Can You Name All 50 States in 10 Minutes - Page 2

€uroMeinke · 03-02-2007, 12:26 AM

I missed Wyoming - but my spelling was even worse

MouseWife · 03-02-2007, 12:29 AM

I'm not even going to try. It would take me way longer than ten minutes.

What scares me is if I ever get pulled over {not that I would but if I ever did....} and they ask me to recite the alphabet backwards...no way. Do they even really ask this? I think we saw it on a movie or something and Hubster and I were like 'Who can really do this???'

And, hell, I probably couldn't even walk a straight line.

Gemini Cricket · 03-02-2007, 12:33 AM

Stupid Delaware.

blueerica · 03-02-2007, 12:50 AM

LOL, I know them all - only because of the ABC states song. I just wonder how quickly I could type them.

here goes!

blueerica · 03-02-2007, 12:57 AM

Haha! 5:15 - screwed up with my New ____s. Admittedly, three glasses of wine haven't helped...

Morrigoon · 03-02-2007, 01:10 AM

Dammit, stupid F-ing east coast podunk states. Stupid norther border frontiersman middle-of-nowhere states.

I had all but 13 done in the first 4 minutes. Had all but 7 in the first 7 minutes.

You forgot: Delaware, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Wyoming,

lashbear · 03-02-2007, 04:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Babette

Can You Name All 50 States in 10 Minutes

No.

...but I can name all of Australia's 6 states and 2 territories in 15 seconds.

Betty · 03-02-2007, 06:22 AM

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Originally Posted by MouseWife

I'm not even going to try. It would take me way longer than ten minutes.

What scares me is if I ever get pulled over {not that I would but if I ever did....} and they ask me to recite the alphabet backwards...no way. Do they even really ask this? I think we saw it on a movie or something and Hubster and I were like 'Who can really do this???'

And, hell, I probably couldn't even walk a straight line.

That's something I can do as fast as I can say it forward. When my daughter was a baby, I would lay her down for bed after feeding her in the middle of the night and if I could get through saying the alphabet backwards, I felt comfortable enough to snooze away. But if she cried out before that, I would tend to her and then start over. Oddly enough, my daughter can now also recite the alphabet backwards.

The key is to do it in 3's. You know the first zyx, then wvu, tsr, qpo etc.

You find that there are groups of letters that come naturally and that makes it easier. Then all of a sudden you're at fedcba and ta-da - you know the alphabet backwards.

Just one of my many talents!

DreadPirateRoberts · 03-02-2007, 07:43 AM

I missed Illinois, North Carolina, Oklahoma. I had the States song going though my head, but it quit about 3/4 of the way though.

Snowflake · 03-02-2007, 07:57 AM

I can't believe I missed Rhode Island..........

03-02-2007, 12:26 AM	#11
€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	I missed Wyoming - but my spelling was even worse __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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03-02-2007, 12:29 AM	#12
MouseWife Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Da' Beach Posts: 2,957	I'm not even going to try. It would take me way longer than ten minutes. What scares me is if I ever get pulled over {not that I would but if I ever did....} and they ask me to recite the alphabet backwards...no way. Do they even really ask this? I think we saw it on a movie or something and Hubster and I were like 'Who can really do this???' And, hell, I probably couldn't even walk a straight line. __________________ Summa' time....when the livins' easy.........
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03-02-2007, 12:33 AM	#13
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	Stupid Delaware.
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03-02-2007, 12:50 AM	#14
blueerica Nueve Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,497	LOL, I know them all - only because of the ABC states song. I just wonder how quickly I could type them. here goes! __________________ Tomorrow is the day for you and me
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blueerica Nueve Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,497	Haha! 5:15 - screwed up with my New ____s. Admittedly, three glasses of wine haven't helped... __________________ Tomorrow is the day for you and me
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03-02-2007, 01:10 AM	#16
Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	Dammit, stupid F-ing east coast podunk states. Stupid norther border frontiersman middle-of-nowhere states. I had all but 13 done in the first 4 minutes. Had all but 7 in the first 7 minutes. You forgot: Delaware, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Wyoming, __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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DreadPirateRoberts Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,483	I missed Illinois, North Carolina, Oklahoma. I had the States song going though my head, but it quit about 3/4 of the way though.
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Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	I can't believe I missed Rhode Island.......... __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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