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[minim_calibre]

Comment for a card.

If you'd prefer a card that does not skew towards an American or European perspective of mundane, please make a note in your sign up post. Thanks to the community, we have many prompts that represent many flavors of mundane.

Mod Edit: 12/23/2010

All cards should now be assigned out. Card assignments are now on hold for this round, and thanks everyone.

(Card assignments will probably re-open at some point in the new year. The last quarter of 2010 was sort of Murphy's Law in action for your mod.)

Comments

[denyce]

Yay, looking forward to this bingo, card please ;)

[minim_calibre]

breakfast	Writing Fanfic.	Traffic police stop you for an 'infringement'	baking chocolate chip cookies	Your entire [geographic location] sprouting flags when your [sport] team is in the playoffs.
giving the very smelly dog a bath	returning a defective item to the store	cheating at card games	folding towels	you're in the hospital emergency department for something that isn't actually life-threatening. Some kid you went to school with is a doctor. And remembers you.
returning library books	Receiving a fifth yellow fever shot because you forgot to carry your yellow card	FREE SPACE!	Checking the rain gauge.	Looking for a postage stamp
going to a concert	birth: midwife-assisted	Going through airport security	Choosing a movie rental	Pop quiz
People assume you can't be from the area because of how you sound or look.	looking for eyeglasses	Gassing up the car/refueling the spaceship/etc.	Toothache/Wisdom Tooth Removal	suffering through a cold

[bewize]

I would love a card!

[minim_calibre]

buying a fan because the weather suddenly became too hot	Start of a new season (summer/spring/harmattan/etc)	Toothache/Wisdom Tooth Removal	Herding escaped cows/livestock back to pasture	Waiting in line at the DMV/passport agency/other routine government issuer of things needed for hours.
Reading in the shade	making coffee	baking chocolate chip cookies	Argument with a sibling	signing a cast
tripped on the curb	reading a book	FREE SPACE!	brand new shiny gizmo for which you saved up is DOA	Repairing a fence
-going to the night market	Hiking	Nearly have head-on collision with someone coming around a blind corner at speed	Neighbours are killing a pig at 2am	-translating for your grandparent who doesn't speak English (but does speak 3 or 4 other languages)
opened a window	suffering through a cold	Being offended by something on TV/newspaper/magazine/book/etc.	Beer run	waiting at home for the delivery of a package

[cypher]

I would love a card, and I would love to take advantage of the not-American/European option -- thanks for offering that! :3

[minim_calibre]

Yay! (I'm glad someone is taking advantage of it!) There will be a slight delay while I generate a set of mainly non-American/European cards, as I foolishly failed to sort them out when I did the prompt sorting, so it's all jumbled together right now.

[thesecondbatgirl]

I would love a card!

[minim_calibre]

buying food at the wet market	waiting on someone else trying to choose the beer	trying to read and refold a map	Catching the bus	Attending a sporting event
having/visiting a garage sale	babysitting	Catching up on yardwork/gardening	taxes	-killing snakes/large spiders with a machete
Ordering food over the phone	Motorbike breaks down on side of road but there's always someone nearby who can fix it	FREE SPACE!	Breaking fast with a Big Mac	starting a video rental store membership
Tornado sirens go off at the worst possible time	Saturday morning	Looking for a postage stamp	Where's my bus pass?!	travel disaster: same name as person on no fly list
Making a grocery order for the month.	-eating with your fingers	oil change/tune up on the car	technological failure: sand	Argument with a sibling

[gchick]

Card me, pls.

[minim_calibre]

lost favourite piece of jewellery	giving the very smelly dog a bath	homework	bargain shopping	birds poop on clean drying laundry
Fishing	buying seafood at the wharf	waiting for the bus in the rain with no umbrella	public snarking in language other than English	Rioting when your [sport] team loses. Or wins.
Someone makes an overly personal remark about your physical appearance.	fighting over the remote control	FREE SPACE!	Going to the doctors/dentist	posting to dw/blog
Wind keeps messing up hijab	Waiting for furniture delivery	Turning off one appliance so you can run another without tripping a breaker.	Grocery shopping	Setting the car battery/solar panel out to be recharged by day
taxes	local club/pub rugby/football	Toothache/Wisdom Tooth Removal	organizing bookshelves or movie or music collections	food disasters: kicked off the bus because of contraband durian

[shrift]

Card, please!

[minim_calibre]

cookies	kid next door claims to be learning a musical instrument. it's painful to hear him/her practice	Neighbours having loud wedding festival through to 6am	tripped on the curb	buying [fuel] for the [vehicle] (car/spaceship/oxcart/etc.)
-playing mahjong	Trying to find a place to study when your roommate kicks you out so they can have sex in the room.	Open cupboard to find giant rat inside	-filming/watching home videos	paper work snafus
public snarking in language other than English	making tamales (of which there are always too many)	FREE SPACE!	receipt of citizenship ceremony	Making tortillas
Ordering 500kg instead of 500g of onions online/or other similar mishap	Cringing when someone mispronounces a word from your language/a language you're familiar with	Getting caught in the rain with no coat/hood/umbrella	Hiking	Feeding the woodstove.
-riding in a jeepney or tricycle or kalesa	-napping	Turning off one appliance so you can run another without tripping a breaker.	Took a motorbike taxi and realise you don't have exact change and taxi guy can't break Rp20000 (USD2)	Taking the fourth cold shower of the day to cool off

[true_statement]

Me, please :D

[minim_calibre]

killing the big scary bug that is in the bathroom when you're trying to take a shower	waiting at home for the delivery of a package	-being mistaken for someone else	hanging pictures	Trying to remember how to say "good evening" in another language.
someone's borrowed your car/spaceship/boat and it comes back in less than ideal condition/shape/cleanliness	star gazing	Building Something	having a cold	Start of a new season (summer/spring/harmattan/etc)
cute fluffy dog cannot distinguish between the patio and the lawn for defecation purposes	returning a defective item to the store	FREE SPACE!	Dealing with a new pet	Bouncing a crying baby.
locked out of house/car/spaceship	you're obliged to partake of a friend of a friend's backyard marijuana crop. It kinda sucks	Eating at Applebee's	-Bats in the house	Having to find enough quarters to do laundry.
finding something you really want in an online store but they don't ship internationally or else they reject your one and only credit card for no reason and seem to think that you should just use another one (because everyone has multiple credit cards right?)	-dim sum	the cat is the alarm clock and doesn't understand weekends	-having mediocre sex with the significant other	laughing so hard your stomach starts hurting

[amaresu]

Can I have one? Please?

I'm so excited for this.

[minim_calibre]

-Hammocks	late night runs to the grocery store or 24 hour diner	new house. new washing machine. same old sock monster	Setting the car battery/solar panel out to be recharged by day	Looking for street address but house numbers are completely arbitrary
Having a spare key made	going to visit a friend at a hospital (for a non life threatening reason)	laughing so hard your stomach starts hurting	All windows left open during big downpour.	technological failure: sand
Out of clean underwear.	while in traffic trying to buy something and having problems because cars are just starting to move faster	FREE SPACE!	someone's borrowed your car/spaceship/boat and it comes back in less than ideal condition/shape/cleanliness	ironing (do people still iron these days?)
wind is coming from the dump/and everything smells like burning trash.	-wanting to read something but not finding anything satisfactory	Writing Fanfic.	Washing Clothes	Being put on the spot about your romantic/sex life.
Front porch lightbulb burns out.	hitting the snooze button over and over	Buying fruit at a market	mending a hole in your pants/sock/shirt	national election: dangerous circumstances

[dagas_isa]

I'd love a card!

[minim_calibre]

Have to stop and take a stone out of one's shoe	shaking raindrops off pine needles	-wanting to read something but not finding anything satisfactory	cposting to dw	rough housing
trying to buy a gift for a parent's birthday	Boxing up stuff to move house	Roadblocks (with guys asking for money)	Turning off one appliance so you can run another without tripping a breaker.	making something for a bakesale
-going to the night market	Your entire [geographic location] sprouting flags when your [sport] team is in the playoffs.	FREE SPACE!	food disasters: kicked off the bus because of contraband durian	Splitting/stacking firewood
-Mosquito netting or lack there of	boiling corn	-not wearing shoes in the house	going to the gym/for a run/for a ride and not being hit on by gorgeous people or even seeing gorgeous people	running out of an ingredient while making dinner
Wind keeps messing up hijab	picking up trash	paying library fines	looking for a road/street that does not seem to exist.	asking for/being asked for a loan

[pocky_slash]

I'd like a card, please :D

[minim_calibre]

new pet sudden onset	blowing dandelion fluff off the stem	mending a hole in your pants/sock/shirt	hoping that school is cancelled	spring or end-of-the-year cleaning.
buying carrots in bulk	picking up trash	seeing an acquaintence out and about and hiding so you don't have to make small talk	fighting over the remote control	-planning family vacations
ironing (do people still iron these days?)	Dropping the toothpaste cap	FREE SPACE!	-eating with your fingers	Shoveling the driveway
at the park	buying seafood at the wharf	nothing on TV	first day of school	Picking dirt from the donkeys'/equines' hooves
Running out of coffee filters	programming the dvr	walking in the park	unexpected period	separating whites and colours -or not

[alexseanchai]

Card me, and is there a master prompt list or are we supposed to look at the poll to see what the prompt selection is?

[minim_calibre]

There will be master prompt list, once I have had a chance to compile it tonight or tomorrow.

[penny]

I would love a card! Thanks!

[minim_calibre]

playing video-games with your friends	stand in line at the post office.	Foot falling asleep.	Gardening	Cleaning out your inbox
-playing in the rain	walking the dogs	Playing/working with animals	sitting an exam	lambing season
oil change/tune up on the car	Buying a new car	FREE SPACE!	boiling corn	Argument with a sibling
Public transport is late/filthy/full of scary people	Trying to remember how to say "good evening" in another language.	Going to the comic store	-people trying to help you when you don't need help	baking chocolate chip cookies
making something (kniting/woodwork/crafting/etc)	(Repairing a) leaking pipe	buying food at the wet market	Getting difficult stains out of furniture	birth: hospital physician-assisted

[thefourthvine]

Card, please!

[minim_calibre]

Wanting to hit on someone but not knowing if they swing that way	stuck at the central travel location [airport/bus stop/train station/etc]	frequently-used-equipment malfunction	Dealing with a horse who does not want to be brought in from pasture	Beer run
petting a neighborhood cat while it hangs out on the sidewalk	-Sitting around waiting for the rain to stop being so loud on the tin roof so you can hold a conversation again	pause in [activity] to observe prayer	drinking a hot beverage on a cold day	bedtime routine
Catching up on a backlog of administrivia at work	Dryer has eaten a sock.	FREE SPACE!	picking out books at the library	Argument with a sibling
having a cold	missed phone call	travel disaster: transportation leaves without you	making tamales (of which there are always too many)	cat has brought you a dead animal
Celebrating a harvest festival (Lughnasadh/Pongal/Chuseok/Crop over/etc)	setting up internet/cable/utilities at new house	Fasting	writing thank-you notes	Flummoxed by new appliance

[clwilson2006]

Please can you card me. Thanks.
Is the non American/European thing for both? or can I ask for just non American, because I am european. If not I'll take any old thing, all my fandoms are for american shows anyways.

[minim_calibre]

Let me know if this card works -- it's not as American-centric as some!

making tamales (of which there are always too many)	animal slated for celebratory dinner escapes enclosure panic ensues	national holiday: independence	Headache that won't go away	-Salamanders falling from the ceiling onto your head
-buying stuff from street vendors	Herding escaped cows/livestock back to pasture	Ordering take-away because you haven't been grocery shopping yet	waiting on someone else trying to choose the beer	Moisturising in winter so your skin doesn't crack.
-getting caught up in conversation with a lonely person who just doesn't want to let the conversation end because then you'll go so you feel guilty if you call a halt and pissed off if you don't	national election: non-dangerous circumstances	FREE SPACE!	filing	trying to learn a foreign language and feeling stupid because you never seem to get any better
Have to change shirt after dribbling toothpaste on it in the morning	late to work	Going to the Bank	Dengue/TB/typhoid	peeing outside.
ironing (do people still iron these days?)	Underwire comes through your bra and jabs you for the rest of the day.	national holiday: religious	separating whites and colours -or not	bidding on eBay

[beth_soprano]

Card, please!

[minim_calibre]

Trying to find your way around campus in time for your first class and getting completely lost.	Seeing if the sea is too high to land a boat.	reading a book	Allergies acting up	Have to stop and take a stone out of one's shoe
hoping that school is cancelled	hosting international guests (family/friends)	going to pick up more clothes detergent but the store is out of your preferred kind	Making a grocery order for the month.	-going through security to enter a mall
Making Coffee	Remembering to turn on the radios in the morning.	FREE SPACE!	hosting international guests (exchange program)	food storage malfunction
dealing with co-workers who can't seem to do their jobs without you holding their hands	Attending a sporting event	ironing (do people still iron these days?)	burglary (foiled or successful)	-dealing with privilege
Argument with a parent	Repairs/handywork	Hearing the coyotes howl	being the last person to get off the bus/train/other public transport	Tornado sirens go off at the worst possible time

Yes, please.

[jazzypom]

I'd like a card that doesn't skew towards an American or European perspective of the mundane. Cheers.

Re: Yes, please.

[minim_calibre]

I should have those out tomorrow! I failed at sorting things when going through the prompts, and need to generate a new batch for that option.

[alicamel]

Can I have on please? :)

[minim_calibre]

-Picking through avocados/fruit on the ground to find lunch	Picking dirt from the donkeys'/equines' hooves	Letting the rice boil over	arguing over toilet paper brands	-significant other has unpleasant personal habit or odour
grandparent dies	-Bike repairs	walking the dog (and picking up poop)	Trying to find your way around campus in time for your first class and getting completely lost.	Going to the comic store
Neighbours having loud wedding festival through to 6am	Actually putting the clean laundry AWAY.	FREE SPACE!	Out of clean underwear.	toddler who won't go down for a nap today even though you really need to clean the house/do some work/etc
Toilet overflowing	livestock escape enclosure panic ensues	"who can eat the hottest pepper" test of fortitude	Going to the doctors/dentist	Getting up early to watch the sun rise
All windows left open during big downpour.	shaving legs	Getting snow tires	pruning the shrubbery. I mean the literal/outside green planty shrubbery.	forgetting items on the grocery list

[welfycat]

May I have a card please? Thank you!

[minim_calibre]

-filming/watching home videos	brand new shiny gizmo for which you saved up is DOA	peeing outside.	Breaking fast with a Big Mac	wind is coming from the dump/and everything smells like burning trash.
identical twins: messing with people via resemblance to twin	kid next door claims to be learning a musical instrument. it's painful to hear him/her practice	cleaning the toilet bowl	cleaning out the gutters	Remembering to turn on the radios in the morning.
Getting the origami paper wrinkled/folded wrong and/or giving up somehwere around crane 748 out of 1000.	Dropping the toothpaste cap	FREE SPACE!	Swerving constantly to avoid potholes	painting the house
you're hungry but you don't seem to want anything specific	Making lists	solitaire	-Picking through avocados/fruit on the ground to find lunch	Nearly have head-on collision with someone coming around a blind corner at speed
birth: hospital physician-assisted	haircut/trim	Sorting the recyclables	pet staring at you and making mysterious plaintive noises	someone announces it makes sense to take one car and then assumes he'll be driving because he's a he and you're not

[harpers_child]

i would like a card, please and thank you.

[minim_calibre]

-responding to internet memes	Feeling uneasy or awkward expressing yourself in a second language.	Previous user of shower used all the hot water.	cleaning the kitchen	Can't sleep because street dogs are mating
brand new shiny gizmo for which you saved up is DOA	unexpected period	minor flooding when it rains	Neighbours having loud wedding festival through to 6am	Flummoxed by new appliance
national election: non-dangerous circumstances	lost dry cleaning ticket	FREE SPACE!	Waiting in line at the DMV/passport agency/other routine government issuer of things needed for hours.	recycling the newspaper
dealing with a complete stranger who decides to make conversation with you (in line or at a restaurant/etc.)	signing a cast	Ran out of drinking water at home and too lazy to buy more so have to boil some	Gossipy phone call with an old/new friend	earthquakes
technological failure: sand	looking at a pile of sorting out and not wanting to do it	dealing with northern hemisphere folks who insist you can't possibly be having winter in June	Swerving constantly to avoid potholes	waiting at home for the delivery of a package

[derryderrydown]

I would like a card!

[minim_calibre]

going to walmart/target/large superstore of your choice	Bail/bribe friend out of jail	Snails ate the front page of the newspaper.	Bouncing a crying baby.	Paying Bills
drinking a cold beverage on a hot day	fighting over the remote control	assembling the shit you bought from IKEA	clothing goes through the wash with tissue in pocket.	making something (kniting/woodwork/crafting/etc)
Too tired to eat/too hungry to sleep	Getting caught in the rain with no coat/hood/umbrella	FREE SPACE!	Lost car keys	birds poop on clean drying laundry
-receiving/giving red packets	pruning the shrubbery. I mean the literal/outside green planty shrubbery.	using a lint roller to get pet fur off your clothes	House cleaning	-cheating at card games
Squeezing oranges to make orange juice	bug trauma (there's a spider! on my pillow! omg/help!)	finals week	Cringing when someone mispronounces a word from your language/a language you're familiar with	Trying to find your way around campus in time for your first class and getting completely lost.

[glitterfey.livejournal.com]

I'd love a card!

[minim_calibre]

Sitting by the river/pond/lake/bay	-finding the perfect outfit but the store doesn't have your size or that only looks good on a particular body type which yours isn't	brand new shiny gizmo for which you saved up is DOA	animal slated for celebratory dinner escapes enclosure panic ensues	the internet going down for a few minutes
-sleeping in	driving	Roadblocks (with guys asking for money)	wrong bus/bus stop	Feeling uneasy or awkward expressing yourself in a second language.
signing a cast	pet staring at you and making mysterious plaintive noises	FREE SPACE!	two friends break up/get divorced and it's awkward because they're both your friends	going for a walk
Feeding the woodstove.	haircut/trim	picking up trash	trip to the farmer's market	eating junk food for breakfast.
-taking pictures	cleaning out the gutters	dealing with tangled hair	chopping (anything)	-opening things (cans/green coconuts/etc) with a machete

[holydread.livejournal.com]

Card me, too, svp!

[minim_calibre]

House cleaning	Remembering to turn on the radios in the morning.	unexpected period	-wanting to read something but not finding anything satisfactory	going to the doctor's to have something swabbed/scraped/prodded/etc. not because there's anything wrong with it but because that's what's done for people of your age/sexual history/sex
Out of staple food/staple supply	The meeting that just won't end	Walking to the ice cream shop with a friend	Buying a new computer	local grocery store starts carrying beloved treat
Going to the doctors/dentist	travel disaster: transportation leaves without you	FREE SPACE!	lost favourite piece of jewellery	Pushing the car out of the mud slick ruts of the dirt roads
the only decent stuff on TV is in a language you don't understand without subtitles. Or with subtitles. beautiful crisp clear subtitles in another language you don't understand.	Breaking fast with a Big Mac	seeing an acquaintence out and about and hiding so you don't have to make small talk	-putting up blackout curtains	-filming/watching home videos
paying library fines	Running out of gas	Snow blindness	you're hungry but you don't seem to want anything specific	Public transport is late/filthy/full of scary people

[wenchpixie]

Card please :)

[minim_calibre]

cleaning the toilet bowl	Wanting to hit on someone but not knowing if they swing that way	stuck in traffic	Eating plate lunch: meat/macaroni salad/and two scoops rice. Plus poi probably.	shaking raindrops off pine needles
Paying Bills	arguing over toothpaste brands	bargain shopping	Nearly have head-on collision with someone coming around a blind corner at speed	trying to find candles when the electricity goes out
Trying to find where they set down/hid the To-Do list.	Going to the bank	FREE SPACE!	killing the big scary bug that is in the bathroom when you're trying to take a shower	Shoveling the driveway
breaking in new shoes	-driving on the wrong (or "wrong") side of the road/not paying attention to the rules of traffic	scooping out the litter box	waiting for public transportation	Writing a letter to the editor
birth: hospital physician-assisted	at the park	checking your lj/dw/twitter/facebook/greader/etc. several times in ten minutes because you're just that bored	talking on the phone to a sibling	-going to the night market

[vensre]

May I have a card, please?

I've been looking forward to this so much -- I think about it while I drive and everything. :D

[minim_calibre]

Gossipy phone call with an old/new friend	Texting	Trying to find a place to study when your roommate kicks you out so they can have sex in the room.	Buying fruit at a market	Public transportation is running late
Cleaning the toilet	-wearing red on special occasions	Wanting to hit on someone but not knowing if they swing that way	Ran out of drinking water at home and too lazy to buy more so have to boil some	Bail/bribe friend out of jail
Heavy downpour/flash flood	Doing homework	FREE SPACE!	-not wearing shoes in the house	Remembering to turn on the radios in the morning.
Can't sleep for no particular reason	overdue library books	Spending 15 minutes looking for your keys.	programming the dvr	Sorting the recyclables
practicing playing piano (or other instrument)	-Mosquito netting or lack there of	Lost car keys	playing musical instruments together.	blowing dandelion fluff off the stem

[hope]

I would love a card, please!

[minim_calibre]

travel disaster: lost baggage	Parallel parking	sending holiday cards.	Doing bills/filing taxes	going to the doctor's to have something swabbed/scraped/prodded/etc. not because there's anything wrong with it but because that's what's done for people of your age/sexual history/sex
Bra straps are too loose and require continuous adjustment for the rest of the day.	taking a walk	Making tortillas	Breaking fast with a Big Mac	Deciding it I want a cold solar shower now or a hot one in the afternoon.
travel disaster: same name as person on no fly list	cposting to dw	FREE SPACE!	the internet going down for a few minutes	shopping for food
at the park	Foot falling asleep.	"who can eat the hottest pepper" test of fortitude	Putting fresh camphor in the kimono storage box.	brownouts (power outages)
Finding a bug indoors and putting it back outside	Buying a new computer	losing your cell. phone	painting the house	dropped mobile phone in liquid