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cootie catcher

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Emergency Bulletin! Jon Spencer at Mohawk Place next Tuesday

Now on with our regularly-scheduled post:

OK, I was discussing cootie catchers/fortune tellers with @dragonlady7. She said she didn't know how to make one, so I Googled it. It is not surprising to me that I found instructions for making a cootie catcher on the Internet. You may follow the link but the URL itself is more interesting than the page.

girlpower.gov/girlarea/gamespuz/cootiecatcher.htm

How wrong is this URL? Let me count the ways:

1: There are instructions on a US Government [.gov] website for making a cootie catcher.

2: There is a website called girlpower.gov at all.

3: I just visited a website's girl area.

Now I feel dirty.

- Z

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💬 4 comments

  1. theecarey ·

    Cootie Catcher? I made millions of those things as a kid- I dont think I ever knew it had a name.
  2. lauren ·

    Yes indeed, cootie catcher is a new one on me also.
  3. carolinian ·

    The first time I read your post, I misread it and thought it was titled "coochie catcher". :)
  4. tinypliny ·

    Wow. I just expanded my vocabulary with the myriad members of the cootie world.
    :::link:::

    Where I come from, that particular contraption is called "Din-Raat" (Day-Night).

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