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Re: Passing the time

#441 Post by Wulfruna » Wed Feb 08, 2012 10:53 pm

....and how did you guess I'd enjoy this one too?
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Re: Passing the time

#442 Post by Scurra » Tue Feb 14, 2012 3:54 pm

The Google animation for today (14th Feb) is rather sweet.
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.
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Re: Passing the time

#443 Post by Bunnylump » Tue Feb 14, 2012 4:50 pm

Scurra, you big softie... :P
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Re: Passing the time

#444 Post by Scurra » Tue Apr 10, 2012 12:55 pm

Here's a little (10m) film that I promise will make your day.

http://cainesarcade.com/
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Re: Passing the time

#445 Post by giraffe » Tue Apr 10, 2012 1:11 pm

Brilliant! :D
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Re: Passing the time

#446 Post by Bunnylump » Tue Apr 10, 2012 2:01 pm

That is SO sweet. Bless his little cotton socks. :lol: It reminds me of when my kids set up a shop at their grandparents' house when they were little. They saved things like washed out tins, whiskey jars and cereal boxes which they had set up in the spare room. They kept a LEDGER with how much toy money they had made (pretty good when they were charging Grandpa 32p for a "bottle of whiskey"). They also had special offers and promotions running where you could win spot prizes etc. :lol: Which just goes to show how you REALLY don't need to spend lots of money on expensive kids' toys, do you?
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Re: Passing the time

#447 Post by Bunnylump » Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:21 pm

Quite liked this.
http://www.sporcle.com/games/Gold26/uktowns
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Re: Passing the time

#448 Post by Wulfruna » Fri Apr 20, 2012 11:36 pm

THat's a good one - I didn't quite manage them all in the time, but got quite close :D
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Re: Passing the time

#449 Post by Scurra » Thu Jun 28, 2012 11:46 am

Been a while, so here's one for all you teachers and pedants out there.
Basically, it's a shooting game except that you shoot grammatical and spelling mistakes in a document.
Note: there are a lot of problems with the implementation - especially the very short timer which makes it hard to get anywhere - but the idea is very amusing.

http://www.gradinggame.com/
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Re: Passing the time

#450 Post by giraffe » Fri Jun 29, 2012 12:15 pm

I got to the end at about the 4th attempt, but it is hard to get more than about half the mistakes even on the easiest levels.
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Re: Passing the time

#451 Post by Laura » Fri Jun 29, 2012 1:11 pm

What is the end? I've got to level 4 I think.
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Re: Passing the time

#452 Post by giraffe » Fri Jun 29, 2012 1:50 pm

Level 10 I think. You don't have to read them very thoroughly, there are lots of repeated words and misspellings of THE and AND. :roll:
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Re: Passing the time

#453 Post by Bunnylump » Fri Jun 29, 2012 6:13 pm

As I spend large proportions of my day doing this anyway, I most certainly don't want to do it in my leisure time. :lol: And guess what I'm doing at the moment? Proof reading 31 four page primary school reports...and finding the odd mistake! :lol:
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Re: Passing the time

#454 Post by clvrlad » Sat Jul 07, 2012 6:53 pm

heres one for scurra to prepare him self


click here
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Re: Passing the time

#455 Post by kathlyn » Sun Jul 08, 2012 9:44 am

I think the metal dog should beware of deep water and electric conections when the bunny gets to see that :shock: :)
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Re: Passing the time

#456 Post by Bunnylump » Sun Jul 08, 2012 11:47 am

Oh don't you worry. I've got his card marked...and I know what he looks like now, so when I come to hunt him down, he won't stand a chance... :lol:
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Re: Passing the time

#457 Post by Bunnylump » Thu Jul 12, 2012 8:25 pm

Now, although I promised Scurra that I wouldn't keep posting links to Sporcle, this is really odd. Try getting them just by watching, then try blinking fast and see what happens. Weird
http://www.sporcle.com/games/vikZ/woah- ... ds-go-fast
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Re: Passing the time

#458 Post by Wulfruna » Thu Jul 12, 2012 10:04 pm

weird indeed :shock:
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Re: Passing the time

#459 Post by Bunnylump » Sat Aug 04, 2012 10:15 pm

This is quite good.
http://www.wordgames.com/qbox.html
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Re: Passing the time

#460 Post by giraffe » Sat Aug 11, 2012 9:17 pm

Is this the random things thread?


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-19222190
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