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Stormbringer
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Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:11 pm Post subject: Free rice |
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I found a website off of bbc.com that will donate 10 grains of rice for every word you get correct. The website is freerice.com.
I'm normally kind of wary about things like this, but it's free to do and all you have to have to join in is a large vocabulary.
The general word score in Jowston seems to be around 40.[/url] _________________ Set 'em on Fire! |
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HarmonianHiccup
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Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 1:17 pm Post subject: |
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THis is a good site with good intent, but some of their word definitions are really screwy. O_o _________________
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Hawk Thanatos
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Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:35 pm Post subject: |
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I was bored enough to donate 1000 grains of rice. :P
The totals are really impressive, on the 13th of this month 192,744,570 grains of rice were donated. That's a lot of rice. |
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Fu Su Lu
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Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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they give US rice? shouldnt it give free rice to poor people?
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Hawk Thanatos
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Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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The rice is given to the United Nations World Hunger Program for them to distribute. |
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Angelus
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Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:26 pm Post subject: |
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Aw, this is the cutest thing ever. I can help hungry people and brush up on my vocabulary as well. _________________
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Flare
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Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:37 pm Post subject: |
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Hawk Thanatos wrote: |
I was bored enough to donate 1000 grains of rice. :P |
Well, I donated 1500. What now! :P _________________ The immortal chickens shall rule the world!! |
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Scarlet Assassin
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Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:55 pm Post subject: |
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Flare wrote: |
Hawk Thanatos wrote: |
I was bored enough to donate 1000 grains of rice. :P |
Well, I donated 1500. What now! :P |
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Also, Fu Su Lu, don't forget that there are starving people in the United States as well. _________________
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Failure_Urn
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Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 12:15 am Post subject: |
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There are a lot of grains of rice in a meal gonna have to do this a bunch. Sounds like a cool idea non the less. I'll have to try it out when I get more free time. _________________
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Wolfheart
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Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 12:44 pm Post subject: |
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I stopped at 1800, when I reached Vocab level 40. Which, for a non English speaker, isn't that bad, I think.
Oh, well... knowing other languages helps a lot, too! _________________
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Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 1:11 pm Post subject: |
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Hee hee. One of the choices for "Cockloft" is womb. Hee hee.
Sorry.
Got to 3000/40. _________________
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Stormbringer
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Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 3:12 pm Post subject: |
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3000 rice? That's pretty hardccore. I can barely get past 800. _________________ Set 'em on Fire! |
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Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 3:44 pm Post subject: |
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I donated 3000 rice the first time I did it, and I go on in school when I'm bored to mess about. _________________ Can anyone tell I'm bored? |
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Tonberry
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Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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This really is fun. |
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Gil-galad
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Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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I got bored at 1000, but it's good to see sites like this popping up.
edit: It's pretty amazing how someone's cleverness can turn other people's boredom into food for the needy. _________________
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