just from that statement alone ;)

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How many times this season have the St. Louis Cardinals given up 10 or more runs in a game? Up to and including the 21st July, the St Louis Cardinals have given up 10+ runs in the following games: 10-0 loss vs New York Mets, April 4th 10-3 loss vs Cincinatti Reds, April 24th 12-2 loss @ Milwaukee Brewers, May 1st 13-0 loss vs Houstron Astros, May 5th 14-4 loss @ Detroit Tigers, May 18th 10-6 loss vs Los Angeles Angels, June 8th 17-8 loss @ Kansas City Royals, June 18th 14-3...

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Did you or Do you have a crush on any wwe diva? I will confess that I used to have a big crush on Lita, way back... when she used to hang out with the Hardy Boys. It faded a long time ago though! Nowadays the divas are all a little bit too identikit for my taste... they all have the same pneumatic figure and plastic-looking skin, it is hard to really be attracted to any individual one of them more than the others because there is so little...

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Do you have a Facebook? I joined facebook about a month ago and use it every few days or so... it is becoming so widely used that it is a surprisingly good tool for searching out old friends I've lost contact with and getting back in touch with them.

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Do you think anger is ever justified? Anger is a very natural human response and is sadly justified in a great many instances given the way people habitually treat each other. There is nothing wrong with feeling anger, provided it is controlled and channelled in a constructive direction wherever possible; it is an integral part of the coping process when something bad happens to us and it is unhealthy not to feel any anger whatsoever.

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Whenever I hear the song "Sunrise, Sunset" from Fiddler on the Roof, I get somewhat wistful and a bit melancholy. Is there any song that makes you feel that way? First song that springs to mind here is Radiohead's "Pyramid Song", closely followed by REM's "Nightswimming"... lyrically downbeat piano-driven songs tend to conjure this feeling in me more than any other type of song, these more than any others.

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Which superhero would make the best boyfriend/girlfriend? I'm not sure how compatible we would be, but I always used to fancy Wonderwoman so I'll choose her if I'm getting to pick... first love strikes deepest or something like that.

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When was the last time two brothers both hit home runs in the same game? (Either as team-mates or opponents is fine) I don't usually like to answer my own questions, but since I have found out some more recent occurrences than the Cal & Billy Ripken case in 1996 I may as well share them in case anyone is interested. Bret and Aaron Boone homered in the same game twice (Sept 1st 1999 and May 11th 2000), although bizarrely both times they were on opposite sides when Bret came back to Cincinatti on a...

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Who did the Atlanta Falcons trade in order to move up to draft Michael Vick with the #1 draft pick in the 2001 NFL Draft? Anyone remember who the Chargers took with that pick? According to the wikipedia entry for Michael Vick, it is all very complicated! In return for the Chargers #1 pick in 2001, they gave up to the Chargers their 1st and 3rd round picks that year, a 2nd round pick for the following year (2002), and receiver Tim Dwight. With these 3 picks the Chargers received, they drafted LaDainian Tomlinson and Tay Cody in 2001, and Reche Caldwell in 2002.

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The Reds starter went 4-4 last night in Atlanta. When and who was the last starting pitcher to go 4-4 in a single game? The last time a Red did it was John Smiley on June 7th 1993. The last time a pitcher on any team did this was August 11th 2001 when Livan Hernandez went 4-4 with a home run and 3 rbis for the Giants in a win over the Cubs. The only other current starting pitcher to have gone 4-4 in a game is John Thomson, who did it for the Rockies on June 1st 1997 against the Marlins.

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Why are all you holy rollers on AB having your preachy shenanigans and cowardly downpointing fall on def ears when you should be busy praying for salvation? I'm struggling to understand what this question is actually asking... are you asking why the "preaching" is falling on deaf ears? If so, then you are probably better qualified to answer that yourself than the "preachers" are, since you own a pair of the aforementioned "deaf ears". You also seem to be implying that they can not do multiple tasks and have to be...

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From now on my job will be to flag answers,and questions that does not make any sence or are offensive.Are you ok with that? I don't care how you choose to spend your time on Answerbag, it is your choice. I also don't see why you feel you need our approval for it... most people on here do a bit of moderating as well as the bread-and-butter Q&A thing but they don't feel the need to check whether that is ok with Joe Blow first and draw attention to themselves that way, they just do it.

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Do you answer your own questions on Answerbag? No, I only ask questions on here that I don't know the answer to. If I'm canvassing opinions, I often give my own via comments on other people's answers but do not post an answer of my own. Answering your own questions is at best pointless, and at worst showing off.

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What pitcher was the first to obtain 5 shutouts in their final season of play? It must be very rare to do this, unless your career is ended prematurely due to injury or early retirement... so I would expect the first player to do this might in fact be the only player to do it. My answer is Sandy Koufax, whose career ended early in 1966 - his final season with Dodgers boasted a staggering 27-9 record, with 5 shutouts, and earned him another Cy Young award.

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Which major league baseball catcher holds the record for most stolen bases in a season? The most stolen bases in a season by a catcher is 36 by John Wathan in 1982 for the Royals... he stole them at an 80% success rate over 121 games.

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What number should i get on my Man united shirt? the last 2 shirts i have had 7(ronaldo) and 8(rooney). Smith,carrick,vidic and giggs. I think you should recognise the older brigade at the club and their service, and either get number 2 (Gary Neville), 11 (Ryan Giggs) or 18 (Paul Scholes)... personally I would lean towards number 11, because I think this might be Giggs' last season at the top.

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Who will win the premiership and who will be relegated next season? Also, where will Arsenal finish after the departure of Thierry Henry? My gut feeling is that Chelsea will rebound from last season's disappointment and regain the Premiership title again. At the bottom end, I can't see Derby surviving their first season, and I think Wigan's bubble has burst and their new manager won't be able to keep them afloat. Birmingham would be my third choice, although Fulham will be firmly in the mix too I think. As for...

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Does it ever seem like you answer more questions from a specific user, not on purpose though? Does it seem like a specific user answers more of your questions than others? I usually get the same people answering my questions because they are usually sports related, especially baseball... so my answers are usually from cowtipper or barcaluv. Anything I ask on any other subject usually doesn't get any worthwhile answers for some reason, but I have got used to that and have learnt to stop asking anything outside the sports section if I actually want a useful...

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What is the record for consecutive saves If you mean consecutive successful conversions of save opportunities, then the record is held at 84 by Eric Gagne of the Dodgers, from Aug 28th 2002 through to finally blowing an opportunity against the D-backs on July 5th 2004. He shattered the previous record of 54 by Tom Gordon, set during 1998-99 - some people talk about his saves streak being on a par with DiMaggio's famous...

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Who is the Makeshift captain of Chelsea in the absence of John Terry? When John Terry is injured and unavailable for a Chelsea game, Frank Lampard usually takes on the role of captain...

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The New York Yankees,the highest paid team by far,has not won a world series in this new century.Do you think they will win one by 2010? You never know, they always have the power to make trades and bring in top calibre players just before trade deadlines and can hang in a postseason race when most teams would fade away. But on the whole I think this current squad of players is past their prime, and while they are still good (especially the hitting), I think they need an injection of young talent and it might take them several...

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What world event that has happened in your lifetime, has made the biggest impression on you? Despite not being from the US, it would have to be 9/11... watching the live TV coverage was a very surreal experience... it wasn't just the sheer huge-scale horror of it, it was the fact that it was like something out of a movie... like Armageddon/Independence Day sort of unbelievable script-writing... it made it hard to comprehend, hard to believe that it was happening, it was tempting...

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What is your biggest peppieve in baseball/softball? My biggest peeve is probably the fact that the National and American leagues use different rules ie. the AL has a Designated Hitter and the NL requires the pitcher to bat. I don't hate the DH position as much as some purists, I am happy for it to be used, but I wish it would either be used across the board or not at all. There are a few small reasons for this, but chiefly it is because I...

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Who is the greatest genius of all time? Leonardo da Vinci, Jesus, Nietszche, Mozart, Newton, Plato, Aristotle, Galileo, Shakespeare, Highlander or George W. Bush? (I couldn't help myself) Genius in its truest form is not really quantifiable and comparable by a "mere mortal" in my opinion. Being a genius is a yes or no proposition, you either are or you aren't... you either possess such astounding intellect, creativity and insight that people wonder whether you might be inspired by God, or you don't. Perhaps two geniuses might be able to distinguish between...

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Who is the greatest athlete you ever saw play in person? Did they have a great day? I would probably have to say Pete Sampras. I saw him on a rare trip to Wimbledon back in the mid/late 90s sometime, and he didn't actually have a good day at all... it was wet and horrible, and we only saw 2 sets of his match so it didn't finish until the next day, but he lost both of them and went on to lose thew match to Richard Krajicek - I think it was the only match he lost at...

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Have you seen anyone on television lately who was drop dead gorgeous? I watched Underworld:Evolution a couple of nights ago and spent the whole time swooning at Kate Beckinsale. It was probably the leather suit that did it, but she has the most beautiful facial features too, and she was wearing bright blue contacts which contrasted really well with her dark hair and clothing and made me feel all funny. It's a good job she was in it looking so good,...

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If Joel was hiring, would you apply for the position? Hiring for what position? A new tea boy? Then no thanks. A new web programmer? I wouldn't waste my time applying since I couldn't do it and wouldn't get the job. A marketing/commercial position? Perhaps I would apply for that, assuming my relocation expenses could be met or at least contributed towards. But really unless you specify the position, this question is very difficult...

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What is the name of the song where the guy says "i am a loser"? Well we already have 4 different answers suggesting different songs each time, so that indicates that you aren't really being specific enough. For what it's worth, the first song that came to mind when I read this is "Loser" by Beck, where he sings "I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me..." - does that sound like the song you are thinking of?

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If an ex is totally misrepresenting how things were in your relationship together, does it really matter when one will never see them again? Personally I would not let it bother me, provided that the people she was badmouthing me to were not friends of mine or people that played any real part in my life. I have been in this situation once before, and thought about whether to enter into an argument with her over it and "set the record straight", but in the end I decided that it really wasn't going to affect me in any...

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How do I enjoy the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame? Coming from a normal user, I would consider this question to be somewhat odd, and Cowtipper's answer would suffice. However since you, the questioner are an AB robot, I will not take the question at face value. I can tell that you, AB-Bernice, are hinting at the fact that as a non-human without body and means of transportation, many of the simple pleasures of human existence are not open...

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FOR TENNIS GURUS: What is it called when a low ball is returned before it hits the court?... (A) a volley (B) a bounce serve (C) a drive (D) a smash. Thanks for answering my question [if you could!] It certainly isn't a smash, and "bounce serve" isn't a term I have ever heard in my 15 years of playing... any shot that is played before the ball has bounced is a volley... if you punch the ball in the conventional volleying sense then you would simply call it a volley; however many modern pros strike attacking volleys with the same full swing they would use to strike a...

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Does anyone still have an old Atari system? Do you still use it now? I was actually on the opposite "side" in the Atari vs Amiga war of the early 90s, so I never owned an Atari... but for what it is worth, I do still have my Commodore Amiga tucked away under my bed, and on occasions I have got it out and hooked it up for a nostalgic spin on Bubble Bobble and Sensible Soccer!

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Every guitar player I know has learned this song, what is it? It has got to be "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple, you can be good enough to play it by the end of your first lesson!!!

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In a 2007 Newsweek poll of 1,004 U.S adults, 48% thought that God created humans in their present form in the past 10,000 years. Cause for concern or not? Lots of people believe things that I don't believe. If I allow myself to be concerned by every little difference of opinion between myself and some part of society then my life would be pretty damn miserable. Just believe what you believe and live how you think is right, there are enough people immediately around you and close enough to affect you to be "concerned" about without...

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What is the most money you have won while playing poker? I made a final table on one of the $5 buy-ins (I usually only play $2 buy-ins max) on bet365.com poker site, and I think my 7th place got me in the region of $700-800 pay-out, which is the biggest single amount I have won by quite some way since I usually play at the peanuts stakes!

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Im 37 weeks pregnant and have to have a (ecv), should i just opt for a c secection instead. heard the ecv is very uncomfortable. A Caesarean section is hardly jelly and ice-cream!!! It will take a long time to heal from, and unless you are the kind of person who does 200 crunches every morning before breakfast then you can say goodbye to ever having a decent looking set of stomach muscles ever again by having a C-section. I heard a pretty damning report on the radio a couple of months back where doctors across the UK...

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How often do you change your AB Nickname? I changed it a day or two ago for the first time since I joined AB over 2 1/2 years ago. It is now meant to be something of a parody, because I don't really agree with people changing names and/or avatars as frequently as some do, I find it confusing and occasionally misleading.

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Would you ever consider living in an apartment complex or housing development called Crap Hole Maner? No, I would be very reluctant to. I don't mind the "Crap Hole" part of the name, that would have novelty/comedy value and could be being used ironically, but not knowing what the word "maner" meant would bug me too much for me to live there, and I would also get sick of people asking me what it meant and not being able to explain to them.

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What professional sports team is about to lose it’s 10,000th game in team history? I think it is the Philadelphia Phillies. That isn't necessarily a bad thing though, you need to be doing something right to stick around that long. After all, Cy Young lost the most games of any pitcher in history and most people think he was an ok player!

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What year did the wildcard team start for the playoffs The first year that the wild cards were officially introduced was 1995 (the Yankees and Rockies got them), and this was the first year when there were two divisional series games prior to the championship series. Prior to this there had been only 2 teams from each league entered the postseason, and prior to 1969 there had been only 2, and the World Series was the ONLY postseason series. There...

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Should the world be under the rule of the Christan religion? I don't think the world should be ruled by any one body/institution, even a democratically elected one with an agreed upon constitution, let alone by a religious institution that furthers the concept of there being a right way to think and a wrong way and condemns all dissenters to the depths of hell. There are parts of the world where Christian ideas are accepted and practiced, and parts...

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Who was your favorite Saved by the Bell character? I can't remember the character's name, but it was the swotty girl played by Elizabeth Berkley who was dating Slater... I used to really fancy her. It was too obvious to fancy Kelly, and the other girl was just annoying! Second favorite character would have to be Mr Belding... without him Zack would have been NOTHING!!!

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How do you get the supervisor of YOUR boss to stop asking dumb pc questions and at the same time wants a project done for her right away (she doesn't really have power over you), while you have 10 things your boss wants done right away as well. I would have thought the best thing to do here is talk to your boss about this... if you phrase the problem so that your boss feels that you consider their tasks to be more important and are worried that you cannot work for them fast enough, I'm sure they will be happy to do something about the situation on your behalf. At the very least they will make it clear to you which things you...

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Is it safe to say that 75% of ABers are from the United States? I don't think anyone will be angry enough to cause you any harm whatever you say on the subject, so you should be perfectly safe.

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Have you ever found something that shouldnt't be in your food from a restaurant? On multiple occasions and in multiple places, I have found a) celery in my salad or b) gherkin slices in my burger. Neither celery nor gherkin belongs in any meal, it always amazes me how many dining establishments do not realise this.

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What is you opinion on the latest comment from Pope Benedict XVI on the Catholic Church being THE ONLY real church? Since every religious institution and its leaders, be they Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, Jewish or whatever, has always acted as though their institution is the only one that offers the true path to eternal salvation and is unshakeable in that conviction, it doesn't really surprise me to hear him say that. Everybody knew that he and every Pope before him feels that way, otherwise they...

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How do you know that you're not gay? Have you experimented to check? I know I'm not gay because I do not feel any sort of sexual attraction towards men, only towards women. There was no real need for me to experiment (by which I assume you mean have sexual experiences of some sort which a same-sex partner), because the lack of desire to experiment already told me the answer to the question.

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Do poker books really make a difference in how you play? If you read them with a view to learning from them, then of course they will make a difference; it is only if you think your game is perfect and aren't interested in learning that that won't affect your play, but then why would you be reading a poker book in the first place in that case? I personally picked up many good tips from the first poker book I read after a couple of years...

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Do poker books really make a difference in how you play? edit - computer went funny and double-posted, please flag this for removal.

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Tool or a perfect circle? I don't like the way people always try and compare the two, they are not especially similar, the only thing they have in common is Maynard James Keenan sings in both bands. But the answer is easy anyway for me... there is no band more moving, more hypnotic, more captivating and more accomplished than Tool.

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What do you think is the best Rob Zombie solo or with White Zombie? I never really got into Rob Zombie's solo stuff, although most people I knew when it came out loved it... personally I always preferred White Zombie, I don't think any of his solo albums can compare with Astro Creep 2000 for sheer quality throughout.

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In doubles when my serve or ground stroke is called "out" by one opponent but "good" by his partner, whose call is correct? Who gets the point? The tennis league I play in is entirely doubles matches and this happens incredibly often. Really it is up to the two of them to argue it out... if you have a clear feeling that your shot was in then it is probably in your interests to say so though, and since it is 3 against 1 the player who called it out will usually accept that he probably made a mistake and you will get the point. However...

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Why is it Mc Donald's can churn out a thousand burgers an hour, but order one damb cup of coffee and you're waiting 5 minutes? I think it is probably the same reason that the milkshake machine is always out of order...

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2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (8 pm EST tonight): Choose American or National League (...even if you don't know what this is!)? I always support the AL because my team (the Bluejays) is an AL team and I cheer for the Jays players especially... however this year there is only one Bluejay on the roster (Alex Rios), there isn't Vernon Wells, Roy Halladay, BJ Ryan and Troy Glaus too like last year, so there is less bias involved than usual and I do feel it would be good if the NL won one for a change, so although I...

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Why are people Cubs fans and not White Sox, when there is obviously a right choice? I don't understand either... if you enjoy seeing runs scored and home runs hit, you are guaranteed them at a White Sox game given how awful their pitching staff is... it's not quite so guaranteed at a Cubs game. Plus Wrigley Field is so OLD compared to Cellular Field... it may have great history and nostalgia value, but the car parking is terrible and its hot dogs just don't...

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In a week or two, I'm going to go to a tenis camp for a couple of days. I'm not very good though, because the only sport I've ever really played was soccer. Do you have any tips for a beginer? As a beginner you shouldn't worry too much about it, the coaches there will put you straight on anything you are doing grossly wrong so just go in ready to take advice and constructive criticism and your game will improve rapidly and provide you with a lot of enjoyment. There are however 2 basic tips I will mention, and they are very basic to the point where you might wonder why I'm...

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What player has played for the most MLB teams? This is a duplicate of http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/282465 - it is nice to know that my answer given there is at least partly correct though!

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Who had the most MLB hits in the 1980's? The correct answer is not Wade Boggs, it is actually Robin Yount with 1731 hits... Boggs had only 1597, chiefly because he only made his debut in 1982 and therefore gave everyone else a 2 year head-start.

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If they remade Gone With the Wind today, who should play Scarlett and who should play Rhett? My wife needs to know. She doesn't believe I'm actually doing this. I would cast Jude Law and Kate Winslet.

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It's common knowledge that Michleangelo did the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, but who was the artisan behind the *Floor*? Probably one of the other turtles, Donatello, Raphael or Leonardo. Seriously, according to an article I found here (http://romanchurches.wikia.com/wiki/Cappella_Sistina) the floor pre-dates the rest of the chapel by approx 20 years, so can't readily be attributed to the likely architect of the chapel, Giovannino Dei Dolci. It is described as being Comatesque, but I was unable to really...

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Whats the most annoying thing in the world When your computer freezes or goes into some sort of techno-tantrum while you are typing something reasonably lengthy (a piece of schoolwork, a chapter of your MA thesis, or even just a long and well-thought out answer on AB) and you haven't taken any steps to save what you have written. It just makes you want to cry and break things (order flexible).

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If the soul is the principle of life, does it follow that plants have souls? Perhaps... but one could also phrase the question, does it follow that plants aren't actually alive? If we are defining life in more spiritual, soulful terms than simply performing the acts of breathing, feeding and so on then I would more tempted to agree that plants weren't truly "alive" than I would be to credit them with having "souls". Of course, the above...

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Does Slavery still exist today in Britain? In areas of northern England, especially Yorkshire, there is still some residual slave culture in operation... it usually involves a male owner, or "husband", with a female slave, or "wife", who is kept without pay to fulfil basic household duties such as cooking, cleaning, ironing and looking after offspring. There may also be a sexual side to the duties required of her,...

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What's one phrase you'd be happy to see gone? "Political correctness" What most people think of as being "politically correct" is actually just common politeness and courtesy. You shouldn't use racial slurs or stereotypes because it is rude and offensive... "political correctness" has nothing to do with it. Whenever people complain about political correctness running their lives, most of the time they...

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Im 13 and the theme of my birthday party is "Harry Potter" Does anyone have any ideas for games? There must be some way of adapting Quidditch so that it doesn't need flying broomsticks and be can played on foot, surely? edit - you could also play that game where you stick a character's name on each others foreheads and have to ask questions to find out who you are...

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Who was your favorite cartoon character growing up? I had loads of He-man action figures that I collected so I suppose it must have been him... I don't really remember liking it that much though, I just remember having the figures.

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Do you like to eat at other peaples homes? Only gingerbread houses that I stumble across when lost in the woods (although I am careful never to go inside if the old lady who lives there asks me in)... in that situation I will eat a chunk of the wall to sustain me until I find my trail of breadcrumbs again, but otherwise no, I prefer not to eat anybody's home. It is a mean thing to do, and also a little chewy. edit - haha, either...

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What is the difference between whisky, rum, scotch, vodka,Gin,tequila and other hard liquors They are all distilled in different ways, using different processes, from different ingredients, to create drinks that taste very different from one another. The only similarity is that they all contain alcohol in high percentage terms (approx 37.5% and upwards). This is rather like asking what the difference between an apple and a porcupine is... one doesn't really know where to begin...

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How can it be decided who serves first in tennis ? and howmany serves each player gets? The server in tennis is decided by a coin toss at the start (on in club tennis, a spin of the racket or other 50/50 random chance event), with the winner of the toss getting the choice of whether to serve first or receive serve. As for how many serves each player gets, they receive two serves maximum per point, and serve until either they or their opponent has won the game... this is not...

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How does the following question get marked as NONSENSE? It's not nonsense, it's abuse! I work all day, 1 yr old yorkie caged up 10 hrs, i fall asleep on couch when i get home, so tired, let her play in the house. woke up, she chewed the legs on my dining This is a question for the admin as it is they who rejected the question ultimately, and it is better asked via e-mail (admin@answerbag.com) than by kicking up a stink on the main pages because somebody (or somebodies) found fault with your question and you're feeling a little huffy about it. E-mail the admin and hopefully they will explain. Unless of course your real purpose is just to...

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I am a red fox. Most people don't believe me, and most people said that they wanted me to upload a picture of myself using AnswerBag to AnswerBag. Would you want me to? If at least 75 tell me they want me to, then I'll consider it. I have no interest in seeing pictures of you, either your real picture or that of any furry animal you may choose to pretend to be, so when you are adding up the votes please subtract one from the total to reflect my utter lack of interest.

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Where is the bike school? The motorcycle school is in Las Venturas, in the Blackfield area in the western outskirts of the city, just south of the large stadium.

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Why do 14 teen year olds always hit on girls way out of their league? I think it is probably because at that age they have yet to be scarred by any of the rejections that older men know they would get from asking out people who are "out of their league"... so they have the courage and the boldness to do it because they are naive enough to think that the girl in question might be interested, whereas a 20-something might think "nah, there's no...

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Dealer is showing a six you have a 10 & 5 what do you do? You always stand against a dealer's 6 with any total 12 or over... there is a high probability of the dealer busting when they hit, which they have to do, so it is better to rely on that chance than take your own chances of drawing a 6 or below. In fact the optimum blackjack strategy would have you stand against any dealer card from 2 thru 6 with cards totalling 15, so this is a definite...

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If a batter reaches base on an error, does that count as an at bat with no hit to the batter? Yes, that is exactly how it is scored... if someone does this 5 times in a game, his batting line will be 0 for 5, not 0 for 0.

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Which band do you think is the best in the HXC genre? (Underoath, Norma Jean, As I Lay Dying, Zao, War of Ages, etc.) I'm not really sure how far the hardcore genre stretches, or if HXC even means hardcore or is more specific than that, because genres and labelling bands is not really something I do, but I am a huge fan of Norma Jean, and would also like to throw Converge and Dillinger Escape Plan out there as contenders if they fit the genre requirements. If they don't, I still like them a lot...

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Did language evolve because of our need to be able to gossip? I think language eveolved because women needed a way to express their annoyance at men leaving the toilet seat up...

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When a guy asks me if I have a boyfriend and when I tell them no,they are always surprised, why is that? and then they ask me why don't I have one? I never know what to say....what should I say? Usually when a guy says something like that, they are actually trying to convey that they find you very attractive and are surprised that you don't have a boyfriend because they think you must get a lot of offers from potential candidates. It is probably intended as a compliment rather than them thinking you are weird because you don't have a boyfriend, but it does sound a bit odd I...

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I need to know how much is nine million eight hundred thousand british pounds sterling is worth in u.s.a dollars At the moment the pound is very strong against the US dollar so you can get around 2 dollars to the pound... so it is worth approximately double the number of pounds, ie. approx $19.6million

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Do you say pancakes, hotcakes, flapjacks, or something else? Well they are all different things, so when I am talking about pancakes I say "pancakes", when I am talking about flapjacks I say "flapjacks", and actually I don't know exactly what a hotcake is so I never say that... but to be honest I don't know what this question is asking.

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What pitcher has given up the most home runs in the 2007 season? To date (6th July) the answer is Ervin Santana of the Angels, who has given up 21 homers in 101 innings. Just behind him is Cole Hamels of the Phillies with 20 in 118.2 innings. Obviously this is a misleading stat in judging pitcher quality though, since the better you are the more innings you will throw and the more chance there is of you getting hit for a home run... if I could find a list of...

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A child wants a toy and he's determined to win his way with the application of sheer vocal volume... Is this something that we outgrow, or are we inherently selfish? I think it is an inherently human trait to try your hardest to get what you want, and we do not grow out of it. However we do learn better methods of getting what we want, and we do learn to take other people's thoughts and feelings into consideration too, although may not always choose to. I would very much like a shiny new laptop... but I realise that standing in the aisles at PC World...

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Was the winning pitcher of a game ever decided post game by the scorer instead of the rules in use today? In some instances today the winning pitcher is decided by the scorer as a judgement call on who was the "most effective" in relief... and the winning pitcher is ALWAYS decided post-game, because until the game is over you don't know which team has won... so I'm afraid I don't really know what you are trying to ask here, sorry.

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Who holds the record for most strike outs in a game for the cleveland Indians? The most strikeouts in a game by a Cleveland Indian's pitcher is 19 by Luis Tiant on 3rd July 1968 against Minnesota; however this was in a 10 inning game. The record for a 9 inning game is held at 18 by Bob Feller against Detroit on 2nd Oct 1938.

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Where do you find katie Zhan in GTA san andreus She is stood on the easternmost green of the golf course at the Avispa Country Club in San Fierro, doing Tai Chi or something. Her house where you meet her after that is up in NW San Fierro near the Gant bridge, but it will appear on the map after you meet her at the golf course so you shouldn't have any trouble finding that.

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What is your favourite tame insult from when you were young? I like 'Gaylord'. My friends and I used to call each other "div" a lot...

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Roger Clemens became just the eighth pitcher to win 350 MLB games, and first since who last did so in 1963? Warren Spahn I believe. There must be a couple of others out there knocking on the door of 350 by now, mustnt there? How many does Randy Johnson have? Or Greg Maddux even? I know Glavine is just short of 300...

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Who is the best all-rounder in cricket that ever lived? I think there are only two names that people would seriously mention for this accolade, and they would be Sir Garfield Sobers and (soon to be Sir) Ian Botham. Sobers was a fantastic batsman, setting the highest Test match score in history at the time he made 365 not out and scoring over 8000 runs in total at an average of over 57. His tally of 235 wickets is less stunning, but he took these by...

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What jobs bring in $100,00 a year? Have you forgotten a zero and mean $100,000? Or have you misplaced the comma and mean $10,000? Or have you mis-typed a comma when you meant a full stop and you mean $100.00? It is very hard to answer without knowing what you mean, because you can make $100.00 mowing lawns, but it takes a little more effort and intelligence to make $100,000 (maybe you would need to trim the hedges as well for...

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Anyone else notice how they have mysteriously erased Chris Benoit from the WWE? Watched Smackdown on Friday- no mention, and no fans with signs and no arm bands with his initials, like when Eddie Guerrero died. They cancelled Monday Night Raw in his honour last week, so they had given him his tribute in a way already. After more facts were released, it appears that he actually murdered his family before killing himself, which makes it very difficult to celebrate his accomplishments and cheer his name, however much of a good worker he may have been in the wrestling industry. I don't see how the...

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Who was the first athlete to compete in the world series and the superbowl? The first and so far only athlete to play in a World Series and a Superbowl was Deion Sanders, who did this when he played in the 1996 Superbowl for the Dallas Cowboys. He has previously played with the Atlanta Braves in the 1992 World Series. For the record, Dallas beat Pittsburgh 27-17; the Braves lost the World Series 4-2 to the Bluejays however, despite Sanders himself batting .533 and...

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Do you believe that some people on AB think that they are just a little too important in the great scheme of things? Sorry but I am too important to dignify this with an answer...

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What do you think of Answerbag now on facebook? I use Facebook and I use Answerbag, but I have no intention of using the two together. I see the point from an admin point of view, as it will no doubt increase AB site traffic and being linked to Facebook will make advertising space on AB a more valuable commodity, but from the point of view of an existing user I see little value in the so-called "Facebag" application. But I am not...

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If you were to write George W. Bushes campaign slogan when he first ran for presidency, what would you write -knowing everything happened after-? be creative =) "George W Bush - finishing Daddy's wars whatever the consequences"

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Whether you drink or not, how do you personally define alcoholism?? as in, not the text book definition? Personally, I think that once you start drinking without having first consciously asked yourself "do I want a drink?" then you have crossed over into the early stages of alcoholism as you are drinking out of a habit or a subconscious need rather than a conscious decision.

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If a girl is torn between two guys that she loves equally, does that make her a bad person? how can i explain to her that she isnt from a brother-in-law point of view? she is engaged to both guys without either of them knowing. It is one thing to be torn between two guys you have very strong feelings for; this can often happen and can be an agonising and stressful situation as you try and figure out what the hell to do about it. A person in this situation would have my sympathies. However it is another thing to consciously make a promise to marry someone, to spend the rest of your life with them and only them, and to...

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I think that Grand Theft Auto games should be banned; you kill cops to play. How is that good? Why do you (if you like to play it) play this evil game? What is the addiction exactly? Why not stick to games like SOCOM where you kill terrorists? Your question seems to suggest that not all human life is equally valuable, that killing a terrorist is acceptable while killing a police officer is not. While this may seem a reasonable point of view in this instance, it sets off a very slippery slope of thinking if not all people are equal, if it is ok to kill one type of person but a crime punishable to the fullest extent of the law to kill...

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What is the difference between texas holdem and regular poker? The chief difference is in the way the cards are dealt. In "regular" poker, or draw poker to give it its proper name, each player is dealt 5 cards which are unique to him and him alone... he may then trade any number of these cards for new ones from the deck to try and improve his hand. In Texas Hold'Em poker, each player is dealt only 2 cards to begin the hand... then there are...

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Can anyone beleive the Royals are ahead of the White Sox right in the middle of the seventh? Yes, baseball is a very competitive sport where any team can beat any other on any day... even a team that wins 100 games in a season is still losing 3 games out of every 8 they play! When you consider how horrible the White Sox have been the last 2 months then the Royals winning a series against them would be unsurprising, let alone leading them mid-way through a single game! Especially when...

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Will the Royals finish with a better record than the yankees in 2007? No, not even close... the Royals won't win more than 70 games maximum, while the Yankees will end up at least .500, probably better (although this is still not very good for them). For now the Royals should really be trying to compare themselves to teams like Tampa Bay, Texas, Cincinatti and Washington and trying to out-perform those; once they are doing that, they can set their sights a...

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Where do I find MLB 2007 pitching stats For current seasons, I use http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/sortable_player_stats.jsp - this is the official MLB homesite and allows you to sort hitters and pitchers into order based on any statistical category.

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Being from the US, what University in England is good to get your graduate degree? Aside from Oxford and Cambridge Precisely which universities are good and which are not depends on the subject you are going to study, but in general terms I would suggest Nottingham, Durham, Bristol, some of the London ones like LSE (London School of Economics), Edinburgh (if you are prepared to go to Scotland and not just England), Sheffield. Some may disagree with one on the list or think I missed another off it that...

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I found an oval white pill in my friend's car. It has a "Z" on one side and the number "69" on the other. Does anyone know what it is? It depends whether it is an oval pill or an oblong pill. You say it is an oval pill, but you put this question in the oblong pill category, so without knowing the shape for sure I'm afraid I can't help you.

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The same companies campaigning against lung cancer and against smoking are the same companies that sell these cigarettes. They know the carcinogens get people hooked. Here is a question: Why the f*** is everything such a hoax? Is this really the case though? I never saw a cigarette company lobby against smoking, I never saw a brewery campaigning for beer to be banned... so I query the whole basis of this question, sorry.

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Who's that person that you just can't seem to get off your mind? Right now it is a girl called Charlotte... met her for the first time at a wedding this weekend and even though she ended up getting off with someone else we still hit it off really well and we have filled each other's cellphone inboxes with texts yesterday and today. Even if nothing comes of it, I'm feeling very happy to have made a very cool new friend and am thinking about her a...

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______ is a girls best friend? The Knife is a girl's best friend. Which girl? All of them ;)

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Regaring Alanis Morrisette's "Ironic", I think that rain on your wedding day is more foreshadowing than ironic. Which do you think it is and why? Rain on your wedding day would be ironic if you had changed the wedding date a couple of times after looking at the weather forecast and moved it to a new date where the forecast said it was less likely to rain. Otherwise it's just bad luck. I was at a wedding on Saturday where it was raining, thunder started rolling as they were signing the register... now THAT is foreshadowing!

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If a ball lands very close to the baseline, and the player at the last moment sees that the ball is out and he simultaneously yells "out" just as he strikes the ball, how is the point scored. From my experience it can often be very difficult calling balls as you play a shot, because you have to prepare for your shot as though the ball were going to be in; if it then lands out, most opponents I know will be ok with you calling as you play the shot or even a second or so after your shot and will allow your call to stand, presuming of course that your call was correct! I have certainly...

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What is the "clucking cock is not ready yet" on the Santa Maria Beach? The "Clucking Cock" mission is one of two side missions CJ can do, they take the form of triathlon races where he swims, cycles then runs in a race against 11 others. The name of the missions (the other one is found up near Fisher Lagoon and is called "Beat The Cock" I think) comes from the fact that one of the people you race against is dressed in a chicken suit. I think...

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If you had the fund to send a child would you send him or her to a public or private school? I would send them to a public school... I went to a private school myself, and although academically I received a fantastic education, life at that school wasn't really very representative of life in society in general I found, and so I felt very underprepared for the everyday interactions that go on in life and felt like it took me a while after I finished there to catch up to everyone...

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What was the champs name who had emotional brakedown in the ring, and stop boxing, his title and belt went to the #1 contender at that time it was Lenox Lewis and I believe it was in the late 1990? It was Oliver McCall who broke down during a fight with Lennox Lewis in 1997 and started crying, refusing to defend himself and forcing the referee to stop the match and award it to Lewis. Wikipedia mentions it here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_mccall#Lewis_vs._McCall_II

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Hi, does anyone know if it is legal for U.K campsites to take a non refundable deposit for a two night pitch? My parents have been charged a 75% deposit which seems very unfair. Thanks in advance! 75% seems high, but a non-refundable deposit upon booking is pretty common and certainly not illegal; I would expect it to be more in the 20% range though. If they are holding a pitch for someone who doesn't show up and potentailly turning people away who could use that pitch, then it is only fair for the site to get something from the no-shows for that.

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Why is it that a strike in baseball is when you miss, and a strike in bowling is when you hit? That is only the case when you think about baseball from the batter's perspective. From the perspective of the one pitching the ball, a strike is when you hit your target with a successful throw, just the same as in bowling.

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What does it mean to troll? In general online terms, and not just the peculiar AB definitions that people use on here, it means to post content with the aim of offending, making people angry or provoking them into a negative reaction so as to start a "flame war", ie. an exchange of insults and abuse. Trolling is frowned upon because it disrupts usually peaceful communities and affected sites can become very...

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Who do you support in the premirship? I was born and raised fairly close to Old Trafford, so I always cheer on Man Utd to the title along with 10 million other people across the world... however I also look out for several other teams across the divisions and by no means consider myself a genuine Manchester United fan.

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Who hols the record for most runs batted in in one game? I believe the record stands at 12, held jointly by Jim Bottomley way back on 16th Sept 1924, and more recently by Mark Whiten on 7th Sept 1993, both while playing for St Louis Cardinals. Here is the box score from the 1993 game for reference - http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CIN/CIN199309072.shtml

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Do you have a degree? What in? BA, First Class Hons, in Classics (a blend of Latin, Ancient Greek, Classical Literature and Ancient History).

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I've noticed that some ABers have an "Expert in..." category in their profile. How do you get one of those? Expert status in a category is awarded to the user who has accumulated the most points from answering questions within that category (subject to a minimum number of answers being submitted I believe). It is a way of both recognising the user's consistent quality of input on the subject and also making people aware that if they ask a question in that category, that person is the one whose...

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How long does it take to go accross the U.S.A from left to right? It depends which way you are facing when you set off. If you are facing West and standing on the Canadian border, it will take a lot less time than if you are standing on the East coast facing North.

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I got downrated for an answer and noticed that it didn't affect the number of points left to reach the next level. Is the way it's supposed to be? Yes, negative points awarded against your submissions do not get subtracted from your cumulative points total - this total can only go up, not down. Maybe they should be deducted from it, but people tend to get so outraged at any negative feedback that it is probably best they don't!

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Are the people here that down rate your questions and answers the same "report Nazis" at Yawho? Just wondering. I seem to notice a pattern developing. Why would YOU do that? (Down rate.)? Speaking as someone who probably downrates more than most on this site, I have never used the Yahoo answer site at any point. I downrate for a variety of reasons, but my general rule of thumb is that if I read something that makes me think "whoever wrote that owes me 5 seconds of my life back for time wasted reading it" then I downrate it.

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Who was the only major league baseball player to hit a home run in his first major league baseball game.? Billy Parker hit a home run in his debut on Sept 8th 1971, playing for the Angels. However his career was not a great success, playing only 94 major league games over 3 years. He is the first name I found looking this up. However Elijah Dukes hit a home run in not only his debut on April 2nd this year but his first official at bat, and this article about that -...

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Do you think Barry Bonds should be elected to the hall of Fame? I don't like him, I think he is a terrible role model for young kids and players and I think his presence and the circus that goes around him actually hurts the chances of his team to succeed. But by the end of this season he will almost certainly have hit more home runs than anybody in the history of the game, so regardless of the issues above I don't see how you can leave him out....

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What is your Favorite Monty Python song? It has to be "Oliver Cromwell", educational as well as stupid! Actually it doesn't have to be, it could be "Knights of the Round Table" from the Holy Grail film... some of the rhymes in that are just hilariously contrived.

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If drug education in school was based more on facts and actual experiences of drug addicts and addictions, instead of tactics of fear and "just say no", do you think that drug use would decrease, increase, or stay the same among the school age population? I think teenagers always appreciate being treated like adults, and would respond more positively to an approach which is balanced and at least acknowledges that drugs can be fun in some instances. When schools and parents tell kids that drugs are bad and will kill you and just don't do them ok, the kids know they are only getting part of the story and they are left to find out the rest of...

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Do you have any theories as to why metal seems to be more popular than punk? And, no, "because it's better" does not count as an answer. Because punk and its spirit is all about being anti-mainstream and underground, so whenever a punk band gets some sort of mainstream success and develops a large fanbase they tend to be re-classified as pop-punk or some offshoot like that, and not treated as proper punk any more. So in a way punk followers and some of the bands almost preclude themselves from becoming popular because they feel...

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What did you think about eddie guerrero? I thought he was a good solid worker who the WWE could always depend upon for a good heel performance. He never really caught my imagination too much at any point to be honest, but it is people like him who allow the other "bigger" stars to shine their brightest and he was a valuable asset to the sports entertainment business before his sad passing.

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If you had a vote for the Baseball Hall of Fame, would you vote for Sammy Sosa now that he has 600 home runs? I would, and for that matter I would have voted Mark McGwire in too. Without those two, baseball would have the popularity level of hockey in the US right now. The public were so p***ed off with the players after the 94 World Series got cancelled over perceived player greed (it was more complex than that of course, but that was the perception), attendances were falling, baseball was in decline....

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What is the name of the book closest to you "Men At Arms", it is a Terry Pratchett book I finished a couple of weeks ago but haven't got round to filing away on the shelf yet...

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When Conan looks directly into the camera during Late Night do you feel as if he's peering into your soul? It is hard to say, since I traded away my soul in return for a plague of injuries on the New York Yankees pitching staff... but it does give me a little tingle down below if it is any use to you to know that.

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When do you suspect Bill O'Reilly will come out of the closet? If he were in fact gay, I would hazard that he would never willingly reveal it. He would be more likely to say "Bill Clinton isn't actually the Antichrist" than to come out being homosexual, and as a staunch Republican (which he is, despite his false claims to be 'independent') you can see how likely that is!

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HAHAHAHEEHEEHOHUMHOHUMFIDDLEDEDEEFIDDLEDEDEEADININITUMYAWNYAWNETC. Can any body work out what I am sayling! I doubt it would be worth my time or effort to try.

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Whats the weirdest name you have ever heard? boy or girl. At university I met an Asian student called Wee Dong. I'm not sure how "Wee" is actually spelt in his name, the correct spelling is probably not as funny, but he pronounced it that way when he introduced himself.

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Would it make you uncomfortable to think "I like myself" ? If so, why do you think that is? No, I think liking oneself and being contented with the person you are is a vital thing for a person to try and achieve, and it would give me great satisfaction to be able to think that someday. Obviously conceit, pride and arrogance are ugly creatures and should be avoided, and I would be annoyed with myself if I felt I had slipped too far into a habit of one of those vices, but a healthy...

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Have you noticed any changes in your outlook since becoming an AB member? Fewer preconceived notions, more accepting of others, less judgmental? Not really... if anything I would say any preconceived notions I may have had have been reinforced. Of course, whether this is a good or a bad thing depends on exactly what those notions are!

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Do you think that Britney Spears is hot or Christina Agulira? I don't think Britney Spears is particularly hot, although I do feel sorry for her. Nor do I think that she is Christina Aguilera. The first is just my opinion, you are free to disagree, but the second is a fact.

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If you could impart one piece of wisdom to the young women of today, what would it be? Don't expect to be treated equally with men and still expect them to hold doors open for you. Both literally and figuratively... don't pick and choose when you want to act like a helpless, weak young woman to suit you and when you want to be treated on an equal footing with men, because people will lose respect for you if you do.

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Is Ahhiyawa a Mycenean kingdom? I'm aware of the controversies but I need expert opinions. I'm not actually able to help you with this, but to be honest you don't deserve any help for being daft enough to ask for expert opinions on obscure areas of history on Answerbag. Most people here are barely 'expert' enough to answer questions on their favorite breakfast cereal, let alone ones about academic debates...

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What is scarier? a killer clown or a real frankenstein? Probably the clown, since he would actually kill people. Although scientists like Frankenstein are capable of doing great harm if they mis-apply their knowledge or do not think through the consequences of their inventions, the whole scientific process as a whole has greatly benefited mankind in a vast number of different fields, so the good outweighs the evil, and it definitely is less scary...

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Is it too early to be excited at the prospects of Lewis Hamilton? No, not at all. He has won two races and leads the championship, and as nearly half the season has gone now it is certainly reasonable to get excited about the chances of him ending up champion at the end of the season in my opinion. As for the future beyond this season, he will always be in demand to drive for the best teams, so he will always be a contender in future seasons too... his...

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Why are the critics so hard on Angel Cabrera for smoking cigs & beating Tiger Woods during the US open? It is all part of the great demonization of smoking by society as a whole - nobody can pass up the opportunity to tut at a smoker and offer a negative opinion any more. Smoking used to be cool around the 80s and early 90s, nowadays frothing at the mouth at the evils of smoking is even cooler. There may be an element of the US media disliking the fact that their supreme athlete, Tiger Woods, was...

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Dean Stone was the winning pitcher in the 1954 All -Star game. What made his win so unique? I'm going to take a guess and say he is the only pitcher to win an all-star game by throwing only one pitch. Or is it the fact that he wasn't named to the original all-star squad and was called up as a replacement that makes him unique?

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Did anyone watch WWE RAW last night and if so do you agree that the whole "death" of Vince is extreamly boring? I have been wayching WWE for 20 years but am seriously thinking of giving it a miss next week now! I don't know about boring, it is a new sort of storyline for the WWE to be using and I am kind of interested to see what sort of job their writing team do of handling it. I am worried that it will prove beyond them however, since they don't usually show an awful lot of imagination and I can see this turning into a tedious murder mystery of sorts, which would have me turning off until...

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What's your favorite song about a knife? "Knife Party" by Deftones is my favorite song with the word 'knife' in the title, which I assume is what this question really means... I never heard a song written that was actually about a knife.

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Anybody else got love for captain planet? Not really love as such, but I do recognise that he is a hero, and fully commend him for his desire to take pollution down to zero...

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Who was the 25th NL pitcher and 34th MLB pitcher to accomplish the nine-strike/three-strikeout half inning feat? According to my sources, the 34th pitcher to do this in Major League Baseball was Pedro Martinez against Seattle in 2002, but this was in the AL and has nothing to do with the Astros. However the 25th occasion this happened in the NL was Brandon Backe pitching for the Astros against the Brewers in 2004, so this might be what you mean, although he was actually the 24th NL pitcher to do it, not...

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What are the possibilities of someone driving a Monte Carlo toward Monte Carlo on the Riviera to play Monte Carlo? Possible, but only half as likely as Jack Black hitting a blackjack dealer over the head with a blackjack...

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Who is Jamaica's best footballer at the moment? As Firebrand suggests, the Jamaican team is not as strong as it was in the Reggae Boyz era, so there are relatively few players who catch the eye. However I would suggest Ricardo Gardner, who currently plays left back for Bolton Wanderers to a very high standard every week in the Premiership, is probably their most accomplished player. I'm not sure whether he still plays for the national...

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Why did Fifa/Uefa originally give Zinedine Zidane a 3 match ban for headbutting Materazzi if he already announced he was going to retire? Because he might have changed his mind, due to an injury crisis in the squad or something. If that happened there would be an outcry over him being able to play when he should have been banned, and it would be too late for FIFA to launch disciplinary proceedings without making themselves look like a laughing stock. Far simpler just to hand out the punishment right away, especially since there...

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WWE fans- Do you like Smackdown! or RAW! better? I prefer Raw, the depth of talent on their roster is a lot better I think. There are some good superstars on Smackdown, like the Undertaker and Edge, and some solid pros who can hold a good match like Chris Benoit, though he just got drafted I think... but a lot of the Smackdown show is less than compulsive viewing, whereas the Raw show is good quality writing and action most of the way...

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In the National Leauge, is there a limit to the number of innings that a pitcher is permitted to pitch per series or per week? No, a pitcher can pitch as many times as he can, for as many pitches as he can, subject to him only making one appearance per game ie. he can't leave the game and re-enter it again. If he can start every day and throw 200 pitches, there is no rule against him doing that as far as I am aware, although obviously nobody would be physically capable of doing that.

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Bases are loaded with 2 outs in a High school game. Third strike dropped ball rule is called. Can the batter run to 1st base if all bases are occupied or all the runners advance or is the batter out because the base is occupied? He is entitled to try and reach 1st base on the error, just like any other time... however all the other runners on base are required to run too, so unless it is a wild pitch or a passed ball then the catcher should be able to block the plate and tag out the runner advancing to home even if he doesn't have time to throw the batter out at 1st or tag him out. So really the batter may as well...

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In Liberty City Stories, where is the "Love Media" place where you are suppoed to take vehicles to? It is in the SW of Staunton Island, in the area marked as Bedford Point on the map. From standing opposite Donald Love's offices where the first of his missions begins, facing west, head right (north) up that road, then take the first left. At the end of that small road, turn left again so you are heading back south down the road parallel to the one you began on. The garage for delivering...

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Should major league managers “count pitches” that their pitchers throw and pull them from games after a certain point is reached? Within reason, yes. Especially with starting pitchers who are either relatively new and so don't have such great arm stamina, and with those who are recently returned from injury. The baseball season is a long one and these guys go through an awful lot of work, so it is often in the best interests of the team long-term to lift a pitcher based on how many pitches he has thrown rather than...

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What did the last text message you recieved say? "Yeah sure"

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The other day I had pocket aces. the flop had 2 diamonds on it. I raised big to knock out the flush chasers. the dealer imediately turns the next card before the player behind can bet. What should happen next? You mean that the dealer dealt the turn card before the remaining players had a chance to respond to your raise? The card he dealt should be declared a mis-deal and returned to the pack, which should be thoroughly shuffled, and play can resume from there... at least if I were running the game that is what I would do. If I am understanding the scenario wrong for some reason then please clarify...

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Where are the z and y buttons on the ps2 controller There aren't any. There is one direction pad, a left analog stick and a right analog stick, the circle/square/triangle/cross buttons, the four buttons on the shoulder of the controller which are L1 and L2 on the left, R1 and R2 on the right, and the L3 and R3 buttons which are activated by pressing down on the left and right analog sticks respectively. There are no other buttons for gameplay.

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Vince Mc Mahon of WWE is presumed dead in a limo explosion. Now, is this a fairy tale traded by WWE.COM or a fact? If its a fact, why isnt there a single line of his death, tragic as it appears, on CNN or BBC? It is just a plotline, that is why you don't hear about it anywhere outside WWE.com - if they are in fact killing Vince off as a character then I think it would be the first time it has been done, but then it happens all the time in other soap operas and TV shows so why not in the WWE? It is more like a soap opera than a sports event after all. But don't go worrying yourself that Mr...

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Which player has the most post season home runs against the Yankees? Luckily for you I was bored enough to flick through lots of the old postseason boxscores and try and figure out some sort of answer for you... first I found plenty of players who have hit 4 postseason homers against the Yankees (just to put the numbers into perspective, the leading postseason home run hitter is Bernie Williams with 22, and the leading non-Yankee is Manny Ramirez with 20), and...

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Who has the record for most hits before age 24? Ty Cobb has the most hits prior to his 24th birthday, with 959. Buddy Lewis is second on 943, and the top 10 is rounded out by Mel Ott, Al Kaline, Robin Yount, Freddie Lindstrom, Ken Griffey, George Davis, Vada Pinson and Alex Rodriguez.

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How was it determined to change balls after seven games in professional tennis matches? I expect that it was simply noticed that this is how long it took on average for balls to start to decrease in quality and "fluff up", or be adversely affected by the court surface they were being used on... I doubt they did lots of scientific tests in labs or anything, it was simply obvious that ball changes were necessary for the players to be able to play without their level of...

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What was the highest scoring Major League Baseball game? Back in 1922 the Cubs beat the Phillies 26-23, those 49 runs are a record that still stands.

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HOW CAN A PITCHER HAVE 4 STRIKEOUTS IN ONE INNING When a batter is struck out it is still possible for him to reach base if the catcher doesn't gather the ball properly, so in theory if you have a lousy catcher then there is no limit to the number of strikeouts there could be in an inning!!! On the occasions that there have been 4 strikeouts in the same inning, it is because the pitcher has struck out 3 batters in the regular way plus one...

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What song whose title is just the name of a woman is your favorite? Jolene by Dolly Parton, or if I'm feeling more metal, Jennifer by The Blood Brothers.

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What three mlb players (1 retired, 1 active, 1 coach ) in consecutive games hit at least 1 home run? There are hundreds of players who have hit home runs in consecutive games, you will have to be more specific... do you mean players who have had multiple home runs in consecutive games, or do you mean a certain number of consecutive games with a home run? Because the way you phrase the question, there are too many possible answers to list. Just this season, A-Rod has had two 4-game home-run...

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For you Poker players out there...have you ever drawn a natural Royal Flush in a real-world game? No, although I rarely play in the "real world" and rarely play draw poker so it isn't surprising. I have only ever had one royal flush in the several years I have played the game, and that was online in a texas hold'em game.

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When was the last time a baseball game was played to completion without a single RBI? Excluding tonights A's Twins game... I've checked back through some boxscores of low-scoring games from last season, and unless I missed one then I think the last time was May 10th 2006 when Tampa Bay beat Seattle 1-0 and the only run scored on a balk by Jamie Moyer. Scorecard here if you want it - http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SEA/SEA200605100.shtml

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What should be done about A-Rods interference with play? Fine? Suspension? Game Forfeited? Nothing? Not sure how objectively I can answer this as a Bluejays fan, but I'll try anyway. The Yankees should forfeit the game and he should be shot in the head. Yup, I figured it might come out a little biased! Seriously though, there is no call for gamesmanship of that sort, it demeans the game, himself and his team. Troy Glaus of the Jays said afterwards that if one of his teammates had done...

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I'm doing research for a short story I'm writing and can't seem to find the answer to this question: Who's home run record did Babe Ruth break? Or did he lead the category from it's inception? Babe Ruth passed the all-time major league home run record in 1921 when he hit his 139th home run - the previous record was held by Roger Connor, who hit 138 home runs in his career from 1880-1897, including the big league's first ever grand slam (which was also a walk-off shot!). He was elected to the hall of fame in 1976.

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Every now and then I come across someone who holds the rather arsehole-esque world-view that the entire Middle East should be nuclear bombed. I wonder, are there many individuals with powerful political positions that share this view? I am sure that there are quite a few powerful political figures hold this view, but fortunately they also realise that the consequences of this would be pretty dire and it wouldn't just remove those pesky turbanned fellows with no comeback, so they don't do it. It won't stop them dreaming about dropping nukes all over everywhere east of the Bosporus and waking up with sticky...

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Do you think the commissioner of baseball should attend the game(s) when Bond is one HR away from Aarons record? What is the reasoning for your answer? I think Bud Selig should attend with a bag of tomatoes and boo and hurl them with the rest of the crowd. To be honest though, the whole steroid controversy is largely Selig's fault... the powers-that-be just ignored clear breaches of the rules, and in many ways still do (I believe a positive steroid test gets something like a 10 game ban now under the "tougher stance"), and then...

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Did Roger Clemens continue to think that he was a chicken after that infamous time he played for the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant softball team? I think he recovered with extensive hypnotherapy, but apparently Ken Griffey Jr's gigantism still flares up from time to time and the Cincinatti Reds have to carry outsized helmets especially just in case.

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Do you think Andy Murray will ever be good enough to win Wimbledon? I think he will be good enough, but there have been a lot of players with the talent to win Wimbledon who haven't for some reason... usually due to a phenomenon like Federer, Sampras or Borg dominating the surface and reducing their opportunities to win it. But he has the all-round game to succeed at the top level on any surface I think, I just hope the British media don't do their...

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Does the bowler and wicket keeper include in the number of fielders on the legside or offside? No, when people discuss fielding set-ups the wicketkeeper and bowler are excluded from it, on the reasonable assumption that they will always be in the same position whatever field is set. So when commentators talk about a 7-2 offside field (ie. packing the covers and gully areas with only 2 men on the leg side) they are making this assumption about keeper and bowler... you can tell from the...

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If the Bears of `85 were to take on the Dolphins of `72, who would win? The Bears would win, the 13 year age deficit would be too much for the 1972 Dolphins to overcome in my view.

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What's a good name for a Scrabble club? The Sc-Rabble Rousers.

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19 batters have hit home runs completely out of Tiger Stadium. Who were the batters? I can add Mickey Tettleton to the list, he hit two out in the same week in 1991.

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Where is the wanted board in the Easter Basin Docks? It is next to the huge crane by one of the ships... follow the little offshoot of the traintracks that leads down to the east into the docks, and the crane should be right in front of you, with the wanted board just beyond it on the left.

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What's the hottest temperature you've experienced? Where and why? Outdoors, it would be when I got off the plane in Luxor, Egypt and walked out into nearly 55 degrees centigrade of desert heat... there was a breeze, but it felt like somebody blowing a hairdryer into my face rather than being refreshing in any way. That is around 125-130 degrees fahrenheit I think, feel free to check my maths! I'd like to say I got used to it while I was there, but I...

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Poker players: in limit holdem, do you ever limp with AA in early position? Not often, because really the hand loses its value when there are too many other players in the pot and too many possible ways for your aces to get cracked; I prefer to raise and get relatively isolated, and then slow-play from that point if I feel it appropriate. The exception would be if there is a particularly aggressive or active player who does a lot of raising still to act behind me, in...

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In a game of texas hold em, the river dealt on the table was a straight of 10, J, Q, K and Ace. I had an Ace and a 7 my mate had a pair of 3's. who wins? You split the pot between you, you both have a straight, 10-J-Q-K-A. The fact that you have an ace in your hand is irrelevant, you make the best hand you can from the two in your hand and the five on the table, and both of you can make the same value straight, so you both take half the pot.

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Texas Hold Em'. You are big blind ($400) mid tournament and kinda short stack. Short stack player to your left goes all in for $1700 pre flop. All others fold. You have $2000 chips remaining and it's $1300 to call. You have K8 suited. Do you call or fold? I fold here, to make that raise from early position means he probably has you beat... he'll be moving on any ace or pocket pair I would expect. It is virtually your whole tournament you are gambling with, better to wait for a spot where you can be the one raising with K8 rather than calling with it in my opinion. If you could see his cards then it is just possible that you could have the...

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No limit Hold-em Tournament, Big Blind is $100 Small Blind is $50. Everyone checks around to the small blind and the small blind says " I raise $300." Question How much does the Raiser have to put in the to complete the action. It could be interpreted as a raise TO 300, or a raise OF 300 (to 400 total)... it depends on the nuances of how it is said, it is impossible to tell what exactly is meant here. I suspect most casinos or tournament directors would interpret it in the first way, ie. as a raise TO 300, but really it is at their discretion. A good way of telling what the raiser actually intends would be to see how...

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Why did Samuel Clemens go by a fake name? Presumably so he wouldn't have to live in the shadow of his famous brother Roger... Seriously, the best I could come up with for this is from the wikipedia article on Twain *grimace* - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain#Pen_names explains why he chose the pen name he did, although the reason for choosing a pen name at all is not explored. It was not a rare thing to do though, and...

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WHAT IS THE AREA OF THE BASE AND THE HEIGHT OF A HEXAGONAL PRISM WITH A VOLUME OF 1200 CENTIMETERS CUBED? There is not enough information provided here unless I am missing something... to calculate the area of the base we either need to know the length of side of the hexagon, or the height from which we can work backwards from the volume.

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Who is tired of people arguing about how much better their stereotype is than someone else's? (emo/goth/prep/skater) and who is tired of people associating these stereotypes with everyone and everything? I am guessing that you are tired of these things. There may be others who feel the same way, but I'm afraid I don't have a list of them to hand, so so far my answer is - you.

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If someone you didn't like was hanging out a window and threatened to jump. Would you pull or push? Honestly, if I don't like them then I wouldn't even allow them to be an issue to me, since I have a general policy of not letting people I don't like influence my life. I would just walk away from them and let them do what they felt like, if they choose to jump then it is their own decision...

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Who would like free points to boost up your profile since the new AB points system? These sort of questions are not allowed, they undermine the point of the site and its answer ratings system...

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Look out the furthest away window, what do you see compared to what you see in the closted window to you? The closest window has a view of a hedge and a gravel driveway, or would do if it wasn't dark. As for the furthest window away, I'm guessing that would be in Australia somewhere so forgive me if I'm not prepared to fly over there and take a look...

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Baseball rule question.man on first and second,no out.The batter hits a ground ball to the shortstop,he fields the ball,runs over to 2nd base,tags the runner(who never leaves the base)then steps on 2nd base and throws to first.whats the call? To the best of my knowledge, that is a forced out on both the runners who are on base, and if the batter doesn't beat out the throw to 1st then it would be a triple play. Also the batting team coach is entitled to call "Moron!!!" at the runner on 2nd for not running when he was forced!

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With the ever increasing age of some players. Do you think that the retirement age can go beyond 40 in football(english) like with teddy? You ask the question as if there is a mandatory age at which players have to retire... every player is different, there are many factors that determine how long a player's career lasts. Injuries may force some to retire earlier than they otherwise would, and position plays a part too... an energetic midfielder won't have the fitness to play his position much past 35, but a striker or...

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What is your favorite poem? I like Rudyard Kipling's "If", even if it is a bit overquoted... I find it a good guide to how life should be approached and a source of inspiration. If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,...

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I'm done with bickering on this site. Anyone with me? It's a fine line between debating opposite points of view and bickering over who is right and who is a stupid jerk... some stay the right side of the line and look like respectful, intelligent human beings, and others slip over to the dark side and look like petulant morons. Realistically nothing can be done about this, so just resolve to try and be one of the former group and not one of...

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How do you make a Ouija board Tell it a long rambling story that doesn't really have any point to it. What is a Ouija anyway?

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Would you consider it rude if someone washed their hands with anti-bacterial gel immediately after shaking hands with you? Not necessarily... the act of shaking hands with someone often makes me aware if my hands are dirty or sweaty when I wasn't previously aware that they were, so if someone did this when shaking hands with me I would probably assume that this is what happened and they just realised that their hands needed a wash. Either that or it would mean my hands were in a bit of a state in which case I...

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When or if Barry Bonds breaks the all-time home run record, what will be the next major league baseball record to fall? Craig Biggio will probably beat the all-time record for being Hit By Pitch next... he has been hit 283 times, and the all-time record is 287.

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What is the best goal you have seen in the premiership this season?Mine is Matt Taylor vs Everton. Michael Essien's goal against Arsenal is my choice, but there were a lot of fantastic quality goals this season...

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In baseball, with two outs and a runner on third. The batter/runner is tagged out going to first, but the runner from third crosses home before the tag is applied. Does the run count? No, if the third out is a forced out (as in this situation) then the run does not count irrespective of whether the run crosses home plate before the out.

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Who watched the FA cup final on 19th may 07?Do you think the ref was biased against manchester united?Don't you think that was a clear goal anyway!!! I don't think the referee was biased against anyone. The goal that won the game was a clear goal. If by the "clear goal" you are referring to something that was not given as a goal at all, such as the incident where Ryan Giggs may have forced the ball over the line, then there was nothing "clear" about it in my opinion. Sometimes marginal decisions go your team's...

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If I used a stain stick on my arm to get a marker stain off, am I going to die? Yes, but you will also die even if you don't do it. We all die, you see. I would try not to worry about it too much and get on with life, with or without stain sticks.

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What is the origin of the phrase, "Iuppiter iratus ergo nefas" (meaning, "Jupiter, you're angry therefore you're wrong")? It actually means "Jupiter is angry, therefore it is unlawful/morally wrong"... it is Jupiter who is angry in this sentence, not anybody else, and it is 'wrong' in the moral sense as opposed to factual matters or right and wrong; moreover, it is not a person who is being described as unlawful, it is some understood 'thing' that is presumably being discussed in the...

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Which current premiership player has won the league, fa cup ,world cup, european champions league, and the league cup. My first instinct was to say Gilberto Silva of Arsenal... but I don't think he won the Champions League. My other guess would be Thierry Henry, but same problem, unless he did win the Champions League during his one season with Juventus? I also thought of Claude Makelele, but he wasn't in the French 1998 World Cup winning side, so I don't believe there is a current premiership...

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On Wednesday night, May 9th, when Jamie Moyer of the Phillies started against Arizona’s Randy Johnson, what was significant about that pitching match up? It was the oldest combined age of any two starting left-handed pitchers... but I forget what the total age was, and whose record it beat! It was the 3rd time the record had been passed this season though, I think maybe Johnson v David Wells was the old one? And I expect the record will be surpassed again by the close of this season.

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In tennis, are the scoring words like 'deuce' the same in all languages? No, I distinctly remember during the French Open hearing the umpires call out "egalité" at "deuce" score... I assume there are other variations in other languages too. Obviously the numbers are translated into the relevant language too...

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What are the most important reasons to get rich? The poor should not answer this question. The main reason I want to get rich now is so that I can answer this question... up until now it was just so that I could buy things without having to wonder if it will mean me living off bread and beans for the rest of the month, and treat myself to the occasional holiday, but now I have a much more important reason!!!

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Is there any way I can stop paying child support since I don't see the child? No... you are not paying child support for the right to see your child, you are paying it to make sure that the being you brought into the world has food, shelter and clothing, and whilst they remain a minor it is your responsibility as their parent to provide for them. The issue of your visitation rights to see your child are a completely separate issue. Obviously I reserve the right to...

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Did anyone fight both Larry Holmes and Muhammed Ali? As well as Ken Norton (already mentioned by a user who must have to pay for every word they type), Leon Spinks also fought both Ali and Holmes... by beating Ali in 1978 in only his 8th professional fight he became the fastest man ever to win the world heavyweight title. Just 3 years later he was sliding down the ranks and was knocked out in 3 rounds by Holmes.

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Who will win the 2007 World Series? I have a sneaky feeling for the Dodgers this year, I'm not really sure what I am basing that on but all my well-thought-out reasoned predictions never seem to be near the mark so maybe random hunches are the way to go. On current form I would probably tip Atlanta, so watch out for them to finish the season below .500!!!

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Now that Roger Clemens is a Yankee, what should the Boston Red Sox do to counter this move? Nothing, the Red Sox have the best record in baseball at the moment and are doing just fine, even with Manny in a slump. Their rotation is mostly strong (maybe one weak link but most clubs have 2 or 3 weak links so that is nothing to stress over!), Papelbon is as good a young closer as has appeared in the last 10 years, they have some experienced clutch campaigners helping the younger players...

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Roger Clemens: Hired gun or greedy? Who says he can't be both? You're a long time retired in any sport, it makes sense to keep playing as long as you can and banking the cheques, as long as he can perform to a high standard and not short-change the team or its fans with poor performances (and he threw 6 innings per start with an ERA of 2.30 last year, so poor performances aren't in his vocabulary) then he should...

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Who is your favorite baseball player? Slightly biased here as a Bluejays fan (but then I expect everyone else is picking players from their favorite clubs too so maybe I have nothing to apologise for), but mine would be Roy Halladay... he is just so hard to hit, just being out on the mound relaxes his teammates so much, he is such a great leader by example. He is uncomplicated, doesn't look to strike out 15 batters every game,...

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How would you define "successful aging?" Doing it without dying. Once you wake up dead, you've failed, but until then you're doing great!

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In what city would you most like to see an Answerbag convention? Boise, Idaho, or somewhere similarly remote where the risks of infecting the general population are less.

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What is the least amount of pitches thrown by one pitcher in a nine inning game? The fewest pitches in a complete 9 inning game is 58 by Red Barrett of the Boston Braves on 10th August 1944 against Cincinatti. The Braves won 2-0, and the game lasted the grand total of 1 hour 15 minutes. The box score for this game is at http://www.baseball-almanac.com/boxscore/08101944.shtml if you're interested, it was a 2-hitter.

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Did AC Milan deserve to be in the Champion's League? I think what you are referring to here is the fact that they were convicted of match-fixing in Serie A last season and at one stage had their Champions League qualification place withdrawn by the Italian FA, only to be re-instated on appeal. In purely footballing terms, I would like to see the best teams in Europe play in the Champions League... that includes Milan (and Juventus, who WERE...

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Which pitcher holds the record of winning more games againts the same team in mayor league baseball Posting the same question twice doesn't suddenly make people know the answer... I have been trying to find info on this but haven't managed very well so far... have a little patience.

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Oscar De LaHoya or Mayweather? Hopefully De La Hoya, he is a much classier guy than Mayweather who is a punk who I would love to see scrambling around the canvas trying to pick up his teeth. However my gut says Mayweather will actually win, nobody has beaten him so far and De La Hoya is past his prime. 3 years ago this would have been the best fight ever, now I think it is slightly unbalanced in favour of Mr Punk...

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What is the biggest sports upset? First thing that springs to mind is James 'Buster' Douglas knocking out Mike Tyson in the early 90s, so I'm going to go with that. I also remember how shocked everyone was when Senegal, making their first ever World Cup appearance, beat reigning champions France 1-0 in the first game of the 2002 World Cup (soccer, if you hadn't caught on!).

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Sir Donald Bradman, greatest batsman the world has ever seen, but which other great batsman did he actually bowl out in a test match? Sir Don actually took 2 wickets in Test matches... the first of these was in December 1930 when he got the West Indian wicketkeeper I.Barrow out lbw, the second (which I think is the one you are referring to) was the great Wally Hammond of England who he bowled in January 1933. Both these wickets were taken at the Adelaide Oval ground.

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Are the New york yankees gonna get better this year? Well at the rate they are going, they will only win just over 70 games this year if they keep going like that through the whole season. They are about to get some pitchers back in regular action like Wang and Mussina, so once that steadies out I don't see how a line-up with Damon, Jeter, Abreu, A-Rod, Giambi, Matsui and Posada can fail to pull them up to post-season contention, even with a...

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You are so stupid you waited at a stop sigh for it to turn green I think we have an even better definition of stupidity right before us here...

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 a+a = a×a = aª    I can think of only one value of «a» for which this is true; that value is 2.  Are there any others; if so, what? Zero to the zero-th power is 1 isn't it? If that is correct, then I don't see any other values either. By definition, a*a will always be positive (aside from the case of zero, which doesn't work anyway), but a+a will be negative for any negative value of a, therefore there are no negative values that can satisfy this equation. Also, any value of a above 2 will inevitably...

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A team comprised of only 10 players decides to DH their 10th man for the Pitcher. Later in the game, their 2nd baseman is injured and removed. Can the DH take his place in the field and if NOT, is the game over because the defense cannot field 9 players? When you say they "DH" him for the pitcher, surely you mean he pinch hits? If the pitcher is batting then there is no Designated Hitter position. Is there a bullpen available, or strictly the pitcher, 8 position players and the 10th guy on the bench? If there is a bullpen then you bring one of the relief pitchers out to play 2nd base, or shuffle the positions around to have him...

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In school, what grade did you think was the best? At my school A was the best grade, I got a few of them and it was quite exciting and fulfilling. Some teachers used A+ sometimes if it was really good, so I suppose they were the best at my school, but they were very rare and I don't think I ever got one, so A would be my best since I never dared to dream of an A+!!!

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How many people do you know who are left-handed? Being left-handed is such a common thing that I never even thought to try and count it. It is rather like asking how many people do you know who have brown hair... it's not really a distinguishing feature.

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What is the alltime record for mostwins by a pitcher in one season The most wins in a season is 59 by Old Hoss Radbourn, pitching for the Providence Grays in 1884. Most of the all-time single season win leaders are from that era, since those guys just threw and threw on barely any rest... you have to go down to number 25 on the all-time list to find a player who pitched in the 20th century, and that is still from way back in 1904 (Jack Chesbro with 41 wins),...

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It is between 8:00 and 9:00 and the minute hand is covering the hour hand. What time is it? It is between 8:43 and 38 seconds and 8:43 and 39 seconds... and that is as precisely as I can be bothered to calculate it right now. The minute hand moves around the clock at a rate of 6 degrees every minute, and the hour hand moves at a rate of 0.5 degrees every minute, so by my extensive trial and error calculations the minute hand is still 0.0166 recurring degrees behind the hour hand at...

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Who needs to be added up just answer me! No need to add me up, I can do it myself... there is only one of me. If human cloning ever takes off then I might seek out your help though.

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Where is the go cart in san andreas and is there a code for it Try checking out this vehicle location map here - http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/ps2/file/914983/33802 According to that, there are several karts around San Fierro, a couple more in the desert and a couple in Las Venturas. However these will not appear until you have passed a particular mission, and I can't remember which mission that is. Possibly it is the races out of Wang Cars that...

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Can i make cj shorter or taller or change his face on gta san andreas or make him look like a pimp I don't think you can make him taller/shorter or alter his face, you can just make him more muscular or fatter by working out or eating loads of junk food... this will make his face fatter too. You should be able to make him look like a pimp though, if you get the right haircut at the barbers (a nice big afro would be my choice!) and buy the right clothes from the posher shops like Didier...

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Is there a place where i can buy cars on san andreas Once you have unlocked the Import/Export missions down at the docks in San Fierro, then every time you deliver one of the cars off the "Wanted" list on the board to the ship it makes another car available to buy at the same place. So by the time you have completed those 3 export missions there should be 30 vehicles available for you to buy from the "Wanted" board.

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In what religion do men typically wear turbans? Turbans are worn by Sikhs, since their religion forbids the cutting of their hair and they need a way to keep it all out of the way. There may also be an element of covering the head out of respect to God above them, like in Judaism, but I wouldn't swear to that...

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Derrick Lee has hit a double in 8 consecutive games, what is the record for a feat such as this? I believe the record for consecutive games with an extra-base hit (ie a double or better) is around 14 or 15, I seem to recall that Chipper Jones of Atlanta tied it last season but I forget whose record he tied. I will be back with more info once I check this out. edit - I was right, go me! On July 16th last year Chipper Jones hit a home run to make it 14 consecutive games with an extra-base...

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What do you find difficult that most people can do with ease? Whistling. I don't know what the hell I'm doing wrong, but it just sounds like I'm blowing air out of my mouth when I try, and everyone else seems to be able to whistle very loudly and clearly and in multiple tones...

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Who is known as doctor in sports world? Valentino Rossi, the multiple time MotoGP champion, goes by the nickname of The Doctor. It is not entirely clear why, but nicknames are often pretty random so this is nothing unusual! Also a shout for the 'Doc', Roy Halladay, pitching star of my beloved Bluejays baseball team, named after the old-time gunslinger Doc Holliday... he probably isn't the answer you want, but I just...

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Are singers being cloned? Am I the only one who thinks that Britney, J-Lo and Beyonce could pass as sisters? I would be surprised if anyone else could mistake Britney Spears, who is white, for Beyonce Knowles, who is black, so I expect it is only you who thinks this.

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If the president and vice president can't serve out their terms the next person in line to govern is who? I think it is the Speaker of the House, but of course once either the President or Vice-President leaves office then a new Vice-President is selected, who would then become next in line after the original two, so the Speaker of the House would only take over if both the President and Vice-President left office at the same time, via a major impeachment scandal or dying in the same accident or...

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If Christopher Columbus didn’t get to America 1st (ok or 2nd or even 3rd) what language would we probably be speaking now? Well, when you consider that Columbus was born in Italy and operated largely out of Spain, and spoke barely any English, if any, yet the USA ended up speaking English as its main language, then it seems the discoverer of the USA had no impact on the national language, which pretty much makes this question obsolete. The reason the USA speaks English as its primary language is down to the English...

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Do you know nevets Only by his contributions on this site; I know nothing much about him and have never spoken to him outside of Answerbag.

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If you had to name your newborn child after a colour, which one would you choose? I would happily name my daughter Amber. Not sure what I would do if I had a son though!

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Are men genetically incapable of forming an opinion about fabrics or wall coverings? Men are perfectly capable of forming opinions on such matters, they just have the good sense not to do so until they have first heard what their partner's opinion is; it is only at that point that an opinion can safely be allowed to form without the danger of voices being raised and china being thrown.

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What are five different proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem? I found this site which lists 72 different proofs - http://www.cut-the-knot.org/pythagoras/index.shtml Most of them seem very similar; I personally only knew one proof, that if you draw 3 squares around a right-angled triangle, one coming off each side, then the square on the biggest side of the triangle (hypoteneuse) has the same area as the other two squares put together, so a square area...

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Do you believe in life after love? No... I can feel something inside me say I really don't think I'm strong enough...

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