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Jan26

She's like the Galapagos islands...

e.g. "the only place you saw boobies"
There were 191 posts and 2,210 votes by 138 players
  • 50 13
    Kevin R · Top 100 Player · Owner/CEO at Kevin Roberts Painting in Pleasantville, New York

    For me she was a natural selection

  • 47 6
    Traci L · Top 100 Player · Schlepping Wine at Mosaic Wine Alliance in San Clemente, California

    She's so uncivilized

  • 42 6
    Fern B · Top 10 Elite · Works at home and in the neighborhood in London, United Kingdom

    I've never seen crabs like hers

  • 37 6
    Jill M · Elder (Over 100 Rounds) · Works at BEING A GOOD MOM in La Jolla, California

    it was a real trip getting to know her

  • 37 7
    Brian B · Top 10 Elite · Worked at William Word Fine Antiques in Atlanta, Georgia

    shows very few signs of intelligent life

  • 35 3
    Jeremy H · Top 100 Player · Works at Are You There, Chelsea? in Mar Vista, California

    Full of life

  • 35 4
    Tina T · Top 100 Player · Worked at Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia

    I had no idea she could be so wild

  • 34 4
    Laird M · Top 100 Player · Works at Freelance Writer/Producer in Atlanta, Georgia

    Part of her is really reserved

  • 34 4
    Caroline F · Top 100 Player · Associate Broker at Tierra Antigua Realty in Tucson, Arizona

    her place is like a zoo

  • 34 6
    Cyn S · Elder (Over 100 Rounds) · Works at There's No Place Like Home in Orlando, Florida

    people seem to want to protect her

  • 31 6
    Natasha O · Top 100 Player · Senior Copywriter at Connelly Partners in Boston, Massachusetts

    there are still parts of her I've yet to explore

  • 31 5
    Maxine R · Top 100 Player · Worked at The AppCompany.com (Marketing) in Los Angeles, California

    I think she's for the birds

  • 30 6
    Jim F · Top 100 Player · Head Golf Professional at The Bull at Pinehurst Farms in Sheboygan, Wisconsin

    her life is on the rocks

  • 30 11
    Chris M · Top 100 Player · Works at Legal assistant in Muskegon, Michigan

    her wild life fascinates me

  • 27 4
    Chris W · President at Martin Instruments & Supplies in Little Rock, Arkansas

    saw photos of her wild life all over the Internet

  • 26 2
    Mike K · Top 100 Player · Worked at Krambeck Photography (Photographer) in Louisville, Nebraska

    a natural beauty

  • 25 9
    Sharon F · Top 100 Player · Works at University of Illinois at Chicago in Chicago, Illinois

    I have a theory about her

  • 25 4
    Kimberly W · Top 100 Player · Lives in Orlando, Florida

    Half the time she lives in a fog

  • 24 0
    Bang B · Elder (Over 100 Rounds) · Joined Mar 03, 2011

    She's way out there

  • 24 4
    Anne L · Elder (Over 100 Rounds) · Application Analyst, IT at IDEXX Laboratories in Gorham, Maine

    she's shown me things I've never seen

  • 23 4
    Brian M · Elder (Over 100 Rounds) · Works at Hachette Book Group USA in Jersey City, New Jersey

    It took years before anyone noticed her atoll.

  • 22 2
    Ed H · Elder (Over 100 Rounds) · Founder/Creative Director at Rumble Strip Graphics

    naturally very selective

  • 22 3
    David D · Elder (Over 100 Rounds) · Lives in Burlington, Vermont

    You have to go out of your way to get close to her

  • 22 2
    Christopher L · Top 100 Player · gaffer at TIGHT LINES ELECTRIC from Bexhill, East Sussex

    She's a chick magnet

  • 21 2
    Mark P · Elder (Over 100 Rounds) · Works at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts

    I cruised past her and checked her out

  • 21 3
    Terri C · Elder (Over 100 Rounds) · Worked at DDS in Paw Paw, Michigan

    Virgin territory

  • 21 3
    Francine L · Elder (Over 100 Rounds) · Works at Larson House, LLP in Madison, Connecticut

    a chain smoker

  • 21 0
    Izzy B · Lives in Sydney, Australia

    She's a natural wonder

  • 20 4
    Laurie F · Top 100 Player · Worked at School District (Para III) in Jefferson, Wisconsin

    I chose to navigate around her

  • 20 4
    Alden S · Top 10 Elite · Games Manager at Fantasy League in Hertford, Hertfordshire

    She's relatively untouched

  • 19 1
    Heidy S · Worked at Ceiba College Prep

    give her time, she'll eventually change

  • 19 1
    George H · Elder (Over 100 Rounds) · Worked at First Marblehead

    Loving her took atoll on me

  • 19 4
    Marillyn H · Elder (Over 100 Rounds) · Lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma

    One look at her changed my world

  • 18 1
    Linda M · Elder (Over 100 Rounds) · Works at Applied Science Associates

    she's strung out

  • 18 4
    Maria N · Top 100 Player · Works at Keeping it Real in Chandler, Arizona

    She's pretty close to being the center of my world

  • 17 1
    Daniel O · Top 100 Player · Works at Interactive Digital - VUI Cloud from Dublin, Ireland

    very out of touch with the world

  • 17 1
    Margaret H · Top 100 Player · From Dixon, Illinois

    she's ancient history

  • 17 4
    Steve J · Top 100 Player · Works at indelible ink in New York, New York

    She's got a reputation for blowing her top

  • 17 1
    Joe L · Elder (Over 100 Rounds) · PI Analyst at NYU Langone Medical Center in Jersey City, New Jersey

    A creature of habitat.

  • 17 2
    Maartje v · Elder (Over 100 Rounds) · Communications Manager at Mobillion BV in Dieren

    She made me feel isolated

  • 16 0
    Ed P · Elder (Over 100 Rounds) · Works at AT&T Advertising Solutions in Atlanta, Georgia

    Big contributor to the San Diego Zoo

  • 16 7
    Steve K · Top 100 Player · Lives in Chicago, Illinois

    I could see how things changed with her

  • 15 5
    Greg O · Top 100 Player · Lives in Austin, Texas

    I visited her just before Easter

  • 15 0
    Danielle L · Loan Accountant at FCSSW in Casa Grande, Arizona

    I was naturally attracted to her

  • 15 3
    Brent S · Elder (Over 100 Rounds) · From Paris, Tennessee

    rocks to a flock of seagulls

  • 15 3
    Neal G · Top 10 Elite · Lives in Chappaqua, New York

    things got rocky with her

  • 15 3
    Kathy R · Top 10 Elite · Lives in Hayward, Wisconsin

    developed a pro-life platform

  • 14 2
    Janiece U · Top 100 Player · PhD Candidate at University of Texas at Dallas in Dallas, Texas

    Provides refuge to some strange looking birds.

  • 14 4
    Joe C · Elder (Over 100 Rounds) · Editor at NewsoftheNorth.net in Saint Germain, Wisconsin

    I don't like her atoll

  • 14 5
    Kimberly G · Elder (Over 100 Rounds) · Worked at Adolfos italian restaurant (Owner) in Ocean City, Maryland

    she's on my bucket list

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