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dhkendall wrote:OK, here's one for Vanya, who are all these women? What do they have in common, and why are they historic?
Fourth from the left I have seen before. I assume they are in Canadian politics?
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Close, Brian. It's a pretty elite group:
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All are members of the national legislature of their respective country.

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Eva Kaili, Greece

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Orly Levy, Israel

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Ruby Dahlla, Canada (oops, I guess she isn't current)

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Setrida Geagea, Lebanon

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Emma Kiernan, Ireland
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Kirsten Gillibrand, US, New York

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Alina Kabaeva, Russia

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Nancy Pelosi, US, California

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Kyrsten Sinema, US, Arizona

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Tulsi Gabbard, US, Hawaii
(In case it comes up on Jeopardy: She is the first American Samoan, the first Hindu member, and, along with Tammy Duckworth, one of the first female combat veterans in the United States Congress.)
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But that's only ten.

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...but the senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity.

If I had 50 cents for every math question I got right, I'd have $6.30 by now.
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bpmod wrote:But that's only ten.

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One of the pictures is Nancy Pelosi's yearbook photo.
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bpmod wrote:But that's only ten.

Brian
One of the pictures is Nancy Pelosi's yearbook photo.
And that was one of the few that I thought I recognized but couldn't put a name to. I guess not.

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...but the senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity.

If I had 50 cents for every math question I got right, I'd have $6.30 by now.
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bpmod wrote:
jkbrat wrote:
bpmod wrote: I only know one of them, myself.
Wow, that is not at all how I pictured you :shock: .
No! No! Look at the punctuation! Not "I only know one of them. Myself."
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Vanya, for a second I thought one of your new avatars was Nancy Pelosi. Was I hallucinating?
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Magna wrote:Vanya, for a second I thought one of your new avatars was Nancy Pelosi. Was I hallucinating?
Ha ha, no you were not. My avatars are not meant to endorse any political viewpoint. :)
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A new set! You know the drill (NO googling, bingin', or image searching)
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Vanya wrote:A new set! You know the drill (NO googling, bingin', or image searching)

Hint:
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All are on a list that was in the news recently.
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OK, so no one is going to get this one.
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Next group is much easier :) .
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Vanya wrote:OK, so no one is going to get this one.
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Now, that's my kind of list!

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...but the senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity.

If I had 50 cents for every math question I got right, I'd have $6.30 by now.
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Vanya wrote:A new set! You know the drill (NO googling, bingin', or image searching)
That's Bing-ing, I guess, not binging (aka bingeing). (Not that a binge would help you guess avatars....)
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Magna wrote:
Vanya wrote:A new set! You know the drill (NO googling, bingin', or image searching)
That's Bing-ing, I guess, not binging (aka bingeing). (Not that a binge would help you guess avatars....)
I can't stand Bing. I am a huge fan of bingeing, however.
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dude, yer killin' me. That Wendy's chick is turning up, like, 50% of the time. I'm running low on saltpetre!
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Paucle wrote:dude, yer killin' me. That Wendy's chick is turning up, like, 50% of the time. I'm running low on saltpetre!
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...but the senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity.

If I had 50 cents for every math question I got right, I'd have $6.30 by now.
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Paucle wrote:dude, yer killin' me. That Wendy's chick is turning up, like, 50% of the time. I'm running low on saltpetre!
She is not that Wendy's chick. And watch what you say next; she is 14 years old.
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Paucle wrote:dude, yer killin' me. That Wendy's chick is turning up, like, 50% of the time. I'm running low on saltpetre!
She is not that Wendy's chick. And watch what you say next; she is 14 years old.
She's not? Wow! That's who she looked like to me, too (as was obvious by my earlier post).

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...but the senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity.

If I had 50 cents for every math question I got right, I'd have $6.30 by now.
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bpmod wrote:
Vanya wrote:
Paucle wrote:dude, yer killin' me. That Wendy's chick is turning up, like, 50% of the time. I'm running low on saltpetre!
She is not that Wendy's chick. And watch what you say next; she is 14 years old.
She's not? Wow! That's who she looked like to me, too (as was obvious by my earlier post).

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She is Juliette Angelo, currently appearing on Reba McIntyre's TV show "Malibu Country."
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