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Old 04-24-2007, 11:51 PM
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Default Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Earns Teen $25,000

OMG! Thirteen-year-old Morgan Pozgar, of Claysburg, Pa., was crowned LG National Texting champion on Saturday after she typed "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" from "Mary Poppins" in 15 seconds.

"I'm going to go shopping and buy lots of clothes," the teen said after winning her $25,000 prize from the electronics company LG....
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Old 04-25-2007, 06:25 AM
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Where's that head banging desk gif when you need it?
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Old 04-25-2007, 06:55 AM
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She sends 8000 text messages a month! When does she have time to go to school or play outside?
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Old 04-25-2007, 08:35 AM
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So are her parents proud or not able to hold their head up outside the house, I know which I'd be!
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Old 04-25-2007, 05:12 PM
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I hope she's at least on the unlimited-text-messages plan.

I can't type supercalifragilisticexpialidocious on a QWERTY keyboard in 15 seconds, let alone on a cell phone.
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Old 04-29-2007, 02:39 AM
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Save it for medical when the RSI hits your thumb.
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Old 04-29-2007, 08:01 PM
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Just another in seemingly endless supply of daily pointers to the decline of Western civilization.

Not only is my life so pointless so as to have developed this "skill", I am also so self-absorbed and vain as to blow all of the money that other idiots gave me for it.

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