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What goes up when the rain comes down?
 
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Greg Martin wrote:What goes up when the rain comes down?



Humidity
 
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Saana Jalimauchi wrote:

Greg Martin wrote:What goes up when the rain comes down?



Humidity



Love it, and true, but not what I'm looking for.
 
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Umbrellas
 
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James Alun wrote:Umbrellas


That was what I was looking for.  Good job James!
 
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How do you make 7 even?
 
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Greg Martin wrote:How do you make 7 even?

Take away the "s"
 
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Greg Martin wrote:

James Alun wrote:Umbrellas


That was what I was looking for.  Good job James!



Sorry Greg, I got distracted..
 
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Greg Martin wrote:How do you make 7 even?

Take away the "s"


Woot!  You earned an apple.  Great job, Jenn!
 
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James Alun wrote:

Greg Martin wrote:

James Alun wrote:Umbrellas


That was what I was looking for.  Good job James!



Sorry Greg, I got distracted..



I get that!  No worries, sir.
 
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What can you catch but cannot throw?
A bus, a taxi, a train...
 
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Cécile Stelzer Johnson wrote:What can you catch but cannot throw?



A cold?
 
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What English word has three consecutive double letters?
 
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Greg Martin wrote:What English word has three consecutive double letters?


Guess # 1: Is it a "word" I use if I type out a URL?
Guess # 2: Woolly?
 
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Guess # 1: Is it a "word" I use if I type out a URL?
Guess # 2: Woolly?


It is a word you'll find in the dictionary.  Woolly is a good example of 2 consecutive double letters ( OO  LL )
 
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Greg Martin wrote:

T Melville wrote:
Guess # 1: Is it a "word" I use if I type out a URL?
Guess # 2: Woolly?


It is a word you'll find in the dictionary.  Woolly is a good example of 2 consecutive double letters ( OO  LL )



I hoped it was a trick question, so I counted the double "U" as well.
 
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T Melville wrote:
I hoped it was a trick question, so I counted the double "U" as well.


Ha!  Excellent!  But this one has no tricks.
 
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T Melville wrote:

Cécile Stelzer Johnson wrote:What can you catch but cannot throw?



A cold?



Correct. Also correct is: "any communicable disease"
 
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