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Beware, Quirky, I wouldn't trust pogo.com....it IS addicting. LOL.
posted by
Tandra
on September 17, 2005 at 3:16 PM
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Yeah, I've thought of that comparison too. Mostly in relation to homework.
posted by
Gubby
on September 16, 2005 at 9:13 AM
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Don't think I've ever run across that game Quirky
But you're right, life is like that; seems as if I'm whacking most of the time, lol.
posted by
Katray2
on September 16, 2005 at 8:37 AM
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Well, I'm not even going to ask where you got the picture of the mole making the hole in the donut...
I usually feel more like this! 
Stop! I want to get off!
posted by
FactorFiction
on September 16, 2005 at 6:01 AM
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hmmm... or is that guacamole....
posted by
Lensman
on September 15, 2005 at 10:37 PM
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Quirky
Why do I suddenly desire a bowl of chips and guacalmole?
posted by
Lensman
on September 15, 2005 at 10:36 PM
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whack that mole
I want that donut. About those moles. Maybe we put there , before we got here. So they'd be here when we did get here. So we'd have some way of keeping up with where we been. Hmmm.
posted by
dryten
on September 15, 2005 at 9:56 PM
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>8-| WELL... YES.... but lets put it this way.... at least it ain't as bad
as whack a rabbit. (for some... it's probably more like 'whackin' off')
posted by
wiserabbit
on September 15, 2005 at 4:34 PM
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Quirky...
Some days I'm the mole, other days the one wielding the club...hopefully it balances out at the end of the day. Never thought about it like that before. Do know that game does ease many a frustration.
posted by
LifeByLisa
on September 15, 2005 at 4:22 PM
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Quirkyalone....
I whacked one in my dream last night and woke up feeling good about it until I realized that it was a dream and the nasty little mole poked its head up again. Gonna get that mole.. I swear I'm gonna get it 
posted by
BrightIrish
on September 15, 2005 at 3:33 PM
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Interesting metaphor
It might put a different spin on it to look at each mole whacked as a goal achieved--rather than a problems solved.
posted by
jollyjeff
on September 15, 2005 at 2:37 PM
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Too many to count.....
posted by
word.smith
on September 15, 2005 at 1:39 PM
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Quirkyalone, did you ever feel that you were one of the moles that were being whacked and that no matter which hole you popped up in someone or some thing was ready to whack you back down?
posted by
TAPS.
on September 15, 2005 at 12:20 PM
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is wack...
the same slang term as whack?
posted by
Marshallengraved
on September 15, 2005 at 11:39 AM
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Wack a mole...or is that wacky mole?
Does give me something to think about. I've wacked quite a few moles in my time, but I certainly hope my life has more to it than that. Lately it DOES seem that I've been running around, wacking the first mole I get a chance to wack...maybe that's why I'm going in circles? I think I'd better go & read your other blog to get my head back where it should be...OFF of wacking moles & back to my center of peace & tranquility.
Great post...LOVE 
that moving mole graphic!!!
posted by
ravencat18
on September 15, 2005 at 11:36 AM
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Haven't whacked any moles lately
but the dang oppossum that thinks my back porch is his new home might find himself in danger soon.
BTW, I miss you too. I'll be back next week again.
posted by
Bel_
on September 15, 2005 at 11:11 AM
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Dave--
I imagine so!
posted by
Julia.
on September 15, 2005 at 10:33 AM
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quirky-girl
i've missed you too. thanks for not forgetting me
posted by
MysticGmekeepr
on September 15, 2005 at 10:32 AM
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cat--
well lucky for him there was not a big club lying around...lol.
posted by
Julia.
on September 15, 2005 at 10:32 AM
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It's a bit like that in class sometimes.
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on September 15, 2005 at 9:56 AM
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Quirks... I don't think it was the mole part that bothered him... not as
much as threatening to "bop" him on the head... which I did almost daily (threaten, not bop). LOL
posted by
-blackcat
on September 15, 2005 at 9:50 AM
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Maggie--
Uh-oh...I did not know there was an online verion...I have to check ito ut now, and I hope it is not addicting!!
posted by
Julia.
on September 15, 2005 at 9:44 AM
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cat--
what did he think, about being referred to as a rodent? lol.
posted by
Julia.
on September 15, 2005 at 9:43 AM
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Great post, Quirky....
I play that game on pogo.com. and it's fun, but you are right. How sad it is!
posted by
MaggieMae
on September 15, 2005 at 9:35 AM
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I used to refer to one of my coworkers with that game...
He was always popping his head up to see what I was doing. Whack a mole was him. Just wish I had a big mallet to hit him with.
posted by
-blackcat
on September 15, 2005 at 9:32 AM
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strat--
don't feel bad--you are not alone...hehe.
posted by
Julia.
on September 15, 2005 at 9:19 AM
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jojostar--
thanks for reading. My blogger buddy BrightIrish found the mole for me.
posted by
Julia.
on September 15, 2005 at 9:19 AM
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Masky--
Whacking the moles is rather therapeutic isn't it? lol.
posted by
Julia.
on September 15, 2005 at 9:13 AM
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Damn! I found that to be eerily autobiographical.
posted by
strat
on September 15, 2005 at 9:11 AM
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I never thought of it like that before but I think you're on to something. By the way, the animated mole was cute!
posted by
jojostar
on September 15, 2005 at 9:03 AM
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LMAO...never thought of life as such, but how appropriate.
When I go to the arcade we my kids, we always place this game. I must admit, the padded hammer feels good when it hits the head of one of those plastic buggers.
posted by
Masky
on September 15, 2005 at 9:03 AM
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medusa--
It
would be sad if that is all one manages to do in a life, to go from whacking one mole to the other with no pleasures and joys in-between.
posted by
Julia.
on September 15, 2005 at 9:01 AM
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cosy--
lol--thanks for commenting!! I think you meant "moley" not "molly"--hehe--though I am sure there are a lot of holy molly's in this world.
posted by
Julia.
on September 15, 2005 at 9:00 AM
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Great post, Quirky...I had never seen that carnival game, but....
you so cleverly described this game of life and how caught up we can become, until we can no longer wield the big hammer to knock more heads down. How true and sometimes, how sad, if that's all we manage to do.
posted by
MedusaNextDoor
on September 15, 2005 at 8:52 AM
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Wholly-molly! A milion and one!
Great metaphor girly!
posted by
cosy
on September 15, 2005 at 8:30 AM
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