Bakers Dozen

[Dendarii_Dame]

Words which have at least two pairs of double letters

1. Zookeeper
2. Committee
3. Bookkeeper
4. Occurrence
5. Eelloop
6. Beechwood
7. Commandeer
8. Smoothness

[Ponch8]

Words which have at least two pairs of double letters

1. Zookeeper
2. Committee
3. Bookkeeper
4. Occurrence
5. Eelloop
6. Beechwood
7. Commandeer
8. Smoothness
9. Needless

[Walken_After_Midnight]

Words which have at least two pairs of double letters

1. Zookeeper
2. Committee
3. Bookkeeper
4. Occurrence
5. Eelloop
6. Beechwood
7. Commandeer
8. Smoothness
9. Needless
10. Reconnaissance

[Tangent]

Words which have at least two pairs of double letters

1. Zookeeper
2. Committee
3. Bookkeeper
4. Occurrence
5. Eelloop
6. Beechwood
7. Commandeer
8. Smoothness
9. Needless
10. Reconnaissance
11. Boondoggle

[Thin_Ice]

Words which have at least two pairs of double letters

1. Zookeeper
2. Committee
3. Bookkeeper
4. Occurrence
5. Eelloop
6. Roomette
7. Beechwood
8. Commandeer
9. Smoothness
10. Needless
11. Reconnaissance
12. Boondoggle

Just housekeeping. One more to go.

[Mean_Mr.Mustard]

Words which have at least two pairs of double letters

1. Zookeeper
2. Committee
3. Bookkeeper
4. Occurrence
5. Eelloop
6. Roomette
7. Beechwood
8. Commandeer
9. Smoothness
10. Needless
11. Reconnaissance
12. Boondoggle
13. Balloon

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Closest you’ve been to an animal in the wild, and the animal

1. ~20 feet from an adult moose in Alaska

[John_DiFool]

Closest you’ve been to an animal in the wild, and the animal

1. ~20 feet from an adult moose in Alaska

2. 5 feet from a very tame great egret, Florida (twice)

[jtur88]

Closest you’ve been to an animal in the wild, and the animal

1. ~20 feet from an adult moose in Alaska
2. 5 feet from a very tame great egret, Florida (twice)
3. Bobcat, sleeping right next to a trail in south Texas. Could have kicked it.

[Little_Nemo]

Closest you’ve been to an animal in the wild, and the animal

1. ~20 feet from an adult moose in Alaska
2. 5 feet from a very tame great egret, Florida (twice)
3. Bobcat, sleeping right next to a trail in south Texas. Could have kicked it.
4. Stung by mosquitoes on numerous occasions.

The question said the closest encounter not the most interesting.

[astorian]

Closest you’ve been to an animal in the wild, and the animal

1. ~20 feet from an adult moose in Alaska
2. 5 feet from a very tame great egret, Florida (twice)
3. Bobcat, sleeping right next to a trail in south Texas. Could have kicked it.
4. Stung by mosquitoes on numerous occasions
5. Caught assorted lizards, snakes, frogs, toads, crawdads, crabs, fish, et al with son

[panache45]

Closest you’ve been to an animal in the wild, and the animal

1. ~20 feet from an adult moose in Alaska
2. 5 feet from a very tame great egret, Florida (twice)
3. Bobcat, sleeping right next to a trail in south Texas. Could have kicked it.
4. Stung by mosquitoes on numerous occasions
5. Caught assorted lizards, snakes, frogs, toads, crawdads, crabs, fish, et al with son
6. Was one step away from a rattlesnake in Utah. Also have raised numerous types of insects, especially praying mantises.

[gkster]

Closest you’ve been to an animal in the wild, and the animal

1. ~20 feet from an adult moose in Alaska
2. 5 feet from a very tame great egret, Florida (twice)
3. Bobcat, sleeping right next to a trail in south Texas. Could have kicked it.
4. Stung by mosquitoes on numerous occasions
5. Caught assorted lizards, snakes, frogs, toads, crawdads, crabs, fish, et al with son
6. Was one step away from a rattlesnake in Utah. Also have raised numerous types of insects, especially praying mantises.
7. Chipmunk, tangled up and struggling in some netting along a hiking trail in a state park; I held it while untangling it. Fortunately its claws weren’t too sharp.

[Mean_Mr.Mustard]

@gkster

Closest you’ve been to an animal in the wild, and the animal

1. ~20 feet from an adult moose in Alaska
2. 5 feet from a very tame great egret, Florida (twice)
3. Bobcat, sleeping right next to a trail in south Texas. Could have kicked it.
4. Stung by mosquitoes on numerous occasions
5. Caught assorted lizards, snakes, frogs, toads, crawdads, crabs, fish, et al with son
6. Was one step away from a rattlesnake in Utah. Also have raised numerous types of insects, especially praying mantises.
7. Chipmunk, tangled up and struggling in some netting along a hiking trail in a state park; I untangled it. Fortunately its claws weren’t too sharp.

Good for you, gkster.

[Elendil_s_Heir]

@Little_Nemo

First name that rubs you the wrong way for no apparent reason

…
13. Jim Bob

Or Joe Bob. Or Mary Sue. I don’t like names that are two different names in a row. Just pick one…

You might enjoy this, from Ted (through 1:23): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04uN57jOg-Q

Closest you’ve been to an animal in the wild, and the animal

1. ~20 feet from an adult moose in Alaska
2. 5 feet from a very tame great egret, Florida (twice)
3. Bobcat, sleeping right next to a trail in south Texas. Could have kicked it.
4. Stung by mosquitoes on numerous occasions
5. Caught assorted lizards, snakes, frogs, toads, crawdads, crabs, fish, et al with son
6. Was one step away from a rattlesnake in Utah. Also have raised numerous types of insects, especially praying mantises.
7. Chipmunk, tangled up and struggling in some netting along a hiking trail in a state park; I untangled it. Fortunately its claws weren’t too sharp.
8. Brown bear, about 50 feet away, in northern New Mexico

[jtur88]

Closest you’ve been to an animal in the wild, and the animal

1. ~20 feet from an adult moose in Alaska
2. 5 feet from a very tame great egret, Florida (twice)
3. Bobcat, sleeping right next to a trail in south Texas. Could have kicked it.
4. Stung by mosquitoes on numerous occasions
5. Caught assorted lizards, snakes, frogs, toads, crawdads, crabs, fish, et al with son
6. Was one step away from a rattlesnake in Utah. Also have raised numerous types of insects, especially praying mantises.
7. Chipmunk, tangled up and struggling in some netting along a hiking trail in a state park; I untangled it. Fortunately its claws weren’t too sharp.
8. Brown bear, about 50 feet away, in northern New Mexico
9. Hippopotamus, maybe 50 feet, in parking lot, restaurant, Burundi. Walked right past it in the dark, didn’t see it until turned on car headlights.

[Annie-Xmas]

Closest you’ve been to an animal in the wild, and the animal

1. ~20 feet from an adult moose in Alaska
2. 5 feet from a very tame great egret, Florida (twice)
3. Bobcat, sleeping right next to a trail in south Texas. Could have kicked it.
4. Stung by mosquitoes on numerous occasions
5. Caught assorted lizards, snakes, frogs, toads, crawdads, crabs, fish, et al with son
6. Was one step away from a rattlesnake in Utah. Also have raised numerous types of insects, especially praying mantises.
7. Chipmunk, tangled up and struggling in some netting along a hiking trail in a state park; I untangled it. Fortunately its claws weren’t too sharp.
8. Brown bear, about 50 feet away, in northern New Mexico
9. Hippopotamus, maybe 50 feet, in parking lot, restaurant, Burundi. Walked right past it in the dark, didn’t see it until turned on car headlights.
10. Sitting in the forest, noticed insect moment next to me, picked up my coffee cup and squashed it. Turned out to be a black widow spider.

[Intergalactic_Gladiator]

Closest you’ve been to an animal in the wild, and the animal

1. ~20 feet from an adult moose in Alaska
2. 5 feet from a very tame great egret, Florida (twice)
3. Bobcat, sleeping right next to a trail in south Texas. Could have kicked it.
4. Stung by mosquitoes on numerous occasions
5. Caught assorted lizards, snakes, frogs, toads, crawdads, crabs, fish, et al with son
6. Was one step away from a rattlesnake in Utah. Also have raised numerous types of insects, especially praying mantises.
7. Chipmunk, tangled up and struggling in some netting along a hiking trail in a state park; I untangled it. Fortunately its claws weren’t too sharp.
8. Brown bear, about 50 feet away, in northern New Mexico
9. Hippopotamus, maybe 50 feet, in parking lot, restaurant, Burundi. Walked right past it in the dark, didn’t see it until turned on car headlights.
10. Sitting in the forest, noticed insect moment next to me, picked up my coffee cup and squashed it. Turned out to be a black widow spider.
11. Walked up about 20 feet to a deer.

I have a few others but I’ll go with this though deer around Chicago are pretty tame. The only thing they have to look out for are the coyotes…

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

Closest you’ve been to an animal in the wild, and the animal

1. ~20 feet from an adult moose in Alaska
2. 5 feet from a very tame great egret, Florida (twice)
3. Bobcat, sleeping right next to a trail in south Texas. Could have kicked it.
4. Stung by mosquitoes on numerous occasions
5. Caught assorted lizards, snakes, frogs, toads, crawdads, crabs, fish, et al with son
6. Was one step away from a rattlesnake in Utah. Also have raised numerous types of insects, especially praying mantises.
7. Chipmunk, tangled up and struggling in some netting along a hiking trail in a state park; I untangled it. Fortunately its claws weren’t too sharp.
8. Brown bear, about 50 feet away, in northern New Mexico
9. Hippopotamus, maybe 50 feet, in parking lot, restaurant, Burundi. Walked right past it in the dark, didn’t see it until turned on car headlights.
10. Sitting in the forest, noticed insect moment next to me, picked up my coffee cup and squashed it. Turned out to be a black widow spider.
11. Walked up about 20 feet to a deer.
12. I saw a squirrel on a nature hike.

[quiltguy]

Closest you’ve been to an animal in the wild, and the animal

1. ~20 feet from an adult moose in Alaska
2. 5 feet from a very tame great egret, Florida (twice)
3. Bobcat, sleeping right next to a trail in south Texas. Could have kicked it.
4. Stung by mosquitoes on numerous occasions
5. Caught assorted lizards, snakes, frogs, toads, crawdads, crabs, fish, et al with son
6. Was one step away from a rattlesnake in Utah. Also have raised numerous types of insects, especially praying mantises.
7. Chipmunk, tangled up and struggling in some netting along a hiking trail in a state park; I untangled it. Fortunately its claws weren’t too sharp.
8. Brown bear, about 50 feet away, in northern New Mexico
9. Hippopotamus, maybe 50 feet, in parking lot, restaurant, Burundi. Walked right past it in the dark, didn’t see it until turned on car headlights.
10. Sitting in the forest, noticed insect moment next to me, picked up my coffee cup and squashed it. Turned out to be a black widow spider.
11. Walked up about 20 feet to a deer.
12. I saw a squirrel on a nature hike.
13. Armadillo, raccoon, rattlesnake. Ate 'em.

A rainy day reminds you of…, what?

[Elendil_s_Heir]

A rainy day reminds you of… what?

1. splashing in puddles as a kid