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July 12

monkey and toad cartoon

I remember that on Teletoon, there was a cartoon series about a half-monkey and half-human and it was a Chinese fiction cartoon and it was in English. What was the name of the show and there was also a cartoon show about little toads on journey, what was the name of it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.14.118.242 (talk) 00:31, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Could Monkey Magic (TV series) have been the first one? Grutness...wha? 00:57, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Could Toad Patrol have been the second one? --Bowlhover (talk) 06:10, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Your first description could pretty much apply to any of many cartoons based on Journey to the West. You may want to cross reference that list with the one for shows broadcast on Teletoon. As for the second one, it could also be Sgt. Frog (a.k.a. Keroro Gunso). Kreachure (talk) 22:16, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Symbols from a six-sided die

Today I bought a white plastic six-sided die that has a symbol on each side: a hollow black square, a hollow orange triangle, a blue K, a magenta six-pointed asterisk, a green symbol consisting of a circle with a line attached (like a Q with a long straight tail), and a red symbol consisting of two circles joined by a line (O-O). Anyone have any idea what game this die was originally for and what the symbols represent? NeonMerlin 01:21, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Numerous attempts to identify it have failed: [1]. Note that the webpage also contains photos of the die, for those who need them. --Bowlhover (talk) 06:17, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

As pointed out at that site, the six symbols are astrological aspects (i.e., differences in sky position between planets): square (90°), trine (triangle - 120°), conjunction (o with a line coming from the top- 0°), opposition (two circles joined by a short line - 180°), sextile (asterisk - 60°), and semi-sextile (this last is usually drawn as an underlined V, though it appears to have been drawn here as a K on its back - 30°). Not that any of that helps with what the die is for... It might be worth asking at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Astrology - someone there might have an idea. Grutness...wha? 11:52, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Maybe you could try http://www.dicecollector.com/

Those look like seriously lucky dice...87.102.86.73 (talk) 16:47, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

What would Wikipwdia Really Call Nonsense

What would wikipedia really call nonsense —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bethanymaxine1812 (talk • contribs) 18:45, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Well there is nonsense and then there is patent nonsense.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 18:49, 12 July 2008 (UTC)