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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
 Posted - 08/15/2009 : 20:39:55
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Many, some say most, of the people who live in this small town dwell in caves and burrows down under its surface.
1. What's the name of the town?
2. What is the product for which it is famed?
Bonus questions:
3. What's the English meaning of the town's name?
4. Why do the residents like to live underground?
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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Edited by - HalfMooner on 08/15/2009 20:40:57
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bngbuck
SFN Addict
USA
2437 Posts |
Posted - 08/16/2009 : 09:26:54 [Permalink]
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1. Coober Pedy, Australia
2. Opals
3. "Boy's waterhole"
4. To escape the heat. It's very hot in that part of Australia |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 08/16/2009 : 09:39:52 [Permalink]
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Congratulations, Bngbuck! Correct, correct, correct (what I'd first read was that Coober Pedy meant "white men in burrows", but I'll certainly accept Wiki as the better source), and correct!
You're fully back in form after that terrible slump, Bngbuck.
Okay, how'd you find the answer? Already knew about the place?
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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bngbuck
SFN Addict
USA
2437 Posts |
Posted - 08/16/2009 : 10:58:49 [Permalink]
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Mooner.....
Been there, done that!
About that "slump". I have directed a quasi-legal message to you elsewhere on this forum, and you had better reply before really serious consequences ensue! |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 08/16/2009 : 11:25:55 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by bngbuck
Mooner.....
Been there, done that!
About that "slump". I have directed a quasi-legal message to you elsewhere on this forum, and you had better reply before really serious consequences ensue!
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So sue me. Are you gonna start going on like David Markuze?  |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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