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Re: losing one's marbles

#82030 09/27/02 11:31 PM

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I googled till I felt I was losing my own marbles, and all I could find indicated that the expression came from the game of playing marbles. To lose one's marbles was a terrible thing. There was one site that traced the game of playing games of marbles to the Ice Age (when was that exactly?)...

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Would you steak your life on it? TEd Remington 09/27/02 05:07 PM

Re: Would you steak your life on it? AnnaStrophic 09/27/02 05:11 PM

Re: Would you steak your life on it? Faldage 09/27/02 05:12 PM

Re: Would you steak your life on it? Jackie 09/27/02 06:27 PM

Re: Would you steak your life on it? Alex Williams 09/27/02 07:11 PM

just teasing wofahulicodoc 09/27/02 07:51 PM

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Re: Car Talk: Squirrely Wordwind 09/27/02 10:39 PM

in the marbles wordminstrel 09/27/02 11:18 PM

Re: losing one's marbles Wordwind 09/27/02 11:31 PM

Re: losing one's marbles FishonaBike 10/01/02 10:25 AM

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Re: Would you steak your life on it? dxb 09/30/02 02:01 PM

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Re: Would you steak your life on it? dxb 09/30/02 02:34 PM

Re: Would you steak your life on it? AnnaStrophic 09/30/02 02:37 PM

Re: Would you steak your life on it? dxb 09/30/02 02:42 PM

Re: T-bone steak AnnaStrophic 09/30/02 02:36 PM

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