Age Group
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Action
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Is This Advantagious
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Comments
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18-25
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Chop Firewood for you
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No
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Too many arguments
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18-25
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Cook your meals
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Yes
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Occasionally they can be bribed to do this
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18-25
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Sundry expenses - clothes, food, outings etc.
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No
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Costs have blown out - especially the cost of fuel and repairs to your car - even though you rarely use it.
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18-25
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Find things you dropped on the ground
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No
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Because YOU didn't drop ALL their clothes on the bedroom floor.
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18-25
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Insurance Excess
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No
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There is no way you can afford to insure your car - the insurance premium is twice the value of the car!
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18-25
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Mother can give up work
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No
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Unless she wins Lotto and runs away without a forwarding address
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18-25
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Mow your lawns
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No
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You are joking - aren't you?
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18-25
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Nervous breakdowns - theirs or yours
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No
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They are very likely to cause you several over the next few years
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18-25
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Teach adults new words
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No
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Often ones we don't want to hear
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18-25
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Create the need for extra phone lines
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No
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No matter how many you have they will use them all.
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18-25
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Useful as an excuse to end phone conversations
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Yes
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Can be used to get rid of unwelcome callers
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18-25
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Costs of their hobbies
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No
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These also are very expensive - especially girl friends!
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18-25
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Unreliable - except in their unreliability
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No
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Never rely on them to do anything!
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18-25
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Stay out late - leading to worry and hair loss
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No
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Another reason for nervous breakdowns and baldness
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18-25
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Cost of birthday presents, Christmas presents,
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No
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Presents have become far too expensive
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18-25
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Noisy
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No
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Especially at 3.00 in the morning
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18-25
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Puberty
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No
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Another cause for a series of nervous breakdowns
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18-25
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Your car never home when you need it
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No
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And always out of petrol
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