Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, August 10, 2006

12:00 am

Uncagain

flip

12:00 am

flosey

flip

12:00 am

libarebel

flip!

12:00 am

debbinla

fliparooni

12:00 am

melonheadjujube

fleep!

12:00 am

renfield

flip out

12:00 am

mymuseisme

flipped me off

12:00 am

klaurel

flop

12:00 am

melonheadjujube

hi, liba!

12:00 am

dilly

flip

12:00 am

JeeWhiz

I had no idea it was time to flip

12:00 am

Minveryork

Flip Flip Hooray!

12:00 am

chj

renny only 9 off and i didnt overbid

12:00 am

Jacula

Oh well, here we are again!

12:00 am

chj

take that bob barker

12:01 am

debbinla

that was pretty good chj

12:01 am

melonheadjujube

eeewwwwww! yucky 1st word!

12:01 am

renfield

ok pretty carol merrell

12:01 am

MayneGuy

WTG Flosey - you were almost first!

12:01 am

helenkeller

flips

12:01 am

chj

melon...i saw you chatting about opera last night whats the deal?

12:01 am

chj

thnx debb

12:01 am

flosey

but didn't complete last one - almost there

12:01 am

Uncagain

what is the count ? please

12:02 am

mymuseisme

149

12:02 am

debbinla

149

12:02 am

harpjane

hey, flip!

12:02 am

dilly

congrats to all whp made it and the nearlies !!!!

12:02 am

melonheadjujube

oh, Erda worked in the opera field. I played bass for opera & ballet orchestra.

12:02 am

HollyBug

JAAAAAAAAAAMES.

12:02 am

Uncagain

thanx

12:02 am

helenkeller

roc - let's tangle this baby!

12:02 am

MayneGuy

Next time., flosey

12:02 am

melonheadjujube

phantom: monocle

12:02 am

chj

where

12:03 am

flosey

may be off island tomorrow!

12:03 am

Jacula

zfyot? Intereting grid! 149 words. hmmm.

12:03 am

melonheadjujube

cleveland OH. I didn't play for THE cleveland orch - i played for the Ohio Chamber Orch - we were more like the "farm team" - the Toledo Mudhens to their Yankees.

12:04 am

chj

ilove opera...go to the met 10 or 15 times a season ...usually standing room

12:04 am

chj

i hate plinko

12:04 am

Jacula

My first word entered is a cow sospeak word.

12:05 am

melonheadjujube

where? no let me guess - that much opera would be NYC, Houston, Chicago, SF, or Seattle.

12:05 am

melonheadjujube

plinko?

12:05 am

licketySplitAUS

Here's a Clue - actually 149 of them ;-)

12:05 am

Jacula

My 2nd is a fruit or a meeting between a wouyld be romantic couple.

12:06 am

mymuseisme

hi lickety! tyvm

12:06 am

chj

yes...metropolitan operahouse..largest in the world

12:06 am

melonheadjujube

hi & tx & XXXOOO, Lickety!

12:06 am

debbinla

aw lickety - you'e the best ! hanks

12:06 am

helenkeller

lol lick - ty

12:06 am

renfield

like sweet zzzzzzzz's you surrogate brains...it is sleepy time down south!

12:06 am

chj

plinko...price is right...it was for someone else...renny

12:06 am

JeeWhiz

volcano alert!

12:06 am

Jacula

My 3rd is a point that may be argued.

12:07 am

chj

see ya ren

12:07 am

chj

sweet aaaaarrrrgggghhhs

12:07 am

melonheadjujube

yup - I saw a Handel opera there last year or so - ReneeFleming & an excellent cast -title escapes me - starts w/"R"

12:07 am

helenkeller

ty jee

12:07 am

dilly

M.G. --stool and small tarp on loan please?

12:07 am

Jacula

My 4th is the Sicilian volcano JeeWhiz told me I might encounter.

12:07 am

helenkeller

good nite ren

12:07 am

chj

rodalinda

12:07 am

debbinla

night ren

12:07 am

klaurel

dang, gonna finish this in the morning. I think the alcohol is getting to me. :( one drink! One drink! sevres me right for even rinking!

12:07 am

chj

saw it too

12:08 am

debbinla

lol - nite laurel

12:08 am

chj

bye debb

12:08 am

chj

sweep tomorrow

12:08 am

MayneGuy

small or tall stool?

12:08 am

debbinla

no - i'm staying for a bit

12:08 am

melonheadjujube

thanks - hopefully you weren't the obnoxious applauder whom i had to "ahem" subdue.

12:08 am

debbinla

yes sweet - is it an early game?

12:08 am

dilly

tall pl

12:09 am

MayneGuy

you bet!

12:09 am

Jacula

My 5th is a skinny meat or person and my 6th is what smeone mmay have done when they idled an elbow somewhere.

12:09 am

chj

no, i hate rustlers and people who make noise

12:10 am

dilly

Ty _ Hope yu can get some sleep!

12:10 am

MayneGuy

Turning off the computer at 10:30 - 11, latest!

12:11 am

Jacula

My 7th is one's title.

12:11 am

debbinla

me too mayne!

12:11 am

helenkeller

lol jacula - fortunately for you , this is not a huge grid ---- please continue . . .

12:11 am

helenkeller

jacula said a word ! at 12:09

12:11 am

dilly

me too G'nite all

12:12 am

JeeWhiz

jacula, say some bigger words....come on now

12:12 am

melonheadjujube

this dude was in the 1st side box - he HAD to applaud 1st for everything - & that opera was one aria after another. He'd jump on hte last note - even if it was a soft ending. so - i left him a note after intermission telling him his premature adulation was ruining my evening. he kept his arms folded the whole 2nd act, left his box seat for the 3rd. was i too harsh?

12:12 am

Jacula

my 8th is what a pantomime has, male ipersonating femalew is groosly horribel and motherlike character.

12:12 am

MayneGuy

See you tomorrow, dilly

12:13 am

helenkeller

you ruined his fun melon - but it was either him or you!

12:13 am

chj

sycophant

12:13 am

melonheadjujube

exactly, hk.

12:14 am

helenkeller

jee - i'm glad for these clues, but dang if i can understand them!

12:14 am

helenkeller

can you?

12:14 am

Jacula

me4/5 - animal fkesh eaten by predators and we humans, who like to think we ar4e 'above' predators.

12:14 am

MayneGuy

Still there Kahlua

12:15 am

helenkeller

jacula - yes, i believe that is the word you sais

12:15 am

Kahlua

Yes and no

12:15 am

JeeWhiz

helen, again we are in sinc...I am not getting them either...oh well, we will ask again later.

12:15 am

Kahlua

My time is up have to go to bed

12:15 am

Jacula

me5/12 - I me**** no harm!

12:15 am

MayneGuy

Time for bed?

12:15 am

Kahlua

36 in 15min

12:15 am

melonheadjujube

chj - my adulator was a sycophant? the sycophantom of the opera?

12:16 am

helenkeller

LOL - jac, you are cracking me up!

12:16 am

Kahlua

Working for a living sucks

12:16 am

Kahlua

Nite MG aka mom

12:16 am

joey

omg, melon, that was too funny.

12:16 am

Kahlua

big hug

12:16 am

MayneGuy

Yeah but think of all the money you're making!

12:16 am

helenkeller

lol mel

12:17 am

JeeWhiz

letme should be a word

12:17 am

Jacula

fa4/7 - what pop groups have following them.

12:17 am

melonheadjujube

;)

12:17 am

MayneGuy

*Hugs Kahlua and tucks her into bed*

12:17 am

Kahlua

aww thanks MG nite

12:17 am

melonheadjujube

quite a bit of symmetry (and redundancy) in the grid.

12:17 am

MayneGuy

Nite, kiddo

12:18 am

Jacula

co4/5 - what doves an me live in!

12:18 am

Jacula

Croo, crooo! cro! croo!

12:20 am

Jacula

ma4/5 ma** O ma n! Early channel 4 sort of Mr & Mrs quiz. If you didn't measure up, dear mean, you got booted into the pool. Can't be;lieve I actually once watched that!

12:21 am

tazpink

hi all

12:21 am

helenkeller

hi taz

12:21 am

debbinla

why isn't doofy a word? i use it

12:21 am

Jacula

Blonde lady presenter's ame was Claudia, I think. er male back-up was Graham Norton ( before he was 'famous').

12:22 am

JeeWhiz

jacula, you used me4 word....uh oh...we are going to get all of the words from you....please try for some 6 and 7s.

12:22 am

melonheadjujube

neato is too a word! i protest!

12:22 am

JeeWhiz

and so is doosy

12:22 am

helenkeller

i must second that!

12:22 am

helenkeller

seconding melons request, that is

12:23 am

Jacula

Jee - I will do what I do in my own time. For reference, Google 'In My Own Time' by Famly.

12:23 am

Jacula

*Family

12:23 am

JeeWhiz

okay, jacula, I will be patient.

12:23 am

Jacula

In my own time, I'll be with yoiu.

12:24 am

cybernan

leanto is a word !!!!!

12:25 am

JeeWhiz

do I hear music?

12:25 am

JFB

Is there a theme today?

12:25 am

elphaba

I think the theme is, "that is too a word!"

12:25 am

helenkeller

the theme is blue for eastern blue's birthday

12:26 am

Jacula

I think today's thee is 'blue', jfb (the one who shares my initials)/

12:26 am

jillibus

Happy birthday, EasternBlue!

12:27 am

Jacula

I can hear music, sweet, swwet music... who sang tht?

12:27 am

JeeWhiz

I am wearing the correct color...happy birthday Eastern Blue!

12:27 am

Jacula

Where is chj when you need him?

12:28 am

Jacula

Im think there is a bit of blue in my Harlech castle ealy morning shot.

12:28 am

JeeWhiz

I think Mandy and Tandy should be acceptable in the grid.

12:29 am

Jacula

ma4 - friend or sexual partner.

12:29 am

Jacula

so4 - not long!

12:30 am

chic

Hi! jacula, the song was "dancing in the streets" but don't remember who did it..

12:30 am

JeeWhiz

bruce springstein?

12:30 am

helenkeller

marthe reeves is my guess

12:31 am

joey

and the vandellas

12:31 am

helenkeller

and then bowie & jagger did a really good gay impersonation of it

12:31 am

Jacula

CXhich - it was Street and it was first performed by Martha & The Vandellas, Later, David Bowie & Mick Jagger did it,

12:31 am

helenkeller

LOL

12:31 am

chic

Hi Helen I think you are right! Ding, ding, ding!

12:31 am

helenkeller

yippeeee!!!!

12:32 am

helenkeller

chic - are you playing the part of peri today?

12:32 am

Jacula

so4/5 - pop!

12:33 am

chic

I Like periwinkle blue and that's one of my blues for today...

12:33 am

cybernan

fo 7/44

12:33 am

Jacula

soin

12:33 am

helenkeller

then you will be twins for the day :)

12:33 am

cybernan

so7/44 x 2

12:33 am

Jacula

Wrong box, but it's not a word so no panic.

12:35 am

Jacula

do4 - a round-topped building.

12:35 am

Jacula

I'm taking Sprite's part here, where IS she? Damn, just remembered, she's away on holiday.

12:35 am

SueMagee

There are 2 FO 7/44 -thanks for the hint cyberman.

12:36 am

mymuseisme

Jacula said another word!

12:36 am

helenkeller

jacula - she already left - i thought she was taking the first week at home?

12:36 am

helenkeller

ty sue!

12:36 am

melonheadjujube

got an no7/32

12:36 am

helenkeller

tx mus! & TY JAC!

12:37 am

Jacula

co - loose change.

12:38 am

elphaba

got a clue for that no7, melon?

12:38 am

Jacula

& plural.

12:38 am

melonheadjujube

tx sue mcG

12:38 am

melonheadjujube

sure - obnoxious. one might get the impression it means loud & obnoxious

12:39 am

elphaba

ha, just got it. but ty anyway!

12:40 am

SueMagee

Thanks melon!

12:40 am

Jacula

fo4 - what you eat.

12:40 am

Jacula

ho4 - pul up thing on back of weatshirt or anorak.

12:41 am

chic

ci4, babies!

12:41 am

Jacula

ho5 - the garment that is banned now in shopping centres due to its occupant sufffering from gallping acne.

12:41 am

JeeWhiz

later chic....I'm heading out also...see you in the later a.m.

12:42 am

helenkeller

later chic!

12:42 am

Jacula

*galloping

12:43 am

helenkeller

i am calling it anight too - 45 to go

12:43 am

helenkeller

good nite everyone!

12:43 am

mymuseisme

nite helen

12:43 am

Jacula

ne4 - very tidy!

12:43 am

seano216k

nice clue jac....

12:43 am

tazpink

by hk

12:44 am

jillibus

nite helen - love your blue moon

12:44 am

Jacula

co4 - where doves live.

12:45 am

seano216k

Morning all, what's the grid like babblers...looks potetially tricky......

12:45 am

Jacula

co4 - bird or bald old fella.

12:45 am

melonheadjujube

i'm finding it tricky - on;y 63 so far.

12:45 am

debbinla

i'm turning in - see you all toorrow!

12:45 am

Jacula

co4 - the sound doves make.

12:45 am

mymuseisme

nite debb!

12:46 am

jillibus

nite debb - see you tomorrow?

12:46 am

Jacula

33 so far, but I have been stopping to clue most of them on here.

12:46 am

jillibus

tame

12:46 am

seano216k

lots of double 'o' answers already

12:46 am

jillibus

oh blast

12:48 am

SueMagee

Do try and give me words I haven't got jilli!

12:51 am

jillibus

phantom = cement - will that do, sue?

12:51 am

SueMagee

I keep seeing lemon.

12:52 am

MayneGuy

I keep seeing synod

12:52 am

ilandrah

i really want manioc to be there

12:52 am

JFB

My phantom is onion

12:53 am

jillibus

JFB - that looks like a flag with a meaning - what is it?

12:54 am

Jacula

JFB - those are my initials!

12:54 am

cybernan

mine is command -- broke 90 -- the rest will wait for tomorrow -- good night, all

12:54 am

Jacula

iota

12:54 am

Sundaegrl

coin

12:54 am

Jacula

sjiot! SDorry!

12:55 am

JFB

Its a signalling flag - the Blue peter - 'ship is ready to leave port'.

12:55 am

jillibus

ta, sundae and jacula!

12:55 am

Jacula

That last post was in Greek, btw. LOL.

12:55 am

jillibus

thought it was something significant - good one

12:56 am

HollyBug

at least if we're going to give away words... lets make them words I don't already have. :o)

12:56 am

HollyBug

<3

12:56 am

jillibus

nite, nan

12:57 am

jillibus

toos

12:57 am

jillibus

oh fuggedabahdit

12:57 am

Jacula

JFB from Cornwall, You have my initials! Who are you? Hope we can be friends.

12:58 am

Jacula

Pardon, jillii?

12:58 am

jillibus

ya godda speak amurrican, jac

12:59 am

JFB

Thats a great photo Jacula. Is it somewhere special?

1:00 am

Jacula

JFB - t's Harlech Castle.

1:00 am

jillibus

Men of Harlech, in the hollow
Do you hear the rushing billow...

1:00 am

jillibus

Wave on wave, as surging follows
Battle's distant sound...

1:01 am

Jacula

Jilli- pleas do not make me speak like an American! Wassup, girl, what wit choo? Whatcya need?

1:01 am

JFB

I've not been there. I go to wales quite often asI have 2 sisters there.

1:01 am

melonheadjujube

i'm quitting less than halfway - sigh. laila tov, all.

1:02 am

jillibus

No, waddaya need. I'm bilingual - brit and American -- actually, tri, counting Canajan

1:02 am

jillibus

Laila tov, clever melon!

1:02 am

Jacula

Henffych well, i wlad fy nghalon,
Llwyddiant i ti Cymru dirion;
Bendith i dy feibion dewrion,
A dy ferched glÃ¢n;
Peraidd yw dy hynod hanes,
I wresogi serch fy mynwes;
Tra bo 'ngwaed yn llifo'n gynnes,
Caraf wlad y gan.
Anwyl-wlad fy nhadau,
Caraf dy fynyddau;
Creigiau gleision uwch y nant
Ymwelant a'r cymylau,
Dolydd a dyffrynoedd ffrwythlon,
Ffrydiau clir a llynau llawnion,
Adlewyrchant flodau tlysion
Yn ei dyfroedd glÃ¢n:
Hiraeth sydd i'm llethu,
Am anwylion Cymru,
Ow! na chawn fy mhwrs yn llawn,
A chred a dawn i'm denu,
Adre'n ol i blith fy nheulu,
A chyfeillion i'm croesawu:
Yn olynawl gwnawn foliannu
Cymru, gwlad y gÃ¢n.

2. Mil melusach i fy nghalon,
Na mwynderau gwlad y Saeson,
Cig a gwin, a da a digon,
Ydyw gwlad y gÃ¢n:
Nid oes modd i 'ngwÃªn lawenu,
Tra bo 'fenaid yn hiraethu
Am fynyddoedd cribog Cymru,
A'i dyffrynoedd glÃ¢n;
Nid y llawn heolydd,
Mwg a thwrf y trefydd;
Nid y byd a'i olud drud,
Sy'n denu bryd y prydydd;
Ond afonydd, gwyrddion ddolydd,
Swn yr awel yn y coedydd,
Cymau, glynau, bryniau bronydd,
Cymru, gwlad y gÃ¢n.
Cara'r oen y ddafad,
Cara mun ei chariad,
Cara'r cybydd bwrs yn llawn,
A dyn a dawn ei dyniad;
Cara'r babi fron ei fami,
Caraf finau'r wlad wy'n foli,
Duw a wyr mor anwyl i mi
Ydyw Cymru lÃ¢n.

1:02 am

jillibus

OK, I give up!!!

1:03 am

Jacula

That's Men of Harlech in Welsh.

1:03 am

Jacula

LOL

1:04 am

Jacula

JFB - where are your sisters there?

1:04 am

jillibus

Back in the Cathedral Girls' School, Shanghai, we used to march in to morning assembly to that tune played on a piano

1:04 am

Jacula

Jilli - I didn't mean to blow you away, I just love that song.

1:04 am

JFB

Monmouthshire

1:05 am

Frances

Good morning all.
My phantom word FEMALE

1:05 am

Jacula

Caerleon, whre Arthur's fort is, JFB?

1:06 am

JFB

Caldicott

1:06 am

jillibus

I love it too, Jacula. Stid is studying welsh and I have a Weslh uncle in Aberystwyth, and my late hubby's last name is Welsh, but I don't know any :(

1:06 am

tazpink

well i am stuck at 86

1:07 am

Jacula

Jlli - that's a rousing tune to march into. nT LIKE 'gOD sAVE oUR qUEEN' - I ALWAYS WONDERED WHAT WAS WROPNG WITH HER?!

1:08 am

jillibus

In those days it was God Save the King!

1:08 am

JFB

I'm Cornish so there is the Celtic affinity to Wales. Mm mother was scots so the celtic strain runs right through!

1:08 am

Jacula

Oh, thank you, Dr_G for posting my post before it was ready.

1:08 am

jillibus

Welcome, Frances - your icon is beautiful when clicked on!

1:09 am

jillibus

my maiden name wasa rousing Scots Murray

1:10 am

Jacula

Frances is my second name friend. We both protet humans and animals.

1:10 am

Frances

Hi jilli. Yes, it doesn't show up too well until you click it for the full effect!

1:10 am

Frances

Hi jilli. Yes, it doesn't show up too well until you click it for the full effect!

1:11 am

JFB

Jacula Frances is my second name too!

1:11 am

Jacula

The 'e' part of our names denotes that we are female. But I do have a statue of St. Francis guarding my animal graveyard.

1:11 am

Frances

morning Jacula. At least you know how to spell it. I'm forevever telling people that it is 'i' for 'im and 'e' for 'er!

1:12 am

Jacula

JFB - please do not also go one to tell me that your surname is a colour.

1:12 am

Frances

Mine is!!!!

1:12 am

Frances

.....and it isn't blue

1:12 am

Jacula

Frances - we've had this convo before, but about a year ago, I guess! Welcome back!

1:12 am

Frances

Thank you

1:13 am

JFB

The number of times you have to put people right on E not I is amazing.

1:13 am

Jacula

Okay, m colour is not black!

1:13 am

JFB

No my surname isn@a colour.

1:13 am

Frances

Yep. Cuz I'm not a fella

1:13 am

Frances

Must be bronze!!!!

1:14 am

Jacula

Might be, Frances, but kinda more dark and tawny.

1:15 am

Frances

Just like mine

1:15 am

Jacula

But it's my ex-married name, s =o what the heck!

1:16 am

Jacula

My single name, which I now sometimes accident\ally say, due to being on the internet using it, is far more rare.

1:17 am

Jacula

I did not want to become that b colour! I said as much when we married! But we tried various cominbations of the names and all sounded prtentious/

1:18 am

Jacula

*ptretentious

1:18 am

Jacula

* damn! try again! pretentious.

1:19 am

cybernan

Happy Birthday, Eastern!

1:20 am

cybernan

*refresh*

1:20 am

Jacula

However, the new man in my life (of 3 years now) has the pefect surnam to integrate with mine.

1:20 am

cybernan

Now I really am going to bed.

1:22 am

Jacula

A marriage (should he do the gold thing and give me ring formy 50th) is one probabl;y made in heaven. I hope! LOL.

1:22 am

Frances

Night cybernan. You may sleep now you've finished baking!

1:22 am

Blaze

cybernan you said that last night too...

1:22 am

cybernan

right, Fran

1:22 am

Frances

OOOOO I wish you well with that one Jacula

1:23 am

jillibus

nice icon, cybernan!

1:23 am

Frances

I'm just sitting here listening to the news and the majoe security alerts at UK airports. Scary

1:25 am

Jacula

Lol,Frances. I also wish myself well with that one too. It's a terrtory that scaes the shit out of me.

1:25 am

jillibus

Frances, I've been listening to CNN on the same subject -- grim - but at least they know about it unlike 9/11 and last July in London

1:26 am

Frances

Yes. Major disruption but, if it keeps people safe - at least they wake up tomorrow!

1:27 am

Jacula

Well fu4/12 me! I've not been watching any news. What and where?

1:28 am

Frances

Jacula there have been lots of arrests in the south east this morning. UK airports are on their biggest security alert ever. Pretty serious if you ask me

1:31 am

MVA

morning all!

1:31 am

Blaze

mva hello

1:31 am

jillibus

hello MVA!

1:32 am

Jacula

Frances- soory, do not tend to read a lot of news from the Soputh since the south tends to thinnk there is nothing after the WWatford Gap.

1:33 am

MVA

lovely icon jacula, where is it?

1:33 am

Jacula

Othe than the stereotypes.

1:33 am

Jacula

*other

1:34 am

Jacula

MVA - it's Harlech Castle in the early morn. N. Wales, Gwynedd.

1:35 am

boatierra

Here is a link to an article I just read on Yahoo, talking about the uped security in the UK airports:

1:35 am

boatierra

Here is a link to an article I just read on Yahoo, talking about the uped security in the UK airports:

1:35 am

MVA

really beautiful, and lovely photo too

1:35 am

boatierra

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060810/ap
_on_re_eu/britain_terror_plot

1:35 am

Jacula

diolch yn fawr for even asking.

1:35 am

boatierra

Here is a link to an article I just read on Yahoo, talking about the uped security in the UK airports:

1:35 am

boatierra

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060810/ap

_on_re_eu/britain_terror_plot

1:36 am

boatierra

Oops, I keep messing that up. Sorry for the repeats.

1:36 am

jillibus

Jac, for someone in Worcs, your Welsh is awfully good - howcum?

1:37 am

jillibus

tael

1:37 am

jillibus

srrggghh

1:37 am

Jacula

Radioactive dirty bombor something?

1:38 am

Jacula

Jilli - I'm at least a quarter Welsh girl.

1:39 am

jillibus

Jac - plot foiled to blow up UK-US flights

1:39 am

Jacula

Shw mae, Jilli.

1:39 am

jillibus

What does shw mae mean?

1:40 am

jillibus

Looks like "show me!"

1:43 am

Frances

Just heard that if you are travelling out of a UK airport with a baby and have milk for the child, you will be asked to taste it in front of security officers!

1:43 am

Jacula

Shw mae - means hello or good mnorning.

1:44 am

Jacula

or how are you?

1:44 am

Jacula

Yopu then answer da iawn, diolch.

1:44 am

Jacula

Oh well, if you don;t speal Welsh never mind.

1:45 am

Erda

Would you like that in Croatian?

1:45 am

Jacula

Bore da!

1:46 am

jillibus

Well, I'll try to remember that!

1:46 am

Erda

nema

1:46 am

ruthy

morninig everyone

1:46 am

jillibus

bore da = no thanks?????

1:46 am

Jacula

Bore da, Ruthy.

1:47 am

Jacula

shw mae?

1:47 am

jillibus

ds

1:47 am

jillibus

shw mae, ruthy ;)

1:47 am

jillibus

(nm the ds

1:48 am

Jacula

how are ou, Ruthy?

1:48 am

jillibus

poor ruthy may think we're all bonkers

1:48 am

ruthy

im fine jacula how are u?

1:48 am

Jacula

How are you, Ruthy?

1:49 am

Jacula

da iawn, diolch, Ruthy. A chi?

1:49 am

Jacula

(Please don't let me down now, girl!)

1:49 am

jillibus

Enuf, awreddy

1:50 am

ruthy

sorry jacula i dont speak welsh i could never get the hang of it

1:50 am

crazynotstupid

and they call me crazy...lol

1:50 am

Jacula

Jilli - please do not take the pee eye ess ess out of the Welsh language.

1:50 am

Jacula

*sighs*

1:51 am

crazynotstupid

doom

1:51 am

jillibus

never, jac.

1:51 am

jillibus

yes, cns

1:52 am

Jacula

I only ever lived in Wales part time, but I did learn to so=peak it a bit.

1:52 am

jillibus

My cousins lived there for a while and their kids went to welsh school

1:53 am

Jacula

I feklt I mustn do, since all n=my ancestors from both sides wewre Welsh. I don't think tis beautiful languqge should die. So. you lot living there, LEARN IT!

1:54 am

jillibus

I'm goingto have alook at Lickety's list now for a bit

1:54 am

Frances

My eldest brother was evacuated to Wales during the war. He went to a Welsh speaking school and beat all the locals at their own language

1:55 am

Jacula

Fran - get me in touch with your brotherm, si I can speak the language agan!

1:56 am

Frances

That was a long time ago Jac. I don't know if he would remember much now

1:56 am

Jacula

I am ashamed, as a person with more Welsh than English antecedants, that so few speak Welsh.

1:56 am

MVA

I work with young children and we have to teach them basic Welsh, which means i've had to learn the language

1:58 am

Jacula

MVA - we may be able to communicatel Mae'r plant yr yn yr ysgol?

1:58 am

MVA

as i'm half cornish and scottish, this caused problems!

1:59 am

Jacula

Oh, okay, never mind!

1:59 am

Jacula

But never let it be said that I did not TRY!

2:01 am

Frances

E for effort Jac

2:01 am

Frances

E for effort Jac

2:01 am

MVA

the level we teach is colours and numbers and we sing simple welsh songs, the children are 3-4

2:01 am

MVA

the level we teach is colours and numbers and we sing simple welsh songs, the children are 3-4

2:01 am

MVA

oops

2:06 am

chj

night all

2:07 am

MVA

night chj

2:07 am

jillibus

night chj

2:10 am

JFB

Morning MVA.

2:11 am

MVA

bore da, jfb!

2:11 am

MVA

i'm finding this grid hard this am!

2:12 am

jillibus

what is bore da? good night? goodbye?

2:13 am

MVA

good morning

2:13 am

JFB

I started well but the rot set in at 55. Mind you if I hasn't been chatting so much I might havegot more!

2:13 am

jillibus

oh, of course --it's morning over your way! Night here

2:13 am

nava

i know this is cheating, but www.a2z.com still exist?

2:14 am

jillibus

nava, you can get there via Lickety's page - on the right

2:15 am

Haz1558

Good morning all. (nava, it's not cheating! I prefer www.morewords.com)

2:15 am

MVA

like the flag jfb, blue peter?

2:15 am

Flask1

Good morning all......

2:15 am

JFB

Yes, some of us can change our icon!!!

2:16 am

Frances

Morning Flask

2:16 am

nava

thank you both. i'm stuck

2:16 am

jillibus

welcome, flask

2:16 am

MVA

how rude jfb!!!!

2:16 am

MVA

hello flask

2:17 am

jean1953

good morning everybody:)

2:17 am

Frances

Morning jean

2:17 am

jillibus

hello jean

2:18 am

Flask1

there are some nice icons here today........even yours MVA.......;)...lol

2:18 am

sherb

morning all :)

2:19 am

jillibus

the theme for today is blue, to celebrate EasternBlue's birthday

2:19 am

Frances

MOrning sherb

2:19 am

Haz1558

Good morning sherb, Flask, jillibus etc.

2:19 am

jillibus

morning, sherb

2:20 am

jillibus

Hi Haz, again ;)

2:20 am

jean1953

good morning haz:)

2:20 am

MVA

morning sherb and haz

2:20 am

sherb

Haz - I bet you heaved a sigh of relief when you saw it was only 149 words today...

2:20 am

Flask1

Hi Haz!

2:20 am

Frances

Morning Haz from etc

2:20 am

Haz1558

You're so right! I was nearly scared to look at the word total.

2:20 am

nava

i have to say, i love lickey's page!! i wish it had the chatterbox on it

2:20 am

FranMag

hi everybody!

2:21 am

jean1953

morning franmag

2:21 am

jillibus

Hi Fran, the pearl of Pearl City!

2:21 am

sherb

hi Fran :)

2:21 am

FranMag

hi jean, jilli, sherb! that's so sweet jilli!

2:23 am

MVA

time to go , more tea and breakfast, bbl

2:24 am

FranMag

later mva!

2:24 am

SueMagee

Morning to everyone who's arrived whilst I was out!

2:24 am

FranMag

hi sue!

2:26 am

Frances

Update on the security news. In the US you are now banned from taking ANY liquid into the aircraft cabin

2:26 am

sherb

I'm going to try Babs' 30 minute challenge... back in a bit...

2:26 am

JFB

Gorgeous orchid FranMag

2:30 am

jean1953

bye all bbl have a good day:)

2:34 am

SueMagee

Bye Jean!

2:37 am

FranMag

thanks jfb!

2:37 am

FranMag

sorry, i stepped away to bathe my son.

2:37 am

FranMag

sorry, i stepped away to bathe my son.

2:38 am

SueMagee

Twice, Fran? He must have been grubby!

2:39 am

Flask1

lol....Sue!

2:40 am

FranMag

well, he is three sue! messy age.

2:41 am

Flask1

cosy

2:41 am

FranMag

thanks flask! missed that one!

2:42 am

Flask1

yw Fran!

2:49 am

MVA

you still here jfb?

2:50 am

MVA

snafe

2:50 am

MVA

oops!

2:55 am

Molly3

regards Frances' comment about liquid on aircraft - i just read that even baby milk has to be tasted bythe accompanying adult b4 it will be allowed on the plane :(

2:57 am

sherb

78 words in 30 minutes... more than half way, but not very good...

3:02 am

SueMagee

Actually, one reassuring thing about words in the chatterbox is that it's reassuring to know that you're not the only one who tries some very odd words in the hope that they'll take!

3:05 am

KittyVane

I'm still upset that it won't take "yoda" :D

3:05 am

ExWren

Goodmorning?evening all. Just logged on but will have some breakfast before I start searching. I didn't play yesterday, it was much too big.

3:06 am

sherb

morning ExWren :)

3:07 am

SueMagee

Hi Wren!

3:08 am

sherb

not found any 7s yet, and only 1 6...

3:08 am

KittyVane

Morning Wren!

3:09 am

ExWren

Just off for my daily dose of Special K, see you later

3:10 am

MVA

bbl, bye

3:15 am

KittyVane

I see the volcano is back in the gird again

3:17 am

SueMagee

I miss it when it's not there.

3:19 am

sherb

I miss it every time it IS there...

3:19 am

SueMagee

HA! If I'm honest, I do too.

3:21 am

sherb

off to the shops... later all :)

3:23 am

carolecs

Hello SueMagee, are you the same SueMagee as on the Ciao website?

3:24 am

SueMagee

I am, yes! Are you on Ciao?

3:24 am

carolecs

Yes but not too often now more on the BBC food website, AKA Scalywitch.

3:25 am

SueMagee

I must have a look at that.

3:26 am

carolecs

I am an adict,lol. I wander between here and BBC food, and only occassionaly on Ciao as I found it was all consuming for me.

3:26 am

SueMagee

I spent far too much time there.

3:27 am

carolecs

I have the same name on BBC food as Ciao so maybe see you yhere sometime.

3:29 am

SueMagee

Quite probably - I'm a foodie.

3:30 am

carolecs

Me too, though I see it is not a word on Babble!!, off to have a quick game of online scrabble before I do some work, good luck.x

3:31 am

SueMagee

Thanks! You too.

3:39 am

M3

Morning babblers. i have 10 mins b 4 i have to go out. hope your all well. suns out today yeah!

3:41 am

SueMagee

Morning M3

3:48 am

M3

lok gata go, dont like those o's xx

3:49 am

ruthy

thats me finished

3:49 am

SueMagee

Well done ruthy.

3:50 am

Odin

Great job Ruthy!

3:51 am

ruthy

ty al

4:10 am

jillibus

14 left for tomorrow so good night all!

4:11 am

Haz1558

Good night jillibus. Sleep well.

4:12 am

PappouTed

Hi everyone, how's the puzzle Easy or hard 149?

4:12 am

Haz1558

Very difficult.

4:13 am

Haz1558

Or maybe I'm just being obtuse today.

4:13 am

PappouTed

yikes! I gave up on yesterday's, too much to do to finish it. Well, let's see how much I get done in 45 minutes.

4:14 am

Haz1558

It starts off easily enough but there are lots of peculiar words.

4:15 am

PappouTed

Thanks for the warning, LOL

4:16 am

Haz1558

Of course, maybe my peculiar words are familiar ones to you. Enjoy the grid anyhow.

4:23 am

scv

hey

4:24 am

Haz1558

Hello scv.

4:25 am

scv

these o's are gonna drive me nuts, i know it. why do i keep coming back every day? haha.

4:25 am

PappouTed

I don't have any o's yet

4:26 am

PappouTed

So, I guess they're driving me nuts too, LOL

4:27 am

Haz1558

There are two normal ones - a preposition and a sign or portent. Three others have an 8 beginning and the last one, od7/32 sounds like a plea from someone to give money

4:27 am

FMitch

Morning Haz
Popped in for 5 mins, how goes it?

4:27 am

scv

i just mean the 4 of them just sitting there.. for some reason when theres a string of letters like that it distracts me. or, i have a harder time keeping track of what i've covered/tried already

4:28 am

Haz1558

I've finished the grid, FMitch, but only because I've used morewords even more than usual. It's not easy today!

4:29 am

PappouTed

True, svc, that is distracting especially when you think you're building off one letter and another one takes the credit.

4:29 am

scv

exactly.

4:29 am

Beast

hi all

4:29 am

FMitch

I got to 96 early this morning but won't have a chance to come back to it until this evening.

4:29 am

PappouTed

Hi

4:30 am

lynxxx

hi hi everybody

4:31 am

FMitch

Hi!

4:32 am

Haz1558

There are a few babblets - like the males interested in footwear (so6/24 and so6/24). Then there are the high-class servants fo7/32.

4:32 am

Haz1558

fo7/44, I mean.

4:33 am

FMitch

and the very chilly blokes too

4:33 am

PappouTed

ooh, thanks for the fo clue

4:33 am

Haz1558

FMitch - husband has been on the phone panicking about our flight through Heathrow in ten days time!

4:33 am

PappouTed

still trying to figure out the other one

4:34 am

Haz1558

so6/24 - it's most of what men wear under shoes, plus the male/males

4:34 am

FMitch

I was wondering about that Haz in the light of todays news, hopefuly in the the next couple of days things will be more clarified (at least you are not flying to the States)!!

4:35 am

scv

what happened?

4:35 am

Haz1558

There's a good-looking, though old-fashioned cab (ha6/24)

4:35 am

lynxxx

I was just listening to the Heathrow 'scare' on our radio coming home - pray nothing comes of it.

4:35 am

PappouTed

Just woke up a few minutes ago, what is in the news?

4:35 am

spellit

Manchester airport seems to be coping and getting planes away

4:35 am

Haz1558

Apparently there are no flights from Belfast into Heathrow today. There's a big security scare going on.

4:35 am

scv

you just woke up? its crazy early!

4:36 am

sha

flights are still running just really stepped up security

4:36 am

PappouTed

5:30 EST in Florida, have to leave for work at 6:30

4:36 am

scv

oh nm, i was looking at the clock here which is an hour off of my computer

4:36 am

Haz1558

Ah yes, but then Belfast flights are always treated as being potentially dangerous anyway.

4:36 am

FMitch

All UK airports are on the highest alert, there have been terrorist arrests and at the mo there are no flight in or out of Heathrow whilst they clear the backlog

4:36 am

PappouTed

oh my

4:37 am

Haz1558

But John Prescott is in charge, so we can rest easy.

4:37 am

Beast

say it on the news.

4:37 am

scv

ohh. perhaps i should catch up on some news for a bit.

4:37 am

Beast

no hand luggage, except essentials in a clear plastic bag

4:38 am

sha

21 arrests have been made

4:39 am

FMitch

Now that is a really scary thought Haz :)

4:40 am

Beast

topic change, man i wish it accepted yoda

4:40 am

scv

well, now i understand the drinking of baby formula before getting it past

4:40 am

PappouTed

LOL, beast, I saw that too

4:40 am

scv

or, i think its crazy. but understand what that conversation was about, at least.

4:41 am

FMitch

Is the y word an obvious one or a babblet?

4:42 am

PappouTed

no, it's obvious

4:42 am

PappouTed

short for over there

4:42 am

Haz1558

Sorry, was just checking up on the news there. It's going to be a long day for people working in airports.

4:43 am

FMitch

Thanks, not sure I would have spotted that.

4:43 am

PappouTed

did that clue help?

4:46 am

FMitch

Yup thanks

4:51 am

PappouTed

Well, I'm going to stop with 88 to go, will work on it after school today. So far, 2 days and no criers. Let's hope for day 3. Everyone have a good day

4:54 am

scv

i'm missing the middle an4. too many options

4:56 am

Haz1558

If the middle one is the third one, then an plus two vowels, with the word beginning and ending with the same letter. Time for me to go!

4:57 am

scv

haha yes the 3rd. thank you

4:57 am

Rlee

how can doona not be a word :p i would freeze with out mine

4:57 am

lynxxx

See you Haz - thanks for all the clues I picked up

5:00 am

FMitch

Bye Haz, have a good days and don't worry too much.

5:07 am

P.J.

hi all,back after a couple of days on Scrabble can't make-up my mind witch one I like best!

5:07 am

lynxxx

we are feeling so loved !

5:09 am

carolecs

hodag, which scrabble game to you go on?, i use wordwiz

5:13 am

P.J.

I bought the game.My daughter said I should 'nt have but I really do enjoy it.

5:15 am

carolecs

Oh I see, I play the online game (realtime) one.

5:16 am

Dianne

carol - where do you play?

5:18 am

carolecs

Sorry its wordbiz not wiz, lol. Its very good, just google it, you can play from anywhere with an internet connection worldwide, there are some idiots but you can make up a noplay list to stop them, and its free.

5:19 am

Dianne

thanks for the info.

5:24 am

carolecs

your welcome

5:28 am

carolecs

Nice thing is also you can play short games, 3-5 mins up to 40 plus, i like the short ones as less time for people to cheat

5:31 am

P.J.

I wish I would have knowen about it befor I baught mine. Being a new computer person these are the things Im learning as I go along.

5:39 am

carolecs

well you can have the best of both worlds as you can pause, make tea etc, with the online one you have to abort if something happens or adjourn and hope to replay within 48 hours or the game goes, so don't be sad.

5:46 am

P.J.

thanks carol,your helpful and nice to chat with!

5:53 am

Miyavi_fan

morning all...just...^^

5:56 am

carolecs

ty, i keep going between the 2 sites, hence the time delay, off to scrabble again, good luck all.xx

5:59 am

inge

elman

6:00 am

inge

sorry, I was over here just to say hello to cadfan and carolecs and miayvi. Going back to my corner now.

6:04 am

lynxxx

hello inge

6:18 am

inge

hi Lynxxx, I was off trying to fix my list

6:20 am

lynxxx

lovely grid tonite

6:21 am

inge

yes, but it is early morning on the US east coast

6:21 am

inge

meant

6:22 am

inge

sorry, I am not used to chatting, and forget to switch

6:23 am

lynxxx

we all do!

6:26 am

Munner

Mornin' all from Atlanta, GA. I've been doing a quick first run through the grid--made it to 76 in less than half an hour so that's good enough for me to take a break to run to Wal-Mart. Early is better there. Our small town has the distinction of having been the VERY FIRST store to be ope 24 hours a day!

6:27 am

lynxxx

in your state ?

6:28 am

Munner

Yep, a suburb south of Atlanta about 20 minutes from the airport--Riverdale, Georgia--our only claim to fame except for very colorful local politics.

6:28 am

lynxxx

and good morning too! hope you slept well.

6:29 am

inge

first Walmart to stay open ??? Around here the people demonstrate against Walmart staying open all nigth. They succeeded in one case. Walmart has to close at midnight/

6:29 am

Munner

5 hours last night beats the last two combined nights, but off steroids now so nights will get better.

6:31 am

Munner

BBL - Have to get myself going while I have the energy. Enjoy your day and pray that the good guys will win.

6:31 am

lynxxx

so, 24 hour stores are not common in the States? what about 7/11s and supermarkets. We commonly have this type of store open 24 hours now - been so for the last 15-20 years I think. It is great esp if you work and good parttime employment for younger people - that is actually where my student daughter is now - doing a late shift.

6:31 am

Munner

That's win in the war against terror.

6:33 am

inge

o yes, they are common, but not liked by thei neighborhoods. People come from Detroit to shoop at our Meijers, one of the first to stay openall the time. Even on holidays.

6:33 am

lynxxx

You are talking about London, yes? It is just awful - again. I think this may just be a fact of life now, Good to see you are feeling better - trust it will continue.

6:34 am

inge

We live about 30 miles outside of Detroit.

6:35 am

inge

These Meiher stores exist only in the Midwest. They still offer penny rides for the kids.

6:37 am

lynxxx

back to my me's now

6:46 am

amandacath

Hi all! I see the samurai blade is back - haven't seen it in a while

6:46 am

lynxxx

hello amandacath

6:47 am

P.J.

Hi amandacath

6:52 am

P.J.

help,I just paid to become a pro,How do you get your flag&sign?

6:53 am

lynxxx

go to my account - top right - hodag - and welcome to the club!

6:54 am

Cathyar

welcome hodag....hi everyone! :)

6:54 am

lynxxx

hi cathyar

6:54 am

inge

welcome hodag, did it work?

6:56 am

Alex7777

i neec clue for th3 3rd an 4,4

6:56 am

Cathyar

quite a grid today! i've been AWOL...cleaning up the apartment downstairs in my house for new tenant.

6:57 am

Alex7777

nvm got it

6:57 am

Alex7777

lol

6:57 am

Dorens

morning---quite a grid good or quite a grid challenging?

6:57 am

Cathyar

challenging i think

6:58 am

lynxxx

grid good dorens - morning

6:58 am

Alex7777

k need help with the last an 4,4

6:58 am

Alex7777

plz

6:59 am

Cathyar

luckily, i've been monkey-typing some obscure words.

6:59 am

Byzantine

a***bellum

7:00 am

Alex7777

any clues any one?

7:00 am

lynxxx

its from the a at the bottom- an** natal

7:00 am

Alex7777

i got it dnt worry

7:00 am

Alex7777

ow thnx lynxxx

7:05 am

lynxxx

have I found a fish (no definition) - sa5.12?

7:06 am

Cathyar

hmm...the second to last an4 pls?

7:07 am

lynxxx

I could give you an answer but you wouldn't recognise it cathy

7:08 am

Cathyar

pretty obscure word is it lynxxx?

7:08 am

Dorens

an + two vowels cath

7:09 am

lynxxx

perhaps I am being to cryptic! - 'answer' - sounds like

7:10 am

Cathyar

ok...i'll have to monkey it i think as i'm not sure which "a" it works off

7:11 am

amandacath

hmmm - google says that sa5/12 is an arabic word that has been taken over into english, but it doesn't offer a definition...

7:11 am

phandmd

I need it too, have been monkeying and can't find it

7:11 am

Dorens

top row second column

7:11 am

jaymil

an + 4th vowel + 1st vowel

7:11 am

Charm

that an4 ends like a b** constrictor

7:12 am

phandmd

no there is one after that and before the poker word

7:12 am

P.J.

so far it did't work

7:12 am

Scrabbler

TY

7:12 am

Cathyar

got that one spot...but tks anyway...that clue i think is for the middle an4/4

7:12 am

Charm

morning all. only here for a few minutes....

7:12 am

Scrabbler

fans

7:12 am

Dorens

hi charm

7:12 am

Charm

Hi, Dorens

7:12 am

Scrabbler

Sorry

7:12 am

Cathyar

(according to lickety it's the middle one at least)

7:12 am

phandmd

got it.

7:13 am

lynxxx

mmm - my one is top row, 4th column and read anticlockwise

7:13 am

phandmd

like Lynxxx said say answer with a slang like accent

7:13 am

Charm

too many vowels today

7:14 am

lynxxx

go on - have a go at the way we Australians speak - we can take it! (we are dreadful!)

7:15 am

phandmd

was tht to me Lynxxx? I wasn't intending that...

7:15 am

chiley

how many an's are there?

7:15 am

lynxxx

yes ... but we speak dreadfully .. really!

7:16 am

phandmd

5

7:16 am

Cathyar

the one i need is the 4th an4/4 (2nd to last)...perhaps i should re-enter the an's into lickety's list...it HAS put them out of order for me before

7:16 am

Dorens

sorry my mistake...hadn't gotten lickety's list yet...now have it...people in Long Island sometimes speak like that too

7:16 am

phandmd

I love the way aussies speak

7:16 am

chiley

hmm...guess I"m still missing one

7:18 am

Cathyar

there are 5 an4/4 today

7:18 am

Uneaixoise

has eastern blue dropped by for her blue birthday greetings??

7:18 am

phandmd

the 2nd to last an uses 3 of the letters from the top row

7:19 am

lynxxx

just say answer really fast (and hold your nose!) - dropping the w sound!

7:20 am

Byzantine

an + abbreviation for a southern hemisphere continent

7:20 am

amandacath

I found this on the sa5/12: We were served huge portions of "sa5/12." (Slightly similar to stew) - somewhere in South America, I think

7:20 am

amandacath

...which doesn't do much to prove the arabic-word proposition...

7:20 am

P.J.

i still can't get in to the pro account! now Im getting discuraged.

7:20 am

phandmd

need the last 2 ci's

7:21 am

phandmd

nm

7:22 am

inge

hodag, did you check off "sow profile"?

7:22 am

inge

*show

7:23 am

Wolvie

good morning all. :-)

7:23 am

P.J.

where is that?

7:24 am

Charm

my ghost word: nematode.

7:24 am

inge

after you fill in all the ilnfo on your account page, there is a box on top saying show profile

7:24 am

Charm

bbl. off to school.

7:24 am

Uneaixoise

bye, charm~

7:25 am

inge

also check off both update boxes for good measure

7:25 am

Cathyar

ahhh...finally...ty phandmd...finally got it...had to go bk to read yer clue after msn with a co-worker.

7:26 am

P.J.

I just checked it now, lets see what happens.

7:26 am

inge

you may have to try several times before it shows up

7:27 am

inge

or press refresh

7:27 am

P.J.

I'll keep doing that,thanks inge!

7:27 am

amandacath

so phan - wanna cough up those ci's? I can't find them

7:28 am

phandmd

I think there is a car with this name

7:28 am

phandmd

add a preposition and plural it

7:28 am

phandmd

cough

7:28 am

amandacath

thank you!

7:29 am

phandmd

there are so many co words

7:29 am

phandmd

yw

7:31 am

phandmd

the 1st 2 co s?

7:31 am

P.J.

try one more time

7:36 am

Dorens

co + prosecuting attonrey, phandmd

7:36 am

Dorens

then co + *** Corleone

7:37 am

phandmd

got the 4, not sure about the 5...

7:37 am

hydra

Fo4/9 anyone?

7:38 am

Dorens

same first three letters ph, and then a preposition

7:38 am

phandmd

rhymes with play thing

7:38 am

Dorens

sorry hydra...not yet

7:38 am

phandmd

Thnx Dorens

7:39 am

hydra

OK Dorens. Ta.

7:39 am

phandmd

I clued it...

7:39 am

Dorens

yw

7:40 am

hydra

The fo? When?

7:40 am

phandmd

rhyms with play thing

7:41 am

hydra

Thought you were talking to someone else! Still can't get it. Grrrr.

7:41 am

Dorens

ii have it plural, hydra

7:41 am

phandmd

yes should have said rhymes with play things

7:42 am

Dorens

thanks ph

7:42 am

phandmd

yw

7:42 am

hydra

Oh! Didn't realise there was another f! I was working from the one in the RH corner. Thanks!

7:42 am

Dorens

by the way ph, always assumed, but never asked. do you have a phd and md?

7:44 am

phandmd

no, It is a combination of my name and state

7:44 am

phandmd

I am not that smart...

7:44 am

Dorens

coons

7:44 am

phandmd

yes

7:44 am

Dorens

sorry sorry sorry

7:44 am

phandmd

I need the 3 co's after the pocket change one

7:45 am

Anniebrook

good morning!

7:45 am

Dorens

ah---my soon has phd and md and it seems a cute way of conveying that

7:45 am

Anniebrook

coins

7:45 am

phandmd

yes

7:45 am

Dorens

ph are you asleep or just in a co**?

7:45 am

Dorens

the next two work of of that

7:45 am

Dorens

morning annie

7:45 am

phandmd

yes

7:45 am

Uneaixoise

phandmd, do you have the sing and plural of a "vegetative state"?

7:45 am

Uneaixoise

hey, annie!

7:46 am

phandmd

now I need the 6

7:47 am

phandmd

no I have the 6 already

7:48 am

amandacath

anyone have the ha's?

7:48 am

phandmd

managed to get all co's thnx for help

7:49 am

Dorens

well then ph maybe you should get a phD....i still have three missing dricing me crazy

7:49 am

lynxxx

there is a ha**** cab (old english)

7:49 am

hydra

I have the ha's amandacath. Which do you need?

7:49 am

inge

phan, one ha is that 15th century league in northern Europe, the other is a vehicle drawn by orses

7:49 am

EvaNadine

mornin babblers!

7:49 am

inge

that message was for amandacath

7:49 am

lynxxx

hi

7:50 am

Dorens

morning evanadine....fashion

7:50 am

EvaNadine

havent even had a chance to look yet dorens...heh

7:50 am

Dorens

i know...thought i

7:50 am

amandacath

thanks inge - got 'em! (shouldn't have missed the first one since I live in one of the main cities of that league!)

7:50 am

Dorens

just hit you in the face with that one,,,caushe it keeps hitting me in the face

7:50 am

MaMaWA

Morning to all

7:51 am

Dorens

hhi MaMa

7:51 am

hydra

Morning, Mama and lynxx.

7:51 am

Cathyar

clue for teh first ci4/5 please?

7:52 am

lynxxx

good morning

7:52 am

phandmd

good bye (ci 4/5)

7:52 am

hydra

Italian for goodbye

7:52 am

Cathyar

fish me pleasse....ty phand

7:53 am

mrpresident

Hello everyone!! nice evening here!

7:53 am

Dorens

am missinig the fourth co 5/14--help please?

7:54 am

Dorens

hi mr president. nice morning here!

7:54 am

Wolvie

type of cheese, dorens

7:55 am

amandacath

title for nobility, dorens

7:55 am

Wolvie

or - change up the letters on the shooting star..

7:55 am

Uneaixoise

hey, mrp!

7:55 am

Dorens

ahh thanks wolvie making me realize i haven't had breakfast

7:55 am

mrpresident

lynxxx... it is so not the morning!! another hour to go my sweet!

7:55 am

Dorens

on to the d's

7:55 am

mrpresident

Une!!! **rubs eyes** is that really you???
I haven't seen you for ever!!!

7:56 am

Uneaixoise

well, i was "away" with computer problems for a week--painful! But great to be back!!

7:56 am

Wolvie

Hello MrP - didn't see you at first.. :-)

7:56 am

lynxxx

mrp - my, how you have changed!

7:56 am

mrpresident

Hello Dorens!! nice day where you are ??

7:57 am

mrpresident

lynxxx.... I have taken the ~~sexy~~ approach! thought it would get me an invite!!

7:57 am

mrpresident

Hello Wolvie!!

7:58 am

phandmd

I need the da 4/6 after the lady

7:58 am

amandacath

mo6/24? My monkeys seem to be quite inefficient today

7:58 am

lynxxx

looks like you may be giving a cold shoulder though !

7:58 am

Wolvie

ph - do you mean the swear word?

7:58 am

phandmd

ahh!

7:58 am

Dorens

I'm in Nj and we're enjoying blue skies 80's and low humidity the last couple of days...and again today

7:59 am

mrpresident

lynxx... oh dear!! so it seems, but not me!! I am breathing in the beauty of the vanuatu islands!!

7:59 am

Uneaixoise

oh, dorens, I'm so jealous! humidity here today is near 90%!

7:59 am

mrpresident

doren!! you lucky bugger!! we have cold cold and more cold!

7:59 am

Uneaixoise

where is that, mrp?

8:00 am

Dorens

oh no, aixeoise...it's probably on its way up here

8:00 am

Dorens

by the way une, been wondering...are you from aixe-en-provence?

8:01 am

Dorens

well mr p. we will have that in six months, and you'll have what we do, no?

8:01 am

mrpresident

une! vanuatu is in the south pacific, close to australia

8:01 am

Uneaixoise

i lived and studied there many many moons ago . . . and was married to an Aixois :-)

8:01 am

Dorens

oooohh lucky you

8:01 am

mrpresident

Doren... the nice stuff comes in about 2 months

8:02 am

mrpresident

we have very extended summers here... only about 4 months of cold weather! in Sydney anyway

8:02 am

Dorens

well just hang in there...knowing it's coming in 2 months, you can't be too jealous of us + after the heat wave we had recently, cold seems ideal

8:02 am

mrpresident

what is todays lovely theme please??

8:03 am

Dorens

BLUE

8:03 am

mrpresident

oh, heat waves are nasty stuff!! so sorry for you!!

8:03 am

mrpresident

ah, blue!! I will change my cat to blue then!!

8:03 am

Uneaixoise

ergo, my blue cake--it's Eastern Blue's bday!

8:03 am

lynxxx

oh yes - in Melbourne the weather is good too (these Sydney people - really!). Bye all - off for v. late dinner now.

8:03 am

Dorens

best thing i can say is it's over....deaths in NYC and Newark that shouldn't have happened

8:04 am

Cathyar

can i have a clue for the co5 (after the shooting star type)....i think it's the 4th co5/14

8:04 am

Cathyar

pls?

8:04 am

mrpresident

bye lynxxx, enjoy your COLD climate dinner!! love ya!!

8:04 am

Dorens

anagram the shooting star cath

8:05 am

Cathyar

ah...ty dorens.... c's all grey now! :)

8:05 am

phandmd

need the 2nd & 3rd do

8:06 am

phandmd

now just the 3rd

8:06 am

Cathyar

the 3rd do is to give something away

8:06 am

Cathyar

i don't have the 2nd

8:06 am

Dorens

add to your 2nd, ph

8:06 am

phandmd

thought it would build off the 2nd one but doesn't seem to

8:07 am

amandacath

a spanish lady

8:07 am

Dorens

first 4 letters of the 3rd cath

8:07 am

Dorens

it does actually ph

8:07 am

phandmd

oh, really I'll keep trying

8:07 am

Cathyar

ty dorens

8:07 am

phandmd

got it

8:08 am

ironpete

meat

8:08 am

Dorens

need help with these en's

8:08 am

Dorens

also need to eat breakfast

8:09 am

Anniebrook

i have my cup of coffee while I start babbbling, it is a nice way to start the day for me

8:10 am

amandacath

en6&7 - type of oak, sounds like a city in CA, Mendo...

8:10 am

Dorens

yes annie it is a nice way--am drinking my iced latte, but it's been an hour here and the stomach is grumbling

8:10 am

Dorens

thanks amanda

8:11 am

72 Temple Owl

hi everyone! : ) just dropping in to check things out

8:11 am

Uneaixoise

thanks, amanda!

8:11 am

Uneaixoise

morning, TO!

8:11 am

Dorens

hi TO

8:11 am

Anniebrook

ah, latte...one of my favorite caffeine fixes

8:11 am

amandacath

yw - it took me forever to find them

8:11 am

Anniebrook

hi temple and une

8:12 am

Uneaixoise

off to eat a bite of breakfast--fresh peaches . . . yum! Then volunteering at library--BBL

8:12 am

Dorens

broke down and got ann espresso machine two years ago and it's been well worth it.... use it every day and hardly ever make regular coffee now

8:12 am

Dorens

later une

8:13 am

72 Temple Owl

bye une! and bye all! hope to be back tonight and to catch EB to wish her happy birthday...dee you!

8:13 am

72 Temple Owl

see you! LOL!

8:13 am

amandacath

I've become a complete espresso snob - would rather do without than have to drink regular coffee!

8:14 am

Dorens

well, if it's GOOD coffee,

8:14 am

Anniebrook

oh my, i find fresh beans and grind them...hmmm an espresso machine....perhaps

8:15 am

Anniebrook

meant i buy fresh beans but you know what i meant

8:15 am

Dorens

i have what they call la semiautomatic.... not cheap but a dream to use

8:15 am

Wolvie

dorens - which machine do you have? I'm looking for a good one.

8:16 am

amandacath

there's also the stove-top version, don't forget. It takes up much less room and I'm sure it's much cheaper!

8:17 am

Dorens

capreso ultima---- did a fair amount of research..there are some veryinformative websites out there...wholelattelove.com, etc... and this was the best for me and i totally love it

8:17 am

Wolvie

thanks!

8:18 am

bgmadden

Hello everyone

8:18 am

Dorens

true amanda...my son likes his and he's bringing it next week (whole family to be at martha's vineyard) mine would take up too much room in the car (but i DID bring it last year, but that I am)

8:18 am

Dorens

hi bg

8:18 am

musicmom

good morning everyone.

8:18 am

Cathyar

k...tried everything for the last do6...can i have some help pls?

8:18 am

Anniebrook

hello bg

8:18 am

bgmadden

hey Dorens My seven year old struck abain

8:19 am

Wolvie

hi bg

8:19 am

Anniebrook

hi musicmom!

8:19 am

Cathyar

sorry...meant do4/6

8:19 am

Wolvie

good morning music mom

8:19 am

bgmadden

hi musicmom

8:19 am

musicmom

For anyone interested in coffee and machines etc. there is a great podcast at coffeegeek.com

8:19 am

mrpresident

ok, back with the blues!

8:19 am

phandmd

the astro do*

8:19 am

mrpresident

hello mm!!

8:19 am

Cathyar

got that one phand...it's not the last one.

8:20 am

Dorens

hi music mom---BG what did your seven year old do?

8:20 am

Wolvie

LOL, mr p - I'll have to go and get a blue I guess. :-)

8:20 am

bgmadden

All the swim coaches were lined up to play with him at lessons ...

8:20 am

amandacath

I love mine, but then I have an aversion to electronic gadgets that don't really make things easier (electric can openers, for example)

8:20 am

Dorens

yes, my son the "coffee guru" likes coffeegeek.com

8:20 am

Dorens

yes, bg?

8:20 am

mrpresident

get blue!! love it!!

8:20 am

phandmd

my clue was for the first one

8:20 am

musicmom

I have learned a lot from there Dorens

8:21 am

phandmd

the terrorist plot was destined to do*

8:21 am

Cathyar

ty...i'm looking for the last do4/6 pls

8:21 am

phandmd

that is the last do 4/6

8:21 am

bgmadden

He has them turned into mush.

8:21 am

Dorens

oh amanda i abhor electric can openers...totally agree with you on that one....but i do find the espresso thing a lifesaver

8:21 am

mrpresident

oh Wolvie!! a blue pole doggie would be funny as!!

8:21 am

musicmom

ph - is that the one that goes well with despair?

8:21 am

bgmadden

I need to request male teachers

8:21 am

phandmd

yes

8:21 am

Cathyar

ty...sorry...i swear i put that in earlier!!!

8:21 am

Dorens

watch that he doesn't decide that he's god's gift to women when he gets older!!!

8:22 am

phandmd

em?

8:22 am

musicmom

LOL bg

8:22 am

bgmadden

He doesn't "do" anything It 's just weird...

8:23 am

mrpresident

any hinto on the o7 please??

8:23 am

musicmom

My six year old daughter is the same way with men. She can charm them just by looking at them.

8:23 am

amandacath

The best think about the non-electric espresso maker is that it's transportable - I house-sit for friends quite often, and I pack it right into my bags to take with me

8:23 am

bgmadden

He's had little girls fight over him since preschool...klaurel has seen him in action

8:23 am

musicmom

That is a hilarious bg.

8:24 am

musicmom

What's funny is my 12 year old daughter has never been particularly impressed by men and could still pretty much care less about boys. The little one is the one I have to watch.

8:24 am

Dorens

right, amanda...hence my son is bringing his to our summer cottage

8:24 am

amandacath

MrP, that o7 - morpher on DS9 + Mr. Hawthorne?

8:24 am

bgmadden

Any suggestions.. I thought about making him a priest when he gets older

8:24 am

musicmom

Nah - just go with it bg

8:24 am

Dorens

there's always bad haircuts, bg

8:25 am

mrpresident

what the hell is mr hawthorn!! *stupid much*

8:25 am

musicmom

Great suggestion dorens.

8:25 am

bgmadden

lol Dorens He hates haircuts

8:25 am

musicmom

I know hawthorne - house of the seven gables

8:25 am

musicmom

what is a morpher?

8:25 am

phandmd

shape shifer

8:26 am

phandmd

shifter

8:26 am

amandacath

thought that might be a problem, MrP - american author. A morpher is one who morphs :)

8:26 am

Dorens

beginning of the thingie that tells you howmany miles you've gone? ending with hawthorne's nickname

8:26 am

phandmd

em?

8:26 am

musicmom

Thanks Dorens

8:26 am

musicmom

I don't have it ph

8:26 am

phandmd

:-(

8:27 am

mrpresident

well, I am truly lost!!

8:27 am

musicmom

how many letters?

8:27 am

amandacath

phan - over do it with the feelings

8:27 am

phandmd

:-)

8:27 am

musicmom

mrp - something that is very decorative is or**** - that is the last four letters of the od word

8:27 am

phandmd

5, letters

8:27 am

phandmd

12 points

8:27 am

musicmom

got it

8:28 am

Dorens

how about the fo 7's --- i dodn't know why but fo4/8 + picnic pest isn't a word!

8:28 am

mrpresident

od7..... right
got it
Give money to charity with an O at the front!!

8:28 am

amandacath

just to add to the confusion on the o7 - Mr. Horvath + took nourishment

8:29 am

Wolvie

couldn't do the blue to the pup - will have to try some more later - got to dark

8:29 am

musicmom

fo 7 - the mice in Cinderella turned into these. And a singular one

8:30 am

ch1212

Good morning all.

8:30 am

Wolvie

too, Imean

8:30 am

phandmd

the en's are stumping me

8:30 am

Dorens

first two sound like a town in callifornia

8:30 am

Wolvie

ph - you have the medical one, right?

8:30 am

Dorens

ahhhhh dumb me thanks mm

8:30 am

phandmd

no

8:30 am

Wolvie

or evacuating one

8:31 am

Wolvie

ah - well - how best to clue without being rude.. one does this to clear one's bowels before surgery...

8:32 am

Cathyar

there...got my "Blue" all ready to serve up for EB's birthday party!

8:32 am

ch1212

lol cathyar

8:32 am

Cathyar

en's have me stumped to...though i do have the en5 (u get it before surgery sometimes)

8:33 am

Dorens

sound slike town in california cath + plural

8:33 am

phandmd

got that one now

8:33 am

Dorens

en + rhymes with t*** turner

8:33 am

phandmd

thnx got them all

8:34 am

musicmom

that en 6/7 reminds me of a movie from the 80s about a college student who changed his race to get a scholarship en**** man

8:34 am

Cathyar

ya...ty all u clued the en6 and 7!

8:34 am

musicmom

is there only one em?

8:35 am

Cathyar

yes musicmom

8:35 am

phandmd

yes

8:35 am

Dorens

3

8:35 am

phandmd

yes

8:36 am

bgmadden

By for now everyone. My connection gets screwy when it rains for some reason out here...

8:36 am

musicmom

ty

8:36 am

musicmom

bye bg

8:36 am

Dorens

bye bg

8:37 am

Cathyar

cu bg

8:38 am

mrpresident

this grid has the usual volcano and the reverse!!

8:39 am

musicmom

thanks mrp - I always always always miss the volcano

8:39 am

mrpresident

musicmon!! it is just about in every grid! :D

8:39 am

phandmd

2 fo 6

8:39 am

ch1212

thanks!

8:40 am

phandmd

and fo 7s?

8:40 am

musicmom

I know - but it is almost always one of the last words I find unless someone asks a clue for it.

8:40 am

musicmom

the fo7s are the mice in Cinderella - pl and singular.

8:40 am

phandmd

oh!

8:41 am

evanonut

really?

8:41 am

evanonut

really?

8:41 am

ch1212

thanks MM - great clue

8:41 am

mrpresident

I come into the grid and just type it in! lickety's clue page has the top million words, and that is the one word in the last million grids right at the top!!

8:41 am

musicmom

REALLY!

8:41 am

Cathyar

ty...borrowed that fo7 clue

8:41 am

phandmd

yes it is

8:41 am

mrpresident

hello nut!!

8:41 am

evanonut

stupid double posts

8:42 am

phandmd

the fo 6's?

8:42 am

amandacath

Finally - fireworks! Too many strange words today

8:42 am

musicmom

Bravo Amanda

8:42 am

mrpresident

nut nutsy nuttie nuttelex nutterbutter!!

8:42 am

ch1212

Hurrah for amandacath!

8:42 am

Cathyar

congrats amandacath! good work!

8:42 am

phandmd

yay Amanda

8:42 am

evanonut

hey hey mrp

8:42 am

musicmom

I don't have fo6 ph

8:42 am

mrpresident

amandacath gets
*~*~*~FIREWORKS!~*~*~*

8:43 am

phandmd

but Amanda does...

8:43 am

Cathyar

wow...ch1212 brought the poster for the party...music mom has the music and i have the beer!!! we're all ready...now we just need the guest of honor!

8:43 am

musicmom

Hey -- yah --- you're right. Amanda - why aren't you sharing?

8:44 am

amandacath

fo6's - male enemies?

8:44 am

evanonut

found the perfect blue

8:44 am

ch1212

Let's get this party started ! (If EB ever shows up)

8:44 am

phandmd

good one!

8:44 am

mrpresident

what the heck!! what C could I be missing!!

8:45 am

Cathyar

can we have the party on yer cruise ship evanonut?

8:45 am

mrpresident

nut has a cruiseship!!??

8:45 am

musicmom

Hey - PH I have the fo 6s now<G>

8:46 am

mrpresident

PARTY ON THE CRUISE SHIP!!!

8:46 am

Cathyar

in her icon mr pres

8:46 am

phandmd

yeah, so do I!

8:47 am

Dorens

congrats to amanda (if still here)...i was getting my breakfast *finally tearing myself away*

8:48 am

Dorens

cath said a word?!!

8:48 am

Cathyar

oops sorry

8:48 am

phandmd

I was just going to say that!

8:48 am

Cathyar

*embarrassed*

8:49 am

phandmd

ic 6's

8:49 am

Dorens

cold folks

8:49 am

Cathyar

ic could be hockey players

8:49 am

amandacath

I'm still here for a bit - the ic's cometh, phan

8:49 am

Cathyar

and singular too

8:49 am

phandmd

figured it out

8:49 am

musicmom

very cold males

8:49 am

ch1212

The Ic**** Cometh

8:50 am

musicmom

Gotta go for a little while. We are camping this weekend and I need to pack. Be back a little later to finish.

8:51 am

Cathyar

k...l8r musicmom...come bk for the party

8:51 am

Dorens

later mm

8:51 am

fit1

does anyone have a clue for the io6 that isn't the one that sounds like a month?

8:52 am

mrpresident

*~*~*~FIREWORKS!~*~*~*

8:52 am

phandmd

that is all

8:52 am

ch1212

congrats MrP!

8:52 am

Cathyar

small particles fit1

8:52 am

Dorens

hoorayyyy for mr p

8:52 am

Cathyar

congrats mrpres

8:52 am

phandmd

3 io's 2 of them or 4

8:52 am

Wolvie

congrats, Mr P!

8:53 am

phandmd

are not or

8:53 am

amandacath

there's only 1 io6 - like a chemical

8:53 am

mrpresident

thank you, thank you, thank you!!

8:53 am

fit1

2 io6. I have even looked in the dictionary for the second one. It isn't there

8:53 am

amandacath

Yay MrP!

8:53 am

phandmd

yay Mr. P

8:53 am

phandmd

no only 1 io 6

8:53 am

phandmd

2 io 4

8:54 am

fit1

Oh dear you are right. Only one, and I have it (smacks herself in head)

8:54 am

renfield

mrp - your look fab!

8:55 am

fit1

Thanks for helping

8:55 am

mrpresident

{{{rennie!!}}} fab skull darling!!

8:56 am

phandmd

last le pls

8:56 am

evanonut

finally got back in, but can't seem to get on yahoo

8:56 am

evanonut

((((rennie)))))

8:56 am

amandacath

last le - anglo/french male?

8:57 am

renfield

we are so together today!

8:57 am

renfield

nutty buddy!!!!!!!!!

8:57 am

mrpresident

nut!! you lost conncetion!! oh man!!

8:57 am

amandacath

only one birthing class?

8:57 am

renfield

hey nut..hoo hoo you love?

8:57 am

mrpresident

who is birthing??

8:58 am

Cathyar

nut...u lost yer cruise ship...nice blue sign, but we coulda partied on the ocean blue on yer ship! ;)

8:58 am

phandmd

not getting it Amanda

8:58 am

renfield

and gone to visit mrp!

8:58 am

mrpresident

oh come on down!!

8:58 am

evanonut

isn't it grand?

8:58 am

amandacath

that was a clue for the le - and it was actually completely wrong, I think. Let me ponder...

8:59 am

evanonut

cathyar, would have kept it, but the sign spoke to me!

8:59 am

Wolvie

le clue - the guy?

8:59 am

phandmd

got it thnx

8:59 am

amandacath

Oh, there is/was a car with (almost) that name - *goes to google*

8:59 am

Cathyar

lol...s'ok...mr pres offered his for when eb gets here...

8:59 am

Wolvie

me*** that for a clue, duh

9:01 am

evanonut

my connection is molasses today

9:01 am

mrpresident

le5 french for 'the man!'

9:01 am

amandacath

well, didn't find the car, but there is a car race...

9:02 am

mrpresident

ok, that was too obvious!

9:02 am

EasternBlue

*peaks in at the sea of blue, takes a sip (or 2) from Cathyar's icon* g'mornin' kids!!
oo
\_/

9:02 am

ch1212

Hi EB!!

9:02 am

Dorens

happy birthday blue!!!!!!!!

9:03 am

mrpresident

oh goodie! EB is here!!! HELLO AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

9:03 am

EasternBlue

Hi ch...all! thanks dorens, mrP...

9:03 am

phandmd

ma 6?

9:03 am

Cathyar

HAPPY B'DAY EB!!!! HELP YERSELF!!! Now that you're here we can get this party started...crack open a cold one for all

9:03 am

shorty

cool icob EB

9:03 am

Cathyar

*passes out the blue*

9:03 am

phandmd

Happy, happy

9:03 am

renfield

happy birthday eb!!!!!!

9:03 am

periwinkle

HI all

9:04 am

EasternBlue

hi peri!!

9:04 am

ch1212

hi Peri!

9:04 am

periwinkle

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EASTERNBLUE!!

9:04 am

mrpresident

hello peri!

9:04 am

EasternBlue

thanks all! 8 )

9:04 am

mrpresident

ma6 - ornamental fireplace

9:04 am

amandacath

Happy Birthday EB! I'm off now, see ya tomorrow!

9:04 am

renfield

hi peri ..hi ch

9:04 am

EasternBlue

bye amanda...

9:05 am

mrpresident

bye amanda!

9:05 am

Cathyar

cu amanda

9:05 am

Wolvie

Happy Birthday EB, and ttfn, amanda

9:05 am

Wolvie

hi peri and ch

9:05 am

EasternBlue

everyone is so clever with the variations of blue : )

9:05 am

shorty

Wolvie what is your icon?

9:06 am

lbdawger

Happy birthday EB!

9:06 am

Dorens

if any yof you are jazz fans...my radio station just played james mo*** as i was searching for the mo 5/18!

9:06 am

Bugzy

Hi all and Happy Bday EB !
:)

9:06 am

musicmom

<I'm not really here> EB happy birthday. Hope it is terrific.

9:07 am

torgone

Good morning! and Happy Birthday EB!

9:07 am

EasternBlue

thanks lbd...thanks musicmom (I'm not here either...I'm at 'work') ; )

9:07 am

phandmd

mo 6?

9:07 am

ch1212

Love the ic** wolvie. Hi MM (who's not really here)

9:07 am

EasternBlue

hi tor, Bugzy!!

9:07 am

Cathyar

tsk tsk EB...drinkin on the job!!!

9:07 am

lbdawger

EB~me too...not here...at work...:-)

9:08 am

evanonut

is this thing working now?

9:08 am

Bugzy

Hey Cathyar - Your ic4 is the first thing I think of when I hear 'blue' -- had to go with another variation on the theme... :)

9:08 am

EasternBlue

evanonut - yes...

9:08 am

Dorens

morning torgone

9:08 am

evanonut

ren, get on yahoo too cause my babble isn't running nice

9:09 am

lbdawger

Phan...little pieces of stuff put together to make a picture=mo6

9:09 am

Cathyar

ahh...now we have two types of beer for the party! perfect bugzy!

9:09 am

Bugzy

Cheers! *clink*

9:09 am

Cathyar

*clink*

9:10 am

phandmd

thnx

9:10 am

Cathyar

better go easy on the booze tho or we won't be able to see the grid! ;)

9:10 am

EasternBlue

*double fisted now* thanks Bugzy!

9:11 am

ch1212

I've got to scramble to get to work. Happy Birthday EB -- Happy Babbling all --- watch the Blue drinking and make Angelsong be the designated driver :)

9:11 am

Cathyar

lol EB

9:11 am

Cathyar

k ch...cu later

9:11 am

ExWren

Oh, she's here at last, Happy Birthdat Eastern Blue. Aren't you impressed with all of the blue icons?

9:11 am

abe79

hi all! here's some chips and dip to absorb the alcohol

9:11 am

EasternBlue

thanks ch1212...have a good day!!

9:11 am

ch1212

Or better yet, Miss Hetty when she arrives

9:11 am

EasternBlue

Wren - I am...I feel so honored!!

9:11 am

Wolvie

bye,ch!

9:11 am

Bugzy

Might help with this one...
bye ch :)

9:12 am

Cathyar

ty abe...*crunch crunch*...hey...no double-dipping!!!

9:12 am

Dorens

pass the guacamole, please

9:12 am

Bugzy

Maybe we can do some shots of Blue Maui too...

9:12 am

FMitch

Woohoo the birthday girl is here, Hi EB - hopeyo have a great day.

9:12 am

abe79

happy birthday Eastern Blue

9:12 am

EasternBlue

thanks FMitch & abe!

9:13 am

Cathyar

ha5/12 pls?

9:13 am

torgone

Jumping on the ic4 bandwagon ..

9:13 am

phandmd

ne 4/5

9:14 am

phandmd

ha& greta

9:14 am

EasternBlue

; ) thanks Tor!

9:14 am

seano216k

omg my brains fried...i have just spent ages systematically monkeying the et4/4...the word that appears in 4 grids out of 5!!

9:14 am

Bugzy

Cool, tor :)

9:14 am

Cathyar

ty phandmd

9:15 am

Dorens

what !! no guacamole? what kind of party is this?

9:15 am

Bugzy

ne4/5 - ne + short word for mother

9:15 am

abe79

just noticed your ic 4, cathar, v. clever!

9:15 am

Cathyar

ty... would u care for one abe?

9:15 am

Bugzy

*passes dorens some blue guac*

9:16 am

abe79

***thinking***, sure, it's after 10! thanks

9:16 am

Dorens

thanks bugz, i really needed that

9:16 am

FMitch

poor seano!!

9:16 am

Cathyar

*pops of the cap and hands the bottle to abe*

9:16 am

Dorens

seano--- i automatically try that one in every grid everyday

9:17 am

phandmd

no 7?

9:17 am

TheFiz

hi there babblers - sneaking in during the most BORING conference call ever...

9:17 am

Dorens

hey fiz!

9:17 am

abe79

**puts out bowls of peanuts**

9:17 am

Bugzy

Hi Fiz :)

9:18 am

TheFiz

Perfect timing! *grabs handful of peanuts*

9:18 am

chj

hey fiz...long time no see

9:18 am

Cathyar

blue cheese anyone? {{{ugh...blue cheese n beer...what's that gonna do to us?}}}

9:19 am

Bugzy

no7 - take a letter of no5 (Loud) and add so4/5 (a few)

9:19 am

Cathyar

ho6?

9:19 am

TheFiz

my life got a little out of control this week - i seem to have reined it it at least temporarily....

9:19 am

EasternBlue

hi Fiz...hi chj...

9:19 am

phandmd

thnx, that gave me 2 words

9:19 am

Krista

Morning, all..enjoying the blue icons. Happy Birthday, EB!

9:19 am

phandmd

voodoo

9:19 am

sherb

no7 - sounds like loud, means revolting...

9:19 am

TheFiz

hi eb - happy bday!

9:19 am

EasternBlue

Cathy - blue cheese goes great with buffalo wings & beer...*passes platter of wings around*

9:20 am

Bugzy

Hi Krista :)

9:20 am

EasternBlue

mornin' Krista...thanks Fiz!

9:20 am

sherb

Happy BIrthday EB!! :D:D:D

9:20 am

TheFiz

phand - where!?!?!

9:20 am

EasternBlue

hi sherb!!

9:20 am

Cathyar

yumm...wings..just in time for lunch!

9:21 am

FMitch

phand - try that word with a dif starting letter

9:21 am

TheFiz

why isn't leanto a word? they taught us to build them at camp!

9:21 am

Bugzy

ho6 - has 4 vowels in it, all the same... rhymes with what witch doctors use...

9:21 am

Cathyar

wow...this is a no5/14 party!!!

9:22 am

chj

hi blue...happy babbling birthday

9:22 am

TheFiz

*turns up the music*

9:22 am

Cathyar

lol...ty bugsy

9:22 am

EvaNadine

ppy happy EB!
love your icon!

9:23 am

Krista

FIz, I always saw it hyphenated..lean-to. I dunno.

9:23 am

EasternBlue

thanks evanadine!!

9:24 am

sherb

Blue's a great theme... vies with purple as my favourite colour...

9:24 am

TheFiz

have you ever used Microsoft livemeeting? it's totally weird.

9:24 am

EvaNadine

just like how i had green as my bday theme -- i love green and it was so lovely to see the chatlog covered in it on my bday!

9:24 am

EasternBlue

it's neat to see everyone's variations of blue! : )

9:25 am

Krista

No, at my office, we huddle around an ancient speakerphone and yell. :/

9:25 am

Cathyar

io6/21 pls?

9:26 am

TheFiz

lol krista - that's usually what we do too - this is my first experience w/net meeting - but it

9:26 am

Krista

We just got internet about a year ago (so I can play Babble there).

9:26 am

torgone

io + something I can't get

9:27 am

TheFiz

oops! it's basically a slide show that comes on your computer screen while the guy talks through the speaker phone.

9:27 am

Bugzy

LOL torgone -- ioabreak?

9:27 am

Krista

That is weird. What is on the slides??

9:27 am

sherb

satisfaction...?

9:27 am

Krista

Like powerpoint?

9:27 am

EvaNadine

io + laid
HAHA
oh wait, thats me...lol)

9:27 am

Cathyar

hmm...obscure clue tor!

9:27 am

Lara226

ypsi you around???

9:28 am

Krista

LOL, Sherb!

9:28 am

Cathyar

lol evanadine!

9:28 am

Bugzy

ROFL evanadine!!

9:28 am

TheFiz

lol evanadine - i was thinking that!

9:28 am

Bugzy

how about io+ big raisin....

9:28 am

torgone

Well, that too by extension ..

9:29 am

EvaNadine

ahh, i got it then tor...hehe

9:29 am

TheFiz

ahhhh. got it. not a fig, not a prune, but another delicious dried fruit...

9:29 am

sherb

ioprune, iosultana... ah, got it.. :)

9:29 am

Dorens

there's been a manatee sighted iin the hudson river lately, but not here

9:29 am

Bugzy

LOL sherb :)

9:30 am

EvaNadine

well, yoda was in yesterdays puzzle and todays too!

9:30 am

Cathyar

sheesh... *pops open another bottle o blue* - just can't get all yer dried fruit clues

9:30 am

phandmd

are the oc's obscure?

9:30 am

Dorens

da** palm?

9:31 am

EvaNadine

cathy -- todays io**** is august 10, 2006

9:31 am

Dorens

think 8 ph

9:31 am

EasternBlue

Cath - io + blind _ _ _ _

9:31 am

TheFiz

look at a calendar and find today's da**

9:31 am

Cathyar

ahh...must be too much beer!! *glug*

9:31 am

Cathyar

ty

9:31 am

Cathyar

finally found it

9:31 am

EasternBlue

...or not enough!

9:32 am

Bugzy

My favorite Rugrats quote: "Mom's going on a da4/5" "What's a da4/5?" "A big raisin that makes you poop!"

9:32 am

phandmd

Thnx Dorens got them all

9:33 am

Cathyar

lol bugzy

9:33 am

Bugzy

*a little toddler humor to liven up the party* ;)

9:34 am

TheFiz

if you get nervous enough it could have that same effect....

9:34 am

phandmd

sa 5?

9:34 am

Krista

phantom: anise

9:34 am

phandmd

yes!

9:35 am

Bugzy

lol fiz!

9:36 am

TheFiz

bugz - can i have a blue moon?

9:36 am

Dorens

today

9:36 am

Dorens

stoday's phantom word

9:36 am

Krista

I had Blue Moon once..good stuff

9:36 am

Dorens

my ic** is blue moon

9:36 am

Bugzy

*cracks open a cold one and hands it to Fiz* Want an orange slice in it?

9:37 am

Krista

icon

9:37 am

Krista

shoot!! **blushes**

9:37 am

torgone

=O

9:37 am

TheFiz

*mouth waters in anticipation* yes please!

9:37 am

phandmd

sa 5?

9:37 am

Wolvie

must go to store - hopefully bbl

9:37 am

TheFiz

dorens, just read your profile - you're truly hooked!

9:37 am

Bugzy

*hands an open one to Krista too* *puts orange slice in both*

9:37 am

EasternBlue

bye Wolvie!

9:38 am

Bugzy

So's mine dorens :)

9:38 am

sherb

sa5 - add frozen water...

9:38 am

Krista

Aw, why thank you dear

9:38 am

Dorens

yeah fiz--i got it bad

9:38 am

phandmd

thnx

9:38 am

TheFiz

*clink* cheers, krista!

9:39 am

Krista

cheers! (and I haven't even had my coffee yet!!)

9:39 am

EvaNadine

several fictional characters in todays grid...
yoda, tonto...
anyone see any others?

9:39 am

Dorens

well--there's ha*** and greta

9:39 am

shmoozanne

nemo

9:39 am

HollyBug

dante

9:40 am

Bugzy

Hans... as in Hans & Franz?? Remember them?

9:40 am

Dorens

dnate was real, tho

9:40 am

HollyBug

but he was a character in his book...

9:40 am

HollyBug

and also in Clerks. :o)

9:40 am

EvaNadine

well, dante in the movie Clerks is fictional. ;)

9:40 am

Cathyar

na4/4 pls? been tryin to monkey it but isn't forthcoming

9:40 am

TheFiz

We're here to pump *clap* YOU up!

9:41 am

Bugzy

Thats it Fiz!

9:41 am

Dorens

na + twp vowels

9:41 am

Cathyar

just monkey'd it...tks

9:41 am

Bugzy

There's also Toody, from the Facts of Life (tho I don't think that's how she spelled it...)

9:41 am

TheFiz

na + **l and vinegar dressing

9:41 am

sherb

Cathy - it's a regular... inner room of a temple...

9:43 am

phandmd

need the 2 so 6's and the so 5 pls

9:43 am

EvaNadine

i could use any of the 7s, if people are offering. ;)

9:44 am

Dorens

o + give to charity

9:44 am

phandmd

o+ give to charity

9:44 am

Dorens

the mice in cinderella

9:44 am

Cathyar

the so5 could be from the bible so*** & gomorrah (sp)

9:44 am

Dorens

pen plural of sounds like callifornia town

9:45 am

Bugzy

I have 5 of the 6 7's - en7, fo7 x2, od7, no7

9:45 am

chj

fo7 a male with a digital fetish

9:45 am

Bugzy

no7 - annoying or offensive, sounds like no5 (loud)

9:46 am

phandmd

CA Town?

9:46 am

Dorens

en + rhymes with t*** turner

9:46 am

Bugzy

en6 - sounds like Paulie Shore movie or CA town, differnet last vowel... en7 is plural

9:47 am

phandmd

oh, maybe that wasn't for me? I need so 6's

9:47 am

Dorens

hate to say it but i must tear myself away....happy babbling... i will be back later to finish the last 19

9:47 am

EvaNadine

En**** Man -- movie about a caveman in california

9:47 am

Bugzy

bye dorens :)

9:47 am

EasternBlue

bye Dorens!

9:47 am

TheFiz

see you later dorens!

9:47 am

phandmd

by Dorens

9:47 am

phandmd

bye

9:48 am

Bugzy

Does anyone have the other 7?

9:48 am

Cathyar

c u dorens...*hands blue for the road*

9:48 am

EvaNadine

im now missing the same one as you bugzy...heh

9:48 am

Dorens

thanks cath...b4 i go, which are you missing ?

9:48 am

Bugzy

(I don't have any so6's phan...)

9:48 am

Cathyar

same here bugzy

9:48 am

caitlyn

Afternoon all......." Its one for the money"

9:49 am

phandmd

:-(

9:49 am

EasternBlue

hi caitlyn...

9:49 am

Bugzy

LOL caitlyn and Hi :)

9:49 am

TheFiz

trade you an ho7 for an fo7. ho7 is the plural of the ho6 that looks like it involves sticking pns in little dolls

9:49 am

sherb

hi caitlyn :)

9:49 am

ladynoire1013

Good morning

9:49 am

Dorens

drinking my clue, thanks cath...which 7 are y'all missing?

9:49 am

TheFiz

i've got fo7 the one dealing with lower extremities - what's the other?

9:50 am

Dorens

hah--not drinking clue, drinking BLUE

9:50 am

TheFiz

hi caitlyn and ladynoire!

9:50 am

Dorens

plural or singular?

9:50 am

phandmd

singular and plural

9:50 am

EvaNadine

fiz -- the FO7s are the singular + plural of a male who is obsessed with...not hands. ;)

9:50 am

Cathyar

oooh...wait...it's the no7 i don't have... is it the ho7 u need bugsy?

9:50 am

Dorens

full of sounds

9:50 am

TheFiz

thanks - had the plural only...

9:51 am

Bugzy

Oh, thanks Cathy - I see it, the ho7 is the plural of ho6....

9:51 am

Cathyar

yes...it is....can i have a clue for the no7 pls?

9:51 am

phandmd

ta 5?

9:52 am

Bugzy

the no7 means offensive, sounds like (and starts with the first 4 letters of) no5, loud

9:52 am

phandmd

no 7 drop the last letter of the 5 + so 4/5

9:52 am

Dorens

cath...full of osunds

9:52 am

TheFiz

phand - lone ranger's buddy

9:52 am

Dorens

right..that's it for me i mean it now. bye

9:52 am

caitlyn

Bye Dorens

9:52 am

phandmd

thnx

9:52 am

TheFiz

*hustles dorens toward the door*

9:52 am

Cathyar

ty dorens phand and bugsy

9:53 am

EvaNadine

ok, slap me with the fish, im sure...any help with the Y?

9:53 am

Dorens

hither and yo**er

9:53 am

Dorens

bye thanks for the boot, fiz

9:54 am

Cathyar

need all 3 oc's!!!

9:54 am

caitlyn

evan ..look over yo.... remove last 2 letters

9:54 am

chj

neither the moops nor the moors made it into todays grid

9:54 am

EvaNadine

ahhh...not so fish-worthy then. :)

9:54 am

TheFiz

dorens, i love you, but it looks like you have a problem limiting your babble use! i'm just looking out for your best interests...

9:54 am

harpjane

hello

9:55 am

Cathyar

oops...two now ...just got the oc5/12

9:55 am

TheFiz

hi there harp!

9:55 am

EvaNadine

cathy -- they all have to do with the number 8

9:55 am

caitlyn

Hi harpjane

9:55 am

EasternBlue

hi harp!!

9:55 am

sherb

hi jane :)

9:55 am

Deutsch

It's been a while, but hi everyone! I'm only here for a bit. Have to teach today.

9:55 am

EvaNadine

the 5s are just one letter different -- the last letter.
the 6 adds a letter to the end of one of the 5s to make the ending a picnic bug...

9:56 am

sherb

oc6 - extend the 5...

9:56 am

caitlyn

Happy Birthday Eastern........(hubbys today as well)

9:56 am

EasternBlue

hi Deutsch!!

9:56 am

EasternBlue

thanks caitlyn...happy birthday to your hubby 8 )

9:56 am

caitlyn

Hi Deutsch!!!

9:56 am

sherb

hi Deutsch!!! ...good to see you again :):):)

9:57 am

Cathyar

ty sherb...got all three oc's now.

9:57 am

phandmd

to 5's (I have the carto* ones)

9:57 am

Deutsch

Hi EB! Is it your birthday? Yea! hippo birdies to ewe
Sherb, Caitlyn, howdy do!

9:57 am

EasternBlue

...yes it is...thank you!!

9:58 am

mab

happy birthday easty!!!!!!!

9:58 am

EasternBlue

thanks mab!

9:58 am

hetty