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The Wooden Stick Challenge



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Sun Jul 12, 2009 1:35 am
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Angels-Symphony says...



Let's say you're a little kid and your parents don't believe in buying toys. Instead, they give you a wooden stick and tell you to use your imagination.


So....

*hands you a wooden stick*

Use your imagination ;)
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Sun Jul 12, 2009 2:16 am
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Incendio! *swish, sets tree on fire* Expelliarmus! *swoosh, knocks brother off feet* Wingardium Leviosa! *sends dog flying in the air*

Ha ha! I'd pretend it was a wand, and I'm a wizard! (Though I'd probably not be saying Harry Potter spells, because it's unlikely that my parents would let me read Harry Potter if they don't let me have toys.)

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Sun Jul 12, 2009 4:19 pm
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Carlito says...



Dang it! I was going to use it as a wand! :D

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Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:31 am
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nixonblitzen says...



I think I'd sit down & just start peeling the bark off the stick, pretending I lived in the forest & needed it for food. That sounds like something I'd do as a kid.
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Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:08 am
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Krupp says...



I think I'd just use it as a walking stick whenever I'm rambling, pretending I'm some traveler with a mission, rather than just a normal guy out for a walk for the heck of it.
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Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:42 pm
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Bickazer says...



I'd find a bedsheet and bucket to dress myself in, and pretend I'm Darth Vader and the stick is my lightsaber.
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Wed Jul 29, 2009 6:51 am
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Mr_Bacon says...



I'd make the stick my viking bastard sword, and pillage an imaginary hamlet.
  





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Lauren2010 says...



I would probably use it as a paddle in my imaginary rowboat headed for some distant land. Then it would become my sword once I got there.
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WaterVyper says...



I'd probably use it as a pencil, find a patch of dirt, and draw something. Then, I'd use my 'magic wand' to bring it to life for an imaginary friend that'll play with me for the rest of my life. :)
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bludragon525 says...



I would probably make a tiny tent out of it with another stick or a pencil and pretend it was an elf's house. :)
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Carlito says...



It's a knitting needle that can bend so I can make hats :)
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I would use it as a flag and I would plant it in the ground like I was walking on the moon. :D
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Ellyphant says...



I would first use it as a shovel and dig my self a fox hole. Then I would pretend I was in world war 1 and shoot (using the stick) anyone who came out of the house...unless, my brother came out...then I'd beat him with it :D
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Lightsaber. I am Darth Maul.
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Jamie_rocks says...



Let's see, me, as a child, with a wooden stick...

Ooh, I know what I would have done: paint the stick, put something on the top of it, and declare myself queen because I was the with the royal scepter. I'd probably also make myself a crown, and tried to enforce my queen-liness upon EVERYBODY. Literally everybody.
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