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Odds/Ends: The Odds/Ends I Forgot To Mention Last Time
The ladies (and gentlemen "“ there must be some gentlemen, right?) at Ladies Home Journal have kindly named mentalfloss.com one of their six favorite blogs. Thanks, Ladies (Home Journal)!
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Like every other media outlet, we've jumped into the Twitter pool (well, maybe not jumped. I'm ankle deep in the shallow end right now.) If you'd like to follow the _floss on Twitter, here's the link.
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Hey, remember that childhood toy Haiku contest? I should have wrapped that up weeks ago. But first, here are some of the other entries we enjoyed:
Weeks of strong slamming
I won that hologram pog
Just as the fad died
"“posted by Nathan
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He-Man likes to yell:
"By the power of Grayskull,
I have the power!"
"“posted by Kale
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"“Rock-em Sock-em Go!
Robots punching, pummeling
You knocked my block off!
"“posted by James Drake
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Showtime Synergy!
Jem and the Holograms were
TRULY outrageous.
"“posted by Chelsea
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Hands, feet, but no legs
Wait, there's more! Hats, shoes, and 'stache
So much in one ass.
"“posted by phosita (titled "Mr. Potato Head")
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skip-it, oh skip-it
hoola hoop for your ankle
just don't trip and fall
"“posted by NateJ
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Connect Four: A game
where I could best my brother.
"Pretty sneaky, Sis!"
"“posted by loripop
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Bricks and plates combined
And their worlds were mine to shape
From LEGO atoms
"“posted by Arlen
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Operation Game
Steady hand pulled out some bones
Almost win then BUZZ!!
"“posted by Shelly
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G.I. Joe told us
"Knowing is half the battle"
Rest is up to you
"“posted by Eric Y.
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two chairs, one blanket
or maybe some fresh, damp snow"“
fort building for me!
"“posted by Jason
But after consulting with my panel of judges, one haiku emerged above the rest. The winner is Tricia, who wrote so elegantly about her Etch-A-Sketch:
Ode to Etch-a-sketch:
Art appears and disappears
Time to start again
"“posted by Tricia
Congratulations! You've won a copy of Discover Your Inner Economist by Tyler Cowen. I'll be in touch about how you can claim your prize. And I could have posted another three dozen great haikus, so thanks for all your submissions.
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We've gotten a few comments about the ads that were appearing between the last question of a quiz and the quiz results page. As of last night, they're gone. So if you'd been boycotting, you can get back in the quiz-taking game.
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And the Washington Post weighed in on our current cover story, The 25 Most Influential Books of the Past 25 Years. On a newsstand near you!
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This concludes our housekeeping announcements. We'll get a few more posts up this weekend "“Â stay tuned for a look at child prodigies who actually did something, among other flossy fun.