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Post by greer on Jan 14, 2008 20:25:40 GMT -5
i agree. green to me=rotted.
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Post by aln1982 on Jan 14, 2008 20:28:08 GMT -5
The whole idea of "green mess" or anything with green food coloring makes me think of the time that my boy cousins and I made cupcakes for their mom's birthday and my cousin who was about 10 made some disgusting color that turned out looking like baby poop. ;D
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Post by booboobrewer on Jan 14, 2008 20:34:56 GMT -5
Well, at least if you knew it was food coloring Now I'm thinking of moldy, green bread and it's grossing me out. ;D
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Post by lyricalangel on Jan 16, 2008 0:08:04 GMT -5
^LOL ;D
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Post by greer on Jan 16, 2008 0:09:51 GMT -5
haha in fourth grade we did a unit on mold and it was so gross!
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Post by lyricalangel on Jan 16, 2008 0:16:02 GMT -5
^Eww gross! I'm allergic to mold. I'd be a total Abby there.
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Post by greer on Jan 16, 2008 0:41:24 GMT -5
me too, but the mold was in sealed mason jars.
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Post by lyricalangel on Jan 16, 2008 1:19:38 GMT -5
^That's good
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Post by Rie on Jan 16, 2008 3:25:13 GMT -5
Hmm, that's a hard one. Probably the fact that 11 and 13 year olds are treated like adults and given so much freedom. Eleven-year-old Jessi being left solely in charge of her siblings for an entire weekend? I would go for the charges being so well-behaved and the bsc generally acting like mini-adults. I agree with you all. I would go for the charges being so well-behaved and the bsc generally acting like mini-adults. That's why I like the Pikes. They act like kids. denergetic,tease here,tease there,play here and there,etc. etc.
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Post by aln1982 on Jan 16, 2008 8:53:38 GMT -5
How about Gabbie and Myriah Perkins, and 5 year old and a two year old, throwing random ingredients into a bowl and making cookies that actually look and taste good in #33? I was making cookies last night, and I was thinking about how they don't always turn out, even when you're using a recipe! Agree. But.... I just reread this one and just wanted to say that we aren't SURE the cookies turned out since no one actually tasted them. Stacey just said they looked surprisingly edible so the girls could have one. But she didn't eat them and I don't think the girls even did in the book. They could have looked fine but tasted disgusting. ;D Or they just got lucky. ;D I just thought it was interesting when I happened to read this one that no one had actually tried the cookies to prove that they were good.
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Post by nothingtolose18 on Feb 18, 2008 19:48:32 GMT -5
Many things (I know they've all probably been said, but oh well): - winning the lottery. Come on, what are the odds?! - the difference in maturity levels between 10 and 11 years old. At 10, you're a sittee, acting just as rambunctious as your younger siblings (well, not all the time, but you know what I mean). At 11, you're a mature responsible sitter, who can even look after said 10 year olds. [Yeah, right. Like the triplets would honestly listen to Mal. She's ONE year older than them, for crying out loud!] - Jessi looking after Becca and Squirt for a whole WEEKEND alone. WTF?! Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey, I thought you knew better. My mom wouldn't leave me alone with my 10 year old sister when I was 17 years old for ONE NIGHT (I think that's how old we were. Now, maybe my mom is just really overprotective, but still...) - the fact that 13 and 11 year olds often knew more about a person's child than they themselves did. They always solved the kid's problems after just a few jobs. Guess it's because the parents of Stoneybrook never spend any time with their kids. - I think there's more, but I can't think of anything right now.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2008 1:38:12 GMT -5
I always thought it was so unrealistic that they were able to solve any mystery that happened around Stoneybrook. I will admit that the mysteries are some of my favorites and I just kind of ignore the fact that they're 13 when I'm reading them, but honestly. They always just happen to find enough incriminating evidence and somehow get a confession out of the person. Stoneybrook didn't even need a police force....they had the BSC!
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Post by nothingtolose18 on Feb 19, 2008 2:07:58 GMT -5
^ That's another thing that I was actually going to mention, but forgot to! I do like the mysteries as well, but they're just sooo unlikely! All the incriminating evidence they eventually find, and the way everything just fits together... and is it just me, but do they always have to convince the police of the truth? They're always right, of course. Then again, I guess we shouldn't complain with series like 'The Boxcar Children', which were alllllllways about the four children (gosh, can't believe I can't remember their last name, but I remember their first names ) solving mysteries.
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Post by wenonah4th on Feb 19, 2008 14:01:41 GMT -5
^Alden.
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Post by aln1982 on Feb 19, 2008 17:03:54 GMT -5
^ Just saw Boxcar Children #114, a Horse Named Dragon (Mal and Jessi would like it ;D) is out. ;D (That's my second favorite series after BSC ;D) Anyway, when I think about the unrealistic-ness of them solving the mysteries, I just overlook it, I guess, because I realize that without these type of things, there would be no plot. And no plot means no book (well, not a very interesting one at least ;D) ;D
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