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| Walking shoe and Formica chips |
I fail to put myself in Time Out. Instead I reach a compromise whereby I keep the gray samples since they are relevant to an ongoing discussion, and chuck the others in the dumpster.
The Formica samples provided some further names for gray:
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| Bunny grays |
platinum
seagull
stardust
white kid leather
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| Newport, Oregon beach in December |
orchid
optix
graceful oak
ice
surf
Just getting warmed up to the challenge plus inspired by Formica, I add these shade suggestions:
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| Very large sauerkraut crock |
tomato cage
bubble wrap
mystery meat
Duct tape
mockingbird
junco
freezer burn
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| Hairstreak butterfly |
retro diner
comfy sweats
nap-time tantrum
no bars of service
mirror
shining armor
flashlight batteries
Velcro
wasp nest
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| Rock and roll is here to stay |
typewriter ribbon
Tut's tomb
tar pit
rocks
aspen bark
tumbleweed
windmill
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| Remote grays |
sorry old guys' nasty undershirts
Brillo
air quality alert
technology
obituary
socket set
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| VCR gray |
paper shredder
cable service outage
coin collection
dog-eared textbook
Hindenburg
tax return
charm bracelet
armadillo
clean the grill
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| Scared of the basement gray |
tinted window
dryer lint
cafeteria fork
Mt. St. Helen's
required reading
sensible shoes
emery board
Dragnet
stink bug
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| Pale bucket gray |
safe deposit box
pewter
tarnished
Edward R. Murrow
toad
cream of mushroom soup
mercury
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| Lichen or not |
jammed stapler
fish scales
snowed-in
teen car oil spot
utensil
Stonehenge
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| Cozy afghan knit sofa snoozy gray |
pencil shavings
galvanized bucket
pocket protector
dried Elmer's
firework snakes
desert lizard
toenail fungus
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| Fritzi's wastebasket |
sink caulk
laundromat
padlock
snowplow
wet mitten
small kitten
© 2012 Nancy L. Ruder
3 comments:
I love Formica chips and am glad you saved some. And oh, how I laughed the list of new colors, especially "but fear itself" and "jammed stapler." I would be afraid, though, to have either on my kitchen counter!!
That's the best garbage can ever!
Kim--My parents probably had that wastebasket before I was born until we had to the house and move Dad to Texas. I was fascinated by it as a child. It was surprisingly strong for being covered with mirrors. I see a new mosaic project in your future!
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