[–] 23 points 1 month ago (4 children)

My take is that his single answer applies to them all, thusly:

6 people are coming 6 of them are vegetarian 6 is when they are coming.

He was conserving bandwidth.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 months ago

    When I was a kid I wanted one of these so badly. We had a pond down behind the house and I thought this would be perfect to check out what was at the bottom.

    My Dad explained how something made out of fiberboard would not hold up in water.

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago (11 children)

    I think what's your describing was called a "party line". My grandma had one of those, and when an incoming call was for her, the bell would ring two times. If it rang one time, it was for her neighbor.

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