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murielm99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-10 06:12 PM
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OMG. All is lost. I found a library book in the freezer.
It is due tomorrow. I was looking everywhere for that book, and I had given up, thinking I would have to pay for it. I found it there while looking for something else. Duh - who expects to find a book in the freezer?

This must be the ultimate senior moment. And I am only 61.
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-10 06:14 PM
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1. One must ask. How did it get there?
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-10 06:15 PM
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2. Didn't Joey keep a copy of "Little Women" in the freeze on "Friends?"
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-10 06:18 PM
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5. I don't know but I'm going to look on Hulu.
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-10 07:01 PM
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8. You're such a geek.
And it was a copy of "The Shining" that he kept in the freezer--cause it scared him.

:blush:
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-10 08:42 PM
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14. Oh, yeah! That sounds much more plausible. (But didn't Little Women at least make him cry?)
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-10 09:58 PM
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16. Yeah, I think he put it in the fridge because he didn't want one of the characters to die.
:)
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cemaphonic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-01-10 02:47 PM
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23. The funny thing about that Shining bit s that he's talking about things that are only in the movie
Bet that cheesed off King.
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-10 09:32 AM
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33. Ha! I didn't know that.
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cemaphonic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-10 12:11 PM
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36. not everything - he referred to the book's ending (which was different than the movie)
but also several things that were movie only, like the creepy twin girls and "all work and no play..."

Somebody pointed that out on a huge "Shining - Book vs. Movie" flamewar I once read, and it stuck with me for some reason.
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-01-10 03:00 PM
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25. "Little Women" went in the freezer later in the episode...
...because Joey was starting to get a bad feeling about the sick girl.
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-01-10 02:58 PM
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24. Yep.
Edited on Thu Apr-01-10 03:01 PM by Iggo
EDITED to remove Cujo video reference. I think that may have been a different episode.

It's beeen a looooong time, man.
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tk2kewl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-01-10 11:18 AM
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22. .
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SoxFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-10 06:15 PM
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3. Even I have never done that. Game over. You win!
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styersc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-10 06:18 PM
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4. If your missing an ice tray....
...you may want to check out the fiction section. Just sayin'.
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murielm99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-10 10:04 PM
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17. I will have to tell the librarian that tomorrow. n/t
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-10 06:38 PM
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6. That's a common method of saving water-damaged books
http://lifehacker.com/5488295/save-water+damaged-books-docs-and-photos-by-putting-them-in-the-freezer">Save Water-Damaged Books, Docs, and Photos by Putting Them in the Freezer

Ever drop a book in the tub? Don't despair, you can save it. Put it into a plastic bag (not vacuum seal) and place in the freezer. The dehydration process, which keeps things cold, will pull the excess water out of the book. Takes up to 2 weeks depending on the size of the book. Just tell your friend that you aren't done with it yet.
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-10 07:38 PM
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10. wow good idea
thanks for that!
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-10 12:24 AM
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31. We're actually trying that tonight. Have several books that were apparently left outside
all winter in what was not a water-tight container.

Will let you know how it turns out! :)
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-10 06:55 PM
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7. I found my wallet in the freezer once, when I was only in my forties. So naturally I want to know
how you got into my house and why you thought my wallet belonged in the freezer :grr:
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VOX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-10 07:36 PM
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9. Ah, the simple pleasure of curling up before the fireplace with a good frozen book.
I'm going to put "Great Expectations" on ice right now, so it'll be good and frosty tonight.

Thanks for the tip, murielm99! :toast: :)
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-10 07:39 PM
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11. Do what you must...
Party on...
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whistler162 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-10 07:55 PM
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12. Farenheit -451?
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rkennedy_68 Donating Member (50 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-10 07:57 PM
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13. whoa
what are the odds of that?
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Flaxbee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-10 09:28 PM
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15. OK, this is too funny.
I am notoriously ditzy and that has only been exacerbated these last two years b/c I've been under extreme stress; when I can't find things, I check the fridge.

I stand by you proudly, as someone who has put keys, wallet, boxes of kleenex, etc. in the fridge :D Solidarity!
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elshiva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-10 10:07 PM
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18. Thank you Good, Good Loungers.
That is too, too funny. :rofl: :rofl:
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Lucian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-10 10:15 PM
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19. I'm gonna be screwed if I ever put my Kindle in the freezer.
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-01-10 09:06 AM
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20. It wasn't by any chance "Alive" now, was it?
You know, the one about the plane that crashed in the Andes Mountains?
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murielm99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-01-10 10:35 AM
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21. No. It was "The Lacuna," by Barbara Kinsolver.
"Alive" would have been a good choice, though.
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-01-10 08:32 PM
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26. April Fools? No?


:D I've never done that- I have found em in weird places,though.
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murielm99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-01-10 10:14 PM
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27. Not April Fools.
Just absent-minded.
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-10 10:37 AM
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34. no, I hear ya- I put the black jelly beans somewhere as I was spring cleaning
and I'm not sure where! :rofl:
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meeshrox Donating Member (522 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-01-10 10:18 PM
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28. I'm 28 and do shit like that all the time!
I put the milk away in the dishwasher once!

I think I stress myself out too much...need more yoga!
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-01-10 10:53 PM
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29. If you were a phony psychic, you cold do a cold reading
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donheld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-01-10 11:53 PM
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30. Soul On Ice?
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zx_3500 Donating Member (50 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-10 02:42 AM
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32. whoa
that's so freaky
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arbusto_baboso Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-10 11:38 AM
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35. Was there a lawn gnome in there, too?
Maybe he just needed something to read.
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vixengrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-10 01:36 PM
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37. I was only a teenager when I found a washcloth in the freezer--
thought about it a bit, and then fished a packet of frozen broccoli out of the hamper. (Perhaps there is a box of ice cream bars on a bookshelf?) It can happen to anyone when distracted/multi-tasking.
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mnhtnbb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-10 01:40 PM
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38. Quick. Unwrap anything in foil! You might have put some cash in there!
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