[GAME] Five Items Nearby

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lightcrystal
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Post by lightcrystal »

List 5 items that you can reach out and touch right now.

1. Book: Seventy Eight Degrees of Wisdom by Rachel Pollack
2. plastic 5 dollar flute
3. Book: Oxford English Learner's Dictionary.
4. Book: Strongest Bible Concordance
5. Small Purple diamond shaped hand held bean bag item. Won it ages ago on a Twitch stream. It's designed to look like one of the Twitch "points" that you can get.
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Dulcamara
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Post by Dulcamara »

Hi, this looks fun!

Let's see...
1) Concise Oxford Dictionary
2) Almost-spherical glass paperweight with mysterious bubbles and swirls in various shades of blue
3) Gray knitting piece for upcycled sweater, in progress
4) Plush Goofy perched on back of chair
5) Poster providing Stress Reduction instructions. The words "Bang Head Here" are printed in black inside circle. Instructions state: 1) Place on FIRM surface. 2) Follow direction in circle. 3)Repeat step 2 as necessary, or until unconscious. 4) If unconscious, cease stress reduction activity.
Jasna

Second to the right and then straight on till morning.
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Post by Rapunzelina »

4 pillows and a duvet. (Guess where I am :lol: )
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Post by Dulcamara »

:lol: :lol: :lol:
Jasna

Second to the right and then straight on till morning.
lightcrystal
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Post by lightcrystal »

Bonus 5 items that I will touch right now.

Shiny blue case for anti-myopia tools also known as glasses.
Music cassette: The Shadows Today including songs Going Home[the theme from Local hero], Memory and The Third Man.
Book: The Life of Mammals by J.Z.Young
Magazine: The Ultimate Music Guide to Kate Bush, Wow! New Collectors Edition. Highly recommend this for an entry into the Kate Bush creative universe.
Computer game case: The Elder Scrolls 3, Morrowind. Used to play this. Better put it back or I will start seeing cliff racers everywhere. Eeeeek!
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maxgal
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Post by maxgal »

5 ITEMS NEARBY THAT I COULD TOUCH BUT DON'T WANT TO:
==> See if you can detect a pattern <==

1) Kitchen sink with dirty dishes lurking therein
2) Refrigerator with unidentified items waaaaay in the back
3) Paper bag full of compostables waiting to segué to the green bin outside
4) Pile of clean laundry waiting to be folded
5) Living room floor waiting to be swept
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Post by mightyfelix »

1. Bendy knitting needle.
2. Blue plush Peep toy.
3. Empty tea cup with the bag still in it.
4. Printout of this year's reading challenge from my favorite podcast.
5. Plastic jack o' lantern bucket with Halloween candy still in it.
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Post by lightcrystal »

It's been awhile! My 5 close items that I can touch have changed since then :mrgreen:

1. The Advanced Pocket Guide to Linux - booklet came free with a Linux magazine
2. Jar of Vitamin D3 pills. Nearly finished these.
3. Cup of orange juice
4. Massive torch in case power goes out
5. Good Weekend Magazine. Cover shows four women who have fled Ukraine to come to Australia.
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Post by Rapunzelina »

I happen to be in bed again just now, so my five objects haven't changed :lol:

mightyfelix wrote: February 15th, 2023, 9:38 pm Printout of this year's reading challenge from my favorite podcast.
I'd love to see that!
Probably not the printout :mrgreen: , but maybe a copy paste of the text? 🐕🐾
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Post by ej400 »

1) My smartwatch
2) The Lord or the Rings Series
3) The Book Thief (another book lol)
4) A fotoball (not sure how that ended up there)
5) A cozy blanket
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Rapunzelina wrote: February 16th, 2023, 12:46 am I'd love to see that!
Probably not the printout :mrgreen: , but maybe a copy paste of the text? 🐕🐾
It's a Bingo sheet!!! :D

https://www.theliterary.life/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/2023-Reading-Challenge.pdf
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Post by Rapunzelina »

That's clever! Thank you for sharing!
And good luck with the challenge! :thumbs:
maxgal
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Post by maxgal »

5 items nearby that are not very exciting but are intermittently useful:
1) My dog
2) My laptop
3) A jar of vitamins
4) My wallet
5) A pair of glasses
Louise
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maxgal
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Post by maxgal »

1) A desk lamp with classic green glass shade
2) A life-size black lacquered ceramic head
3) A headband with pink polka dot bunny ears
4) A container of rainbow colored paper clips
5) A lazy but excruciatingly cute dog
Louise
"every little breeze..."

Fun Fact: 40% of all statistics are wrong.
maxgal
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Post by maxgal »

1) A rapidly aging but still excruciatingly cute dog
2) A wallet
3) A pair of glasses
4) A laptop (without which this could not be typed)
5) A massive & obsessive art project that keeps growing every day....
Louise
"every little breeze..."

Fun Fact: 40% of all statistics are wrong.
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