Sounds silly, but in between the jumping in and throwing of and inviting friends over for a swim through my sea of rainbow colored play balls, my brain had time to recharge the parts that were slumped.

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Clayton actually contains only two roosting bats, but they are an unusually gregarious couple, inviting over scores of friends to fly among the rafters, and defecate with abandon.

ECONOMIST: Bat raves

For our tasting we put 17 boxed wines to the test, inviting friends and neighbors (read: no formal wine judges) over to play critic for an evening.

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