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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.)

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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

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<table valign="center" border="2" bordercolor="black" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Have to stop and take a stone out of one's shoe</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">shaking raindrops off pine needles</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">-wanting to read something but not finding anything satisfactory</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">cposting to dw</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">rough housing</div></td>
</tr>
<tr> <td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">trying to buy a gift for a parent's birthday</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Boxing up stuff to move house</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Roadblocks (with guys asking for money)</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Turning off one appliance so you can run another without tripping a breaker.</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">making something for a bakesale</div></td>
</tr>
<tr> <td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">-going to the night market</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Your entire [geographic location] sprouting flags when your [sport] team is in the playoffs.</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>FREE SPACE!</strong></div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">food disasters: kicked off the bus because of contraband durian</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Splitting/stacking firewood</div></td>
</tr>
<tr> <td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">-Mosquito netting or lack there of</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">boiling corn</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">-not wearing shoes in the house</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">going to the gym/for a run/for a ride and not being hit on by gorgeous people or even seeing gorgeous people</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">running out of an ingredient while making dinner</div></td>
</tr>
<tr> <td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Wind keeps messing up hijab</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">picking up trash</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">paying library fines</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">looking for a road/street that does not seem to exist.</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">asking for/being asked for a loan</div></td>
</tr>
</table>

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

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<table valign="center" border="2" bordercolor="black" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">new pet sudden onset</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">blowing dandelion fluff off the stem</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">mending a hole in your pants/sock/shirt</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">hoping that school is cancelled</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">spring or end-of-the-year cleaning.</div></td>
</tr>
<tr> <td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">buying carrots in bulk</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">picking up trash</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">seeing an acquaintence out and about and hiding so you don't have to make small talk</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">fighting over the remote control</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">-planning family vacations</div></td>
</tr>
<tr> <td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">ironing (do people still iron these days?)</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Dropping the toothpaste cap</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>FREE SPACE!</strong></div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">-eating with your fingers</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Shoveling the driveway</div></td>
</tr>
<tr> <td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">at the park</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">buying seafood at the wharf</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">nothing on TV</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">first day of school</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Picking dirt from the donkeys'/equines' hooves</div></td>
</tr>
<tr> <td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Running out of coffee filters</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">programming the dvr</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">walking in the park</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">unexpected period</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">separating whites and colours -or not</div></td>
</tr>
</table>

haircut/trim	trying to buy a gift for a parent's birthday	Tracking wolves.	Already started cooking and an ingredient is missing	Completely socked in by snow
trying to find candles when the electricity goes out	opened a window	Searching for enough loose change to buy a soda/latte/etc.	boiling corn	scooping out the litter box
national election: dangerous circumstances	solitaire	FREE SPACE!	hosting international guests (exchange program)	-trying exotic foods like apples and white bread
Getting through an airport/spaceport/etc to your connecting flight	cookies	Wind keeps messing up hijab	-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	Turning off one appliance so you can run another without tripping a breaker.
fighting over the remote control	napping in the middle of the day	-killing snakes/large spiders with a machete	-looking for eyeglasses	-singing along to the radio

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<table valign="center" border="2" bordercolor="black" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">haircut/trim</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">trying to buy a gift for a parent's birthday</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Tracking wolves.</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Already started cooking and an ingredient is missing</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Completely socked in by snow</div></td>
</tr>
<tr> <td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">trying to find candles when the electricity goes out</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">opened a window</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Searching for enough loose change to buy a soda/latte/etc.</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">boiling corn</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">scooping out the litter box</div></td>
</tr>
<tr> <td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">national election: dangerous circumstances</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">solitaire</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>FREE SPACE!</strong></div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">hosting international guests (exchange program)</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">-trying exotic foods like apples and white bread</div></td>
</tr>
<tr> <td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Getting through an airport/spaceport/etc to your connecting flight</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">cookies</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Wind keeps messing up hijab</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">-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</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Turning off one appliance so you can run another without tripping a breaker.</div></td>
</tr>
<tr> <td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">fighting over the remote control</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">napping in the middle of the day</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">-killing snakes/large spiders with a machete</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">-looking for eyeglasses</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">-singing along to the radio</div></td>
</tr>
</table>

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

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<table valign="center" border="2" bordercolor="black" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">playing video-games with your friends</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">stand in line at the post office.</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Foot falling asleep.</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Gardening</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Cleaning out your inbox</div></td>
</tr>
<tr> <td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">-playing in the rain</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">walking the dogs</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Playing/working with animals</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">sitting an exam</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">lambing season</div></td>
</tr>
<tr> <td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">oil change/tune up on the car</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Buying a new car</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>FREE SPACE!</strong></div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">boiling corn</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Argument with a sibling</div></td>
</tr>
<tr> <td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Public transport is late/filthy/full of scary people</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Trying to remember how to say "good evening" in another language.</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Going to the comic store</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">-people trying to help you when you don't need help</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">baking chocolate chip cookies</div></td>
</tr>
<tr> <td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">making something (kniting/woodwork/crafting/etc)</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">(Repairing a) leaking pipe</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">buying food at the wet market</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Getting difficult stains out of furniture</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">birth: hospital physician-assisted</div></td>
</tr>
</table>

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

C&P version

<table valign="center" border="2" bordercolor="black" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Wanting to hit on someone but not knowing if they swing that way</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">stuck at the central travel location [airport/bus stop/train station/etc]</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">frequently-used-equipment malfunction</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Dealing with a horse who does not want to be brought in from pasture</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Beer run</div></td>
</tr>
<tr> <td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">petting a neighborhood cat while it hangs out on the sidewalk</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">-Sitting around waiting for the rain to stop being so loud on the tin roof so you can hold a conversation again</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">pause in [activity] to observe prayer</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">drinking a hot beverage on a cold day</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">bedtime routine</div></td>
</tr>
<tr> <td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Catching up on a backlog of administrivia at work</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Dryer has eaten a sock.</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>FREE SPACE!</strong></div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">picking out books at the library</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Argument with a sibling</div></td>
</tr>
<tr> <td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">having a cold</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">missed phone call</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">travel disaster: transportation leaves without you</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">making tamales (of which there are always too many)</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">cat has brought you a dead animal</div></td>
</tr>
<tr> <td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Celebrating a harvest festival (Lughnasadh/Pongal/Chuseok/Crop over/etc)</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">setting up internet/cable/utilities at new house</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Fasting</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">writing thank-you notes</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Flummoxed by new appliance</div></td>
</tr>
</table>

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

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<table valign="center" border="2" bordercolor="black" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">making tamales (of which there are always too many)</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">animal slated for celebratory dinner escapes enclosure panic ensues</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">national holiday: independence</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Headache that won't go away</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">-Salamanders falling from the ceiling onto your head</div></td>
</tr>
<tr> <td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">-buying stuff from street vendors</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Herding escaped cows/livestock back to pasture</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Ordering take-away because you haven't been grocery shopping yet</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">waiting on someone else trying to choose the beer</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Moisturising in winter so your skin doesn't crack.</div></td>
</tr>
<tr> <td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">-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</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">national election: non-dangerous circumstances</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>FREE SPACE!</strong></div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">filing</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">trying to learn a foreign language and feeling stupid because you never seem to get any better</div></td>
</tr>
<tr> <td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Have to change shirt after dribbling toothpaste on it in the morning</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">late to work</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Going to the Bank</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Dengue/TB/typhoid</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">peeing outside.</div></td>
</tr>
<tr> <td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">ironing (do people still iron these days?)</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">Underwire comes through your bra and jabs you for the rest of the day.</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">national holiday: religious</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">separating whites and colours -or not</div></td>
<td width="102"><div style="text-align: center;">bidding on eBay</div></td>
</tr>
</table>

OK.. sign me up for one too please!!!

Wow, I almost missed this somehow! Sign me up!

Hit me with the mundane!!

I'd love a card! Thanks!

This is the first fic bingo I've actually been excited about. I would like a card, please, and I would maybe like both American, European and NON-American or European prompts? :]