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Old 09-04-2022, 03:01 AM   #496
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I certainly remember hearing the story of the Tortoise and the Hare at a young age
I remember when I first read that story in a book without illustrations, I imagined the 'hare' to be a wig and being vaguely confused on how it could take part in a race.
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Old 09-04-2022, 05:19 AM   #497
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Who is it that we believe, here, doesn't know what a hare is????

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hare used to be used to mean to move quickly.
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Old 09-04-2022, 05:40 AM   #498
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I certainly remember hearing the story of the Tortoise and the Hare at a young age
Sure. Who didn't learn ye olden "slow and steady wins the race" stuff?

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I remember when I first read that story in a book without illustrations, I imagined the 'hare' to be a wig and being vaguely confused on how it could take part in a race.
LOL, okay, I can see that. On the other hand, what were you, 5-6?

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hare used to be used to mean to move quickly.
And it still does. I use it for same, telling my gang "don't go haring off until we've discussed..." and whatever. Hare, haring.

OOOKay, I guess I'm happy I asked, then.

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LOL, okay, I can see that. On the other hand, what were you, 5-6?
3 or 4. I was an early reader.
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Old 09-04-2022, 06:15 AM   #500
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3 or 4. I was an early reader.
I was aboujt the same age when I first read it, but it was always called "the Hare and the Tortoise" here, guaranteeing that the other way round sounds odd to me still.
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I remember when I first read that story in a book without illustrations, I imagined the 'hare' to be a wig and being vaguely confused on how it could take part in a race.
I thought the prayer at School Assembly ended with "for thine is the car and the lorry" for years. It never bothered me sufficiently to ask anyone why.
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I thought the prayer at School Assembly ended with "for thine is the car and the lorry" for years. It never bothered me sufficiently to ask anyone why.
The standard US joke along those lines is the well-known hymn: Gladly, the Cross-Eyed Bear.
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Old 09-04-2022, 12:37 PM   #503
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Growing up in the Southwest (Southern California) everyone knew what a hare is, thanks to the desert hare/jackrabbit.
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Old 09-04-2022, 02:09 PM   #504
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The....drumroll, please...the JACKALOPE!

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The....drumroll, please...the JACKALOPE!

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The....drumroll, please...the JACKALOPE!

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Odessa, Texas has a Jackalope statue.
Of course it does. What southwestern town of any size doesn't? :-) Our mayor in Scottsdale once had a "jackalope skull" hanging over his desk. LOL.

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I thought the prayer at School Assembly ended with "for thine is the car and the lorry" for years. It never bothered me sufficiently to ask anyone why.
This is the one that I remember from assemblies.



https://youtu.be/yN4YieXrDLg?t=26

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(ETA: I can't get the embed to work. I'm sure I've got embedded youtube to work in the past - anyone enlighten me as to what I'm doing wrong?)
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(ETA: I can't get the embed to work. I'm sure I've got embedded youtube to work in the past - anyone enlighten me as to what I'm doing wrong?)
I’ve fixed it. Don’t put the entire URL in the YouTube brackets, only the video number, in this case: yN4YieXrDLg
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I’ve fixed it. Don’t put the entire URL in the YouTube brackets, only the video number, in this case: yN4YieXrDLg
Ah! Thanks very much. I knew I'd done it before but couldn't remember how.

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