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Five Replies to You Won't See This in the Goo Game

Erik Bates | March 17, 2007
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Aaron Shurtleff | March 19, 2007
Do you mean we won't see a three-way tie in the GOO game, or we won't see any of the people involved as the answer in the GOO game? ;)

That's weird! Usually someone wagers so that they will definately win if they get the question. It almost seems like a set-up...but that's just my cynical side a-talkin'!

Kris Weberg | March 19, 2007
I figure that he meant no one in the Goo Game is taking home $16,000.

Erik Bates | March 19, 2007
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Scott Hardie | March 20, 2007
All of the above.


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