Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, October 27, 2006

12:00 am

jillibus

flip

12:00 am

BigFootedMonster

flip

12:00 am

helenkeller

flip

12:00 am

jillibus

first yet again!

12:00 am

chic

flippin'

12:00 am

Minveryork

Flip Flip Hooray!

12:00 am

Minveryork

EARLY FLIP!

12:01 am

harpjane

oh goodie, a kind of little one!

12:01 am

BigFootedMonster

Hi all. How many today?

12:01 am

jillibus

hi minver!

12:01 am

jazi

oh what a late flip :(

12:01 am

jillibus

115

12:01 am

harpjane

115

12:01 am

BigFootedMonster

Thanks! I think I will have time for this one.

12:01 am

purplepufff

OMG - I missed the flip - And I wasn't finished

12:02 am

Minveryork

Hello jillibus! How are you doing? I have been lurking!

12:02 am

purplepufff

This one looks like Japanese

12:02 am

helenkeller

going for an icon

12:02 am

Minveryork

LOL purplespufff!!!!! :=)

12:02 am

chj

ph7

12:03 am

jillibus

the first word I got is one I'm NOT getting an icon for! (pu4/10)

12:03 am

FranMag

late flip!

12:04 am

jillibus

got it, chj - and for the 3rd time of asking - are you happy about the cards tonight?

12:04 am

harpjane

ok, I have ho4/5, a type of frost

12:04 am

luvmypom

Helen, I know what you mean. Although my two look similar is size because Sydney's coat is so fluffy, but when you pick them up...whoa! 2 lbs seems like a lot. Well better focus on the new puzzle. Only a few minute till my bedtime.

12:04 am

FranMag

be right back, just found my icon

12:05 am

BigFootedMonster

Japanese phantom, haiku

12:05 am

BigFootedMonster

rafe

12:05 am

BigFootedMonster

Yeah, don't ask about that one.

12:07 am

jillibus

oo - 11 k words

12:07 am

AprilD

late flip

12:08 am

Douglas

If anyone needs a fish, there's a tu4/5 on the port side

12:08 am

ARB

Shalom Everyone

12:09 am

AprilD

thanks Douglas

12:09 am

harpjane

hello arb

12:09 am

helenkeller

i have a grid word icon now

12:09 am

FranMag

okay, here's my clue icon.

12:10 am

Krys10

ah, smaller puzzle, that's more like it

12:10 am

ARB

There's another fish too

12:10 am

Krys10

and a K! how lucky

12:10 am

harpjane

brilliant, helen

12:10 am

jillibus

fran, I don't see boobs in the grid

12:10 am

Natasha

fran, that's a scary icon

12:11 am

FranMag

it's for an f4 jilli

12:11 am

helenkeller

lol fran - what a sad commentary on my life - pam anderson was the first thing i thought of when i saw your icon, hmmm

12:11 am

FranMag

hint: it's a pic of pam anderson

12:11 am

AprilD

Ha!

12:11 am

helenkeller

ty harp

12:11 am

harpjane

fran, what is your icon? there are no B's in the grid. lol

12:11 am

TeaNCrackers

good one fran

12:11 am

FranMag

harp, it's pam anderson, f4

12:11 am

jillibus

yes indeed, fran!

12:12 am

BigFootedMonster

lol fran. Good one!

12:12 am

Krys10

this grid needs a C to go wtih the K

12:12 am

harpjane

got it

12:12 am

Natasha

oh, I get it... excellent!

12:12 am

Douglas

I take it that the icon theme is a word from the grid?

12:13 am

FranMag

krys, but that means we'd have you know what in the grid!!

12:13 am

jillibus

correct, douglas

12:13 am

BigFootedMonster

harpjane, is your icon a clue?

12:13 am

Krys10

what's wrong with that, fran? :)
I like the P7.

12:14 am

chj

phantom parakeet

12:14 am

FranMag

it's just that whenever there are naughty words, someone always types them in the chat and gets embarrassed. wait a minute, that's the fun part!

12:14 am

TeaNCrackers

mine's changed

12:15 am

purplepufff

It looks Egyptian and the King will give you 40 points

12:15 am

FranMag

thanks TnC! i know that icon well.

12:15 am

Krys10

i think we should give cookies to people who accidentally put words in the chat

12:15 am

harpjane

yes, big foot, it's ho4/5, a type of frost

12:16 am

harpjane

what kind of cookies?

12:16 am

Krys10

whatever they want

12:16 am

Krys10

me, i prefer chocolate chip

12:16 am

Frances

Morning all

12:16 am

FranMag

chj, the last 4 letters of your phantom are valid

12:17 am

FranMag

hi frances!

12:17 am

chic

I'm a Tut fan...

12:17 am

Krys10

hello frances

12:17 am

BigFootedMonster

that's a cool pic. I thought it was feathers. Thus my confusion.

12:17 am

saphyre

hi everyone

12:17 am

Frances

HI Fran - couldn't resist the icon clue!

12:17 am

FranMag

thanks harp, got your clue without the icon! i still see your cat!

12:17 am

FranMag

hi saphyre!

12:18 am

BigFootedMonster

Frances, love the icon!

12:18 am

Frances

Morning Krys

12:18 am

FranMag

:-)

12:18 am

Frances

Just had to do it!!!

12:18 am

Krys10

frances, I just started making glass quilts!

12:18 am

Krys10

(and I like your icon too!)

12:19 am

FranMag

funny frances!

12:19 am

TeaNCrackers

it's an ill wind

12:19 am

Frances

Are those stained glass quilts Krys? They are beautiful.

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

big ka6,36 clues for your pleasure!

12:20 am

Krys10

thanks - my icon is the first piece I made at home, last week

12:20 am

TeaNCrackers

you rock lickety - thank you!

12:20 am

FranMag

thanks lickety!

12:20 am

Krys10

looking for salvage wood windows to make bigger pieces

12:20 am

Erda

yay lickety!!!!!

12:20 am

BigFootedMonster

thanks lickety!

12:20 am

helenkeller

thx lickety :)

12:20 am

FranMag

it's beautiful krys! is that the one you kept wanting to open the kiln for?

12:21 am

Frances

I've made a silk quilt with a similar pattern.

12:21 am

Krys10

thank you lickety!
fran, yes, this was one of them. I think the green/blue one went through the kiln first, so that was when I was here complaining about how long it was taking. after that I knew what to expect :)

12:21 am

Colhad

baa baa black babbles, have you any babble??

12:21 am

Krys10

I think the pattern is called "crazy amish star" - found it online

12:22 am

FranMag

hi colhad

12:22 am

Douglas

Great icon, helen, but if she was around today, she would be mocked to scorn for her "I'm the saviour of western civilization" attitude...

12:22 am

jaianniah

we have two bunnies in the puzzle....

12:22 am

BigFootedMonster

I have got to upgrade. I would have had an awesome icon clue.

12:22 am

Colhad

I thought the great Egyptian mummified people would be allowed, starts with ph

12:23 am

FranMag

hi jai!

12:23 am

jaianniah

Hi, Fran!

12:23 am

FranMag

thanks hk, didn't have that yet

12:23 am

saphyre

hi jai

12:23 am

TeaNCrackers

it is colhad

12:23 am

jaianniah

Hi, Saph!

12:23 am

Krys10

Colhad, it's there - I had to look up the correct spelling

12:23 am

mymuseisme

Good Evening everyone

12:24 am

FranMag

thanks colhad!

12:24 am

jaianniah

Heloo, MMIM! Nice to see you!

12:24 am

Colhad

ahh ok, Krys, I will do some googling, hello Tean'

12:24 am

FranMag

hi muse!

12:24 am

chic

hi mymuse, nice icon!

12:24 am

mymuseisme

thanks chic

12:24 am

mymuseisme

hi Fran

12:24 am

FranMag

that's a nice pic muse!

12:25 am

mymuseisme

thanks Fran!

12:25 am

jaianniah

large blood vessel + latin pl.

12:25 am

harpjane

got the tut word, had to look it up in a dictionary

12:25 am

TeaNCrackers

hi back at ya!

12:25 am

harpjane

aortae

12:25 am

harpjane

crap

12:25 am

Colhad

ty harp, I know it was an accident ;)

12:25 am

Krys10

cookies for harpjane! what kind?

12:26 am

harpjane

the one word I spell correctly....chocolate

12:26 am

jaianniah

It's all my fault...

12:26 am

Krys10

done and done :)

12:26 am

Krys10

let's all follow harpjane's excellent example and we can all have cookies

12:27 am

harpjane

bed time bbl

12:27 am

jaianniah

dh+ sound you make when you trip vowel plus high point cons

12:27 am

Colhad

hmmm, fa4/7 otherwise known as flatulance

12:27 am

Douglas

To fear the Lord is to **** evil

12:28 am

Frances

Yes Col - my icon!!!

12:28 am

jaianniah

other dh sounds like ****to one's country

12:29 am

Krys10

thanks jai - that finishes off my d's

12:29 am

TeaNCrackers

thanks jai!

12:29 am

jaianniah

np-o!

12:30 am

mymuseisme

hi jai, sorry I missed your post

12:30 am

jaianniah

ar 4/8 rhymes with dh 4/10

12:30 am

Douglas

I'm not getting the dh clues...Someone hand me a fish, please...

12:31 am

Colhad

pu4/10, might make people sick if I give too much away :P

12:31 am

jillibus

ok, here's my clue

12:31 am

jaianniah

dh 4/10 rhymes with country we are "at war" with

12:31 am

jillibus

col, that was the first word I saw!

12:31 am

mab

well this is silly for such little word

12:32 am

jillibus

gorgeous one, though, mab

12:32 am

Douglas

Isn't dhao a word? As in boats sailed in the middle east?

12:33 am

walnutchen

total for today? me = too lazy to goto angelsong's page...

12:33 am

jillibus

that's dhow, I think

12:33 am

Frances

Douglas wouldn't that be dhow

12:33 am

jaianniah

115

12:33 am

Douglas

nm

12:33 am

walnutchen

thank jaianniah

12:33 am

jaianniah

np

12:33 am

Krys10

anyone have the other 7, the one that isn't the king?

12:34 am

Douglas

What's the 7 that is the king?

12:34 am

jaianniah

up7

12:34 am

Douglas

nm

12:34 am

jaianniah

oops, that's a 6, sorry

12:34 am

helenkeller

seems i don;t know how to spell the egyptian ruler either

12:34 am

Frances

fr7/60

12:34 am

Krys10

ty

12:34 am

jaianniah

fr7

12:34 am

jaianniah

sounds like broken bone

12:35 am

mymuseisme

thx jai!

12:35 am

Krys10

sure does, my goodness! thanks

12:35 am

Douglas

That is so not a word!

12:35 am

jillibus

ty jai!

12:36 am

chic

thanx jai and Frances!

12:36 am

tazpink

hi alll

12:36 am

Frances

You're welcome chic

12:36 am

Red Velvet

word count please?

12:36 am

Krys10

hi taz! sorry i ran off last night - no way I was tackling a big grid

12:36 am

mymuseisme

hi taz

12:36 am

jaianniah

Doug, if I type it, and it goes in, it's a word, no matter jhow ridiculuos....LOL

12:36 am

jaianniah

115

12:37 am

Red Velvet

thanks

12:37 am

jillibus

I see douglas has the same word clue as I do

12:37 am

Douglas

I noticed that too, jillibus

12:37 am

jaianniah

fr+ miner's goal

12:37 am

tazpink

i know krys i left it at 83 yet to find

12:38 am

Colhad

a city of Thailand is in the grid

12:38 am

spangles

my clue picture is ka 6,30

12:38 am

Krys10

ooh bummer

12:38 am

Douglas

...with malice *****thought

12:38 am

chic

Hi Yaaa! (ka 6/30)! got all the K's!

12:39 am

jaianniah

fa5/18 is hiding in my picture...+latin pl.

12:39 am

Krys10

oh, hadn't thought of the plural - thanks

12:40 am

Douglas

Right down here on the florra...and what about you *****? Y'wanna?

12:40 am

debbinla

hi babblers!

12:40 am

mymuseisme

hi debb

12:40 am

jaianniah

LOL, Doug

12:40 am

ARB

hi Deb

12:40 am

Douglas

Good to see you debb!

12:41 am

jillibus

hi debb!

12:41 am

Gadget

This grid is more like it!

12:41 am

mymuseisme

shalom ARB

12:41 am

AprilD

Douglas, somehow I got that!

12:41 am

tazpink

hi debb

12:41 am

ARB

hey there mymuse

12:41 am

debbinla

how are you guys? a nice size compared to yesterday -- but no s's i don't like no s grids!

12:41 am

Douglas

It was from "Dinah Moe Humm" by Frank Zappa, from the album "The Overnight Sensation"

12:41 am

jillibus

debb - how do you feel about the cards and tigers? I've asked chj 3 times but he wasn't listening

12:41 am

jaianniah

Hi, Debb! Too busy unpeeling Hershey's Kiss with Caramel to type....

12:41 am

Krys10

it feels like we haven't had an -ing grid in ages!

12:42 am

Douglas

Ooh...yummy...

12:42 am

Krys10

i haven't been paying any attention to the world series since the red sox were eliminated - who's winning?

12:42 am

debbinla

that chj! tsk tsk! YUMMY JAI! can i have one ? i'm rooting for the cards jilli - only cause i'll go with the national league team - especially since everyone seems to think the american league is so superior -

12:43 am

debbinla

so go cards!

12:43 am

debbinla

what do you think? (cards are up 3 games to 1)

12:43 am

Douglas

The Tigers winning tonight would have required some significant intervention from the baseball powers that be...

12:43 am

jaianniah

12:43 am

jillibus

3-1 cards so far

12:43 am

debbinla

yummy jai - thanks!

12:44 am

renfield

debs!!!!!!

12:44 am

helenkeller

spangles - great clue, tx

12:44 am

jillibus

Go Cards and National League and Tony LaRussa!

12:44 am

chic

Rennie!

12:44 am

debbinla

sweeeeet rennie!!!!!!!!

12:44 am

chic

Hi ya Debb!

12:44 am

renfield

chic!!!!

12:44 am

debbinla

hi chic - love your icon

12:45 am

chj

{{{{renfield}}}}

12:45 am

jaianniah

because of fa4/7, there's a fo 6/30 smell in here....

12:45 am

mymuseisme

hi ren and chic

12:45 am

mymuseisme

hey chj

12:45 am

renfield

that icon's gonna make mama and me sing chic!!!!

12:46 am

renfield

chj!!!! hey dude!

12:46 am

TeaNCrackers

good one jai!

12:46 am

debbinla

hey muse! you match chic (almost)

12:46 am

mymuseisme

hey twin!

12:46 am

jaianniah

Hi to all!

12:47 am

mymuseisme

we had to bury matching pairs to confuse the robbers

12:47 am

tazpink

hi jai

12:47 am

renfield

hi jai!!!

12:47 am

renfield

hey ya taz and mymuse!!!

12:47 am

tazpink

i am barley finding any words here let alone the k and the big ones sigh

12:47 am

renfield

and tnc!

12:47 am

tazpink

howdy ren

12:47 am

chic

Are you going to sing 'Walk Like an Egyptian', Ren?

12:48 am

jaianniah

fe 5/18 rhymes with a place of fo 6/30 smells

12:48 am

renfield

yup and funky tu*

12:48 am

Douglas

Tut was one ph4/6 ph7/40, dog...

12:49 am

renfield

flooding here again chic.....

12:49 am

chj

nice fa4/8 bio ther ren

12:49 am

chj

abso facto fa4/8=o

12:49 am

renfield

it's not a fa 4/8 chj - you know it is the truth!

12:50 am

Krys10

i just did a bit of ironsudoku - nasty conversation there tonight. like you folks better :)

12:50 am

chj

anyone who cares for the truth should read me

12:50 am

tazpink

aww ty krys

12:50 am

debbinla

now why am i curious what they're talking about krys?

12:51 am

chj

you and nut were so distracted by those italic men that you left me high and dry on the wharf

12:51 am

Douglas

ubiquitous mine tunnel

12:51 am

Krys10

it's some guys from work talking racist trash about their manager, i think. i didn't stick around to find out

12:51 am

tazpink

there is a ph 7 thatsa dog?

12:51 am

renfield

sorry chj......

12:52 am

Douglas

No, no, I was speaking in hip-hop slang, nowmsayn?

12:53 am

debbinla

ugh ! that's no fun

12:53 am

sprite

Morning dear gang

12:53 am

debbinla

hello sprite!

12:53 am

Douglas

Because I'm protesting the ph4 should be in the dictionary, when there are so many worthier words that are excluded...

12:53 am

chic

Hey Sprite!

12:53 am

Colhad

hello Sprite

12:53 am

Krys10

the U words are driving me crazy! Someone clued that there is a UP6 earlier. is it up+a valid word?

12:53 am

Douglas

Morning Sprite!

12:53 am

Krys10

hi sprite! look, a K!

12:53 am

Frances

Morning sprite - 11 k words!

12:53 am

mymuseisme

hola sprite

12:53 am

ARB

hi Sprite

12:54 am

tazpink

sprtie

12:54 am

jillibus

Hi sprite - happy K day!

12:54 am

Douglas

In Xanadu did Kublai ****
A stately pleasure dome decree...

12:54 am

sprite

Argh! And my very first found is not valid in english... pharao! So what do you call those Egypt royalty guys?

12:54 am

Krys10

we all had to look up the spelling too, dear :)

12:55 am

jillibus

spell it diferently, sprite

12:55 am

mouldy

ya need a h on the end sprite

12:55 am

Douglas

You need one more letter sprite...

12:55 am

ARB

You're almost there Sprite, add another humped letter

12:55 am

sprite

argh... put my foot right into it, didn't I? Sooooooo sorry :(

12:55 am

Krys10

anyone see my U question from earlier?

12:56 am

Krys10

or did sprite's entrance steal my thunder...

12:56 am

Angelsong

King Tut is in the grid.

12:56 am

ARB

nope, no answer, Krys

12:56 am

jillibus

saw it, krys, can't help :(

12:56 am

Krys10

k thanks

12:56 am

tazpink

lol krys no way i do not have u

12:56 am

chic

Hello Angel!

12:56 am

sprite

*hangs head, crawls in corner and shuts up*

12:56 am

mymuseisme

hi Angel

12:57 am

Krys10

((sprite)) i was happy to see you too!

12:57 am

Angelsong

hi, all.

12:57 am

jillibus

no no, sprite!

12:57 am

jillibus

hi angel

12:57 am

Frances

Krys
up6/27 up+cons+fish eggs

12:58 am

AprilD

hi Angel

12:58 am

AprilD

thanks Frances, good clue

12:59 am

Frances

You're welcome April

12:59 am

Douglas

Well, that's a new word for me...

12:59 am

Krys10

aha! so not the "up" word my brain was trying to work out. thanks!

12:59 am

Krys10

sprite, come back - I didn't mean to be mean.

12:59 am

Frances

Did you get it Krys?

12:59 am

jillibus

thanks, frances - what a word

12:59 am

Angelsong

this weekend, I'm going to begin writing the guidelines for cluing that will be added to the resource guide.

12:59 am

Krys10

ayup, thanks frances

1:00 am

Frances

You're welcome jilli

1:00 am

mouldy

thats a good idea angel

1:00 am

tazpink

i did not get that up word the cons is the stickler

1:00 am

Krys10

guidelines for cluing? cluing etiquette?

1:00 am

sprite

lol, I am in the naughty corner on my own command, Krys, don't worry ;)

1:00 am

Frances

taz
2 pointer

1:00 am

Angelsong

yes, Krys

1:00 am

Krys10

i didn't know there were guidelines...

1:01 am

sprite

I just cannot remember the fish eggs word ever.

1:01 am

Frances

Angelsong
Are we not doing it the right way?

1:01 am

Krys10

not a sushi fan?

1:01 am

tazpink

up and fish eggs i have

1:01 am

Douglas

I don't mean to complain, but lickety seems to be missing some af's

1:01 am

tazpink

ty frances

1:01 am

tazpink

crazy word

1:01 am

AprilD

please no Douglas

1:02 am

sprite

sushi is still not that common in Holland, alas.

1:02 am

Frances

Fish eggs sound like to propell a boat

1:02 am

tazpink

ty frances

1:02 am

Angelsong

Frances...there is no "right" way...I'm just going to have some suggestions for making cluing more uniform and maybe easier for some players to understand

1:02 am

Krys10

douglas - it's in the "no boxes" version complete with af's

1:02 am

Douglas

nm, I was looking at yesterday's clues

1:02 am

tazpink

sprite take your oars and ... down stream

1:02 am

mouldy

maybe a few standardised clues for the most popular words angel??

1:03 am

jillibus

I loke the various ways clues are given

1:03 am

Angelsong

not possible, I don't think, mouldy

1:03 am

sprite

Angel, please please include the suggestion that spelling out words is NOT nice clueing?
(Nor entering the chatroom with giving a word away like I did...)

1:03 am

jillibus

*like

1:03 am

Angelsong

exactly, sprite.

1:04 am

Frances

I like the fact that three people can give very different clues for the same word and they all make sense.

1:04 am

Krys10

also, i don't know if i'm the only one, but i really prefer clues that are based on definitions so i can learn the words better... usually i ask for definitions clues

1:04 am

Krys10

yeah, it's interesting we all have our own style

1:04 am

mouldy

and always put the stats in the clue, so we know which word is being clued

1:05 am

Krys10

the rebus-style clue is a trend that started sometime in the last year or so

1:05 am

Krys10

good one, mouldy

1:05 am

Angelsong

just as in many things pertaining to Babble, there are many approaches...some better than others.

1:05 am

Douglas

Monkeys refuse to find ak4, protest for plantains

1:05 am

mouldy

good points fran and krys

1:05 am

sprite

I like all kinds of clues, defs or cryptic ones or clues that cut up the word in pieces. I also like the variety of clues. I just don't like the "snake, first vowel, cross, second vowel" kinda clues.

1:05 am

Krys10

concur

1:06 am

Krys10

douglas - well, then, give them plantains! with honey...

1:06 am

tazpink

sprite i do not even mind that style of clue

1:06 am

Angelsong

ditto, sprite...I hate "snake letter" clues!

1:06 am

Frances

I agree sprite

1:07 am

Karen

I like them when I'm totally stuck.

1:07 am

ruthy

can anyone please give me a clue for the sa 6/33

1:07 am

sprite

I always think: well, if that is clueing, just say S A T E and be done with it.

1:07 am

Angelsong

there's a Hawaiian word in the grid...

1:07 am

Krys10

or post a link to dictionary.com or something

1:07 am

Krys10

wait a minute

1:07 am

mouldy

yeah but those clues - well ya might as well just go search through the word lists

1:08 am

Angelakk

lol, I agree sprite. I've thought that many a time. It's one reason I don't chat a lot.

1:08 am

Frances

ruthy - no S

1:08 am

Krys10

never mind, that would show the word

1:08 am

sprite

My K-tile is very Startrek atm. Seven of Eleven.

1:08 am

Krys10

i like finding a word that is in a poem and posting the link to the poe,

1:08 am

Krys10

^poem

1:08 am

mouldy

phew thanks fran - thought i had the wrong grid somehow for a second

1:08 am

Angelsong

Sprite, did you find the Hawaiian K?

1:09 am

sprite

To show how totally babbled I am: yes, I have the K5/18 that looks very Hawaiian.

1:10 am

ruthy

fireworks for now im off to work bye everyone

1:10 am

sprite

wtg ruthy

1:10 am

mouldy

wd ruthy!

1:10 am

Angelsong

the one I found is a 6/36

1:10 am

Douglas

Does everyone get fireworks 1:09 into the grid?!?

1:10 am

Douglas

Congratulations, ruthy! How does one say that in Welsh?

1:11 am

tazpink

had my fireworks at 12;10

1:11 am

sprite

I have a japanese K6, though

1:11 am

tazpink

i am a legend in my own mind

1:11 am

mouldy

only if that would be 1:09 24 hours after the grid opened :P

1:12 am

Krys10

sprite, there's a K6 that means a Hawaiian healer, but these days it's usually used to refer to a big shot

1:12 am

Krys10

I don't have your K5 though

1:12 am

Krys10

still looking no clues yet please

1:12 am

tazpink

sprtie might you have a clue for k6 the Japanese one

1:13 am

sprite

Angel, one more suggestion: that people asking for clues take a little time to consider them after getting them... and not say like 20 seconds later: "I don't get it, other clue please"
I hate that :)

1:13 am

Frances

Krys
ka5/18 ka+abr for aussie jumper

1:13 am

sprite

taz: martial art

1:13 am

Krys10

neat! thanks.

1:13 am

tazpink

ty sprite and frances

1:14 am

Douglas

That ka 5/18 should have another r...but then it wouldn't be in the grid, would it?

1:14 am

tazpink

one more k

1:14 am

mouldy

yeah it would doug

1:14 am

Douglas

Diamond stat, and I'm not talking baseball...

1:14 am

mouldy

if it was at the end

1:15 am

Frances

Used to seeing that one with a C Douglas

1:16 am

Douglas

I spent a summer in South Africa in 1970, and remember hearing about the Great ******. We never went there, though...

1:16 am

sprite

thanks for the K6/36, got it now :)
Eight of Eleven, her sister.

1:17 am

tazpink

i have ph 7 what is the other please

1:17 am

Douglas

Eight of Eleven, her sister?!? Sounds like Seven of Nine...

1:17 am

Douglas

Just thinking about that makes me want to go back to my Locutus icon...

1:18 am

Krys10

taz - fr7

1:18 am

sprite

Yeah, that was the Startrek reference I meant, Douglas.

1:18 am

tazpink

o krys might you also have a clue pretty please

1:18 am

Krys10

fr7 is a type of watercolor painting but it sounds like a bone injury

1:18 am

Krys10

*bows*

1:18 am

Krys10

as you wish

1:19 am

Frances

taz
fr7/60 sounds like a broken bone

1:19 am

tazpink

om ty i never ever saw some of these words

1:20 am

sprite

Now that is a strange one! Looks german for broken bone to me.

1:20 am

tazpink

yes it sure does

1:20 am

FranMag

ooh, thanks for that fr7 guys!

1:21 am

Krys10

it's a style of painting that's common in the pennsylvania dutch/german country, so it's not surprising

1:21 am

mouldy

wot with all the star trek references my first thought on that one was a klingon insult

1:21 am

Erda

It's also a font

1:21 am

sprite

lol mouldy!

1:22 am

Douglas

Just found another fish in the grid...

1:22 am

FranMag

the H one douglas?

1:22 am

mouldy

a tu and a ha doug?

1:22 am

Douglas

Yes FranMag

1:22 am

debbinla

hi frannie!

1:23 am

TeaNCrackers

ta 6/33 anyone?

1:23 am

Douglas

A tu4/5 and a ha4/9, make no mistake...

1:23 am

FranMag

i have 8 out of 11 Ks, ka x three, ke, kh x 4, can anyone tell me what i'm missing?

1:23 am

FranMag

hi debbs!!!

1:23 am

sprite

I am going to beg.
I found: K4 x 4, K5 x 2, K6 x 2.
Also Ka x 5, Ke, Kh x 2.
Can someone tell me what I am missing, please??

1:23 am

sprite

LOL Fran :)

1:24 am

Krys10

ok, i've got ;'em all, hang on...

1:24 am

Angelsong

I got Stephen King's new book yesterday.

1:24 am

FranMag

here, i'll list what i have

1:24 am

Krys10

sprite, you need a ke and two kh

1:24 am

mouldy

just reading the dark tower myself angel

1:24 am

Krys10

fran you needtwo ka and a ke

1:24 am

FranMag

ka5/18, diamond measurement

1:24 am

FranMag

ka6/thirty, martial art

1:24 am

FranMag

ka4/8, go-ka**

1:25 am

sprite

I have that one.

1:25 am

FranMag

ke4/8, lorike**

1:25 am

FranMag

kh5/22, sounds like the guy who carries your clubs

1:25 am

Douglas

I have five ka's, one ke, two kh's

1:25 am

FranMag

kh4/12, de-kh** coffee

1:26 am

FranMag

kh4/9, that pakistani cricket hunk

1:26 am

FranMag

kh4/9, kitty kh**

1:26 am

Angelsong

I hope this new one is better than the last few have been.

1:26 am

FranMag

hi angelsong?

1:26 am

FranMag

i mean, hi angelsong!

1:26 am

tazpink

ak anyone?

1:27 am

sprite

Only one missing now, the other Ke. What's lorike?

1:27 am

FranMag

sprite, a bird, like a parrot

1:27 am

Douglas

para...

1:27 am

Krys10

sprite, the ke's are very similar, one is a 4/11 and the other a 4/8

1:27 am

sprite

*tries karrot*

1:28 am

FranMag

yay, got the other ke! thanks krys!

1:28 am

ramix

heh sprite...lmao!! howdy all

1:28 am

tazpink

whats up doc?

1:28 am

sprite

Yeah! Thanks a billion, all of you.

1:28 am

sprite

hey ramix :)

1:28 am

FranMag

okay, two more kas, i have ka5, ka6 and ka4, what are the other two?

1:28 am

tazpink

ah or ak anyone? please

1:28 am

Kate44

does anyone have the ta 6/33?

1:29 am

Krys10

there's two ka6 - both were discussed recently

1:29 am

sprite

Another ka6 (one is 30 and one is 36)

1:29 am

Douglas

Have all the k's! Woo-hoo! and thanks to all...

1:29 am

FranMag

i just got here krys, didn't catch that conversation

1:29 am

ARB

I am missing a k and got confused with all the chat. I have 4 ka's, 2 ke's and 4 kh's What am I missing?

1:30 am

sprite

and onther ka5, both are 5/18. One is the diamond, the other ends in abbrev for australian jumper.

1:30 am

tazpink

ka arb

1:30 am

Douglas

ah is a plus he4/6...*hands fish to tazpink*

1:30 am

FranMag

thanks sprite, got the 5 i was missing

1:31 am

ARB

I need the ka 6/36, according to chat -- any clues?

1:31 am

debbinla

i need that one too

1:31 am

ramix

you know that aussie jumper clue...i was scratching my head trying to figure out an other name for an ausse sweater!!! it just hit me

1:31 am

melonheadjujube

hi, i'm so tired i could cry - my very determined learning disabled son was up 'til 1 am EDT doing homework. still, i had to drop in on babble. one gripe - "afro" so is a word!

1:31 am

tazpink

ka 6.36 5.18 6.30 5. 18 4.8

1:31 am

sprite

*onther = another in normal talk

1:31 am

Douglas

Hawaiian healer...shaman?

1:31 am

sprite

(((((( melon )))))

1:32 am

tazpink

hawaiin term for big medicine man

1:32 am

Krys10

going to bed - husband just pointed out that i used to go to bed at a normal hour before i discovered babble :)

1:32 am

debbinla

hi melon - i do agree!

1:32 am

debbinla

go rest !

1:32 am

melonheadjujube

(((back@ sprite)))

1:32 am

helenkeller

i am going to bed too - good nite everyone :)

1:32 am

sprite

*checks ramix for bruises from the australian jumper*

1:32 am

FranMag

duh! should have gotten that one, thanks all!

1:32 am

Krys10

oh melon, so sorry you are having a bad day!

1:32 am

FranMag

Ks done!

1:32 am

tazpink

ty for teh fish doug

1:32 am

melonheadjujube

phantom - kaput

1:33 am

sprite

Night Krys!

1:33 am

tazpink

by hk

1:33 am

ARB

ty all for that k

1:33 am

FranMag

hi melon!

1:33 am

ramix

lol sprite

1:33 am

sprite

Night helen!

1:33 am

melonheadjujube

tx - i think i'm having a fibro flare - lots of fatigue - OTOH, i bicycled dwontown this past weds, 16 mi RT - almost all uphill coming home. maybe i just need to bounce back.

1:34 am

tazpink

on the tile stats thyere is a lone t any hint ofr that

1:34 am

TeaNCrackers

ta 6/33 for fireworks,please?

1:34 am

tazpink

melon do you get skin fareups wiht that

1:34 am

tazpink

hi tea congrats no ta here

1:34 am

Krys10

taz must be a tu

1:34 am

melonheadjujube

no, but i get swollen glands in my jaw.

1:35 am

melonheadjujube

and a low grade fever that goes on for days.

1:35 am

TeaNCrackers

taz - it's a type of rock and simila to the fish

1:35 am

tazpink

ty krys and tea

1:36 am

Kate44

i need the ta 6/33 for fireworks as well!!!

1:36 am

Douglas

I **** myself today
To see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
The only thing that's real

Self-indulgent losers...

1:36 am

debbinla

ineed the ta 6/33 and 36 more for fireworks!

1:36 am

sprite

Must be some ta6, to keep you guys from finishing!

1:36 am

TeaNCrackers

it's a killer!

1:37 am

Kate44

i feel like i've tried everything!

1:37 am

ramix

heh...i'm struggling with it too

1:37 am

Frances

taz
tu4/8 type of limestone

1:38 am

tazpink

ty frances

1:38 am

Frances

You're welcome taz

1:39 am

Kate44

fireworks!

1:40 am

tazpink

yea kate

1:40 am

sprite

I found Ta6/33, japanese raccoon.
Get healthy color from sun + vowel + eastern word for power

1:40 am

mouldy

yay kate!

1:40 am

sprite

yeah Kate!

1:40 am

TeaNCrackers

clue. please?

1:40 am

MVA

yay kate

1:40 am

Kate44

ta 6/33 = ta + first three letters of nu 4/9 + vowel

1:40 am

Douglas

Well, that would explain why it was hard to find, wouldn't it?

1:41 am

FranMag

got the ta6, thanks sprite!

1:41 am

ARB

ty sprite

1:41 am

TeaNCrackers

yahoo - fireworks

1:41 am

ramix

danke sprite

1:41 am

TeaNCrackers

thank you!

1:41 am

Douglas

Hooray for TeaNCrackers!

1:41 am

tazpink

yesatea

1:41 am

debbinla

thank you sprite

1:41 am

FranMag

yay kate!!!!!!!!!

1:41 am

MVA

congrats tea

1:41 am

FranMag

yay TnC!!!!!!!!!

1:41 am

Kate44

congrat tea and crackers!

1:42 am

sprite

Actually, I am just reading that the Ta6/33 is famous for its large testicles... Well I never knew that either :)

1:42 am

sprite

wtg TnC!

1:42 am

Krys10

big ka****s

1:42 am

FranMag

that must be how it made it into enable

1:42 am

ramix

heh...big dingleberries eh sprite?

1:42 am

sprite

LOL ramix! True!

1:42 am

Douglas

So...are you trying to say that when someone in Japan is claiming great masculinity, they say they have ta6/33 man-apples?

1:43 am

tazpink

what si the ta 6.35 one?

1:43 am

sprite

No, it is usually used in the comic sense...

1:43 am

tazpink

or cherry blossoms doug all is relative

1:44 am

tazpink

debb did you get the 6.36?

1:44 am

chj

fo6/30

1:45 am

debbinla

i did! did you taz?

1:45 am

tazpink

no i did not pouts

1:46 am

jillibus

changed my icon

1:47 am

tazpink

hi jill

1:47 am

debbinla

did u see kate's clue at 140? try that taz

1:47 am

tazpink

ty chj going to look for that

1:47 am

Douglas

Changed my icon...

1:47 am

mkl

Hiya taz,sprite,jill, etal.Someone clue me on the fr7,60? I think I have the first four letters, but i can't monkey the last three

1:47 am

sprite

that is the 6/33, I think, debbs

1:48 am

tazpink

it is sprite

1:48 am

tazpink

hi mk

1:48 am

sprite

hi mkl :)

1:48 am

debbinla

sorry - i got confused -

1:48 am

debbinla

but thanks for it

1:48 am

tazpink

it souns like a broken bone in german

1:49 am

melonheadjujube

fr 7/60 is an old german typeface - think broken

1:49 am

tazpink

but i think someoone said it is a painting method

1:49 am

FranMag

hi mkl!

1:49 am

debbinla

which do you need taz?

1:49 am

chj

fr7 f + r**e leaves + U-***n

1:49 am

mkl

Been sitting here quietly being a good boy. Got 16 left, but that fr7 is driving me nuts. had to ask

1:49 am

chj

fo6/30 anyone

1:50 am

tazpink

sure chj

1:50 am

jillibus

douglas, I changed my icon because it was the same word as yours and now you've changed yours too!

1:50 am

tazpink

debb do you have the 6.36?

1:50 am

PurloinedLetter

enemy + ***dlywinks

1:50 am

debbinla

the k? i do

1:51 am

chj

thanks pur

1:51 am

mkl

Thats' as far as I got. chj, Can you clear up the end of your clue. Went right over my head

1:51 am

tazpink

the ta 6.36

1:51 am

Douglas

This critter might be fond of kabuki!

1:51 am

FranMag

thanks purloined!

1:51 am

PurloinedLetter

yw

1:51 am

sprite

yeah, but no hara, Douglas :(

1:51 am

debbinla

thanks purloin

1:52 am

Douglas

I don't get how your icon is a clue, jillibus

1:52 am

debbinla

i don't htink there is a ta 6/36 - onl a ta 6/33

1:52 am

jillibus

click on it, douglas, explanation (sort of) in profile

1:52 am

debbinla

fireworks chj?

1:52 am

tazpink

ook ty

1:53 am

mkl

Different clues for the fr7,60?

1:53 am

FranMag

thanks jilli, didn't have the ro4 yet!

1:53 am

jillibus

oh good, it worked

1:53 am

melonheadjujube

ok, halfway and both 7s. laila tov - i shall now have mediocre dreams.

1:53 am

Douglas

He may have been fond of his glass and his lass, but a ro4? an ra4?

1:54 am

FranMag

mkl, sounds like a break in a bone, last three last letters are first three letters of ***n the light off.

1:54 am

tazpink

by melon

1:54 am

FranMag

night melon! hope your day is better tomorrow!

1:55 am

sprite

melon, sleep well, hope you'll have a better day tomorrow! *hugs*

1:55 am

tazpink

is there an ak word?

1:55 am

Douglas

Sweet dreams, melon...

1:55 am

jillibus

melon, sleep well...

1:55 am

ramix

can i please get clues for the u? i've been staring at it for 20 mins and still cant find one word!!

1:55 am

mkl

Thanks Fran. Excellent walk throught the park

1:56 am

melonheadjujube

tx - kid goes to dad for the weekend - i have a lunch invite saturday - and plenty of nap time.

1:56 am

Douglas

There is one ak word, taz...It's interesting in that there is a word not in the grid, which contains two grid words as substrings...

1:56 am

ramix

yes taz...a variant sp. of the jamaican fruit

1:56 am

Douglas

That didn't help, did it?

1:56 am

FranMag

yw mkl

1:56 am

PurloinedLetter

fr frick and fr** + thanksgiving main entree abbr

1:56 am

melonheadjujube

u 5/14 to doff one's chapeau

1:57 am

tazpink

o m goodness douglas How does this happen

1:57 am

mab

silly word

1:57 am

Douglas

Bartholemew Cubbins had a hard time u5/14ing

1:57 am

melonheadjujube

un 4 - cryptically, one first person

1:57 am

FranMag

jamaican fruit?

1:57 am

tazpink

ty melon

1:57 am

melonheadjujube

oh Doug, you bring back childhood memory - my dad read that book to us - with much hilarity.

1:58 am

sprite

and there is this really really stupid U6/27.
not off + vowel + fish eggs

1:58 am

Douglas

And it had multiple happy endings...

2:00 am

sprite

*not off = not down

2:00 am

melonheadjujube

not down, chair letter, fishy eggs

2:00 am

melonheadjujube

OK - now, really bye.

2:01 am

sprite

*sighs @ chair letter*

2:01 am

ramix

ah...thanks guys...

2:02 am

tazpink

jamacam fruit huh

2:02 am

ramix

uhuh

2:02 am

tazpink

finally

2:02 am

FranMag

got it! thanks sprite!

2:02 am

tazpink

ty all

2:02 am

Douglas

A bird contains one of the k's and the Jamaican fruit...

2:02 am

mab

night melon

2:02 am

sprite

wtg Fran :)

2:03 am

mkl

tr5,18?

2:03 am

tazpink

ty doug break time for a few agter that

2:03 am

sprite

tr + tree, mkl.

2:03 am

ramix

mama mia..one first person? que???

2:04 am

sprite

pronounciation of first person, ramix

2:04 am

Douglas

I don't get it either ramix, and I have the word!

2:04 am

mkl

(Sheepish grin) I added the letters wrong. I was trying to use the f.

2:04 am

Douglas

Ubiquitous needlepoint case...

2:06 am

Douglas

Mr. Tumnus is lurking in the grid...

2:06 am

ramix

maybe it'll come to me later!!

2:07 am

FranMag

thanks for those two douglas, didn't have them yet!

2:07 am

FranMag

ramix, it's un + two vowels.

2:07 am

Douglas

And to think I had fa5/18 and fa6/30 for the longest time...

2:07 am

sprite

and fireworkd. Nice one today :)

2:07 am

mab

may i have a hint for the t animal, i must not have heard of it before

2:08 am

Douglas

Hooray for sprite!!

2:08 am

FranMag

yay sprite!!!!!

2:08 am

mab

brava sprite!

2:08 am

jillibus

YAY sprite!!!

2:08 am

ramix

goodness gracious!!! ty fran! i was practically pulling my hair out...and bravo sprite

2:09 am

sprite

And while I was getting informed on the Ta6 raccoon word, I found this common schoolyard song about it:
"ta6/33's testicles, there isn't even any wind but still go swing-swing"

2:09 am

sprite

(in Japanese, of course)

2:09 am

ramix

hee hee!! swing swing, just like dingleberries...

2:09 am

snppngtrtle

does anyone have the ar5?

2:09 am

ramix

sprite, you;re killing me

2:10 am

FranMag

yw ramix, wouldn't want any unnecessary hair loss! :-)

2:10 am

sprite

trtl, ar + chapeau

2:12 am

Douglas

Thank you for your contribution, sprite about the ta6/33's testicles...

2:13 am

snppngtrtle

Thanks sprite! Could have sworn I'd tried that one already. Bad monkeys.

2:15 am

ramix

pretty please for the only e?

2:16 am

Andree

hi everyone, thank goodness for a smaller grid, didn't get near finishing this morning

2:16 am

FranMag

phantom: forehe4/6

2:16 am

FranMag

ramix, needlecase

2:16 am

FranMag

hi andree!

2:16 am

Douglas

The only e is the ubiquitous needlework case...

2:17 am

sprite

thought you might like to know, Douglas :)

2:17 am

ramix

needlework? i'm ashamed to say...i may be female, but, i dont know one end of a needle from another!

2:18 am

FranMag

ramix, et4/5, et + two vowels

2:18 am

sprite

it is a babblet, ramix. Needle holder. Only one consonant.

2:18 am

sapphie1

good morning all....didn't finish yesterday, this looks more do able

2:18 am

FranMag

hi sapphie!

2:18 am

mkl

Fireworks, and thanks for the clues.

2:19 am

jillibus

hello sapphie

2:19 am

FranMag

yay mkl!!!!!

2:19 am

ramix

thx all...goodness, today's grid has more foreign words than english words!!!

2:19 am

sapphie1

well done

2:19 am

jillibus

YAY mkl!!!

2:19 am

mkl

Can I clue anyone?

2:19 am

Andree

hi saph and congrats mkl

2:19 am

jillibus

hi andree

2:20 am

sprite

hey sapphie, wtg mkl!

2:20 am

jillibus

af6/30?

2:20 am

Andree

af6/30 please

2:20 am

sprite

lol jilli.... don't be scared of that one. (offers fish)

2:20 am

ramix

jilibus, you scaredy cat!!!

2:21 am

Andree

twins

2:21 am

jillibus

huh???

2:21 am

sprite

don't be af6 of the dark...

2:21 am

Andree

thx ram and sprite

2:21 am

ramix

boo! did i scare you, jilibus?

2:21 am

FranMag

thanks for the af6 sprite and ramix!

2:22 am

jillibus

oh. tu4/5 for me, groan.

2:22 am

sprite

lol :)

2:22 am

Andree

ha4/9 for me

2:23 am

sprite

ok, time to get dressed and ready for the physiotherapist. Have fun, happy hunting and see you tomorrow!

2:23 am

jillibus

both are big, andree - lol (wiping scales off face)

2:23 am

ramix

bye sprite...

2:23 am

FranMag

bye sprite!

2:23 am

sapphie1

bye sprite

2:23 am

Andree

bye sprite

2:23 am

jillibus

bye sprite, and thanks!

2:24 am

ramix

i would eat the ha4/9 if i knew what it is!!!

2:24 am

ramix

never mind...

2:25 am

Douglas

phantom haiku is
missing from the Babble grid
present in my mind

2:25 am

jillibus

did you look it up, ramix?

2:26 am

sapphie1

good one douglas

2:26 am

Angel_Meez

hi

2:26 am

jillibus

clever, douglas!

2:26 am

FranMag

cool douglas!

2:26 am

ramix

jilibus, i monkeyed it.

2:26 am

jillibus

hi angel meez

2:26 am

FranMag

hi angel

2:27 am

jillibus

I mean did you look up the meaning, ramix, by clicking on the ? beside the word

2:27 am

Angel_Meez

does any1 have a simple clue 4 any "T" word

2:28 am

Frances

tu4/5 fish

2:29 am

ramix

well gag me with a spoon and slap me silly!! i've been babbling for months now and today i find that those question marks actually do something?

2:29 am

Frances

te4/4 shred

2:29 am

Angel_Meez

umm...a bit simpler

2:29 am

Angel_Meez

o i have g2g be back later! lol

2:30 am

Douglas

It should be noted, ramix, that some of the words in the dictionary don't have definitions at dictionary.com

2:30 am

Andree

ah5/14 please

2:31 am

Haz1558

Good morning all. Time to get started on a smaller grid than yesterday's.

2:31 am

jillibus

opp of afoot ;D

2:31 am

Douglas

That Kim Jong-Il is certainly a naughty boy with his **** testing, isn't he?

2:31 am

jillibus

hi haz

2:31 am

Frances

Andree
Full steam ah5/14

2:32 am

ramix

heh...and i just realized that the opp of hand and head is the same word!!

2:32 am

Haz1558

Good morning jillibus.

2:32 am

Andree

ramix said a word

2:33 am

sapphie1

morning haz

2:33 am

Andree

thx jilli and frances

2:33 am

ramix

awwww man!! someone shoot me, quick!

2:33 am

FranMag

ramix just said two words!

2:33 am

jillibus

yw

2:33 am

Frances

You're welcome Andree

2:33 am

Andree

belated hello haz

2:34 am

FranMag

hi haz!

2:34 am

Haz1558

Hello Andree and sapphie and FranMag!

2:34 am

Frances

MorHaz

2:35 am

Frances

That was supposed to be 'Morning Haz'

2:35 am

Haz1558

I knew what you meant - I hope the weather is kinder to you than here - it's pouring!

2:36 am

Frances

We had that yesterday. Today is beautiful - so far.

2:36 am

sapphie1

at least here in yorks its stopped, had it for the past 2 days virtually non stop

2:37 am

Haz1558

Maybe there's hope for us. I'm thinking I'll have to do the wardrobe swap-over and replace the t-shirts with the woollies....

2:37 am

air808

Hello everyone

2:38 am

Haz1558

Hello air.

2:38 am

Andree

I've just done that Haz, except the t-shirts came out, nearly summer

2:38 am

jillibus

hello air

2:38 am

sapphie1

hi air

2:38 am

FranMag

hi air

2:38 am

Andree

hi air

2:39 am

ramix

hiyair

2:39 am

Andree

fa6/30 please

2:39 am

sapphie1

froe

2:39 am

sapphie1

oops

2:39 am

FranMag

andree, latin plural of animal life

2:40 am

sherb

morning all from crisp and sunny London :)

*heaves sigh of relief* ...smaller grid... maybe I can get something ese done today besides Babble...

2:40 am

FranMag

flora and fa***

2:40 am

FranMag

hi sherb!

2:40 am

sapphie1

ty fran

2:40 am

sapphie1

morning sherb

2:40 am

Haz1558

Good morning sherb.

2:40 am

jillibus

greetings sherb

2:40 am

FranMag

yw sapphie!

2:41 am

Andree

hi sherb, thx fran

2:41 am

FranMag

yw andree!

2:41 am

sapphie1

wont let me have afro....grrrr lol

2:42 am

ramix

can i pls have a clue for the dh

2:43 am

sherb

no Phuket...

2:43 am

FranMag

ramix, dh + o** tree

2:43 am

sapphie1

yeah tried that too sherb

2:43 am

FranMag

i tried it too sherb!

2:43 am

sapphie1

dhoak

2:44 am

FranMag

drop the O

2:44 am

Haz1558

dh5 - add the initials of an in fection of the urinary tract.

2:44 am

ramix

oh thanks fran

2:44 am

sapphie1

i am all over the shop today

2:44 am

sherb

we know it won't be accepted, but we're compelled to try it!!

2:44 am

sapphie1

true sherb

2:44 am

FranMag

thanks haz!

2:45 am

ramix

haz..i throught there was an r in that word!! thanks!

2:45 am

Haz1558

You're welcome Franmag - a bit of a fluke that I found it, to be honest.

2:46 am

FranMag

our "urban" slang word is in the grid

2:46 am

FMitch

Morning all
Glad to see a more manageable size today

2:46 am

sapphie1

morning mitch

2:46 am

FranMag

haz, isn't that how all the strange ones are found? :-)

2:46 am

FranMag

hi fmitch!

2:46 am

Andree

hi fmitch

2:47 am

sherb

morning FM :) ...missed you yesterday...

2:47 am

maniac_mitch

hi all

2:47 am

sapphie1

fran laughing so much over your icon clue

2:47 am

Douglas

Ubiquitous Titan Girl...

2:47 am

Haz1558

FranMag - I haven't the patience to monkey words so I am a devotee of morewords. In the case of the dh5 I just tried the letters that reminded me of a word I did know.

2:47 am

FranMag

horta is not accepted either, that was the burrowing creature in the first star trek series. don't know any reason why it would be there.

2:48 am

FMitch

I was on early sherb and then darn work and all that got in the way.

2:48 am

Angelsong

Fireworks.

2:48 am

sapphie1

wtg angelsong

2:48 am

Douglas

Hooray for Angelsong!

2:48 am

ramix

wtg angel

2:48 am

FranMag

that's good sapphie, i try to have fun with the grid word clues!

2:48 am

FranMag

yay angelsong!!!!

2:48 am

Angelsong

FNitch, if you'd like to e mail me your ideas for the cluing guidelines, my e mail address is on the resource pages.

2:49 am

FMitch

Will do Angel

2:50 am

FranMag

douglas, what's the first letter of your titan?

2:50 am

Angb

Evening all - my 9 year old son Jonathon is helping me tonite.

2:50 am

Douglas

If you were the White Witch, you might not care to hear the **** of Aslan...

2:50 am

FranMag

hi angb!

2:50 am

Douglas

Do you think there's a talking ta 6/33 in Narnia?

2:50 am

FranMag

hi jonathon!

2:50 am

Angb

Hi Fran - can you say helllo to Jonathon?

2:50 am

ramix

Hi angb and jonathon

2:50 am

Andree

hi angb and congrats angel

2:50 am

Douglas

Hmm...maybe she's not ubiquitous...rh4/5

2:51 am

Angb

Thanks - he is really excited and giggling

2:51 am

sapphie1

hi jonathon

2:51 am

sherb

evening Ang... welcome Jonathon :)

2:51 am

ramix

douglas...i doubt it!!

2:51 am

Douglas

Well known for mooning Saturn...wait, one of Saturn's moons...

2:51 am

FranMag

thanks douglas, i remember that one as the bird!

2:51 am

Haz1558

fo6/30 - a variant spelling of a smelly word.

2:52 am

FMitch

Morning Haz

2:52 am

Douglas

I put up a picture of one of them at Crossword Bebop when it was in a puzzle...

2:52 am

FranMag

angb, he'll be more excited when he finds fa4/7!

2:52 am

Haz1558

Just looking to see what your icon is, Fmitch - good morning!

2:52 am

ramix

hehe fran...i'm sure he will

2:53 am

Douglas

Hello Jonathan, my children have a lot of fun Babbling as well!

2:53 am

Haz1558

Thank you - two clues in one picture!

2:53 am

Frances

Beautiful ti5/10 FMitch

2:53 am

FranMag

why do i always forget that t5!! thanks fmitch!

2:53 am

FranMag

the Ks are quite interesting today

2:54 am

FMitch

I always try to do more than one Haz, when you get the k I am clueing add a vowel for a sport
Thanks Frances and yw Fran

2:54 am

ramix

pu6/27..bill oreilly, and all the other hosts on fox news fancy themseleves as ******s

2:54 am

sapphie1

ty mitch

2:54 am

Flask1

Good morning fellow Babblers!

2:54 am

FranMag

thanks for your clue too haz! i've been waiting for that word to show up.

2:54 am

Angb

Fran - I have just shown my two sons - 9 and 6 years your icon close up! Hmmmm

2:54 am

FranMag

hi flask!

2:55 am

Angel_Meez

hi

2:55 am

sapphie1

morning flask

2:55 am

Haz1558

At RDA yesterday, the organiser announced a charity fashion show where one of the shops featured was called 'Gowns and ti5s' - apparently a local shop. Sadly none of us had ever heard of it. Just shows you we move in the wrong circles.

2:55 am

sherb

morning Flask :)

2:55 am

FranMag

lol, sorry angb! didn't know we would have young visitors today!!

2:56 am

sherb

I must be thick this morning... wondering what Fran's icon is... can't see ti**... or bo***...

2:56 am

Angel_Meez

wat, me? right?

2:56 am

Angb

Not to worry - they'll probably see a few more in their lives!

2:56 am

Frances

Or me. Should I change it?

2:56 am

FranMag

sherb, clue...it's pamela anderson

2:56 am

sapphie1

lol sherb

2:57 am

Angb

Christopher 6 years old - got your clue Frances - thanx

2:57 am

FranMag

yes angb, at least they'll probably try to! :-)

2:57 am

Frances

sherb
They're not real

2:57 am

FMitch

LOL Haz

2:57 am

Douglas

I was thinking that you might wish to consider changing your icon, FranMag

2:57 am

jillibus

sherb - I wondered that too but if you click on Fran's icon you'll get the first 2 letters

2:57 am

mattygroves

Morning! Much smaller puzzle today!

2:57 am

sapphie1

morning matty

2:57 am

Douglas

2 to the 4th power words left!

2:57 am

jillibus

hi matty

2:57 am

Angel_Meez

well, i'm not that young year 5

2:57 am

sapphie1

i like your icon fran ;)

2:57 am

Angel_Meez

i'm in year 5

2:58 am

rolin

douglas...why would franmag change her icon...cos ppl couldnt underatnd the hint?

2:58 am

sherb

I figured that Fran, but my word association must have had a systems failure... none of the words I associate with her are in the grid... :)

2:58 am

ramix

rolin there are kiddies babbling today

2:58 am

rolin

im with you sherb...lol

2:58 am

Haz1558

At least she's not showing Jordan's chest!

2:58 am

Frances

Ang
Comes under the he4/6ing of playground humour

2:58 am

mattygroves

So...who has hints?

2:58 am

Flask1

me too sherb.....am bamboozled again!!!

2:59 am

FranMag

do you have it sherb? fa4/11

2:59 am

mattygroves

In their icons, I mean

2:59 am

Douglas

No rolin, Angb's 9-year-old nephew is Babbling...

2:59 am

sapphie1

me matty

2:59 am

Angel_Meez

me? i'm 10

2:59 am

sherb

jilli - do you mean it starts with OO...?

2:59 am

rolin

lol..douglas...

2:59 am

FranMag

i think everyone does alsmost matty!

3:00 am

jillibus

lol sherb!

3:00 am

Frances

Morning matty, rolin, Flask et al

3:00 am

sherb

thanks Fran... I needed that!! :D

3:00 am

Douglas

I have a word in my icon...

3:00 am

Angb

Guys I was only joshing - my 9 year old can put up with most things - I aint' protective

3:00 am

mattygroves

I haven't yet....I'll have to wait and see if I word springs out at me.

3:00 am

sapphie1

off to get a shower... bbl

3:00 am

Flask1

Sherb they are not real....FA**

3:00 am

Andree

don't change fran, noone has to click on icon if they don't want to

3:00 am

FranMag

later sapphie!

3:01 am

sapphie1

like andree says keep the icon fran

3:01 am

Angel_Meez

hey,every1 i need g2g 4 a second

3:01 am

FMitch

Douglas is that a ta6/33 as your icon?

3:01 am

Angb

Absolutely!

3:01 am

rolin

kids see far worse walking along the magazine racks in a newsagent

3:01 am

FranMag

i know andree, angb actually enlarged my icon for her son, so i know she's not offended! :-)

3:02 am

Andree

it would make my 9 year old grandsons day, he is a douglas too

3:03 am

Douglas

Indeed yes!

3:03 am

Haz1558

Right, time for me to go and leave my car over to the garage. I'll be back later.

3:03 am

Angb

Of course I am not offended - please everyone tis OK. We don't get too carried away about these things in my household.

3:04 am

FMitch

I am so glad it is the facial view after what sprite was saying earlier

3:04 am

FranMag

later haz!

3:04 am

FMitch

Bye Haz

3:04 am

Andree

bye haz

3:04 am

Douglas

Douglas has fallen out of favor as a name...it was quite popular in World War II, what with General Douglas McArthur and all...

3:05 am

ramix

fran, reminds me when my mom took my little bro and me to a museum. he was about 18 mos old. He saw a bust of venus de milo and all did was reach out, grab the exposed pecs and exclaim..."um um" which is babyspeak for food!

3:05 am

FranMag

that's so funny ramix!

3:05 am

Douglas

He was a little ti4/8, wasn't he?

3:05 am

FranMag

that's too bad douglas, it's a good name

3:06 am

ramix

heh...to this day, we tease him about it and he's 30!

3:06 am

Andree

it was my dads name so I was thrilled with the name especially now as dad died 3 years ago

3:07 am

ramix

20 not 30

3:07 am

FranMag

andree, is that the new baby that was named douglas?

3:07 am

FranMag

oh wait, the new baby is going to be a girl, right?

3:07 am

Andree

no new baby is Alice Rose, Douglas is 9

3:08 am

Andree

she is 3 weeks old

3:08 am

Douglas

Meaningless protest over absence of trafe from the dictionary...if shtetl can be in the dictionary, then so can trafe!

3:08 am

FranMag

congratulations andree!

3:09 am

Andree

thx fran , she is gorgeous

3:09 am

Andree

like all my grandchildren

3:11 am

Andree

I had miss 5 months and mr 3 for 2 nights last weekend, I was asleep by 7pm after they left

3:11 am

FranMag

kids are tiring!!

3:11 am

Douglas

My 14-year-old son, whose middle name is Douglas, has discovered that the late Jim Morrison's middle name is also Douglas...I'm not sure what to think about that...

3:12 am

Andree

they sure are fran

3:12 am

FranMag

hopefully he doesn't want to follow in his footsteps douglas!

3:13 am

Douglas

Indeed!

3:13 am

rolin

douglas..its spelt tref i think

3:15 am

FranMag

i was thinking you could find something positive about jim morrison that he could aspire to, but can't think of anything!

3:15 am

mattygroves

Anyone hinting any of the sevens?

3:16 am

Andree

egyptian kings matty

3:16 am

FranMag

fr7/60, sounds like german for break in the bone

3:16 am

ren8

morning all, just by looking I think this one could be hard work

3:16 am

Frances

matty
fa7/60 sounds like a broken bone

3:16 am

FranMag

hi ren8!

3:16 am

Douglas

You are right, rolin...many years ago, I heard trafe used as acronym for terrible rotten and filthy enemies...

3:16 am

mattygroves

So it does! I wonder what it means...

3:16 am

ren8

Hi Fran

3:16 am

Frances

ph7/40 Egyptian king

3:17 am

FranMag

matty, everyone was saying earlier that it's a painting technique?

3:17 am

FranMag

brb

3:18 am

Douglas

dh5?

3:18 am

Angb

thx Frances from Jon for ph

3:18 am

Andree

how strange I don't have fa7/60 on my list

3:18 am

maniac_mitch

how do you guys know what the first two letters are?

3:19 am

mattygroves

It is.

3:19 am

Frances

You're welcome Ang and Jon

3:19 am

Douglas

With the help of lickety's babble clues, maniac_mitch

3:19 am

maniac_mitch

alrighty, ty

3:19 am

Andree

sounds like do your du**

3:19 am

ramix

doug...it's dh plus an acronym for an infection of the urinary tract

3:19 am

mattygroves

REfresh to see one

3:20 am

Douglas

Thanks, ramix, you did your *****

3:20 am

ramix

yw

3:21 am

jillibus

well, bedtime for me, with a nice 34 left for tomorrow

3:21 am

FranMag

night jilli!

3:21 am

Andree

bye jilli

3:21 am

ramix

nite jillibus...

3:21 am

Frances

Goodnight jilli. Sleep well.

3:22 am

FranMag

andree, it's fr7/60

3:23 am

Andree

is there fa 7, its not on my printed list and I just opened up lickety and its not there either

3:23 am

FranMag

no fa7

3:23 am

Andree

no wonder I'm confused fran

3:23 am

Douglas

or5s?

3:23 am

Frances

fr7

3:24 am

Douglas

Meaningless protest over absence of orfeo from the dictionary...

3:24 am

FranMag

douglas, one is o + r*** a book

3:24 am

FranMag

another or5 is to make a speech

3:24 am

ramix

doug...o5 - to speak in public

3:25 am

Douglas

Knock Knock
Who's there?
Rita.
Rita who?
**** a book, you might learn something

3:25 am

Frances

or5/10 speak

3:25 am

FranMag

don't know if there are any others

3:25 am

ramix

thats it fran

3:26 am

ramix

there's an o4

3:26 am

Douglas

It's pretty dangerous to get between a Senator and a microphone...they might very well seek to o5...

3:26 am

FranMag

thanks ramix, found the or4

3:26 am

Douglas

Yo, the nymph posse of Artemis...

3:28 am

Andree

pu6/27 please

3:29 am

Douglas

One more h to go, I have all the ha's

3:29 am

FranMag

andree, person who comments on politics, you see them on the news

3:30 am

Douglas

Glenn Reynolds is also known as the Insta******

3:30 am

Andree

thx fran and douglas

3:31 am

FranMag

yw

3:31 am

FMitch

good clue thanks Fran and Douglas

3:32 am

mattygroves

Anyone have that lone E at the far right of the grid?

3:32 am

FranMag

yw fmitch

3:32 am

Douglas

ho5?

3:32 am

FranMag

matty, needlecase

3:32 am

Douglas

Ubiquitous needlepoint case...

3:32 am

FranMag

i'm looking for that right now douglas

3:32 am

mattygroves

oh duh! My mother's favourite word

3:33 am

FranMag

douglas, how many points is the ho5?

3:33 am

Douglas

Anthr vrnient splng

3:33 am

Douglas

ho5/14

3:33 am

Angb

Douglas add repeat the starting consannt on ho 4.5

3:34 am

Douglas

Got it, thanks Angb...

3:34 am

Angb

Douglas add the starting consonant on the ho4.5 to the end to make the 5

3:34 am

Douglas

Got all the h's

3:35 am

FranMag

thanks angb!

3:35 am

Angb

Kids have now gone to bed - they enjoyed themselves - thank you everyone for humouring them.

3:35 am

ramix

oh i dont get it

3:35 am

Douglas

Chick-Fil-A just did a commercial with cows parachuting onto a football game, protesting the sale of burgers at the game...

3:36 am

ramix

ack! nevermind

3:36 am

FranMag

that's cool angb!

3:36 am

Andree

I think its great for them to have a try ang

3:37 am

Flask1

Douglas...a clue please for the ha8??

3:37 am

ramix

i'm missing one h and i dont know which one! i have 7xha's, 4xhe's, 5xho's, and 1xhu

3:37 am

Angb

Yes, the 6 year old wants to try tomorrow nite LOL! Be OK if he knew how to spell more than 20 words - mind you that might be good on some grids

3:38 am

Douglas

re5?

3:38 am

maniac_mitch

an anagram of te5

3:39 am

Andree

11 ha's ramix

3:39 am

FranMag

thanks maniac! that gave me two words!

3:39 am

maniac_mitch

heh, have 13 left to go

3:40 am

Douglas

I don't have that one either...waah, but that does give me another letter

3:40 am

ramix

oh ok thx mitch

3:41 am

PappouTed

Hi everyone, much smaller grid today thank goodness

3:41 am

FranMag

hi penny!

3:42 am

FranMag

douglas, re + aunt in spanish

3:42 am

PappouTed

Fran, how are you today? I woke up to check emai and now I'm wide awake.

3:43 am

Douglas

Monkeys just got both words...begging for bananas

3:43 am

FranMag

doing great penny! ending my day over here.

3:43 am

Douglas

7 left...

3:43 am

maniac_mitch

what are you missing doug?

3:43 am

FranMag

i still need 15 douglas

3:43 am

Andree

hi pappou

3:44 am

PappouTed

Douglas, I'll trade, I have 107 left, LOL

3:44 am

ramix

and i need 20

3:44 am

Douglas

ro 5/12 is the last r, then two t's and four f's

3:44 am

Andree

33 here

3:44 am

PappouTed

Hi Andree

3:44 am

FranMag

douglas, ro5/12, get your kicks

3:45 am

Angb

It that the road you are looking for douglas?

3:45 am

Douglas

Got it...*requests fish*

3:45 am

FranMag

<:((((><

3:45 am

Angb

Fran that is just cute!

3:46 am

FranMag

actually i just found it when you asked for the clue douglas, so i'll take one too!

3:46 am

Douglas

Got all 4 ta's, both te's

3:46 am

PappouTed

one of the teachers I chat with logs in with the fish, he likes to fish for bass

3:47 am

Douglas

I'm missing the two tr5's

3:47 am

FranMag

thanks angb!

3:48 am

Douglas

Fools rush in where angels fear to *****

3:48 am

ramix

tr - step lightly

3:48 am

PappouTed

when you're swimming you tr water

3:48 am

Angb

Tr*** carefully on my dreams, Douglas

3:48 am

Andree

tr+ tree

3:48 am

ramix

tr plus tree

3:48 am

Douglas

What's the tr 5/18?

3:49 am

Douglas

That's certainly not a word I ever use...

3:49 am

Douglas

Does anyone know what it means?

3:49 am

maniac_mitch

need the ta 6

3:50 am

maniac_mitch

never mind - just kinda guessed it

3:50 am

Andree

does't give a definition

3:50 am

Douglas

I just Googled define:tr5/18 with no results...now I don't feel so bad that that word isn't in my vocabulary

3:50 am

FranMag

not i douglas

3:50 am

Douglas

It's me, maniac_mitch, it's me!

3:50 am

Andree

well I won't be using it anytime soon

3:51 am

Douglas

What people get skin cancer trying to get, plus the last three letters of a kind of Japanese theatre...

3:52 am

maniac_mitch

thx doug, i got it

3:52 am

Douglas

I have all the t's, 4 left, all f's

3:52 am

Angb

Thx douglas - that has no meaning eiether>

3:53 am

Andree

great clue douglas

3:53 am

Andree

26 left. taking a short break

3:54 am

FranMag

angb, you missed the discussion of ta6, it's a japanese monkey known for it's rather large, um...testes.

3:54 am

Angb

Oh no ... I always see to miss the good bits LOL

3:55 am

ramix

fran...its man-apples or dingleberries

3:55 am

Douglas

Not a monkey, it's a Japanese raccoon known for its rather large, um...testes

3:55 am

spanner

Morning all. I have a problem that you may be able to help with. I need a word (not in the grid!) that means so small as to be negligable. (Writing a v important letter and having a blonde day!!)

3:55 am

FranMag

oh, my mistake

3:55 am

Douglas

first fa5?

3:56 am

Angb

Fran you seem to have focus on only one element of the definition LOL

3:56 am

PappouTed

minscule

3:56 am

ramix

some measurement of light doug...

3:56 am

FranMag

true angb! :-)

3:56 am

FranMag

or inconsequential

3:57 am

ramix

doug...a distant commercial?

3:57 am

FranMag

that was for spanner

3:57 am

jean1953

good morning everybody:)

3:57 am

Douglas

Got it...thanks all...

3:57 am

FranMag

good clue ramix!

3:57 am

ren8

morning jean

3:57 am

Angb

spanner - trivial

3:57 am

PappouTed

hi jean

3:57 am

FranMag

hi jean!

3:57 am

spanner

Thanks so much.. I am hopeless I know what I want to say but grope for the right words

3:57 am

Angb

Hi jean

3:58 am

ramix

yw and thx fran

3:58 am

maniac_mitch

need ar 5/9

3:58 am

Douglas

Got all the fa's and fe's

3:58 am

ramix

how many fe's?

3:58 am

maniac_mitch

5/12 sorry

3:59 am

Douglas

Just got the last fo, opposite of piano...

3:59 am

Douglas

2 left...

3:59 am

FranMag

maniac, ar + cap

3:59 am

FranMag

thanks douglas

3:59 am

maniac_mitch

thx, haven't heard of that before

4:00 am

Katydid0615

spanner: minute

4:00 am

ramix

microscopic, spanner?

4:00 am

Angb

facile, spanner

4:01 am

Douglas

fr5/16?

4:02 am

FranMag

fr + stuff they mine to get metal

4:02 am

Douglas

I seem to be missing the fa 7/60.....

4:03 am

spanner

ty all so much, I really appreciate it. Must go now, but will try to come back later. Thanks again

4:03 am

FranMag

bye spanner

4:03 am

ramix

fr? or fa? 7

4:03 am

Angb

bye spanner

4:03 am

maniac_mitch

heh - fr 7/60

4:03 am

ren8

bye spanner

4:03 am

maniac_mitch

last one for me as well

4:04 am

FranMag

fr7/60, painting technique, or old german scrolly font, or sounds like a break in a bone

4:04 am

Douglas

nm, missing fe 5/18

4:04 am

ramix

herr doktor set ze broken bone...?

4:04 am

Douglas

I have that one...

4:04 am

maniac_mitch

fe + you are

4:05 am

Colhad

could somone clue fa6/30 please??

4:05 am

FranMag

colhad, latin plural of fa5/18

4:06 am

FranMag

thanks maniac

4:06 am

ramix

you are?

4:06 am

Douglas

Going to my happy place and doing my happy dance, giving thanks to all who helped me get fireworks...

4:07 am

maniac_mitch

gj doug

4:07 am

FranMag

ramix, sounds like that

4:07 am

jean1953

bye douglas and congratulations

4:07 am

FranMag

yay douglas!!!!!

4:07 am

maniac_mitch

still need this 7 letter

4:07 am

FranMag

did you see my clue maniac?

4:07 am

ren8

well done douglas

4:07 am

sapphie1

well done douglas

4:08 am

maniac_mitch

yeah, afraid it doesn't help me much

4:08 am

ramix

fran, like the needlecase you?

4:08 am

maniac_mitch

ok, i got it yay

4:08 am

maniac_mitch

!

4:09 am

maniac_mitch

thanks all, all done

4:09 am

Douglas

I'll do some sauntering later today, but thanks again all...*poof*

4:09 am

FranMag

fe5/18, fight between the hatfields and the mccoys minus the D + form of "to be" minus the e.

4:09 am

FranMag

bye douglas

4:09 am

FranMag

yay maniac!!!!

4:10 am

ramix

oh thanks fran...i never woulda gotten that without your help

4:10 am

jean1953

congratualtions maniac

4:11 am

FranMag

cool ramix!

4:11 am

Flask1

Fran....can u reclue the FA7 word please....I just cant get it

4:11 am

FranMag

flask, it's fr7

4:12 am

FranMag

fr7, sounds like a break in your bones (hairline fr*c***e), change C to a different letter and drop the e.

4:13 am

jean1953

good clue franmag

4:13 am

Flask1

sorry...its the fa6 I need!

4:14 am

Colhad

ty FRan

4:14 am

FranMag

oh ok, fa6 is latin plural of fa5/18 (flora and fa***)

4:14 am

FranMag

yw colhad

4:14 am

sapphie1

ty fran

4:14 am

FranMag

thanks jean! and yw sapphie!

4:15 am

ramix

gotta get some shuteye...work in the morning. gnite all..be back to finish tmrw. thanks for all the help

4:15 am

Flask1

ty Fran!

4:15 am

FranMag

night ramix!

4:15 am

sapphie1

night ramix

4:15 am

Colhad

yeh, for a while I was trying it off the other fa5/18, wondered why it wasn't working :)

4:15 am

FranMag

yw flask!

4:16 am

FranMag

hee! yeah that wouldn't work very well would it colhad. :-)

4:21 am

sapphie1

just over halfway...gotta go and take old stuff to the tip...bbl

4:21 am

FranMag

bye sapphie!

4:22 am

jean1953

bye sapphie

4:27 am

M3

is this a tuffy. or is because im soooo tired?

4:27 am

Colhad

could someone help with ra5/18 please :)

4:28 am

FranMag

colhad, double the vowel at the end of the leaf gathering tool ra4/8

4:28 am

Colhad

ty Fran

4:28 am

FranMag

it's an alt spelling of the ra4/8 right after it

4:29 am

FranMag

yay! i'm done!!!

4:30 am

Colhad

welldone Fran

4:30 am

jean1953

congratulations FranMag

4:30 am

FranMag

hi Mthree! it's got some strange words

4:30 am

Colhad

I'm only 4 away

4:30 am

FMitch

Congrats Fran

4:31 am

FranMag

goooo colhad!

4:31 am

FranMag

thanks all!

4:31 am

FranMag

anyone need a clue before i go?

4:31 am

ARB

Shalom again everyone -- got tied up with household chores

4:32 am

Colhad

need help with un5/14, tr5/12, ka6/36 and fr5/16

4:32 am

FranMag

hi again arb!

4:32 am

jean1953

Hello ARB

4:32 am

FranMag

un5/14, take off your cap

4:33 am

FranMag

tr5/12, tr*** lightly

4:33 am

Colhad

ty Fran

4:34 am

FranMag

ka6, hawaiian wise man, the big ka**** (rhymes with the tu4 fish)

4:34 am

FranMag

fr5/16, fr + metal *** (thing that is mined)

4:35 am

ARB

Hi Fran -- when I type un + take off your cap - I don't get anything

4:35 am

lizmac

GREAT clues FranMag

4:36 am

lynxxx

Congrats Fran! TY for the great clues. Not only are you in the grid again but Hawiian words as well - must be your day!

4:36 am

FranMag

arb, un + cap or headwear

4:36 am

lizmac

Any more where those came from?!

4:36 am

rolin

could i have a clue for the ar5/12 pls?

4:36 am

FranMag

maybe lynxxx! too bad hawaii doesn't have a lotto!

4:37 am

FranMag

rolin, ar + headwear

4:37 am

FranMag

what do you need lizmac?

4:37 am

rolin

ty fran

4:37 am

rolin

ty fran

4:38 am

FranMag

yw rolin

4:38 am

lizmac

Too many to list, only just started so a lot to go. I'll just pick up as many goodies as I can. Thanks anyway.

4:39 am

ARB

ty Fran - I must have mistyped, because it was a good clear clue

4:39 am

FranMag

it's okay arb, glad you got it.

4:40 am

Colhad

ty Fran. fireworks

4:40 am

FranMag

yay colhad!!!!!!

4:41 am

lynxxx

how many kh & dh words are there Fran

4:41 am

lynxxx

Yay Colhad!

4:41 am

FranMag

4 kh, 2 dh lynxxx

4:41 am

Colhad

ty Lynxxx, fran

4:41 am

lynxxx

TY

4:41 am

jean1953

congratulations cohad

4:42 am

Colhad

ty Jean

4:42 am

Colhad

I'll stay and give clues, but I'll try not to say any words :)

4:43 am

FranMag

just when i think i know most of the Ks, today's grid introduced some new ones!

4:43 am

Andree

back to finish

4:44 am

FranMag

hi again andree!

4:44 am

ARB

Hi Andree

4:44 am

jean1953

welcome back Andree

4:44 am

ARB

YAY Colhad

4:44 am

lynxxx

evening Andree

4:44 am

Colhad

I do know ka6/36, I should have seen it :)

4:44 am

FranMag

well, i'm off to quote-puzzler, see you all later or tomorrow!

4:44 am

Colhad

ty ARB

4:45 am

Andree

bye fran

4:45 am

lynxxx

bye Fran

4:45 am

ARB

Bye Fran, tx for the help.

4:45 am

jean1953

bye FranMag

4:45 am

Andree

last ka5/18 please

4:46 am

pida 1

bye Fran, Hi everyone else

4:46 am

jean1953

Hello pida:)

4:46 am

Colhad

sounds similar to the hopping animals in Australia

4:46 am

Colhad

ka5/18

4:47 am

lynxxx

Hi Pida1

4:47 am

Andree

hi pida

4:47 am

Andree

thx col

4:48 am

Colhad

np Andree

4:48 am

lynxxx

TY colhad - great clue

4:48 am

Colhad

np lynxxx

4:49 am

lynxxx

colhad - how many ph words are there pls

4:50 am

Andree

3 lynxxx

4:50 am

Andree

7/40, 4/6 and 4/7

4:50 am

lynxxx

TY Andree

4:51 am

Colhad

there are exactly 3, the big one is liek the Egyptian Mummies, ph4/6 is like you are over weight, ph4/7, pizzah*t

4:51 am

Andree

yw

4:51 am

Colhad

but take out the izza

4:51 am

lynxxx

TY Colhad

4:51 am

Colhad

np

4:53 am

Andree

ta4/5 help, probably a fish

4:54 am

Colhad

kind of rhymes with the stuff they seal a road with, that black coal stuff they use :)

4:54 am

Haz1558

ta4/5 - add female possessive pronoun, minus the vowel.

4:54 am

Andree

thx col

4:56 am

jean1953

30 left but must away, have a good day everyone bbl:)

4:56 am

Andree

and haz

4:56 am

ARB

Bye Jean

4:56 am

Andree

bye jean

4:56 am

lynxxx

Bye Jean. Hi Haz

4:56 am

Haz1558

That's okay, Andree - I'm not really here, I'm doing housework.....

4:57 am

Haz1558

Gathering laundry just happened to include looking in the study. Just in case.

4:57 am

rolin

27 to go..and im gonna do housework too...bbl..

4:57 am

ARB

help on pu 6/27?

4:58 am

Andree

I've done my laundry otherwise i would offer you some more

4:58 am

FMitch

lol HAz, I'm not here either (no tin the mod for work today)

4:58 am

Haz1558

pu6/27 is one who gives an opinion

4:58 am

ARB

of course, ty Haz

4:58 am

FMitch

*not in the mood for work even

4:58 am

Haz1558

I'm literally sitting with a pile of laundry in my lap. How sad am I?

4:59 am

Haz1558

Two more words, I'll have 50 to go and then I'll restart the proper work...

4:59 am

FMitch

gput a wash on and then you can come back and find more words :)

5:01 am

Andree

sad haz or addicted

5:01 am

Haz1558

I'm going to be strong and resist the temptation! I'll do my usual speed clean and get back asap.

5:01 am

FMitch

oh we are all addicted Andree even through we may deny it!!!

5:02 am

Haz1558

Addiction is when you rub your hands with glee at finding a Scottish law word - fe5/18

5:02 am

Andree

I don't bother to deny

5:03 am

Andree

clue for that haz please

5:03 am

ARB

I wouldn't be able to face myself in the mirror if I denied it!

5:04 am

Haz1558

fe5/18 First three letters of a family fight, then the first two letters of Mr Garfunkel's name.

5:05 am

Andree

confused simon?

5:06 am

FMitch

Paul Simon and *** Garfunkel

5:06 am

Haz1558

No, the partner of Paul Simon was Mr Garfunkel. The family fight is also french for fire, if that's any help.

5:06 am

ARB

FIREWORKS

5:07 am

Haz1558

Well done ARB!

5:07 am

fit1

any help with the ta6. My last word, and I just can't find it

5:07 am

Angb

Well done ARB

5:07 am

FMitch

Congrats ARB

5:07 am

Andree

thx haz,

5:07 am

lynxxx

Congrats ARB!

5:08 am

Andree

yay arb

5:08 am

ARB

ta 6/33 ta + 2 letter Greek letter name + sound like what you use to unlock door

5:08 am

Haz1558

And now, having got my two words, I must go. I'll be back once the housework is done.

5:09 am

Andree

later haz

5:09 am

FMitch

You are being strong Haz!! TTFN

5:09 am

ARB

Or -- what you get in the sun + first two letters of Hawaiian instrument + 3rd vowel

5:09 am

ARB

Bye Haz

5:10 am

mattygroves

There are some weird, weird words in today's grid

5:10 am

ARB

yup, matty

5:10 am

Andree

stupid words matty

5:10 am

fit1

ARB thanks. That did it :)

5:11 am

ARB

YAY Fit1

5:11 am

Andree

yay fit

5:11 am

lynxxx

Congrats Fit1

5:12 am

mattygroves

Akkk. I don't have any K words

5:13 am

lynxxx

Hi Matty

5:13 am

ARB

Try all the word you might have made with a c -- a few will be accepted

5:13 am

lynxxx

khut

5:13 am

lynxxx

sorry

5:13 am

FMitch

matty I have a clue for one in my icon

5:14 am

mattygroves

Have that one now, though, thanks Fi! I now have 4Ks

5:14 am

ARB

Japanese martial art -- ka 6/30

5:14 am

FMitch

add a vowel to the end of it for a sport

5:15 am

lynxxx

TY FM

5:15 am

FMitch

Hi and yw lynxxx

5:21 am

lynxxx

I might bid you all goodnite -I think I'll enjoy the last half if I am less tired. Goodnite Colhad too if you are still there - and TY all

5:22 am

jg26

hi lyn, bye lyn

5:23 am

Andree

nite lynxxx

5:23 am

jg26

hi all, some strange letter combos here

5:26 am

Andree

5 left all f's

5:27 am

Angb

I have all the f's if you need a hand Andree.

5:32 am

Andree

1 left, fr4/7, last 4/7, with 3 in a row its hard to tell what is missing

5:34 am

Angb

The first two fr are very similar just a different vowel. The third is I think a scottish word for from

5:35 am

Andree

thx angb

5:35 am

Andree

FIREWORKS

5:35 am

Angb

yw andree

5:35 am

jg26

congrates andree

5:35 am

Angb

How about a clue for the first ha 4 -

5:36 am

Andree

1ST 2 HA 4'S HAVE DOUBLE VOWEL THEN CONSENANT

5:37 am

Angb

I have found it - what stupid words -

5:37 am

Andree

didn't mean to shout

5:37 am

Andree

I agree

5:37 am

Angb

I felt like it Andree - thnx

5:39 am

jg26

thanks for clues andree, new words for me!

5:39 am

Angb

Off to bed - the last words will have to wait till the moring. See ya and good luck.

5:40 am

Andree

don't think we will need to use them in our daily conversations

5:40 am

jg26

what a relief I was trying to think how one would say them!

5:41 am

Andree

I am off to watch a dvd, rest of poisiden adventure, happy babbling all

5:41 am

Angb

Mind you I was thinking of catching a fish for breakfast from the ha 4/8 but I hear that the ha 4/5 might be rolling in so thought we stick with sausages.

5:41 am

jg26

thaanks aandree and bye!

5:41 am

Angb

Nite Andree - thanks for the help

5:44 am

flosey

clever clues there Angb

5:44 am

flosey

good morning all

5:44 am

jg26

hi flosey

5:45 am

Angb

I don't know that the clues were good, but just proving that with a LOT of creativity we might just be able to use them in everyday ways. Yeh Right!

5:45 am

Angb

Hi flosey.

5:47 am

sapphie1

morning

5:47 am

Angb

Hi sapphie

5:47 am

jg26

what does the 7 letter word start with, I have the egyptian king.

5:47 am

Angb

I hate these h words

5:47 am

sapphie1

adit

5:48 am

Angb

fr jg

5:48 am

sapphie1

arrgh..still no better at typing in the right place and its dinner time here

5:48 am

jg26

thanks angb, shall work on it

5:49 am

Angb

Good luck jg - I have it, but it was not my own work!

5:49 am

Angb

I am giving up on the h's unless someone can clue the last ha 4/5.

5:50 am

Angb

I have it already - I am going nuts! The hs have me psyched out

5:51 am

flosey

any clues for the fr7 please

5:52 am

rolin

angeb...the last ha add a vowel to the previous one

5:52 am

Angb

Break in a bone with a german accent!

5:53 am

Angb

Thnx rolin but I finally got all the h words ... I am working on the k's. LOL

5:53 am

rolin

oh sorry...last ha4/5 it to detest

5:53 am

jg26

fab clue angb!!!

5:53 am

rolin

ooh...i only have 5 k's...mumble grumble..

5:53 am

Angb

See - those h's are getting to you too rolin.

5:54 am

Angb

yw jg - can thank some earlier babblers for that

5:54 am

rolin

i chose to clean windows before getting into the k's...how bad is that...lol

5:54 am

Angb

Sensible I would say!

5:56 am

Angb

Rolin you haven't got the first ka 6 by any chance?

5:57 am

jimmack

I think it's an Hawaiian term. (first ka6)

5:57 am

Angb

Oh goodie kimmack - do you speak Hawaiian?

5:58 am

sapphie1

great clue jimmack

5:58 am

rolin

angb...its the term...'the big ka****

5:58 am

jimmack

No chance ;-) I've just heard the term Big K6 Burger.

5:59 am

Angb

Sapphie - all the words look hawaiian to me. Oh thanks rolin - we had an icecream called that!

6:00 am

sapphie1

thats true angb, most do to me too...or Finnish which is another starnge language

6:01 am

Haz1558

Hello all - back from doing the housework so time to get on with the grid.

6:01 am

Angb

That was quick Haz

6:02 am

Haz1558

I know - my late mother would be appalled at my standards!

6:03 am

Angb

Oh - sapphie there is Afrikaan here as well LOL

6:04 am

macadam

Hi jimmack!

6:04 am

sapphie1

its like the united nations in the grid today !!!))

6:04 am

Wolvie

ahh - smaller grid today - a break! good morning all

6:05 am

Angb

Hi Wolvie - smaller but distinctly nasty

6:05 am

Eva

morning wolvie-it's small but stubborn

6:05 am

jg26

hi wolvie, the bigger grids were easier

6:05 am

faeriekae

Hello Babble friends

6:05 am

sapphie1

morning wolvie

6:05 am

Wolvie

oh great - ah well - yesterday's was looonnnggg

6:05 am

Eva

hi faerie

6:06 am

Wolvie

hi faerie

6:06 am

sapphie1

hi faeriekae

6:06 am

Haz1558

Hello faeriekae!

6:06 am

faeriekae

Hi Sapp :)

6:06 am

flosey

hi faerie

6:06 am

faeriekae

Hi Haz

6:06 am

faeriekae

Hi Flosey

6:06 am

Angb

Hi faerie

6:06 am

faeriekae

Hiya Ang

6:06 am

Wolvie

sniff - no good morning for me, faerie?

6:07 am

faeriekae

((((Wolvie)))) HELLO

6:07 am

Wolvie

should have been a smiley on that. ;-)

6:07 am

faeriekae

Wolvie I'd never leave you out Sweetie :)

6:08 am

faeriekae

Hellllo Eva

6:08 am

Wolvie

LOL - I know faerie - you know me, like to joke around

6:08 am

Wolvie

how many of the k's are kh's? I have one so far, but then, I just got here...

6:08 am

faeriekae

I'm liking the size of this grid better than yesterdays which I did NOT get to finish :(

6:09 am

Angb

4 wolvie

6:09 am

Wolvie

I didn't finish either faerie, if that's any consolation

6:09 am

Wolvie

thanks angb

6:09 am

jimmack

There are 4 kh's.

6:09 am

inge

Guten MOrgen Babblers, Faerie, how is MOM?

6:09 am

Haz1558

4 kh words today.

6:09 am

Wolvie

hi inge

6:09 am

faeriekae

LOL Wolvie I quit with 90 to go but I was freakin exhausted

6:09 am

Wolvie

thanks jimmack

6:09 am

Angb

Hi inge

6:10 am

Wolvie

and haz. :-)

6:10 am

flosey

good morning inge

6:10 am

inge

khaf

6:10 am

faeriekae

Morning Inge Mom's on the down side this morning per the nurses station

6:10 am

Wolvie

I had 50 someodd, 3 or 6? I forget.

6:10 am

Haz1558

Hello Wolvie - and all the new arrivals.

6:10 am

faeriekae

ooooh Thanks Inge

6:10 am

inge

well, there is one of them. I am going back to the little box

6:11 am

Haz1558

If Atalante had been here she could have reprised her Pakistani cricketer picture.

6:11 am

faeriekae

Inge you hardly get here and end up in the penality box LOL

6:11 am

rolin

ok..8 to go...im gonna rehang my curtains...bbs

6:11 am

Wolvie

bye rolin - and hi as well. :-)

6:12 am

Angb

see ya rolin

6:12 am

faeriekae

Hi and bye Rolin have fun :)

6:12 am

inge

yep. Lonely in hree, who is going to join me???

6:12 am

Wolvie

ah yes - clue friday. hmmm

6:12 am

faeriekae

I'm very sure you will have company soon Inge :)

6:14 am

faeriekae

I found the chicken of the sea LOL

6:14 am

jg26

eyes a blurr, time to go. the other half will have to wait til tomorrow. bye all

6:14 am

Wolvie

bye jg

6:14 am

Angb

see ya jg

6:14 am

faeriekae

Sleep well jg

6:15 am

Wolvie

okay - an easy one today

6:17 am

faeriekae

I agree Wolvie

6:17 am

Wolvie

hey - google images of fr** just didn't make it for me. :-)

6:18 am

faeriekae

brb doggie needs to go peepee

6:18 am

Wolvie

hmm - the fa** could play off your faerie, faerie. :-)

6:22 am

Angb

OK that's fireworks for me.

6:22 am

Angb

I am off to bed and wish you all a good day or night. Good luck with the grid.

6:23 am

Haz1558

Congratulations Ang!

6:23 am

faeriekae

WooHoo ANGB]

6:23 am

Wolvie

congrats angb

6:23 am

faeriekae

LOL Wolvie sure could thanks for pointing that out

6:23 am

faeriekae

niters Ang

6:23 am

Wolvie

no problemo

6:26 am

rolin

does anyone have the ta6?

6:27 am

faeriekae

Sorry Roiln not I

6:27 am

Wolvie

not yet rolin

6:28 am

ch1212

good morning everyone -- hallelujah, it's Friday, the monster grid of yesterday has been defeated, and today is only a shadow of its former self :)

6:28 am

Wolvie

good icon clue, ch - and hi!

6:28 am

ch1212

thanks wolvie

6:29 am

rolin

ch...do you have the ta6...its my last one..

6:29 am

faeriekae

Morning Ch :)

6:29 am

katmayo

ta6 --ta + when you microwave something you N--- it (change last vowel)

6:29 am

rolin

oh..youve just come in..sorry

6:29 am

ch1212

not yet, rolin -- just came on about a minute ago

6:30 am

Haz1558

ta6 - first part the result of sunburn, last part, initials of the place where you live, then a vowel.

6:30 am

Wolvie

thanks kat

6:30 am

ch1212

great clue, katmayo - thanks!

6:30 am

rolin

great clue katmayo...thx

6:30 am

Wolvie

and haz

6:30 am

faeriekae

thanks strange word

6:30 am

Wolvie

congrats rolin!!

6:30 am

rolin

thx haz...

6:30 am

Haz1558

Some straaaange words today!

6:30 am

faeriekae

Congratulations ROLIN*~*~*~*

6:31 am

rolin

ok...NOW ill rehang my curtains..lol

6:31 am

rolin

ty all for help...can i reciprocate before i go?

6:31 am

ch1212

congrats, rolin!!

6:31 am

Haz1558

I can see you're really keen to rehang those curtains!

6:32 am

rolin

lol..gimma break haz...ive washed all my scrim..and the windows too..

6:32 am

rolin

scrim...=...nets..

6:32 am

Haz1558

Well, in that case, take a break!

6:33 am

Wolvie

rolin I have 3 of the 4 kh words - all are 4's is the remaining one a 4?

6:33 am

shorty

((((((Faerie)))))))

6:33 am

faeriekae

(((((Shorty))))) hi

6:33 am

rolin

no wolvie..its a kh5/22

6:33 am

GraceM

hey! How come pharoh isn't accepted?

6:33 am

Wolvie

hi shorty

6:33 am

rolin

a mis spelling of a golfing helper

6:33 am

Wolvie

thanks rolin. :-)

6:33 am

rolin

grace...needs another vowel

6:34 am

shorty

Hi Wolvie

6:34 am

Haz1558

Grace - put another vowel in the right place and it will be accepted.

6:34 am

Wolvie

thanks again rolin!

6:35 am

rolin

right..here i go..*sigh*...see you all later i s'pect

6:35 am

Wolvie

bye rolin. :-)

6:35 am

Haz1558

Bye rolin. Have you carried out a risk assessment, in accordance with health and safety regulations? No using chairs to stand on!

6:35 am

faeriekae

get those curtians rehung Rolin

6:36 am

GraceM

lgee whiz, I guess I've been spelling that one wrong my whole life.

6:36 am

Wolvie

hi Grace

6:37 am

faeriekae

I refuse to repunish myself regarding reading the gird looking for really bad re words today

6:37 am

GraceM

hey wolvie!

6:38 am

faeriekae

brb jumping into the shower

6:38 am

Wolvie

bye faerie

6:39 am

ch1212

bye faerie -- I hope your water pressure in the new place is as good as ours is in our new place! :)

6:40 am

Wolvie

phantom - ankh

6:43 am

wurdygurl

hey everyone good (insert time of day here) since when is afro not a word?

6:43 am

ch1212

I wondered that too, wurdy

6:43 am

Dachef

double f?

6:43 am

Wolvie

hi wurdy

6:44 am

Haz1558

It's not that it isn't a word, but it would probably properly be capitalised, and therefore not accepted by enable.

6:44 am

wurdygurl

but its a hairstyle

6:44 am

wurdygurl

hi wolvie!

6:45 am

Uneaixoise

phantom: kaput

6:45 am

Haz1558

But it's a hairstyle relating to Africa, therefore capitalised. It's capitalised in my dictionary.

6:45 am

Wolvie

keep that afr going - no o- for the afr 6. :-)

6:45 am

wurdygurl

fffpht that is what i say lol

6:47 am

wurdygurl

not getting it wolvie

6:47 am

Uneaixoise

wouldn't it be fun to have a Halloween grid?!

6:47 am

Haz1558

af6 - to be scared.

6:47 am

Wolvie

we should on the 31st. :-)

6:47 am

Wolvie

what haz said wurdy. ;-)

6:48 am

wurdygurl

good grief yesterday's puzzle and subsequent tiger game killed all remaining brain cells

6:48 am

Uneaixoise

don't think we've ever had a theme grid . . . sigh

6:48 am

GraceM

how many of the Ks are KHs?

6:48 am

GraceM

how many of the Ks are KHs?

6:49 am

GraceM

hiccup!

6:49 am

Haz1558

There are four kh words.

6:49 am

ch1212

I think 4, grace -- that's how many I have so far

6:49 am

Wolvie

4, grace - 3 are 4 letters, 1 is 5

6:49 am

GraceM

thx!

6:49 am

kthdsn

hey everyone

6:50 am

wurdygurl

bleahhhhh, I am not feeling this grid...maybe later

6:50 am

lizmac

any clues for kh4/12?

6:50 am

Uneaixoise

hey, kthdsn!

6:50 am

Wolvie

hi kth!

6:50 am

Haz1558

kh 4/12 sounds like a baby bovine.

6:50 am

FMitch

Back for 10 mins whilst eating lunch

6:50 am

Uneaixoise

kh4/12 is kinda like a cuppa java

6:50 am

Wolvie

sounds sorta like what you do when you have a cold, liz

6:50 am

Uneaixoise

or what haz said

6:50 am

Wolvie

hi FM

6:50 am

Haz1558

Hello Fmitch - work keeping you busy today?

6:51 am

FMitch

Hey Wolvie :)

6:51 am

FMitch

Hi Haz, it as been but I am runnin gout of steam (thank goodness it's Friday)!!!!

6:51 am

Wolvie

good icon clues, FM

6:52 am

Haz1558

Ah well, hopefully you can be a bit more relaxed this afternoon. Have you finished the grid?

6:52 am

ch1212

thanks, fmitch (for the clues!)

6:53 am

FMitch

Yes finished this morning as I knew time would be pressing.
yw ch1212

6:53 am

Wolvie

belated congrats FM!

6:53 am

Haz1558

Good for you - 6 to go here.

6:54 am

lizmac

bl***y weird words today!

6:54 am

lizmac

ka5/18 to finish the Ks?

6:54 am

Wolvie

I have that as a diamond weight, liz

6:55 am

Wolvie

or gem

6:55 am

Haz1558

ka5/18 - look at Fmitch's icon.

6:55 am

lizmac

I,ve got the jewel one, it's the second one I need.

6:56 am

kthdsn

lol @ fa4/7, reminds me of my husband!!

6:56 am

Haz1558

The other one resembles the antipodean jumper, minus a few letters.

6:57 am

Dachef

kthdsn - what? Capital of the Algarve???

6:57 am

Wolvie

thanks haz!

6:57 am

Wolvie

kth - LOL

6:57 am

kthdsn

the smelly one dachef

6:57 am

lizmac

Fantastic TY.............these words are SERIOUSLY wierd.

6:58 am

Haz1558

You're welcome, Wolvie.

6:58 am

chiley

Wolvie, I'm having trouble with your icon clue. The ae I have refers to flight

6:58 am

Wolvie

somehow I knew that was the one you meant, kth. :-)

6:58 am

Haz1558

I know - but it's a short enough grid for it not to be too much of a bind.

6:58 am

FMitch

LOL Hi Dachef I think kth is referring to the f4/7 that follows that one.

6:58 am

Wolvie

it's the ro 4 - what the tiger is doing - pretty lame for me this morning. :-)

6:59 am

chiley

OH..your clue says ae4/4

6:59 am

Wolvie

LOL- I just looked at my account - tells you how long it's been since I upgraded - sorry chiley

7:00 am

Wolvie

all fixed now

7:00 am

ch1212

thanks for the claification, wolvie -- I was wondering too, and figuring it was the usual case of me not knowing much :)

7:00 am

Wolvie

kth - you should find a good pic and use that as your icon!!

7:00 am

GraceM

grrr...don't want to go to work....

7:00 am

Wolvie

no no - the usual case of me not doing all I should. ;-)

7:01 am

kthdsn

lmao wolvie I might when I get home

7:01 am

Dachef

refresh for a great clue! Sorry, couldnt resist that one.

7:01 am

Wolvie

you must admit - it would be interesting!

7:01 am

ch1212

LOL DACHEF!!!!

7:01 am

kthdsn

pmsl

7:02 am

Frances

Dachef
I nearly used that one!

7:02 am

Wolvie

shoot - dachef beat you to it kth!

7:02 am

Haz1558

Just what did you google to get that picture?

7:02 am

Wolvie

hi Frances

7:02 am

Frances

Hi Wolvie

7:02 am

FMitch

Good question Haz :)

7:03 am

Dachef

dont ask. You should know by now that my mind works in strange and mysterious ways.

7:04 am

Haz1558

I was thinking of changing my icon to one of Peter Stringfellow to illustrate ro4/5 but I don't know if he would be known across the Atlantic, and should I be responsible for letting them know that he exists?

7:04 am

GraceM

I've got ph7...what's the other 7 please?

7:04 am

kthdsn

lol haz

7:05 am

Haz1558

fr7/60

7:05 am

FMitch

Oh go for it Haz!

7:05 am

seano216k

fr7... sounds like a german bone break!

7:05 am

Wolvie

go for it haz

7:05 am

Haz1558

But not the one of the thong. That would be too much!

7:06 am

GraceM

got it...great clue seano..

7:06 am

Wolvie

great clue seano - I would NEVER have gotten that

7:06 am

Uneaixoise

great clue, seano!

7:06 am

seano216k

yw any more...fireworks here BTW

7:06 am

ch1212

you too, une - good one

7:07 am

ch1212

hurrah for seano!

7:07 am

sapphie1

gj seano

7:07 am

FMitch

Oh Please! I am eating lunch Haz.

7:07 am

sapphie1

gj seano

7:07 am

Uneaixoise

oh, and ch1212, good one!

7:07 am

Dachef

7:07 am

Wolvie

congrats seano!

7:08 am

GraceM

must...go...to..work...

7:08 am

seano216k

thanks all, any more clues required??

7:09 am

Wolvie

awww - bye Grace

7:09 am

GraceM

bye all...

7:09 am

Haz1558

Okay - I rejected the nude picture, he looks almost civilised here.

7:09 am

ch1212

bye grace -- have fun

7:09 am

Uneaixoise

bye, grace!

7:10 am

flosey

fr7 please, do not know any german

7:10 am

seano216k

that was lucky, the first thong in the morning stays in your head all day

7:10 am

FMitch

That is too nice a pic, he almost looks wholesome.

7:10 am

Wolvie

use a 5 pt letter flosey, and drop the last vowel

7:11 am

Haz1558

So you want a worse picture then?

7:11 am

Wolvie

sure - why not?

7:11 am

FMitch

A little more sleeze and that awful hair style :)

7:12 am

Haz1558

Okay - FMitch, have the bucket ready.....

7:12 am

sapphie1

nooooooooooo not the thong

7:12 am

FMitch

getting worried now at what Haz might find on google

7:13 am

Wolvie

LOL - this is great for a friday

7:15 am

Haz1558

This one shows off his fashion flair, and his main interest in life.

7:15 am

Wolvie

aww - come on haz - don't be gentle. ;-)

7:16 am

FMitch

Love that jacket!!!

7:16 am

Wolvie

clue for fa 6/30? (and the 5/18 if it builds off of that!)

7:17 am

Haz1558

fa5/18 - latin animal life, and plural for fa6/30

7:17 am

Wolvie

oh jeez - right in front of me. thanks haz

7:18 am

Frances

Thongs aint what they used to be !

7:18 am

FMitch

lol Frances

7:21 am

FMitch

Stringfellow has silenced the log!

7:22 am

kthdsn

lol

7:22 am

flosey

Wolvie - thanks for the clue, can't believe it took me so long - was trying for a 6 letter word !! duh

7:22 am

Haz1558

I was looking at some other pictures in Google, but on the grounds of public decency I reckon we'll keep him clothed.

7:22 am

Wolvie

glad you got it, flosey. :-)

7:23 am

Wolvie

haz - now you are going to make me google this guy - never heard of him

7:23 am

Haz1558

Be prepared!

7:23 am

kthdsn

I'm quite glad google images is blocked at work, otherwise I might be tempted to take a peek

7:24 am

Wolvie

the gold finger-ish one is funny!

7:24 am

Haz1558

He's a night-club owner, something of a ra4/8, and a bit of a joke figure in Britain.

7:25 am

Haz1558

Scroll on, Wolvie, and you'll find the back view of the infamous thong.

7:25 am

FMitch

He even has an entry in wikipedia can you believe.

7:25 am

Haz1558

Never! I must have a look.....

7:26 am

Wolvie

LOL - just saw the thong one - definitely NOT buns of steel

7:28 am

Haz1558

The wilkipedia entry manages to sound quite disapproving.

7:28 am

Wolvie

there are some really strange words in here today

7:30 am

Wolvie

I just can't see that fo 6/30 - any clues?

7:30 am

flosey

there sure are, yesterday's words were easier

7:31 am

Wolvie

much easier flosey - lots of build upons

7:31 am

Frances

Wolvie
A smelly word

7:31 am

Haz1558

fo6/30 is a variant spelling of a word that means smelly.

7:32 am

Wolvie

oh - thanks haz !

7:32 am

Wolvie

that finished the f's for me.

7:32 am

Haz1558

And now lunch time - see you later. And glad to help, Wolvie

7:33 am

sapphie1

bye haz

7:33 am

Wolvie

bye haz - thanks for the clues - and the PS guy images. :-)

7:37 am

FMitch

Bye Haz

7:41 am

AprilD

hiya cluers

7:41 am

Wolvie

hi April

7:42 am

ch1212

hi April

7:43 am

AprilD

any clues for the ar 5?

7:44 am

Frances

ar5/12 = ar+titfer

7:44 am

jimmack

Thanks Frances! Fireworks :-D

7:44 am

Wolvie

congrats jimmack!

7:44 am

ch1212

congrats jimmack!!!

7:45 am

Frances

You're welcome.

I'm off see you tomorrow.

7:45 am

kthdsn

titfer? what is that?

7:45 am

jimmack

Thanx :-)

7:45 am

AprilD

thanks Frances

7:45 am

AprilD

Yay jimm!

7:45 am

Wolvie

bye frances

7:45 am

jimmack

Titfer tat (rhyming slang)

7:45 am

Frances

Wear on your head

7:45 am

kthdsn

oh ty

7:46 am

Frances

Cockney rhyming slang

7:46 am

macadam

Good for you jimmack

7:46 am

Frances

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>gone

7:46 am

jimmack

Thanks mum :-)

7:46 am

Sam

if you ask me 'what's a titfer?' you'd get a different answer

7:46 am

ch1212

lol sam :D

7:47 am

kthdsn

lmao sam

7:47 am

AprilD

no kidding sam

7:47 am

macadam

Saw you earlier but the line was busy

7:47 am

Wolvie

lol sam

7:47 am

ch1212

it's funny with a particular accent, of course. My granddad on the dairy farm would laugh!

7:48 am

Sam

kinda like a henway

7:49 am

AprilD

so what is a henway then sam?

7:49 am

Sam

a healthy one's about six pounds

7:49 am

AprilD

ha!

7:50 am

jimmack

Well, if noone needs any clues for now, I'll be off to watch the snooker.

7:50 am

Wolvie

only purdue brand

7:51 am

AprilD

1st fa 5/18?

7:51 am

Ragalla

can someone help with ah/5?

7:51 am

sapphie1

just finished monkeying the kh's...what a lot of odd ones!

7:51 am

Wolvie

very odd ones sapphie

7:51 am

kthdsn

how many kh's are there, I have 2

7:51 am

kthdsn

ah5, infront

7:51 am

Wolvie

4 total, kth

7:52 am

jimmack

Don't go left or right, just straight ah5.

7:52 am

Wolvie

3 - 4 letter words, 1 - 5

7:52 am

Ragalla

thanks kth, how did i miss that???

7:52 am

kthdsn

ty wolvie

7:52 am

AprilD

1st fa 5/18?

7:52 am

Ragalla

i think sometimes i concentrates so hard on finding obscure words i miss the really obvious ones

7:53 am

jimmack

fa5,18 sounds like a unit of capacitance.

7:53 am

Wolvie

like fa**** fawcett, only 1 r, then sort of past tense it

7:53 am

kthdsn

I have an fa5/18, it's the beggining of some physicist I vaguely remember from school...

7:53 am

kthdsn

I do that too ragalla

7:53 am

ch1212

the tr5/18 is eluding me and I didn't understand the earlier clues... help please?

7:54 am

AprilD

thanks Wolvie

7:54 am

Wolvie

happens to me all the time Rag

7:54 am

Wolvie

yw April

7:54 am

Ragalla

tr 5/18 sounds like the noise a frog makes

7:54 am

Wolvie

ch - not that far yet, and wasn't here for earlier clues, sorry

7:55 am

ch1212

ah, got it!! Thanks, Ragalla

7:55 am

Ragalla

anyone got the dh 5?

7:55 am

AprilD

ribbit?

7:55 am

sapphie1

ty ragalla

7:55 am

Ragalla

yw ch1212

7:55 am

Wolvie

thanks Rag!

7:56 am

ch1212

dh5 sounds like the word "Do your du** to God and Country"

7:56 am

sapphie1

good clue ch

7:56 am

Sam

is this puzzle partly in urdu or hindi?

7:56 am

Ragalla

thanks for that

7:57 am

Wolvie

sure sounds like it sam

7:57 am

Wolvie

thanks for that clue ch

7:57 am

ch1212

And, interestingly enough, it's a loincloth worn by Hindu men... which makes me wonder, is that where the expression about the baby doing a " " in his diapers comes from? :D

7:57 am

AprilD

ribbit? there are no ribbits in this puzzle, that is the sound a frog makes

7:57 am

Wolvie

another sound, april cr one

7:57 am

Sam

think dying frog

7:58 am

ch1212

April, frogs make different sounds ... including bud...weis...ser

7:58 am

AprilD

ahh thanks! what an odd one

7:58 am

Wolvie

which, if you drink it, will make you cr***. :-)

7:58 am

ch1212

ROFL!!

7:59 am

Ragalla

can anyone help me with a fa4/7 - i have the cost of a ticket and the bottom burp

8:00 am

Ragalla

found it

8:00 am

ch1212

you are missing the game --- same first 3, but end in another vowel

8:00 am

sapphie1

like a fr** house

8:00 am

sapphie1

wrong clue

8:01 am

sapphie1

fa 4/7 fa** along way and a vowel on the end

8:01 am

AprilD

puka is a word, the sailors use it all the time

8:02 am

ch1212

bbl - have to run

8:02 am

Wolvie

bye ch

8:02 am

kthdsn

so does Jamie Oliver april

8:02 am

AprilD

now who is Jamie Oliver?

8:03 am

kthdsn

a celebrity chef type person

8:03 am

AprilD

is he the naked one?

8:03 am

kthdsn

yep

8:03 am

AprilD

I like him, but it has been awhile since I saw that show, years. Don't do TV anymore

8:03 am

Anniebrook

good morning everyone!

8:04 am

AprilD

guessed at who it was

8:04 am

AprilD

Hi Annie

8:04 am

sapphie1

hi annie

8:04 am

Anniebrook

hi april and sapphie

8:05 am

kthdsn

I don't think he has a show anymore, he's been campaigning for healthier school dinners and doing supermarket adverts

8:05 am

AprilD

I loved it when he had Jamiriquai (sp?) on

8:06 am

Wolvie

hi annie

8:07 am

Anniebrook

hi wolvie!

8:09 am

kthdsn

can I have a clue for the kh5

8:10 am

Anniebrook

dh---rhymes with Do your du** to God and your country....

8:10 am

Wolvie

sounds like a golf pro's helper kth

8:10 am

Wolvie

clue for the up 6 please?

8:10 am

kthdsn

ty wolvie

8:11 am

Anniebrook

oooops, i better wake up ....you want kh, sorry

8:11 am

AprilD

thanks Wolvie

8:11 am

AprilD

that one helped me

8:11 am

Wolvie

yw guys

8:12 am

Anniebrook

glad I helped someone

8:12 am

SamanthaJoy

The UP 6 is just a crazy word. UP + letter to the upper right diagonal + fish eggs

8:13 am

AprilD

ka 6/36?

8:13 am

kthdsn

hi samantha thanks for the clue

8:13 am

Wolvie

thanks much samantha! what a word

8:13 am

AprilD

Annie, it certainly did earlier

8:13 am

kthdsn

april, martial art

8:13 am

kthdsn

oh nm that's a 6/30

8:14 am

SamanthaJoy

Good morning Kate, and wolvie. Yeah, that word is just barely English--I haven't looked it up because I don't *want* to know what it means

8:14 am

Wolvie

LOL

8:16 am

Wolvie

april, I don't have the ka 6/36 yet

8:16 am

AprilD

those darn K's

8:16 am

FionaMay

kh5 sounds like the bag golfers carry clubs round in!

8:17 am

Sam

the grid would be 0k without them

8:19 am

SamanthaJoy

The ka 6/36 is a Hawaiian word. You may not know what it means, but you've probably heard the English expression which uses it--"The Big Ka****", which means the head honcho or the person incharge

8:19 am

abe79

Hi everyone. Great clue SamanthaJoy

8:20 am

SamanthaJoy

Thanks. Now let's see to how many people it's actually useful! LOL

8:20 am

Wolvie

hi abe!

8:20 am

abe79

Hi Wolvie :)

8:20 am

Anniebrook

morning, abe!

8:20 am

Wolvie

thanks again samantha!

8:21 am

abe79

Hi Annie!

8:21 am

AprilD

hmmm

8:22 am

AprilD

well duh

8:22 am

AprilD

wasn't I looking for a KH? oh I don't remember

8:22 am

AprilD

nope, that was the one!

8:23 am

SamanthaJoy

The kh 5 is another weird one--KH + anagram of a word meaning "help"

8:23 am

AprilD

apparently I got all of those, now just for one ka 5

8:23 am

SamanthaJoy

Think diamond ring, April

8:23 am

AprilD

not jeweled

8:24 am

SamanthaJoy

How many ka***s is a typical wedding ring?

8:25 am

AprilD

I have that one

8:25 am

AprilD

unless it is a variation of it

8:25 am

SamanthaJoy

Diamond? I'm an idiot. This word is applied to gold. There's a spelling difference. :(

8:27 am

Wolvie

okay - this is fish worthy I know. an he 4 is killing me. I have what your face is on, what we do when we listen, and superman. what stooged he 4 am i missing?

8:28 am

SamanthaJoy

Warmth, wolvie

8:28 am

AprilD

temperature?

8:28 am

SamanthaJoy

Here's your fish

8:28 am

abe79

Wolvie - do you have the thing that my job doesn't have, causing me to wear a large sweater down to my knees?

8:28 am

Wolvie

oh big DUH - thanks sam

8:29 am

Wolvie

and abe

8:29 am

SamanthaJoy

Oh, and I've updated my icon to reflect a clue for the KA 6/36.

8:29 am

Wolvie

I will definitely have to find ha** to fix for supper tonite!!

8:30 am

AprilD

a car?

8:30 am

SamanthaJoy

Dodge actually made a minivan called the "Ka****"

8:30 am

SamanthaJoy

Last time I updated my icon it was with the Volkswagen Thing, so technically I have a trend going.

8:30 am

AprilD

there are no v's here

8:30 am

abe79

i think i'm going to change my icon to a "sounds like" clue for one of the harder words...brb

8:30 am

Wolvie

FIREWORKS!

8:31 am

abe79

YAY Wolvie!

8:31 am

AprilD

yay wolvie!

8:31 am

Anniebrook

yay to wolvie!!!***!!!

8:31 am

SamanthaJoy

I'm barely halfway! LOL

8:31 am

SamanthaJoy

Score to wolvie!

8:31 am

sapphie1

well done wolvie

8:32 am

Wolvie

thanks to you samantha. :-)

8:32 am

flosey

yay Wolvie

8:32 am

Wolvie

any clues before I go to purchase my fish?

8:33 am

flosey

8 to go and I'm falling asleep ! at 9:30 a.m.

8:33 am

AprilD

just that KA 6/3 something. That dodge clue doesn't work, but then again, my monkey fingers have not gone into overdrive

8:34 am

Wolvie

the 36? that's the hawai big Ka***a.

8:34 am

AprilD

oops the other one

8:34 am

Wolvie

the other ka 6 is a sport with kicking

8:35 am

SamanthaJoy

The *other* one is a martial art

8:35 am

Wolvie

also an old aftershave I think

8:35 am

AprilD

sorry, 5/18, last one

8:35 am

Wolvie

sounds like a golf pro's helper, april.

8:35 am

SamanthaJoy

I'm signing off for a while. I need breakfast. See y'all later.

8:35 am

AprilD

the ka?

8:36 am

Wolvie

bye sam

8:36 am

AprilD

bye Sam, thanks

8:36 am

Anniebrook

later, sam

8:36 am

Wolvie

oh - I'm sorry -wrong word

8:36 am

flosey

me too, maybe some fresh air will wake me up !

8:37 am

abe79

bye Samantha and Flosey

8:37 am

Wolvie

ka 5/18 is like the aussie marsupial, less the nga in the middle

8:37 am

Wolvie

bye flosey

8:38 am

ypsigirl

nice clue Wolvie, thx

8:38 am

Wolvie

your welcome, ypsi - haz gave it to me. :-)

8:38 am

Wolvie

well folks - must be off - have a good day!

8:39 am

AprilD

nga?

8:39 am

AprilD

bye Wolvie, thanks!

8:39 am

Anniebrook

enjoy the day, wolvie

8:39 am

Wolvie

you know - a kang*****? the hopping animal?

8:39 am

abe79

see you later Wolvie

8:39 am

Wolvie

okay - now that april has her word, I am gone. *poof*

8:40 am

AprilD

thinking Koala

8:40 am

AprilD

and thanks Wolvie, got it

8:40 am

AprilD

yay no more k's

8:42 am

sapphie1

ok 10 left and running out of time....so i might be asking for help soon

8:43 am

AprilD

ask away, though I have 28 still

8:44 am

klaurel

morning all

8:45 am

Anniebrook

hi laurel

8:45 am

AprilD

hi laurel

8:45 am

abe79

Hi Klaurel

8:48 am

klaurel

how is the grid>

8:48 am

klaurel

how is the grid>

8:48 am

klaurel

how is the grid>

8:48 am

AprilD

funny words, sounding hindiish

8:48 am

abe79

i'm finding it a bit aggravating. a lot of weird words

8:49 am

klaurel

ick

8:49 am

abe79

sorry to sound so negative- you should do it!

8:51 am

macadam

how many pu words please?

8:52 am

abe79

Macadam- I only have 2 so far

8:52 am

macadam

Me too both 4 letters

8:52 am

klaurel

gonna try to do it so long as my connection holds out.

8:53 am

abe79

same here

8:53 am

klaurel

Been having the oddest trouble with my wireless.

8:53 am

abe79

go for it klaurel! and we're all here to help. that is v. annoying

8:54 am

klaurel

any network experts out here?

8:54 am

Anniebrook

need a clue for my last K...ka 4.8

8:54 am

klaurel

fare

8:54 am

Anniebrook

have that one laurel

8:54 am

klaurel

whoops

8:55 am

Anniebrook

wish I could help, i am computer illiterate

8:55 am

klaurel

:D

8:55 am

abe79

Annie- my last ka 4/8 is like a shopping c***

8:56 am

Anniebrook

abe, thanks!!

8:56 am

abe79

sorry klaurel, i usually just bang on my modem if it stops working

8:56 am

macadam

ka4/8 small fun vehicle a go- ka--

8:56 am

abe79

yw Annie

8:56 am

macadam

ka4/8 small fun vehicle a go- ka--

8:56 am

Anniebrook

thanks, mac

8:58 am

macadam

I keep losing connection.Glad it helped.

9:00 am

raelite

hello all - hey macadam, that's my name too ;)

9:00 am

abe79

Hi Raelite

9:01 am

macadam

Hi there raelite.Happy to share with you.

9:02 am

raelite

lol...it's my real last name only I spell it a little differently, McAdams

9:04 am

macadam

Mine is mclachlan.

9:04 am

Linda0

can someone help with the ta 6 pls?

9:04 am

macadam

Mine is mclachlan.

9:04 am

kthdsn

hi all I'm back, had to work for a while

9:04 am

macadam

Mine is mclachlan.

9:04 am

macadam

Mine is mclachlan.

9:05 am

raelite

aw...I was hoping you were my long lost distant cousin and I could stay at your house when I come to the UK...back to the drawing board I guess

9:05 am

Linda0

ta 6 pls???

9:05 am

raelite

don't have it yet

9:08 am

macadam

I seem to be repeating myself! Sorry about that.

9:08 am

raelite

thee must be an echo in here...

9:09 am

mattygroves

I'm missing 3 Ks. I have ka6/36 (the Big Ka), Ka5/18 (14k), ka6/30 (hiy ya!), ka5/18 (kinda like a hopping marseupeul), ka4/8 (horse and), kh5/22, kh4/9 (Wrath of), kh4/9 (meow)...what am I missing

9:10 am

abe79

kh 5/22- sounds like one who carries equipment for a golfer

9:10 am

kthdsn

another kh4/9

9:10 am

raelite

I have 2 you don't have: k+ double vowel + consonant

9:11 am

Anniebrook

kh and **ter the ball is over

9:11 am

raelite

one sounds like the coral r***, thoe other like your toes are attached to your f***

9:11 am

matt_bab

how do i play..????

9:11 am

matt_bab

how do i play..????

9:12 am

raelite

there's also the one that sounds like a kitty

9:13 am

kthdsn

I need the ka6/36

9:13 am

raelite

ka+the fish you get in tins, like albacore minus the t

9:13 am

pabtrek

has anyone clued Linda0's ta 6 yet

9:13 am

pabtrek

i need it too

9:13 am

Linda0

no, not yet - still waiting!

9:13 am

Anniebrook

kth, the head honcho in hawaii

9:13 am

pabtrek

please

9:14 am

kthdsn

ty got it

9:16 am

mattygroves

That's all the Ks. Thanks guys!

9:17 am

kthdsn

anyone have the E?

9:17 am

mattygroves

Needlecase

9:17 am

AprilD

sounds like a loogie

9:18 am

AprilD

or a sneeze

9:18 am

abe79

sorry, don't have the ta 6

9:18 am

AprilD

that was for kth

9:19 am

kthdsn

I'm still lost...

9:20 am

AprilD

et then sounds like lookie

9:20 am

AprilD

without the e

9:20 am

ConXshun

good afternoon all! I've been working at this grid on and off all day... its a bit of a weirdy one.

9:20 am

kthdsn

got it now

9:20 am

AprilD

hi Con

9:20 am

ConXshun

Clue for the E Kth: french word for pencil case

9:21 am

Anniebrook

i got the ta 6---i think its a fur...ta and to microwave (slang) change last vowel

9:22 am

ConXshun

thanks Annie! that's also a name of a japanese restaurant round here. yum!

9:23 am

abe79

thanks Annie

9:23 am

Anniebrook

yw con, sushi yummmy

9:23 am

Anniebrook

it's the 4 letter words that get me

9:24 am

kthdsn

I don't get the microwave reference, I'm feeling a bit stupid today

9:24 am

kthdsn

oh nm I see it now

9:24 am

raelite

it's what happened in hiroshima

9:25 am

ConXshun

yeah - even monkeying the 4 letters doesn't do it...

9:26 am

torgone

Good morning ..
This looks like fun ..

9:26 am

kthdsn

hi tor, it's not fun :'(

9:26 am

Read-Knit-Bake

TY for the clue to 6, 33. I have spent so long on that one!!

9:26 am

Anniebrook

hi torgone, so so

9:26 am

raelite

careful...it might make you want to pu4.10

9:26 am

Munner

matt-bab, did you figure out how to play?

9:26 am

ConXshun

hello tor... enjoy your fun feeling while it lasts!

9:27 am

torgone

My first word, rae ..

9:27 am

Anniebrook

yw read

9:27 am

Read-Knit-Bake

It's obviuous I need a picture :)

9:27 am

AprilD

well I get the microwave bit, just not the rest, it won't type out

9:27 am

Anniebrook

read, turn a light on

9:27 am

Anniebrook

9:27 am

Anniebrook

9:27 am

Anniebrook

9:27 am

AprilD

hi tor

9:28 am

Anniebrook

ooops

9:28 am

klaurel

is this really quiet or am I just losing it

9:28 am

Anniebrook

ta + microwave (slang) just change the last vowel

9:28 am

ConXshun

rae???

9:28 am

raelite

yeah?

9:29 am

AprilD

ahhhh thanks Annie, forgot the last part of the clue

9:29 am

Anniebrook

yw april

9:30 am

AprilD

odd word

9:30 am

AprilD

puka isn't here but that is?

9:31 am

raelite

ok, so this has been on mymind for 45 days. the local radio station is running a contect where you have to guess a sound

9:31 am

raelite

the prize is an instant win and is $100 000

9:31 am

raelite

all I have to do is get through on the phone to win...but I can't decide what the sound is

9:32 am

Anniebrook

the sound of someone pu**ing should be an instant winner

9:32 am

AprilD

yikes

9:32 am

raelite

no, it's a real thing...it sounds metallic. you can check it out on www.zedfx.ca

9:34 am

matt_bab

THIS IS COOL.....

9:34 am

AprilD

that is a machine, a coin dropping, or a door closing, instant locking

9:34 am

matt_bab

this is cool.....

9:34 am

ConXshun

I think I need some tea

9:34 am

raelite

I think it's the handle of a safe closing

9:34 am

AprilD

hmm

9:34 am

raelite

they have had almost 150 guesses, no one knows what it is

9:35 am

AprilD

it sounds mechanical, powered

9:35 am

raelite

yes, I agree....mechanical, metal

9:35 am

AprilD

wish my hubbie were here, he listens to things for a living

9:35 am

raelite

wow what a cool job!

9:35 am

AprilD

(sonar tech)

9:36 am

ConXshun

like what things does he listen to april?

9:36 am

AprilD

whales farting

9:36 am

ConXshun

lol!!!

9:36 am

raelite

the contest ends today, they are opening the phones at 8am and taking guess after guess

9:37 am

Anniebrook

see you all later

9:37 am

kthdsn

I'm missing a 6, I have af, fa, fo, ka x2, pu, ta, up, what else is there?

9:37 am

AprilD

cya Annie

9:38 am

kthdsn

bye annie

9:38 am

ConXshun

bye annie

9:38 am

Anniebrook

good luck rae

9:38 am

Haz1558

ao6 is missing.

9:38 am

raelite

thanks annie

9:38 am

raelite

have a good day

9:38 am

smooth_pappa

good morning babblers

9:38 am

kthdsn

ty haz for it, that closed out my 6s and an A tile

9:39 am

torgone

It sounds like some kind of punch press

9:39 am

raelite

that's been guesses...you can actually see a list of guesses...

9:39 am

Haz1558

You're welcome, kt.

9:39 am

AprilD

pu 6/27?

9:39 am

raelite

they've guessed penny press...sheet metal cutter

9:40 am

raelite

pu: a political opinionater

9:40 am

Haz1558

pu6/27 is one who gives an opinion.

9:40 am

harpjane

hello

9:40 am

AprilD

thanks!

9:41 am

macadam

One to go.ha5,not the intense dislike.

9:41 am

AprilD

fo 6/30?

9:41 am

Haz1558

Hello harpjane.

9:41 am

AprilD

hi Jane

9:41 am

Haz1558

Extend the ha4/6 to get what goes with couture

9:42 am

kthdsn

fo6/30 is smelly, it is usually spelt without the o

9:43 am

AprilD

thanks kth

9:43 am

AprilD

that takes care of the 6's

9:44 am

AprilD

un 5/14?

9:45 am

Haz1558

un5/14 - to take off headgear (weird!)

9:45 am

AprilD

thanks Haz!

9:45 am

AprilD

te and ti 5's?

9:46 am

AprilD

got the ti

9:46 am

Haz1558

The te5/10 is Miss Hatcher with an extra vowel inserted.

9:47 am

AprilD

hatcher, hmmm who be that?"

9:47 am

ConXshun

ti 5/10 is something that princesses wear on their heads..

9:47 am

ConXshun

oh - you have it...

9:47 am

raelite

you could say she's .... desperate?

9:47 am

Haz1558

Dark, thin, Desperate Housewives?

9:47 am

AprilD

hmmm not a tv watcher, and not that especially....

9:48 am

AprilD

but Iwill look it up

9:48 am

raelite

she also played lois lane

9:48 am

raelite

also the name of steve irwin's widow

9:48 am

Haz1558

te plus the first three letters of precipitation.

9:49 am

ConXshun

te+ a choo choo without last letter

9:49 am

ConXshun

no no

9:49 am

ConXshun

jeez i need that tea..

9:50 am

AprilD

thanks Haz

9:50 am

kthdsn

how about the T from the bottom corner

9:50 am

AprilD

and everyone elxe

9:51 am

Haz1558

It's tu4/8.

9:51 am

kthdsn

I want to put tofu but of course it isn't that

9:51 am

ConXshun

that;s a fish, and yummi sashimi

9:52 am

ConXshun

but replace consonant

9:52 am

kthdsn

ah got it ty

9:53 am

kthdsn

I'm missing 2Ps, I have 1ph and 3pu, what else is there

9:53 am

ConXshun

i'm stuck on the ar's ar 4/8 and 5/12...

9:53 am

kthdsn

I don't have any ar's

9:53 am

hurshy

urf. if there has to be a k, why can't it at least be in the corner

9:54 am

Haz1558

There are three ph words.

9:54 am

Haz1558

And three pu words.

9:54 am

ConXshun

one ph word is the opposite of thin!

9:54 am

kthdsn

just got that one, I also have the long on

9:55 am

ConXshun

and the other ph word - use last vowel

9:55 am

Haz1558

ar5/12 features headgear again.

9:55 am

kthdsn

yey, closed out the bottom 2 rows :D

9:55 am

Merk

It looks as if I am going to need a clue for the ta 6,33. Plez.

9:56 am

hurshy

haz - the pu's i have are 4 and 6....both real words... is the other weird or normal?

9:56 am

Haz1558

ar4/8 - sounds vaguely like a country (but is spelt entirely differently) - look at the points value.

9:56 am

Haz1558

The other one is strange to me, hurshy, although it has a cat like structure, so should appeal to you.

9:57 am

Merk

Do you have a clue for the ta 6,33?

9:57 am

bethany1

good clue haz for ar4/8

9:58 am

Haz1558

ta6 - three letters for the result of sunbathing, two letters being the initials of the countries of England, Scotland, Wales and N Ireland, finish with a vowel.

9:58 am

leep

good morning, can't seem to find one of the or5's. have the or +past tense of ingesting food. Help with the other?

9:58 am

hurshy

cat like, eh? purrrrrr.... um...

9:58 am

ConXshun

got the country Thnx haz

9:58 am

ConXshun

not so hot on the headgear

9:58 am

Haz1558

It's like a wild cat, but change one consonant.

9:59 am

AprilD

leep, you speakthis way

9:59 am

Haz1558

or5/12 - what the eager child says to his parents at bed time.

9:59 am

hurshy

ah, thanks haz

9:59 am

Haz1558

You're welcome!

10:00 am

Merk

Thanks, Haz. I'd never have gotten it without your help!

10:00 am

LUCKY

Hi all hi conX where are you?

10:00 am

Haz1558

Glad to help, Merk.

10:00 am

LUCKY

BBL

10:00 am

ConXshun

watcha lucky. I'm in NH

10:01 am

kthdsn

Time for me to go, thanks for all the clues, I may be back later on

10:01 am

Haz1558

Bye kthdsn!

10:01 am

ConXshun

bye krhdsn

10:01 am

leep

orfak

10:02 am

harpjane

aprild, what's your icon? i like it. what school are you going to? I'm in Montana.

10:02 am

torgone

Later kater

10:02 am

ConXshun

sorry can't type anymore

10:02 am

hurshy

lol

10:02 am

AprilD

jane, it is a picture I took at a fabulous artsy public garden on Vancouver Island two summers ago. And I go to The Evergreen State College

10:03 am

ConXshun

wild cat ar change consonant... ?? my mind babbles!

10:03 am

harpjane

bouchart garden?

10:04 am

Haz1558

Okay - try pu4/6 - the first three letters a play on words, then a vowel. It has the first three letters of the pu6 if that is any help.

10:04 am

raelite

april - I live about 5 miles from Butchart

10:04 am

AprilD

nooo, too commercial Jane

10:04 am

AprilD

I can't remember the name of it now though.

10:04 am

AprilD

That isn't on the island though is it raelite?

10:04 am

raelite

yes, it is on Vancouver Island...my home :)

10:05 am

AprilD

hmmm didn't go to it on my garden tour, we stuck to smaller less touristy ones.

10:06 am

AprilD

(I am a member of our local Arboretum unit, we tour around once a year)

10:06 am

raelite

did you go to the abkhazi garden?

10:06 am

AprilD

I think we did raelite

10:06 am

raelite

yes, it is very popular, but because it does not have tour bus parking, not everyone gets to see it

10:06 am

AprilD

though, I can't remember. I know that sounds familiar, but all gardens do, I read alot about them.

10:07 am

raelite

there are also the gardens at Hatley Castle and the Kiwanis park

10:07 am

AprilD

the one in my pictue was really a display garden for their art, they had a shop where they sold their paintings

10:08 am

AprilD

we went to the school site where there are like 200 acres

10:08 am

AprilD

that was probably the castle, cuz it was a castle!

10:08 am

raelite

yes, hatley castle, you may know it better as the x-mansion in the latest x-men movies

10:09 am

raelite

I even saw Patrick Stewart and Hugh Jackman when they were filming the first movie here

10:09 am

lizmac

Any clues for the ak4/8? need it to finish a's!

10:09 am

AprilD

nope, I never saw it before that day.

10:09 am

mattygroves

OK, new tactic. I have six of the nine 6s - af6/30 (scared), fo6/30 (rotten), ka6/36 (the Big), ka6/30 (martial art), pu6/27 (political commentator), ta6/33 (who knows what that means) - what am I missing?

10:09 am

AprilD

it was enormous!

10:09 am

Haz1558

up6/27 doesn't appear in your list...

10:10 am

Munner

You need fa 6/30

10:10 am

Haz1558

fa6/30 also needs to be included

10:10 am

mattygroves

Care to clue, Haz?

10:11 am

Haz1558

ao6/18 deserves a place.

10:11 am

Munner

fa 6/30 is Latin plural

10:11 am

mattygroves

Got the AO now, Haz, thanks...

10:11 am

Haz1558

up6/27 - up plus a reworking of the one who weeds. It is a very strangely structured word!

10:12 am

mattygroves

One who weeds?

10:12 am

ConXshun

haz - am I really stupid or what? how do you fit the wild cat in with the ar?

10:12 am

mattygroves

Got the fa6/30 now

10:12 am

Haz1558

Yes, or an equine minus the s.

10:13 am

mattygroves

Still need the up6/27...

10:13 am

ConXshun

up + fish eggs with h in the middle

10:13 am

Haz1558

You're confusing two clues, ConXshun. ar5/12 features the headgear, pu4/6 is the word that resembles the wild cat, except for one consonant.

10:14 am

Munner

thanks Con, crazy word!

10:14 am

ConXshun

lol!!!!

10:14 am

hurshy

what's the other U besides that 6 and the 4 babblet?

10:14 am

Haz1558

up6/30 - it ends with fish eggs....

10:15 am

Haz1558

un5/14 is the other.

10:15 am

ConXshun

yw munner. Haz.. the headgear is doing me in..

10:15 am

chj

hi all

10:15 am

ConXshun

hello chj

10:15 am

lizmac

ak4/8 anyone?

10:15 am

chj

up + chapeau

10:16 am

Haz1558

ConXshun - just a three letter word for what is worn on the head. Not a cap.

10:16 am

abe79

liz- a + lock and k** (sounds like)

10:16 am

abe79

Hi Chj

10:16 am

ConXshun

lots of vowels lizmac

10:16 am

chj

a + goalk**per

10:16 am

hurshy

and what is the other 7 besides ph?

10:16 am

chj

hi abe

10:17 am

Haz1558

fr7/60 - a type of watercolour painting

10:17 am

ConXshun

I FOUND IT!!! thanks haz - jeez, great clue... brain not so receptive.. I'm going to make dinner. See you all later

10:17 am

lizmac

Yep, it's also a Carribean veg. I believe!! Got it TY.

10:17 am

hurshy

oh, where is atalante when i need help with art words?

10:17 am

Haz1558

Well done! I was beginning to run out of ideas on that one!

10:18 am

PurloinedLetter

Why were the suspenders arrested?

10:18 am

mattygroves

Thanks Haz - strange word!

10:18 am

Haz1558

hurshy - it looks like a German medic's diagnosis of a broken bone.

10:18 am

AprilD

hurshy, it sounds like what it is called when you break a bone

10:18 am

hurshy

for holding up the pants?

10:18 am

Munner

They held up the pants?

10:18 am

hurshy

thanks :)

10:18 am

PurloinedLetter

hehehe yep

10:19 am

chj

fr7 johnathan fr**es of star trk: TNG + ***tleneck seater

10:19 am

purplepufff

Hi Babblers, from French Canada

10:19 am

Karys

well done Haz !!!,,,,and thank you too :)

10:19 am

hurshy

a man after my own heart

10:20 am

Haz1558

You're welcome Karys.

10:20 am

purplepufff

This is a real funny one

10:20 am

AprilD

hi purple

10:20 am

torgone

:|

10:21 am

hurshy

maybe if we're all real kuiet, the grid will go away and we'll get a lees bizarre one

10:21 am

hurshy

*less

10:23 am

lizmac

any clues for the dh s ?

10:23 am

hurshy

tor... why the :| face?

10:23 am

hurshy

there's more than one dh? groan.

10:23 am

hurshy

d + beginning of h (a fish - i mean an actual fish)

10:24 am

Munner

dh 5/16 When you must do something, it is your _____to go it.

10:24 am

Munner

to do it

10:24 am

lizmac

Yes..2 , and I know neither!

10:24 am

hurshy

thanks munner

10:25 am

hurshy

what about the E - is it weird?

10:25 am

Munner

Think Julius Caesar

10:25 am

hurshy

oh good grief, that little old babblet! silly me, thanks munner

10:26 am

PurloinedLetter

julius caesar? hmmmmm dhead?

10:26 am

Munner

you're welcome

10:26 am

hurshy

no PL, munner was talking about the E there

10:27 am

Munner

A clue for fr 5?

10:27 am

PurloinedLetter

fr + west coast state

10:27 am

torgone

Ha! Et4/5 Bruti? I like that . .

10:28 am

hurshy

tor why did you make a face before?

10:29 am

torgone

Somebody mentioned str trk . . .

10:29 am

hurshy

:)

10:30 am

lizmac

Got them TY. Smart clue for the E too, Thanks!

10:30 am

purplepufff

thx torgone

10:30 am

Munner

thanks PL

10:30 am

PurloinedLetter

yw

10:30 am

saphyre

hi everyone

10:30 am

chj

it was moi

10:31 am

chj

was that a faux pas torg?

10:31 am

hurshy

i despise these k's.

10:31 am

hurshy

no it was beauteous chj

10:31 am

hurshy

i have 4 ka 1 ke 3 kh... how many of what do i need?

10:32 am

Munner

5 ka, 2 ke, 4 kh

10:32 am

AprilD

hi saphyre

10:32 am

chj

1 of each

10:32 am

hurshy

ooh she's doing it! my cat mitten used to always kick herself in the face and then attack the offending foot (when she was the only cat). but occasionally she does it even now. it is so funny.

10:33 am

hurshy

thanks munner and chj

10:33 am

72 Temple Owl

HI everyone! : )

10:33 am

saphyre

hi TO

10:33 am

saphyre

I have one left and I cannot find it

10:34 am

leep

hint about the ah5 please anyone?

10:34 am

hurshy

are any of the kh's 5 letters, or all 4?

10:34 am

saphyre

opp of behind

10:34 am

hurshy

ah5, work hard to get ah5

10:34 am

PurloinedLetter

ka 6/36; 5/18; 6/30; 5/18 4/8; ke 4/11; 4/8 kh 5/22; 4/12; 4/9; 4/9

10:34 am

saphyre

1 5 hursh

10:35 am

pabtrek

one is hurshy

10:35 am

leep

thanks saphyre and hurshy, my brain is slow this am.

10:35 am

saphyre

I give up - can I have a clue for the ta 6/33

10:35 am

hurshy

5/22 eh? tres interessant

10:35 am

saphyre

yw leep

10:36 am

hurshy

YAY, done with K!

10:36 am

AprilD

ta 4/5?

10:36 am

72 Temple Owl

hi saph! : )

10:36 am

hurshy

i love your icon saph

10:36 am

mo

ka6/36 please anyone...i really am stuck!!!

10:36 am

saphyre

thanks hurshy :)

10:37 am

lizmac

fa6/30 anyone?

10:37 am

hurshy

think surfing, mo

10:37 am

hurshy

latin pl of animal life liz

10:37 am

saphyre

I have been looking for the ta 6/33 for 30 minutes -

10:37 am

chj

fa6 latin pl of fa5/18

10:37 am

lizmac

Of course, TY

10:38 am

AprilD

ta 4/5?

10:38 am

hurshy

ta + will kimi jongi ili set off a ____?

10:39 am

chj

ta + when you are using a microwave you are **** ng your food

10:39 am

mo

hurshy...not into surfing,,,have you an easier clue please?

10:39 am

hurshy

ka + attila's men + vowel

10:39 am

saphyre

not working - I tried that

10:39 am

chj

think hawaii mo and the big Ka****

10:40 am

AprilD

are any of those Ta clues for the 4/5?

10:40 am

saphyre

ohh wrong last vowel - thanks everyone - fireworks

10:40 am

hurshy

ta 4/5 rhymes with cowardly lion actor bert

10:40 am

chj

yahooooooooooooooooooooooooosaph

10:40 am

pabtrek

congrats saphyre

10:40 am

mo

hurshy...thanks very much.....that clue was a lot easier!!!

10:40 am

chj

what makes the hottentot so hot

10:41 am

72 Temple Owl

yay saph!

10:41 am

AprilD

thanks hurshy

10:41 am

chj

what do they got that i ain't got

10:41 am

chj

courage

10:41 am

saphyre

ok I can clue for a few minutes if anyone needs anything

10:42 am

abe79

congrats on finishing, saphyre

10:42 am

saphyre

thanks :)

10:43 am

AprilD

ra 5/19?

10:44 am

saphyre

what you do in the fall with leaves & e

10:44 am

AprilD

what on earth is that word?

10:44 am

AprilD

thanks saph

10:44 am

leep

Clues for the ao's?

10:44 am

saphyre

yw

10:45 am

purplepufff

ka + attila's men :" was not found in the dictionary" ?

10:45 am

saphyre

heart vessel & latin ending

10:45 am

purplepufff

big vein to the heart

10:45 am

saphyre

oops - said a word didn't I?

10:45 am

AprilD

or 5/12?

10:46 am

chj

o + r*** a book

10:46 am

leep

Thanks saphyre and purple

10:46 am

AprilD

thanks chj

10:48 am

saphyre

anyone else need anything before I go to sleep?

10:48 am

AprilD

second ho 4/5?

10:49 am

saphyre

the person who uses the garden tool

10:49 am

AprilD

man alive, I swear I typed that (that person being ME)

10:49 am

saphyre

lol

10:52 am

72 Temple Owl

bye saph! see you later

10:52 am

saphyre

ok time for bed - see everyone later - good luck with the grid

10:52 am

AprilD

six to go, be back later after my mind refreshes

10:52 am

purplepufff

bye everyone

10:54 am

torgone

re5/10 - fish?

10:55 am

72 Temple Owl

is it me or is thi s a tough little grid?

10:55 am

72 Temple Owl

bye puff

10:55 am

72 Temple Owl

hauf

10:55 am

smooth_pappa

any clues on ta6/33?

10:55 am

torgone

re5/10 - normal or not?

10:55 am

72 Temple Owl

tufa

10:56 am

72 Temple Owl

*heads for penalty box*

10:56 am

CiociaJudy

thx TO!

10:56 am

hurshy

frequent babblet, tor

10:57 am

72 Temple Owl

hi judy!!!

10:57 am

CiociaJudy

Hiya, TO!!!!!

10:57 am

chj

re5/10 part of the eye but minus the small hump

10:58 am

CiociaJudy

{{{chj}}}

10:58 am

chj

{{{{{{{{{{{cj}}}}}}}}}}}

10:58 am

chj

the CJ club is now in session

10:58 am

CiociaJudy

who's taking minutes today?

10:58 am

mattygroves

I only have one U - the weird up one - can anyone clue the others?

10:59 am

chj

i guess it's my turn

10:59 am

chj

ill begin with the reading of the minutes from the last meeting

10:59 am

chj

un + chapeau

10:59 am

CiociaJudy

cj makes a motion to accept the minutes as read

11:00 am

chj

un + h**l to the chief

11:00 am

chj

all right lets move on to new businss

11:00 am

CCC

un 4/5 has three vowels in it...how about the up clue?

11:00 am

mattygroves

Merci!

11:02 am

hurshy

could i have a point total, please?

11:02 am

chj

up6 eup*emism + fish eggs

11:02 am

inge

came just in time, I see. Waiting for the otehr un clue

11:02 am

CiociaJudy

thx chj for these excellent clues for these stupid words!

11:02 am

chj

i clued them not 3 minutes ago inge

11:03 am

inge

just needed that last one, got the others from you before. Hehe

11:03 am

CCC

thx chj

11:03 am

inge

sorry , I was mixing the p with the n. All is well now

11:04 am

CCC

only two left...any clues for fa6 and ta6?

11:04 am

smooth_pappa

nothing on ta 6?

11:04 am

inge

Had to go to Ikea and Costco. Only 14 words to go now

11:04 am

smooth_pappa

fa6= the fa5 just before it, but a latin plural

11:05 am

chj

ta6 also clued within last 10 mins

11:06 am

CCC

thanks smooth and chj

11:06 am

72 Temple Owl

ta6: ta + slang for microwave food change final vowel

11:07 am

hurshy

could i have the point total, please?

11:08 am

purplepufff

fa 6 : plural of plants in general

11:08 am

shorty

1248

11:08 am

hurshy

thanks shorty

11:08 am

smooth_pappa

thanks TO!

11:08 am

72 Temple Owl

hi shorty!

11:08 am

shorty

yw

11:09 am

shorty

Hi T Owl!!

11:09 am

chj

hi TO

11:09 am

72 Temple Owl

hi chj

11:10 am

majmom

ar 5/12?

11:10 am

chj

ar + chapeau

11:10 am

torgone

Heyas TO & shorty!

11:10 am

purplepufff

correction for fa 6 : animals in general (NOT plants)

11:10 am

shorty

Hey ya Torgone!

11:11 am

72 Temple Owl

hey tor!

11:11 am

Merk

A clue plez for the af 6,30

11:11 am

72 Temple Owl

hi merk! scared

11:11 am

Deeha

Just logged on - there seem to be a lot of bodily functions in this grid??!!

11:11 am

purplepufff

af 6,30: scared

11:11 am

chj

i'm af**** i can't give you a clue for that merk

11:11 am

shorty

no b4 you ask I haven't had any pe5's in my face lately

11:11 am

CCC

sorry, can't count today. Missing another 6, any clues out there for af6?...willing to trade

11:12 am

CCC

never mind, found it:)

11:12 am

Merk

Oops, I had that one. I guess I should be looking for the 5,16 ... yes, I know how to count letters, but ....

11:12 am

torgone

I wasn't going to ask . . . .

11:12 am

72 Temple Owl

shorty?

11:12 am

72 Temple Owl

nevermind.....

11:12 am

majmom

ty chj

11:12 am

shorty

suuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrre you wasn't LOL

11:12 am

torgone

I just assumed . . .

11:12 am

chj

a + what golfers yell when they hit a waywar shot

11:13 am

shorty

LOL TO

11:13 am

Merk

Yes, I have it, thanks.

11:13 am

majmom

feoue

11:13 am

72 Temple Owl

hi majmom

11:13 am

Merk

Fireworks ... once I remembered how to count!

11:13 am

torgone

Hooray merk!

11:14 am

bichon

what is microwave food?

11:14 am

shorty

food you put in a microwave

11:14 am

greengeeny

congrats merk!! This one seems tougher to me than yesterday's...the words were easier

11:14 am

72 Temple Owl

buchon, to microwave food slang

11:14 am

caitlyn

Congrats Merk!!
Oh and hi all........

11:14 am

majmom

sorry gotta be more careful-at least i`m usually way of so you dont get many free hints-lol

11:14 am

bichon

ta microwave food?

11:14 am

Merk

Like someone said here yesterday ... many words Thursday, shorter but odd words will be Friday.

11:15 am

chj

anto war slogan "no ***es" + straight letter

11:15 am

Merk

Yes, nu** When you microwave food slangily you say, I'll nu** it.

11:16 am

shorty

rhyms w/the pu4 word

11:16 am

chj

yahooooooooooooooooooooooooomerk

11:16 am

Merk

Thanks!

11:16 am

Merk

Gotta go. Have fun!

11:18 am

CCC

fireworks! anyone need a clue before I have to go to work?

11:18 am

caitlyn

Congrats CCC!!

11:19 am

CCC

thx caitlyn...love your icon

11:19 am

caitlyn

Thanks CCC

11:19 am

Munner

Why isn't pharoah accepted?

11:20 am

purplepufff

any clue for ka 5,18 (2nd)?

11:20 am

GraceM

can someone please clue the Us? I have one meaning to remove a chapeau...need two more.

11:20 am

torgone

Spell it right

11:20 am

caitlyn

Wrong spelling Munner

11:20 am

purplepufff

you have to invert 2 vowels munner

11:20 am

shorty

what a diamond is 10 ka*** gold

11:21 am

Munner

Got it, but I've always seen it the other way even in social studies books.

11:21 am

72 Temple Owl

me too! how about the first ka5/18

11:21 am

72 Temple Owl

at least my minds sees it that way!

11:21 am

shorty

what a diamond is 10 ka*** gold

11:22 am

chj

ka5 alt. sp. of weight of a diamond

11:22 am

purplepufff

thx short but I need the other one

11:22 am

shorty

ohhhhhhhhh sorry

11:22 am

CCC

un 4 has three vowels and up = up +eup*emism +fish eggs

11:23 am

chj

ka + kanga***

11:23 am

GraceM

yikes! thx CCC!

11:23 am

Munner

For only 115 words, this is a tough one.

11:23 am

Linda0

still need help with the ta 6 please someone.

11:23 am

GraceM

never would have gotten the fish egg one!

11:24 am

purplepufff

thx ccc ! that is quite an explanation

11:24 am

bichon

the ha 5/14 please

11:24 am

Munner

Linda0, it sounds Japanese.

11:25 am

chj

ta6 to brown in the sun + hawaiian guitar is a **elele + stick letter

11:25 am

Linda0

ha 5/14 add a vowel on to ha 4/6

11:25 am

leep

***** cuisine or ***** couture

11:26 am

caitlyn

These are really weird words today

11:26 am

Linda0

thanks, found it at last!

11:26 am

purplepufff

thx leep

11:26 am

leep

welcome, lindao

11:27 am

leep

yw purple

11:28 am

leep

fo6/30?

11:28 am

purplepufff

fo 6,30 : plural of animals in general

11:30 am

caitlyn

leep fo=enemy plus 1st 3 letters of being neat and ...

11:31 am

majmom

fe 5/18/

11:32 am

ladynoire1013

Hello all

11:32 am

purplepufff

Sorry leep, that was fa 6,30 - Maybe I should take a rest I'm a little mixed up

11:32 am

caitlyn

Hi lady

11:33 am

ladynoire1013

Hiya Cait

11:33 am

leep

thanks caitlyn. s'okay purple, me too

11:33 am

caitlyn

yw

11:33 am

ladynoire1013

I have good news

11:34 am

caitlyn

What is it lady?

11:34 am

ladynoire1013

I have new job

11:34 am

ladynoire1013

its a temp but its something

11:34 am

leep

fe5/18 is f + 3 vowels + consonant

11:34 am

caitlyn

Thats great news congrats!!

11:35 am

inge

Fireworks and cograts to lady for the new job

11:35 am

ladynoire1013

Thanks Inge

11:35 am

torgone

Congrats lady!

11:37 am

inge

caitlyn, your icon has two faces. When I call it up it is an Egyptian statue

11:37 am

stidmama

YAY inge!

11:37 am

stidmama

yippee lady!

11:37 am

stidmama

hi everyone!

11:38 am

tndaisy1960

{{{{Stid}}}}

11:38 am

stidmama

well pooh. forgot to change back to me. hmmm. word from the grid...

11:38 am

inge

hi stid

11:38 am

stidmama

hi daisy. brb

11:38 am

caitlyn

inge I have always called them ph7/40

11:38 am

72 Temple Owl

hi stid

11:39 am

caitlyn

Hi stid

11:39 am

inge

OK , now you are the same inside and outside

11:40 am

caitlyn

LOL inge

11:40 am

remluc

Clue for the ho4/8?

11:41 am

inge

ho 4: what the horse has on the bottom of his lefg

11:41 am

penpooh4

animals foot

11:41 am

caitlyn

remlec horses etc have them on the end of their legs

11:41 am

inge

*leg

11:41 am

remluc

OMG! It's my last word and I couldn't figure it out. Jeez. Thanks for your help! FIREWORKS!

11:42 am

stidmama

okay,

11:42 am

chj

stidmama!!!!

11:42 am

stidmama

YAY remluc!

11:42 am

majmom

ty leep took awhile to get the right combo

11:42 am

caitlyn

Congrats rem!!

11:42 am

inge

bravo remluc

11:42 am

torgone

Hooray remluc!

11:43 am

torgone

faro

11:43 am

stidmama

okay -- back. word from grid. sort of. *wicked, evil grin*

11:43 am

torgone

OOPS!

11:43 am

stidmama

thanks tor! every little bit helps!

11:43 am

inge

stid, I am the world's worst clue reader from picutres, what is the clock clueing???

11:43 am

chj

yahooooooooooooooooooooooooremluc

11:44 am

stidmama

spanish "time" inge...

11:44 am

chj

remluc...are you a conehead from remulac

11:44 am

inge

got it

11:44 am

stidmama

LOL chj!

11:46 am

torgone

First fa5/18?

11:46 am

stidmama

I thought "puka" was a ghost, different spelling?

11:47 am

greengeeny

anyone have a clue for the ar5? I am stuck...

11:47 am

stidmama

only 31 wds here tor, sorry

11:47 am

chj

ar + chapeau

11:48 am

torgone

ar + headwear

11:48 am

greengeeny

what is a chapeau?

11:48 am

stidmama

thanks greeny for asking for that!

11:48 am

greengeeny

nm

11:48 am

stidmama

french for sombrero....

11:48 am

chj

fa5 a unit of measure named for scientist michael fa**ay

11:48 am

chj

ar + cap

11:49 am

chj

ar + fez

11:49 am

chj

ar + beret

11:49 am

greengeeny

ty..

11:49 am

torgone

Thx chj! I work with fa5's too . . . .

11:49 am

torgone

ar + fedora

11:49 am

chj

ar + lid

11:49 am

caitlyn

ar=bonnet

11:49 am

chj

ar + beanie

11:49 am

stidmama

ar + bonnet? *runs away giggling at chj in bonnet*

11:50 am

tracymoo

ar+chapeau

11:50 am

chj

with a propeller on top

11:50 am

stidmama

GMTA caitlyn!

11:50 am

stidmama

hi tracy...

11:50 am

chj

ar + stetson

11:50 am

tracymoo

run chj run

11:50 am

caitlyn

nice thought stid!!

11:50 am

tracymoo

hy stid!!

11:50 am

majmom

fr 7/60?

11:51 am

chj

glad i didnt say ar + chateau

11:51 am

72 Temple Owl

like this? refresh

11:51 am

chj

tat would be an arhut

11:51 am

tracymoo

me too - houses are heavy

11:51 am

stidmama

tor -- did you get that fa 5/18?

11:51 am

lizmac

fo5/16, anyone, to finish the Fs TY

11:51 am

greengeeny

okay stop making fun of me...by the way chj, looks like a wonderful vacation

11:51 am

leep

the first two ha4/5 anyone?

11:52 am

stidmama

hi TO!

11:52 am

chj

fo5 strength

11:52 am

stidmama

first pic we've actually seen of chj... about what I expected! ROFL

11:52 am

torgone

yup stid .. you need it?

11:52 am

leep

Majmom - german type spelling for broken bone

11:52 am

tracymoo

today's phantom word: haunt

11:52 am

chj

the complete name for a piano is pianofo***

11:52 am

stidmama

no -- just found it, wondered if you had, too. :-)

11:53 am

caitlyn

leep both the 1st 2 ha have a double vowel with different endings

11:53 am

tracymoo

good clue chj

11:53 am

lizmac

AAAAAHHH, dawning light!!

11:53 am

chj

that aint me stid...thats mr dinglebaum and ms doodlesack

11:53 am

chj

and of course in-and-out tommy

11:53 am

Millerhead

great clue leep, thanks.

11:53 am

stidmama

not in your icon, chj, TO's icon!

11:54 am

greengeeny

the names are too much, chj

11:54 am

72 Temple Owl

lol stid!

11:54 am

stidmama

tracy -- take a letter out of your phantom and you have ha 4 ...

11:54 am

chj

you calling me a monkey stid

11:54 am

leep

caitlyn -have the double vowel ha at the beginning, need the ha4/5 just before the ha4/9

11:54 am

majmom

tx again leep

11:54 am

72 Temple Owl

my icon is not a monkey

11:54 am

leep

yw millerhead

11:55 am

chj

oh i have to refresh

11:55 am

leep

yw majmom

11:55 am

72 Temple Owl

gee chj...do these names have double meanings? or am i imagining this? hmm...............

11:55 am

stidmama

leep -- I think you want anagram of opposite of "love"

11:55 am

tracymoo

ty stid - ur the best!

11:55 am

chj

oh yeah...that's me with a beanie

11:55 am

chj

must ave been my college days

11:55 am

leep

stid - have that one, need the other, thanks

11:56 am

chj

no double meanings TO..real names of real people ive know

11:56 am

72 Temple Owl

gee you can clue the two pu4's with one icon

11:57 am

caitlyn

leep ha+a film featuring a creature from outer space

11:57 am

tracymoo

TO - there are a lot of "doubles" today

11:57 am

stidmama

there's another pu 4? thinking I need the list...

11:57 am

72 Temple Owl

no way anyone is namded doodlesack

11:58 am

greengeeny

lol to

11:58 am

leep

caitlyn - huh?

11:58 am

chj

oh yes there is

11:58 am

flosey

finally monkeyed that last un word !

11:58 am

flosey

Fireworks

11:59 am

stidmama

my phantom: aurora...

11:59 am

stidmama

hi flosey!

11:59 am

caitlyn

leep ha plus someone who wants to GO HOME

11:59 am

stidmama

YAY flosey!

11:59 am

chj

i met a judy doodlesack in my dorm at brown

11:59 am

greengeeny

are there any dh words? I can't find any. Yeah Flosey!

11:59 am

Kitrine

leep...stephen speilberg film that was recently remastered with a little alein

11:59 am

flosey

yea Aurora, town where I use to live

11:59 am

chj

she was from u of vt

11:59 am

72 Temple Owl

bet she got married fast

11:59 am

chj

2 dh words

12:00 pm

flosey

there are 2 dh words dh4/10 and dh5.16

12:00 pm

72 Temple Owl

is that the name she gave you? ; D

12:00 pm

chj

hahaha ill bet she did

12:00 pm

greengeeny

"2?" I can't find one

12:00 pm

chj

or maybe she just hyphenated it

12:00 pm

Queenruejean

Speaking of odd names, I went to college with a girl named Bunny Boodle. She lived down to her name, too.

12:00 pm

flosey

dh4 is an east indian tree

12:00 pm

greengeeny

the two of you have got me laughing out loud...

12:01 pm

shmoozanne

dh5 anyone?

12:01 pm

Camigwn

ta 6/33 pls?

12:01 pm

flosey

dh + please t**e this away

12:01 pm

leep

caitlyn, kitrine= Thanks I have that one. I have the ha4/8, and one of the ha4/5 before the ha4/9.

12:01 pm

chj

i was just talking to a friend whose last name is wild and she married again to a man named saxe...she toyed with the idea of hyphenating

12:02 pm

stidmama

thanks flosey.

12:02 pm

Queenruejean

Love it, Chj!

12:02 pm

Kitrine

that doesn't tell me much. I don't pull up the lickety list until I've found all the obvious ones

12:02 pm

greengeeny

ty flosey...

12:02 pm

Uneaixoise

ta6 get a ta* on the beach + England + moi

12:02 pm

Queenruejean

dhaki

12:03 pm

Queenruejean

Sorry! Not paying attention!

12:03 pm

chj

sorry gotta go...be back later

12:03 pm

72 Temple Owl

fireworks! thanks for the clues - see you later

12:03 pm

Uneaixoise

bye, chj!

12:03 pm

greengeeny

see ya chj

12:03 pm

caitlyn

I think you need ha 4/5 with a double vowel with a different ending

12:03 pm

Uneaixoise

congrats, TO!!!!

12:03 pm

chj

yahoooooooooooooooooooooooooTowl

12:03 pm

flosey

dh5 this one is hard to clue dh + last vowel + he wears a **e around his neck

12:03 pm

stidmama

leep: you said you have the double vowel word before the 4/9? one of the 4/5 is a doulbe vowel also

12:03 pm

greengeeny

congrats owl!!

12:03 pm

caitlyn

Bye TO

12:03 pm

72 Temple Owl

bye

12:03 pm

stidmama

YAY TO!!!! bye

12:04 pm

Camigwn

Thx, Une! Fireworks!

12:04 pm

shmoozanne

ty flosey

12:04 pm

Uneaixoise

congrats, camigwn!!

12:04 pm

greengeeny

holy cow, everybody is getting fireworks left and right...I still have 46 left!!

12:04 pm

caitlyn

Congrats to TO and Camigwn!!

12:04 pm

stidmama

YAY Camigwn!

12:04 pm

flosey

thanks all - now I have to return computer to my grandson !!

12:04 pm

stidmama

I have 64 left greeny...

12:04 pm

Uneaixoise

me too, green

12:04 pm

Kitrine

my phantom today: effort

12:04 pm

Uneaixoise

bye, flosey

12:05 pm

stidmama

later flosey!

12:05 pm

caitlyn

I must go and hang some curtains (I hate that job)BBL

12:05 pm

leep

stid - right, I have two double vowel ha4 words before the ha4/9, am missing the 3rd ha4 word before the ha4/9.

12:06 pm

stidmama

later caitlyn!

12:06 pm

stidmama

leep -- then you need the anagram (scrambled letters) of opposite of "love"

12:07 pm

greengeeny

I am hitting the list...these words are too weird for me to get the rest on my own

12:07 pm

leep

kitrine - I have the anagram of the opposite of love and the one that sounds like 50% of something. there is another ha4 before the one that sounds like tool used to collect leaves.

12:07 pm

lizmac

re5/10 anyone?

12:08 pm

Uneaixoise

re + spanish word for aunt

12:09 pm

leep

Stid - oops, I didn't have the second double vowel word like I thought.

12:10 pm

stidmama

so all sorted out now? :-)

12:11 pm

leep

Yes! Thanks for your patience and assistance, stidmama and kitrine

12:11 pm

lizmac

You made me look up the Spanish for aunt......at last, it's come up before hasn't it?

12:12 pm

purplepufff

leep, I think you are looking for the anagram of the rabbit's wild cousin

12:12 pm

Uneaixoise

yep, this is a babble regular :-)

12:12 pm

stidmama

many times, liz -- it seems to come in spurts.

12:13 pm

leep

thanks purple, I'm good now with the h's.

12:13 pm

stidmama

AH 5 please?

12:14 pm

Uneaixoise

ah5 in front

12:15 pm

stidmama

thanks Une *thinking*

12:16 pm

Uneaixoise

a + what's above your neck :-)

12:16 pm

stidmama

oh! now I got it! :-)

12:16 pm

stidmama

now if only my he4 were filled with something...

12:17 pm

Uneaixoise

:-D

12:17 pm

lizmac

or4/5 & 5/12 seem monkey resistant, any clues?

12:18 pm

Uneaixoise

or + commercial

12:18 pm

lizmac

DUH??!!

12:18 pm

lizmac

and the 5/12?

12:19 pm

Uneaixoise

o + re** a book

12:19 pm

Uneaixoise

both are babblets :-)

12:19 pm

stidmama

oh! I just figured out what the "on" and "off" thingys are in Lickety's list... *facepalm* that makes it much easier!

12:19 pm

purplepufff

or 5,12 : o + what you do with a book

12:20 pm

AprilD

ho 5/14? and HIIIIIII

12:20 pm

lizmac

Oh, of COURSE, how silly of me! These words are beyond daft!

12:20 pm

stidmama

hi April! didn't see you yesterday -- busy studying?

12:20 pm

AprilD

second ha 4/5?

12:21 pm

AprilD

yes stid, I saw the size of the puzzle and said 'I don't have time'

12:21 pm

AprilD

these puzzles take me a LONG time, short or not

12:21 pm

purplepufff

ha 4,5 : rabitt's wild cousin

12:21 pm

stidmama

smart woman... I got started at the flip, so it wasn't quite so big in the morning. Still it was a challenge!

12:21 pm

Aloyisius

Happy Friday, Fellow Babblers! I have been stuck for some time on ta6/33: can anyone help?

12:21 pm

AprilD

the second ha 4/5

12:22 pm

stidmama

intriguing art, btw, April!

12:22 pm

stidmama

hi Aloyisius!

12:22 pm

AprilD

and ho 5/14?

12:22 pm

purplepufff

ha 4,5 : anagram of opposite of love

12:22 pm

Aloyisius

howdy, stid.. good to see you!

12:22 pm

AprilD

not mine stid, I took a picture of it in a garden I visited last year

12:22 pm

AprilD

ahh thanks purple

12:23 pm

kc8501

aloyisius what you get in the sun + england abreviation+ me vowel

12:23 pm

stidmama

I am stuck on a d 4 word at the moment, haven't even looked at Ts yet!

12:23 pm

stidmama

thanks kc!

12:24 pm

stidmama

I like to find cool things in gardens and then figure out where I will put in in mine (someday)

12:24 pm

Aloyisius

holy cow, kc.. thank you! I never would have figured that one out... (-:

12:24 pm

kc8501

I have 43 left and think it's about list time now....

12:24 pm

AprilD

I have the ta t/33 but I don't know how to clue it

12:24 pm

kc8501

I can't take credit... someone else used it!

12:25 pm

Aloyisius

great clue, whoever formed it.. I thank you for sharing it..

12:25 pm

Ouwachita

any clue for the ta6/33??

12:25 pm

AprilD

so, ta 6/33, ta* what you get when you sit in the sun + fifth vowel + the two letters in the grid in the middle, last two rows

12:26 pm

Aloyisius

ouwachita, 12:23

12:26 pm

stidmama

seem to be a lot of latin plurals today...

12:26 pm

AprilD

ho 5/14?

12:26 pm

stidmama

hi ouwachita!

12:26 pm

AprilD

I like to collect ideas from gardens too stid

12:27 pm

AprilD

Ouw, did you get that?

12:27 pm

Ouwachita

got it ... thanks

12:27 pm

raelite

ok the contest is over

12:27 pm

stidmama

of course, most of the gardens that have things I love are WAY bigger than my measly acre...

12:27 pm

Aloyisius

april: ho + cheer

12:27 pm

stidmama

hi rae! who won?

12:28 pm

raelite

not me :(

12:28 pm

Ouwachita

hi stid

12:28 pm

raelite

it was the sound of a propane tank opening

12:28 pm

AprilD

thanks Alo

12:28 pm

AprilD

rael, waht was the sound?

12:28 pm

AprilD

ahhh

12:28 pm

Aloyisius

yw

12:28 pm

AprilD

My hubbie would have know that, he being a propane freak

12:28 pm

stidmama

:-( opening? by the valve I hope, not by puncture!

12:28 pm

raelite

the guy who won was like "I'm not even wearing pants!"

12:29 pm

raelite

yes, by a valve ! :)

12:29 pm

raelite

the prize was $100 000

12:29 pm

raelite

and a trip to cuba

12:29 pm

AprilD

okay, help help, last three

12:29 pm

purplepufff

Anyone with a clue for ho 5,14

12:30 pm

stidmama

LOL rae -- well at least you played!

12:30 pm

AprilD

all 5/16's...fr, fo, fe

12:30 pm

Millerhead

af6???

12:30 pm

Uneaixoise

fo5 one's strong suit

12:30 pm

raelite

that's true, and now I can't stop shaking the adrenaline is rushing through me

12:30 pm

leep

purple - add a consonant to the previous ho4/5

12:30 pm

Uneaixoise

af6 fearful

12:30 pm

AprilD

purple, as I was just clued to it, ho and cheer

12:30 pm

raelite

...I was af6.30 I would lose the prize if my guess was wrong

12:30 pm

Millerhead

ty une

12:31 pm

purplepufff

ths leep and uneaixoise

12:31 pm

Uneaixoise

yw :-)

12:31 pm

AprilD

thanks Une, got that one

12:31 pm

AprilD

fr and fe?

12:32 pm

Aloyisius

fr + mined mineral, april

12:32 pm

Uneaixoise

thanks, aloyisius!

12:32 pm

AprilD

hmm mined mineral

12:33 pm

leep

april - fe = f + 3 vowels + r

12:33 pm

stidmama

FO 6? the first FO please...

12:33 pm

Uneaixoise

rhymes with the VO who lost the election via chads

12:33 pm

Uneaixoise

VP

12:34 pm

AprilD

thanks leep, got that one

12:34 pm

Aloyisius

enemy + "***al" wave that could be a sunami for fo6

12:34 pm

AprilD

any other clues for the fr 5/16?

12:35 pm

stidmama

thanks Aloyisius!

12:35 pm

stidmama

like the smell emanating from my children's bathroom (anyone wonder why I babble?)

12:35 pm

Aloyisius

yw.. am hunting te5/10; is it a smelly fish?

12:35 pm

Aloyisius

lol, stid

12:36 pm

Uneaixoise

it's a babblet, a marshy lowland area

12:37 pm

stidmama

I don't think so, Aloyisius... I can't see it...

12:37 pm

stidmama

oh! yep. babblet. te + water dripping from sky - last letter

12:37 pm

Uneaixoise

thanks, stid, couldn't think of a clue!

12:38 pm

Aloyisius

ahhhhhhhhhh,, got it! thank you for the te.. couldn't see it as I was going the wrong way, as usual..

12:38 pm

AprilD

last word last word

12:39 pm

leep

april - take the 4/7 just before the 5/16 and add a consonant between the vowels

12:39 pm

stidmama

I was starting from the wrong T at first... *sigh*

12:40 pm

AprilD

fireworks, thanks leep

12:41 pm

Uneaixoise

congrats, april!!

12:41 pm

Aloyisius

Bravo, April!

12:41 pm

AprilD

what a freakin dumb word (are there dumb words? yes there are)

12:41 pm

stidmama

YAY April!

12:41 pm

leep

yw aprilD, congrats!

12:41 pm

stidmama

PH 7 please? my phantom isn't working...

12:41 pm

AprilD

dumb dumb dumb

12:41 pm

AprilD

think of King Tut Stid, and look it up

12:41 pm

leep

stidmama - egyptian ruler

12:42 pm

AprilD

the spelling is hard

12:42 pm

stidmama

I am thinking of King Tut ---- okay, will keep trying alternate spellings.

12:42 pm

AprilD

add something to the end Stid

12:42 pm

kc8501

What is the other 7? The ph one wasone of my first words....

12:42 pm

Aloyisius

egads, fireworks for me despite the last up6/27 weirdo word.. will clue for a bit before I get back to chores..

12:42 pm

AprilD

kc, an fr word

12:43 pm

leep

fr7

12:43 pm

stidmama

YAY Aloyisius!

12:43 pm

AprilD

yah Alo!

12:43 pm

leep

congrats Alo

12:43 pm

stidmama

*yuck face* dumb figners not goign where I want!

12:44 pm

AprilD

stid, add the silent letter to the end

12:44 pm

stidmama

I got it, thanks April. 23 remain, thinking I should go do something else for a while.

12:45 pm

Aloyisius

don't feel bad, stid.. I had to spell it at least 6 times before I monkeyed it correctly..

12:45 pm

AprilD

me too, time to get a non babble life, any one need a last clue?

12:46 pm

greengeeny

18 to go, and still ticking...got a clue for very first ra4?

12:46 pm

misstearweus

can i get the e clue?

12:47 pm

leep

r +help

12:47 pm

torgone

Et4/5 Bruti?

12:47 pm

mattygroves

Hey - I'm back. Talk Talk is behaving...

12:47 pm

AprilD

green. some people buy a can of this to kill ants

12:47 pm

Aloyisius

yup, starving labrador beckons with pleading eyes.. guess I'll go too... happy babbling, all! the e clue: a babblet for sure, the needle case, aka et*i Brutus?

12:47 pm

AprilD

miss, it isn't easty to clue but it is short so here goes

12:47 pm

stidmama

I think I'll get a load of laundry in and be back in a flash...

12:48 pm

leep

torgone -great clue

12:48 pm

stidmama

Later Aloyisius!

12:48 pm

greengeeny

hello...I feel so out of it that was an easy one!!

12:48 pm

misstearweus

thanks

12:48 pm

AprilD

et 4/5 et + sounds like loogie

12:49 pm

AprilD

or what my mom calls 'hocktuey

12:49 pm

mattygroves

ET - needlecase

12:49 pm

AprilD

ok ok, it only makes sense to me

12:50 pm

AprilD

well then, take it easy babblers, until next grid maybe

12:50 pm

leep

bye ArpilD!

12:51 pm

leep

oops, AprilD i meant.

12:58 pm

mattygroves

Anyone there?

12:58 pm

greengeeny

MEEE!!!

12:58 pm

stidmama

later April... hi all. back

12:59 pm

greengeeny

I have been jumping in and out all day...have 16 words left

12:59 pm

stidmama

go greeny go! I have 23

12:59 pm

torgone

3 t's left ..

1:00 pm

mamabear

this, that, then

1:00 pm

stidmama

go tor!

1:00 pm

GreyWoulf

who, what, where?

1:01 pm

mamabear

You? Here? Now?

1:01 pm

stidmama

{{{{{{{WOULF}}}}}}}

1:01 pm

mattygroves

I've got27.

1:01 pm

stidmama

hi MAMA!!!!!

1:01 pm

stidmama

go matty!

1:01 pm

GreyWoulf

yup but just for 2 more minutes then my break is up

1:01 pm

Denny

lots of place names want to be in this grid today! tibet, phuket, darfur... maybe we could play a new game ...:-)

1:01 pm

mamabear

{{{{{{{Gee Double You}}}}}}}

1:01 pm

GreyWoulf

{{{{stidmama}}}}

1:01 pm

mamabear

hi stid!!!!

1:01 pm

GreyWoulf

{{{MAMA!!!!}}}

1:01 pm

snowyowl

hi all! Greywoulf & MAMA - long time no see!

1:01 pm

mamabear

the German in me wants to find Kraut in this grid

1:02 pm

stidmama

have you carved pumpkins yet? I think we'll do ours on Sunday -- it's been such a busy week

1:02 pm

mamabear

{{{{{snowy}}}}}}}

1:02 pm

torgone

{{{{{{{{Brackets}}}}}}}}

1:02 pm

stidmama

hi snowyowl!

1:02 pm

GreyWoulf

Howdy snowyowl -- it's been awhile since I have have the energy or time to play -- so I had to chime in when MAMA spoke up

1:03 pm

shmoozanne

fo6 anyone?

1:03 pm

mamabear

I do have a knack of rousing the restful.... or something like that.

1:03 pm

GreyWoulf

Pumpkin carving for us this weekend as well, stid -- I don't have to work at Lenscrafter's, but of course it is gonna rain tomorrow :(

1:03 pm

stidmama

KA 6/36 please? *pointedly ignoring fighting dog in background*

1:03 pm

snowyowl

I've only been playing sporadically too. Don't seem to have much time for anything at the moment!

1:04 pm

mamabear

Me either snowy - I only have 13 words - just came on as a short work distraction.....

1:04 pm

stidmama

pooh. well, maybe there'll be a dry spell and you can get it done then (sending desert-y vibes to East Coast)

1:05 pm

mamabear

oooo watch out for sand storms, GW!

1:05 pm

GreyWoulf

There is a lot of that going around, snowy -- I regard it as a positive though -- it confirms that we have a life outside of the net --- just so long as we get to stay in touch :)

1:06 pm

GreyWoulf

I will do my best, MAMA

stid -- thanks for the pos vibes

tor -- always great to see you {{Hug}}

And now I must be going as the daily grind draws me back into its wake once again...

1:06 pm

GreyWoulf

{{Hugs for all}} and TTFN

1:06 pm

stidmama

later Woulf, kisses to kids!

1:07 pm

mamabear

*waving* bye GW!!!!!!

1:07 pm

snowyowl

We did manage 2 days away this week which was great! Spent the time with my brother & sister in law & as I haven't seen them for about 2 years we did have a lot of catching up to do! Life is very busy for us at the moment -we've had to do some adjusting since my sons marriage broke up & he's come home. He was much easier to manage when he was younger!

1:07 pm

snowyowl

bye Gw hugs to all the family!!!!!

1:07 pm

GreyWoulf

I'll be back later after the kids are in bed tonight

1:07 pm

mamabear

will watch for you GW!!!!

1:08 pm

stidmama

oh snowyowl... that's rough on all of you. {{{hugs}}} will send you chocolate chip cookie vibes... *humming as vibes are sent*

1:09 pm

snowyowl

Yum -thanks stidmama - I'm needing lots of chocolate rushes at the moment!

1:09 pm

mamabear

oh snowy - sorry about the bird back in the empty nest thing. Hope all goes well.....

1:10 pm

torgone

Later Grey!

1:10 pm

mamabear

lots of nasty body functions in here today I see

1:11 pm

snowyowl

I think it will be OK. We've had his children a lot since his wife went back to university & he is away 6 days at a time. I'm having to sit back & bite my tiongue quite a bit -the children have made their own routine here & now daddy has come home & changed it all! But I'm sure we'll soon settle into the new one!

1:12 pm

mamabear

so there are new baby birds as well.... one day at a time, snowy.

1:13 pm

stidmama

hm. this sounds bigger than just cookies! maybe also need some mochajavachocolattes....

1:13 pm

snowyowl

Patience is going to be my new virtue - LOL!

1:13 pm

stidmama

KA 6/36? anyone? please? 17 to go and completely stuck!

1:14 pm

mamabear

sorry stid, only have 22 so far and only 3 over 4 letters!

1:14 pm

Krys10

stid - think hawaiian - big ka****

1:14 pm

stidmama

thanks Krys!

1:14 pm

mamabear

make that 3 over 4!! thanks Krys10!

1:15 pm

stidmama

16! *really zooming now*

1:15 pm

greengeeny

8 left

1:15 pm

torgone

Go stid!

1:15 pm

snowyowl

I've still got 93 to go!

1:15 pm

stidmama

15...

1:16 pm

mamabear

you never thanked me for giving you the 3 T words, Tor - I'm crushed.

1:16 pm

stidmama

go snowy go!

1:17 pm

stidmama

woo-hoo Greeny! go go go!

1:20 pm

torgone

Thanks Mama!?

1:20 pm

stidmama

TEN!

1:20 pm

greengeeny

FOUR!

1:20 pm

Scrabbler

Hello Babblers. This is my 1st look at the grid today. How is it?

1:21 pm

stidmama

8

1:21 pm

stidmama

hi Scrabbler!

1:21 pm

mamabear

I feel better now. bye bye

1:21 pm

stidmama

not horrible today, but some really obscure and strange ones!

1:21 pm

stidmama

later Mamabear!

1:22 pm

snowyowl

hi Scrabbler -seems ok but fiddly. I still have 90 to find so I may change my mind soon!

1:22 pm

snowyowl

bye MAMA lovely to see you

1:22 pm

kalea

hello everyone

1:22 pm

Scrabbler

Hi kalea.

1:23 pm

stidmama

good morning kalea!

1:23 pm

kalea

hiya Scrabbler and stid

1:23 pm

Anniebrook

hi babblers!!

1:23 pm

Scrabbler

Hi Annie

1:23 pm

kalea

hiya Annie

1:24 pm

mattygroves

I have three left, and my monkey is letting me down. TA4/5, and TR5/12 and TR5/18

1:24 pm

snowyowl

Hi kalea & Anniebrook

1:24 pm

kalea

sorry matty...........just starting

1:24 pm

kalea

hiya snowy

1:24 pm

stidmama

oh man, SO glad I didn't ask for the TU 4/5! (2 to go)

1:25 pm

mattygroves

Got the TA4/5

1:25 pm

Anniebrook

ta 4.5 that's the babblet i think it is a goat

1:25 pm

mattygroves

How about the TR5s?

1:25 pm

Krys10

any clues for the TA6?

1:25 pm

Anniebrook

tr 512, stairs have tr***s

1:25 pm

greengeeny

last tr5 and I am done!!

1:25 pm

stidmama

ONE....

1:25 pm

stidmama

UP 6 please?

1:25 pm

Anniebrook

wow, go stid

1:26 pm

mattygroves

Oooh, duh. Not the other tr5/18?

1:26 pm

Scrabbler

Whoaaaa Stid--on the brink of greatness!

1:26 pm

stidmama

TA 6 is what you get from the sun + abbr for England + vowel

1:26 pm

Anniebrook

up+ left at the diagonal and fish eggs

1:26 pm

mattygroves

That not should be a now

1:26 pm

stidmama

greeny -- tr + type of tree...

1:26 pm

Anniebrook

stid, right at the diagonal

1:26 pm

stidmama

thanks annie

1:27 pm

stidmama

firewords!

1:27 pm

mattygroves

That's it, Stid - thanks - FIREWORKS!

1:27 pm

kalea

woooohoooooooooo stid

1:27 pm

Scrabbler

Whhhhhhoooooeeeee Stid!

1:27 pm

stidmama

YAY matty!

1:27 pm

Krys10

thanks stidmama

1:27 pm

Anniebrook

yay, stidmama!!!***!!!

1:27 pm

kalea

woooooohoooooooooo matty

1:27 pm

mattygroves

Congrats Stid!

1:27 pm

Anniebrook

yay, mattygroves!!!***!!!

1:27 pm

greengeeny

congrats to you two...and fireworks for me too...three at once!!!

1:27 pm

stidmama

greeny -- tree from acorn...

1:28 pm

kalea

woooohoooooooooo geeny

1:28 pm

stidmama

YAY greeny!

1:28 pm

Anniebrook

and greeny, yay, !!!***!!!

1:28 pm

stidmama

*tosses chocolates and smarties to all*

1:28 pm

abe79

congrats to Stid and Green!

1:28 pm

abe79

* anmd Matty!

1:28 pm

torgone

Hooray green!

1:28 pm

stidmama

smarties, for those in the UK are little sugar candies that are a bit sour. My favorite non-choc candy!

1:28 pm

greengeeny

I am going to stid's to play...

1:28 pm

Charm

afternoon everybody.

1:28 pm

stidmama

thanks abe!

1:29 pm

torgone

..and stid!

1:29 pm

Scrabbler

Yay GG and matty

1:29 pm

Scrabbler

Hi Charm

1:29 pm

abe79

Hi Charm! yw Stid

1:29 pm

stidmama

hi Charm! must be lunchtime, you're all arriving en masse!

1:29 pm

Anniebrook

hi charm

1:30 pm

kalea

hiya Charm

1:32 pm

earth

scrabbler you at lisa's

1:32 pm

Charm

Hi, Scrabbler, abe, stid, Annie, kalea!!

1:32 pm

Scrabbler

Hey earth! Are you home from work already?

1:32 pm

stidmama

hi earth!

1:33 pm

stidmama

speaking of lunch... I wonder if there are any left-overs to scrounge? I hate cooking just for me.

1:33 pm

earth

came home early am trying to get dh5 it's my last d

1:33 pm

earth

hi stid

1:33 pm

smaller

ar5/12?

1:33 pm

Scrabbler

I am at home earth--Jon plans to skateboard with friends after school. I will be at my parents' house around 12-1 tomorrow for the storm clean-up "party".

1:34 pm

kalea

ar + headgear

1:34 pm

stidmama

dh 5 sounds like doing one's du** (performing obligations)

1:34 pm

earth

OK will be there. Hope the rain holds off

1:34 pm

stidmama

sounds like a great party, scrabbler... LOL who's baking the cake?

1:34 pm

smaller

thanks, kalea!

1:34 pm

earth

thanks stid got it!

1:35 pm

Scrabbler

I am planning on being cold, wet and muddy. Then when we're can shower, warm up, put on clean clothes and cook at your house, earth!

1:35 pm

Anniebrook

clue for af 6.30, please

1:35 pm

stidmama

sounds like my washer is almost done, need to go put clothes in dryer, then work on costumes some more...

1:35 pm

stidmama

be af****, Annie, be very af 6!

1:35 pm

Scrabbler

Chocolate cake, or brownies, sounds yummy.

1:35 pm

kalea

af6.....scared

1:36 pm

Anniebrook

later,stid

1:36 pm

kalea

take care, stid

1:36 pm

earth

sounds good to me although I am suppose to go on a ghost walk Sat night

1:36 pm

stidmama

later all!

1:36 pm

Anniebrook

kalea, thanks, should have seen that one

1:36 pm

earth

by stid

1:36 pm

Scrabbler

OOOOH, with Mason Winfield? I do need him to come here someday and tell him my stories.

1:37 pm

Scrabbler

Bye Stid.

1:37 pm

abe79

bye Stid. I hope you find something yummy for lunch

1:37 pm

Scrabbler

How many to go earth?

1:38 pm

earth

yes Scabbler it's a mason winfield walk around the elmwood area. This one is about the big mansions. YOu can come

1:38 pm

earth

I have 115 to go cousin! you know how good I am at word games

1:39 pm

earth

fart

1:39 pm

torgone

=O

1:39 pm

earth

sorry

1:40 pm

Scrabbler

Are you calling me a fart? I am not that old?

1:40 pm

Scrabbler

ROFLOL!

1:41 pm

Scrabbler

But the Sabres are playing tomorrow night!

1:41 pm

earth

the best of us slip up scrabbler--Go Sabres for the record

1:44 pm

purplepufff

Hi everyone, any clues for ak4/8

1:45 pm

torgone

You onluck your door with ak4

1:45 pm

torgone

*unlock

1:46 pm

purplepufff

thx torgone - got it

1:46 pm

abe79

fireworks

1:47 pm

kalea

woooohoooooooooooo abe

1:47 pm

Scrabbler

Great work abe!

1:47 pm

torgone

Hooray abe!

1:47 pm

earth

go abe

1:47 pm

Anniebrook

congrats to abe !!!***!!!

1:47 pm

lynxxx

Congrats Abe!

1:47 pm

abe79

thanks everyone :)

1:47 pm

purplepufff

ak 4/8 : a tropical tree, Blighia sapida, of the soapberry family, cultivated for the edible aril of its seeds.

1:48 pm

purplepufff

I'll try and remember this.

1:48 pm

Scrabbler

Yes, I thought it was Blighia.

1:49 pm

lynxxx

soapberry - mmm yum (?!)

1:49 pm

torgone

There's another good enable word - aril

1:49 pm

Scrabbler

Aril is a common crossword puzzle word.

1:50 pm

Anniebrook

as is afro which is not allowed in this gird, hmmm

1:51 pm

purplepufff

Now we all know it's edible (aril) but it sounds soapy.

1:52 pm

Scrabbler

Maybe bubbles come out of your mouth if you chew soapberries.

1:52 pm

purplepufff

Maybe that's what they put in the purple gum that I like.

1:53 pm

Scrabbler

What kind is that?

1:53 pm

purplepufff

It's not sold commercially anymore. You get it at candy shops.

1:54 pm

purplepufff

It used to be called "thrill"

1:56 pm

purplepufff

...or trills

1:57 pm

Scrabbler

The first pass got me only 43 words. Time for the list. How are you doing earth?

2:01 pm

dspike

up 6, 27 pls

2:01 pm

Scrabbler

I don't have it yet--but I am looking now.

2:01 pm

earth

I have 68 left. I am working on up6. THere was an earlier clue up+cons+fish eggs. I am missing the cons part of the clue

2:02 pm

purplepufff

up 6,27 : up + silent consonant + fish eggs

2:02 pm

Charm

earth, that cons is the only onepossible to get the fish eggs afterwards.

2:02 pm

dspike

got it thx

2:03 pm

lynxxx

thanks earth

2:03 pm

Charm

hi, lynxxx

2:03 pm

Scrabbler

Strange word. I have 67 left too, earth!

2:03 pm

lynxxx

hi there charm

2:03 pm

earth

thanks charm I was tring to many letters between up and roe

2:09 pm

smaller

rrgghh, stupid words today!!! rrrrgghhh

2:09 pm

svso

They don't recognize "pharoh"! Let my people go!

2:09 pm

Scrabbler

So stupid that I can't find them.

2:10 pm

kalea

you spelled it wrong, sv

2:10 pm

lynxxx

they do svso - add another vowel nr the end

2:10 pm

purplepufff

svso : you have to insert another vowel before "oh"

2:14 pm

smaller

1st fa5/18?

2:15 pm

torgone

*Pops a choccie to smaller*

2:15 pm

kalea

fa5.....not near + commercial

2:15 pm

lynxxx

fa5.18 flora & fau*** (& plural latin)

2:15 pm

Charm

fa5/18 = fa + 60's ***idal.

2:15 pm

torgone

fa5/18 = unit of capacitance

2:16 pm

torgone

Named after Michael F****ay

2:16 pm

lynxxx

sorry obviously my clue wasn't for the first - not doing list yet - but soon!

2:16 pm

kalea

lol tor

2:16 pm

smaller

thanks for the clues and the chocolate. ahhhhh. all better

2:16 pm

Charm

tor, you better be sharing that chocolate. Otherwise, no one gets the fudge I bought today. not even in the penalty box....

2:16 pm

bichon

the or 5/10? please

2:17 pm

Scrabbler

I need chocolate too!

2:17 pm

Scrabbler

MMMMMM, fudge?

2:17 pm

torgone

*choccies all around*

2:17 pm

smaller

FUDGE???!!!!

2:17 pm

Scrabbler

un5?

2:17 pm

torgone

or5/10 = speak

2:17 pm

Charm

chocolate, peanut butter, vanilla, praline, with nuts, ....

2:17 pm

lynxxx

or5.10 talks - makes a speech

2:17 pm

torgone

un5 = doff a fedora

2:18 pm

kalea

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm................chocol
ate...............mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...
........fudge *goes into chocolate zombie mode*

2:18 pm

Charm

thanks, tor

2:18 pm

Scrabbler

TY torgone

2:18 pm

smaller

*knees go weak* oh my, Charm.

2:18 pm

Charm

just walking past the store gave me a sugar high!

2:19 pm

smaller

*difficult to type in puddle of drool*

2:19 pm

Charm

lol

2:20 pm

Scrabbler

I can smell the chocolate.

2:20 pm

bichon

or 5/10?

2:21 pm

kalea

or + dined

2:21 pm

torgone

clued 3 minutes ago

2:22 pm

bichon

thanx kalea et. al

2:22 pm

Minski

tr5/18?

2:22 pm

kalea

tr + mighty *** tree

2:23 pm

Minski

thanks kalea

2:23 pm

bichon

has anyone clued the ph 7 yet?

2:23 pm

mymuseisme

hi everyone

2:24 pm

lynxxx

think egyptian bichon

2:24 pm

kalea

hiya muse

2:24 pm

Scrabbler

Think of Egypt and the bible.

2:24 pm

Scrabbler

Hi muse.

2:24 pm

lynxxx

hi mymuse!

2:24 pm

bichon

must be spelling it wrong, thanx

2:24 pm

kalea

ph7...........argued with Moses about letting the people go

2:25 pm

Minski

there are 3 vowels in the word and 2 are the same

2:26 pm

smaller

fr7?

2:27 pm

Charm

fr7 sounds like a broken bone in german.

2:27 pm

kalea

don't have that one yet.......sorry Min

2:28 pm

kalea

thanks, Charm

2:28 pm

Charm

yw

2:32 pm

smaller

ty ty ty ty charm!

2:32 pm

smaller

stupid stupid stupid words today

2:32 pm

kalea

got 1 left

2:32 pm

Scrabbler

Go kalea!

2:32 pm

smaller

i have 54 more than that

2:33 pm

evanonut

SMALLLLZMAGEEEEEE!

2:34 pm

smaller

hey nut!!! got any chocolate? i think I just ate all of charm's to continue with this grid

2:34 pm

Charm

I wondered where the fudge went.

2:35 pm

smaller

*wipes off choco stains from sides of mouth*

2:35 pm

kalea

yippeeee...........fireworks

2:35 pm

Charm

yay, kalea !

2:35 pm

smaller

woohoo kalea!!!!

2:36 pm

lynxxx

Congrats to Kalea !!!!!!

2:36 pm

torgone

Hooray kalea!

2:36 pm

kalea

thank you everyone

2:36 pm

Scrabbler

You did it kalea!

2:37 pm

kalea

going to see if hubby wants a cup of coffee, then will be back to clue

2:37 pm

J40

Any idea what ta6 means?

2:38 pm

Scrabbler

I haven't found ta6 yet.

2:38 pm

smaller

fr5 is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo dumb

2:39 pm

smaller

hmmmm i'm sensing a teensy bit o'crankiness. must go find real chocolate. bbl

2:39 pm

torgone

ta6 is a Japanese critter

2:39 pm

Scrabbler

I don't have that either. smaller--you seem quite angry with this grid today.

2:40 pm

J40

Thanks torgone - just surfed & found reference to japanese god

2:41 pm

evanonut

sorry smaller, but i got buble gum chapstick

2:41 pm

J40

Finished Now

2:41 pm

Charm

congrats, J40

2:41 pm

Scrabbler

yay J40

2:42 pm

Scrabbler

I am having peppermint tea to stay warm.

2:42 pm

torgone

Hooray J40!

2:42 pm

lynxxx

Congrats J40!

2:42 pm

kalea

wooooohoooooooooooo J40

2:43 pm

purplepufff

Ta 6\33 : Ta**** (ç‹¸ or ã‚¿ãƒŒã‚, ) is often mistakenly translated as raccoon or badger, but ta**** s are in fact raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides), a canid species native to Japan. Ta****s have been part of Japanese mythology since ancient times. The mythical ta**** is reputed to be mischievous and jolly, a master of disguise and shapeshifting, but somewhat gullible and absent-minded.

2:44 pm

kalea

thank you puff......what an interesting creature

2:44 pm

Scrabbler

Can I have an easier clue for ta5?

2:45 pm

Charm

done. clues?

2:45 pm

kalea

there is no ta5

2:45 pm

Scrabbler

Yippppeee Charm!

2:45 pm

Charm

ta6 = ta + slang for microvave but with a different final vowel.

2:45 pm

Kitrine

ro4/7 plz?

2:45 pm

lynxxx

Congrats Charm!

2:45 pm

Charm

ro4/7 = that surface on top of your house.

2:45 pm

kalea

ro4........top of the house

2:46 pm

evanonut

wow ya'll, don't get too wild, what with it being friday and all

2:46 pm

Kitrine

as it becomes ever so obvious that I have no clue how I missed it. ty!

2:46 pm

Scrabbler

TY for the ta6!

2:46 pm

Scrabbler

We are wild, nut. Wild for chocolate!

2:46 pm

torgone

Heya nut!

2:47 pm

evanonut

chocolate, i gotta whole stash of chocolate

2:48 pm

Charm

people are just not sharing their chocolate. I might just have to start keeping mine at home.

2:48 pm

evanonut

but mines a birthday gift, you don't have to share birthday gifts do you?

2:48 pm

Scrabbler

When was your birthday?

2:49 pm

Charm

no, you can be selfish with birthday chocolate - that should be sacrosanct.

2:49 pm

evanonut

*phew*

2:50 pm

Scrabbler

ar5?

2:51 pm

purplepufff

ar 5 : a + ante

2:51 pm

Charm

ar5/10 = ar + headgear

2:51 pm

kalea

ar + cap

2:52 pm

Charm

bye all. have fun babbling and see y'all tomorrow.

2:52 pm

purplepufff

Sorry, I need new spectacles

2:52 pm

sunny09

morning everyone.... hopefully get some time in 'fore the kids wake...

2:52 pm

kalea

bye Charm

2:52 pm

Scrabbler

I always forget that ar5--it is a Babblet.

2:52 pm

kalea

hiya sunny

2:52 pm

smaller

ok i have some stale bavarian cream donuts from this morning to share. how's that for a sales pitch?

2:52 pm

Kitrine

yummy

2:53 pm

evanonut

i'll stick with my creme brulee choco

2:53 pm

purplepufff

af 5 is a + ante

2:53 pm

kalea

i have some homemade cinnamon buns, but no chocolate

2:54 pm

smaller

mmmm cinnamon buns! is like a cinnamon roll?

2:54 pm

kalea

oh yes.......with raisins

2:54 pm

smaller

nut - i thought you just had bubble gum chapstick?

2:54 pm

kalea

i made them this morning

2:55 pm

PurloinedLetter

I'll stick with my horseradish and rhubarb pate on a bed of crushed rutabagas, bananas and peanuntbutter on rye. Yum!!

2:55 pm

evanonut

i forgot chj sent me choco for my birthday

2:55 pm

smaller

!!!!!! kalea!!!!!!! warm with melted butter on them!!! oh my goodness with you and Charm, babble has been so nummy today

2:55 pm

kalea

lol

2:55 pm

smaller

nut - oh he's so thoughtful!!! when was your birthday??!!

2:56 pm

evanonut

ha ha...tomorrow

2:56 pm

evanonut

*smacks lips*

2:56 pm

smaller

woohoo!!!!! happy b day!!! i'll send you a pressie too!

2:56 pm

Scrabbler

Happy Birthday, Nuttie!

2:56 pm

oggy

hi all, can i have a diff clue for ta6 cant get it plz

2:56 pm

evanonut

tx scrabbles

2:57 pm

CadFan

Ihave ph 7 - what's the other 7?

2:57 pm

kalea

ta6.........brown in sun + abbr for Britain + me

2:57 pm

Scrabbler

fr7--German for broken bone

2:58 pm

oggy

tanuki

2:58 pm

kalea

lol......that's it, oggy

2:58 pm

torgone

=O

2:58 pm

CadFan

got it, thanks

2:58 pm

Scrabbler

There it is--you've got it, oggy!

2:59 pm

oggy

sorry not me but him, tell he dont play that often, thanz

2:59 pm

CadFan

tuar

3:00 pm

CadFan

oh sorry - forgot to switch windows - at least I'm not entering SS#'s!

3:00 pm

inge

I am not comuputer savvy. Can someone tell me how I get to Angelsongs's calenders and list of babblets?

3:01 pm

Scrabbler

One tu4 is a fish. the other is close, with a different consonant.

3:01 pm

helenkeller

hey everyone !

3:01 pm

Scrabbler

Scroll down

3:01 pm

Scrabbler

Hi helen

3:01 pm

inge

Hi Helen

3:01 pm

kalea

hiya helen

3:02 pm

lynxxx

Hi Helen!

3:02 pm

helenkeller

i have 31 left - wondering if i should just go directly to list

3:03 pm

Scrabbler

When in doubt, go to the list. It is a timesaver.

3:03 pm

helenkeller

but sometimes it just feels so good when i stop hitting my head against brick wall :)

3:04 pm

Scrabbler

Oh, and that too.

3:05 pm

inge

well, I will ask for help another time then. *poof*

3:05 pm

helenkeller

lol - besides i still have 19 4-letter words, i should be able to monkey a fe of those

3:05 pm

PurloinedLetter

inge, open angelsong's page....in the upper left corner there is a "go" below a drop down m

3:05 pm

helenkeller

bye inge

3:05 pm

PurloinedLetter

menu click on the arrow and then "babblets"

3:07 pm

bichon

the ka 6/30, between the two 5/18's

3:08 pm

kalea

ka6.....a martial art

3:08 pm

lynxxx

Bichon - black belt in ......

3:08 pm

helenkeller

bichon - wax on, wax off from the movie the ka***** kid

3:08 pm

lynxxx

or5.12 clue pls

3:09 pm

helenkeller

o + peruse

3:09 pm

kalea

or5...........o + use a book

3:09 pm

bichon

not that's the ka 6/46 I need the 30

3:09 pm

PurloinedLetter

ka + paying the going fee

3:09 pm

lynxxx

TY helen - you are good at getting me fireworks!

3:10 pm

helenkeller

that is the ka6/30

3:10 pm

PurloinedLetter

no, bichon, that is the 6/36

3:10 pm

Scrabbler

Yipppeeee lynxxx

3:10 pm

helenkeller

lol lynxxx - wtg !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3:10 pm

kalea

ka6........surfing's the big ka****

3:10 pm

bichon

ok thanks, didn't see that one at all

3:11 pm

helenkeller

aha - so i'm guessing that i'm missing a k5 before the bobby darin one

3:11 pm

kalea

ka5...........diamond measurement

3:11 pm

helenkeller

or maybe not - since my k box is all kinda a grey color, lol

3:12 pm

kalea

ka5.........ka + kanga***

3:12 pm

helenkeller

MORE CODEINATED COUGH SYRUP FOR HELEN !!!!

3:12 pm

kalea

lol helen

3:12 pm

helenkeller

clearly i'm not loopy enough yet :)

3:12 pm

lynxxx

kalea, helen, purloin - you need no other cluers so I shall be off. Bye everyone

3:12 pm

Scrabbler

More chocolate for helen.

3:12 pm

Scrabbler

Bye lynxxx

3:13 pm

kalea

night, lynxxx

3:13 pm

helenkeller

oh no scrabbler - useless since tastebuds are all on strike right now

3:13 pm

helenkeller

that - plus i have not been swimming all week due to this stupid cold/flu/upper resp infection/whatever

3:13 pm

Scrabbler

Because your nose is full of snot?

3:13 pm

PurloinedLetter

what is the standard for loopiness to shoot for?

3:14 pm

helenkeller

bye lynxxx :)

3:14 pm

Scrabbler

Turning pro = standard of loopiness.

3:14 pm

helenkeller

oh scrabbler - not just my nose, i am a regular mucus machine, lol

3:15 pm

helenkeller

but i will put the chololate in the fridge & save it for when i feel better :)

3:16 pm

periwinkle

HI all, need help with ao and af words, please

3:16 pm

Scrabbler

ao5 and 6 = main artery out of the heart, + latin pl

3:16 pm

PurloinedLetter

major artery and latin plural

3:16 pm

helenkeller

ao - the large blood vessel & latin pl

3:17 pm

Scrabbler

af 6 = ascared of the boogeyman

3:17 pm

torgone

I'm af6 we can't help with the others ..

3:17 pm

Scrabbler

af5 = a + what golfers say when they tee off, fo4

3:17 pm

PurloinedLetter

a + noggin

3:17 pm

girlsaturday

Anyone help - onto last word ta 6/33 - cant find it

3:17 pm

PurloinedLetter

or not behind

3:17 pm

Scrabbler

ak4= a + letter after J

3:18 pm

helenkeller

hey-ya tor

3:18 pm

periwinkle

thanks everyone for the A clues

3:18 pm

torgone

Heya hk1

3:18 pm

torgone

*hk!

3:18 pm

periwinkle

missing the ak word

3:18 pm

Scrabbler

ta6 = ta + to use the microwave oven (***e) + 3rd vowel

3:19 pm

Scrabbler

I clued ak4 at 3.17

3:19 pm

PurloinedLetter

ta what sunbathers' seek + to zap with a different last vowel

3:20 pm

PurloinedLetter

a + what you open a door with spelled with two vowels

3:20 pm

scatty

finished

3:20 pm

Scrabbler

Yes, scatty!

3:20 pm

PurloinedLetter

Congratulations, scatty!

3:21 pm

girlsaturday

FIREWORKS - Thanks - that was hard!

3:21 pm

helenkeller

wtg scatty !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3:21 pm

dspike

fe 5, 18 pls

3:21 pm

helenkeller

wtg girlsat !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3:21 pm

PurloinedLetter

Well done, girlsaturday!!!

3:22 pm

Scrabbler

yay girlsaturday!

3:23 pm

kalea

woooohooooooooooooo girl

3:23 pm

PurloinedLetter

fe + vowel and I am you **e

3:23 pm

kalea

wooooooooohooooooooo scatty

3:23 pm

Scrabbler

fe5,18 = fe + last vowel + I am/you **e

3:23 pm

kalea

sorry.......was away getting hubby coffee

3:24 pm

dspike

ty scrabbler

3:24 pm

periwinkle

HI scatt!

3:24 pm

scatty

hi peri, long time no see

3:25 pm

periwinkle

I have not been on much in the past two weeks. just got high speed internet and have been on a few days this week.

3:26 pm

scatty

so have i, my old one gave up the ghost

3:26 pm

periwinkle

ar4/8 and ar5 please hope they are not easy ones'

3:26 pm

Scrabbler

High speed internet is the way to go. I have had it almost 1 yr and cannot believe it took me so long to say good-bye to dial-up.

3:27 pm

Scrabbler

ar4 sounds like the country in Mideast in war

3:27 pm

kalea

have to go............may be back later

3:28 pm

Scrabbler

ar5= ar + baseball cap or ***

3:28 pm

scatty

ar 4 = ar + 1st vowel + letter after j

3:28 pm

helenkeller

bye kal

3:28 pm

periwinkle

thanks scatty and Scrabbler

3:31 pm

scatty

back in a mo, son just come in from work and is hungry

3:31 pm

periwinkle

have the dh4 need help with the dh5

3:32 pm

PurloinedLetter

d + a run-down shack h** + a vowel at the end

3:33 pm

periwinkle

thanks Purloined

3:33 pm

ladynoire1013

Hello gang

3:33 pm

PurloinedLetter

yw

3:34 pm

PurloinedLetter

Hello, ladynoire1013

3:34 pm

ladynoire1013

Hello Purl

3:35 pm

Alien

hello everyone

3:35 pm

PurloinedLetter

Hello

3:35 pm

periwinkle

clue for the fr7 please

3:36 pm

Scrabbler

fr7=German for broken bone

3:36 pm

periwinkle

Scrabbler, don't know any German

3:36 pm

PurloinedLetter

fr 7 ..... frick and fr** + a thanksgiving mainstay, abbr.

3:37 pm

Scrabbler

sounds like term for broken bone--think phonetically

3:37 pm

periwinkle

thanks Purl and Scrabbler, got it

3:38 pm

periwinkle

clue for ph7 please

3:38 pm

torgone

King Tut

3:38 pm

ch1212

Egyptian ruler, peri

3:38 pm

Scrabbler

Think Egypt in the bible

3:39 pm

Scrabbler

Tim Russert! A Buffalo boy!

3:39 pm

ch1212

Is he? I didn't know that. He's the clue for the pu6 of course

3:40 pm

periwinkle

thaks everyone got the ph7

3:41 pm

periwinkle

or5/10 please

3:41 pm

ch1212

to make a speech, peri

3:41 pm

periwinkle

thanks ch1212

3:42 pm

dspike

fr 7, 60 pls

3:42 pm

ch1212

dspike, the clue everyone has given today is sounds like german for bone break...

3:42 pm

ladynoire1013

whats the word count today?

3:43 pm

oldhousejunky

help for up 6?? is this word mocking me??

3:43 pm

ch1212

I liked this one better: First 4 letters of the actor who plays Riker on Star Trek, plus beverage letter, vowel, and a consonant

3:43 pm

dspike

great clue - ch1212 - thx

3:43 pm

PurloinedLetter

fr 7 ....... frick and fr** + a thanksgiving mainstay, abbr

3:44 pm

ch1212

115 words, lady.

Up6 IS mocking you! :D Okay, up + consonant + court case *** vs. wade

3:44 pm

Scrabbler

up6= up + in the t****s of love

3:45 pm

ch1212

ooh, much better clue, scrabbler!

3:45 pm

Scrabbler

I like ch1212's clue better.

3:45 pm

Scrabbler

LOL!

3:45 pm

oldhousejunky

thanks ch1212 - I am humbled !!!

3:45 pm

Scrabbler

We are all humbled by that up6 word!

3:45 pm

ch1212

that one kept me frustrated for a lonnggggg time, oldhouse

3:46 pm

oldhousejunky

well my monkey fingers weren't working for me to get that one - urgh

3:48 pm

girlfriday

TR 5/18 please@!

3:48 pm

PurloinedLetter

tires have tr

3:48 pm

periwinkle

fr5 please

3:49 pm

ch1212

another beastie, peri... okay, sounds like sound a frog makes when he dies :)

3:49 pm

ch1212

the tr5/18, that is

3:49 pm

girlfriday

thats the TR 5/12 I believe

3:50 pm

PurloinedLetter

fr 5 ... fr + abbr for NW state

3:50 pm

periwinkle

ch1212, can't figure out how to spell the fr5

3:50 pm

ch1212

no... it's the tr5/18 I think. Uses the large scoring tile. But of course, I've been known to be wrong ... MANY times :)

fr + what metal is in it's rough state

3:50 pm

PurloinedLetter

tr 5/12 .... you check the tr*** on your tires to see if they need replacement

3:51 pm

girlfriday

I have the tr 5/12, I need the Tr 5/18!!

3:51 pm

PurloinedLetter

tr + a tree

3:51 pm

Scrabbler

tr + tree

3:51 pm

periwinkle

thanks ch1212, I was looking for a word that ended with a "K"

3:51 pm

ch1212

girl, my clue is for the tr5/18 ... think of sound a frog makes, or the slang for when someone dies. Then change the 'c' for a 't'

3:52 pm

girlfriday

Now I got it, thanks!

3:52 pm

PurloinedLetter

tr plus the wood for solid *** cabinets

3:52 pm

Biltong

Hi everyone!

3:52 pm

ch1212

nice clue, purloined! Hi Bittong

3:53 pm

harpjane

hello

3:53 pm

Mom

Hi Biltong

3:53 pm

girlfriday

fa 5/18, FA 6/30, please

3:53 pm

Scrabbler

hello jabe

3:53 pm

ch1212

Harpjane!! Good to see you! How are things out West?

3:53 pm

Scrabbler

*jane, sorry

3:53 pm

periwinkle

findind this to be a hard grid, bbl

3:54 pm

ch1212

bye, peri

3:54 pm

Scrabbler

fa5,18 = flora and fa***, then add 2nd vowel for pl

3:54 pm

Scrabbler

I agree, Peri--many odd words.

3:54 pm

girlfriday

thanks, had the other one..

3:55 pm

girlfriday

scrabbler, do you have the OTHER F 5/18 have the second, need the first thanks!

3:56 pm

sha

add the 1st vowel to the fa 4 before it girlfriday

3:57 pm

Scrabbler

fa5= unit in physics, named after Michael Fa***day.

3:57 pm

PurloinedLetter

fa + a red root vegetable, abbr

3:57 pm

sha

fa+---iator heats a room

3:58 pm

girlfriday

thanks, again...

3:58 pm

sha

fireworks

3:58 pm

Scrabbler

ya sha!

3:58 pm

Biltong

well done, sha!!

3:58 pm

PurloinedLetter

Congratulations, sha!!

3:58 pm

sha

thanks bye all

3:58 pm

ch1212

hurrah for sha!!!

3:59 pm

Biltong

bye sha

3:59 pm

ch1212

Have to run - happy hunting, all!

4:01 pm

harpjane

nice to see you ch1212, things are great out west!

4:03 pm

helenkeller

i'm back - 16 left & still 9 4's - why can't i seem to monkey these 4's?

4:03 pm

bubba218

the first ka5,18 please

4:03 pm

CadFan

24 k****

4:04 pm

bubba218

Thanks, Cad!

4:04 pm

CadFan

yw

4:04 pm

CadFan

Now - somone please help me with 8 missing F words....

4:06 pm

bubba218

or 5,12 please

4:06 pm

bubba218

Cad, I've got all the F's what do you need?

4:07 pm

helenkeller

or 5/12 = o + peruse

4:07 pm

CadFan

I have: fa 4/11, 5/18, 4/7, 4/7, 4/8, 5/18, 6/30

4:07 pm

PurloinedLetter

fa 4/11; 5/18; 4/7; 4/7; 4/7; 4/8; 5/18; 6/30

4:07 pm

CadFan

fe 4/7

4:08 pm

CadFan

fo 6/30, 4/6, 5/16

4:08 pm

CadFan

fr 7/60m 4/7 and 5/16

4:09 pm

helenkeller

another fe4/7

4:09 pm

PurloinedLetter

fe 4/7; 4/7; 5/18;

4:09 pm

CadFan

duh.. got th fe 4/7

4:09 pm

bubba218

fo 6,30, The word for smelly or stinky or rotten, usually starts with fe, but this time insert an "o" after the f

4:09 pm

CadFan

THanks Helen

4:09 pm

PurloinedLetter

fo 6/30; 4/7; 4/7; 4/7; 5/16

4:10 pm

bubba218

fo 5, 16 same as the one before it, + second vowel

4:10 pm

PurloinedLetter

fr 4/7; fr 7/60; 4/7; 4/7; 4/7; fr 5/16

4:11 pm

CadFan

found the fo 4/7's

4:11 pm

Scrabbler

Fireworks--TY everyone for clues! Anybody want clues?

4:11 pm

bubba218

fr 7, 60. sound like a broken bone, just spelled differently

4:12 pm

Biltong

well done, Scrabbler!!

4:12 pm

PurloinedLetter

Congratulations, Scrabbler!!

4:12 pm

bubba218

I am missing the fe 5,18, pls?

4:12 pm

PurloinedLetter

fr 7 frick and fr** + main thanksgiving entree

4:12 pm

Biltong

fo6/30 please? Sorry, didn't get bubba's clue ;)

4:13 pm

helenkeller

wtg scrabbler !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4:13 pm

bubba218

fo + the name of the alien who had to phone home+ not the ego but the **

4:14 pm

Scrabbler

think of an fe5 meaning foul-smelling or rotten-smelling. Now place 4th vowel as the 2nd letter

4:14 pm

Ankhorite

Scrabbler, look at meeee!

4:14 pm

PurloinedLetter

fe 5/18 abbr for a union of arab states since dissolved or fe + vowel + I am/ you **e

4:14 pm

Ankhorite

Whoops. Maybe not.

4:14 pm

Biltong

thanks, bubba and Scrabbler

4:15 pm

PurloinedLetter

fo 6 .... enemy + ***dlywinks

4:15 pm

bubba218

Thanks Pur

4:15 pm

helenkeller

caving in & going to the list - 13 to go, still 7 4's, but i can't find them :(

4:16 pm

PurloinedLetter

yw

4:16 pm

Biltong

I have ae4/4, ak4/8, ao5/10, ao6/18, ar4/4. Any clues for the other a's please?

4:16 pm

helenkeller

okay - writing that caused me to find 2 more 4's :)

4:16 pm

PurloinedLetter

write some more!!

4:17 pm

helenkeller

lol

4:17 pm

Ankhorite

No Phuket! Hrrrm.

4:17 pm

bubba218

af 6,30-- be af****, be very af****

4:18 pm

helenkeller

no hooee either

4:18 pm

helenkeller

down to 10

4:18 pm

Dorens

hi all. tough grid bubba, are you warning me?

4:18 pm

PurloinedLetter

ad 4/5 mine entrance

4:18 pm

Biltong

hi, Dorens

4:18 pm

bubba218

Only a few strange ones, the rest are monkeyable, if thats a word

4:19 pm

jillibus

firewords here - hi all

4:19 pm

Biltong

ty, bubba and purloined

4:19 pm

Biltong

well done, jilli!!

4:19 pm

Ankhorite

No pharoh? No pharoah? Wah!

4:19 pm

bubba218

ar 5,12-- ar + head gear

4:19 pm

Biltong

try different spelling, Ank

4:19 pm

jillibus

yes, ankh - check the spelling!

4:19 pm

Dorens

yay jilli... hi biltong, my monkey fingers are tired from yesterday!

4:19 pm

PurloinedLetter

have to spell it correctly, ank

4:20 pm

Ankhorite

*blush* errr, nevermind.

4:20 pm

bubba218

Fireworks!!

4:21 pm

Dorens

yay bubba

4:21 pm

PurloinedLetter

congrats, bubba

4:21 pm

Biltong

well done, bubba!!!

4:21 pm

PurloinedLetter

Biltong, the ao 5/10 is the singular of the 6/18

4:21 pm

ConXshun

evenin' everybody! how's it going?

4:21 pm

Biltong

Anyone feel like clueing some k's please? I have ka4/8, ke4/8, kh4.9, kh4/9

4:22 pm

Biltong

thanks, purloined

4:22 pm

bubba218

K + where's the b***?

4:22 pm

Biltong

Hi ConXshun

4:22 pm

jillibus

YAY bubba!!!

4:23 pm

Dorens

hi conXshun

4:23 pm

jillibus

Hi conxshun

4:23 pm

ConXshun

lot's of fireworks i see. cograts!

4:23 pm

PurloinedLetter

ar 4/8 is ends with the Postal Abbr for Little Rock's state

4:24 pm

jillibus

Must get a late lunch - back later to clue

4:24 pm

bubba218

ka + Aussie marsupial is and kanga***

4:24 pm

helenkeller

wtg jili !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4:24 pm

PurloinedLetter

ar 5/12 ... add what you wear on your head

4:24 pm

Dorens

thanks for your icon jilli... gavve me two words i hadn't seen yet

4:24 pm

bubba218

In surfer talk the main man is a big ka****

4:25 pm

bubba218

A form of martial arts is ka****

4:25 pm

ConXshun

thank you bubba!

4:25 pm

helenkeller

wtg bubba !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4:26 pm

ConXshun

I've just got 8 left (I've been at it a while!!!) and pfff, it's tough. and more help from bubba! :)))

4:26 pm

Ankhorite

TY, Bubba!

4:26 pm

Ankhorite

You GO, ConX

4:26 pm

bubba218

24 ka*** gold

4:26 pm

chic

Hiya! last one fa 5/18 please...

4:27 pm

Dorens

flor + fa****?

4:27 pm

ConXshun

i'm tryin, i'm trying, ank. Squeazing the old brain cells here....

4:27 pm

bubba218

kh + Br** Pitt+ 3rd vowel

4:27 pm

ConXshun

fa 5/18 sounds like german bicycle

4:28 pm

PurloinedLetter

fa + some people have ***ical ideas

4:29 pm

chic

thanx purl! firebirds for me!

4:29 pm

PurloinedLetter

or listening to talk on your ***io

4:29 pm

PurloinedLetter

Congrats, Chic!!!!

4:29 pm

PurloinedLetter

Congrats, Chic!!!!

4:29 pm

Dorens

yay chic

4:30 pm

bubba218

WTG, Chic!!!

4:30 pm

ConXshun

well done chic!

4:30 pm

Biltong

thanks for those k and a clues!

4:32 pm

bubba218

Anyone need clues before I go?

4:33 pm

ConXshun

some of the r's bubba? ra 4/8, re 5/10 and the rh...?

4:34 pm

ddb4nana

Been searching much too long...please help me finish with a clue for the ka 6/30...

4:34 pm

klaurel

HELLO!

4:34 pm

ConXshun

oh and the last ro... ro4/5

4:34 pm

ConXshun

hi klaureil

4:34 pm

bubba218

Martial arts, think of the movie the ka***** kid

4:34 pm

Dorens

ddb-- martial arts!

4:34 pm

Dorens

hi klaurel

4:35 pm

ddb4nana

Oh, my! ty!

4:35 pm

ddb4nana

FIREWORKS!

4:35 pm

PurloinedLetter

ra 4/8 go fly a **te

4:35 pm

bubba218

ra4,8, what you use the move the leaves on the lawn, then for the other change the ending vowel

4:36 pm

Dorens

yay ddb

4:36 pm

ConXshun

ty pl! how could I miss that! I KNOW the stuff (ouch)

4:36 pm

PurloinedLetter

re 5/10 add a small crown ***ra

4:36 pm

bubba218

re 5,10 re + Transient Ischemic Accident

4:38 pm

bubba218

ro 4,5 r+ opp of in

4:38 pm

PurloinedLetter

rh 4/5 flightless South American bird ..... or U S's national bird, bald **gle

4:39 pm

ConXshun

ty for rh pl! working on the others... oooooo 2 more left!!

4:39 pm

Ankhorite

Letter, I don't get the crown...?

4:39 pm

PurloinedLetter

ro 4/5 .... take the last vowel off the ro 5/12

4:39 pm

tcuffs

hi troops (Metaleather in disguise here)

4:40 pm

bubba218

Ankh, Use the first letters of the words I clued at 4:36

4:40 pm

ConXshun

yay.. gasp. re + small crown is good!

4:40 pm

ConXshun

last wordy to find!

4:40 pm

PurloinedLetter

ti + Phoenix

4:41 pm

tazpink

hi everyone

4:41 pm

Biltong

Hi tcuffs

4:41 pm

Biltong

and hi, tazpink

4:41 pm

ConXshun

hiya tazpink

4:42 pm

tazpink

hi con hi bilt

4:42 pm

Ankhorite

Oh, thanks, Bubba... I got your clue then, didn't realize this was for same word. :)

4:42 pm

tazpink

i cant find that samll crown

4:42 pm

Biltong

How are you doing, taz?

4:43 pm

ConXshun

it's the ro... I've got the ro+opp.of in... it's the other ro 4/5 I need... it's the last word!

4:43 pm

Ankhorite

Taz, try re + _ _ _ Maria, a coffee liqueur or a Spanish Aunt!

4:43 pm

tazpink

ok here have 23 left and am clueless

4:43 pm

bubba218

just add the second vowel to the last ro4

4:43 pm

tazpink

ty much ankh

4:44 pm

ConXshun

taz it's like a band of gold with or without gems for the head rather than a crown

4:44 pm

Ankhorite

YW, Taz. :)

4:44 pm

Biltong

I'm the same, but at 33!

4:44 pm

tazpink

cool ty

4:44 pm

Haz1558

ConXshun - do you have the ro4/5 - a playboy, philanderer type? It's a french word, formed by dropping a letter from the ro5/12

4:44 pm

bubba218

ro + two vowels, 5th then2nd

4:44 pm

tazpink

need one more r to blank thAT OUT

4:45 pm

ConXshun

YAY!!! thank you bubba! you've done it for me! FIREWORKS

4:45 pm

tazpink

YEAH CON

4:45 pm

bubba218

Congrats, ConX

4:45 pm

Biltong

well done, ConXshun!!

4:46 pm

Biltong

ok, going to the list at 32

4:46 pm

Dorens

yay conX

4:46 pm

bubba218

Au revoir, later all

4:46 pm

hannah lou

thas me finished

4:46 pm

ConXshun

thank you all. I couldn't have done it without you. anyone I can clue on these strange words

4:47 pm

ConXshun

bye bubba

4:47 pm

Ankhorite

YAY, ConX & Hannah!

4:47 pm

Biltong

bye, bubba, thanks again for the great clues.

4:47 pm

Biltong

YAY, hanna!!!

4:47 pm

ConXshun

well done hannah

4:47 pm

tazpink

YEA HANNA

4:48 pm

PurloinedLetter

Congratulations, ConXshun and hannah lou!!

4:48 pm

Biltong

af5/16 please?

4:49 pm

tazpink

..... metioned

4:49 pm

Haz1558

af5/16 - a plus the opposite of aft in nautical terms

4:49 pm

cliffopa

dh 5/16?

4:49 pm

tazpink

like fo 4.7

4:49 pm

ConXshun

af + base metal

4:49 pm

PurloinedLetter

af 6/16 .... what a golfers yells after driving

4:49 pm

tazpink

aa word please

4:50 pm

ConXshun

fo 4/7 is whar golfers yell

4:50 pm

Biltong

ty

4:50 pm

PurloinedLetter

you are on your own for aa words, tazpink

4:51 pm

tazpink

ty pur going to search

4:51 pm

PurloinedLetter

meaning there are no aa words

4:51 pm

Haz1558

There are no aa words, tazpink.

4:53 pm

ConXshun

dh 5/16 dh plus last vowel, then the first two letter of a rubber round thing on a bike **re

4:53 pm

Biltong

Clue for ah5/14 please?

4:53 pm

PurloinedLetter

not behind

4:53 pm

Haz1558

Full steam ah5/14. In keeping with the nautical theme....

4:53 pm

ConXshun

lol - nice quick clue pl!

4:54 pm

cliffopa

ty ConXshun

4:54 pm

Biltong

ty, Purloined and Haz.

4:54 pm

ConXshun

yw cliff

4:55 pm

ConXshun

how are you doing haz?

4:56 pm

jean1953

good evening everybody:)

4:56 pm

PurloinedLetter

good evening

4:56 pm

Haz1558

I'm fine - just looking in to see what's happening with babble.

4:56 pm

BettyAnne

ta6/33 and pu6/27 anyone please

4:57 pm

ConXshun

babbling aswell?

4:57 pm

Biltong

hi, jean

4:57 pm

Haz1558

pu6/27 is one who gives an opinion

4:57 pm

ConXshun

silly q, haz - of course, otherwise you wouldn't be clueing!

4:57 pm

Haz1558

I finished the grid this afternoon so am just being a visitor.

4:58 pm

BettyAnne

Thanks Haz.

4:58 pm

ConXshun

that's very nice! And congratulations!

4:58 pm

Haz1558

ta6/33 - the result of sun bathing (three letters) the initials for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, then a vowel to finish.

4:58 pm

ConXshun

ta 6/33 + what you do with a microwave (slang)

4:59 pm

BettyAnne

Thanks ConXshun & Haz. Appreciate your help.

4:59 pm

Haz1558

You're welcome BettyAnne.

5:00 pm

ConXshun

pleased to be of help BettyAnne

5:01 pm

Biltong

Sorry, I am going to need a dumbed down clue for the pu6/27, please.

5:02 pm

Haz1558

pu6 - First three letters a play on words.

5:02 pm

ConXshun

pu* (double meaning of words) + first 3 letters of short poem ***ty

5:02 pm

Dorens

p + swim ***er water+ one armed ban***

5:02 pm

PurloinedLetter

pu -- no pu* intended + an off-the-wall person is sometimes called a ***z

5:02 pm

Uneaixoise

a learned person, a commentator, a critic

5:04 pm

Biltong

wow, thanks all

5:04 pm

ConXshun

:)

5:07 pm

ConXshun

It's just turned midnight here... I'm turning in. Happy babbling! and see you next time. Thanks for all the help and clues... night night.

5:07 pm

Uneaixoise

nite, conxshun!

5:07 pm

Dorens

nigh conX

5:07 pm

Haz1558

Sleep well, ConXshun.

5:08 pm

Biltong

night, ConXshun

5:09 pm

cliffopa

the 2nd ha 4/5?

5:10 pm

Haz1558

It's a Scottish word - anagram of 'detest'

5:10 pm

Dorens

ha + alien from outer space

5:11 pm

Biltong

fr 5/16 please?

5:12 pm

PurloinedLetter

your strong point; what you do well

5:12 pm

Dorens

fr + form of mineral, such as iron

5:12 pm

Biltong

ty :)

5:13 pm

smaller

re5/10? and a fish probably

5:13 pm

cliffopa

ty Haz and Dorens

5:13 pm

Dorens

re + spanish aunt

5:13 pm

Haz1558

Glad to help, Cliffopa.

5:14 pm

smaller

thanks dorens!!

5:14 pm

Dorens

yw smaller and clliffopa

5:16 pm

tinks

YAY - just finished! Hi all, now off to watch Hells Kitchen but will keep a bit of an eye out if anyone wants clues

5:16 pm

Uneaixoise

congrats!

5:16 pm

Dorens

yay tinks!

5:16 pm

tinks

ty uneax

5:17 pm

Biltong

well done, tinks!!

5:17 pm

tinks

and dorens

5:17 pm

PurloinedLetter

Congrats, tinks

5:17 pm

tinks

and all

5:17 pm

Dorens

clue for the up please>

5:18 pm

tinks

up is nasty - up + a consonant worht 2 + fish eggs

5:18 pm

Dorens

thanks tinks that was great clue

5:19 pm

tinks

yw dorens - haven't looked it up yet

5:20 pm

tinks

hmn - a block or long slat of wood used in conservatories...

5:20 pm

torgone

up6 = A block or long slat of wood, perforated for the passage of the crowfoot, or cords by which an awning is held up.

5:20 pm

torgone

Hope that helps . . . .

5:20 pm

Dorens

right....another word i'll never remember

5:21 pm

tinks

I don't think I'll remember it for long!

5:21 pm

PurloinedLetter

I am positive that word will have a long and useful tenure in my vocabulary

5:21 pm

tinks

LOL purloined

5:22 pm

klaurel

ET FINI!

5:22 pm

Dorens

ok, i hate to do it, but i need a clue for the ph 7

5:22 pm

Dorens

yay klaurel!

5:22 pm

klaurel

PH 7 - Ruler of Egypt

5:23 pm

Dorens

isn't working.... the spelling may be off

5:23 pm

PurloinedLetter

the correct spelling

5:23 pm

tinks

took me ages with the spelling

5:23 pm

PurloinedLetter

transpose the last two vowels

5:23 pm

Dorens

but thannks. i will get it now'

5:23 pm

klaurel

PH+ 1st vowel R + 1st vowel + Play d**

5:23 pm

tinks

end is first vowel last vowel *

5:24 pm

Dorens

thought i had done that, must have typed wrong.... thank you

5:24 pm

klaurel

np

5:24 pm

klaurel

clues before I poof?

5:24 pm

Dorens

et je suis fini aussi!

5:24 pm

tinks

I can try and clue for you klaurel

5:25 pm

tinks

YAY Dorens!!

5:25 pm

Uneaixoise

actually I think you mean "j'ai fini"--what you said means you died :-)

5:25 pm

Uneaixoise

or done for

5:25 pm

klaurel

yay dorens

5:25 pm

Uneaixoise

in any case, congrats!

5:25 pm

klaurel

I mean Et Fini! :D

5:25 pm

Dorens

lol une. sometimes it does feel that way at the end!

5:26 pm

klaurel

I am dead sick

5:26 pm

Uneaixoise

:-D

5:26 pm

PurloinedLetter

congrats, Dorens.

5:26 pm

Biltong

clue for the ra5/18 please?

5:26 pm

Dorens

thanks all....

5:26 pm

Biltong

Well done, dorens!!

5:26 pm

tinks

wish i could have helped more dorens

5:26 pm

oldhousejunky

help!! need fa 4/7 I have the phony one; fee; game or word sounds like Egyptian Ruler and word that sounds like young deer

5:27 pm

tinks

only joined in late

5:27 pm

Dorens

hey. i'm done and that's all that counts! you were a help

5:27 pm

Biltong

nm, found it thanks

5:27 pm

klaurel

RA 5 - the person who cleans up leaves

5:27 pm

PurloinedLetter

ra plus the tool used to clean leaves from you yard and a vowel

5:27 pm

oldhousejunky

ra 5/18 - ra 4/8 + vowel

5:27 pm

Uneaixoise

oldhouse, do you have the pass gas one??

5:27 pm

Dorens

got gas oldhouse junky?

5:27 pm

klaurel

do you have the FA that means flatulence?

5:27 pm

Uneaixoise

FIREWORKS FOR ME!!

5:28 pm

tazpink

still llooking for the aa

5:28 pm

tinks

YAY uneaix

5:28 pm

klaurel

yay une

5:28 pm

tazpink

yea une

5:28 pm

Dorens

yay UNEaixoise!

5:28 pm

oldhousejunky

Thanks all - I can't believe I missed that one :-(

5:28 pm

Biltong

YAY, une!!

5:28 pm

klaurel

and I meant Et Finis! :) Forgot a letter

5:28 pm

PurloinedLetter

Confrats, Uneaixoise

5:28 pm

Dorens

taz, no AA here

5:28 pm

torgone

Watch out for fireworks around that gas . .

5:28 pm

tinks

Why taz - I haven't got one of those

5:28 pm

klaurel

no, but I could use a drink, dorens. :D

5:29 pm

Dorens

time for dinner....night all

5:29 pm

Uneaixoise

except in 2 ha4's

5:29 pm

Uneaixoise

torgone! LOL!!

5:29 pm

oldhousejunky

thanks again - got gas then fireworks - that trick does work

5:29 pm

Uneaixoise

nite, dorens

5:29 pm

PurloinedLetter

congrats, old house

5:29 pm

Biltong

the very first ta4/5 please? (and a fish?)

5:30 pm

Uneaixoise

congrats, oldhouse

5:30 pm

tinks

wd oldhouse

5:30 pm

Biltong

YAY, oldhouse!!

5:30 pm

klaurel

holy heck! Monster House is out on DVD already???

5:30 pm

klaurel

yay okdhouse

5:31 pm

PurloinedLetter

t + a form of to be -- I am/ you A**

5:31 pm

tinks

ta 4/5 = ta + consonant 2 pts + consonant 1 pt

5:31 pm

cliffopa

how about the ta 6/33?

5:32 pm

klaurel

TA + A-bomb, change the last vowel to the dotted vowel

5:32 pm

Biltong

ty, tinks

5:32 pm

tinks

ta 6/214 = sun ta* + you abbrev + consonant worth 5 + me

5:33 pm

tinks

yw tilltong

5:33 pm

tinks

oops *billtong

5:33 pm

PurloinedLetter

Hope tazpink is not still looking for an aa word

5:33 pm

cliffopa

ty klaurel - i've never seen that one before

5:33 pm

Biltong

:), tinks

5:34 pm

klaurel

:) it was a wierd one

5:34 pm

smaller

te5/10?

5:34 pm

tinks

te + what the sun shines, change the last letter to a vowel

5:34 pm

PurloinedLetter

te + riding the ***l

5:35 pm

tinks

opps

5:35 pm

tinks

also change the 2nd letter to 2nd vowel

5:35 pm

tinks

that is of what the sun shines

5:36 pm

smaller

thanks purloined and tinks! lol tinks!!

5:36 pm

tinks

nope too much wine - ignore my oops

5:36 pm

tinks

yw smaller

5:39 pm

smaller

fo6/30?

5:39 pm

PurloinedLetter

enemy + ***dlywinks

5:40 pm

smaller

THANKS! 1 left!!

5:40 pm

tinks

which one smaller

5:40 pm

tinks

?

5:41 pm

smaller

FIREWORKS!!!!!

5:41 pm

majmom

ha 4/8?

5:41 pm

Biltong

FIREWORKS! Thanks everyone for all the great clues!

5:41 pm

majmom

haor

5:41 pm

Biltong

YAY smaller!!

5:41 pm

smaller

woohoo bittong!!

5:42 pm

PurloinedLetter

congrats, Biltong

5:42 pm

smaller

majmom - double vowel in middle, high point ending

5:42 pm

Biltong

ha4/8 uses double vowel

5:42 pm

tinks

ha + the first 2 leeters of what comes ***** - when you've done somethin

5:42 pm

jean1953

congratulations to everybody who has had fireworks whilst ive been on the phone

5:42 pm

PurloinedLetter

ha + P.M.

5:43 pm

tinks

wd smaller & biltong

5:43 pm

tinks

ty jean

5:43 pm

PurloinedLetter

ha + kenya is in **rica

5:44 pm

majmom

ty all esp. purloined letter-got it

5:44 pm

tinks

good clue purloined

5:45 pm

PurloinedLetter

yw

5:45 pm

majmom

haar

5:46 pm

tinks

that's the one maj

5:47 pm

evanonut

and bonjour!

5:47 pm

tinks

bonjour nut

5:47 pm

PurloinedLetter

olla

5:47 pm

smooth_pappa

DONE!

5:47 pm

evanonut

wow, that took a long time to post

5:48 pm

Biltong

:) evanonut.

5:48 pm

jean1953

congratulations smooth pappa

5:48 pm

PurloinedLetter

Congrats, smooth_pappa!!!!

5:48 pm

Biltong

YAY, smooth!!

5:48 pm

evanonut

:-) all

5:48 pm

smooth_pappa

thank you! There was just one that I just couldn't find!

5:48 pm

smooth_pappa

finally got it!

5:48 pm

tinks

YAY wd pappa

5:50 pm

Biltong

Anyone need any clues? I think everyone on the chat has finished

5:50 pm

tinks

It seems like that biltong - wondering whether to head off

5:52 pm

majmom

ka 6/36?

5:53 pm

klaurel

okay, have to run and edit a friend's writing

5:53 pm

PurloinedLetter

surfing slang for the top guy, the big ka

5:53 pm

klaurel

Maj - think Hawaiin and the KIG KA****

5:53 pm

Biltong

ka6/36 ka+cons+tu4/5

5:53 pm

majmom

ty got it

5:54 pm

Biltong

sorry, tu4/5 but drop the t

5:54 pm

majmom

karad

5:54 pm

Biltong

bye klaurel

5:55 pm

PurloinedLetter

24 ****** gold, majmom

5:55 pm

tinks

bye klaurel

5:56 pm

Biltong

bye everyone, happy babbling!

5:56 pm

tinks

bye biltong

5:56 pm

PurloinedLetter

good bye

5:57 pm

jean1953

bye biltong and klaurel

5:59 pm

shorty

done done done!!!

5:59 pm

faeriekae

Congrats ((((Shorty)))

5:59 pm

faeriekae

Hi everyone

5:59 pm

shorty

ty (((faerie)))

6:00 pm

faeriekae

I need food I'll be right back

6:00 pm

PurloinedLetter

Congrats, shorty

6:00 pm

tinks

oh, wd shorty

6:03 pm

jean1953

congratulations shorty

6:04 pm

shorty

thanks alll

6:06 pm

helenkeller

hey again everyone!

6:07 pm

jean1953

hello helenkeller. and any help with fo6/30 gratefully received

6:07 pm

evanonut

look it, the dynamic duo!

6:08 pm

helenkeller

fo 6/30 = enemy + med talk for 3x/day

6:08 pm

helenkeller

hiya nutty !

6:09 pm

evanonut

hk...sweetie poo poo

6:10 pm

jean1953

thanx helen:)

6:11 pm

helenkeller

nutster, you fruitcake :)

6:13 pm

jean1953

finally ive got fireworks:)

6:13 pm

evanonut

fruity tooty cake

6:14 pm

helenkeller

wtg jean !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

6:15 pm

jean1953

thanx helen

6:17 pm

jean1953

right the hour is late so off to bed happy babbling everyone:)

6:18 pm

helenkeller

bye jean

6:19 pm

helenkeller

FINALLY FIREWORDS !

6:19 pm

periwinkle

Hi all, ta6 please

6:20 pm

helenkeller

hiya peri! ta 6/33 = what you get when you lay out in the sun + abbr. for britain + vowel

6:20 pm

periwinkle

thanks helen, odd word

6:20 pm

helenkeller

anyone else need a clue before i head off?

6:21 pm

helenkeller

sure is peri :)

6:21 pm

periwinkle

ta4/5 can't see it

6:21 pm

periwinkle

Nm found it

6:22 pm

helenkeller

oh good, i was trying to think of a clue, nothing was coming to me

6:22 pm

periwinkle

te5/10?

6:23 pm

helenkeller

te5/10 = te + sun god + vowel

6:23 pm

helenkeller

egyptian sun god, that is

6:23 pm

periwinkle

don't know egyptian sun god :(

6:23 pm

stidmama

hi helen!

6:23 pm

stidmama

hi peri!

6:24 pm

helenkeller

hiya stid

6:24 pm

periwinkle

hi there stidmama

6:24 pm

stidmama

need any help?

6:24 pm

majmom

tarh

6:24 pm

helenkeller

stid - what is your icon? a word in the grid?

6:25 pm

stidmama

not quite, majmom -- anagram of that!

6:25 pm

periwinkle

got the te5, figured out the sun god

6:25 pm

stidmama

yes, ho 4/5 helen... in a roundabout way.

6:25 pm

stidmama

go peri go!

6:25 pm

majmom

sorry

6:26 pm

periwinkle

stid are you done? I have 30 left

6:26 pm

helenkeller

gotcha

6:26 pm

stidmama

I finished a while ago, have about 5 minutes to clue...

6:26 pm

stidmama

helen, are you feeling okay today?

6:27 pm

periwinkle

tr4 these little words are driving me nuts

6:28 pm

faeriekae

Hey gang all done now

6:28 pm

stidmama

tr 4: short form of something that is common to a culture, it's tr**ition?

6:28 pm

stidmama

hi FaerieKae! how are you doing? how's the house looking?

6:28 pm

periwinkle

thanks stid

6:29 pm

faeriekae

(((Stid))) How ya doing?

6:29 pm

shorty

yeay (((faerie)))

6:29 pm

helenkeller

stid - thanks for asking, still feeling crappy though

6:29 pm

riemann

Hi Stid! How goes?

6:29 pm

stidmama

coping, working up a migraine I fear... and this is the night we go hear the Seattle Symphony. *sigh* never fails

6:29 pm

faeriekae

the house is coming along really well and I got good news today that I may have sold my house in Michigan

6:29 pm

helenkeller

wtg faerie !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

6:29 pm

stidmama

hi shorty!

6:29 pm

faeriekae

Thanks Shorty :)

6:30 pm

stidmama

sorry to hear that helen -- are you resting enough? your body heals faster if you rest...

6:30 pm

shorty

hi stid!!!

6:30 pm

stidmama

hi riemann -- see post at 6:29... you?

6:30 pm

riemann

Sorry to hear that Stid. BTW, your clock is slow.

6:30 pm

Natasha

hi everyone, dropping in for a few minutes before rushing off to a social thingy

6:30 pm

helenkeller

stid - sorry to hear about your migraine - if you count sitting at the puter playing babble, then, yep, i'm resting :)

6:30 pm

stidmama

my clock, dear professor, is entirely backwards... jsut like my life!

6:31 pm

stidmama

hi Natasha!

6:31 pm

helenkeller

hiya nat!

6:31 pm

faeriekae

be better soon Helen *sending well wishs*

6:31 pm

faeriekae

Hi Natasha

6:31 pm

helenkeller

ty faerie :)

6:31 pm

riemann

I just thought you decided to join the ranks of the left-handed.

6:31 pm

periwinkle

tu4/8

6:31 pm

Natasha

af 5?

6:32 pm

stidmama

LOL riemann! I am left-handed enough -- still sometimes can't figure out which side to stand on for golf and baseball!

6:32 pm

stidmama

tu 4/8 is a volcanic rock with bits and pieces in it... only the third letter differs from the fish. Look for 4 pt letter

6:32 pm

periwinkle

Nm found the tu4/8 with my monkeys help

6:32 pm

stidmama

af 5 is "in front of, occuring before" sort of a hill billy expression

6:33 pm

stidmama

go monkeys go!

6:34 pm

stidmama

gotta go... good luck on grid all. riemann, if you want to talk to stidmatt and find out how bad a mama I am, he's here. Just running the other one to my parents for an overnight.

6:34 pm

majmom

ra 5/18 ta 4/5?

6:34 pm

stidmama

back soon!

6:34 pm

riemann

*chuckle* will do.

6:34 pm

riemann

Stidmatt, How goes?

6:35 pm

faeriekae

later Stid

6:35 pm

periwinkle

ha4/8?

6:35 pm

faeriekae

ok I'm outta here Happy Babbling everyone :)

6:36 pm

helenkeller

bye stid, bye faerie

6:37 pm

helenkeller

ha4/8 = ha + abbr for flyboys

6:37 pm

periwinkle

helen don't abbrev for flyboys

6:38 pm

periwinkle

but I just figured it out :) thanks helen

6:39 pm

helenkeller

np :)

6:40 pm

periwinkle

missing 1st or 2nd ha4/5 have the one iwth double vowel and ending in r

6:40 pm

periwinkle

NM found it

6:41 pm

tinks

majmom - ta 4/5 ta + the beginniningof abbrevieate her royal highness

6:41 pm

periwinkle

ho5/14?

6:42 pm

helenkeller

peri - add a cons to the previous

6:42 pm

majmom

ty tinks

6:42 pm

helenkeller

(at the end)

6:43 pm

tinks

yw maj

6:43 pm

helenkeller

peri - you have the flyboys one? not the army, not the marines, but the *ir *orce

6:43 pm

Natasha

ar 5?

6:43 pm

majmom

trofu

6:43 pm

helenkeller

ar + cap

6:43 pm

periwinkle

thanks helen

6:44 pm

tinks

ar + what you wear on your head

6:44 pm

Natasha

ohhhh, I can't be lieve I missed that...fish please?

6:44 pm

tinks

too slow!

6:44 pm

periwinkle

helen, yes I got the flyboys one, thanks

6:45 pm

majmom

last one need ra 5/18 any clues?

6:45 pm

periwinkle

hu4

6:45 pm

larlielou

can anyone help with ta 6 33 please

6:45 pm

periwinkle

NM found it

6:46 pm

tinks

ra + consonant woth 5 + northern uk saying double vowel (the same one)

6:46 pm

periwinkle

both ka6 words please

6:46 pm

helenkeller

ta6/33 = what you get when you lay out in the sun + abbrev. for britain + vowel

6:47 pm

helenkeller

ka's = wax on, wax off movie

6:47 pm

helenkeller

other ka = bobby darrin, the big ka*****

6:47 pm

majmom

ty again tinks Fireworks good nite all

6:48 pm

helenkeller

wtg maj !!!!!!!!!!

6:48 pm

tinks

g'nite maj

6:48 pm

periwinkle

helen, got the bobby darin clue, can't believe I remembered it, but don't get your clue for the other

6:48 pm

Scrabbler

Anybody need clues?

6:49 pm

penpooh4

how about the dh word please.

6:49 pm

tinks

peri - sun ta* + where I am abbev + me

6:49 pm

periwinkle

ka6/30?

6:49 pm

larlielou

thanks helen that was my last

6:50 pm

tinks

yay wd alr

6:50 pm

Scrabbler

dh4= dh + "B**e a birthday c**e." (cook in the oven)

6:50 pm

gwenski

peri - a martial art

6:50 pm

gwenski

Evening, all!

6:50 pm

Scrabbler

ka6,30 = martial art similar to judo and tae kwon do

6:50 pm

periwinkle

thanks gwenski and scrabbler

6:50 pm

tinks

it's the ka**** kid peri - back to the wax on wax off that peeps were saying earlier

6:50 pm

helenkeller

peri - what scrabbler said

6:51 pm

helenkeller

hiya scrabbler!

6:51 pm

helenkeller

hiya gwenski!

6:51 pm

Change of Pace

Hi everyone long time no see.

6:51 pm

Natasha

fr7?

6:51 pm

Scrabbler

Hi helen--I am in slug mode, so my choices are TV, Babble or sleep. Guess what I chose folks?

6:51 pm

helenkeller

i'm gonna take off, bbl :)

6:52 pm

periwinkle

2nd ka5/18 pleae

6:52 pm

Natasha

bye helen

6:52 pm

Scrabbler

Think gold

6:52 pm

periwinkle

have that one Scrabbler

6:52 pm

egm

hi

6:52 pm

tinks

ka + australian bouncy creature with pouch

6:52 pm

egm

i havent been on babble for agaes

6:52 pm

Scrabbler

fr7= German word for broken bone, and it is close to the English word

6:53 pm

periwinkle

thanks tinks

6:53 pm

Natasha

it takes that, but not half the english words I know?

6:53 pm

Scrabbler

Peri---what tinks said

6:53 pm

tinks

nickname for that bouncy creature peri

6:53 pm

tinks

yw peri

6:53 pm

periwinkle

kh5 pleae

6:54 pm

Scrabbler

kh5= kh + Listen to the r***o

6:54 pm

gwenski

Is it because I haven't been able to play much, or does this grid have weird words?

6:54 pm

tinks

kh + when you have more things they are ***tional

6:54 pm

chrissie2006

af?

6:54 pm

tinks

this grid does have weird words!

6:55 pm

Natasha

no, you are right gwenski

6:55 pm

Scrabbler

These words are WEIRD. I ahven't used ta6 in a conversation in...forever!

6:55 pm

tinks

2 af's

6:55 pm

tinks

one is scared

6:55 pm

Natasha

ok, gotta scoot for a while. see you later.

6:55 pm

Scrabbler

af5= a + fo4 (what you say when you tee off in golf)

6:55 pm

tinks

and one comes first

6:55 pm

periwinkle

thanks Scrabbler and tinks

6:55 pm

gwenski

Well, since I just got started, please, everyone else, keep on asking for clues!

6:56 pm

Scrabbler

af6 = to be "ascared"

6:56 pm

periwinkle

15 left, bbl

6:56 pm

Scrabbler

Keep asking

6:56 pm

penpooh4

i have tried every letter with the dh and it says it is not in the dictionary

6:56 pm

tinks

2 x dh

6:57 pm

Scrabbler

dh4= dh + 1st vowel + 11th letter

6:57 pm

egm

does ant1 no mr p i think it is

6:57 pm

gwenski

dh + a rifle **47

6:57 pm

egm

soz

6:57 pm

Scrabbler

dh5= dh + "We can find a sol***on to your problems."

6:57 pm

tinks

dh + not me yo* + mr or miss is a ++tle

6:58 pm

Buttonman

Hi everbody!

6:58 pm

Scrabbler

Hey Buttonman

6:58 pm

tinks

hi button

6:59 pm

BettyAnne

I have 2 left. un5/14 & ho5/14. Any clues please.

7:00 pm

xoappleox

hello

7:00 pm

Scrabbler

un5= to remove a cap from the he4

7:00 pm

tinks

ho - ho + a cheer

7:00 pm

xoappleox

im new to this game so i dont know much

7:00 pm

Scrabbler

ho5,14 = ho4 + 1st vowel added at end

7:01 pm

tinks

hi xoap

7:01 pm

Scrabbler

Just look for words, apple.

7:01 pm

Change of Pace

ph 7/40 anyone?

7:01 pm

BettyAnne

Thanks Scrabbler and tinks. Appreciate your help. Have a great night.

7:01 pm

xoappleox

ok

7:01 pm

Scrabbler

Think of Egypt and the bible

7:01 pm

Buttonman

I need a clue for the ao 6/18 and the fa 6/30 please

7:01 pm

Scrabbler

Bye BettyAnne

7:01 pm

tinks

did you get the un bettyanne

7:01 pm

xoappleox

what does that all mean?

7:01 pm

Scrabbler

ao6=Latin pl of ao5

7:02 pm

Buttonman

frae

7:02 pm

Change of Pace

Thanks

7:02 pm

BettyAnne

Yes, I did. Thanks. I'm done for tonight.

7:02 pm

Scrabbler

Apple--look in the help section, and scroll down and read Angelsong and lickety's pages

7:02 pm

tinks

fa 6/30 add 2nd vowel to fa 5/18 before

7:02 pm

xoappleox

ok ty

7:02 pm

Scrabbler

fa6=latin pl for fa5

7:03 pm

xoappleox

where does it say help?

7:03 pm

tinks

g'nite bettyanne and wd

7:03 pm

penpooh4

finally

7:03 pm

Scrabbler

Right above this

7:03 pm

Scrabbler

Are you done pooh?

7:04 pm

penpooh4

Hardly I just wanted to get that stupid word out of the way.

7:06 pm

Buttonman

got both of those, thanks

7:06 pm

tinks

xen - if you look below the grid there's "Friends of Babble" - look at lickety's babble clues

7:06 pm

penpooh4

what was confusing me they kept saying it was 6 letters is there another one

7:06 pm

xoappleox

ty

7:06 pm

Buttonman

need a clue for the fo 6/30

7:07 pm

xoappleox

but i stilll dont get it

7:07 pm

xoappleox

o well

7:07 pm

xoappleox

ill do my best

7:07 pm

tinks

fo 6/30 is like one from the grid a fe days ago with an o added - smelly was the prev one

7:07 pm

Scrabbler

fo6,30 = alternate spelling for a fe5 word meaning foul-smelling or rotten-smelling

7:08 pm

Scrabbler

Apple---1st # = how many tiles are used in the word, and the 2nd # = point total

7:09 pm

xoappleox

i get it abit

7:10 pm

svso

two to go and I am not to proud to ask for a clue at this point. Anyone have the te5/10 or the tr5/18. Its always the little words that stump me.

7:10 pm

xoappleox

ty so much for helping me

7:10 pm

Scrabbler

It's like a wordsearch, but without the list--we must find the words knwoing that they are staring us in the face.

7:11 pm

tinks

not sure what you see unregistered xo, there is a chart below the grid that willtell you how many wods start with each letter in the grid, but I don't think you see that

7:11 pm

Scrabbler

te5,10= te + ra4, minus last ltr

7:11 pm

xoappleox

i can see it

7:11 pm

Scrabbler

tr5,18= tr + tree, the mighty ***

7:12 pm

xoappleox

im only a kid so i dont know many things about babble

7:12 pm

Scrabbler

svso--use the 1st ra4 for that te5

7:12 pm

tinks

tr + a tree

7:12 pm

Scrabbler

But you know words, apple, so you can do this.

7:12 pm

tinks

tie a yellow ribbon....

7:13 pm

svso

Got them, thanks for the help. at least they wern't common words. Fireworks for me, can I return the favor by giving someone else a clue?

7:13 pm

Scrabbler

svso---are you OK?

7:13 pm

Scrabbler

yay, svso! Good work!

7:13 pm

svso

And I am okay scrabbler, thanks for asking.

7:13 pm

tinks

wd svso - should i disappear now?

7:14 pm

gwenski

AO's, please?

7:14 pm

svso

I'm finished. I'm sure some one else needs a clue or two.

7:14 pm

Scrabbler

Any other clues needed? Time to make dinner and watch baseball.

7:14 pm

svso

ao's have to do with the largest blod vessel in the body.

7:15 pm

gwenski

Thanks!

7:15 pm

tinks

2 ao's - heart related

7:15 pm

Scrabbler

ao5=major artery leaving heart, and pl is Latin

7:15 pm

svso

Sorry that's blood vessel.

7:15 pm

tinks

wd svso

7:16 pm

svso

If no one else wants a clue, I will sign off.

7:16 pm

xoappleox

i have to go now, i need to help my mum do some house work

7:16 pm

tinks

I keep thinking the same svso - but still here - g'nite

7:16 pm

xoappleox

good bye everyone and thanks for helping me

7:17 pm

tinks

yw xoap

7:17 pm

Scrabbler

Bye, apple. Come back here when you can--you will learn a lot.

7:17 pm

xoappleox

:)

7:17 pm

gwenski

SInce you are all so willing, how about either fa5?

7:17 pm

Scrabbler

:) You're a good kid for helping your Mum.

7:18 pm

Scrabbler

fa5= flora and fa***, pl is Latin ending

7:18 pm

tinks

just pondring whether to go back to first 3 eps of Lost S3 or stay here

7:18 pm

svso

fa5 flora and fa***. Also electrical unit named after Fa***ey.

7:18 pm

Scrabbler

The other fa5= unit pf resistance in physics, named after Michael Fa***day. fa + listen to the station on the ***io.

7:19 pm

gwenski

Thanks! Got 'em.

7:19 pm

svso

Your clue is better scrabbler. I will sign off.

7:19 pm

tinks

fa 5 (1st) = a long way + abbreviated commercial

7:19 pm

Scrabbler

OK, Babblers. Good luck, I am going to cheer on the Tigers.

7:20 pm

tinks

hmmn - maybe i should leave scrabbler to it...

7:20 pm

gwenski

Oh no! Are all the clue-givers leaving??

7:21 pm

tinks

I can stay for a bit - but wine is making my eyes and fingers do funny things!!

7:21 pm

gwenski

I'm not shy about asking for clues, tonight. fe5?

7:23 pm

tinks

fe + you abbeviate + the beginning of we exist **e

7:23 pm

gwenski

Ah. I was dancing all aroung it.

7:24 pm

tinks

wow! - my clue worked!?

7:24 pm

gwenski

Yep!

7:25 pm

tinks

excelllent!

7:25 pm

gwenski

Wanna try again, just to continue to boost your confidence? fr5?

7:25 pm

libarebel

I got it too, tinks :)

7:25 pm

tinks

so can I try again?

7:25 pm

pam

hi, a;;

7:25 pm

Jacula

Hi all! Back from my hols a day early & have been quietly getting on with the grid for about an hour. Your clue worked for me, tinks. Thanks! (20 left to find now.)

7:25 pm

libarebel

hi, all, btw!

7:26 pm

pam

*all

7:26 pm

bichon

the 3rd fo 4/7 please

7:26 pm

libarebel

h, jac! 23 left here...

7:26 pm

tinks

fr 5 = fr + gold ***

7:26 pm

libarebel

hi, pam

7:26 pm

bichon

nm

7:26 pm

gwenski

Got it again, tinks!

7:27 pm

Jacula

Hi lib. Like the icon! LOL

7:27 pm

gwenski

23 left here, too

7:27 pm

scatty

hi tinks

7:27 pm

libarebel

fo7-- a stronghold

7:27 pm

scatty

hi jac

7:27 pm

tinks

Welcome back jac - hi scatty! How's the packing going?

7:27 pm

libarebel

ty, jac-- must update theme

7:28 pm

Buttonman

ha 5/14 please

7:28 pm

bichon

in the fr what is the gold ***?

7:28 pm

Jacula

I've still got a map of the Cotswolds (where I've been). Guess I should update, too.

7:28 pm

bichon

nm got it

7:28 pm

scatty

very slowely, hubby had to go down to kent to help his mum clear the garden, she hired a skip and was going to do it herself

7:29 pm

bichon

Jacula do you live in the Cottswalds? If you do I want to come and visit you

7:29 pm

scatty

jac where did you visit

7:29 pm

tinks

I haven't got an ha 5/14

7:29 pm

Buttonman

sorry, he 5/14

7:29 pm

tinks

gold *** = alternate +2nd vowel

7:30 pm

Buttonman

he 5/12...sorry

7:30 pm

gwenski

ha5/14: goes along with a fashion term couture (sp?)

7:30 pm

scatty

ha5-14 = ha + last vowel + crossed letter+ 2nd vowel

7:30 pm

Buttonman

and there is an ha 5/14...it is the only ha i do not have

7:30 pm

Jacula

Hi scatty. Stayed in South Cerney. Weather was awful most of the time but we did get to Bourton-on-the-Water & Cirencester. We drove round trying to find the pub Atalante recommended and missed the village it's in through somehow driving in a circle around it!

7:30 pm

tinks

he 5/12 the thing that beats in your chest

7:31 pm

scatty

jacula, you mean you came to my neck of the woods and didn't pop in for a cuppa

7:31 pm

Buttonman

haute

7:31 pm

Buttonman

darn

7:32 pm

scatty

Bourton-on-the-WAter is about 20 mins from me, i live the otherside of Burford

7:32 pm

gwenski

You've got it now, Buttonman! :)

7:32 pm

tinks

scatty - what do you do that you're always up late?

7:32 pm

Buttonman

I am so sorry, that cusor throws me sometimes..i forget where it is

7:33 pm

scatty

its very easy to get lost around Bourton, did you find Bibury

7:33 pm

Jacula

Sorry scatty! You should've e-mailed me your address.

7:33 pm

kthdsn

Hi all

7:33 pm

rhozee

Help with the last two tr's please. I only have 18 left. It is the closest I've been!

7:34 pm

Buttonman

I need help with the for 6/30...i do not get it

7:34 pm

tinks

hi kate

7:34 pm

Jacula

scatty - Didn't go to Bibury but did pass it. Have been there before to a trout farm about 20 years ago. Went with a chef & his wife who told us, it's not far! LOL.

7:34 pm

pam

hi, kth

7:34 pm

scatty

tinks, i have a bad back, am on alot of morphine, so i tend to sleep all over the place, but my back tends to play me up mostly at night and to save disturbing Jon i stay up

7:35 pm

Jacula

scatty - South Cerney is 63.2 miles from home and the journey takes us 1 hour 5 mins.

7:35 pm

Buttonman

hi, kate welcome to the grid

7:35 pm

tinks

tr 5/12 - tr*** carefully when taking steps

7:35 pm

gwenski

pu6?

7:36 pm

scatty

we go to the trout farm all the time, drives Jon up the wall because i always want the huge pot of food to feed the fish, Bourton and Bibury are really flat so i don't have alot of probs walking round

7:36 pm

gwenski

fo6: brit (?) spelling of word that means rotten, stinky, etc.

7:36 pm

tinks

Kate was here housrs ago - before hi joinede in - did youfinish yet kate?

7:36 pm

kthdsn

I've got 24 words left

7:37 pm

scatty

jacula, will have to look at the map to see where south Cerney is, its near Cirencester isn't it

7:37 pm

kthdsn

I surprised to see so many people up late in the UK

7:37 pm

gwenski

up6 (in addition to pu6)??

7:38 pm

FionaMay

tr5/18 ends in the name of a fine old English tree

7:38 pm

Buttonman

HELP! fo 6/30...I don't get the clue

7:38 pm

Jacula

scatty - Yes, it is.

7:39 pm

scatty

kthden at about 3 in the morning there are only a couple of us still awake, jacula is always about, i don't think she sleeps at all, i'm up until about 4 usualy and tinks is about as well

7:39 pm

gwenski

fo + alien phoning home + card that proves who you are

7:39 pm

tinks

fo + 2nd voewl + a miny fish is a ***ler

7:39 pm

Jacula

scatty - I do sleep! LOL

7:39 pm

Jacula

scatty - I do sleep! LOL

7:39 pm

Jacula

OOps! Pressed twice.

7:40 pm

tinks

I'm only here occasionaly!

7:40 pm

kthdsn

I'm up waiting for my husband to come in, he works in a pub

7:41 pm

tinks

Have drunk too much tonight and struggling with focus!

7:41 pm

Jacula

18 to find.

7:41 pm

periwinkle

14 here, hi everyone

7:41 pm

tinks

C'mon then jac not many to go

7:41 pm

gwenski

12 here

7:42 pm

scatty

hi peri

7:42 pm

tinks

c'mpn peri you were doing well earlier

7:42 pm

shmoozanne

fr7 anyone?

7:42 pm

Jacula

Hi peri.

7:42 pm

pam

hi, peri

7:42 pm

pida 1

hi everybody, could I get or 5/12 pls

7:42 pm

Buttonman

got the fo 6, thanks LINKS & GWEN

7:42 pm

periwinkle

first fa5/11 please

7:42 pm

tinks

gr - german broken bone...

7:42 pm

Buttonman

ho 5/14 please

7:42 pm

scatty

jacula, did you get the big fr word, if so what does it mean, i found it monkey typing

7:43 pm

gwenski

Still looking for up6 and pu6

7:43 pm

tinks

ho + a cheer

7:43 pm

Jacula

scatty - No, not yet. Not using a list.... yet.

7:43 pm

tinks

that was for button

7:43 pm

scatty

peri there is an fa 4/11

7:43 pm

purplepufff

Hi everyone, from Canada

7:44 pm

tinks

hi purple

7:44 pm

gwenski

peri: fa + listen to your ***io

7:44 pm

periwinkle

meant first fa5/18

7:44 pm

Jacula

Hi purplepuff.

7:44 pm

pida 1

up + the 8th letter+ fish eggs

7:44 pm

purplepufff

up 6: up + silent consonant + fish eggs

7:44 pm

periwinkle

thanks gwen

7:45 pm

scatty

peri the first fa5 /18 is fa + hook + 1st vowel + 4th letter

7:45 pm

gwenski

Good grief! What a strange up word!!!

7:45 pm

Jacula

Thanks for the up6, pida. What the heck does it mean??

7:45 pm

pida 1

beats me, Jac

7:45 pm

gwenski

A block or long slat of wood, perforated for the passage of the crowfoot, or cords by which an awning is held up. [

7:45 pm

periwinkle

fa4/8

7:46 pm

Buttonman

thank you LINK, I got the ho 5

7:46 pm

pida 1

or 5/12 please

7:46 pm

gwenski

[That was the definition of the up word]

7:46 pm

kthdsn

peri if you have the fa 5 and 6, take the end off

7:46 pm

scatty

peria colour, light brown or a baby deer

7:46 pm

tinks

my clue on my profile peri

7:46 pm

Jacula

Thanks, gwenski. Just looked it up myself. Never knew it was called that!

7:47 pm

Buttonman

fr 7 please

7:47 pm

bichon

the re 5 please anyone?

7:47 pm

periwinkle

thanks scatty and tinks

7:47 pm

purplepufff

or 5,12: o + what one does with a book

7:47 pm

jillibus

hello all

7:47 pm

purplepufff

hello jilli

7:48 pm

pam

hi, jilli

7:48 pm

scatty

hi jill

7:48 pm

tinks

re + cross consonant + 3rd vowel + first vowel

7:48 pm

gwenski

How about the pu6?

7:48 pm

Jacula

Hi jilli.

7:48 pm

tinks

oops that was a bit spell it out!

7:48 pm

purplepufff

fr 7 : bkoken bone with a sort of german spelling

7:48 pm

pida 1

thanx, purple

7:48 pm

bichon

thanks tinks

7:48 pm

periwinkle

missing an fo4/7

7:48 pm

jillibus

pu6 - TV commentator

7:48 pm

tinks

yw bichon

7:48 pm

periwinkle

NM found it

7:49 pm

gwenski

Got it!

7:49 pm

pbr

evening -- any help for the fr7/60 and the ta6/33 pls

7:49 pm

pida 1

dh 5/16

7:49 pm

Jacula

Brilliant clue for the fr7, purplepuff! Thank you.

7:49 pm

bichon

teek

7:49 pm

Jacula

Hi pbr.

7:49 pm

scatty

fo 4/7 fo+hook+1st vowel

7:50 pm

scatty

fo+hook+2nd vowel

7:50 pm

pam

i second your brilliance, purplepuff!

7:50 pm

purplepufff

yw jacula

7:50 pm

scatty

fo+hook+crossed letter

7:50 pm

pbr

hi jacula -- trying to figure out the clue for the fr7

7:51 pm

jillibus

dh5/16 - Indian loincloth

7:51 pm

jillibus

d + small building + vowel

7:51 pm

Jacula

scatty - thanks for that fo4.

7:51 pm

tinks

fr + **47 (the gun) + french you + hook consonant

7:52 pm

periwinkle

ro5/12?

7:52 pm

scatty

fr+the 6th a+ crossed letter+last vowel+ hook

7:52 pm

pida 1

thnx, jilli

7:52 pm

tinks

the way that you go peri

7:52 pm

gwenski

I really don't want to ask, but since it's my last word: 2nd ho4/5?

7:52 pm

kthdsn

ro5/12 french road

7:52 pm

jillibus

ro 5/12 - add a vowel to the ro before it for a way to get to a place

7:53 pm

scatty

ro, what you would do if you were looking at a map

7:53 pm

gwenski

peri: get your kicks on ro*** 66

7:53 pm

bichon

the te 5 please?

7:53 pm

scatty

planning a trip you would work out what ro to take

7:53 pm

tinks

it's frosty suff - ho + we **e

7:53 pm

Jacula

pbr - fr7 - fr + anti-aircraft fire (half of it) + most of what a wheel does (or start of British breakfast beverage + uncertain sounding word).

7:53 pm

periwinkle

thanks everyone, got the ro5

7:53 pm

purplepufff

ka 6/36 please

7:53 pm

jillibus

2nd ho4/5 - a kind of frost

7:54 pm

gwenski

Okay, maybe I need the first ho4/5, cuz I have the frosty stuff.

7:54 pm

periwinkle

1st ra4/5?

7:55 pm

gwenski

ka6/36: a bigshot. kinda a Hawaiian term.

7:55 pm

periwinkle

NM found it

7:55 pm

tinks

ho - someone who digs out wees

7:55 pm

scatty

peri ra what you would clear leaves up with

7:55 pm

purplepufff

ra 4/5 : spray to kill bugs

7:55 pm

jillibus

ka6/36 -- Hawaiian head honcho - a big ka****, rhymes with a fish

7:55 pm

tinks

*weeds

7:55 pm

gwenski

Fireworks! Thanks to all!!

7:55 pm

girlfriday

KH 5/22?

7:55 pm

periwinkle

ra5/18?

7:55 pm

pam

yay, gwen!

7:56 pm

tinks

yay ed gwen!

7:56 pm

girlfriday

PH 7/40

7:56 pm

jillibus

YAY gwenski!!!

7:56 pm

gwenski

Moses told the ph7 to 'let my people go'!

7:56 pm

scatty

and 2nd vowel to the garden ra

7:56 pm

jillibus

ra5/18 - duplicate the last vowel of the ra4/8 before it

7:56 pm

periwinkle

thanks scatty

7:57 pm

tinks

ph - is egyptioan king

7:57 pm

gwenski

kh + ad4/5 (without last consonant)

7:58 pm

periwinkle

re5/10?

7:58 pm

bichon

the te 5 please

7:58 pm

jillibus

re5/10 - re + *** maria

7:58 pm

girlfriday

thanks, again, gwen

7:58 pm

kthdsn

I'm waaaay too tired to deal with words

7:59 pm

tinks

re 5/10 = re + cross consonant + 3rd vowel + first vowel

7:59 pm

Ornith

hiya all

7:59 pm

periwinkle

thanks jilli

7:59 pm

pbr

how 'bout the ta6/33?

7:59 pm

kthdsn

I'm gonna call it a night, I'll probably be around tomorrow night

7:59 pm

Jacula

Hi Ornith. 'Bye kthdsn.

7:59 pm

scatty

i leaving you to it, this chair is not doing me any favours tonight, see you all tomorrow, bye, Re 5/10 is re+crossed letter+3rd vowel+1st vowel

7:59 pm

bichon

if I get the te I can go to bed and wake up refreshed for another Babble

7:59 pm

tinks

g'nite kate

7:59 pm

gwenski

te + bug spray (minus last vowel) that was recently clued

7:59 pm

jillibus

te5/10 - te + ra4/5 minus last letter

8:00 pm

Jacula

'Bye scatty. See you later.x

8:00 pm

periwinkle

I got FIREWORKS, first time in over two weeks.

8:00 pm

scatty

bichon which te

8:00 pm

bichon

the te 5

8:00 pm

scatty

well done peri

8:00 pm

jillibus

YAY peri!!!

8:00 pm

Jacula

Well done, peri!

8:00 pm

pam

yay, oeri!!!!!!!!

8:00 pm

tinks

take care scatty

8:00 pm

periwinkle

see you all tomorrow

8:00 pm

purplepufff

bravo! peri

8:00 pm

scatty

bye jac, by tinks, by peri and everyone else i have forgotton

8:00 pm

jillibus

bichon, I clued it at 7:59

8:01 pm

pam

bye, scatty

8:01 pm

bichon

thanks to all

8:01 pm

pam

night, peri

8:01 pm

gwenski

ta6/33: color from being in sun + abbrev for England + vowel for me

8:01 pm

jillibus

bye scatty

8:01 pm

Jacula

'Bye peri.

8:01 pm

tinks

te 5 = te + a *** of sunshine but chane last letter

8:01 pm

tinks

to avowel

8:02 pm

Jacula

Thanks for the ta6 clue, gwenski. Worked a treat!

8:02 pm

pbr

gwenski thx -- doing the fireworks!

8:02 pm

tinks

yay wd pbr

8:02 pm

gwenski

Congrats pbr!

8:02 pm

jillibus

YAY pbr!!!

8:03 pm

Ornith

grats jilli and pbr

8:03 pm

Ornith

er, wait, it was peri. sleepy today

8:03 pm

jillibus

hi ornith -- I finished hours ago but thanks

8:03 pm

Jacula

Well done, pbr!

8:03 pm

Ornith

hehe

8:04 pm

jillibus

jac - love your map - familiar ground to me

8:04 pm

pbr

i haven't been able to do many grids lately, so it is great when I can finish one.

8:04 pm

girlfriday

Only three left for me: FE 5/18....FR 5/16 and AR 5/12, any help greatly appreciated. Then I can go to dinner!

8:04 pm

Ornith

I may have to go back to playing less intellectual games today

8:04 pm

gwenski

My feelings exactly, pbr!!

8:05 pm

Ornith

ack! it doesn't have afro? stupid enable...

8:05 pm

pbr

ar5 ar+not a cap but a ***

8:05 pm

tinks

ar + what you wear on your head

8:05 pm

jillibus

fe5/18 - french for fire + beginning of pirate exclamation

8:05 pm

girlfriday

okay, got it, whatever that is! thanks

8:06 pm

gwenski

fr + mineral (iron ***, gold ***, etc)

8:06 pm

jillibus

ar5/12 -- ar + headgear

8:07 pm

gwenski

Well, I need to go. Hope to play again soon and see you all then! Good night!

8:08 pm

tinks

i haven't got an fr 5/16...

8:08 pm

Jacula

jilli - Thanks. It's where I've just been holidaying. Only 63 miles from home.

8:08 pm

jillibus

bye gwenski!

8:08 pm

tinks

g'nite gwen

8:08 pm

Jacula

'Night gwenski and thank you for the clues.

8:08 pm

pam

night, gwen

8:08 pm

pam

night, gwen

8:08 pm

gwenski

fr5/16: fr + mineral (iron ***, gold ***, etc)

8:08 pm

pam

what do pirates exclaim? having trouble with the f.18

8:09 pm

Ornith

phantom: tundra

8:09 pm

tinks

oh, yes gwen that's it

8:09 pm

girlfriday

thanks, all...down to last word.. FE 5/18...Love Johnnnot getting the pirate exclamation...yo ho ho? Argh?

8:09 pm

jillibus

arrrrgh!!!!

8:09 pm

Jacula

pam - 'Oh **!' Or '**, Jim lad!'

8:09 pm

girlfriday

johnny depp I meant to write!

8:10 pm

tinks

fe + you (text abbrev) + exist **e

8:10 pm

pam

thanks!

8:10 pm

girlfriday

maybe it's a british/american thing...still don't get it!

8:10 pm

Jacula

fe5/18 - French for fire + pirate word.

8:10 pm

Ornith

Arrrr, girlfriday, we'll make ye walk the plank!

8:11 pm

jillibus

fe5/18 - (Scots Law) One who holds a fe*

8:12 pm

Jacula

Avast ye, girlfriday, and think... oh arrrrrr, ye must re4/5 the clues most carefully, lass!

8:14 pm

girlfriday

Okay, Jacula..Im a girl, wasn't too proficient in pirate speak as a child..got it. Many thanks, to all you kind...and patient cluers!

8:14 pm

tinks

so should U go or should i stay?

8:15 pm

Jacula

Well done, girlfriday!

8:15 pm

jillibus

whew!!!!! Fireworks for girlfriday??????

8:15 pm

Jacula

Now you've got me singing that old song, tinks!

8:15 pm

tinks

or should it be - so should i stay or should i go...

8:16 pm

Jacula

'If I go it could be trouble... if I stay it could be double...' or something like that.

8:16 pm

jillibus

brb

8:16 pm

tinks

hee hee jac

8:16 pm

girlfriday

It's my Friday evening brain! My tummy thanks you all! Off to dinner. Unless I can help, but given my slowness tonight, Ill leave it to the speedy pros!

8:17 pm

Ornith

apparently I've got Friday brain too, getting nowhere slow! gonna give this a rest for a while

8:17 pm

tinks

I could start singing...

8:17 pm

Ornith

and grats girlfriday

8:17 pm

Jacula

See you next grid, Ornith.

8:17 pm

tinks

- that's what I usually do when I've had too much to drink

8:17 pm

purplepufff

Thanks for the clue for ka 6

8:17 pm

purplepufff

8:17 pm

purplepufff

8:17 pm

purplepufff

8:17 pm

purplepufff

8:17 pm

purplepufff

8:17 pm

purplepufff

8:17 pm

purplepufff

8:17 pm

purplepufff

8:17 pm

purplepufff

8:17 pm

purplepufff

8:17 pm

purplepufff

8:17 pm

purplepufff

8:18 pm

Jacula

If you want to sing, tinks, go ahead! *Turns speakers down... just in case...' LOL

8:18 pm

purplepufff

I just found it

8:18 pm

tinks

oops purple!

8:18 pm

purplepufff

OMG - I really don't know what happened

8:18 pm

Jacula

purplepuff just hit the keyboard in excitement, I think!

8:18 pm

purplepufff

Sorry

8:18 pm

tinks

I have to admit I'm not very tuneful!!

8:19 pm

tinks

found what purple?

8:19 pm

Jacula

tinks - you're not going to sing 'Show Me The Way To Go Home' are you? *grins*

8:20 pm

purplepufff

the ka 6,36 - looked for it for at least 15 minutes

8:20 pm

tinks

ok, if you really don't want that jac, how about " so well it's hi... ho... silver lining , everywhere we go....."

8:21 pm

Jacula

purplepuff - the Hawaiian shaman that looks more like a drink?

8:21 pm

purplepufff

Yes! aloha

8:21 pm

Jacula

Tinks! You've just given your age range away!! Tee hee.

8:22 pm

tinks

or ka + abbreviated german - + first vowel

8:22 pm

Jacula

Oh, so have I!:(

8:22 pm

hyunseok

oh no

8:22 pm

Jacula

LOL, my age is on my profile anyway.

8:23 pm

tinks

LOL jac - i'm in the same decade...

8:24 pm

tinks

what's up hyun?

8:25 pm

hyunseok

help me!!

8:25 pm

Jacula

Poor hyun probably heard the Jeff Beck tune and saw all the 'dad dancing' going on. Hyun might work in A & E and be anticipating dealing with all the dislocated shoulders and hip joints. ROFLOL.

8:25 pm

hyunseok

tinks

8:25 pm

tinks

jac - i'm edging back to the stranglers...

8:25 pm

Buttonman

I have two 6 words and the two 7 word to finish the grid. I need some help please

8:26 pm

hyunseok

grid

8:26 pm

hyunseok

help me please

8:26 pm

Buttonman

I need the up 6/27 please

8:26 pm

lbdawger

I just finished, which words do you need Button?

8:27 pm

Jacula

tinks - How about 'Peaches' then?

8:27 pm

tinks

hyun - do you know what you need to know?

8:27 pm

hyunseok

?

8:27 pm

hyunseok

no

8:27 pm

tinks

I sooooo soooovvveeed peaches!!!

8:28 pm

Buttonman

I need ph 7 and fr 7 and ta6/33 and up 6/27

8:28 pm

Buttonman

IBDWGER, lets start with the UP 6 please

8:29 pm

tinks

up 7 - nasty one. up + 2 point consonant + fish eggs

8:29 pm

lbdawger

Ph7, king tut was one,

8:29 pm

Jacula

tinks - you sing 'Peaches' then!:)

8:29 pm

purplepufff

ph 7 is king in Egypt

8:30 pm

tinks

I sooo had that jac - used to belt it out on hockey tours...

8:30 pm

lbdawger

up6, up+jack and jill ran up a *ill +fish eggs

8:30 pm

tinks

Have paid more attention to other stuff lately

8:30 pm

purplepufff

fr 7 is broken bone with a sort of german spelling

8:30 pm

penpooh4

yea but how do you spell it I have tried it every way

8:30 pm

penpooh4

the ph that is

8:31 pm

tinks

walkin' on the beaches, lookin' at the peaches....

8:31 pm

Jacula

dum-de-dum...

8:31 pm

lbdawger

ta6/33 sounds japanese. ta+ more than a hydrogen bomb chnage last vowel

8:31 pm

purplepufff

Egyptian with 7 letters ends with silent consonant

8:32 pm

purplepufff

Egyptian king (ph)

8:32 pm

Jacula

doo, doo, doo, doo, Dah. DUM, DE DUM . (Just accompanying tinks' song.)

8:32 pm

lbdawger

fr7, fr*n* sinatra+ 1812 over***e

8:32 pm

purplepros

woo ... I just spotted DIARHOA

8:33 pm

Jacula

diarrhoea, purplepros.

8:33 pm

lbdawger

ph7 first four letters sound like distance word+ first vowel+ exclamation sound.

8:33 pm

tinks

ta 6/33 = sun ta* + you (abberv) + consonant worht 5 + me

8:33 pm

purplepros

diarhoa is when dyslexics get dysentery

8:34 pm

penpooh4

Ah an extra a dosn' look right

8:34 pm

purplepufff

My very last one. I seem to have tried every possible combination. Nothing works.

8:34 pm

Jacula

ROFLOL, purplepros.

8:34 pm

purplepros

how many words in this one?

8:34 pm

purplepufff

The penultimate ra 4/5. Any clue please?

8:35 pm

Jacula

8 words to go. Diving back into grid to find them now.

8:35 pm

purplepufff

Hi, purplepros

8:35 pm

Jacula

115 words today, purple.

8:35 pm

purplepros

hiya

8:35 pm

purplepros

thanx jac

8:36 pm

tinks

south african currency purple

8:37 pm

lbdawger

purplepuff, two ra4/5 first is to break into something or the bug spray. 2nd is like the road map company ra** and mcnally

8:37 pm

tinks

or bankrobbers plan a ra**

8:37 pm

purplepufff

Thanks tinks

8:37 pm

Douglas

Hello everyone...

8:38 pm

tinks

hi douglas

8:38 pm

lbdawger

hey Douglas

8:38 pm

lbdawger

Button did the clues help?

8:38 pm

tinks

if i stay ther will be touble

8:38 pm

Douglas

Are raccoons known for longevity?

8:39 pm

tinks

but if i go it will be double...

8:39 pm

tinks

so c'mon please and let me know...

8:39 pm

Douglas

The reason I ask is that my grandfather would use the expression, "I haven't seen you in a coon's age!"

8:39 pm

Jacula

Keep singing, tinks!

8:39 pm

lbdawger

douglas, why are you planning on raising one?

8:39 pm

tinks

should i stay or should i go?

8:39 pm

Jacula

Hi Douglas.

8:39 pm

tinks

you still her jac?

8:40 pm

Jacula

I'm still here, tinks. 3 words left to find.

8:40 pm

Douglas

Hello Jacula!

8:40 pm

purplepufff

Thx Ibd and tinks - I fianlly finished it - First time

8:40 pm

Douglas

I have one as my icon! A Japanese one, that is...

8:40 pm

Jacula

Well done, purplepuff!

8:41 pm

tinks

yay wd purple!

8:41 pm

Ping

evening babblers!

8:41 pm

Douglas

Hooray for purplepufff!!!

8:42 pm

tinks

come back again purple - it can be good fun here...

8:42 pm

Jacula

Evening Ping!

8:42 pm

purplepufff

Evening ping

8:42 pm

tinks

hi ping!

8:42 pm

purplepufff

I'm sure I will, tinks - addicted? Maybe

8:43 pm

tinks

that's me purple - but i have to swear never to start on a grid over 2000 - i just don't have time to finish!!

8:43 pm

Jacula

purplepuff - Did no one warn you about the addiction thing? TSK!

8:44 pm

lbdawger

whoo hoo purplepuff

8:44 pm

tinks

ooops *200

8:44 pm

Jacula

I dunno! I go off on a week's holiday and the place falls to bits. LOL.

8:44 pm

Ping

hi tinks, purple and jacula!

8:44 pm

lbdawger

Hi Ping

8:44 pm

Ping

hey lb!

8:44 pm

tinks

hi ping

8:45 pm

Jacula

Drunken debauchery, singing, ungrammatical stuff. misspelling... ROFLOL.

8:45 pm

tinks

phwwhhh - 2000 would be a nightmare!

8:45 pm

Jacula

2000? EEK!

8:45 pm

Douglas

The Jamaican fruit wouldn't have been a Jamaican fruit if it hadn't been for William Bligh...

8:46 pm

purplepufff

Yesterday's was bad enough

8:46 pm

tinks

hee hee jac - have empty glass - wondering whether to top it up

8:46 pm

Jacula

Douglas - the captain of The Bounty?

8:46 pm

Douglas

That William Bligh?!? Exactly how many William Bligh's do you know, exactly?

8:46 pm

Jacula

Tinks - I've just topped mine up.

8:46 pm

tinks

if i do i maybe should just vanish!

8:47 pm

Buttonman

PLEASE HELP ME....i need one word to finish and I am tired....I still do not understand the TA 6/33

8:47 pm

Jacula

Douglas - only that one. That that I actually know him. Know of him.

8:48 pm

lbdawger

Button, color+5th vowel+**wi fruit

8:48 pm

lemonpizza

button: sun gives ou a ta* + abbrev. for england + 3rd vowel

8:48 pm

Douglas

The Genus Blighia, which consists of some four species of evergreen tropical shrubs and trees, is named in William Bligh's honour. The most commonly cultivated of these is Blighia sapida. Captain Bligh provided specimens to the Royal Botanical Garden at Kew circa 1793. Although some sources have credited Bligh with its introduction to the New World, history indicates that this West African Native was likely already established in Jamaica, probably arriving as a seed secreted away in a slave ship some years earlier.

8:49 pm

lbdawger

Douglas, wild raccoons can live up to 16 years in the wild.

8:49 pm

purplepufff

ta 6,33 : what you get from standing in the sun + Britain and Scotland for short (initials) + letter for "me"

8:49 pm

Jacula

Buttonman - ta6/33 - sun*** (what you get from being out under that big, warm yellow thing in the sky) + short form of the Kingdom that is England, Scotland, Wales, and part of Ireland + vowel that is a personal pronoun.

8:49 pm

Douglas

It's my icon, Buttonman!

8:49 pm

Ping

douglas, do you know these things off the top of your head?

8:50 pm

Buttonman

FIREWORKS>>THANKS IDA your clue got me over

8:50 pm

tinks

ta 6/33 when you sunbathe you get a ta* + when you text people and refer to them it is * + 11th alphabet letter +plus me (sinle letter that's a vowel)

8:50 pm

Buttonman

Thanks all of you for your help

8:50 pm

lbdawger

whoo hoo buttonman!

8:50 pm

Ping

wtg button!

8:50 pm

Jacula

Well done, Buttonman.

8:50 pm

lemonpizza

akit

8:51 pm

Douglas

No, I first Googled "define:****" which mentioned Captain Bligh, then I Googled "**** Captain Bligh"

8:51 pm

Ping

i tried that too, lemon

8:51 pm

purplepufff

congrats button

8:51 pm

Ping

douglas, i'm glad because i don't think a know a single genus myself!

8:52 pm

Douglas

Hooray for Buttonman!

8:53 pm

tinks

yes - go buttonmn!

8:53 pm

Jacula

2 words to go... both t's. Are you still singing tinks?

8:54 pm

purplepufff

which ones jacula?

8:54 pm

gramma

4 left!UP, please?

8:54 pm

tinks

i'm now on - high time, mid afternoon...

8:55 pm

tinks

piople fly by

8:55 pm

tinks

and the traffic booms...

8:55 pm

Douglas

If you're in Sri Lanka, you might be invited to knock back some ar4/8

8:55 pm

tinks

*people fly by...

8:55 pm

lbdawger

gramma, up+sometime silent consonant+ fish egg

8:55 pm

purplepufff

up 6 : up + silent consonant + fish eggs

8:56 pm

gramma

TY

8:56 pm

dilly

ph7/40 stands between me and fireworks. Help, please

8:56 pm

Jacula

dilly - Egyptian king.

8:56 pm

Ping

moses told ph 7 let my people go

8:56 pm

tinks

which t's jac?

8:57 pm

Jacula

1 to go but I need to nip upstairs. Back momentarily....

8:57 pm

Douglas

a Buddhist who has attained Nirvana through rigorous discipline and ascetic practices. Bohdisattva isn't in the grid, but this synonym is...

8:57 pm

dilly

I don't get spelling right!

8:57 pm

gramma

I know what it is but for the life of me I can't spell it. pharoah...NOT!

8:58 pm

Ping

reverse last 2 vowels dilly

8:58 pm

evanonut

hey ping, long time no see

8:58 pm

Ping

hi nut - how's it?

8:58 pm

Jacula

gramma - reverse those last 2 vowels.

8:58 pm

dilly

Me too and I can't find

8:59 pm

evanonut

it being the monster hiding in my closet

8:59 pm

gramma

TY...having a senior moment 8)

8:59 pm

tinks

swap your o and a gramma

8:59 pm

Ping

can't have an empty closet!

9:00 pm

evanonut

yes, my head is enough emptiness here.

9:00 pm

Douglas

East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye...that doesn't help, does it...

9:01 pm

tinks

high timeee

9:01 pm

tinks

mid fternoon

9:01 pm

dilly

OH ty All That did it !!! Fireworks, with a little help from my friends!

9:01 pm

gramma

Last 1..the 1st KA?

9:01 pm

gramma

WTG, dilly!

9:01 pm

Douglas

WTG dilly!!!

9:01 pm

Jacula

Well done, dilly.

9:01 pm

tinks

people fly by... think i mayb should go

9:01 pm

Ping

wtg dilly!!!!!!!!!!

9:02 pm

Ping

night, tinks

9:02 pm

tinks

not sure you'dd all appreciate my singing

9:02 pm

Jacula

tinks - Don't go... sing some Faces songs now.

9:02 pm

lbdawger

whoo hoo dilly

9:03 pm

tinks

faces - probaly know - but not on tip of my tongoue

9:03 pm

gramma

Got it

9:03 pm

dilly

I'd better get dinner started! Doing a jilli !!

9:03 pm

Jacula

The Faces, as I was thinking when I listening to my Rolling Stones, Forty Licks cd earlier, did that stuff far better than the Stones most of the time.

9:04 pm

lbdawger

gramma, hawaiian word, "big dude"

9:04 pm

Jacula

tinks - Go for Rod & The Fces - early stuff then... Cindy (Incidentally) for instance...

9:04 pm

tinks

but i did like the stones even though they were a mini tad earlier than me

9:05 pm

Jacula

Now, where's my last word? *Dives down into grid to find it.*

9:05 pm

tinks

wot? - girls - woke up in the moning light

9:05 pm

tinks

said ???

9:06 pm

Jacula

Only a mini tad earlier, tinks, I think! I guess you are somewhere between 40 and 44?

9:07 pm

tinks

jac - gonna have opt for others - people wont know but still will sing....

9:07 pm

tinks

that's right jac - i am

9:08 pm

tinks

there's a hole in my heart that can only be met by yoooooouuu....

9:09 pm

tinks

or...

9:09 pm

tinks

many too many have stood where i stand

9:10 pm

Jacula

FIREWORKS!:)

9:10 pm

tinks

and many more will stand her to>>oooo>oo

9:10 pm

purplepufff

congrats jacula!

9:10 pm

tinks

YAY!! jac!!

9:11 pm

rockimggramma

pu 6/27, both ka 5/18 and ao 5/10...pls?

9:11 pm

jillibus

YAY jacula!!!! (I just got back)

9:11 pm

tinks

mayabbe it's the way you picked me up and threw away the key....

9:11 pm

lbdawger

whoo hoo Jac!

9:11 pm

jillibus

pu6/27 - TV commentator who knows everything

9:11 pm

GreyWoulf

Yayyyy for Jacula!!!

9:12 pm

lbdawger

hey Jilli!

9:12 pm

purplepufff

ka 5 18 : size of diamond

9:12 pm

jillibus

hi dawg, woulf, etc!

9:12 pm

Jacula

Normally spelled 'ca' though.

9:12 pm

lbdawger

rockinggram: pu6, political talking head.

9:12 pm

Jacula

Hi Wolfie! Thanks! How's the family?

9:12 pm

purplepufff

ka 5 /18 : Australian animal : first 2 letters + last three letters

9:13 pm

tinks

maybe it's the way you picked meup and threw away the key

9:13 pm

jillibus

ao5/10 - big blood vessel - the 6 is the Latin pl

9:13 pm

GreyWoulf

Good Evening to one and all -- I have missed being here lately

9:13 pm

lbdawger

ao5, think about the muscle that pumps blood through your body.

9:13 pm

tinks

hi wouldf

9:14 pm

lbdawger

Hey woulf

9:14 pm

penpooh4

ak4,8 please

9:14 pm

tinks

i will stop singing now

9:14 pm

Douglas

Most people only have 1 ao5/10, so I normally don't think of the plural of them...

9:14 pm

jillibus

true, douglas!

9:14 pm

purplepufff

ak 4/8 sounds like the M.E. where there is a war right now

9:15 pm

jillibus

ak + o say can you s**

9:15 pm

GreyWoulf

hey lbd, tinks and jilli

9:15 pm

Douglas

What I want to know is how come there are people who luuuuv hockey but despise soccer? Isn't soccer just hockey on grass?

9:15 pm

purplepufff

LOL douglas

9:15 pm

lbdawger

where ya been hiding woulf?

9:15 pm

rockimggramma

got clue for diamond size..but not australian animal

9:16 pm

jillibus

douglas, the difference is the goons in hockey who are hired just to beat people up

9:16 pm

tinks

hi woulf -

9:16 pm

penpooh4

thanks

9:16 pm

jillibus

I despise hockey

9:16 pm

purplepufff

australian poster animal - jumps on hind legs

9:16 pm

Jacula

Douglas - in UK we play hockey on grass.:)

9:16 pm

Douglas

There are no enforcers in footie?

9:16 pm

jillibus

yes, we girls do

9:16 pm

GreyWoulf

in the realms of exhaustion, lbd -- Buddy boy was keeping me up at home and work was a little chaotic at the same time

9:17 pm

tinks

hey - used to organise a team for hockey tours - most definitely ongrass!

9:17 pm

lbdawger

ergh, all the more reason to escape to babble land woulf

9:18 pm

jillibus

I don't know much about footie but any I've seen doesn't dwell on the fights the way TV ice hockey does.

9:18 pm

purplepufff

Did you find it rock?

9:18 pm

Jacula

rocking gramma - not quite the right name, I know. Sorry! the ka Aussie leaping thing word is actually a dry ridge in South Africa and also the name of a delicious fruity sauce from there.

9:18 pm

Mooch

For some reason I'm missing the first three ha's. Any clues for them?

9:18 pm

jillibus

I prefer baseball and the World Series is on now

9:19 pm

rockimggramma

thnx for clues...how about ha 5/14, ho 5/14 and tr 5/18..pls?

9:19 pm

Jacula

Mooch - ha + first vowel again for 1st 2.

9:19 pm

GreyWoulf

I try, lbd -- usually I spend my lunch break gridhunting, but not chatting as I don't want to risk getting in trouble at work (not to mention the screen there is too small to hunt and chat at the same time

9:19 pm

jillibus

the first 3 ha's are weird.

9:19 pm

purplepufff

ha 4/8 : sounds like 50%

9:20 pm

Douglas

If there was a fight in a soccer game of the same scale as in a hockey games, the players would face a much greater penalty, would they not?

9:20 pm

Jacula

ha4/5 sunds like the stuff on your head.

9:20 pm

Jacula

EEK! I said a word.

9:20 pm

jillibus

the 3rd ha in an anagram of the despise word

9:20 pm

Douglas

evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes; bark formerly used medicinally

9:20 pm

lbdawger

ahh i hear ya woulf, if i play a work i only have the grid showing, easy to hide behind a work screen! lol

9:21 pm

jillibus

Douglas, that famous head-butt in the World Cup was mild compared to the deliberate maiming of hockey players, cheered on by that jerk Don Cherry

9:21 pm

tinks

oooops! jac

9:21 pm

Jacula

I'm glad I work from home. I can have what the hell I like on my screen.:)

9:21 pm

purplepufff

ha 4/5 (2nd ha) : ha + to be (2nd pers.) minus the e

9:23 pm

chj

hi gang

9:23 pm

Mooch

thanx all, just have the first ha4/8 left

9:23 pm

jillibus

me too, jac, except when I'm working at the library where I'm a volunteer and can't be fired, tee hee - but I only sneak a peek when it's not busy

9:23 pm

GreyWoulf

hey chj!

9:24 pm

Jacula

My dessktop pic at present is a pic of a keyring that re4/5s 'Blessed are the cracked, for they let in the light.'

9:24 pm

jillibus

hi chj - are you happy about the cards? (I asked 3 times yesterday but you didn't anser)

9:24 pm

Jacula

Hi again chj.

9:24 pm

jillibus

hahaha. jac!!!

9:25 pm

Douglas

**** was the game of the old West. Doc Holliday dealt **** before strapping on his guns at Tombstone and walking up the street with Wyatt Earp to shoot down the bad guys.

9:25 pm

Ping

hi chj!

9:25 pm

GreyWoulf

work is actually fairly lenient about internet access so long as you are on your break -- I just limit myself in order to not abuse their generosity...

Also, if I were to start chatting at work I would never get back from break on time!

9:25 pm

jillibus

hi ping

9:25 pm

lbdawger

hey chj

9:26 pm

Ping

hey jilli!

9:26 pm

mamabear

howdy doody

9:26 pm

Jacula

Douglas - now I'm hearing Frankie Laine singing 'Do Not Forsake Me... oh my Darling... on this our wedding day...' etc.

9:26 pm

GreyWoulf

{{{MAMA}}}

9:26 pm

lbdawger

for me it depends on who's being the boss of me. one is very lenient, the other is very anal

9:26 pm

lbdawger

hi Mama

9:26 pm

Jacula

Hi Mamabear!

9:27 pm

GreyWoulf

... wait... now I am having a feeling of deja vu....

didn't we do this before?

9:27 pm

jillibus

howdy mamabear

9:27 pm

purplepufff

ha 4,8 : sounds like 50% of something. with double vowels in the middle.

9:27 pm

Douglas

And I'm seeing the train pull into the station with the bad guy gang getting back together to shoot up Gary Cooper...

9:27 pm

GreyWoulf

lbd, thankfully the micromanager twit I was working for got fired

9:27 pm

mamabear

{{{{GW}}}}} hiya jac, lb, ping, chj, douglas, purplepuff (cute name!), jill

9:27 pm

jillibus

wating for chj's answer - 3 times of asking, no, 4 now, and counting...

9:28 pm

purplepufff

Hi mamabear

9:28 pm

mab

hi gang - welcome home jacs, and hi gw

9:28 pm

mamabear

chj is still in denial, jilli

9:28 pm

Douglas

Using fa6/30 instead of fa5/18 is an exercise in pompous twittery...

9:28 pm

mab

poor jilli

9:28 pm

jillibus

*waiting *now

9:28 pm

mab

feeling ignored

9:28 pm

Jacula

Speaking of anal... About a fortnight ago, I re4/5 about a new cure for hiccoughs (hiccups)... anal massage. Apparently it works. Imagine trying that one on a colleague! ERRRGH!

9:28 pm

mab

abandonned

9:28 pm

Jacula

Hi mab.

9:28 pm

jillibus

ugh, jac!

9:28 pm

mab

invisiible

9:28 pm

Douglas

Hello MAMABEAR...

9:28 pm

Jacula

Stop being dramatic mab! We hear you!

9:29 pm

mamabear

{{{{{mab}}}}}}}

9:29 pm

Ping

hi mab!

9:29 pm

jillibus

brb

9:29 pm

GreyWoulf

{{mab}} -- how are you?

9:29 pm

purplepufff

Hello Mab

9:29 pm

mamabear

are you the same Douglas who tutored me in sudoku?

9:29 pm

lbdawger

Hi Mab

9:29 pm

mab

ok. how goes work and family?

9:30 pm

Douglas

I visit Iron Sudoku from time to time, could have been...

9:30 pm

CiociaJudy

Good evening, all.

9:30 pm

GreyWoulf

I am finding my center at work and it seems to be working it's way over to the family as well --

Seb has started having some good sleep nights lately so I am getting a bit more rest

9:30 pm

GreyWoulf

Hi CJ!!

9:30 pm

mab

i'm being dramatic on jilli's behalf. she keeps asking chj about his silly game and he always seems to be looing away at the same time.

9:31 pm

CiociaJudy

{{{GW}}

9:31 pm

Ping

hi judy!

9:31 pm

Douglas

The fielding of the Detroit pitchers has been most disappointing...

9:31 pm

mab

hi judy

9:31 pm

CiociaJudy

Hiya Ping!

9:32 pm

CiociaJudy

Hiya mab!

9:32 pm

lbdawger

I'm glad things are smoothing out for you Woulf

9:32 pm

mamabear

hmmm..... I was going back and forth in email with someone with screen shots, etc...... ring any bells, douglas?
hi CiociaJudy, ping!!!

9:32 pm

CiociaJudy

hi mama!!

9:33 pm

mab

hi mama

9:33 pm

Douglas

That must have been a different Douglas, MAMABEAR

9:33 pm

CiociaJudy

nice ti5/10 lbd. Yours?

9:33 pm

chj

sorry jilli i missed your question...i was called away from the screen ..what's up

9:33 pm

GreyWoulf

me too, lbd :)

9:33 pm

CiociaJudy

{{{{chj}}}}

9:33 pm

mab

jilli just stepped away momentarily

9:33 pm

mamabear

hi chj!

9:34 pm

chj

haahaha

9:34 pm

CiociaJudy

almost forgot; I still have one to go. clues for fo6/30?

9:34 pm

lbdawger

thanks Judy, I thougth I'd brush it off on the eve of LeslieAnn's nuptuals

9:34 pm

chj

mamabear how are the cubs

9:34 pm

kristinc

evening kids...11 to go for me!

9:34 pm

CiociaJudy

evening kristin!

9:34 pm

GreyWoulf

so what's been going on here? Have I missed any exciting info or have there been any interesting troll encounters?

9:34 pm

kristinc

and my husband is staring impatiently at me :)

9:34 pm

mab

goldie toes!

9:34 pm

Douglas

enemy + time and ***e wait for no man...

9:34 pm

GreyWoulf

{{kristinc}} -- how

9:35 pm

kristinc

heya mab and CJ...long time now see for both!

9:35 pm

lbdawger

Judy, fo6.30 enemy + high ***e (water level)

9:35 pm

GreyWoulf

oops -- how's things?

9:35 pm

Ping

hi kristin!

9:35 pm

lbdawger

Hey Kristi

9:35 pm

CiociaJudy

thx douglas & lbd. Pyros for me!

9:35 pm

kristinc

hi GW...things are fine, staying a little too busy, but fine! :)

9:35 pm

GreyWoulf

And let your husband know that Kirsten does the same thing to me ;D

9:35 pm

mamabear

hi kristinc!

9:35 pm

mamabear

hi kristinc!
cubs suck, chj - I'm a White Sox fan!!!! LOL

9:35 pm

Douglas

Cardinals up 3-2, bottom of the seventh...

9:36 pm

Ping

hooray for judy!

9:36 pm

GreyWoulf

Yayyy for CJ!!!

9:36 pm

kristinc

hallo to dawg and ping and mamabear at well...lots of old friends here tonight!

9:36 pm

CiociaJudy

ty ty ty

9:36 pm

kristinc

good to know GW...he's usually pretty patient...usually

9:36 pm

kristinc

HOORAY Judy!

9:37 pm

mamabear

it's babbleonia reunion friday - it's on the calendar!

9:37 pm

lbdawger

whoo hoo Judy!

9:37 pm

mamabear

i'm celebrating with a little merlot.

9:37 pm

kristinc

I know mama, I've never on on Fridays but I should be...good times!

9:38 pm

Janiece

Good evening, all! Hey, Mamabear, hubby is a cub fan. He says, "Tell her I'm crying now. You broke my liddle heart!"

9:38 pm

Jacula

Wolfie - No idea! I've been away on hol for a week. Got back a few hours ago. We took laptop with us but no wireless signal could be locked onto.

9:38 pm

chj

cubs now have lou

9:38 pm

GreyWoulf

same here -- I call it even, though, as she doesn't follow football much, but she insists on watching every Eagles game and yelling at the TV

9:38 pm

Douglas

Guillen double-clutches, Eckstein beats out the throw...that was a picture right there as to why the Cardinals are leading the Series 3-1, and about to unceremoniously send the Tigers packing, and shut up all the pundits who have been going on and on about the utter superiority of the American League...

9:38 pm

chj

bad choice

9:38 pm

chj

i would nave preferred joe giriardi

9:39 pm

kristinc

yep...the poison here is hockey GW so we're even in my house too!

9:39 pm

chj

go national league go

9:39 pm

GreyWoulf

:-D

9:40 pm

Jacula

Log's moving fast now. Won't even try to keep up with any 'over the pond' sports stuff. If anyone wants any clues though... I'm here.

9:40 pm

kristinc

okay...for the love...what is the blasted dh6 and why oh why can't I get it?

9:41 pm

GreyWoulf

I have to say that I am not enjoying today's grid though -- too many odd words -- I still have 42 to go

9:41 pm

mamabear

lost connection - my messages weren't posted, dang, now I forgot what I said. harumph

9:41 pm

mamabear

lost connection - my messages weren't posted, dang, now I forgot what I said. harumph

9:41 pm

chj

no dh6

9:41 pm

Jacula

Mamabear - there is no such thing as a little Merlot - they are big hairy things. Lots of love from A White Wine Drinker. x LOL

9:41 pm

mamabear

still have 64 GW..... pppffftttttt

9:42 pm

GreyWoulf

:P

9:42 pm

kristinc

ha...that'll do it every time chj *goes looking for the 5*

9:43 pm

chj

there are 2 dh5's

9:43 pm

Jacula

ra4/8 - Greek fire water.

9:44 pm

mab

there's only one dh5, which i don't happen to have yet

9:44 pm

Jacula

dh4/10 - Indian tree that yields pods that give a yellow dye.

9:44 pm

kristinc

hmm...I just grabbed the list and it shows a dh4 and dh5. I have the 4, just one more 5?

9:44 pm

kristinc

thanks mab
how are you btw?

9:45 pm

Mooch

any clue for the fo6/30?

9:45 pm

Jacula

dh5/16 - Indian loincloth - most usually spelled with the 4th vowel rather than the 5th 2nd place.

9:45 pm

Jacula

Mooch - fo6/30 is rotten and stinking.

9:45 pm

GreyWoulf

thanks for that one, Jac

9:46 pm

kristinc

thank you jac

9:46 pm

mab

thanks for the dh jacs

9:46 pm

chj

dh + vladimir p***n

9:46 pm

Jacula

y/w Wolfie & Kristinc. & Mab.

9:47 pm

mamabear

I am in dhenial about dh words

9:47 pm

CiociaJudy

LOL Mama

9:47 pm

chj

i dhon't blame you mama

9:47 pm

kristinc

tee hee mamabear

9:48 pm

mamabear

if I dhon't adhmit they are there, then they aren't really there!

9:48 pm

Mooch

thanx Jacula!

9:48 pm

jillibus

chj - how do you feel about the cards? (5th time of asking)

9:48 pm

Jacula

y/w Mooch.

9:48 pm

mamabear

it's a very simple life philosophy really

9:48 pm

chj

i see it this time jilli

9:48 pm

kristinc

it's my life motto mama!

9:49 pm

chj

im not a card fan but im rooting for them to win the series

9:49 pm

jillibus

:D chj!

9:49 pm

Jacula

dhani - my cousin's son's name. LOL. Mama.

9:49 pm

chj

im a national league fan

9:49 pm

GreyWoulf

One of my favorite jokes from growing up ---

Teacher-- "Jimmy, please use the words - deduct, defeat, defence, and detail, in a sentence

9:49 pm

mamabear

it works sometimes, dhoesn't it, kristin?

9:49 pm

jillibus

likiewise - NL fan, not AL

9:49 pm

Jacula

Go on, Wolfie...

9:49 pm

kristinc

yup mama!

9:49 pm

mab

Hurrah - jilli and chj are looking at the sceen at the same time!!!!!

9:50 pm

GreyWoulf

Jimmy -- after thinking for a minute...

"De feet of the de duckt went over de fence before de tail"

9:50 pm

mamabear

quack away, gw

9:50 pm

jillibus

finally, eh mab!

9:50 pm

Jacula

groan!!

9:50 pm

jillibus

also looking at the game at the same time, I think

9:50 pm

mab

its very moving.....;)

9:51 pm

kristinc

wack wack (that's what ducks really sound like)

9:51 pm

chj

cards 4-2

9:51 pm

jillibus

cards lead by 2 now

9:51 pm

Jacula

I heard a good joke a couple of days ago but it may be a little rude to quote here.

9:51 pm

GreyWoulf

:D

9:51 pm

mamabear

any clues on the T and E wordhs from the lower right handh corner?

9:52 pm

mamabear

way to tease, jac.

9:52 pm

chj

have no idea which words those might be mama

9:52 pm

jillibus

brb again

9:52 pm

GreyWoulf

the T is a tu4 - sounds like a buy one get one deal

9:52 pm

kristinc

we're only family friendly before 7 PM right?!?

9:52 pm

mamabear

the chart shows 1 T and 1 E wordh from the lower right handh corner.....

9:53 pm

mamabear

got it, GW! thanks

9:53 pm

chj

looks like tu + ** a long long way to run

9:53 pm

kristinc

the e word is the famed need case mama

9:53 pm

kristinc

needle

9:54 pm

chj

and et4 a needle case

9:54 pm

Jacula

krinstinc! Are you saying ducks are into S &M? If so, you are quite wrong. Moorhens on the other hand. might raise 5 or 6 chicks, but they then bash up and bully at least 4 of them to their deaths because they realise they can only hope to raise one or two chicks to adulthood. How cruel is that? I will never sit bside a lake or pond again and look at them with their strin g of babies behind them and feel the same again.

9:55 pm

jillibus

ok, back for a few (cooking supper)

9:55 pm

kristinc

um...fyi, the two post we're completely unrelated but your post is funny nonetheless :)

9:55 pm

GreyWoulf

I like to think we are always family friendly, kristi -- just that at times we let the family fend for itself and prove that it is capable of acting in a mature manner (unless the family member in question is a young 'un)

9:55 pm

penpooh4

help wth et word pls

9:55 pm

mamabear

got the et. thanks

9:56 pm

kristinc

actually, I like that kiddos play this game too but Jac is a tease! :)

9:56 pm

mamabear

et plus 2 vowels

9:56 pm

Jacula

The joke... typing it in now.

9:56 pm

lbdawger

welp time for tea and numbers. see you all on the morrow!

9:56 pm

GreyWoulf

penpooh -- looks like it rhymes with phooey

9:56 pm

jillibus

penpooh, et + be q**et

9:57 pm

kristinc

is that true Jac? now you have me thinking about the poor ducks!

9:57 pm

mamabear

see ya lb!

9:57 pm

kristinc

bye dawg!

9:57 pm

mamabear

dhon't think about it kristinc, then it's not there - remember our philosophy?

9:57 pm

jillibus

waiting for the rude joke, jac

9:57 pm

GreyWoulf

later, lbd -- good 'seeing' you :)

9:57 pm

chj

jac wait while i close my eyes

9:57 pm

jillibus

ttfn, dawg!

9:57 pm

penpooh4

thanks

9:58 pm

chj

somebody buzz me when the joke is over please

9:58 pm

jillibus

yw

9:58 pm

kristinc

yes...in dhenial about the fate of the little duckies...the duck was my original icon you know before the who goldie thing took off!

9:58 pm

mamabear

all the little dhuckies livedh happily ever after, kristinc...... I readh it in the paper today

9:59 pm

Jacula

Church organist Miss Beatrice was an 80-year-old spinster. One afternoon, the vicar visited and she took him to her sitting room. He sat down and noticed her old Hammond organ, on top of which was a glass bowl filled with water. Floating in the water was a condom.

9:59 pm

Jacula

Do you want me to go on with the joke?

9:59 pm

chj

think the yankees would like to have jeff weaver back?

9:59 pm

libarebel

hi, all-- jilli-- who is the ro4/5?

9:59 pm

jillibus

yes please, jac

10:00 pm

mamabear

can't stop now, jac! not right to just walk away from a floating condhom

10:00 pm

jillibus

chj - jeff weaver, blond bombshell

10:00 pm

Jacula

okayjilli!

10:00 pm

chj

my eyes are closed jac

10:00 pm

GreyWoulf

You are really being the tease tonight, Jac!

10:00 pm

jillibus

like hell, chj

10:00 pm

mamabear

chj is peeking

10:00 pm

GreyWoulf

I see you peeking through your fingers, chj

10:00 pm

chj

[peeking thru my fingers]

10:01 pm

mamabear

ah HA

10:01 pm

helenkeller

hey everyone!

10:01 pm

Jacula

When she returned with tea and scones, the vicar tried to stifle his curiosity about the bowl of water and its strange floater; but soon it got the better of him and he could no longer resist....

10:01 pm

mamabear

hey helen!

10:02 pm

GreyWoulf

10:02 pm

jillibus

pant pant, jac...

10:02 pm

kristinc

hiya helen!

10:02 pm

CiociaJudy

hiya hk!

10:02 pm

jillibus

hi hk

10:02 pm

Jacula

'Miss Beatrice," he said, pointing to the bowl. 'I wonder if you would tell me about this.'

10:02 pm

libarebel

hi, helen!

10:03 pm

jillibus

hk, back up a bit for jac's joke

10:03 pm

chj

cards 3 outs away

10:03 pm

jillibus

yoohoo, weaver!

10:03 pm

helenkeller

tx, yes i have, anxiously awaiting

10:03 pm

kristinc

oh and hi liba too!

10:03 pm

helenkeller

st. louis is going to be a nut-town tonight

10:03 pm

Jacula

'Oh, yes,' she replied. 'Isn't it wonderful?' I was walking through the park when I found this little package on the ground.

10:04 pm

libarebel

hi, kristin!

10:04 pm

kristinc

*whispers* fireworks (so as not to interupt the joke)

10:04 pm

Douglas

That was the Tigers' big chance...

10:04 pm

rockimggramma

ha 5/14, ho 5/14 and tr 5/18..pls?

10:04 pm

chj

coney island white fish

10:04 pm

GreyWoulf

YAYYYYYYYY for kristi!!!!!!!!!!

10:04 pm

chj

yahoookris

10:04 pm

helenkeller

wtg kris !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10:04 pm

libarebel

helen, you inspired me to bet on the cards...

10:05 pm

jillibus

YAY kris!!!!

10:05 pm

kristinc

sank you, sank you!

10:05 pm

Jacula

'The directions said to place it on the organ, keep it wet and that it would prevent the spread of disease. Do you know, I haven't had the flu all winter!'

10:05 pm

libarebel

yay, kris!

10:05 pm

Douglas

***** couture

10:05 pm

helenkeller

lol lib - yeah, i went with the cards again tonight too :)

10:05 pm

libarebel

heehee :D

10:06 pm

jillibus

mega hahaha, jac!!!!

10:06 pm

kristinc

tee hee

10:06 pm

helenkeller

damn, so that's what i did wrong, damn ! LOL

10:06 pm

Douglas

Is there a naughty vicar lurking about?

10:06 pm

GreyWoulf

hahahahahahahahha!!!!!!

10:06 pm

Minski

So I guess that means the Cards won the World Series finally.

10:06 pm

Jacula

Well done Kristinc!

10:06 pm

libarebel

silly baseball "riddle" I heard years ago: there are 3 little old ladies at a baseball game & they are drunk; from that info, can you say what inning it is & how many on base?

10:06 pm

jillibus

maybe the Bishop of Chichester...

10:06 pm

helenkeller

i've had the damn flu since tuesday night

10:06 pm

kristinc

alrighty, promised to spend the evening with my patient hubby. Thanks for the help all. Hope see folks tomorrow!

10:07 pm

jillibus

not yet Misnski...

10:07 pm

helenkeller

bottom of the fifth is my guess

10:07 pm

libarebel

it's the bottom of the fifth & the bags are loaded... :-O

10:07 pm

kristinc

thanks Jac and thanks for the joke...especially funny thinking of the 80 yr old organist that I know

10:07 pm

Douglas

Yadier Molina has been one of the unsung heroes for the Cardinals...Wainwright warming up...

10:07 pm

GreyWoulf

bottom of the fifth and the bags were loaded\

10:07 pm

helenkeller

bye kris

10:07 pm

GreyWoulf

beat me to it, libarebel

10:07 pm

libarebel

you heard it GW!

10:07 pm

chj

reminds me of my all-time favorite album cover...there was an organist by the name of dick hyman, no joke, about the time that the man from u.n.c.l.e. was on tv, and he came out with an album called "dick hyman, the man from o.r.g.a.n."

10:08 pm

Jacula

Stupid joke just told, I know. But ou can't help laughing at it can you?

10:08 pm

libarebel

lol, chj!

10:08 pm

Bash

A saucy baseball joke. ..some American guys take a Scotsman to his first baseball game. They try to help him understand pitching, balls, strikes, scoring, etc.

10:08 pm

jillibus

now bottom of the 8th and no bags are loaded, not even this old lady

10:08 pm

Douglas

Has anyone noticed that Taguchi is number 99?

10:09 pm

libarebel

helen, I've had it since sunday

10:09 pm

Bash

He didn't seem to catch on, but was enjoying himself. Every time someone got a hit, he'd jump up and yell "Run, alddie, run!"

10:09 pm

Bash

(Make that "laddie")

10:09 pm

helenkeller

lib - have you gone to the doc?

10:09 pm

GreyWoulf

Gotta go for now - still have 29 to go -- I will be back soon

10:09 pm

helenkeller

lol jili

10:09 pm

helenkeller

bye gw :)

10:09 pm

chj

did anyone do the ny times puzz today

10:10 pm

libarebel

no, but I'm a lot better...

10:10 pm

chj

there was a clue "Chutzpah"

10:10 pm

libarebel

gall

10:10 pm

helenkeller

lib - that's good - i went & got meds, i feel bad, i just don't know it so much :)

10:10 pm

chj

Five letters and i had B for the first letter and S for the last

10:11 pm

chj

i thought will shortz had lost his mind

10:11 pm

helenkeller

not strikes

10:11 pm

Bash

So the pitcher starts to lose his control and walks a batter. When the runner slowly walks towards first, the Scotman is confused and asks, "What happened? Why isn't he running?" His friends say "He got four balls." The Scotsman looked suprised, and said, "Aye, laddie. Walk with pride!"

10:11 pm

Jacula

jilli - quit with the old bag jokes; I've done 'em all and I'm at least 20 yrs younger than you. Enjoy being a woman!

10:11 pm

Minveryork

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?

10:11 pm

Jacula

Bash - LOL.

10:11 pm

Minveryork

By the way, congratulations to all the finishers! YAY!

10:11 pm

helenkeller

LOL bash

10:12 pm

helenkeller

hiya minver

10:12 pm

Jacula

Hi minver.

10:12 pm

chj

i actually wrote in balls

10:12 pm

libarebel

hahaha!

10:12 pm

pdb

Hi all!

10:12 pm

helenkeller

thats what i would write, what was it supposed to be?

10:13 pm

chj

until i figured out it was brass

10:13 pm

helenkeller

hiya pdb!

10:13 pm

libarebel

the b fit...

10:13 pm

jillibus

jac - a while ago a troll came here and dissed everyone and said all the clues sucked. For some reason I can't remember I found her blog and she called me an 80-year-old hag. I'm olnly 79!

10:13 pm

Minveryork

Does anyone have a clue for the up 6/27 word please

10:13 pm

Douglas

Wainwright to Ordonez, to start the top of the 9th, the count is 3-1...

10:13 pm

Minveryork

Hello pdb! How are you doing? Did you finish the grid?

10:13 pm

Douglas

Full count to Ordonez...

10:13 pm

jillibus

Hi minver - just a minute!

10:14 pm

libarebel

I hate when people round off age...

10:14 pm

pdb

Min, I have 7 left. How about you?

10:14 pm

helenkeller

2 to go

10:15 pm

Douglas

Ordonez fouls off a pitch that would have been a strike...hits ball off of Wainwright's glove, Belliard throws out Ordonez, two outs to go...

10:15 pm

Minveryork

I have 36 more. I got off to a very late start tonight!

10:16 pm

helenkeller

1 out & 1 strike to go

10:16 pm

Douglas

Casey has an 0-1 count, swings and misses at a low pitch for strike 2...

10:16 pm

mamabear

has any one really ever taken a survey of how much a person really misses in life when they lose internet connection?

10:17 pm

mamabear

I bet the findings are scary

10:17 pm

pdb

Douglas, your messages make me feel like I'm listening to a play by play. Not that I know any of the players....

10:17 pm

Douglas

Casey fouls off a pitch...

10:18 pm

Douglas

Sean Casey hit a home run in the last game, I think...full count to Casey

10:18 pm

Minveryork

No, but I can tell you that I'ld miss Babble the most!!

10:18 pm

Jacula

Going now. Would not want to accidentally breathe or spit wine-laden breath on anyone. Goodnight.

10:18 pm

helenkeller

rut-roh

10:18 pm

libarebel

geez

10:18 pm

helenkeller

good night jacula :)

10:18 pm

mamabear

and we break to a commercial

10:19 pm

libarebel

nite, jac

10:19 pm

jillibus

don't go, jac -- my breath is vodka-laden!

10:19 pm

helenkeller

lib & i have a vested interest here, lol

10:19 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye Jacula! I will see you tomorrow in the chat!

10:19 pm

mab

good night jacula

10:19 pm

Douglas

Casey doubles off the wall to right center, Rodriguez up, Casey on second, one out...pinch runner Santiago substituted for Casey

10:19 pm

jillibus

welcome, minver - just a tense moment in the World Serious

10:20 pm

libarebel

that's right!

10:20 pm

Jacula

jilli - I'm still here - just a bit peed off that the vice versa rule doesn't always work.

10:20 pm

Douglas

They didn't think Rodriguez checked his swing, but the first base umpire said he did...

10:20 pm

helenkeller

well, on the possibly bright side, i put a little on the over & have yet to make that, so . . .

10:20 pm

jillibus

2 out!

10:21 pm

libarebel

I did win/lose

10:21 pm

Douglas

2-0 to Rodriguez, hits dribbler to Wainwright, who checks the runner on second, throws out Rodriguez for the second out...Polanco up, who has stunk up the joint in the World Series...

10:21 pm

jillibus

jac - dinna ken

10:21 pm

Jacula

If you lot are talking sports now, I may go.

10:22 pm

helenkeller

i did that too lib

10:22 pm

Douglas

It's almost over, Jacula...

10:22 pm

mamabear

Douglas was a sports announcer in a previous life....

10:22 pm

jillibus

please, jac, just a few minutes...

10:22 pm

helenkeller

jacula - it is the possible last game of the baseball season here - it's always exciting when someone, anyone wins a championship

10:23 pm

helenkeller

1 more strike

10:23 pm

Douglas

Polanco pops up out of play behind the plate for strike 2...

10:23 pm

Jacula

jilli - I meant if he's been drinking red or spirits it's supposed to be okay. If I drink too much white wine, even if I try to retire 10 mins after he's just been up and drinking coffee, then it's not okay.

10:23 pm

chj

looked like strike 3 to me

10:23 pm

Jacula

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

10:23 pm

jillibus

jac - havvanother glassawine

10:24 pm

Minveryork

Does anyone have a clue for the tr 5/18 word please?

10:24 pm

helenkeller

rut-roh

10:24 pm

Douglas

chj is referring to the sinking curve ball...

10:24 pm

jillibus

inna minute, min, please!

10:24 pm

Douglas

Wainwright throws a wild pitch, Santiago advances to third...

10:25 pm

libarebel

oh dear

10:25 pm

helenkeller

RUT-ROH

10:25 pm

Jacula

jilli- - You shouldn't encourage me like that! I was just thinking about doing so. A man wiping his face after I've kissed him is well likely to p*S* me off big time.

10:25 pm

Douglas

Polanco walks...Brandon Inge up, Santiago on third, Polanco on first...

10:26 pm

jillibus

min - tr5/18 - the sound of a frog, change first letter to t

10:26 pm

Douglas

tr + from the little acorn grows the mighty ***

10:26 pm

jillibus

jac, I know - I had an AA hubby

10:26 pm

Douglas

Inge swings and misses by quite a bit at a curve ball, looks at a fastball for strike 2

10:27 pm

helenkeller

YAY

10:27 pm

chj

st louis wins

10:27 pm

libarebel

yaay

10:27 pm

Douglas

Inge strikes out swinging for the third out, Cardinals win the game 4-2, and the Series 4-1!

10:27 pm

mamabear

that's what Detroit gets for beating my Sox!

10:27 pm

libarebel

$50.!!!!

10:27 pm

Douglas

And for beating the A's who beat my Twins!

10:28 pm

helenkeller

lib - me too !!! LOL

10:28 pm

mamabear

and on to the Bears......

10:28 pm

jillibus

YOOHOOHOOHOO!!!!! National League wins first time since 1982!!!!

10:28 pm

libarebel

LOL, Helen! Grats!!!

10:28 pm

helenkeller

^5 lib

10:28 pm

mamabear

*^!*^!*^*^!*^!*FIREWORKS*^!*^!*^!*^!*^
! FOR sT. LOUIS

10:29 pm

Minveryork

Thanks jillibus for my tr clue.Sorry to interrupt b-ball

10:29 pm

chj

jilli check your facts please

10:29 pm

libarebel

^5 slap!!!

10:29 pm

Minveryork

Does anyone have a clue for the up 6/27 word please

10:30 pm

jillibus

Interesting - Cards (NL) manager Tony LaRussa was Oakland (AL) manager, Jim Leyland (Detroit manager) was NL Phillies manager, if I remember correctly

10:30 pm

helenkeller

yes, jili, that can't possibly be right

10:30 pm

Jacula

jilli - he's not an AA candidate by any means, not at all. However, he thinks I am. I had an AA boyfriend once, had no idea how much he was drinking throughout the day until I really started to watch him. He could reach, almost unnoticed, for a drink, almost anywhere in the house. I finally took him to task when he range his eldest daughter to congratulate her on getting her degree when he was p**d out of his brain. I told him NOT to ring her until 'later'. He ignored me, range her, and she tol him to eff off.

10:30 pm

chj

leyland was pirates manager

10:30 pm

jillibus

they just said so on the TV - about the 1st time soince 1982

10:31 pm

jillibus

ok, pirates - knew it was NL

10:31 pm

chj

marlins twice and diamondbacks all won in the last 10 years

10:31 pm

chj

and others

10:31 pm

chj

plus mets won in 86

10:31 pm

jillibus

ok, I misheard a misstatement.

10:31 pm

chj

and cards won in 85

10:31 pm

chj

dodgers in 88 with the gibson hr

10:32 pm

jillibus

oh, shuddup! It's happytime!

10:32 pm

helenkeller

i used to be a dodgers fan - that was a great game!

10:32 pm

helenkeller

woo-hoo

10:33 pm

chj

and piniella won with reds in 1990?

10:33 pm

pdb

Can't find the or 5/12 after speech giving. Clues?

10:33 pm

chj

o + r*** a book

10:33 pm

Jacula

Jilli - olay - I'll shuddup.

10:33 pm

pdb

Thanks chj.

10:34 pm

jillibus

back to jac - my dear late hubby was a very benign AA and I had no idea, escept he liked the hair of the dog when I thought that was the last thing I wanted.

10:34 pm

Minveryork

Does anyone have a clue for the ph 7/40 word please

10:34 pm

jillibus

Not you, jac - the baseball people who are flaying me for quoting what I heard without thinking.

10:35 pm

pdb

Egyptian leader, min

10:35 pm

jillibus

Minver - Egyptian king, but ya gotta spell it right!

10:35 pm

Jacula

Minver - ph7/40 is an Egyptian king. If you don't get it right first time, change your last 2 vowels around. It's a common spelling mistake.

10:36 pm

chj

jilli dont make me get my pirate buds and kidnap you

10:36 pm

jillibus

jac - after he went AA he didn't want me to have my preprandial mart or anything, so I didn't for years.

10:36 pm

Jacula

jilli - Oh, okay. I tend not to read all of the US sports stuff.

10:36 pm

pdb

Eyes drooping, down to two. Fo 6/30?

10:37 pm

jillibus

oh please, chj! I'm on your side!!!

10:37 pm

jillibus

pdb - brit spelling of disgusting smell

10:37 pm

Jacula

pdb - fo6/30 - stinking, rotten.

10:38 pm

Minveryork

Thank you a lot!Fortunately the reverese dictionary knew how to spell it! Don't know what I'd do without it!I thought I knew how to spell it,but thought wrong

10:38 pm

Jacula

(UK spelling of that word, pdb.)

10:38 pm

Jacula

jilli - what is a preprandial mart?

10:39 pm

chj

[pulling jilli's leg]

10:39 pm

jillibus

a martini (mart) before dinner

10:39 pm

jillibus

ouch, chj

10:40 pm

Jacula

jilli - ah! I get it now.

10:40 pm

jillibus

chj - ask nut what happened yesterday with her net

10:40 pm

chj

did she throw a net over you?

10:40 pm

pdb

thanks jilli and jac- I am quite slow & tired right now.

10:41 pm

jillibus

now must go rescue dinner ;D

10:41 pm

chj

is your dinner being kidnapped?

10:41 pm

jillibus

yes, chj, and threw it to you but you weren't there so I went thud but had my v sword with me and got out

10:42 pm

jillibus

dinner is just dying of neglect

10:42 pm

Jacula

jili - wht WAS dinner?

10:42 pm

pdb

fireworks. thanks for clues.

10:43 pm

Jacula

jilli - How can you do that to dinner, unless it was not home cooked?

10:43 pm

Jacula

Well done, pdb!

10:43 pm

jillibus

microwaved pot roast, baked potato, assorted green and wax beans (not cooked yet)

10:43 pm

jillibus

YAY pdb!

10:43 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations pdb on your fireworks!Hooray for U!

10:44 pm

Jacula

Jilli - sorry! but \yuk1

10:44 pm

jillibus

I can do anything I like to dinner, jac, I live alone

10:44 pm

Minveryork

Sorry,but I'm not getting british spelling for bad smell

10:45 pm

Jacula

That is a sure true thang (no spelling mistake there), Jlili.

10:45 pm

rockimggramma

could I please have clues for ha 5/14, ho 5/14 and tr 5/18?

10:46 pm

jillibus

min - fo + latin or french "and" + what youngsters need to buy booze

10:46 pm

pdb

Min, without the second letter, it would be an AMerican spelling of a bad or rotten spell.

10:46 pm

Jacula

Minver - fo6/30 - fo* (enemy) + most of a mood the sea has governed by the moon.

10:46 pm

big red

wow

10:47 pm

jillibus

wow, what an assortment of fo clues!

10:47 pm

Minveryork

Thank you for the fo clues.I finished my fo words now

10:47 pm

pdb

And mine was not good. Smell, not spell.

10:47 pm

pdb

Too tired to clue effectively. Good night!

10:48 pm

Minveryork

ha5/14 is ha 4/6 plus a vowel at the end of it gramma

10:48 pm

jillibus

ha5/14 -- ha*** coutour

10:48 pm

jillibus

*couture

10:49 pm

metaleather

hi everyone

10:49 pm

metaleather

hi everyone

10:49 pm

Minveryork

tr5/18 rhymes with the sound frogs make gramma.It was given to me earlier today with this excellent clue

10:49 pm

Jacula

Goodnight pdb.

10:49 pm

jillibus

ho5/14 _ israeli dance with 1st letter repeated at end

10:49 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye pdb! I will see you tomorrow in the chat log!

10:49 pm

Minveryork

Hello metaleather! How are you doing? Did you finish?

10:50 pm

jillibus

must go have dinner!

10:50 pm

Jacula

It's ashame tinks isn't still here singing.

10:52 pm

FranMag

hi all!

10:52 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye jillibus! Go enjoy your dinner! See you later!

10:52 pm

rockimggramma

gosh great clues..thnx..could you help me with ra 5/18, te 5/10 and un 5/14..pls?

10:52 pm

Jacula

I think, since my beloved has p*sssed me off somewhat this night, I may listen to and old favourite cd and then retitre to bed. I may or may not be around to gives clues.

10:52 pm

FranMag

bye jilli!

10:52 pm

Minveryork

Hello FranMag! How are you? Welcome to the puzzle!

10:52 pm

FranMag

ra5/18 is alt spelling of the ra4/8 right after it

10:52 pm

Jacula

I may even retire to bed, LOL.

10:53 pm

FranMag

hi min!

10:53 pm

Hugabugs

Hi everyone. Any clues for the ta/33?

10:53 pm

FranMag

te5/10 is te + ***ndrops keep falling on my head

10:53 pm

Minveryork

Hello Hugabugs! How are you?Welcome to the puzzle!

10:53 pm

FranMag

un5/14 is take your cap off.

10:54 pm

Hugabugs

I'm good Min. How are you?

10:54 pm

rockimggramma

oh no...I don't even have the following re 4/8

10:54 pm

FranMag

ta6 is a japanese raccoon, color you get from the sun + kab*** (type of japanese theather)

10:54 pm

Jacula

Hugabugs - ta* (Wat you gert under the sun) + short form for British Isles + single letter personal pronoun.

10:55 pm

Minveryork

I'm doing well, but really should be in bed now! I have to work early tomorrow! But that has never stopped me from babbling before! Stay up late every evening!

10:55 pm

rockimggramma

oh no..the ra 4/8 not re 4/8

10:55 pm

Hugabugs

Excellent clues... got it right off!!

10:55 pm

FranMag

ra5/18, ra + ***p on ***ping on

10:55 pm

Hugabugs

Thanks much!

10:56 pm

FranMag

ra5/18, double the vowel at the end of the ra4/8 (leaf mover)

10:56 pm

smooth_pappa

hi people!

10:56 pm

FranMag

hi smoothie!

10:57 pm

Jacula

What I would like to know is why 2 out of 3 \Babblers from across the Pond, want to know why we in UK or Europe are still awake? It kind of irritates me when people ask us that.

10:58 pm

FranMag

maybe because it's 5:00 am over there jac? i'm used to seeing you at all hours though, so i'm not asking anymore! :-)

10:58 pm

Minveryork

Hello smooth_pappa!How are you doing? Are you done

10:58 pm

Jacula

Franmag - Hi!

10:58 pm

FranMag

hi jac!

10:58 pm

smooth_pappa

I did finish today's. It took me forever to find the TA 6. But eventuially... phew!

10:59 pm

FranMag

why are you still awake? ;-)

10:59 pm

FranMag

lol, don't yell at me jac, it's a joke!

10:59 pm

Hugabugs

Hey smooth!

10:59 pm

rockimggramma

thnx so much for clues

10:59 pm

Jacula

No, I see it happening all over the net, not just on this site. What is is with you Yanks and a so-called bedtime?

10:59 pm

smooth_pappa

Hi HUgs! :-D

10:59 pm

Minveryork

I do not know about most people, but I'm still sawing logs at 5:00 in the morning. I don't get up until 3 hrs later! However, I get up even later on the weekends.

11:00 pm

metaleather

woohooo, happy dance, other celebratory utterances and actions!

11:01 pm

smooth_pappa

yeah... I can't remember the last time I was concous at 5 am... except on my plane ride to salzburg last month... But it's hard to distinguish time zones over the atlantic

11:01 pm

Minveryork

Sorry, I keep asking for this but I still need up 6/27!

11:01 pm

FranMag

yay ml!!!!

11:01 pm

FranMag

yay smoothie!!!!

11:01 pm

metaleather

tyty

11:01 pm

Jacula

Minver - if you are sawing logs at 5am then I am very glad not to be a near nneighbour! LOL

11:01 pm

metaleather

up6/27 up + abbreviation for 60 minutes + fish eggs

11:01 pm

smooth_pappa

so, if I may ask fran... what inspired the new avatar?

11:01 pm

FranMag

min, up + *er (not him) + fish eggs

11:02 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations metaleather on your fireworks!YAY!

11:02 pm

FranMag

smoothie, it's a clue for fa4/11, it's a picture of pam anderson (or at least the fa4/11 part of her)

11:02 pm

smooth_pappa

HAHA!

11:03 pm

smooth_pappa

not that I'm complaining, mind you. lol But well said!

11:03 pm

FranMag

today's icon theme is pick a word from the grid so that your icon is a clue.

11:03 pm

Minveryork

How could I not monkey such an easy word like that?!

11:03 pm

Jacula

When I sleep, I sleep 8 hours, hopefully. When I take those 8 hours are my business and no business of any net friend 'telling' me when I should be abed.

11:04 pm

Minveryork

Does anyone have a clue for the af 5/16 word please?

11:04 pm

FranMag

lol, angb had her two boys on last night and they were quite amused when she enlarged my icon for them!

11:04 pm

chj

fran...looks like a real bra to me

11:04 pm

smooth_pappa

abed= 4/7

11:04 pm

FranMag

min, a + f***head

11:04 pm

FranMag

funny chj!

11:04 pm

metaleather

af 5/16 previous to, earlier than

11:05 pm

Minveryork

How come "afro" is not a word?Always wondered that

11:05 pm

metaleather

af + mining results

11:05 pm

Jacula

Because Enable has disabled the word, Minver.

11:05 pm

Minveryork

Does anyone have a clue for the af 6/30 word please?

11:06 pm

FranMag

i think i'll change my icon now, brb

11:06 pm

metaleather

af6/30 scared of

11:06 pm

Jacula

Minver - af6/30 is ''scared'.

11:06 pm

harpjane

hm 55 words, 40 minutes left. It's going to be close with my slow connection. Who has icon clues?

11:06 pm

metaleather

af + the police ****ed the speakeasy

11:07 pm

Minveryork

I like your answer Jac!. It has disabled alot of words!

11:07 pm

TeaNCrackers

Hi, all! I am here to clue if needed - what can I help with?

11:07 pm

Jacula

Hi again Harp. Don't look fopr a clue re my icon, there is none.

11:07 pm

mymuseisme

Hi everyone

11:07 pm

metaleather

hi harp, muse

11:07 pm

smooth_pappa

hey muse

11:08 pm

metaleather

no icon clue here

11:08 pm

Minveryork

Hi TeaNCrackers!How are you? I definitely need clues

11:08 pm

mymuseisme

hi ml, jac, tea, min, smooth!

11:08 pm

Minveryork

However,people have been very generous with clues!

11:08 pm

mymuseisme

hi harp

11:08 pm

Minveryork

Hello mymuseisme! How are you doing? Did you finish?

11:08 pm

TeaNCrackers

I'm good, thank you. I stayed up late last night to finish, so I figured I would share the love this evening.

11:08 pm

FranMag

okay, back

11:09 pm

TeaNCrackers

no icon clue, either, I am prepared for tomorrow.

11:09 pm

TeaNCrackers

hi muse, hi fran

11:09 pm

mymuseisme

no I'm still looking for my last 10

11:09 pm

mymuseisme

hi Fran!

11:09 pm

smooth_pappa

god! last night was a long one, tean

11:09 pm

Hugabugs

Hi muse, harp and tea!

11:09 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations on your early finish TeaNCrackers!

11:09 pm

GreyWoulf

Hi all

11:09 pm

FranMag

hi muse! hi harp! hi TnC!

11:09 pm

mymuseisme

hi woulf

11:09 pm

metaleather

I'm happy to clue if needed

11:09 pm

FranMag

hi wolfie!

11:09 pm

mymuseisme

hi hugabugs

11:09 pm

metaleather

hi GreyWoulf

11:10 pm

Hugabugs

Hey GW!

11:10 pm

FranMag

you can do it harp! yell if you need clues.

11:10 pm

GreyWoulf

good to hear metal -- I still have 29 to go

11:10 pm

TeaNCrackers

hi, hug and thanks, min - pappa - it was a long one, that last ta word took awhile!

11:10 pm

Minveryork

I have 10 more to go too mymuseisme! I would race, but I want to ask for clues still. I need to get to bed!

11:10 pm

GreyWoulf

hey muse, Hugs, Fran, and everyone else

11:10 pm

TeaNCrackers

we're here for you!

11:10 pm

smooth_pappa

ha! the ta6? yeah, that one had me stumped for a couple hours... of course those were work hours, so I was only logging in every now and then

11:10 pm

Jacula

I reckon there are quite a few finishers, therefore clue givers, here. This means I can go an stick my freezing cold feet on 'The Nasty Man's' bum! ROFLOL.

11:11 pm

FranMag

lol jac!! that should give him a start!

11:11 pm

metaleather

sic 'im Jac!

11:11 pm

Minveryork

Hi GreyWoulf! How are you doing? Good luck finishing

11:11 pm

mymuseisme

lol hi Jac

11:11 pm

TeaNCrackers

go, jacula, go!

11:11 pm

FranMag

night!

11:11 pm

harpjane

ta45?

11:11 pm

harpjane

make that 4/5?

11:11 pm

Hugabugs

I have 10 left also

11:11 pm

rockimggramma

fo 5/16..pls

11:11 pm

harpjane

GW Howdy!

11:11 pm

smooth_pappa

"'The Nasty Man's' bum!?" Do I even want to ask?

11:11 pm

FranMag

harp, stick an H in black sticky stuff.

11:11 pm

GreyWoulf

Doing pretty good, Min -- I am finally getting a handle on my job now that the micromanager is gone

11:11 pm

TeaNCrackers

t + **choo + r

11:12 pm

metaleather

tar4/5 ta+ abbrev. for sixty minutes

11:12 pm

harpjane

thanks, what about ta 6/33?

11:12 pm

TeaNCrackers

fo - someone's "specialty"

11:12 pm

Jacula

Offf to put my cold feet in the placemen's bum's were made for. Byeee! See you all later.xx

11:12 pm

GreyWoulf

And Seb has been giving me/us some fairly quiet nights -- he still wakes up but the every two hour thing seems to be done for now

11:12 pm

mymuseisme

fo5/16 add a vowel to the bulding

11:12 pm

smooth_pappa

gramma: fo5/16= I'm very good at babble... you might even say it is my FO***

11:12 pm

metaleather

fo5/16 if you're good at something, it's your fo5/16

11:12 pm

TeaNCrackers

or, add a vowel onto the word before it

11:13 pm

TeaNCrackers

that's good to hear Grey!

11:13 pm

Minveryork

Does anyone have a clue for the ao 6/18 word please

11:13 pm

mymuseisme

main heart valve Min

11:13 pm

TeaNCrackers

min - the latin plural of the word before it

11:13 pm

rockimggramma

first ha 4/6

11:13 pm

smooth_pappa

latin plural of AO 5/10

11:13 pm

GreyWoulf

latin plural min

11:13 pm

FranMag

min, latin plural of the ao5/10

11:13 pm

Hugabugs

Min - latin plural

11:13 pm

metaleather

ta6/33 ta + nu4/9 swap third vowel for second vowel

11:14 pm

GreyWoulf

up6?

11:14 pm

Jacula

min - ao6/18 is the Latin plural for the heat vein.

11:14 pm

metaleather

first ha4/6 ha4/6 to ha4/6 combat

11:14 pm

TeaNCrackers

gramma - give yourself a ha** when you complete the grid

11:14 pm

FranMag

GW, up + abbrev. for 60 minutes + fish eggs, don't double the R

11:15 pm

smooth_pappa

UP6= UP+consonant+ fish eggs

11:15 pm

Jacula

up6 is a stupidhead word.

11:15 pm

GreyWoulf

thanks Fran

11:15 pm

Minveryork

I thought it might be plural, but tried it with i, not e.

11:15 pm

smooth_pappa

yes it is

11:15 pm

FranMag

yw GW

11:15 pm

TeaNCrackers

yes, jac, it is!

11:15 pm

Minveryork

Does anyone have a clue for the ar 5/12 word please

11:15 pm

harpjane

thanks!

11:16 pm

metaleather

ar + "cap"

11:16 pm

TeaNCrackers

ar + what you wear on your head

11:16 pm

smooth_pappa

ar+ something you wear on your head

11:16 pm

Jacula

Please can I go an mini-torture my other half now by at least sticking my freezing cold feet onto his butt?

11:16 pm

Minveryork

Hi harpjane!How are you? Didn't know you were here

11:16 pm

TeaNCrackers

oh, please do, jac, and report back to us!

11:16 pm

FranMag

of course jac! good night!

11:16 pm

metaleather

sure Jac

11:16 pm

mymuseisme

I do it every night Jac, lol

11:16 pm

GreyWoulf

Go ahead Jac -- usually I am the one doing it to Kirsten here -- and typically in my sleep!

11:17 pm

Minveryork

Does anyone have a clue for the fa 5/18 word please?

11:17 pm

FranMag

min, flora and fa***

11:17 pm

rockimggramma

could I get clue for fr 4/7 after german broken bone and college grp, and both last he 4/5..pls

11:17 pm

JeeWhiz

Hi Everyone...I am late as usual...can anyone please help with the fr7 please?

11:17 pm

Jacula

Byee! Hope to make his eyes wide open at the very least! See you next grid, ladies/.xxx

11:17 pm

metaleather

fa5/18 a unit of capacitance

11:17 pm

TeaNCrackers

fa + ***ical politics

11:17 pm

smooth_pappa

anyone here from fort collins, co?

11:17 pm

mymuseisme

Jee sounds like broken bone

11:18 pm

TeaNCrackers

jee - sounds/looks like a broken bone

11:18 pm

rockimggramma

should be between broken one and college grp....fr 4/7

11:18 pm

GreyWoulf

Hey Jee {hug}

11:18 pm

JeeWhiz

hmmm....okay, working on it....Hi Grey!! How are you? Long time no see

11:19 pm

mymuseisme

spell it phonetically Jee

11:19 pm

TeaNCrackers

gramma - there isn't one between those two

11:19 pm

GreyWoulf

Doing good just busy and tired most of the time -- things are settling so I should be around more often again, just not for long

11:19 pm

jaianniah

Hello, Babblyonians! How are you tonight/today?

11:19 pm

GreyWoulf

I have to start limiting my late hours to only on the weekend

11:19 pm

JeeWhiz

good to see you again...how's work going?

11:19 pm

mymuseisme

hi jai

11:19 pm

rockimggramma

I need one of the fr 4/7...I have 2 of them

11:20 pm

TeaNCrackers

your h's - did I ever tell you you're my he**?

11:20 pm

TeaNCrackers

hi jai!

11:20 pm

GreyWoulf

Hey jai!!

11:20 pm

TeaNCrackers

he - turn the he** on, it's cold

11:20 pm

Jacula

Wolfie - you nasty man, you/! How dare you disturb a sleeping mother. LOL. *She will get her own back - have no doubt about that!

11:20 pm

jaianniah

Hey, Woulf!

11:20 pm

jaianniah

Hi, T & C!

11:21 pm

GreyWoulf

Work is getting smooth -- I said earlier this evening that I am finally finding my center there, which in turn is helping things at home as well

11:21 pm

Minveryork

Does anyone have a clue for the dh 5/16 word please

11:21 pm

FranMag

hi jai!

11:21 pm

smooth_pappa

smooth... that's almost my middle name. ;)

11:21 pm

Hugabugs

and fireworks!

11:21 pm

piperb

I need the fr 4/7 too--my last one.

11:21 pm

Jacula

Off now to stick my cold feet on my beloved's buttocks. see you all later.xxx

11:21 pm

TeaNCrackers

there are four - the first one is fr + two vowels
second - you have
third - fr - to worry
fourth - similar to an ice fl**

11:21 pm

jaianniah

Hello, Fran!

11:21 pm

TeaNCrackers

yay hugabugs!

11:21 pm

smooth_pappa

yeah hugs!

11:21 pm

rockimggramma

how about the fr 4/7 between college grp and to and fr**?

11:21 pm

harpjane

minver, sound like "do your D*** to God and Country...."

11:22 pm

TeaNCrackers

dh - sounds like do your ****

11:22 pm

jaianniah

@}~~~~~~~ A Rose for Hugabugs! Hooray!

11:22 pm

GreyWoulf

Jac -- she does -- she is a bed and covers hog... not to mention she likes to keep it around 62 all year round -- I am lucky if I get to turn the heat on in wintertime.... if we didn't have children....

11:22 pm

TeaNCrackers

gramma - fr - to worry

11:22 pm

metaleather

fr4/7 bet. college group and to an... is "to worry"

11:22 pm

smooth_pappa

dh 5/16 is sort of a misspelling of a tax you pay on imported things

11:22 pm

GreyWoulf

Yayyyy for Hugs!!!!

11:22 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations hugabugs on fireworks!Hooray for U

11:22 pm

rockimggramma

oh geez....got them...thanx for all your help...got fireworks

11:22 pm

Hugabugs

Thanks jay, GW and min

11:22 pm

TeaNCrackers

yay, gramma!

11:22 pm

metaleather

yayyy hugabugs

11:22 pm

metaleather

and gramma

11:23 pm

GreyWoulf

how about either ka6?

11:23 pm

TeaNCrackers

that's a good clue pappa!

11:23 pm

Hugabugs

Well done gramma!! :o)

11:23 pm

smooth_pappa

so, I've never been here when a new puzzle starts... does it go offline for a bit, or does it refresh pretty quickly?

11:23 pm

Jacula

Wolfie - don't go there! See you in another grid. Love and hugs to all. Byeeee!xx

11:23 pm

JeeWhiz

that dh5 is a stupidhead word!

11:23 pm

FranMag

wolfie, martial art and surfing guru

11:23 pm

smooth_pappa

thanks tean

11:23 pm

metaleather

ka6/30 not ju jitsu but something like it

11:23 pm

jaianniah

The Big Ka*****- Hawaiian

11:23 pm

FranMag

smooth, it refreshes right away

11:23 pm

TeaNCrackers

yes, jee, it is a stoopid head word

11:23 pm

GreyWoulf

thanks again Fran

11:23 pm

Minveryork

I got the frist fa5/18 clue before.Now I need the 2nd

11:23 pm

metaleather

ka6/36 moon doggie in the gidget movies

11:24 pm

FranMag

yw GW

11:24 pm

smooth_pappa

thanks fran, I suppose I'll stay online for a bit, then

11:24 pm

FranMag

min, flora and fa***

11:24 pm

metaleather

second fa5/18 flora and fa5/18

11:24 pm

TeaNCrackers

flora and fa***

11:24 pm

JeeWhiz

minver, share the first fa5/18 if you don't mind....please?

11:24 pm

rockimggramma

to you too...hugabugs.....Yay!!!!

11:24 pm

FranMag

jee, first fa5/18 is fa + turn the ***io on

11:25 pm

TeaNCrackers

hey, fran - am I cnfused about Saturday's theme, or are you?

11:25 pm

jaianniah

fa* away+ TV **- commercial

11:25 pm

TeaNCrackers

*confused

11:25 pm

FranMag

i thought it was architecture TnC

11:25 pm

Minveryork

1st fa5/18 is fa plus ***ical politics.Clue given earlier.

11:25 pm

FranMag

maybe it changed, i'll go check

11:25 pm

JeeWhiz

Is it any wonder that we have to ask for clues? What kind of words are these today? I prefer actual usable words.

11:25 pm

harpjane

fr 7?

11:25 pm

TeaNCrackers

Babler says cancer awareness, and she has a ribbon bracelet

11:26 pm

jaianniah

fo 6/30 words, Jee!

11:26 pm

Minveryork

I saw flora clue earlier and didn't get it. Who is flora?

11:26 pm

TeaNCrackers

harp - it is a phonetic spelling of a broken bone

11:26 pm

JeeWhiz

Too true Jai!

11:26 pm

metaleather

Min.... add the first vowel to the fa4/8 before the 5/18

11:26 pm

harpjane

min, biology divides living things into flora and fa***

11:26 pm

GreyWoulf

fa + the last three of the surfing guru Min

11:26 pm

jaianniah

Flora is plants. Fa*** is the animals.

11:26 pm

TeaNCrackers

min - a biologic classification

11:27 pm

harpjane

Or, Mr. Tumnus was a fa**, and add a vowell

11:27 pm

TeaNCrackers

look at all those awesome, different clues, for the same word ;)

11:27 pm

GreyWoulf

Good clue, harp -- hows the weather by you?

11:27 pm

GreyWoulf

It's what we do best, Tea :D

11:28 pm

smooth_pappa

general question: would anyone here ever buy home furnishings (seats, tables, trays) made out of old road signs?

11:28 pm

mymuseisme

ta6/33 please?

11:28 pm

harpjane

it's nice gw, in the 60's. Supposed to chill off soon, so we're doing a last dash to put in blubs, etc. tomorrow!

11:28 pm

smooth_pappa

I know an artist, who makes things like that, and I'm always aazed at the money he makes selling them.

11:29 pm

jaianniah

I am always amazed by the clues- I enjoy reading them! On a different subject, I had a thought- I wonder, if given a list of words, it would be possible to re-construct the grid thru logic? A whole new game....

11:29 pm

TeaNCrackers

pappa - wanna clue it?

11:29 pm

GreyWoulf

We are stuck with rain here all day Sat

11:29 pm

FranMag

okay, it looks like theme changed, i'm off to find a new icon, brb

11:29 pm

Minveryork

Does anyone have a clue for the fe 5/18 word please?

11:29 pm

harpjane

i might, pappa, on a whim, if it was inexpensive and struck my fancy....

11:29 pm

harpjane

or I might not.....

11:29 pm

jaianniah

Sounds like "fewer"

11:30 pm

GreyWoulf

ok, now I am stuck on the second ka5

11:30 pm

smooth_pappa

hmmm...I was talking with him today, and thinking about his work... I guess I just don't get it. He's an artist that my company represents, and he brings us money too... but I just don't think I could buy his stuff... but oh well.. different strokes... yadda yadda

11:30 pm

TeaNCrackers

min - ta - what the sun does to you + last vowel + go fly a **te

11:30 pm

jaianniah

JHopping Aussie animal without the gar

11:31 pm

jaianniah

* that's ngar

11:31 pm

TeaNCrackers

good one, jai!

11:31 pm

GreyWoulf

got jai, ty

11:31 pm

mymuseisme

thanks Tea!

11:31 pm

jaianniah

np-o!

11:31 pm

TeaNCrackers

yw, muse - that was the one that held me up last night from finishing

11:32 pm

TeaNCrackers

min - did you get the fe?

11:33 pm

Minveryork

No TeaNCrackers.I did not get it yet.I'm still looking.

11:33 pm

mymuseisme

would have been here past the flip trying to get that one

11:33 pm

Minveryork

Okay,now I got it TeaNCrackers.Thank you so much!

11:33 pm

TeaNCrackers

yw

11:33 pm

JeeWhiz

HOw about that first ka6 please?

11:34 pm

harpjane

the little ones are doing me in tonight.. ar 4?

11:34 pm

Minveryork

Does anyone have a clue for the fr 5/16 word please?

11:34 pm

TeaNCrackers

ka - the big ka****

11:34 pm

mymuseisme

Hawaiian medicine man Jee, term also used slang but not sure how

11:34 pm

JeeWhiz

got it...thanks Tea

11:34 pm

JeeWhiz

and mymusie

11:35 pm

TeaNCrackers

fr + what you get during mining operations

11:35 pm

mymuseisme

ar + abbrev for Alaska? ( I always get mixed up, or Arkansas)

11:35 pm

TeaNCrackers

it is alaska

11:37 pm

GreyWoulf

6 to go -- all H's

11:37 pm

Minveryork

Does anyone have a clue for the ka 5/18 word please

11:37 pm

Minveryork

Actually,I need the second ka 5/18 word if you have.

11:38 pm

smooth_pappa

Australian mammel minus nga

11:38 pm

Minveryork

Never mind! I just got the ka 5/18 word! Thank you!

11:39 pm

Minveryork

Does anyone have a clue for the ke 4/11 word please

11:39 pm

mymuseisme

rhymes with roast b*** sandwich

11:39 pm

smooth_pappa

it rhymes with australia's great barrier

11:39 pm

GreyWoulf

k + double vowel + next letter after the vowel

11:40 pm

jaianniah

House bird, para ke**

11:40 pm

FranMag

okay, back with a correct icon.

11:40 pm

GreyWoulf

(meaning alphabetically there)

11:40 pm

jaianniah

Sorry, wrong word...I'm sooo tired, waiting for the flip....

11:40 pm

Minveryork

Monkeyed it just as I saw your clue mymuseisme!Tnx

11:41 pm

Minveryork

Does anyone have a clue for the kh 5/12 word please

11:41 pm

FranMag

min, rhymes with the guy who carries your clubs at the golf course.

11:41 pm

Minveryork

I thought I only had 10 words left before, but I seem to be asking for a lot more than 10 clues! Thank you!

11:41 pm

GreyWoulf

kh + first three letters of the first a word

11:41 pm

TeaNCrackers

good one, fran

11:42 pm

FranMag

thanks TnC

11:42 pm

Shannon1

dh 5/16

11:42 pm

Minveryork

Does anyone have a clue for the pu 6/27 word please

11:42 pm

jaianniah

T & C, you are such a nice cheerleader!

11:42 pm

smooth_pappa

dh = a misspelling of an import tax

11:42 pm

FranMag

shannon, rhymes with duty

11:43 pm

smooth_pappa

pu 6/27 is another word for a political spin doctor

11:43 pm

jaianniah

play on words+ e*** a book

11:43 pm

Minveryork

The dh 5/17 word rhymes with tour of du** Shannon1

11:43 pm

TeaNCrackers

if you could only see me in real life - dour, crabby old hag ;)

11:43 pm

Shannon1

ty

11:43 pm

TeaNCrackers

hee hee hee

11:44 pm

FranMag

i'm sure that's not true TnC!

11:44 pm

smooth_pappa

ha! me too tean... except a man... manhag???

11:44 pm

jaianniah

I don't believe that! tee, hee hee back!

11:44 pm

GreyWoulf

Fireworks!!!!!

11:44 pm

smooth_pappa

good job wolf!

11:44 pm

TeaNCrackers

yay, grey!

11:44 pm

smooth_pappa

woulf

11:44 pm

FranMag

oh smooth, i had a ex-boyfriend from Fort Collins

11:44 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations GreyWoulf on fireworks! Good for U!

11:45 pm

FranMag

yay wolfie!!!!!

11:45 pm

GreyWoulf

First grid I have finished in a week

11:45 pm

Minveryork

Does anyone have a clue for the fr 5/16 word please?

11:45 pm

GreyWoulf

typically I start at work just to test myself and get home too tired to log back on

11:45 pm

Shannon1

fr 7/60. I'm sure it was clued earlier, but I either missed it or didn't get it. I only have 2 left. that one and the fe 5/18

11:45 pm

harpjane

ar4/4? it's killing me!

11:45 pm

JeeWhiz

Way to go Wolfie!

11:45 pm

jaianniah

What should I give Woulf for a present? A roasted rabbit? Well, here's your rose! LOL @}~~~~~~~ Congrats!

11:45 pm

TeaNCrackers

I think it is because I had such great help and friendship the first day I came here. I have almost completely ignored my other bulletin board to be here because I like it so much - we are a great group of people.

11:45 pm

JeeWhiz

How about tr5 please?

11:45 pm

smooth_pappa

really? the only reason I asked about fort collins, is that the beer I'm drinking tonight is from the fort collins brewery. A pomegranite ale

11:45 pm

Minveryork

The last gird I finished was on Monday,October 23rd.

11:45 pm

GreyWoulf

min -- add a consonant before the last vowel of the 4 before it

11:46 pm

jaianniah

rhymes with croak

11:46 pm

TeaNCrackers

harp - ar - this is my ar** of expertise

11:46 pm

GreyWoulf

jai -- awwwww -- I have only ever had a rose given to me by one other person

11:46 pm

TeaNCrackers

pappa - that sounds yummy - what is it called?

11:46 pm

FranMag

oh, i thought you were from there smooth, it's a nice place, i went with him to visit his family.

11:46 pm

JeeWhiz

Thanks Jai....another weirdo word

11:46 pm

harpjane

thanks Tea, I knew it would be something like that!

11:46 pm

jaianniah

Neat! It was my pleasure!

11:46 pm

harpjane

9 to go

11:47 pm

smooth_pappa

nah, I'm from Madison, WI... almost a sacrilege to be drinking a microbrew from elsewhere. ;)

11:47 pm

GreyWoulf

go harp go!!

11:47 pm

jaianniah

Go, go, go HJ!

11:47 pm

TeaNCrackers

yw, harp - you can do it!

11:48 pm

FranMag

go harp!!!!

11:48 pm

FranMag

gooo jee!!!!

11:48 pm

JeeWhiz

ti5 please?

11:48 pm

jaianniah

BTW, yw, Jee!

11:48 pm

smooth_pappa

miss america wears a TI 5

11:48 pm

harpjane

you know what, tea? after all that, I already had that word. I'm missing another A somewhere....(dives in)

11:48 pm

jaianniah

Miss America wears this

11:48 pm

TeaNCrackers

bwaaaa ha ha ha

11:48 pm

JeeWhiz

of course, thanks smooth

11:48 pm

Hugabugs

Jee, a small crown

11:48 pm

FranMag

jee, what a princess wears, small crown

11:48 pm

Minveryork

I am finished! Thank you all for your wonderful clues!

11:49 pm

TeaNCrackers

wahoo minver!

11:49 pm

smooth_pappa

way to go minerva!

11:49 pm

FranMag

harp, ak4/8?

11:49 pm

FranMag

yay min!!!!!

11:49 pm

Minveryork

I can finally go to bed as I have been saying all night!

11:49 pm

TeaNCrackers

I'm not a princess, and I have one!

11:49 pm

JeeWhiz

thanks for all of the great clues everyone! god bless us all everyone...:)

11:49 pm

jaianniah

A Rose for Minver! @{~~~~~~~~ Congrats!

11:49 pm

harpjane

got it. 7 to go

11:49 pm

smooth_pappa

ok tiny tim. lol

11:49 pm

FranMag

done jee?

11:50 pm

TeaNCrackers

hey, pappa - what's the name of the brew you're drinking - it sound delish!

11:50 pm

Minveryork

Goodnight to my fellow babblers!I'll see you tomorrow

11:50 pm

metaleather

.

11:50 pm

FranMag

TnC, i'm sure it's a very pretty one too! :-)

11:50 pm

FranMag

night min!

11:50 pm

TeaNCrackers

nite, min

11:50 pm

metaleather

yayyyy Min

11:50 pm

Shannon1

fe 5 and fr 7, please

11:50 pm

smooth_pappa

cya min

11:50 pm

JeeWhiz

2 left for me...getting closer I am working on tu4/8 and un4/5...can't be that hard, can they?

11:50 pm

GreyWoulf

Yayyyyy for Min

11:50 pm

debbinla

hello babblers!!

11:50 pm

GreyWoulf

!!!!

11:51 pm

TeaNCrackers

I have to share it with Tea, and she wears it the majority of the time, but it is really mine. You know how three year olds can be!

11:51 pm

harpjane

ph4/7?

11:51 pm

jaianniah

{{{{{{Debb}}}}}}!!!!

11:51 pm

GreyWoulf

hi debb!!!

11:51 pm

TeaNCrackers

Hi, Debb

11:51 pm

FranMag

fe5, first three letters of family fe** + last two letters of c** (automobile)

11:51 pm

JeeWhiz

now just looking for the tu4/8

11:51 pm

TeaNCrackers

P + quonset ***

11:51 pm

jaianniah

King Tut spelled a little diff

11:52 pm

FranMag

harp, change vowel of the ph4/6

11:52 pm

harpjane

thanks tea 4 to go. I think I"ll make it!

11:52 pm

Shannon1

ty. 1 more and I'm done

11:52 pm

GreyWoulf

un4/5 -- un + 1st and 3rd vowel

11:52 pm

TeaNCrackers

jee - it's a rock, similar spelling to the fish in the grid

11:52 pm

metaleather

any last minute clues needed?

11:52 pm

debbinla

goooo shannon

11:52 pm

TeaNCrackers

yw, harp, you can do it!

11:52 pm

FranMag

hi debbs!!!

11:52 pm

TeaNCrackers

go, shannon, go!

11:52 pm

jaianniah

Wow! I'd better find a Rose wholesaler!

11:53 pm

JeeWhiz

Got it!!! thanks everyone....fireworks! I like these shorter grids sometimes.

11:53 pm

metaleather

yayyy Jee!

11:53 pm

TeaNCrackers

wahoo for jee!

11:53 pm

FranMag

yay jee!!!!!

11:53 pm

debbinla

theres some great icons here

11:53 pm

GreyWoulf

Jee -- you are too fast for me - as I type the clue you get it!!

11:53 pm

debbinla

yayayayayay jee

11:53 pm

jaianniah

@}~~~~~~~~~ A Rose for Jee! Congrats!

11:54 pm

debbinla

hey jai - that's really cute

11:54 pm

JeeWhiz

It was monkey type Grey....I didn't really understand the tu4/8 clue...but it worked any way....good thing people are so patient

11:54 pm

Shannon1

fr, please, please, please

11:54 pm

jaianniah

T Y- I like to pass 'em out at fireworks time!

11:54 pm

FranMag

which one shannon?

11:54 pm

metaleather

fr what?

11:54 pm

chj

85

11:54 pm

Shannon1

Sorry. fr 7/60.

11:54 pm

JeeWhiz

and a rose is always so special

11:55 pm

smooth_pappa

fr7 looks like a broken german bone

11:55 pm

TeaNCrackers

phonetic spelling of a broken bone

11:55 pm

helenkeller

hey everyone !

11:55 pm

FranMag

sounds like a break in the bone shannon

11:55 pm

TeaNCrackers

122 is my guess

11:55 pm

metaleather

broken bone spelled "phonetically" or "Germanically"

11:55 pm

metaleather

broken bone spelled "phonetically" or "Germanically"

11:55 pm

FranMag

also, it's a old german type font

11:55 pm

TeaNCrackers

hi, hk and chj

11:55 pm

jaianniah

Yes, I think so- and I am surprised by how the men like them!

11:55 pm

smooth_pappa

hi helen

11:55 pm

FranMag

hi hk!!!

11:55 pm

Shannon1

finally! TY, with time to spare!

11:55 pm

JeeWhiz

Grey are you finished now....come on you can do it!

11:55 pm

metaleather

hey HK

11:55 pm

metaleather

hey HK

11:55 pm

GreyWoulf

yep I finished already JW

11:55 pm

metaleather

hooray Shannon

11:55 pm

TeaNCrackers

yay, shannon!

11:56 pm

helenkeller

i have a few minutes, going to change icon

11:56 pm

FranMag

yay shannon!!!!!!

11:56 pm

JeeWhiz

Everyone must be about done now...way to go Shannon and Grey Woulfie!

11:56 pm

harpjane

finished, last word was the indian fabric....

11:56 pm

Shannon1

I can even stay awake for the flip, but after this weekend the flip will be an hour later for me and that's way past my bedtime.

11:56 pm

TeaNCrackers

yay, harp!

11:56 pm

FranMag

yay harp!!!!!!!!

11:56 pm

FranMag

we knew you could do it!!!!!!

11:56 pm

JeeWhiz

Woot woot Harp!

11:56 pm

GreyWoulf

jai -- men appreciate flowers too -- it is just that society seems to have forgotten that it is not a reflection on ones masculinity to appreciate them

11:56 pm

jaianniah

Roses for you both! @}~~~~ @}~~~~ Congrats!

11:57 pm

GreyWoulf

Yayyyyy for harp!!

11:57 pm

metaleather

way to go harp!

11:57 pm

metaleather

and GW

11:57 pm

FranMag

which one's the indian fabric?

11:57 pm

JeeWhiz

I love Friday night flips...easier to stay up

11:57 pm

debbinla

yayayayayay harp and shannon

11:57 pm

FranMag

is that the kh5?

11:57 pm

jaianniah

I know, GreyWoulf- I love to give them to my husband....

11:57 pm

TeaNCrackers

I keep forgetting about the time change

11:57 pm

harpjane

yes fran

11:57 pm

JeeWhiz

Grey, you are my kind of guy!

11:58 pm

GreyWoulf

:D

11:58 pm

jaianniah

Isn't the time change a week later this year? After Halloween?

11:58 pm

FranMag

now i remember jilli used it for one of the last friday icons.

11:58 pm

JeeWhiz

I'm going to look for some chocolate...anyone want any?

11:58 pm

TeaNCrackers

I give flowers to my hubby a lot

11:58 pm

metaleather

my guess for tommorrow's grid is.... 186

11:58 pm

FranMag

148

11:58 pm

jaianniah

243

11:58 pm

smooth_pappa

i say 217

11:58 pm

JeeWhiz

224

11:58 pm

debbinla

71

11:58 pm

TeaNCrackers

not here, jai - it is Saturday/Sunday

11:58 pm

Shannon1

That's the great thing about being in AZ--I don't need to remember the time change.

11:59 pm

GreyWoulf

no jai -- Daylight savings is this weekend

11:59 pm

smooth_pappa

lol you and some indiana counties

11:59 pm

JeeWhiz

so we get an extra hour of Babble

11:59 pm

GreyWoulf

predicted word count -- 74

11:59 pm

FranMag

we don't do it here either

11:59 pm

karob

need clue for UP word???

12:00 am

FranMag

karob, up + consonant + mined thing that we get metal from

12:00 am

JeeWhiz

flip?

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