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Koohii stories:

1) [JimmySeal] 8-11-2007(76): A pedestal in an Indiana Jones movie is littered with the bones of people who almost seized the treasure.

2) [Megaqwerty] 29-9-2007(13): I see a some bones near the pedestal of immortality: someone almost got there!

3) [dihutenosa] 15-8-2008(5): This is the pedestal of the Master Sword (see the Legend of Zelda series). The area around it is littered with the bones of people who almost, almost, almost were able to pull out the sword and defeat Ganon.

4) [koohiikun] 17-2-2011(1): In the Cannibal Olympics, bones and the pedestal are all that's left of those who almost won.

5) [rahsoul] 31-3-2012(): You're almost there. =).