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Twirley
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Is the rest of his body so tanned that he needs to get his face tanned? Haha ha.
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Believe it or not, he's trying an ancient pain-relief method for rheumatism... apparently immersion in sand relieves the symptoms, which makes sense as his body weight would be supported without pressure on the joints.

More fascinating facts later!
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So this issue came up at Discovery Science Center 2009. Andrew Nelson stopped the timer, and his Square-1 ended in such a way that it was (1,0)/ off. In words: the top (it might have been the bottom, but that is irrelevant here) was (1,0) from being solved, and the slice was turned. I called DNF, and Andrew agreed, but another judge said that it should only be a +2. His claim for this was that (1,0) still counts as a solved state (less than 45°), therefore the Square-1 is only 1 misalignment off (the slice, naturally, being 180° off).

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What event do you think this query was about?
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Rubik's cube competition?
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Post by faceless »

ha, nice one - it's got a surprisingly big following too...

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i know! :) i saw it earlier, but i'll give someone else the chance ...

i wonder how strong it is though?
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I would have to say a dob's a dob by any other name. Wonder if they have to remove their feathers for the anthem. 8) 8)
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perhaps you'd like to explain what a dob is, for our non-Glasgow based members? haha
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Wow, that's amazing!
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I would never have guessed. lol!
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I agree with your "hidden" comment, face. It's exactly what I was thinking when I saw the picture.
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:D
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OMG! So cool....
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Soo....they dance around a totem pole in central Belfast!!!??? :D
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