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Old 23-November-2007, 08:56 PM
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toejam and myself came up with this game dont know if it has been done before but here is how it goes:
just write a sentence or even a question with a place name in it i will start



is this okay BAYEUX?
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Old 23-November-2007, 09:00 PM
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If in Paris EIFFEL under, say, a taxi, ORSAY, a bus, would that DES PRES you?
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CANNES we have a NICE cup PAU tea?
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DIJON know that actress ANGOULEME -a jolie?
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IL is always sick, so they sent for MD.
(Do abreviations count?)
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I think you are all full of BOULOGNE this subject
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Old 23-November-2007, 09:26 PM
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I looked at your dog and felt weak INDONESSIA.
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IL is always sick, so they sent for MD.
(Do abreviations count?)
some people might not know some of the abreviations of places will let you have that one


we dont want TOULOUSE the plot.
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Sorry.
I broke a picture frame, so I went to my friend Moe and said "MOJAVE any glue?"
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Would you say CHAMONIX if you heard that Nix killed his wife and threw her CARCASSONNE the fire?
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was her name NANCY? i never METZ her, LE MANS a nutter
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He was caught and of CORSICA not deny it.
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i thought it was against the LOIRE to kick someones ARRAS
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I look in the corner and there's Bass sittin there, not getting into it, not getting out of it, I said "What, is Bass Strait or somthin?"
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Juneau the capital of Alaska?

toejam and myself came up with this game dont know if it has been done before but here is how it goes:

thanks chrissy / tj......makes it ...punny-geography-wise
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MARYLAND this plane now!
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did any one else here watch the LYON ranger and his side kick TORONTO?
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Sally probably won't go to dinner with be, but ALASKA anyway.
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Did you see his face when Al told him to go kiss ALSACE?