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         <q><obj>It was a cute girl.</obj>
                <a worth="-1">Now she is badly bruised.</a>
                <a worth="2">You got her phone number.</a>
                <a worth="0">You jumped over her. Weird.</a>
         </q>
         <q><obj>It was a rock.</obj>
                <a worth="-1">Your knuckles are all bloody.</a>
                <a worth="0">Now you're really bored.</a>
                <a worth="2">You jumped over it. Nice one.</a>
         </q>
         <q><obj>It was a monster.</obj>
                <a worth="2">He wasn't very strong. You won.</a>
                <a worth="-1">He pulled out a gun and shot you.</a>
                <a worth="0">He was tall and you ran into his torso.</a>
         </q>
         <q><obj>It was a chest.</obj>
                <a worth="-1">You beat the crap out of it. Poor chest.</a>
                <a worth="2">You talked it into opening up. You're rich!</a>
                <a worth="0">You jumped over it. Phew. Close one.</a>
         </q>
         <q><obj>It was a Darren.</obj>
                <a worth="2">You never liked Darren. Good going.</a>
                <a worth="-1">He called you a 'dumbjob.' Ouch.</a>
                <a worth="0">He let you jump over him. Leap frog!</a>
         </q>
         <q><obj>It was a ball.</obj>
                <a worth="-1">You popped it and made some kid cry.</a>
                <a worth="2">It talks of foreign lands. Intruiging.</a>
                <a worth="0">You land on it and fall awkwardly.</a>
         </q>
         <q><obj>It was the cable.</obj>
                <a worth="0">The cable refuses to fight back.</a>
                <a worth="-1">It says your girlfriend cheats on you.</a>
                <a worth="2">Good. You don't get electrocuted.</a>
         </q>
         <q><obj>It was a proverb.</obj>
                <a worth="2">You knock the proverbial snot out of it.</a>
                <a worth="0">It's too highbrow. You get confused.</a>
                <a worth="-1">I said 'proverb' not 'riverb!' Jeez.</a>
         </q>    
         <q><obj>It was a stump.</obj>
                <a worth="-1">You can't fight the stump any more than you can stop time.</a>
                <a worth="0">It grows a little.</a>
                <a worth="2">You jumped over it.  Good plan.</a>
         </q>
         <q><obj>It was mother.</obj>
                <a worth="-1">You lose. Now you're on telephone restriction.</a>
                <a worth="0">She calls nintendo, 'intendro.' How embarrassing.</a>
                <a worth="2">Yeah! Jumped you, mommy!</a>
         </q>
         <q><obj>It was coffee.</obj>
                <a worth="-1">It won. Now you'll be up all night.</a>
                <a worth="2">'Triple cream, triple sugar. And a cruller'</a>
                <a worth="0">You spilled it. Whatever.</a>
         </q>
         <q><obj>It was a rabid dog.</obj>
                <a worth="-1">Rabies for you.</a>
                <a worth="2">'Quit crappin up my lawn!'</a>
                <a worth="0">Bites the butt off your pants. Like in cartoons.</a>
         </q>
         <q><obj>It was a calendar.</obj>
                <a worth="0">You can't. You still end up getting everyone gift cards.</a>
                <a worth="-1">It says you forgot your 6 monthiversary. You're screwed.</a>
                <a worth="2">You jump over it. Leap year!</a>
         </q>
         <q><obj>It was fear itself.</obj>
                <a worth="0">You fight fear with fear. Oh wait, that's fire.</a>
                <a worth="2">You learn that it's just as scared of you.</a>
                <a worth="-1">You fall forever then wake up in a bad cliche.</a>
         </q>
         <q><obj>It was a computer.</obj>
                <a worth="2">You reformat and install Linux. Nice work.</a>
                <a worth="-1">Voice recognition software still sucks.</a>
                <a worth="0">You land in Darren's cubicle. Guy's a tool.</a>
         </q>
         <q><obj>It was a train.</obj>
                <a worth="-1">You put a penny on the tracks. Doesn't derail.</a>
                <a worth="0">You talk to the hobo in the livestock car. He smells.</a>
                <a worth="2">Right through an open boxcar in a TransAm!</a>
         </q>
         <q><obj>It was a bat.</obj>
                <a worth="2">You throw tin foil at it, screwing up its radar.</a>
                <a worth="-1">SCREE! SQUEE! Ow! Your ears!</a>
                <a worth="0">It's too high up. You hug a tree.</a>
         </q>
         <q><obj>It was great.</obj>
                <a worth="-1">Why fight something so great?</a>
                <a worth="2">You talk to it. It's so great.</a>
                <a worth="0">You jump over. Eh. Not so great.</a>
         </q>
         <q><obj>It was Robot Darren.</obj>
                <a worth="-1">Robot Darren has a laser. VOIP!</a>
                <a worth="0">It calls you a 'syntax error.' Ouch.</a>
                <a worth="2">It was standing on a see-saw. It gets much air.</a>
         </q>
         <q><obj>It was a shark</obj>
                <a worth="-1">It bites your fists off. Too bad.</a>
                <a worth="2">Quint calls out to you from the depths of the shark's belly with some keen fishing tips.</a>
                <a worth="0">You jump the shark. Just like Homestarrunner.com.</a>
         </q>
		  <q><obj>It was a Franciscan monk.</obj>
                <a worth="2">Wimpiest monk ever. High five.</a>
                <a worth="0">You tell him the one about the horse in the midget bar. He keeps his vow.</a>
                <a worth="-1">You catch your foot on his habit, tripping and falling.</a>
         </q>	
		 <q><obj>It was a home stereo system.</obj>
                <a worth="-1">You puntcure the subwoofer. Lame.</a>
                <a worth="0">It totally is talking back to you!</a>
                <a worth="2">You jump around, jump around, jump up jump up and get down.</a>
         </q>
		 <q><obj>It was a scratch ticket.</obj>
                <a worth="2">In the process you rub off the silver stuff. Five dollars!</a>
                <a worth="0">It makes you feel like a loser.</a>
                <a worth="-1">It could have been a winner. Now you'll never know.</a>
         </q>
		 <q><obj>It was a stand of pines.</obj>
                <a worth="2">Not standing anymore, boyiii.</a>
                <a worth="0">It whispers back.</a>
                <a worth="-1">You get caught on the branches and some serious pitch gets all over your hallrunning duds.</a>
         </q>
		 <q><obj>It was a prisoner.</obj>
                <a worth="-1">He kicks your butt from here to the joint.</a>
                <a worth="2">He seems amenable to reason and affirms your faith in rehabilitation.</a>
                <a worth="0">You avoided catching a bad case of incarceration.</a>
         </q>
		 <q><obj>It was a meal replacement bar.</obj>
                <a worth="-1">You break a tooth trying to bite it to death.</a>
                <a worth="2">You tell it that it is flavorless, and it reaffirms your belief by not replying.</a>
                <a worth="0">Ain't nobody replacing YOUR meal.</a>
         </q>
		 <q><obj>It was the swing-dancing trend.</obj>
                <a worth="-1">You try but peer pressure causes you to take lessons anyway.</a>
                <a worth="0">It is impervious to reason.</a>
                <a worth="2">It was pretty short so you have no trouble clearing it.</a>
         </q>
	   <q><obj>It was some social injustice.</obj>
                <a worth="2">You feel pretty awesome about yourself.</a>
                <a worth="0">Good conversation but nothing gets done.</a>
                <a worth="-1">Sure, sure. Pretend like it doesn't exist.</a>
         </q>
	   <q><obj>It was K2.</obj>
                <a worth="-1">You get lightheaded from lack of oxygen and lose both your hands.</a>
                <a worth="2">You guys make fun of sherpas together. Good times.</a>
                <a worth="0">It's a smidge too high.</a>
         </q>
	   <q><obj>It was love.</obj>
                <a worth="0">You can't fight it and you can't hurry it. You just have to wait.</a>
                <a worth="-1">You see a counselor and try to work things out. It doesn't work.</a>
                <a worth="2">Now you're talking.</a>
         </q>
	 
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