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  <title>Caption this: Flag day (updated)</title>
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        <body>Ahh, he's an amateur. He's got nothing on the crazies roaming our stadiums.</body>
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        <body>he didn't exactly land with a stable organization. 
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What, we're back to equestrain?</body>
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        <body>Do you call it &amp;quot;soda,&amp;quot; &amp;quot;pop&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;Coke&amp;quot;?

http://popvssoda.com:2998/countystats/total-county.html
Anthony Verna | 08/21/08, 11:39 AM 
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In parts of New England, they call it &amp;quot;tonic&amp;quot;.</body>
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        <body>Do you call it &amp;quot;soda,&amp;quot; &amp;quot;pop&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;Coke&amp;quot;?

http://popvssoda.com:2998/countystats/total-county.html

Anthony Verna 
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I call it soda because I feel one should be on a first name (soda pop) basis with ones beverages.

manta |

Stupid American only maps.  No one ever cares about what Canada thinks.</body>
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        <body>New post.</body>
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        <body>and Canada wins the gold in individual show jumping.

Ten Duke 

Congratulations to the Canadians.  Now I forget, is individual show jumping done in the rink (or whatever they call it) or the open field?</body>
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        <body>With all do respect to the SF fans out there, he didn't exactly land with a stable organization. But then, the stable organizations seem to have their franchise QB.

Becky37 
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Too bad he couldn't just be traded to another team where he would be able to be successful.  Like Favre was after he was traded from Atlanta.</body>
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        <body>6 horse jump off for the bronze under way right now.
Ten Duke | 08/21/08, 11:32 AM 
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Well, who can work with that going on?</body>
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        <body>...that's what she said.</body>
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        <body>Do you call it &amp;quot;soda,&amp;quot; &amp;quot;pop&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;Coke&amp;quot;?

http://popvssoda.com:2998/countystats/total-county.html

Anthony Verna 
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I call it soda because I feel one should be on a first name (soda pop) basis with ones beverages.</body>
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  <body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;AP&quot; src=&quot;http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008_images/CapThis082008.jpg&quot; height=&quot;270&quot; alt=&quot;AP&quot; width=&quot;425&quot; style=&quot;width: 425px; height: 270px&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Welcome back to Caption This. That&amp;#39;s &lt;strong&gt;Wei Shengchu&lt;/strong&gt; in the center of the photo. For those who don&amp;#39;t know&amp;nbsp;-- and really, why would you?&amp;nbsp;-- Wei is a Chinese acupuncturist who decided to insert more than 100 needles carrying national flags into his head to commemorate the Beijing Games. That&amp;#39;s the National Stadium, a.k.a. the Bird&amp;#39;s Nest, in the background.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Feel free to supply a suggested caption in the comments section. I will make some selections tonight. And remember, even if you&amp;#39;re not a non-winner, please don&amp;#39;t jab any needles into your skull without the guidance of a trained professional.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;strong&gt;UPDATED&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#39;s a dynamic dozen:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;Wei Shengchu regretted offering to be a human map for Miss South Carolina.&amp;rdquo; (&lt;strong&gt;Lisa&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;Fortunately, the acupuncture also keeps Wei from feeling the pain of public humiliation.&amp;rdquo; (&lt;strong&gt;Mark G&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;Annoyed at all the songs that kept getting stuck in his head, Wei replaced them with needles.&amp;rdquo; (&lt;strong&gt;Midvalley&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;Alas, Wei Shengchu discovers that acupuncture does nothing for an overbite.&amp;rdquo; (&lt;strong&gt;Rickapolis&lt;/strong&gt;; &lt;strong&gt;Zowie&lt;/strong&gt; was on a similar path)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;The really scary thing is that he knows all the capitals.&amp;rdquo; (&lt;strong&gt;Brian K Jones&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;Wei Shengchu wallows in freakish misery after being fought &amp;lsquo;to the pain&amp;rsquo; by the Dread Pirate Roberts.&amp;rdquo; (&lt;strong&gt;Clef&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;Wow, that&amp;#39;s incredible -- look at all that smog!&amp;rdquo; (&lt;strong&gt;JMac39&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;Wei Shengchu&amp;#39;s magnetic personality has always made the ladies stop and stare.&amp;rdquo; (&lt;strong&gt;Finsterbaby&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;The Chinese hair replacement industry is light years ahead of the U.S.&amp;rdquo; (&lt;strong&gt;manta&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;Hey ladies, let&amp;#39;s see &lt;strong&gt;Phelps&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;Bolt&lt;/strong&gt; do &lt;em&gt;this&lt;/em&gt;!&amp;rdquo; (&lt;strong&gt;big west&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;The two onlookers don&amp;#39;t even notice the flags, they are instead captivated by the awesomeness of Wei&amp;#39;s mullet.&amp;rdquo; (&lt;strong&gt;El Caballo&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;Bringing the term &amp;lsquo;pinhead&amp;rsquo; to a whole new level.&amp;rdquo; (&lt;strong&gt;TedyBruschi2&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</body>
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