On January 23 the question is 'Who's the 'kookiest' person in your family?' Nikki (a character in the book) wrote a note saying everyone in her family are a little nuts, and actually my answer would have to be the same. Really now what does the word 'kooky' really mean? There are many ways to define this word, but if I had to pick a certain family member for there was a cousin that seemed a little kooky for he could make very good animal sounds of many kinds and the sounds did sound kind of kooky to me then.
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By Tabitha Hinkley4 days ago in Fiction
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I get what you mean about defining "kooky." I had a cousin who was like that. He could imitate all these crazy animal sounds. It was hilarious and definitely made him stand out as the kookiest in the family.
That’s me I can talk in many voices male and female. And love making crazy videos for the grandkids