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Sep 23, 2015
Sep 23, 2015
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me
I could be a junior life saver
On a Banda Aceh
I could be a junior life saver
On a Banda Aceh
Banda Aceh was one of the heaviest hit cities in the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami, with the epicentre of the earthquake being 249km (155 miles) off the coast
Sep 23, 2015
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I could be a thalidomide kid
With something in my eye
With something in my eye
Thalidomide is a drug used to treat certain cancers and certain types of leprosy. When taken during pregnancy, it is reported to cause such birth defects as reduced limb growth, with the possibility of having only stumps. Such a person would not be able to remove a foreign object from their eye on their own.
Sep 23, 2015
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I could be a Palestinian
Driving buses on the Gaza strip
Driving buses on the Gaza strip
At the time of writing, a war had broken out between rival political parties in the Gaza Strip, sparked by the Hamas regime ambushing a rival convoy. Driving buses is a metaphor for this convoy, and as such it would be considerably dangerous if such attacks continued to this day. See the Wikipedia article on this.
Sep 23, 2015
Sep 23, 2015
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I could be an Ipswich prostitute
Back in 2006, a serial killer roamed the city of Ipswitch in England, and his victims were all prostitutes. See this Wikipedia entry.