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| #150348 - 09/29/08 01:50 PM  Wilson,Wilson |  
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You may have seen this before, but I thought this was awesome. You've probably seen the move 'Castaway,' where Tom Hanks played a FedEx employee who was stranded for years on a remote island, struggled to survive, and struggled to hold onto his sanity by talking to a volley ball he named ' Wilson.' Do you remember the FedEx box that survived the plane crash, and how Hanks was compelled to deliver it?  Did you ever wonder what was in that FedEx box?.......  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alSQpinagp0
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| #150350 - 09/29/08 02:00 PM  Re: Wilson,Wilson
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That's great!  
 Wilson is my best friend's favorite character.  Isn't that right, Spalding?
 
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| #150366 - 09/29/08 04:31 PM  Re: Wilson,Wilson
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I think that was a super bowl commercial a few years back. 
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| #150385 - 09/29/08 06:54 PM  Re: Wilson,Wilson
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Very funny. I hadn't seen it before  |  
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| #150389 - 09/29/08 07:12 PM  Re: Wilson,Wilson
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HAHAHAHA
 That was great.
 
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| #150404 - 09/29/08 09:21 PM  Re: Wilson,Wilson
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I think there would be a loud "SNAP!" from somewhere in my brain and I'd go play in traffic at that point.  
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| #150412 - 09/29/08 10:17 PM  Re: Wilson,Wilson
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That wouldn't be nearly as bad as opening it on the island and discovering...NO BATTERIES!  Twitch twitch twitch. 
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| #150416 - 09/29/08 10:34 PM  Re: Wilson,Wilson
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I think that was a super bowl commercial a few years back. Yup, it was. That aspect of the movie annoyed me. Are people really so emotionally fragile that they would start treating a ball like a real person? I guess, being an introvert, it's just too far beyond my own understanding. Personally, I would be quite at peace on an island by myself. |  
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| #150511 - 09/30/08 06:49 PM  Re: Wilson,Wilson
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I think that was a super bowl commercial a few years back. Yup, it was. That aspect of the movie annoyed me. Are people really so emotionally fragile that they would start treating a ball like a real person? I guess, being an introvert, it's just too far beyond my own understanding. Personally, I would be quite at peace on an island by myself. IIRC People start to have significant psychological changes if left totally alone for a few days.  Some say 3 days, and it is noticeable.
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