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+Samatar
01/15/04 3:48 AM GMT
Okay, here is another complete waste of time to keep yall busy...

I will start with a paragraph that ends "Unfortunately...". The next person has to continue the story and end it with "Fortunately...". Then the next post is ended with "Fortunately" again. If you don't understand how to play just wait until a few posts are up and you will get the idea. Here we go (again...)

One fine day I was walking down the street to the shops when out of the corner of my eye I spotted a fifty dollar bill lying on the street. Unfortunately...
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.Tootles
10/19/15 12:22 AM GMT
I had become a good swimmer affter my recent adventures, so just slipped into the sea one dark night and set off. Unfortunately...
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=Samatar
10/19/15 2:10 AM GMT
... I lost my bearings and ended up somewhere in the middle of a wide, black ocean with gigantic waves surging all around me. Unable to keep my head above water, I inhaled mouthful after mouthful of sea water, until I passed out... sinking down, down, down into the inky depths. Fortunately...
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::Constance52347
10/19/15 3:16 AM GMT
I was swallowed by a giant fish of biblical proportions! (lol) Although rescued from drowning, I was not very comfortable with all the organic matter in its innards...

Unfortunately...
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=Samatar
10/19/15 5:05 AM GMT
(is this the second time we've ended up inside a whale?) I was now trapped in a giant fish stomach, being slowly digested over a thousand years.

Fortunately...
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.Tootles
10/19/15 10:21 AM GMT
I have no memory of the first time we were in a whale -- wow.

Fortunately the whale burped and I fell out again, and found myself floating in a wide, calm bay. Unfortunately...
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=Samatar
10/19/15 10:48 AM GMT
I was arrested for "interfering with an endangered species" and hounded by angry activists. Fortunately...
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.captaindrewi
10/19/15 10:33 PM GMT
In the next few hours whilst in holding cell i had time to reflect on recent events and decided i'd had an eventful few months.Unfortunately...
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.Tootles
10/19/15 11:42 PM GMT
...my cell-mate had tattooed knuckles and didn't appear the sort who would listen with sympathy to my woes. Fortunately...
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::Constance52347
10/20/15 5:17 AM GMT
he wasn't listening to me, as he had a pencil and paper and was concocting a plan of escape. Unfortunately...
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=Samatar
10/20/15 8:00 AM GMT
I had the next 15 years to spend with him in our tiny cell, fortunately...
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.captaindrewi
10/20/15 9:37 AM GMT
There had been a bureaucratic error and the 15 year sentence was corrected to 15 days, which was back dated and I was now free again.I rushed to the nearest drinking hole.Unfortunately....
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=Samatar
10/20/15 9:44 AM GMT
it was literally a hole and I fell in, fortunately...
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.captaindrewi
10/20/15 1:05 PM GMT
I'd been in holes before and new my way around, this one however was tricky but by wedging my leg this way and then that and adjusting my elbow in a semicircular motion i was able to clamber up a few feet to see a man on a donkey.I called to him for help.Unfortunately...
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.Tootles
10/20/15 1:20 PM GMT
...the man didn't hear. The donkey heard, but stood staring uselessly at me, and didn't say a thing. Fortunately...
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=Samatar
10/20/15 8:08 PM GMT
I was able to climb out without the silly donkey mans help. I stood and glared at him with my hands on my hips. Unfortunately...
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.Tootles
10/20/15 10:39 PM GMT
I didn't see the camel coming till it was too late. Suddenly there was an enraged shout and I was enveloped in a cloud of dust. Fortunately...
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=Samatar
10/20/15 11:16 PM GMT
the dust cleared to reveal the camel and donkey had run off after one another and I was left alone. Unfortunately...
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.captaindrewi
10/20/15 11:57 PM GMT
for that old devil misfortune i wasn,t going to let it bother me.I brushed myself down and set off with a jaunty stride, whistling a happy tune with a great deal of hope in my heart.Fortunately...
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.Tootles
10/21/15 12:31 AM GMT
... I was as good at walking as I was good at swimming, as I had a long tramp across the desert without either donkey or camel. Unfortunately...
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::Constance52347
10/21/15 4:15 AM GMT
I became dehydrated and began to hallucinate! I saw bright stars and swirling paisley shapes, which were so interesting that I almost forgot that I was thirsty. Fortunately...
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=Samatar
10/21/15 6:14 AM GMT
I was rescued by members of the Foreign Legion on their camels, unfortunately...
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.captaindrewi
10/21/15 9:12 AM GMT
for them they had to listen to me moan on about my bad luck and all my many mishaps plus i'd began to whistle again after several hours,they dumped me at the next village.Fortunately
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.Tootles
10/21/15 10:48 AM GMT
...this village had its own helicopter, and generously allowed me to join them on their next air trip. Unfortunately...
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=Samatar
10/21/15 8:35 PM GMT
none of them actually seemed to know how to fly it, fortunately...
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.Tootles
10/21/15 11:21 PM GMT
...they had an instruction PDF on a DVD. Unfortunately...
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=Samatar
10/22/15 1:00 AM GMT
No one had a DVD player, fortunately...
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.captaindrewi
10/22/15 9:42 AM GMT
the pdf was quite comprehensive so i thought i'd have a go,i mean how hard could it be?An hour later we had traversed mountain ranges, lakes and rivers and now were hovering over some shops.Unfortunately
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.Tootles
10/22/15 9:52 AM GMT
...they were closed, which was a pain, because my towel was full of sand and seaweed, and I needed a new one. Fortunately...
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=Samatar
10/22/15 10:03 AM GMT
there was a laundromat which was open so I washed it. Unfortunately...
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.Tootles
10/22/15 12:02 AM GMT
...a tiny Kraken fell out of the folds of the towel and was halfway across the floor before I noticed. Fortunately...
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=Samatar
10/23/15 8:05 AM GMT
I noticed it when it was halfway across the floor. Unfortunately...
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.Tootles
10/23/15 7:50 PM GMT
...it was out of the door before I could pull my scattered wits together. Fortunately...
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=Samatar
10/23/15 8:27 PM GMT
I was glad to see the back of it, unfortunately...
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.Tootles
10/23/15 10:46 PM GMT
... its back looked rather like its front, and I started wondering whether it was coming or going. Fortunately...
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=Samatar
10/24/15 7:26 AM GMT
I finally got sick of worrying about the thing and just stomped on it. Unfortunately...
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.Tootles
10/24/15 10:53 PM GMT
... it was stronger than it looked, and wrapped its tentacles round my slipper. I was so spooked I kicked off the slipper, and both slipper and Kraken went sailing across the car park. Fortunately...
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=Samatar
10/25/15 5:18 AM GMT
they landed inside a tree chipping machine, so that was the end of the little beastie. Unfortunately...
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::Constance52347
10/25/15 6:09 AM GMT
the beastie caused the gears to lock and the tree chipping machine malfunctioned and shut down. The operator let out a string of words that children shouldn't hear. Fortunately...
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.captaindrewi
10/25/15 3:24 PM GMT
for this group of children who were in the car park, they did hear them and as a result had an expanded vocabulary of earthy, strange and funny sounding words to help them better expound their complex feelings.Unfortunately...
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.Tootles
10/25/15 11:23 PM GMT
... the story isn't about them and so we'll never hear about their individual struggles, sadly. Fortunately...
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::Constance52347
10/26/15 8:43 AM GMT
I heard the sound of a freight train about to leave the station. It was headed for the mountains of Nepal. I made arrangements and got on board.

This journey should be safer than my time at sea!

The train was filled with Buddhist monks and soldiers. I overheard from the various ones, murmuring that there was trouble ahead.

Unfortunately...

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.captaindrewi
10/26/15 1:38 PM GMT
indeed there was, As a mile into the journey a US military black ops plane sprayed the train with some sort of psycho active chemical. The upshot was the soldiers crazed out of their minds killed all the monks and civilians on the train they planned to blame the socialist rebels.i was the only witness to the truth. Fortunately
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.Tootles
10/26/15 3:38 PM GMT
...they never saw me hiding under the wreckage, and I crawled out after I was sure they had gone. Unfortunately...
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.captaindrewi
10/26/15 10:17 PM GMT
For them i had my dancing shoes on and using a mixture of quick step and ballet pranced off undetected into the mist and hit an internet cafe,Those goons weren't going to get away with this.Fortunately....
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.Tootles
10/27/15 12:15 AM GMT
....their coffee was very good, and they had a nice selection of Danish pastries. Unfortunately...
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.captaindrewi
10/27/15 12:25 AM GMT
None of the machines worked due to a virulent virus infestation. The owner of the cafes mate had downloaded an antivirus program and would bring it round after work, when they would try and neutralise the threat but that would take some time to trundle through its procedures.
Fortunately....
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=Samatar
10/27/15 2:49 AM GMT
the pastries were delicious, and I had a cup of tea instead. Unfortunately...
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::Constance52347
10/27/15 9:39 AM GMT
it was time to get out of there and figure out how I was going to get to Nepal! Fortunately...
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.Tootles
10/27/15 12:44 AM GMT
...the ghost train rattled into town (the one that was recently destroyed) and I hopped aboard. Unfortunately...
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.Akeraios
10/27/15 8:58 PM GMT
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.Tootles
10/28/15 1:00 AM GMT
...I wasn't expected to pay a fare -- and when I finally got dumped in the snow, it was the snows of Nepal. Hooray! Unfortunately...
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::Constance52347
10/28/15 12:33 AM GMT
There was no one in sight! Fortunately...
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.Tootles
10/28/15 12:54 AM GMT
...when I shook out my towel for a quick dip in the icy lake (needed a wash after my recent journey in the ghost train), my old friend the baby Kraken fell out... unless it had a sister, it had apparently oozed out of the chipping machine and returned to its nest when I wasn't looking. At least now I had company. Now we just needed food and shelter. Unfortunately...
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.captaindrewi
10/28/15 6:43 PM GMT
in the ensuing moments i'd fallen sleep when i woke the Kraken was nowhere to be seen but it had defecated all over me.I needed another wash but the towel was in shreds and also covered in excrement.Fortunately.....
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=Samatar
10/28/15 8:33 PM GMT
Kraken excrement smells delightful and is very good for the skin, so I just smeared it all over myself and inhaled the perfume like aroma. Unfortunately...
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.Tootles
10/29/15 12:09 AM GMT
...I missed my towel, which was the only one I'd ever found with a cloud on it. Fortunately...
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=Samatar
10/29/15 2:42 AM GMT
Over the hill I found a "Towels with clouds on them" shop. What luck! Unfortunately...
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.Akeraios
10/29/15 12:52 AM GMT
... the Kraken had gotten there first. Fortunately ...
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.Tootles
10/31/15 1:06 AM GMT
...it was only a little Kraken, and couldn't do much damage. I bought a lovely soft pale blue bath towel with a pink floaty cloud on it. Unfortunately...
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.captaindrewi
10/31/15 2:09 AM GMT
the locals didn't feel that way about the cracken and one of them snuck up on it and rearranged it's mass to an unrecognisable degree with a baseball bat.Much of the ensuing mess landed up on the soft, pale blue towel completely obscuring the pink floaty cloud ,it was still rather colourful though.Fortunately
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=Samatar
10/31/15 2:41 AM GMT
that would wash right out, unfortuntely
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.Tootles
10/31/15 11:11 AM GMT
...I'd been so distracted by these minor goings-on that I'd forgotten what I was doing in Nepal anyway? Fortunately...
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.Akeraios
10/31/15 1:34 PM GMT
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=Samatar
10/31/15 10:24 PM GMT
I had come very ill prepared for a climb to the summit, packing only a toothbrush and a pair of roller skates. Fortunately...
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.Tootles
11/02/15 12:23 AM GMT
... I bumped into a Sherpa who showed me where to buy the gear I needed. Unfortunately...
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=Samatar
11/02/15 1:35 AM GMT
it was a shop on top of the mountain, fortunately...
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::Constance52347
11/02/15 3:32 AM GMT
a hiker coming down the mountain said he would lend me his gear. Unfortunately...
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.Tootles
11/02/15 4:25 PM GMT
...the stuff looked damaged, as though it had been falling off every cliff down from the summit. Fortunately...
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.captaindrewi
11/04/15 1:38 PM GMT
I had no intention of climbing any mountain and headed for the nearest bar with dancin' girls.Unfortunately....
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.Tootles
11/04/15 3:21 PM GMT
...though I thought this was a good idea and have been longing to ditch my mountaineering ambitions for a while, fate had other plans for me. One of the dancing girls did a lot of climbing in her spare time and (to my dismay) offered to take me along with her hiking group the next day. Fortunately...
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=Samatar
11/04/15 8:41 PM GMT
I declined. Unfortunately...
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.captaindrewi
11/05/15 1:39 AM GMT
only briefly as the next morning all smiling, the climbing group came to get me.Something must have been lost in translation, I mused.Errm?Crampons, thermal underwear,kendalls mint cake. I was ready.Fortunately.....
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::Constance52347
11/05/15 7:02 PM GMT
the weather report was favorable, and I had gotten a good night sleep...Unfortunately...
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.captaindrewi
11/06/15 5:07 PM GMT
as we trudged our way along and up, after an hour it became apparent one of the group was a whistler and repeatedly belted out a shrill version of 'aint no mountain high enough'. It was driving me nuts!
Fortunately....
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::Constance52347
11/06/15 6:03 PM GMT
LOL

The whistler began to lose breath at higher altitudes and had to stop. Unfortunately...
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=Samatar
11/06/15 8:04 PM GMT
What they had to stop doing was breathing, fortunately...
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.captaindrewi
11/06/15 10:47 PM GMT
the exhale, pause, inhale, pause, breathing exercises were coming in handy and easing the stress in post whistling, irritation situations. We were making good progress to goodness knows where.Unfortunately.....
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::Constance52347
11/12/15 12:12 AM GMT
our guides decided they had better things to do and left us to trudge on alone. Fortunately,
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.Akeraios
11/14/15 2:35 AM GMT
... I had the sense to turn back rather than attempt the summit without a guide. Unfortunately ...
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.captaindrewi
11/14/15 2:08 PM GMT
my way was blocked by a number of dancing yeti,they had obviously been practicing as the routine was very polished.Fortunately...
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::Constance52347
11/15/15 5:29 AM GMT
I enjoyed the performance immensely and, for a moment, forgot about my troubles. Unfortunately...
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.Akeraios
11/15/15 5:34 PM GMT
... that didn't make the troubles go away. The performance had made me lose track of time, and it was getting dark on the mountain. Fortunately ...
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::Constance52347
11/17/15 8:57 AM GMT
some of our party had tiki torches. We decided to settle in a cave for the night. Someone lit a fire and we sang corny songs and ate yak meat. It was a clear night and the stars were bright in the sky. Just as we were getting comfortable, someone heard a strange sound. Unfortunately...
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=Samatar
11/18/15 9:30 PM GMT
They also smelled a strange smell. Fortunately...
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.Akeraios
11/18/15 11:20 PM GMT
... at least nobody saw a strange sight. So everyone huddled together in the cave to sleep. Unfortunately ...
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=Samatar
11/19/15 3:54 AM GMT
the strange noises and smells continued, making sleep impossible. Fortunately...
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::Constance52347
11/19/15 4:33 AM GMT
no one snored or talked in their sleep. Unfortunately...
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=Samatar
11/19/15 7:49 PM GMT
That was because no one was sleeping! Fortunately...
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.captaindrewi
11/20/15 1:13 AM GMT
Mercifully they eventually all entered the realm of Morpheus and morning arrived without incident or so everyone thought until they discovered that the cave entrance had been blocked by falling rocks.The air was getting thin.Unfortunately.....
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=Samatar
11/20/15 5:19 AM GMT
they all suffocated, fortunately...
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.captaindrewi
11/20/15 4:44 PM GMT
suffocated in the sense they couldn't breathe momentarily for the astonishing vision that manifested itself at the back of the cave and beckoned them closer.Unfortunately....
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.Akeraios
11/21/15 10:17 PM GMT
... the vision was partly the effect of their oxygen-deprived brains, and partly the appearance of a group of well-armed goblins. They had come to see who had dared to camp out on their Front Porch, and they quickly rounded up the party to take to The Great Goblin. Fortunately ...
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=Samatar
11/22/15 7:22 AM GMT
they were only inches tall and easily defeated, unfortunately...
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Constance52347
11/23/15 8:43 PM GMT
we had lost our way, our supplies were running out, and, although we spotted a group of yak-drawn wagons in the distance, it didn't look like they were headed our way. Fortunately...
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=Samatar
11/23/15 10:12 PM GMT
hey were headed our way. I guess appearances can be deceiving! Unfortunately...
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Constance52347
11/24/15 5:49 AM GMT
they didn't seem very friendly. The main Tibetan had a fierce expression. He wore a fur robe, with a long sword that could be seen from under the cloak and a musket in his hand. Fortunately...
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=Samatar
12/01/15 3:17 AM GMT
they all fell down a ravine, unfortunately...
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.Akeraios
12/02/15 1:21 PM GMT
... being used to the terrain, they quickly climbed back out again with relatively few injuries. Naturally the incident hadn't improved their mood. Fortunately ...
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.captaindrewi
12/10/15 11:38 AM GMT
They meant us no harm. They had recently won tickets to Disneyland Paris and had no use for them they generously offered them to us.We graciously accepted them and a few days later we excitedly Landed at Charles De Gaulle.
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.Akeraios
12/10/15 1:10 PM GMT
Unfortunately ...
we were still dressed as Tibetan mountaineers, which caused the other Disneylanders to assume we belonged to one of the attractions. Specifically, one that featured a very realistic ice cave intended to represent somewhere on Mount Everest, where we were expected to sing songs about our imminent demise while pantomiming freezing to death.
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