Babble: Archived Puzzle for Sunday, January 21, 2007

12:00 am

remluc

flippy

12:00 am

smooth_pappa

flip

12:00 am

oldhousejunky

flip

12:00 am

NonnieLight

flip

12:00 am

Minveryork

Flip flip hooray!

12:00 am

helenkeller

flips

12:00 am

mrchiguy

267

12:00 am

lynxxx

flop Hi everyone

12:00 am

kkiln

flip

12:00 am

lbdawger

flip

12:00 am

Angb

flip I was only 6 off

12:00 am

chic

flip out!

12:01 am

dr9397

flip!!!

12:01 am

Ankhorite

FLIP IN!

12:01 am

kierlex

whooo, we can get busy now

12:01 am

chic

Hey Ankh!

12:01 am

Angb

sa 6 with cheese and crackers YUM

12:02 am

helenkeller

TO - in the grid!

12:02 am

72 Temple Owl

: )

12:02 am

72 Temple Owl

: )
owl

12:02 am

Ankhorite

Hiya, Chic! I can't stay, just wanted to peek at the filp.

12:03 am

helenkeller

hi ankh!

12:03 am

melonheadjujube

flippitydoodah

12:03 am

Angb

And what TO does at full moon!

12:04 am

72 Temple Owl

hi ankh! angb, you meal woulf ; )

12:04 am

Ankhorite

And what I used to do, back when I was single, pr5

12:04 am

melonheadjujube

Ankh, i got that immed! takes one to know one?

12:05 am

Angb

LOL girls

12:05 am

Ankhorite

*giggles* Oh, hey, hi, Helen! And all else I missed...

12:06 am

Angelakk

vo6

12:06 am

melonheadjujube

ow4 - lotsa TO

12:07 am

Ankhorite

My la4 was well mo4 last summer, because I hired a guy to do it.

12:07 am

Ankhorite

Darn, this is a good grid, but I really can't stay. :(

12:08 am

melonheadjujube

phantom: talisman

12:09 am

jillibus

late flip

12:09 am

Ankhorite

Ooooh, good one, Melon! Okay, y'all, have fun, I may get to see you tomorrow
:::::*POOF!*:::::

12:09 am

melonheadjujube

bo7 :)

12:09 am

lynxxx

ro6

12:09 am

smooth_pappa

whoo hoo! finished the iron sudoku already.. tiem for bed, though... nite all!

12:09 am

72 Temple Owl

almost, but no vodka

12:09 am

lynxxx

bye smooth

12:10 am

helenkeller

good nite smooth

12:10 am

72 Temple Owl

ntie smooth

12:10 am

kkiln

ad 6

12:10 am

melonheadjujube

laila tov smooth papa

12:10 am

72 Temple Owl

alamo

12:11 am

72 Temple Owl

uh - oh - bed time. and $2 i owe jean

12:11 am

jillibus

who said no vodka? I have vodka

12:11 am

Angb

yep that's a word thnx TO

12:11 am

72 Temple Owl

who - ho , jili!

12:11 am

lynxxx

wo6

12:12 am

jillibus

helen - love your new year icon!

12:12 am

kkiln

li 6

12:12 am

Angelakk

pr6

12:12 am

helenkeller

bad boy dennis - tatted bb player

12:12 am

Angb

Need more wine - back in 5 - I did spill most of mine remember

12:13 am

helenkeller

lol jili - ty

12:16 am

jillibus

ok, angb -- guess it's winetime in NZ -- bedtime here

12:16 am

Angb

7pm and waiting for partner to cook my dinner

12:16 am

jillibus

grid too big as usual, sigh

12:16 am

jillibus

mans

12:17 am

72 Temple Owl

i have 19 m words - and still not one from the bottom corner. it's going to be one of those grids.....

12:17 am

jillibus

oh dear, did it again -- but you already have it I bet

12:17 am

kkiln

la 6

12:19 am

DRBERNABO

hi7

12:20 am

:D

in7

12:21 am

georgiaj

racist word sa5

12:21 am

jillibus

li6

12:21 am

melonheadjujube

my new stat; "squares" there are 6 "square" in the grid which form a total of 8 words by my count - a square is 2 tles directly over 2 more tiles.

12:22 am

helenkeller

melon - WHAT ?? ??? ????

12:23 am

helenkeller

whatcha smokin' there melon?

12:23 am

Angb

thnx for asking that helen.

12:23 am

melonheadjujube

justy look for little 4-tile squares that form words, 2x2 - am i making sense?

12:23 am

helenkeller

lol ang

12:23 am

melonheadjujube

salmon, hk.

12:23 am

ARB

Good morning - shalom Everyone

12:23 am

jillibus

you are to me, melon

12:23 am

helenkeller

hiya arb

12:24 am

Angb

Hi ARB

12:24 am

melonheadjujube

boker tov, ARB

12:24 am

helenkeller

lol - smoking salmon - lol

12:24 am

jillibus

hi arb

12:24 am

ARB

Did I hear LOX?

12:24 am

melonheadjujube

jilli, be worried - be very, very worried ;)

12:24 am

melonheadjujube

Lox, Stox, & barrell :D

12:24 am

jillibus

I gues...

12:25 am

ARB

how're you doing, Melon? Getting stronger?

12:26 am

melonheadjujube

a bit set back this week - i have a sharp pain toone side if i lean or turn the least bit wrong - had it checked out to be sure no obstrucion - may just be adhesions that will have to work out. I did get to my ceramics class, tho. good to be out of the house & with people.

12:27 am

cybernan

I thought the bo 7 was a girl's name?

12:27 am

kierlex

oh what happened melon?

12:27 am

melonheadjujube

Thanks for asking, btw. so much for the "organ recital" ;)

12:27 am

DRBERNABO

h07

12:28 am

melonheadjujube

hi kier, had a total hysterectomy. preventative bc family history of ovarian & breasy CA.

12:28 am

joey

cy, the bo is also a fish

12:29 am

melonheadjujube

the bo is the only big word I've gotten so far. the 7s 8s & 9 are eluding me!

12:29 am

NonnieLight

ty for the bo clue joey & nan :o)

12:29 am

cybernan

do 7

12:29 am

melonheadjujube

at least the words are interesting. if i see "ante' or "tern' one more time. . .

12:29 am

joey

yvw

12:30 am

kierlex

ohh ouch melon.... i wish you a swift recovery

12:30 am

jillibus

you guys who give clues to long words help me find short ones which begin with those letters but the long ones remain hidden from my bleary eyes!

12:31 am

jillibus

warns

12:31 am

jillibus

ach

12:31 am

72 Temple Owl

jean d'espit is getting richer by the minute

12:31 am

cybernan

still haven't found that hi 7

12:31 am

kkiln

I'm with you jillibus

12:32 am

cybernan

or the ho -- must be similar

12:32 am

melonheadjujube

tx, kier - i'm doing pretty good, but it will be a while b4 i'm back on my bicycle {sigh} - i had been doing 40 to 50 miles a week pre-op.

12:33 am

melonheadjujube

jilli, just read your profile - i will have to check this young musician out!

12:33 am

kierlex

wow melon, that's impressive. and will help you recover more quickly i bet

12:34 am

jillibus

melon -- your bassist looks dreamy!

12:34 am

melonheadjujube

cybernan, you have one of my very faves as an icon! he comes to Cleveland every few years to do benefits for local charities. saw one of his last performances with the late Sam Sanders.

12:34 am

melonheadjujube

don't he, jili - his playing is awesome.

12:35 am

cybernan

ho 8

12:36 am

melonheadjujube

kier, i hope. right now i have to still be careful of bending, lifting, reaching - having a normal day in other words. infact i should get off the 'puter soon - too much sitting in one place isn't so good for me.

12:36 am

VolleymomDee

Hi all!!!

12:37 am

chic

good one , nan! thanx!

12:37 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up!

12:37 am

jillibus

hi volley!

12:37 am

lynxxx

thanks Lickety

12:37 am

NonnieLight

ty lickety

12:37 am

helenkeller

ty lickety

12:37 am

chic

thanx, lickety!

12:37 am

melonheadjujube

mi7 - think jilli's other half, after tiny.

12:38 am

melonheadjujube

XOXOXOX lickety!

12:38 am

kierlex

no, too much lounging is bad. i was on strict bedrest for 3 months when i was pregger, i was SOOOO weak afterwards

12:38 am

helenkeller

well i'm 1/2 way & can't see anything more

12:39 am

helenkeller

good nite everyone :)

12:39 am

jillibus

hey, thanks for the mi7, melon!!! - lol!

12:39 am

ARB

Laila tov Helen

12:39 am

georgiaj

pr9

12:39 am

melonheadjujube

i do take walks. after i see doic in a week hope to start gentle water exercises.i

12:39 am

jillibus

night helen

12:39 am

chic

nite helen!

12:39 am

jillibus

ooo, georgia!

12:39 am

melonheadjujube

xxoo, jilli, laila tov, hk.

12:39 am

NonnieLight

night helen

12:40 am

cybernan

mi clue went right over my head!

12:40 am

cybernan

oh -- got it!

12:41 am

:D

all the latin(esque) words we see but Ho**** (to man) is not accepted!

12:43 am

jillibus

I want more e's in this grid

12:43 am

cybernan

greyed the w -- yay!

12:43 am

melonheadjujube

is it just me, or are there more than the usual number of words ending in a vowel - not e?

12:44 am

:D

me too nan :D

12:47 am

DRBERNABO

top row is grey

12:48 am

cybernan

wtg drB

12:48 am

:D

thats quick work dr!

12:49 am

DRBERNABO

well, its easier if you restrict yourself to four starting letters...

12:50 am

:D

yeah, i am not that organised doc - its all over the board for me - at least initially

12:50 am

chic

ok that's enough fun for one nite! see ya!

12:50 am

:D

bye chic

12:50 am

jillibus

night, chic

12:50 am

lynxxx

bye Chic

12:50 am

ARB

bye chic

12:50 am

:D

are all the Vs similar dr?

12:51 am

cybernan

have the v combo, but missing the other

12:51 am

72 Temple Owl

night chix!

12:51 am

72 Temple Owl

nite, all - see you later

12:51 am

DRBERNABO

it isn't a vo

12:51 am

:D

me too nan

12:51 am

ARB

bye TO

12:51 am

:D

oh ouch! thanks Dr

12:52 am

melonheadjujube

i give up - might come back tomorry. laila tov, all.

12:52 am

DRBERNABO

here is a visual clue for the other v: vvvvvvvvvv

12:52 am

:D

i got it thanks dr

12:52 am

:D

bye melon

12:52 am

cybernan

thanks bernabo

12:53 am

ARB

Laila Tov Melon. Rest well

12:53 am

kierlex

why isn't rasta a word?

12:53 am

:D

it's too far ian

12:54 am

jillibus

night melon

12:54 am

Andree

hi everyone, won't let me have satan, capital I expect

12:54 am

kierlex

hi andree

12:54 am

lynxxx

hello Andree

12:55 am

melonheadjujube

thanks, everyone. {poof}

12:55 am

jillibus

night TO -- ???

12:58 am

Natasha

hi everyone

12:58 am

:D

hi nat

12:58 am

ARB

hi Andree, Hi Natasha

1:01 am

jillibus

hi natasha

1:01 am

Andree

hi natasha

1:01 am

cybernan

half way -- time to call it a night -- see you tomorrow :)

1:02 am

jillibus

night nan

1:02 am

ARB

good nite nan

1:02 am

Natasha

wow, I cruised up to 58 words and am feeling stuck...maybe I should sleep. nah, not yet.

1:03 am

ARB

There is a big wall

1:03 am

Natasha

if only there were more e's

1:05 am

:D

oh so close to having subliminal in there

1:06 am

:D

i think i have more phantoms than real words at this point

1:06 am

hpyhrted

...and sundown!

1:07 am

:D

has anyone seen comet mcnaught?

1:07 am

ARB

I have never "created" so many words -- I am coming up with combinations tht I'd swear were not words, and lo and behold, they are!

1:07 am

kierlex

no kidding, Arb, i feel as if i am creating my own language!

1:08 am

DRBERNABO

finally got a word in each square. sigh

1:12 am

kierlex

oh i can't go on.... gnite everyone!

1:12 am

Natasha

I managed to eke out a few more words, but i'm falling asleep. see you all later.

1:12 am

ARB

bye kier, bye Nat

1:13 am

Andree

bye nat and kier

1:22 am

jillibus

bye nat, kier...

1:31 am

ARB

Is there anyone out there?

1:31 am

Uneaixoise

me . . .

1:31 am

lynxxx

I just came back Jilli

1:31 am

ARB

Hi Une

1:31 am

kangabrat

yes, but we are all very quiet, hi all

1:31 am

Uneaixoise

:-D

1:32 am

lynxxx

Oops sorry - ARB. Hi Kanga

1:32 am

ARB

Good morning all -- the sun just came out here.

1:33 am

jillibus

I'm still here but gridding

1:33 am

jillibus

hi une

1:34 am

Uneaixoise

hey :-)

1:34 am

VolleymomDee

still here, but trying to concentrate; amazing grid!

1:34 am

kangabrat

is it just me, or is this a toughie?

1:34 am

ARB

very tough

1:34 am

jillibus

I wish people would identify their musicians so dummies like me would know who they are

1:34 am

Uneaixoise

well, i've found 133 pretty quickly . . .

1:34 am

Uneaixoise

Paul Simon

1:34 am

lynxxx

I thin its tough - has break but only have110

1:34 am

kangabrat

*sob*

1:35 am

jillibus

thanks, une! I like him too

1:35 am

lynxxx

sorry about my spelling! I really can - its the two finger typing that lets me down

1:36 am

Uneaixoise

not familiar with your guy, jillibus, but will check him out!

1:36 am

jillibus

lynxxx -- you "only" have 110? I have 53

1:37 am

lynxxx

oh but Jilli - I specialise in 4 letter words !

1:37 am

jillibus

He's young but oh so talented, une

1:37 am

Uneaixoise

lynxxx, me too--have 134 but nothing bigger than a 6!

1:38 am

kangabrat

*tries to edge unobtrusively out of room*

1:38 am

Uneaixoise

kanga, don't be silly! :-)

1:38 am

lynxxx

come back Kanga!

1:39 am

kangabrat

sorry, it's hot here, and I think I have brain overheating...

1:39 am

jillibus

my 53 are mostly 4-letters too :(

1:39 am

ARB

I have 1 7, so we're all struggling.

1:40 am

kangabrat

oh goodie! a five letter word, and so smooth too...

1:40 am

jillibus

of course, I'm also watching TV...

1:40 am

kangabrat

i'm mentally checking off my packing list... off camping tomorrow, and just taking a break from packing the car.

1:41 am

Andree

hope its not too hot kanga, nothing worse than a hot tent

1:41 am

lynxxx

where do you go to Kanga?

1:42 am

Uneaixoise

on TV everyone's been looking VERY hot at the Australian Open!

1:42 am

kangabrat

down to jervis bay, lynxxx. first time with the kids.

1:42 am

Andree

77 here , finding this hard

1:42 am

Andree

it is very hot une

1:43 am

Andree

and I think hotter in melbourne

1:43 am

jillibus

big and hard, andree - not fair

1:43 am

kangabrat

but the weather forecast is for cooler for the rest of the week... here's hoping

1:43 am

lynxxx

Thats down here in Melbourne Unea - it was dreadful last week but has now been raining for 3 days and much cooler

1:44 am

Andree

not when its monday tomorrow jilli

1:44 am

lynxxx

Should be lovely Kanga - hope you don't get too much rain though

1:45 am

kangabrat

my family live down that way, so if it is too wet we have a bolthole.

1:45 am

kangabrat

more worried about the shark photographed just off the beach we are going to!

1:45 am

Andree

sounds good kanga

1:46 am

Andree

not the shark, the bolthole,lol

1:46 am

lynxxx

Think I would be too !!!!!

1:46 am

kangabrat

had me worried there, andree.

1:47 am

Andree

nothing wrong with sharks I just don't want to meet one swimming

1:47 am

lynxxx

Yay - I got a U !!!!

1:48 am

kangabrat

absolutely, andree. might send the kids in first ;)

1:48 am

:D

i would be more shocked if he was walking andree :P kidding -- they are scary critters

1:48 am

Andree

anyone got a hint for the 9

1:48 am

:D

lol kanga appetisers

1:48 am

kangabrat

met one once, while skindiving.

1:48 am

Angb

evening all Aussies and others. un 5 lynxxx

1:48 am

Uneaixoise

i'd settle for a clue for a 7!

1:49 am

kangabrat

hey angb

1:49 am

Angb

I just got one at the same time

1:49 am

:D

all i can tell ya andree is that it supposedly starts with pr

1:49 am

Andree

hi angb

1:49 am

Angb

hi andree

1:49 am

lynxxx

TY AngB - the one I found was un5.18 - yours the same?

1:50 am

ARB

got to say bye -- will come back later with a clean conscience after doing what must be done today.

1:50 am

Andree

bye arb

1:50 am

Uneaixoise

and un5/12

1:50 am

lynxxx

see you later ARB

1:50 am

Uneaixoise

bye, arb

1:50 am

Angb

yeh - the others are a 4 and 4 combo 0which I have just found

1:50 am

:D

bye arb

1:50 am

kangabrat

i've got a un5/12, but not a 5/18... swap? (mines a flat...)

1:50 am

Angb

4 and 5 - time to turn light on

1:51 am

Andree

I should be ironing but it is too hot inside, have laptop outside where its many degrees cooler

1:51 am

lynxxx

Thanks you all. un5.18 is what you don't do at an auction

1:51 am

kangabrat

had to do the washing up, earlier. was like a sauna, but not as relaxing.

1:52 am

kangabrat

thanks, lynxxx.

1:53 am

jillibus

just got the pr9/78 -it's plural

1:53 am

:D

all my housework is done after dark these days i'm like some sort of sadie vampire

1:53 am

Andree

too hot to eat so hence no washing up

1:53 am

:D

well dne jilli

1:53 am

jillibus

I mean it's a plural

1:53 am

kangabrat

just found what i've lost because of the head...

1:53 am

Andree

thx for the u's

1:53 am

kangabrat

the heat, rather

1:54 am

lynxxx

whats the temp in Sydney? sounds like your getting the weather we did

1:55 am

Andree

lynxx it must have been in the high 30's today, now a lovely breeze but heat still trapped in the house, so i will stay outside for a while yet

1:56 am

kangabrat

down from a high of 42 to 29 (just checked the bom site)

1:56 am

kangabrat

jilli, any hints on what the 9 is a plural of?

1:56 am

:D

anything over 35 and i melt anything over 40 and i just wanna die

1:56 am

lynxxx

ugh - hope you don't have it for as long as we did! nor the fires

1:57 am

:D

and the floods lynxxx - they look nasty too

1:57 am

kangabrat

the weather is supposed to break tonight, then just around 30. (there are floods?)

1:58 am

jillibus

Pr8/9 - ban(s)

1:58 am

Andree

you have had terrible weather lynxxx, we have not had very many bad days so no complaints here

1:58 am

:D

floods in SA

1:58 am

jillibus

not really a plural -- a present tense

1:58 am

:D

cheers jilli, got it

1:58 am

Andree

where are you kanga

1:58 am

kangabrat

thanks jilli!

1:58 am

Uneaixoise

thanks!!

1:58 am

kangabrat

sydney, andree

1:59 am

jillibus

good, :D

1:59 am

lynxxx

Oh! thanks Jilli!

1:59 am

Andree

me too kanga

1:59 am

jillibus

yw ;)

1:59 am

kangabrat

guessed from the icon!

2:07 am

jillibus

if anyone cares, tha ad7/8 have the same ending as the pr8/9

2:07 am

Iain

GM All

2:07 am

Iain

milt

2:07 am

Uneaixoise

thanks, jillibus!

2:07 am

Iain

salt

2:07 am

lynxxx

I care - TY Jilli !

2:07 am

:D

thanks jilli

2:07 am

kangabrat

jilli! you know we care... and about the words too. thanks v much.

2:07 am

lynxxx

Hello Iain - got that one but thanks anyway

2:08 am

jillibus

:)

2:08 am

Andree

thx jilli, haven't found either yet

2:08 am

Iain

sorry my moknkey is misbehaving

2:10 am

Angelakk

I just want to say that as someone who has lived in Texas for 10+ years, it should not have taken me so long to get the first al 5/12 ;)

2:10 am

Uneaixoise

oohh, thanks, angel

2:10 am

Uneaixoise

going back to bed now . . BBL--happy babbling, all!

2:11 am

kangabrat

thanks angel.

2:11 am

jillibus

thx, angel -- g'night une!

2:11 am

Angelakk

happy to help... I was beating myself in the head and thought I'd share :)

2:11 am

joey

angel, where in Texas do you live?

2:11 am

kangabrat

why is that allowed, and not nubia? so confusing.

2:11 am

kangabrat

night une.

2:11 am

lynxxx

thanks Angel

2:11 am

Angelakk

I'm in Austin

2:11 am

lynxxx

Bye Une

2:12 am

Andree

bye une

2:12 am

jillibus

I agree, kanga

2:12 am

joey

too bad. i am in Fort worth and I love to do some of te same things you do.

2:12 am

Angelakk

Yes, too bad for sure. I'm moving overseas in a few months and need to get rid of stamp stuff! Fortunately I have several friends just waiting to get their hands on it.

2:13 am

joey

well, if there are beads or stamps that they don't want, be sure to keep me in mind. 8)

2:13 am

Angelakk

I'll be going through FW on my way to visit family before I leave, so I will let you know if there are leftovers. :)

2:14 am

joey

that would be way cool thanks

2:15 am

Angelakk

Okay, I hit 105 and my brain is obviously fried. Night all, be sure and leave good clues for me to find tomorrow!

2:15 am

kangabrat

night angel

2:15 am

:D

bye angel

2:15 am

lynxxx

nite Angel

2:15 am

joey

nite angel. sleep well

2:15 am

jillibus

night angel

2:16 am

:D

can someone please further hint that al5/12 for lil ol non-texan me?

2:16 am

Angb

D - the last stand at the al 5/12 - from a kiwi!!!!

2:17 am

jillibus

al + Latin "I love"

2:17 am

:D

ahhhh lol i should have gotten that thanx ang

2:17 am

lynxxx

D al + slang for what you put in guns & rifles

2:17 am

Iain

the one al/5 I have is a famous battle in Texas

2:17 am

Angb

That's the one Iain

2:17 am

:D

speaking of slang - there a am 4 that is aussie for ambulance

2:18 am

Angb

cheers D

2:18 am

kangabrat

thanks :D. where are you?

2:18 am

lynxxx

Thanks D

2:18 am

:D

add onto the front for a nasty racist word and a dance

2:19 am

jillibus

thank :D

2:19 am

:D

i m in bathurst, NSW

2:19 am

kangabrat

and again, ta!

2:19 am

:D

no problem

2:19 am

kangabrat

can also be two slices of bread with filling, D...

2:20 am

Angb

There are lots of nasty little words in this grid!

2:20 am

:D

yeah thats the racist one kanga - i like your clue better tho it would have had me looking for sanga LOL

2:21 am

jillibus

racist is in the eye of the beholder

2:21 am

kangabrat

a good banger sanga and a schooner, would do me nicely right now!

2:21 am

:D

sound great kanga

2:22 am

jillibus

kanga wantsa banger sanga

2:22 am

:D

agreed jilli - aussies tend not to be racist but r often accused of it as we tend to label people that way without meaning offence, like poms, yanks and wogs

2:22 am

Andree

pass some along

2:22 am

kangabrat

damn, might have to put some real clothes on and head for the bottle shop

2:22 am

Andree

get enough for us all kanga

2:23 am

o-o

I disagree that racism is in the eye of the beholder.

2:23 am

kangabrat

will do! any favourite brews?

2:23 am

joey

i am having a margarita. have some left. any takers?

2:23 am

:D

its only offensive if u choose it to be taken that way babble

2:23 am

kangabrat

settle for a margarita, any day joey!

2:23 am

jillibus

memememe

2:24 am

joey

here it comes, keep your mouth open.!!

2:24 am

o-o

I totally disagree

2:24 am

jillibus

that's what I meant, :D

2:24 am

:D

some people deliberately set out to be offensive babble, but if i called u a yank it would not be intended that way

2:25 am

o-o

and your intention is not definative

2:25 am

joey

my two cents - which i don't often offer. there are some words in the english language that have the stigma of being in poor taste no matter what your intent. sad to say but that is how it is.

2:25 am

:D

but it is babble - how else do afro americans get away with calling each other nigger?

2:26 am

o-o

racism is not subjective

2:26 am

:D

i cant say it to them without being racist but its ok for them? THATs racist

2:26 am

jillibus

I am a WASP, a honky, an ofay, a haole, a bitch, whatever, and I don't care

2:26 am

o-o

you are arguing in circles

2:26 am

:D

my hubby calls canadians plastic frogs and some of our best mates r canadian

2:27 am

lynxxx

I think D is only referring to bterms we use in Australia. Lots of times, in our own weird way, they are terms of endearment. A lot of times, we only 'insult' when we care about someone - else we ignore!

2:27 am

jillibus

oh, and a hag too

2:27 am

o-o

so what?

2:27 am

kangabrat

and i'm a skip, and proud to be known as one!

2:27 am

:D

not arguing babble - just voicing my opinion

2:27 am

o-o

sure you are

2:27 am

Andree

me either jilli, we are a lot more jokey here than other countries but generally don't mean offence

2:28 am

:D

and certainly not trying to offend babble

2:28 am

jillibus

what's a skip?

2:28 am

kangabrat

a bog plain anglo australian, called that by wogs in reference to Skippy!

2:28 am

lynxxx

skip = skippy = Skippy the Bush kangaroo!

2:28 am

:D

if u allow peoples words to hurt you babble they will continue to use those words to hurt you

2:29 am

MVA

morning all

2:29 am

:D

not to mention bogan kanga :P

2:29 am

lynxxx

Hi MVA

2:29 am

Iain

morning MVA

2:29 am

kangabrat

ahh, i hear my wog husband returning with our takeaway dinner. see you later all.

2:29 am

Angb

Hi MVA

2:29 am

jillibus

oh -- skippy sounds cute!

2:29 am

o-o

that does not mean the words are not offensive and racist

2:29 am

:D

lol bye kanga

2:30 am

o-o

you can rationalize forever, but use of racist terms is racism

2:30 am

lynxxx

Bye Kanga - enjoy - and the trip as well!

2:30 am

:D

if i upset someone unintentionally by my speech i will apologise babble but i can assure you that it is rarely intended in this country wen we refer to people that way

2:30 am

jillibus

sticks and stones

2:30 am

Andree

they are not taken that way here, I refer to myself as a wog occasionally and I have lived here 50 years

2:30 am

kangabrat

thanks lynxx, will do *poof*

2:31 am

Angb

Unfortunately jilli - words are often the tip of an iceberg of racist behaviour.

2:31 am

georgiaj

oooh what interesting chat!

2:32 am

:D

agreed ang, but that's where intention comes in - it is easy to tell if someone is using your race to try to undermine you or if they mean it affectionately

2:32 am

Iain

some'minorities' use racism as a lever to get what they want regerdless of the wishes of the majoity. Lets treat everyone equal ( no doubt someone will find a way to buck the system)

2:32 am

Andree

if no offence is meant, none should be taken

2:32 am

jillibus

hear hear

2:32 am

o-o

to use racist language and then say " oh I didn't mean to be racist" is quite convenient

2:33 am

Angb

Not necessarily - that is from your point of view, not an oppressed person's point of view. I'll stop now - one of hot buttons

2:33 am

:D

absolutely lain and that is wot i am saying if someone draws attention to my race it doesnt bother me - it is who i am as much as being female -- as long as they dont TRY to use it to hurt me, its a joke

2:34 am

Andree

but we don't do that babble, its how we speak here

2:34 am

:D

no babble - its irreverant and that is the way australians tend to be

2:34 am

o-o

and lian, that is why in the US the there is equal protection so the majority cannot shove there racism down the minority's throat

2:34 am

Angb

Are you a white aussie D? That makes a major difference.

2:34 am

:D

etting upset over being called a wog or woteva is just as silly as getting upset at being called a shiela

2:34 am

Andree

we are not yet terrified of every word we utter as you have to be in US

2:34 am

:D

no ang

2:34 am

o-o

I see

2:34 am

:D

i m of aboriginal descent

2:35 am

o-o

so you are fearless racists?

2:35 am

VolleymomDee

wow feel like I have been working on this forever, still have 69 to go

2:35 am

o-o

good for you

2:35 am

:D

no i m an equalist babble

2:35 am

VolleymomDee

ty .. getting a brain freeze lol

2:35 am

jillibus

I don't think anyone is exactly encouraging the use of derogatory terms. What triggered me was the designation of sa5/16 as a "nasty racist word" when it was, to me, the name of a delightful little boy in a favourite children's story.

2:36 am

Andree

is not you calling us racists just as bad

2:36 am

VolleymomDee

so very true jil... never ever thought of it as a pejorative then

2:37 am

o-o

this is a waste of time .... and andre, just as bad as what?

2:37 am

VolleymomDee

and the pics in my book were amazing

2:37 am

:D

just as labelling someone according to their heritage is not racism for us volley - just as labelling by sex is not sexism or age is not ageism -- just calling it as it is

2:37 am

joey

volleymomdee, i still have a copy of that book. was also a favorite of mine

2:38 am

Andree

good on you d

2:38 am

:D

if you dont think your race is something to b ashamed of why would u be offended by me affectionately calling you a yank or wotever

2:38 am

VolleymomDee

so true... how I feel also

2:38 am

jillibus

So I've always remembered the word "ghee"

2:38 am

:D

isnt that cheese related jilli?

2:38 am

jillibus

butter, :D

2:39 am

Andree

I have a golliwog here my grandchildren love, guess that is a no no too

2:39 am

o-o

so, every black person should be proud you call them a N?

2:39 am

:D

how could i mean to disparage u by pointing out a proud heritage babble?

2:39 am

jillibus

ach

2:39 am

o-o

what utter twaddle!

2:39 am

:D

i have never used the N word because i know it causes offence babble - also i dont meet a lot of afro americans here

2:40 am

:D

i do call mates black bastards tho

2:40 am

:D

d they respond in kind with a laugh

2:40 am

Wyrd

i think its the person said word is directed to that should get to decide if they feel offended or not

2:41 am

:D

if i call u a girl are u offended wyrd?

2:41 am

o-o

and like in the slave days the folks said yes master... or got whipped

2:41 am

:D

wots the difference?

2:41 am

o-o

a whole bunch of difference ...

2:42 am

Wyrd

well i get to decided that myself i think

2:42 am

jillibus

Well, I have only 73 words here and I think I'll go to bed

2:42 am

o-o

I give up .... no wonder intolerance is rampant in this world

2:42 am

:D

fair enough - obviously i have my view and u have yours, neither seems to b changing

2:43 am

:D

nite jilli

2:43 am

Andree

you have taken this too seriosly babble , our sense of humour is different

2:43 am

lynxxx

BabbleR - I think you are taking this way too far. D, Andree and even I were talking about the Australian climate. Of course, we do not know the circumstances in the US - only be hearsay. Australians, because of our now generous immigration policy, are very much indeed a multi racial society - and to the betterment of all who live here. We are, in the vast majority, not racist.

2:43 am

Andree

here here lynxxx

2:44 am

:D

thanks lynxxx

2:44 am

o-o

and I think you miss the point.

2:44 am

jillibus

Is babrab being tolerant of those who differ with him?

2:44 am

Iain

It seems that over the years words have altered their meanings. Some are upset by the changed word. If you KNOW the word will upset a person DO NOT use it, Idf you have used it then apologise if it caused offence, If you are offended please accept a well meant apology and lets get on with life, its hard enough as it is

2:44 am

:D

and i do embrace people of all cultures and religions regardless of their skin colour and i hope that they will do the same for me

2:45 am

lynxxx

No BabbleR...we really do see your point. Racism is abhorant - and would not survive in Australia

2:45 am

:D

if you want to let wot others say to u hurt u that is your perogative babble, it is never my intent, nor the intent of the people i know

2:46 am

o-o

there is an objective standard for rascism and it should not be enabled or tolerated .... you are rationalizing your racism

2:46 am

Andree

we are NOT racists

2:46 am

:D

calling me intolerant and racist doesnt alter wot i know to be true for me and everyone i know

2:47 am

o-o

and that argument, :D, is such a convenient way to be racist

2:47 am

o-o

and that argument, :D, is such a convenient way to be racist

2:47 am

:D

no its the way that we live and the way that we have embraced other races and cultures into our own

2:48 am

:D

ignoring our differences does nothing

2:48 am

Andree

do you object to being called a yank, babble

2:48 am

Iain

owns

2:48 am

:D

pretending that we are all the same and being careful not to mention certain aspects of race or culture is ridiculous

2:49 am

Iain

oops

2:49 am

:D

got that one lain - keep trying :P

2:49 am

jillibus

thanks, Iain! I didn't have that little one

2:50 am

flosey

Hi all, just coming in! was playing bridge online all evening

2:50 am

Iain

sometimes it is the easy words that are missed

2:50 am

Andree

hi flosey

2:50 am

flosey

Hi Andree

2:50 am

:D

by our irreverance we have reduced the stigmas that so many other countries deal with in multicultural society

2:50 am

jillibus

hi flosey! Did you win?

2:50 am

flosey

Hi Jilli - yes!! most of the time

2:51 am

flosey

was playing with hubby

2:51 am

:D

anyways - i have to go, dinner time

2:51 am

Iain

Bye D

2:51 am

Andree

bye d

2:51 am

MVA

bye d

2:51 am

:D

good night and good luck all

2:51 am

jillibus

Bye :D

2:51 am

Andree

biah

2:51 am

Andree

biah

2:51 am

Andree

biah

2:52 am

Andree

biah

2:52 am

Andree

biah

2:52 am

Andree

biah

2:52 am

Andree

biah

2:52 am

Andree

2:52 am

Andree

2:52 am

Andree

2:52 am

Andree

2:52 am

Andree

2:52 am

Andree

2:52 am

Andree

2:52 am

Andree

2:52 am

Andree

2:52 am

Andree

2:52 am

flosey

Puzzle looks long today, will at least start it

2:52 am

Andree

sorry

2:52 am

jillibus

flosey, it's tough too IMHO

2:52 am

Iain

Control yourself Andree lol

2:52 am

lynxxx

Bye D.

2:53 am

flosey

IMHO - not familiar with that one Jilli

2:53 am

jillibus

In My Humble Opinion

2:54 am

flosey

ah, thanks

2:55 am

flosey

I have not heard of your pianist Jilli - but love to hear Boogie - amongst other types

2:56 am

jillibus

Michael Kaesahmmer has been here at ArtSpring twice -- great fun!

2:57 am

P.J.

brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr,goooooood mmmorninggggggggg alllllllllllllllll

2:57 am

jillibus

hi ho!

2:57 am

sprite

morning all

2:58 am

oggy

annie are there

2:58 am

jillibus

Hello sprite!

2:58 am

flosey

I should get out there more often, but don't like night driving - especially in Winter.

2:58 am

oggy

morning all

2:58 am

jillibus

and oggy

2:58 am

Iain

gm hodag, sprite

2:58 am

MVA

hi hodag and sprite and oggy

2:58 am

jillibus

hi mva

2:59 am

lynxxx

Hi Hodag & Sprite & Oggy & Flosey & anyone else I didn't notice!

2:59 am

Iain

gm oggy

2:59 am

MVA

hi jill

2:59 am

sprite

sizable grid today... is it fun?

2:59 am

lynxxx

Nope ! but probably will be for you Sprite !

3:00 am

P.J.

hi Jilli and sprite,oggy MVA and lyn

3:00 am

jillibus

I have only 77 words, sprite -- does that answer your question? But there has been some diverting chat

3:00 am

sprite

too many unwords is never fun

3:00 am

sprite

ah, chat is good :)

3:01 am

sprite

what, no satan?

3:02 am

jillibus

not in the dictionary, like internet

3:02 am

sprite

what can I say

3:03 am

lynxxx

Halfway! time for Lickety or I'll never finish this before work tomorrow! BBS

3:03 am

MVA

a lot of the words i've tried aren't in the dictionary either!!

3:04 am

sprite

MVA, we know more words than the dictionary! Isn't that a bit scary?

3:10 am

sprite

ok, only to me perhaps then

3:10 am

MVA

sorry sprite, had to get more tea! i find it scary too!

3:11 am

sprite

tea, now that is a great idea! And perhaps some breakfast...

3:12 am

MVA

just what i was thinking sprite, ishall go and make braekfast now!! bbl

3:12 am

sprite

same here, back in a bit

3:13 am

Angb

Back again - kids in bed

3:14 am

jillibus

that's where I'm going -- g'night all *poof*

3:14 am

Angb

Nite jilli

3:16 am

oggy

clue for ob7 please

3:17 am

jan

It's the plural of the ob/6--though it's a Russian plural, so don't expect an s on it...

3:17 am

joey

there is a bl 5 in second place, ending in the third vowel

3:18 am

oggy

thanks jan got it

3:18 am

Iain

must go and get the paper bye all

3:18 am

jan

yw

3:18 am

Angb

bye iain

3:19 am

jan

Way past my bed time...I'm off

3:19 am

sprite

bye, everyone who left or is leaving

3:19 am

Angb

nite jan

3:19 am

P.J.

bye lain,jilli and jan

3:19 am

lynxxx

Bye Jan, Jilli and Iain

3:21 am

P.J.

clever Lyn.lol

3:21 am

lynxxx

just a copy cat!

3:22 am

sprite

I have difficulty to believe there are biggies in this grid.

3:23 am

Angb

The biggest word I have sprite is 1 x 7 letter LOL

3:23 am

sprite

mine are 6 :)

3:23 am

P.J.

now I never would have guessed that! Isn't this grid a pain in the ...OOPs?

3:24 am

lynxxx

do you want the ones Jilli found?

3:24 am

Angb

Yep - not enjoying it.

3:24 am

joey

the ad 7 7& 8 and the pr 8 and 9 all end in the same 5 and 6 letters

3:24 am

P.J.

sure

3:24 am

sprite

I saw something about ob7 and 8, but I couldn't make head or tail of it

3:25 am

lynxxx

Joey just gave them - the pr means to ban

3:26 am

P.J.

I can see I'll never get this one finished I can't even get it started!!!!!!!!!!

3:26 am

sprite

great, that did the trick. I would have found the pr eventually, but that ad is new for me.

3:26 am

sprite

thanks for the clues :)

3:27 am

joey

yvs

3:27 am

joey

oops, yvw

3:27 am

P.J.

Bye all

3:27 am

sprite

bye hodag

3:27 am

lynxxx

bye Hodag

3:28 am

Angb

bye hodag

3:28 am

ARB

mans

3:28 am

ARB

st

3:28 am

ARB

tin

3:28 am

Angb

rawl

3:28 am

Angb

oops

3:28 am

sprite

arb is on a roll!

3:28 am

ARB

SOooooooooooooory

3:28 am

sprite

and Angb too

3:29 am

ARB

And I couldn't figure out why the word stats didn't change!

3:29 am

Angb

be alright if they were words LOL

3:29 am

sprite

LOL!

3:31 am

sprite

I was soooo smart, I found subliminal. But guess, it is not in the puzzle :(

3:32 am

ursh

me oo sprite i found talisman !!

3:33 am

ursh

*too

3:33 am

sprite

oh, and stamina! Darn!

3:33 am

sprite

I like talisman!

3:33 am

ursh

down

3:33 am

ursh

wns

3:33 am

ursh

ns

3:33 am

ursh

oops

3:34 am

sprite

now that one is there

3:34 am

Angb

Sprite have you found : the a kind of sausage, originally Italian, often flavored with garlic. sa 6?

3:34 am

sprite

no, but I have now, thanks :)

3:36 am

ursh

sorry am using laptop and making lots of typos

3:38 am

lynxxx

there is a swag of al & am words

3:41 am

sprite

I have this strange ho7/8 combo.
I think it means resembling a human. The 8 ends in the robot ending. For the 7 drop one of the last vowels.

3:43 am

sprite

ohhhh... and do you have the tiny van mi7/44 that sounds like a granddaughter of jilli?

3:45 am

lynxxx

do know - though still don't know the name!

3:46 am

sprite

which name?

3:47 am

lynxxx

Jillis granddaughters

3:47 am

sprite

oh, I was not referring to a name, it was a clue, LOL. Look at the word and at jilli's name, you'll know what I meant :)

3:47 am

lynxxx

Ohhhhh - stupid me !

3:48 am

lynxxx

I only think of her as Jilli!

3:48 am

sprite

a bit farfetched I think

3:49 am

Angb

thnx sprite for the mi

3:49 am

sprite

yw :)
It is tough going, isn't it?

3:50 am

lynxxx

yeah - its enough to make you vo***

3:50 am

Angb

I was trying to do it without list and clues. Started looking at the clues 5 minutes ago. Frustrated to ****

3:50 am

sprite

thanks! My first Vs... I was wondering how to ever make words start with that V.

3:51 am

lynxxx

pleasure - just worked it out!

3:51 am

VolleymomDee

fireworks! It has been tough & I would never have gotten it without Lickety!! May I help anyone?

3:51 am

ARB

YAY MomDee

3:51 am

Angb

yay volley

3:52 am

Eva

I want wombat!

3:52 am

VolleymomDee

ty

3:52 am

lynxxx

do you want a cute clue for the other V?

3:52 am

sprite

Woweeeee Dee! *F*IR*E*W*O*R*K*S** for you!

3:52 am

Eva

howl

3:52 am

Angb

I keep on seeing nubile

3:52 am

Eva

ooops!

3:52 am

lynxxx

Yay Volley!

3:52 am

VolleymomDee

never thought I would make it on this one

3:52 am

Angb

yay sprite.

3:52 am

sprite

oh yes please, lynxxx

3:52 am

VolleymomDee

anything I can help with?

3:52 am

lynxxx

vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv

3:53 am

sprite

lollllll.... that was the clue?

3:53 am

VolleymomDee

I kept seeing nimble on night long

3:53 am

ursh

vees?

3:53 am

lynxxx

sure was - starts vr

3:53 am

sprite

thanks Dee, I still need so many I cannot really ask for clues.

3:53 am

Angb

Well I'm stumped lynxxx - something to ponder I suppose

3:54 am

Angb

I thought you went fireworks Sprite.

3:54 am

ARB

Think of Lynxx's clue and a motorcycle's sound

3:54 am

sprite

lol got it! You are right, it is a cute clue.

3:54 am

VolleymomDee

np I'll stop in later... have a wonderful day!!! poof

3:54 am

Angb

I used that in a scrabble game yesterdya LOL

3:54 am

sprite

Angb: no, Dee went fireworks, not me. I am only halfway.

3:54 am

lynxxx

Dr Bs clue I think

3:55 am

ARB

Did they accept it, Angb?

3:55 am

sprite

bye Dee

3:55 am

Angb

OK - I have got over 1/2 in every box. It was challenged of course. But valid - yeh

3:56 am

Andree

back again

3:56 am

sprite

hey, the V combo has a su variant.

3:57 am

Angb

Andree hi again

3:57 am

sprite

wb Andree

3:57 am

lynxxx

TY Sprite

3:57 am

Angb

And a am combo too

3:58 am

Angb

Thnx for the su sprite

3:58 am

Andree

this is hard work

3:59 am

sprite

it certainly is. Slow going and some pretty stupid words too.

3:59 am

ExWren

Morning/afternoon/evening everyone. Another biggie again today, I can't cope with them, but I will try to do a few of the words

4:00 am

sprite

hey ExWren :)

4:00 am

Angb

Have you found the bananas? bo 6 and 7

4:01 am

Andree

hi ex wren

4:01 am

Angb

Just thought the banana word might just be a NZ brand!

4:01 am

sprite

are those bananas? I thought fish, lol.

4:01 am

ExWren

I don't like the sound of your post regarding 'stupid words' Sprite!

4:01 am

lynxxx

Hello ExWren - good to see you

4:01 am

Andree

I thought that was a fish

4:02 am

Angb

The fish as an o on the end.

4:02 am

Andree

lots of REALLY stupid words ex

4:02 am

Angb

Good bait though

4:03 am

sprite

and rightly so, ExWren - some real unwords in this grid. Probably even more than I have :)
Angb: just looked it up. Dictionary says B~o, Often incorrectly written ~a.

4:03 am

Angb

Thnx for that sprite

4:04 am

sprite

so you were right about the fish ending o

4:04 am

Haz1558

Good morning/evening all. I don't think I have time to start the grid just yet, but wanted to say hello and see what the lie of the land was.

4:04 am

sprite

hi Haz! Pretty tough going, this one.

4:05 am

ARB

it lies tough, Haz

4:05 am

Angb

Good evening Haz - not enjoying this grid

4:05 am

Haz1558

Well, that's really encouraged me!!

4:06 am

Haz1558

At least I know you're being honest.....

4:06 am

ARB

But glad to see you.

4:06 am

sprite

we are not luring you in with lies, that is something ;)

4:06 am

Andree

hi haz

4:06 am

sprite

do7/36 pastor, minister. Ends in double vowel.

4:07 am

Haz1558

Ah well, I'll view it as a challenge. Challenge, an experience, interesting - words that are charged with meaning, often negative!!

4:07 am

lynxxx

Morning Haz

4:07 am

FMitch

Says "Good morning" with confidence but looks at the grid very tentatively

4:07 am

Haz1558

Hello FMitch - they say it has a government health warning.

4:07 am

lynxxx

Hello FM

4:08 am

Haz1558

And hello lynxxx and Andree - how are our warmer than us friends?

4:08 am

sprite

so true, Haz! I never apply for jobs that have those words in their ads. "Challinging job, no 9-5 mentality, for a creative teamplayer" - no thanks.

4:08 am

sprite

Hey FMitch

4:09 am

Angb

Hi FMitch

4:09 am

Andree

hi fmitch

4:09 am

lynxxx

Still slighly wet and much cooler - weather has moved to where Andree is

4:09 am

Haz1558

That's the sort of job where they give you everything to do and act surprised that you want to go home occasionally.

4:09 am

Haz1558

Glad it's cooler, lynxxx.

4:10 am

sprite

Exactly :) Did a few of them when I was still young and stupid.

4:10 am

FMitch

Hi Lynx and Haz and sprite and Angb and Andre and everyone. I think I am going to be good and get "stuff" done before I even think about starting this

4:10 am

Andree

hot today but a cooler evening and cooler weather forecast

4:11 am

Haz1558

We can be disciplined together, FMitch.

4:11 am

Angb

I think I will give up for the nite. See ya all tomorrow if I get up the courage. Good nite

4:11 am

lynxxx

Nite AngB

4:11 am

FMitch

Night Angb

4:11 am

Haz1558

Sleep well Angb - maybe the grid will look better in the morning.

4:11 am

Andree

nite angb

4:11 am

sprite

night Angb :)

4:12 am

Angb

Hmmm - I doubt it - but here's hoping

4:12 am

ARB

night ANgb

4:12 am

Eva

Good morning everyone. Don't think I've ever seen a bit grid that got sticky so quickly.

4:12 am

lynxxx

pity clouds still isn't the theme today

4:12 am

lynxxx

Hello Eva

4:12 am

sprite

no, it is nasty. Hi Eva

4:12 am

ARB

hi eva

4:12 am

Haz1558

Oh well, there seems to be a concensus of opinion on this grid.

4:13 am

Haz1558

And even Rambo isn't acceptable to hlep us out of this mess.

4:13 am

Andree

hi eva

4:13 am

Eva

should we put the cubes back in the box and shake it up again?

4:13 am

Haz1558

Time to go!

4:13 am

babbz

just checked in - this might be one grid I pass on, I agree eva. Hi and good night, all - I'm on my 3rd night of no sleep and tomorrow (today) will have a hard time rooting for Da Bears if I don't get at least some shut eye!

4:14 am

sprite

let's do that, Eva :D

4:14 am

sprite

night babbz

4:14 am

FMitch

I have seen one person finish so far
Haz I will be off too then if we are going to be disciplined together.
Happy Babbling and good luck!!

4:15 am

sprite

see you later, FMitch and Haz

4:15 am

ARB

I have 2 left -- but I've been at it for over 3 hours.

4:15 am

Eva

omg ARB!

4:15 am

ARB

one left

4:15 am

sprite

down to 70 and already here for a long time

4:16 am

sprite

go ARB goooooo!

4:16 am

lynxxx

Wow ARB ! surely not without a list!

4:16 am

Andree

arb, I have been at it for 3 hours too, have 140 left, lol

4:17 am

ARB

Are you nuts? Of course with Lickety's help plus a little help from my other friends (dictionaries). Fireworks

4:17 am

sprite

yeah ARB! Well done!

4:17 am

Andree

yay arb

4:17 am

lynxxx

Woohoo! doesn't matter how you get this one done. Congratulations ARB

4:18 am

sprite

If it is any consolation, I will use Lickety's list too today. No way I can finish it without help

4:18 am

ARB

Lots of words ending in vowels. Lots of words I have never seen. A challenge, if there ever was one.

4:20 am

ARB

I'm not proud. I use all the help I can get! I will try harder without a dictionary if the list is shorter.

4:20 am

lynxxx

BBS

4:21 am

sprite

yeah, same here. I just opened A2Z as well.

4:21 am

ruthy

wtg arb

4:21 am

Andree

bye lynxxx

4:21 am

sprite

later lynxxx

4:21 am

Andree

the longer the grid the sooner I get the list

4:21 am

ARB

Bye Lynxxx

4:22 am

sprite

Sometimes there are big grids that flow so easily, I get 3/4 done without trying hard. But there are smaller ones that can drive me bananas before halfway. And this one combines the worst of both worlds ;)

4:23 am

ARB

I try to hold out till I have at least half and sometimes manage to get to 70%, but I don't think I have finished without the list and I've only finished a few times without the Z2Z lists

4:24 am

ARB

I start typing words in every language I can think of. Sometimes it works!

4:24 am

sprite

When I first started playing babble, I think it was Atalante who told me: only looking up the actual words is cheating. All the rest is research :D

4:24 am

sprite

oh yes, many words in other languages are valid... and many english words aren't.

4:24 am

Eva

walt

4:25 am

Eva

drat!

4:25 am

sprite

not found in the dictionary

4:25 am

sprite

and drat is not found in this puzzle, LOL

4:26 am

Eva

you never know when proper name also turn out to be words. Drat was the sanitized version of my internal vocalization

4:26 am

sprite

grin, thought as much. Couldn't resist teasing though.

4:27 am

Eva

Im even trying hebrew...that's a stretch

4:28 am

sprite

in some grids that really works well

4:28 am

ARB

There are two Hebrew words -- folk dance and its plural. Do you want any more clues?

4:28 am

Eva

yeah, but conjugating hebrew verbs in english doesn't

4:28 am

kangabrat

please (hi)

4:28 am

Eva

thanks ARB-hdan't seen those obvious ones yet

4:28 am

sprite

hi kanga

4:29 am

ARB

ho 4/5 and ho 5/12

4:29 am

kangabrat

thanks arb

4:29 am

Andree

hi kanga

4:30 am

sprite

lots of dances in this grid

4:30 am

ARB

yw

4:30 am

kangabrat

hi andree. shouldn't be here, should be cleaning house!

4:31 am

Andree

why clean if you are going away tomorrow

4:31 am

Eva

need to do something more soothing so I can fall back to sleep (maybe). See you all later.

4:31 am

kangabrat

cos my sister just asked if she could stay in my house while we were away

4:31 am

sprite

night Eva

4:31 am

ARB

bye eva

4:31 am

Andree

bye eva

4:32 am

sprite

and you did not answer your sister: "Sure, but you will have to clean it then!" ?

4:32 am

kangabrat

any other sister ... but this one is in the middle of chemo

4:33 am

sprite

ow, gosh sorry. No, then I understand you want her to have it as good as possible. How is she holding up?

4:33 am

ARB

you're a good sister

4:33 am

kangabrat

surprisingly well. she is astonishing. says it improves her arthritis.

4:33 am

sprite

Your sis sounds like a winner. What a great way to look at things.

4:34 am

kangabrat

she has her moments. difficult for the rest of us to keep up with!

4:34 am

Andree

good on her

4:34 am

Andree

my sister was diagnosed on thursday with a brain tumour

4:35 am

kangabrat

lord andree, i'm sorry. i know how hard this stuff is.

4:35 am

ARB

How is she doing? How are all of you doing? What a blow.

4:35 am

sprite

(((Andree)))
That is terrible, what a blow.

4:35 am

Andree

if you have brain tumour she has the best you can have, meningioma, very good prognosis

4:36 am

kangabrat

that's a bit of a relief. but it is always so hard. my father's just had his bad prognosis revised to great, and we are all feeling better.

4:37 am

Andree

she flew to tasmania today to tell her kids and will have surgery mid feb, not cancer they say

4:37 am

ARB

my prayers are with all of you.

4:37 am

kangabrat

best wishes for your family, andree.

4:37 am

sprite

a real tough break, but good there are some lightpoints to it all. Will think of you all.

4:38 am

Andree

I am the only one she has told now I have told babble world, duh

4:38 am

kangabrat

my lips are sealed

4:38 am

sprite

Well, we don't know your sister, so it doesn't count. You told your babble support group - you're entitled to.

4:39 am

Andree

by now she will have told her kids , she has given me the job of telling my other sisters tomorrow

4:39 am

sprite

Not easy, Andree

4:39 am

kangabrat

tough one andree.

4:39 am

Andree

I am a tough old bird

4:40 am

Andree

and so is she

4:40 am

kangabrat

they breed us like that down here!

4:40 am

sprite

Sure you are. And who is there to give you support, dear tough old bird?

4:41 am

Biltong

Hi everyone. Andree, I a, sorry to hear about your sister. I pray all goes well. :)

4:41 am

Andree

I have great kids who will help if I need it

4:41 am

sprite

hi Bittong

4:41 am

Andree

hi bilt

4:41 am

Biltong

Does this grid look unfriendly, or is it just me?

4:41 am

sprite

Glad to hear it, Andree. Being tough is okay, as long as you don't have to cope all by yourself.

4:42 am

Karys

All good wishes to your sister, and to you and the others in the family Andree. It's a worrying time for you all xx

4:42 am

ARB

Hi Biltong. It is very tough

4:42 am

Karys

and hello everyone :)

4:42 am

sprite

Bittong: nasty grid today

4:42 am

Andree

thx all, will have more news when surgery is scheduled

4:43 am

sprite

((((kanga and Andree))))
Will pray for you and yours.

4:43 am

sprite

hi Karys

4:43 am

kangabrat

thank you sprite

4:44 am

ARB

well said Sprite

4:44 am

Andree

thx all

4:45 am

lynxxx

I'm back. Bad news Kanga & Andree - but I bet they are glad you are both around - you both seem such 'pillars of strength'. I am sure they will both come through it all

4:45 am

Biltong

How can there possibly be 22 m's? lol.

4:46 am

Biltong

hi lynxxx

4:46 am

Andree

I just finished m's bilt, it was a marathon

4:46 am

lynxxx

Hello Bittong. Is you daughter still with you?

4:46 am

Andree

not enjoying this at all

4:46 am

sprite

Just finisned them, with help from Lickety. Most are not too bad.

4:46 am

Biltong

Ooh, well done Andree!

4:46 am

Andree

thx lynxxx

4:47 am

Karys

ssorry Kanga....just read back...of course all good wishes to you too x

4:47 am

Biltong

sprite, it must be tough. As far as I know you normally don't use the list. Doesn't bode well for me!

4:47 am

lynxxx

Hello Karys

4:47 am

kangabrat

thanks karys, not offended at all!

4:48 am

sprite

Nope, usually I struggle along without the list, but I can't finish this one without help.

4:48 am

Karys

:)

4:49 am

Andree

I will be off now, may try from work tomorrow, happy babbling all

4:49 am

Andree

happy camping trip kanga

4:49 am

kangabrat

bye andree, best wishes

4:49 am

lynxxx

Bye Andree

4:49 am

sprite

bye Andree, *hug*

4:49 am

Karys

bye Andree

4:50 am

Biltong

bye Andree, take care

4:50 am

kangabrat

some of these words are just plain wrong!

4:50 am

sprite

I agree

4:53 am

sprite

I am monkeytyping my head off

4:54 am

kangabrat

takes the fun out, a little

4:54 am

Karys

me too....and then you find a dear little word !

4:54 am

sprite

that's what keeps me going, Karys :)

4:55 am

Karys

I smiled to myself to see the litany of al's from the word list that seems to stick in my head

4:56 am

Scrabbler

Good day, Babblers. A bigger grid than I expected after first review of the letters. How is it?

4:56 am

kangabrat

ok, better go and clean before i lost it! thanks for all the kind words, and see you later.

4:57 am

sprite

yes, they are great. I also smiled when I found Li6/27 and Po4/5 - 5/12 right after another.

4:57 am

sprite

Bye kanga *hug*
Hope you have a great trip.

4:57 am

kangabrat

thanks sprite. hope so! *poof*

4:57 am

Biltong

bye kanga

4:57 am

Karys

now why didn't I have to look at my list to see which ones you meant !!!

4:58 am

Karys

bye Kanga

4:58 am

sprite

Hi Scrabbler! It is just as you would think - all the words that make the grid this size are unwords.

4:58 am

sprite

lol Karys :)

4:59 am

Scrabbler

I love finding "unwords". It's always a surprise.

5:00 am

sprite

Then you're in for a lot of surprises today, Scrabbler :)

5:02 am

sprite

Let me give you an impression.
There is Sa6, tasty sausage with garlic. Great word.
But for Sa5 drop middle vowel. And then plural for another Sa6. Now those are unwords.

5:02 am

Scrabbler

***searching for sausage***

5:02 am

Biltong

thanks, sprite :)

5:03 am

Karys

ty sprite...hadn't tried that !

5:03 am

sprite

monkied it because Lickety said there had to be words there.

5:03 am

Scrabbler

Got 'em--TY Sprite

5:03 am

sprite

yw :)

5:03 am

lynxxx

sm5.12 & 6.21 - now what are they? I could cope if they had a z near the end

5:03 am

rosalind230

thanks Sprite

5:04 am

Biltong

Isn't that an italian kind of sausage?

5:04 am

spanner

ty sprite that bumps up my miserable score!!!!

5:04 am

Karys

got one sm5/12 lynxxx

5:05 am

sprite

Yes, I believe it is, Bittong.
Sm5/12: a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
As if we want to know that. But that strange 6 is not listed there.

5:06 am

Karys

ty sprite, after reading that I put the vowel on the end

5:06 am

sprite

ok, found it. It has the same def. Italian plural. They are used in mosaics.

5:06 am

Biltong

Have to go now. See you later. Happy hunting everyone!

5:06 am

sprite

bye Bittong!

5:06 am

lynxxx

and here I was thinking it was goose fat or similar!

5:06 am

Karys

bye Bilt

5:06 am

lynxxx

Bye Bittong

5:07 am

sprite

At least we can boast we learned something new from our babbling today ;)

5:07 am

Karys

but will we remember it !

5:07 am

Scrabbler

We are increasing our Word Power. My goal today is to use sm6 in a sentence.

5:08 am

Karys

LOL Scrabbler

5:08 am

sprite

Not verbally, but we will remember there were words with those letters... and perhaps we will vaguely remember they had to do with coloring glass :)

5:09 am

sprite

That is easy, Scrabbler. I needed sm6 to make a mosaic of my in4/4 ;)

5:09 am

Karys

well..... I'll try !

5:09 am

Scrabbler

There is a lot of vagueness with many babble words..."I think that was here once, let me try that..."

5:10 am

Scrabbler

TY Sprite, for in4, I have only been working on the bottom half of the grid so far.

5:10 am

Karys

there is a lot of ohhhh yes... I think I remeber that now

5:12 am

Karys

back in a bit....doing the ironing you know

5:12 am

sprite

I recognize that completely, Scrabbler. I often think something like that - usually there is one letter missing, of course, but sometimes it works :)

5:13 am

Scrabbler

One of my monkeys is named "Babblette"--female, of course.

5:13 am

sprite

must be the leader of the pack, Scrabbler :)

5:13 am

sprite

bye Karys, hf

5:14 am

Scrabbler

She gets extra treats!

5:14 am

sprite

Lots of bo7 for her today

5:15 am

Scrabbler

TY for 2 words, Sprite!

5:15 am

sprite

yvw :)

5:18 am

Scrabbler

OK, bottom half is "done" for now--time to look up.

5:18 am

sprite

good job!

5:19 am

Scrabbler

Hinus is not a word. Don't they call the Queen, Your Hinus. LOL

5:19 am

sprite

LOL!

5:20 am

sprite

Very close to another word though

5:20 am

Scrabbler

Such desperation.......ooo, I'll look.

5:21 am

Scrabbler

Ah, found it. TY

5:21 am

sprite

Lol, I am getting ideas for a nice poem with those two :)

5:22 am

Scrabbler

Uh oh, I just noticed the "un"--are there lots of "un" words.

5:22 am

Scrabbler

Or a limerick.

5:22 am

Scrabbler

with a man named Linus

5:22 am

lynxxx

Only one Scrabbler

5:22 am

sprite

Only one real UN-word, and none of the uns are stupid.

5:24 am

Scrabbler

I found an "un + verb"--is that the only one?

5:25 am

sprite

Thanks to Lickety, the chat and A2Z I have fireworks.

Yes Scrabbler, that is the one.

5:25 am

Scrabbler

NM--U's are now done--I answered my own question.

5:25 am

lynxxx

Congrats Sprite!

5:25 am

Scrabbler

Yahoooooo Sprite. Only 197 to go for me.

5:26 am

sprite

Any clues I can help with?

5:27 am

Scrabbler

How about the 9 and 8's? I have 5 min then have to get ready to make hospital rounds.

5:27 am

sprite

Pr8 and 9, to ban / bans.

5:27 am

sprite

Ad7 and 8 have the same last part as the Pr.

5:28 am

Scrabbler

TY! Never heard of the ad words.

5:28 am

ExWren

Well done sprite, I only have 260 to find!

5:28 am

sprite

Same here, completely new to me.

5:28 am

sprite

that close, ExWren! Go for it! :)

5:29 am

Scrabbler

ExWren--come on, I see fireworks close to you!

5:29 am

FranMag

late flip!

5:30 am

Scrabbler

The top half of the grid is not as fun as the lower half.

5:30 am

sprite

hey Fran!

5:30 am

FranMag

hi sprite!

5:30 am

Scrabbler

Only 5 1/2 hrs late, Fran--did you oversleep?

5:31 am

sprite

Fran wanted to show us how fast she can do a nasty grid :)

5:31 am

FranMag

lol scrabbler! no, went out to dinner, got back late

5:31 am

Scrabbler

What time is it there?

5:31 am

FranMag

i haven't been to sleep yet, it's 1:30

5:31 am

Scrabbler

I have a hard time keeping track of everyone's time zones.

5:31 am

sprite

in that case, don't start, Fran. Go to bed :)

5:31 am

FranMag

oh no, is it a bad one?

5:32 am

Scrabbler

For me the flip is at 1 AM--so I only stayed up for it once.

5:32 am

sprite

yup, not very nice. Some pretty words, but lots andlots of unwords.

5:32 am

sprite

+ space somewhere

5:32 am

FranMag

i think i will go to sleep then and tackle this tomorrow.

5:33 am

FranMag

so you're up early then scrabbler.

5:33 am

sprite

New babble definition: babblets are recurring unwords.

5:33 am

Odin

Mornin' or Good Evenin' to all!

5:33 am

Scrabbler

I got up extra early, Fran. I have to get to the hospitals then the office to see sick kids. I will be back later today.

5:33 am

sprite

hey Odin

5:34 am

Scrabbler

hi Odin

5:34 am

FranMag

hi odin!

5:34 am

FranMag

well, i'm going to do sudoku and then go to bed then.

5:34 am

sprite

not an easy job, Scrabbler

5:34 am

FranMag

night/morning to everyone!

5:34 am

Odin

Mornin' Sprite, Fran, Scrabbler and anyone I missed. Big grid today.

5:35 am

Scrabbler

81 done, 186 to go------aaaaarrrrrrrgggghhhhhh.

5:35 am

Scrabbler

See you later, folks.

5:35 am

sprite

I'll join you for sudoku, Fran. You all have a great day/night/whatever and happy babbling!

5:35 am

Odin

Wow...just started and it looks tough.

5:39 am

lynxxx

Hi Odin. It is.. a lot of words are there but seem quite hidden until you use a list. but thee are a lot of 'words' I've never seen before

5:40 am

Odin

Hey lynxxx...I'm beginning to think I haven't seen many of them. Monkeying will be by best option!

5:43 am

Kazzer99

Morning or Evening All - grid looks mean today

5:44 am

lynxxx

Hi Kazzer

5:45 am

Odin

Mornin' Kazzer

5:45 am

Kazzer99

I have managed to get 108 but have got stuck now

5:46 am

lynxxx

I scraped through to halfway but then went to list

5:46 am

Odin

I have 102 and struggling...

5:47 am

Kazzer99

anybody got a clue for ad 5/10

5:47 am

Odin

I have alot of ad's but no 5/10

5:48 am

lynxxx

no ad 5.10 - ?

5:49 am

lynxxx

do you mean al5.10 Kazzer?

5:50 am

Kazzer99

oops ad 5/20 - prob find it myself now I am looking for the right numbers

5:51 am

lynxxx

a & opp of up - go figure!

5:52 am

Kazzer99

ty and ty for al 5/10 - this grid is so weird that i ma having probs even seeing the 'real' words

5:55 am

jean1953

good morning everybody:)

5:56 am

Kazzer99

Hi Jean

5:56 am

lynxxx

Hi Jean

6:24 am

GraceM

hi all...would someone pls clue the sa6/21?

6:24 am

jean1953

Hello GraceM:)

6:25 am

patact

sa 6/21 slice up this meat and serve with crackers and cheese

6:25 am

jean1953

Havent got that one yet grace sorry

6:25 am

lynxxx

sa6.21 sa + vowel + abbrev for 60 seconds

6:25 am

jean1953

thanx patact:)

6:25 am

GraceM

I need the sa6 before that one patact...thx

6:26 am

GraceM

after the boat part.

6:26 am

lynxxx

Thats my one then Grace

6:27 am

GraceM

before that too I believe lynxxx...

6:27 am

lynxxx

There is none before that Grace

6:28 am

lynxxx

there is 3 sa6.21. My cle is first, then the meat, then another

6:29 am

GraceM

ah, I thought you were cluing the one after the meat... sorry and thx.

6:31 am

GraceM

S done!

6:45 am

jean1953

got to go bbl happy babbling everybody:)

6:45 am

pida 1

Good morning everyone. Not to bad looking a grid for a beautiful Sunday morning.........

6:47 am

majmom

morning all any clues for ad 7/44

6:47 am

lynxxx

Nite all - going to sleep here. 37 left. ida - don't be fooled

6:49 am

lynxxx

last clue Majmom pr8/60 & 9.78 means to ban. You can change the start of that for the ad you want

6:53 am

majmom

ty lynxxx-took a min but found it

6:54 am

pida 1

thanx lynxxx......

6:59 am

Sherylr1961

morning fellow babblers

7:00 am

Sherylr1961

having a tough time with this puzzle, can someone clue the bi 5/14 pls and ty

7:01 am

Sherylr1961

just got it, always the way, ask and you shall find it

7:01 am

Sherylr1961

lol

7:03 am

majmom

aibils

7:04 am

majmom

sorry just monkeying

7:07 am

movieman

greetings all

7:11 am

movieman

greetings all

7:14 am

movieman

where is everyone?

7:15 am

Ray Winstone Rat

hello

7:15 am

scarydeb

hello movieman - I've just logged on myself

7:16 am

NonnieLight

Sorry movie, I wasn't watching the grid. I was trying to get as many in 15 mins.

7:16 am

GraceM

*waves*

7:16 am

Karys

Hello movieman....I'm doing the ironing !

7:16 am

scarydeb

roman

7:16 am

NonnieLight

I mean I wasn't watching the chat.

7:16 am

scarydeb

whoops!

7:16 am

movieman

that's better, now i have someone to ask about the 7s, 8s and the 9......clue me plz

7:17 am

Karys

pr8 and 9.....bans

7:17 am

NonnieLight

pr 8 + 9 ban from doing something

7:18 am

Karys

ad7 and 8....change the first 2 letters

7:18 am

NonnieLight

ad 7 ad + last part of the one just clued

7:18 am

Karys

lol nonnie

7:18 am

Karys

I'm still one 8 missing

7:19 am

NonnieLight

:o) we're thinking alike!

7:19 am

NonnieLight

me too!

7:19 am

NonnieLight

I have to go...maybe see you all later? Have a good day and great fun babbling

7:20 am

Karys

later Nonnie :)

7:20 am

movieman

later nonnie and ty

7:20 am

NonnieLight

You're very welcome, movieman

7:26 am

GraceM

does anyone have the do7?

7:27 am

mattygroves

Hiya

7:28 am

kkiln

Hello all...this is a tough grid. Anyone have the in7?

7:28 am

GraceM

no in7 here yet...

7:29 am

GraceM

I'm looking for the ho7 and the do7...

7:31 am

neschen

if you have the do 6/24, change the last voel to two other vowels

7:32 am

GraceM

thx neschen

7:34 am

neschen

no problem. I'm lost on the hi7 and the in7 myself

7:35 am

neschen

initial

7:35 am

GraceM

hi7- male pronoun + outdoor p**** (change last vowel)

7:38 am

LoriP

Good Morning Babblers!

7:38 am

Jacula

Hello. ho7 - ho** sapiens is the only one of this family left. ho8 is related. in7 = inherent.

7:38 am

LoriP

Looks like a marathon today... May I have a word total please?

7:38 am

Jacula

Must get back to preparing dinner now!

7:39 am

Jacula

Lori - 267

7:39 am

LoriP

Thank ye Jacula

7:39 am

LoriP

Have a good dinner!

7:39 am

Jacula

BBL.

7:40 am

LoriP

No re words. Yea!!!!!!!

7:44 am

GraceM

only i, o, u left!

7:44 am

LoriP

Go Grace!

7:48 am

Cathy

Found the in7 if anyone is still looking= in + bu5/16. Usually I think of this term in the reverse order.

7:50 am

GraceM

how about the ob7?

7:51 am

neschen

do you have the ob 6/24?

7:51 am

GraceM

yes...

7:51 am

neschen

add a vowel

7:52 am

GraceM

weird word!

7:52 am

neschen

totally

7:52 am

doxy1lover

thanks cathy

7:53 am

GraceM

Fireworks!!

7:53 am

LoriP

Congrats Grace!

7:53 am

Cathy

yw - and thx for the ob7 clue. didn't have that one

7:54 am

kkiln

Thanks Cathy...for the in7

7:54 am

featherbee

morning! ok, how is the ro5/12 not a proper noun?

7:55 am

LoriP

G'd morning feather

7:55 am

Cathy

I wondered that myself, feather, but I was happy when I tried it and it worked!

8:03 am

gramma

Hi everybody. If you"re talking about thr ro5 I have, it's a novel.

8:04 am

featherbee

ah, thanks gramma

8:07 am

LoriP

G'd morning gramma.

8:07 am

Cathy

really? didn't know that one. playing this game, I'm always learning something new . thnx gramma :)

8:08 am

gramma

I just scrolled down, looking for clues, but my mind isn't engaged yet. None of it made sense. I have to play a bit and get my brain working.

8:13 am

gramma

I thought nambie was a word. My Dad used it. ....like lily livered, nambie pambie.

8:14 am

Uneaixoise

namby

8:14 am

gramma

Oooh. ty

8:14 am

Uneaixoise

:-D

8:17 am

LoriP

The al's first 5/12 and last 5/10 please?

8:17 am

gramma

I'm so angry. I'm libid!

8:18 am

doxy1lover

ai6/24 please

8:18 am

Uneaixoise

al5 Battle of the Al***

8:18 am

Uneaixoise

ai6 compound word help + male

8:18 am

doxy1lover

thx une

8:19 am

Uneaixoise

yw :-)

8:19 am

LoriP

LOL gramma, thank ye Une

8:20 am

Uneaixoise

gotta run--BBL--happy babbling!

8:20 am

gramma

I'm afraid it's going to be one of those days. Just making up words, totally convinced they're real.

8:21 am

doxy1lover

bye une

8:21 am

featherbee

yeah, i'm not doing well with the first two rows of the grid at all

8:21 am

LoriP

Later Une

8:21 am

doxy1lover

some of them are in this grid

8:21 am

movieman

still missing four 7's.........i have ad7, do7, hi7, ho7, in7, and ob7.......clue me plz

8:21 am

featherbee

wasn't till I hit the M that i started getting any kind of words in mass quantities

8:22 am

Merk

Hello, everyone, back to type my words in.

8:22 am

LoriP

G'd morning Merk

8:23 am

LoriP

The last al 5/10 please?

8:24 am

chiley

I don't have the ho7

8:24 am

Cathy

Lori - getting married ... going to the al***

8:25 am

LoriP

Ack! Thank ye Cathy. (coulda' sworn I tried that...) :(

8:25 am

Cathy

yw -- happens to me all the time !

8:25 am

movieman

still missing four 7's.........i have ad7, do7, hi7, ho7, in7, and ob7.......clue me plz

8:26 am

doxy1lover

sorry, can't help you, I only have 3 7's.

8:26 am

gramma

movieman, I have in7. Want to share the others?

8:27 am

movieman

gramma - ad7= like the pr8, but different beginning

8:28 am

gramma

PR8???? you've got to be kidding ;) No way, movieman. Let's start there then

8:28 am

movieman

do7= like a game tile with dots, but change the last vowel for two other ones

8:28 am

Cathy

bo7 - plural of bo6. Think it means beautiful in Portugese

8:29 am

movieman

pr8= to ban something

8:29 am

gramma

ty

8:30 am

kwizno123

clue for ad8,60 plz

8:30 am

doxy1lover

I don't have the bo6 yet

8:30 am

movieman

kwizno123 - add an s to the ad7

8:30 am

doxy1lover

plural the ad7

8:31 am

Kateq

the bo 6 is also a kind if fish

8:31 am

movieman

doxy - bo6 = madonna song - la isla b*****

8:31 am

gramma

My English is bad enough, let's not be dragging the Portugese into this.

8:32 am

movieman

bo6 = madonna song - la isla b*****

8:32 am

Cathy

lol gramma -- don't worry, I only spent 3 days in Brazil one time so Portugese is VERY limited :)

8:32 am

doxy1lover

thx, got it

8:33 am

doxy1lover

i don't even know the madonna song

8:33 am

movieman

that's surprising, doxy, considering the song is over 20 years old.......

8:33 am

gramma

Limited! ah yes that's what I'd call it. or nonexistent

8:34 am

gramma

KateQ, the fish did it. ty

8:34 am

doxy1lover

I'm old enough, I just don't listen to her

8:36 am

gramma

Keep going movieman! I'm finally with you on the BO fish.

8:37 am

Kateq

yw!

8:38 am

movieman

do7= like a game tile with dots, but change the last vowel for two other ones

8:38 am

Kateq

sail

8:38 am

Kateq

tail

8:38 am

movieman

ho7= a scientific term for a human being.......

8:38 am

gramma

Got it ty, movieman.

8:38 am

doxy1lover

kate, cute icon

8:38 am

Kateq

sorry!!!

8:39 am

movieman

gramma, did you get the ho7?

8:40 am

gramma

Heck no

8:40 am

featherbee

wow. is it me, or is this one tough?

8:41 am

doxy1lover

it's a toughie

8:41 am

featherbee

done with my first run through. didn't quite get to halfway though. i'll be back later.

8:41 am

yogalatte

i'm STILL working on the bo6 AND the ho7

8:42 am

doxy1lover

bo + a girls name a****

8:43 am

movieman

ho7= h*** and away (no e)+opposite of out+3rd vowel+4th letter

8:44 am

yogalatte

thx movieman - got the ho finally!

8:45 am

Sudokuaddict

thanks movieman

8:45 am

gramma

Thanks movieman 8)

8:45 am

movieman

for the ho8, add an o between the n and the i......

8:46 am

grannyg

thanks movieman

8:46 am

yogalatte

thx movieman

8:46 am

gramma

Need more coffee....brb

8:47 am

periwinkle

Hi all, got the pr8 and 9 and ho8 thanks to great clues

8:47 am

periwinkle

clue for the last 8 please

8:47 am

movieman

ob7= o+bl5/14+3rd vowel

8:47 am

periwinkle

blast

8:47 am

doxy1lover

thx movieman

8:48 am

periwinkle

oops, sorry, I will go back to my corner now

8:48 am

movieman

peri - ad7 & 8 = same as pr8 & 9, but change the beginning letters

8:48 am

kthdsn

hey all

8:48 am

periwinkle

thanks mm new words for me

8:48 am

periwinkle

hey kate

8:49 am

periwinkle

prawn

8:49 am

movieman

hey, katie

8:49 am

periwinkle

aw crap, sorry again

8:49 am

periwinkle

I am trying to keep my right arm on a pillow due to rotator cuff problems and it is causing havoc here

8:50 am

kthdsn

we'll let you off peri

8:50 am

periwinkle

:0)

8:51 am

kthdsn

I can't believe I only have 11 days left here

8:52 am

ExWren

All of the passports in order now then Kate

8:52 am

movieman

February 1st can't come quick enough, can it katie

8:52 am

inge

Peri, I think I have rotator cuff problem also, but have to leave right now to pick up our new second hand volvo on the Ohio Turnpike. Talk to you about that another time. Still need 73 words. Will have to come back later,

8:52 am

Sudokuaddict

did you get some help to get out I have not seen you in a while

8:52 am

kthdsn

no I'm still waiting for my eldest's, I'm going to give them a call tomorrow and see what's going on with it

8:53 am

kthdsn

yes sudoku, James came through with the money from a loan

8:53 am

inge

Hi Kate, glad to read all is working out. oops, one more passport needed. It will work out too

8:54 am

kthdsn

I was going to wait til I had the passports and cash in my hand before I booked my flight, but my dad kept teasing that it would sell out so I booked it in a panic

8:54 am

inge

*poof*

8:54 am

ExWren

Is he paying back the loan, or will you have to contribute?

8:55 am

kthdsn

no he's paying it all back

8:55 am

Marc Freeman

Good morning, I need two clues on for the first sa6/21 and the third 8 after ad8 and pr8 which I have. thanks

8:56 am

doxy1lover

my a's are done.

8:56 am

movieman

marc - do you have the ho7?

8:56 am

Smiley23_47393

good morning

8:56 am

ExWren

That's a consolation then, he's not all bad!

8:56 am

Bloodaxe

marc. ho8 - another word for a human being.

8:56 am

doxy1lover

congrats kthdsn. I hope things go better for you.

8:56 am

Bloodaxe

hello babblers

8:56 am

kthdsn

no we've been getting on really well again lately

8:56 am

ExWren

Don't weaken

8:56 am

kthdsn

ty doxy, hi blood

8:57 am

Marc Freeman

yes I have the ho7

8:57 am

movieman

marc - then add an o between the n and the i

8:57 am

kthdsn

I'm not weakening, I have no interest in being with him any more, I'm just so excited about my new start and I can't wait to get out there and begin

8:57 am

doxy1lover

have to go for now. will be back later

8:58 am

Marc Freeman

thanks movieman and Bloodaxe got it now need the first sa6/21 it is driving me crazy

8:58 am

Bloodaxe

do you have the meat Marc?

8:59 am

Marc Freeman

What do you mean by meat?

8:59 am

kthdsn

I'm beginning to realise all the things I will miss here though, friends, family, places, one person in particular who I've grown really close to lately, but I don't think I will really miss James that much if at all

8:59 am

Bloodaxe

a "tube" of meat...pork, seasoned...looks like summer sausage.

8:59 am

Charm

morning everybody

8:59 am

ExWren

got to go now for a while, will be back. I've still only managed 20 words.

9:00 am

melonheadjujube

goodmorning everybody!

9:00 am

melonheadjujube

is ho8 related to ho7???

9:00 am

Charm

Hi, melon

9:00 am

melonheadjujube

heyCharm

9:00 am

Marc Freeman

I have no idea what you are talking about Blood

9:00 am

movieman

yes melonhead

9:01 am

Bloodaxe

haha..it's an Italian meat, Genoa Sa****

9:01 am

Charm

Marc - do you have the italian cured meat?

9:01 am

periwinkle

bbl

9:01 am

majmom

any clues for the 1st am 5/12

9:01 am

melonheadjujube

whee - got the in7

9:01 am

melonheadjujube

tx moviemand

9:02 am

msree

Morning everyone. I haven't been around for a while. How are y'all?

9:02 am

Marc Freeman

Blood I have that one it is the first sa6 that I need the one after what you do at see in a special boat you sa**.

9:02 am

Charm

Hey, msree

9:02 am

Kazzer99

Hi All again went off for some lunch

9:02 am

kthdsn

well I guess I should go and get some organising done, the packing won't do itself and I have 9 days to finish it all!

9:03 am

Bloodaxe

that's the only sa6 i have at the moment marc.

9:03 am

melonheadjujube

am i just adding a letter to the end of ho7? that doesn't seem to work -

9:03 am

msree

Hi Charm, I missed you and Opus.

9:03 am

melonheadjujube

hora

9:03 am

melonheadjujube

wooops!

9:04 am

Marc Freeman

Anyone else can help me with the first sa6/21 I don't think it's there.

9:04 am

Kazzer99

marc italian meat is first sa 6/21 2nd is another name for itailian sauce - take out 2nd first vowel and then pluralise

9:04 am

Sudokuaddict

add an o between n and i

9:04 am

Sudokuaddict

that was for the ho8

9:04 am

majmom

am 5/16 any hints?

9:04 am

melonheadjujube

ooooooh, the adjective - saw it just as you gave the hint - tx sudokuaddict

9:05 am

Sudokuaddict

yw i got it from movieman

9:07 am

Charm

am5 = am + shave & a haircut, 2 ***(*). am6 is....

9:09 am

majmom

ty charm

9:09 am

majmom

bits

9:10 am

gramma

majmom, got it.

9:10 am

Marc Freeman

Are we looking at the same grid. I am telling you there is a sa6/21 before the italian sausage. There are three sa6/21's. I first sa is a sa4 for a way of boating then the sa5/10 is it's plural then the sa6/21 which I cannot find and then a sa4 which means your are not crazy which I am feeling right now. It has to sart with sa+third vowel and then I am stumped.

9:10 am

msree

Marc Italian meat is the 2nd sa6/21, 1st is sa + 3rd vowel + wait a ***ute; I know this clue was too easy, but I can't help it

9:11 am

majmom

sorry

9:12 am

gramma

msree, ty

9:12 am

Marc Freeman

Thainks msree, I did not realize that was an Italian meat as the 2nd sa6 is an Italian meat. Sorry everyone. I have to go now. Have a great day.

9:13 am

Kazzer99

Sorry Mark ty msree - got it as well

9:13 am

msree

Marc before you go, what is your icon?

9:13 am

msree

yw gramma and Marc

9:15 am

Marc Freeman

It is the logo for my company and the principle in my book. It is about the orange ball which is a simbol I use for clarifying who is in control in any negotiation or renegotiation. Who has the Orange Ball. You can go to my website at www.therenegotiator.com.

9:15 am

majmom

bi 5/16 any clues

9:16 am

Alex7777

"beamers"

9:16 am

melonheadjujube

it looks almost like a lisa Yuskavage painting, which would not be very logo-worthy ;)

9:16 am

msree

thanks for the info. it looked familiar, but I thought it was from an album cover. I'll check out the website.

9:17 am

gramma

Alex7777, what do you mean by beamers?

9:18 am

Alex7777

a clue to bi5/16

9:19 am

melonheadjujube

beamer is punny - soundalike for stage.

9:19 am

Bloodaxe

msree, Pet Shop Boys?

9:19 am

gramma

I don't understand the hint. Would you mind trying something else for the feeble minded?

9:19 am

msree

I was actually thinking REM maybe, Blood.

9:19 am

melonheadjujube

soundalike if you are from the eastern seabohd that is.

9:20 am

melonheadjujube

OK here' s a bi4 and 5 hiny "dual moms"

9:20 am

Alex7777

the bi 5/16, sounds like beamers

9:20 am

melonheadjujube

hint not hiny this is what happens wen i tyoe sidesaddle

9:21 am

majmom

ty got the bi 5/16

9:22 am

gramma

majmom, I'm still not catching on.

9:23 am

majmom

plural of bi4/7

9:23 am

Sudokuaddict

bi + not pas

9:23 am

gailinrb

hi all. happy sunday.

9:23 am

melonheadjujube

btw gramma - your grandbaby is adorable!

9:23 am

Sudokuaddict

sorry bi + not pa but **

9:23 am

melonheadjujube

hey gailnrb

9:23 am

gramma

Thanks. I love her beyond the beyond!

9:23 am

gailinrb

this puzzle is a tricky one, eh?

9:24 am

Kazzer99

any clues for hi 7

9:24 am

gramma

I finally got it. Just shy of having someone come over and type it in for me.

9:25 am

Alex7777

i need hi words too

9:25 am

Charm

HI7 = hi + opp of pa + *** Maria (liqueur)

9:25 am

gramma

the 1st AD5?

9:25 am

gramma

please

9:25 am

Alex7777

himastia

9:25 am

gailinrb

close, alex!

9:26 am

Charm

almost

9:26 am

Alex7777

oopsy

9:26 am

Charm

ad5 = ad + male

9:26 am

gramma

Charm, ty

9:26 am

gailinrb

[erases one consonant in alex' word]

9:27 am

Alex7777

thanks

9:27 am

gailinrb

hi 7/36= male pronoun + 1st vowel + spanish aunt

9:27 am

pam

hello, all!

9:28 am

gailinrb

hiya pam

9:28 am

gailinrb

whew. fireworks, finally.

9:28 am

Alex7777

i'm going to quit on 76, how many there are there all together?

9:28 am

pam

hi, gail

9:28 am

majmom

bi 7/14-looking+++ but not finding..any help?

9:28 am

gailinrb

a whole dang bunch, alex --- 267

9:29 am

melonheadjujube

taDah! gail!

9:29 am

Alex7777

must be a lot of weird words

9:29 am

Charm

don't think there's a bi7....

9:29 am

gailinrb

ty

9:29 am

gailinrb

always are weird words, alex. lol.

9:30 am

gailinrb

there's a bi5/14

9:30 am

majmom

sorry bi5/14

9:30 am

melonheadjujube

Alex, there interesting words - i can't tell you how glad i was to have a grid with no "ante" or "tern" :D

9:30 am

melonheadjujube

they're - wot happened to my gremmer!

9:30 am

gailinrb

lol, melon. nor "etna"!

9:31 am

Charm

bi5 = bi + ***picking. bi6 is pl.

9:31 am

gailinrb

bi 5/14 = bi + louse eggs (!)

9:31 am

Kazzer99

ty charm - what strange words today

9:31 am

Strider

Thks Charm.

9:32 am

melonheadjujube

quite a few end in a non-E vowel or 2 -

9:32 am

majmom

ty charm and qail

9:32 am

Charm

just when you think you've got a handle on the words, the grid throws some curves at you!

9:32 am

Babbler

good afternoon : )

9:33 am

oggy

clue for bo6 please

9:33 am

gailinrb

hi babbler

9:33 am

gailinrb

bo 6/24 = a name for a tuna

9:34 am

evanonut

hi babsy boo

9:34 am

gailinrb

or, bo + louse egg + 1st vowel, then plural for the b07.

9:34 am

movieman

ho6/36 plz

9:35 am

Babbler

hey nutty : )

9:35 am

gailinrb

sorta like what a cowboy says, movieman.

9:35 am

oggy

thanks got it.

9:35 am

gramma

ty

9:35 am

gailinrb

a cowboy greeting, but spelled with a different ending.

9:35 am

Charm

ho**** pardner

9:35 am

movieman

ty gailinrb

9:36 am

gramma

al6? before the false name, please.

9:36 am

gailinrb

y/w. i struggled with that ho 6 myself.

9:36 am

Strider

Any clues for the v words?

9:36 am

Charm

al6 - unnaturally white. al**** aligator. The al**** from Princess Bride (or DaVinci Code)

9:36 am

Dorens

al6--lacking color gramma

9:36 am

Strider

al 6 = white man

9:36 am

Kazzer99

strider vo to be sick

9:37 am

Strider

thks kazzer

9:37 am

gramma

Oh for goodness sake! I have it.

9:37 am

gailinrb

the v words --- two are to throw up - singular and plural.

9:37 am

oggy

ai6 please

9:38 am

Kazzer99

oggy - help plus male person

9:38 am

pam

Strider, I just took a look at your icon--beautiful dog!

9:38 am

ypsigirl

Hello!

9:38 am

gailinrb

the 3 v word is a vr 4

9:38 am

Charm

ai6 - ai* (help) + male

9:38 am

Strider

thks gailinrb

9:38 am

oggy

thanks kazzer/charm

9:39 am

gailinrb

*3rd v word, i meant. and it isn't a word. LOL.

9:39 am

pam

thanks for the vr, strider

9:39 am

Kazzer99

Hi ypsigirl

9:39 am

melonheadjujube

halfway with all the 7s and greater - will stick around a few min to give clues :)

9:39 am

melonheadjujube

oh, i forgot - mediocrity attained!!!!

9:39 am

gailinrb

you go, melon!

9:40 am

melonheadjujube

oh, i'm done - mediocrity is my "half vast" goal ;)

9:40 am

gailinrb

har.

9:41 am

inge

9:41 am

gailinrb

hey inge

9:41 am

pam

hi, inge

9:42 am

melonheadjujube

this is cute ro6 is a flamboynat NBA star.

9:42 am

melonheadjujube

howzat again inge?

9:43 am

gailinrb

"flamboyant" is putting it mildly! lol

9:43 am

Sudokuaddict

i need in 7, mi 7, st 7, and su 7 any clues?

9:43 am

melonheadjujube

su7 gives in

9:43 am

melonheadjujube

mi7 - a little van

9:44 am

gailinrb

in 7 = in + bu 5

9:44 am

melonheadjujube

in7 - installed usually the -in would be at the end of this word.

9:45 am

melonheadjujube

st7 is from greek drama: go left til you can't then diagonal - finish with a vowel

9:46 am

gailinrb

that st 7 is a greek chorale ode (sure, i knew that! lol). st + 1st vowel + si 5/12, singular

9:47 am

ADHDWordLover

good morning everybody... i was asleep for the flip. how's the grid? yikes 267 words! is this fair to a brand newbie??? lol

9:47 am

gailinrb

just one of those words one uses in everyday language, right, melon? ;-[}

9:47 am

melonheadjujube

actually, my kid was taking drama in HS - so I did too hear of that - but only just this week!

9:47 am

gailinrb

aww, go for it, ad!

9:47 am

melonheadjujube

ADHDW - it's a fun grid - just enjoy.

9:47 am

gailinrb

wow, melon! no kidding.

9:48 am

Sudokuaddict

thank you that finished the 7 for me

9:48 am

gailinrb

yay, sudoku.

9:48 am

melonheadjujube

bye, ciao, l'hit, abientot for awhile - gotta do "real" things. {poof}

9:48 am

ADHDWordLover

oh i will. i was jk. i play scrabulous and am bringing buddies over to this great fun site

9:48 am

ADHDWordLover

whoever invented this game is a whiz

9:49 am

gailinrb

be forewarned, however: there are a few non-words (as usual).

9:49 am

gailinrb

bye melon.

9:49 am

ADHDWordLover

non-words? what are non-words?

9:49 am

gailinrb

words that aren't in the dictionary when you click on the question mark in the word list!

9:49 am

msree

a few non-words? a few?

9:50 am

msree

a few more

9:50 am

gailinrb

har!

9:50 am

evanonut

aaaaaaargggggggh!

9:50 am

ADHDWordLover

oh lol is that what the ? mark is for

9:51 am

gailinrb

hey nut. THAT word should be in the dictionary, for sure.

9:51 am

evanonut

thought it was?

9:51 am

msree

it's in mine ; )

9:51 am

gailinrb

it's in mine, too.

9:52 am

gailinrb

going for a coffee refill. afk.

9:52 am

Sudokuaddict

last ad5/20? plz and ty

9:53 am

msree

system of * ****; name of rock group

9:53 am

Sudokuaddict

adhd i tried your fowl words pretty fun

9:53 am

ADHDWordLover

what fowl words?

9:53 am

Sudokuaddict

ty msree great clue

9:54 am

evanonut

i prefer foul words

9:54 am

Sudokuaddict

it wasn't you that gave the clue to a game called fowl words yesterday? sorry i thought it was

9:55 am

movieman

mo6/21 plz

9:55 am

ADHDWordLover

that's ok i wish i could take the credit, but kudos to whoever gave you the good clue lol

9:55 am

msree

yw and ty Sudoku

9:56 am

K.Elisabet

think ethics, movieman

9:56 am

majmom

do 7/36 any clues

9:56 am

gailinrb

do you have mo 5 12?

9:56 am

movieman

ty, elisabet

9:57 am

Charm

do7 = like the do6 (game with black & white tiles) but change the last vowel to 2 other vowels.

9:58 am

Kazzer99

i am really sutck on the ims

9:58 am

Charm

done. sorry, can't stay to clue (parents are visiting and getting restless). happy babbling and see y'all tomorrow.

9:58 am

gailinrb

bye charm!

9:59 am

ADHDWordLover

IM + driver's license

9:59 am

ADHDWordLover

IM4 sry

9:59 am

gailinrb

do 7/36= like a man's name, but change the last letter to a vowel.

9:59 am

ADHDWordLover

don't know which one... don't know how u tell which one

9:59 am

K.Elisabet

kazzer, muslim clerical title (and plural)

10:00 am

msree

ty Charm and bye

10:00 am

Kazzer99

got that one after the last im 4 and last im 5/12

10:00 am

gailinrb

AD, you compare the words you have to lickety's list.

10:03 am

oggy

li6/30 please

10:03 am

gailinrb

li 6/30 = like a cloud, 'cept with an L.

10:04 am

Strider

Clue for the first ad 7/44?

10:04 am

majmom

ty charm

10:04 am

Katydid0615

huh?

10:04 am

Kazzer99

ty gail

10:06 am

hurshy

well.

10:06 am

oggy

thanks gail got it

10:06 am

gailinrb

only 1 ad 7/44, which is ad + the last two syllables of the big pr word (then plural)

10:06 am

gailinrb

hey hurshy

10:06 am

Sudokuaddict

like the pro 7,8 but with ad instead of pro

10:06 am

DRBERNABO

Babble has rewired my brain. I am typing words I do not know expecting them to be accepted and they are.

10:07 am

gailinrb

lol, dr. apparently that's the trick! lol

10:07 am

Strider

thks gailinrb and sudoku

10:07 am

gailinrb

y/w

10:07 am

hurshy

this is quite the... quite the... ... ... words fail me

10:07 am

Sudokuaddict

yw

10:07 am

gailinrb

hey, DR. how's du-lute? ;-[}

10:08 am

gailinrb

ooo, hurshy. bad time for words to fail you. lol.

10:08 am

hurshy

i've only found one big word - do7

10:08 am

gailinrb

DR, i was born and raised in mpls.

10:08 am

ADHDWordLover

ad7/44 clue anyone??

10:09 am

DRBERNABO

We are waiting for winter up here. Not much success yet.

10:09 am

Munner

I think we need the pr 6/7 clue, ADHD

10:09 am

gailinrb

just clued that one, AD. See 10:06

10:09 am

ADHDWordLover

tx gail

10:10 am

DRBERNABO

gee, sublawns seems like a perfectly find compound word...

10:10 am

gailinrb

pr 8/9: to outlaw or ban

10:10 am

Sudokuaddict

why is latin not a word?

10:10 am

hurshy

path to madness...

10:10 am

Inge2

if you add a vowel, it is. Funny

10:10 am

Munner

Many thanks galinrb

10:11 am

ADHDWordLover

clue for the big PR word??? i just got here a few minutes ago... only 53 words

10:11 am

gailinrb

i wondered that myself, soduku. 'specially since another la word IS valid.

10:11 am

gailinrb

see 10:10, AD. just scroll down.

10:11 am

Inge2

just clued by gail, adhd

10:11 am

hurshy

(and ro 5/12 is valid...)

10:11 am

ADHDWordLover

tx

10:12 am

ADHDWordLover

got it tx

10:12 am

hurshy

i have all the w's, at least that's something.

10:12 am

Munner

I know it's not going to be a fun puzzle when I see all these a words I don't have

10:12 am

gailinrb

i guess that ro 5 does have a lower case usage, hurshy.

10:13 am

hurshy

path to madness, path to madness...

10:13 am

gailinrb

lol

10:13 am

gailinrb

<------ wanna borrow my brick wall, hurshy?

10:13 am

Kazzer99

sduko addict - add a letter to the language that isnt allowed

10:14 am

hurshy

nah, i gots cliffs and fire swamps and torture machines...

10:14 am

gailinrb

ooo.

10:14 am

hurshy

what about "obla"? as in "obla dee, obla da, life goes on..."

10:15 am

Sam

that's oobla, hursh

10:15 am

gailinrb

is there life outside of babble?? ;)

10:15 am

hurshy

shucks.

10:15 am

doxy1lover

good thought though

10:15 am

hurshy

it's so unusual that we have the L greek letter - we so often have et4 and rhymes for it, or some of the other short ones, but not the L one

10:16 am

gailinrb

i don't know... but i ususally use quite a few four letter words when doing these grids :-[}

10:16 am

Munner

thanks, hurshy, didn't have that one

10:17 am

hurshy

does anyone have the 3rd v, that doesn't make you want to hurl?

10:17 am

gailinrb

yes, and it actually did make me want to hurl. lol

10:17 am

Dorens

v + *** *** *** your boat

10:17 am

Sam

that's the non-word, hursh. sounds like forehead

10:18 am

gailinrb

it's a vr4, hurshy. and it's not a word.

10:18 am

Dorens

nonword, ridiculous!

10:18 am

hurshy

weird!

10:18 am

Sam

no, that's not it. starts with a v

10:18 am

hurshy

favorite phantom today: omnibus

10:18 am

gailinrb

i thought it would be vrod --- maybe something in a car engine, ya know? lol

10:19 am

Dorens

that would be better gail...

10:20 am

gailinrb

heck. that probably IS a valid word in some other day's grid!

10:20 am

hurshy

nope.

10:20 am

hurshy

you can find out by typing it in the box. if it says "not found in dictionary" that's different than "not in puzzle"

10:21 am

FMitch

hursy ponder on your phantom and you will get m7/44

10:21 am

gailinrb

gotcha, hurshy. was just trying to be cute.

10:21 am

hurshy

well, you don't have to try, you're naturally cute :)

10:21 am

hurshy

momnibus...

10:21 am

doxy1lover

ths fmitch

10:21 am

Dorens

nice clue, fmitch

10:21 am

hurshy

oh! thanks fmitch!

10:22 am

hurshy

oHO that greyed my M!

10:22 am

gailinrb

har, hurshy. not today. hair looks like it got hit with a mixmaster. lol

10:22 am

hurshy

ironically, found all 22 of those M's but miss one of the 3 from the lower M.

10:22 am

gailinrb

it's sunday, and my day of "rest"

10:23 am

FMitch

lol glad to help (doing my online grocery shopping list)

10:23 am

Dorens

rest? rest? with this grid?

10:23 am

gailinrb

can i give you my list too, fmitch? ;)

10:24 am

hurshy

online grocery shopping? that doesn't sound very filling...

10:24 am

featherbee

hi all. struggling to get even halfway here!

10:24 am

gailinrb

hiya feather

10:24 am

gailinrb

do they deliver, fmitch?

10:24 am

Dorens

hey feather,,, just made halfway now

10:25 am

featherbee

goooooo dorens!

10:25 am

FMitch

sure gail.
Yup I order orday and hey presto it all arrives at a designated time tomorrow

10:25 am

doxy1lover

need a clue for the HI7.

10:25 am

gailinrb

i did some shopping last week, and the freeze had already affected prices and availability of produce.

10:25 am

hurshy

if i die today, write in my ob4, "she came, she saw, she babbled... but babble conquered."

10:26 am

Dorens

never, hurshy, you're bigger than this grid!

10:26 am

gailinrb

d'ya want that chisled in stone, hurshy?

10:26 am

hurshy

i do NOT weight 268 pound

10:26 am

hurshy

yes please gail

10:27 am

hurshy

look, it's conquering my typing already.

10:27 am

Dorens

yeah, i kinda thought you might take it that way (after I typed it)... how about "you're better than this grid"?

10:27 am

gailinrb

cuneform, maybe?

10:27 am

gailinrb

cuniform? whatever...

10:27 am

hurshy

cuneiform :)

10:27 am

hurshy

anything's better than this grid...

10:27 am

LoriP

The la 6/21 please? I have the one ending in 2 vowels

10:27 am

gailinrb

t/y!

10:27 am

Kazzer99

hi 7 is a greek cape - hi + ** and Pa + ti***n - name for a painter and red colou for hair

10:28 am

hurshy

thanks kaz

10:28 am

Kazzer99

Ms are my bugbear now

10:28 am

gailinrb

similar to the la 6/21 you have, Lori. just plural it as a normal plural.

10:29 am

LoriP

Thank ye gail. Total brain freeze on that for some reason.

10:29 am

hurshy

i hain't got any la6/21... think think

10:29 am

doxy1lover

thx kazzer

10:30 am

featherbee

i'm not getting that hi7 clue

10:30 am

gailinrb

o, i was there, lori!

10:30 am

hurshy

got 'em!

10:30 am

hurshy

hi + alien from nearby planet - r - n

10:30 am

LoriP

Slap me with a fish for that.....

10:31 am

gailinrb

feather: male pronoun + 1st vowel + spanish aunt

10:31 am

featherbee

ahhh! ty

10:31 am

gailinrb

there's a bo 6/24 we could use to slap with!

10:32 am

hurshy

oh no, i don't know very many names of fishes

10:32 am

Kazzer99

v goog gail

10:32 am

gailinrb

'tis also a female name.

10:32 am

featherbee

madonna: la isla bo****

10:32 am

smooth_pappa

hot diggity! it is SNOWING out... and coming down good! :-D

10:32 am

Kazzer99

bit like tuna

10:32 am

hurshy

ok, i think i have that then.

10:32 am

gailinrb

snow! ick!

10:33 am

gailinrb

snow is a four letter word

10:33 am

LoriP

LOL gail. Hit me! (I would be ashamed to admit how long I looked for that la 6...) :(

10:33 am

doxy1lover

we got some last night. finally warmed up a little

10:33 am

gailinrb

did you all hear it snowed in Malibu last week? lol

10:33 am

hurshy

wow

10:33 am

Kazzer99

I dont have la 6/21 - clue please

10:33 am

justafreep

and that bo6 was a former Pirate and Met 3b/OF

10:33 am

smooth_pappa

ol gail... snow is my best friend. lol well.. maybe not, but I didn't move to wisconsin for the summers, that's for sure. ;)

10:34 am

hurshy

how does it decide which latin things to allow and which not? we can't have ibid, alia, sotto voce...

10:34 am

justafreep

(sorta)

10:34 am

FMitch

snow snow go away, come again another day!

10:34 am

gailinrb

gives a whole new meaning to "surf's up", hurshy.

10:34 am

hurshy

path to madness, there i go again...

10:34 am

gailinrb

summer is wisconsin is like summer in minnesota.

10:34 am

smooth_pappa

yeah... I can't stand the het, but the cold winters make it worth while.

10:34 am

smooth_pappa

*heat*

10:35 am

LoriP

I hope it's snowing in CHicago....

10:35 am

gailinrb

ahaha. you're KIDDING.

10:36 am

Kazzer99

We're okaay here - we have snow so infrequently that when it does everything stops

10:36 am

smooth_pappa

lol gail, was that directed to me? if so, then not at all! I lived in DC and St. Louis, and it was just too miserable of summer in those places. If I could find a job therre, I'd move to fairbanks in a heart beat... just to enjoy the winters

10:36 am

doxy1lover

need ho6 please

10:36 am

FMitch

LOL that's true Kazzer

10:36 am

gailinrb

o, i do understand the heat thing, papa. i detest humidity.

10:36 am

LoriP

ho 6 is a friendly western greeting, spelled differently

10:36 am

hurshy

ooh i got ho7 from you saying that doxie

10:37 am

Kazzer99

Im in the south of the country so its really silly when it snows here

10:37 am

hurshy

you know i could find words a lot easier if more things with boston accent counted.

10:37 am

doxy1lover

thx lori. monkey typed all over the place

10:38 am

gailinrb

pahk tha cah in hahvahd yahd?

10:38 am

doxy1lover

ho8 - add an O in the ending part

10:38 am

smooth_pappa

same where my grandparents are, kazzer.. in the southern state of tennessee, when it snows even a little bit, everythig shuts down

10:38 am

hurshy

powda, masta...

10:39 am

hurshy

thanks doxy! only one more H now

10:39 am

featherbee

that E is just sooo out of reach for so many words i want to use

10:39 am

egbokmom

We had snow in LA but it melted too fast,

10:39 am

Kazzer99

thing is here - we are supposed to get reasonably cold winters with some snow but we still cant cope

10:39 am

msree

It's mocking me feather.

10:39 am

hurshy

are they all ho but the hi7?

10:39 am

smooth_pappa

la, los angeles, or la louisiana? both would be pretty infrequent. lol

10:39 am

doxy1lover

we have pure powder here this morning

10:40 am

smooth_pappa

same here doxy... in the last two hours weve gotten 3 or 4 incvhes

10:40 am

hurshy

the V must be a Virus, it's infected smooth pappa

10:40 am

egbokmom

los angeles, California

10:40 am

gailinrb

the "snow" here was more like sleet.

10:40 am

LoriP

Is it snowing in Chicago?

10:40 am

o-o

yes

10:40 am

gailinrb

where in los angeles, eg? i'm in redondo beach.

10:40 am

smooth_pappa

lol you're right hursh, I think

10:41 am

LoriP

Yea!

10:41 am

smooth_pappa

hi rabble! I bet you're getting it too?

10:42 am

o-o

beautiful day in the neighborhood

10:42 am

LoriP

It's sunny here, but -7 (16 F)

10:42 am

hurshy

please won't you be my neighbor?

10:42 am

egbokmom

actually, I'm in Irvine

10:42 am

gailinrb

ahh, okay, eg.

10:43 am

gailinrb

'bout 40 miles or so south of me

10:44 am

smooth_pappa

ok... I must be afflicted by snow blindness... any clue on the very first DO5?

10:45 am

smooth_pappa

nevermind... got it

10:45 am

egbokmom

yup

10:45 am

doxy1lover

do + boy (m**e)

10:47 am

hurshy

we're gonna keep on, keep on, keep on dancin all through the night... we're gonna keep on, keep on, keep on doin it right... we're gonna keep on, keep on, keep on movin, gonna keep on, keep on, keep on groovin, keep on singin and dancin all through the night...

10:47 am

featherbee

been snorting too much iocaine powder hursh?

10:47 am

Dorens

that came from Mr. Rogers?????

10:47 am

smooth_pappa

so anyone here like recipies for non alcoholic drinks?

10:48 am

Christa

i do

10:48 am

hurshy

heavens, no... just brady bunch...

10:48 am

doxy1lover

me, me (waving hand in the air)

10:48 am

smooth_pappa

well then hurshy block your eyes. ;)

10:48 am

hurshy

i'll take a virgin strawberry daiquiri anytime

10:48 am

smooth_pappa

it's one I've made a long time ago, and just found the recipe again last night.

10:48 am

hurshy

oh pappa, i didn't mean you

10:48 am

featherbee

i don't think i've ever seen a full episode of the brady bunch

10:48 am

smooth_pappa

it's called ginger cordial, from india

10:48 am

Christa

yum

10:49 am

Christa

please pass on the recipe

10:49 am

hurshy

:O FEATHER BEE (YOUR LAST NAME)

10:49 am

Dorens

i'd love one right now smooth. thank you

10:49 am

egbokmom

I omly drink the nonalcoholic stuff

10:49 am

doxy1lover

sounds great

10:49 am

featherbee

*hides in shame*
:-P

10:50 am

egbokmom

and I like ginger.

10:50 am

smooth_pappa

you take about a couple ounces of fresh ginger root, and bruise it pretty good. Mix in a cup of sugar with 10 cups boiling water and juice from 1/2 lime. boil until it dissolves (with the ginger added, also) and let it sit covered for about 3 days at that time, you need to strain it, and you can either drinki it right away, or seal it in bottles and let it sit for a little longer.

10:50 am

smooth_pappa

it's got one of the most refreshing flavors i've ever had.

10:51 am

Christa

thank you

10:51 am

hurshy

i think they make something similar in jamaica

10:51 am

Dorens

and hurshy, we could put rum in there if we choose to

10:51 am

hurshy

i wouldn't choose to... lol

10:51 am

gailinrb

or vodka! lol

10:52 am

smooth_pappa

I think a little tequila would be optimal for it, but then again I love a good tequila. lol

10:52 am

Dorens

oh hurshy, i was going by your "heavens no "response, but see now that wasn't to pappa.

10:52 am

gailinrb

[one tequila, two tequila, three tequila... FLOOR]

10:52 am

smooth_pappa

lol

10:53 am

hurshy

i gots a blister on my toe. my little toe. there is a little plastic pointy thing inside my walking shoe that caused it. :(

10:53 am

featherbee

oooooooh, one more word and i've passed halfway!

10:53 am

gailinrb

tequila, a.k.a. "ta-kill-ya"

10:53 am

Dorens

go feather!

10:53 am

gailinrb

go, feather. you go, girl!

10:53 am

stidmama

{{{everyone}}} good morning!

10:54 am

smooth_pappa

not the good stuff, gail. ;) for one birthday, a person was kind enough to get me an 80 dollar bottle of tequila... that stuff was SOOOO good!

10:54 am

smooth_pappa

morning stid!

10:54 am

LoriP

Go feather go!

10:54 am

gailinrb

hiya stid

10:54 am

stidmama

I don't have a lot of time, thought I would pick up a few words before we go on a nature walk...

10:54 am

Dorens

hey stid

10:54 am

Christa

lol gailinrb

10:54 am

featherbee

hi stid!

10:54 am

featherbee

haha, funny stid. good luck. this grid is tough!

10:55 am

gailinrb

nuttin' natural 'bout this grid, stid! ;0

10:55 am

hurshy

these PRETZELS are makin me THIRSTY

10:55 am

LoriP

G'd morning stid.

10:55 am

sha

F*I*R*E*W*O*R*K*S for me

10:55 am

stidmama

it look tough... but since I stopped caring about finishing (my goal is to gain points in the middle column...) :-) it's a lot less stressful

10:55 am

gailinrb

yay, sha

10:55 am

featherbee

got it! now i can get lickety.

10:55 am

stidmama

Y*A*Y sha!

10:55 am

LoriP

I surrender. The ma 5/14 please?

10:56 am

ollag

morning all. still trying to get over fireworks yesterday. Not too use to getting them

10:56 am

hurshy

mrs. eisenhower, lori

10:56 am

gailinrb

ma 5/14: ike's wife.

10:56 am

stidmama

{{{ollag}}} congrats on yesterday, then! :-)

10:56 am

LoriP

Thank ye hurshy

10:56 am

gailinrb

yay, olla. it's addicting!

10:56 am

hurshy

that and the dance, what is the 3rd M from the bottom?

10:57 am

sha

same as the 5-28 but change last 2 letters to vowels

10:57 am

LoriP

And thank ye gail. :)

10:57 am

featherbee

off to put daniel to his nap, get my lunch, then enter words in lickety. bbl!

10:57 am

msree

Hi stidmama, congrats for yesterday ollag & gl for today

10:57 am

stidmama

see you (man yhours) later, feather!

10:57 am

stidmama

urg. Tom

10:57 am

LoriP

Later feather.

10:57 am

stidmama

Tm's keyboard is not used to me! LOL

10:57 am

Dorens

later feather

10:57 am

sha

oops meant 5-18

10:57 am

gailinrb

not sure what you're asking for, hurshy...

10:58 am

sha

any one for clues before i depart

10:58 am

hurshy

well, it's an M word that has another M in it, most likely

10:58 am

gailinrb

only two m words with 2 Ms.

10:59 am

hurshy

hmmm that's odd

10:59 am

ollag

m

10:59 am

gailinrb

naw, 'tis babble, hurshy.

10:59 am

sha

do u have the 2 hurshy??

10:59 am

msree

sha bu?

10:59 am

ollag

disregard m fingers are still asleep

10:59 am

hurshy

yes... and i don't see what else can come from the bottom M

11:00 am

sha

oh theres 3 with 2 ms a 4 and 2 5

11:00 am

doxy1lover

la6/21 x2

11:00 am

gailinrb

o cripes. i can't tell what m goes where, now.

11:00 am

hurshy

i thought there must be. i need the four.

11:00 am

hurshy

got.

11:00 am

ollag

how about mans

11:01 am

msree

sha, please ignore that ridiculous request. ty

11:01 am

hurshy

if you need help knowing what comes from where, check out my profile

11:01 am

hurshy

i need a U, have a 4/5 combo

11:01 am

sha

both extend from the 5-12 one ends in 1st vowel other is plural

11:02 am

hurshy

oop, pulled a peri

11:02 am

hurshy

sha, are all the H's ho except HI7?

11:02 am

gailinrb

un 5/18, hurshy?

11:02 am

sha

to take away an offer

11:02 am

doxy1lover

thx sha

11:03 am

stidmama

thanks hurshy, 100 points for you, grayed my first tile! :-)

11:03 am

sha

yes hurshy

11:03 am

hurshy

hmmm...

11:03 am

hurshy

and are all the D

11:03 am

hurshy

do?

11:04 am

gailinrb

one d is a dh

11:04 am

o-o

dh 4/10

11:04 am

wurdygurl

hurshy - are those other 2 u's a un?

11:04 am

sha

theres a dh-4-10 hurshy

11:04 am

wurdygurl

and what in the world is the other m that comes off the corner?

11:04 am

hurshy

yes wurdy, thanks gail brabble and sha

11:04 am

stidmama

yes wurdy

11:04 am

hurshy

rhymes with serene wurdy

11:06 am

pam

hello again

11:06 am

gailinrb

hi again pam

11:06 am

hurshy

so if i have one ho6, ho7, and ho8, and the rest i have are combos, what H do i miss?

11:06 am

gailinrb

y/w hurshy. what else d'ya need?

11:06 am

klaurel

I hate Comcast

11:06 am

stidmama

{{{pam}}} glad you showed up, I have to leave, but wanted to see how you're feeling today.

11:07 am

sha

do u have the hi?

11:07 am

Haz1558

Good afternoon/morning all. Nobody told me in ante-natal classes that children would grow up to commandeer computers all day....

11:07 am

o-o

two ho 5/12

11:07 am

hurshy

yes sha

11:08 am

hurshy

poor haz. stressful, indeed.

11:08 am

klaurel

Haz, just make sure your children have their own computers

11:08 am

stidmama

LOL Haz!

11:08 am

sha

theres 2 h05-12 off the 1st ho-4

11:08 am

hurshy

ah, thanks sha

11:08 am

stidmama

okay, heading out for the morning. back a in a few hours... *waves hand*

11:08 am

sha

bye stid

11:08 am

hurshy

now i've greyed 8 boxes. that's nice.

11:08 am

Haz1558

One is away, has her own laptop, the one at home is too mean to buy her own.....

11:08 am

gailinrb

hi haz and klaurel

11:08 am

doxy1lover

bye stid

11:08 am

gailinrb

have a good one, stid.

11:08 am

sha

go hurshy go

11:09 am

msree

bye stid

11:09 am

wurdygurl

good grief finally got those other un's i am officially an idiot.

11:09 am

hurshy

speaking of mean, haz, don't know if you're aware, but this grid is, extremely

11:09 am

klaurel

my 3-year old is playing on the WIggles website right now

11:09 am

wurdygurl

still trying to find the m that rhymes with sserene

11:09 am

msree

help with the ho 7/40 & 8/55 please.

11:09 am

klaurel

my 3-year old is playing on the WIggles website right now

11:09 am

smooth_pappa

yeah, this is definitely a slow going grid!

11:09 am

FMitch

Hi Haz, Me thinks it's time L got her own OR you get a new one and she can have the old version!

11:09 am

gailinrb

4 letters, wurdy.

11:09 am

klaurel

my 3-year old is playing on the WIggles website right now

11:09 am

Haz1558

Yes, I got that vibe this morning when I looked in. Sprite was not impressed so I knew that I was in trouble.

11:10 am

hurshy

i'm one, msree, as is spock, and worf, and you probably

11:10 am

Haz1558

Hello FMitch - yes, she tends to use her mother's cast-offs!

11:10 am

sha

ho*** pidgeon minus last letter +**ea( thought)

11:11 am

gailinrb

mrsree: think humans

11:11 am

Haz1558

Have you been working on the grid, FMItch? How's it going?

11:11 am

msree

Thanks hurshy. I forgot about coming back up. Again.

11:11 am

oggy

clues for in7 and ma5/16 please

11:11 am

smooth_pappa

IN7: IN+ constructed

11:11 am

msree

probably? what do you mean probably?

11:12 am

sha

in+ costructed

11:12 am

Dorens

what? no rambo?

11:12 am

sha

constructed

11:12 am

FMitch

I had a meander round it for a while and found 112 words but have grouond to a halt, how about you?

11:12 am

hurshy

well, i haven't met you. you MIGHT be a horta, for all i know...

11:12 am

o-o

ma 5/12 -- add movie dog rin *** ***

11:12 am

Haz1558

I'm still in the early stages, only 46 found so far.

11:12 am

sha

gtg now bye all

11:13 am

Kazzer99

bye sha

11:13 am

gailinrb

bye sha

11:13 am

klaurel

comcast

11:13 am

hurshy

if in7 is a word, why isn't the parallel on7 a word... path to madness...

11:13 am

jafro2

this is my first day as a full babblepro member

11:13 am

doxy1lover

welcome pro member

11:13 am

smooth_pappa

congrats jafro!

11:13 am

hurshy

well good for you jafro!

11:13 am

gailinrb

welcome to hurshy's madness, jafro ;[]

11:14 am

Kazzer99

Hi ya - love the icon

11:14 am

Dorens

congrats jafro

11:14 am

klaurel

I really hate Comacast

11:14 am

wurdygurl

ok I have that one diddnt realize until just now that it rhymes with serene....and i have ikes wife...what am i missing

11:14 am

klaurel

I really hate Comacst

11:14 am

jafro2

thanks everyone

11:14 am

oggy

got that one babble is ma5/14 i need please

11:14 am

gailinrb

comcast was down again, klaurel?

11:14 am

hurshy

really if you have to be in a cast, it's better to be in a coma...

11:14 am

klaurel

up, down, slow, down, up, down, slow, down

11:15 am

hurshy

a dance, wurdy

11:15 am

gailinrb

did you get the dance?

11:15 am

klaurel

<LOL> cute Hursh! Unfortunatelu, DSL is unavailable in my area

11:15 am

ollag

oggy IKE's wife

11:15 am

wurdygurl

did now thanks so much

11:15 am

gailinrb

bummer, klaurel

11:15 am

wurdygurl

really I must need some coffee

11:15 am

hurshy

i need some b's

11:16 am

hurshy

and s's

11:16 am

gailinrb

vitamins!

11:16 am

Kazzer99

oggy - try who did al jolson sing about his ma***

11:16 am

hurshy

this grid is BS

11:16 am

gailinrb

i think you have a bi** against it, hurshy

11:16 am

hurshy

ooohh, i do.

11:17 am

gailinrb

;)

11:17 am

Kazzer99

one m to go - mo 5/12 2nd one

11:17 am

jan

The b's that I have are mostly ridiculous "words" and I'm still missing three. This is a nasty, nasty grid.

11:17 am

oggy

thanks kazzer, thats me done.

11:17 am

Kazzer99

I'm still missing 5

11:18 am

Wyrd

personally, i think the b's are a bl***!

11:18 am

gailinrb

there's a bl and its plural --- words you might see in a comic

11:18 am

hurshy

you're a mean one, mr. grid... you're a nasty, wasty, skunk...

11:18 am

hurshy

have those...

11:19 am

msree

congrats oggy!

11:19 am

gailinrb

the B words are a bl 5/14, wyrd? heh...

11:19 am

FMitch

The bo5/16 is unexpected, if only one did get a bo for it.

11:19 am

Kazzer99

you finished oggy

11:19 am

oggy

mo5 same as first one diff last letter

11:20 am

hurshy

and if only it's plural were boni...

11:20 am

gailinrb

very clever, fmitch

11:20 am

oggy

yes kazzer

11:20 am

hurshy

ack!!

11:20 am

Wyrd

well im a liar gail

11:20 am

Wyrd

and thats my good side

11:20 am

gailinrb

way to go, oggy

11:20 am

Kazzer99

congrats - you must have been at it for hours

11:20 am

gailinrb

aww, wyrd!

11:21 am

Kazzer99

ty oggy got it

11:21 am

gailinrb

a couple of non words in that B list

11:21 am

oggy

kazzer, did some this morning, then came back to finish

11:21 am

klaurel

ahhh, I have to say, that I am not sorry I got my son a Tigger costume when he was 9months

11:22 am

klaurel

it is being passed around more than enough]

11:22 am

doxy1lover

just got called in to work (crap). Be back later today

11:22 am

hurshy

clue 'em then gail! :) :)

11:22 am

Kazzer99

i've got 76 left - stopped for lunch and got side tracked into tvand housework so be out for 3 or 4 hours

11:22 am

gailinrb

hookay: bi 5/14 and plural: bi + louse egg(s)

11:23 am

FMitch

hurshey you are close to the bo6/24 (yr post 11.20) from a Madonna song

11:23 am

evanonut

jeepers guys, i got on first thing this morning and still didn't look for words

11:23 am

hurshy

yay!

11:23 am

Wyrd

ooo! thanks gail!

11:23 am

hurshy

yup, have that one fmitch

11:23 am

Haz1558

Shows how old I am. I saw Madonna and immediately thought of Lady Madonna by the Beatles...

11:23 am

chic

Heya Nutty!

11:24 am

evanonut

heya chixerie!

11:24 am

hurshy

i'm so old, i thought of mary....

11:24 am

msree

did you meet her hurshy? ; )

11:25 am

FMitch

Haz you are not that old!! For heavens sake you are only 1 year older than me.

11:25 am

msree

or not that old?

11:25 am

Haz1558

Yes, but look how old you are, FMitch.

11:25 am

hurshy

sadly, no, for i was living in namibia at the time

11:25 am

Haz1558

Joking, honestly....

11:25 am

smooth_pappa

over the halfway mark over here!

11:26 am

FMitch

I think I doing bloomin' well for 92

11:26 am

hurshy

course it wasn't CALLED namibia back then.

11:26 am

Haz1558

My claim to fame at the moment is that I have seen Barack Obama in the flesh. I will sign autographs for those who would like.

11:26 am

hurshy

he taught you how to forge his signature?

11:27 am

Haz1558

No, autographs of my own signature. You can be famous for no reason these days.

11:27 am

evanonut

no, i tought her.

11:27 am

Wyrd

i bet they just signed with X's back then

11:27 am

ursh

hello all - back to try find another 110!!! So Hurshy you have been to Africa in the South West Africa days then

11:27 am

FMitch

Do'n't you mean infamous LOL

11:27 am

hurshy

back then, we didn't even know it WAS africa...

11:28 am

Haz1558

Yes, maybe infamous might be a better description. Give me obscurity.

11:28 am

ursh

You must have been very young

11:28 am

hurshy

give me obscurity, or give me death! patrick henry's lesser known speech...

11:29 am

hurshy

ursh - lol - go back and follow the thread... lol

11:29 am

evanonut

thought it was give me chocolate or give me death? *sucks down yoohoo*, or give me choco or die?

11:29 am

ursh

ok will do - missing the real story then??

11:29 am

Kazzer99

anybody got the first bl?

11:30 am

hurshy

the "real" story would be more like it

11:30 am

Angelsong

ho66/36 from Texas, y'all

11:30 am

hurshy

i hope you don't have a chilbl***, kaz

11:30 am

Kazzer99

TY hurshy I have it

11:30 am

ursh

I think you get chill bl***s on fingers and toes

11:31 am

Haz1558

Blessings be upon you Angelsong, we need all the help we can get!

11:31 am

gailinrb

they finally delivered my sunday paper... yaaaaay. gonna go peruse it. catch you all another time. have fun!

11:31 am

Angelsong

ho6/36, I meant to say...

11:31 am

Jacula

FIREWORKS!:)

11:31 am

Dorens

hooray jacula

11:31 am

LoriP

Just hit the 200 mark. Working in between phone calls, laundry and other annoying interruptions... :(

11:31 am

Haz1558

You get bl5/14 in bubbles and underground coffins and encased in ice.

11:31 am

LoriP

Congrats Jacula!

11:31 am

Haz1558

Well done jacula!

11:31 am

hurshy

you need a "babbling. do not disturb" sign

11:32 am

msree

Yay Jacula!

11:32 am

sugar

hi all! Ursh, what would you know about chil b***** ???? LOL

11:32 am

smooth_pappa

well done jac!

11:32 am

Jacula

Just need to check on dinner & laundry. BBL.

11:33 am

cybernan

good morning, everyone -- back for the last 125 :)

11:34 am

smooth_pappa

all sorts of russian words here today!

11:34 am

Haz1558

Hello cybernan.

11:34 am

Haz1558

Maybe THAT's why I'm not making progress - my Russian is not great...

11:34 am

hurshy

if you combine al5/14 with al6/24, do you get an excuse for a pigmentless person?

11:35 am

smooth_pappa

lol I'e noticed 3... I'm sure they have an english meaning, as well... but I definitely know them from my time in russia

11:35 am

smooth_pappa

the very last bl word... 5/14 is a great russina style crepe

11:35 am

hurshy

oh i got that one!

11:35 am

ursh

Sugar grew up in Jo burg and it was much colder then in winter than it is now

11:35 am

hurshy

but samovar is not there :(

11:35 am

smooth_pappa

and ob 6/7 are the political divisons in russia, similar to states or provinces

11:35 am

Haz1558

Oh, if you;re talking food. That's okay.

11:36 am

sugar

tx hurshy, didn't have the al5/14

11:36 am

sugar

ah ursh, excuses, excuses!!!!! I grew up in Rhodesia, and it was colder than Jhb, so there!

11:37 am

ursh

Well sugar where you are living now is colder than anywhere!!

11:37 am

hurshy

THANK you pappa

11:38 am

Gadget

wait...you're all talking about cold when a canadian is here? sheesh...

11:38 am

sugar

this is sooooooo true, ursh lol!

11:38 am

ursh

Excuse us Gadget - we are African and your kind of cold does'nt bear imagining

11:39 am

hurshy

how many "sub" words are there? i just have two, a combo.

11:39 am

sugar

you Canadians have special intenal thermostats, Gadget!

11:39 am

Gadget

lol

11:40 am

ursh

There was an earlier clue about the ho6 to do with texas could somebody please reclue for me

11:40 am

jan

I just checked lickety and there are only the two sub's...

11:41 am

hurshy

that is surprising, i thought there would be more.

11:41 am

Haz1558

It's what a cowboy would say when greeting you in Texas, ursh.

11:41 am

FMitch

Think of a greeting jan

11:42 am

ursh

tx haz

11:42 am

Haz1558

You're welcome.

11:43 am

cybernan

clue for the al 5/14? -- have the 6

11:43 am

hurshy

poirot will be suspicious if your al5 is too good...

11:44 am

ursh

criminals get off because the have a good al***

11:44 am

cybernan

thanks, hurshy and ursh

11:45 am

sugar

clues for the bottom right m, please

11:45 am

hurshy

we naturally make a good team.

11:45 am

jan

And Poirot's suspicions will increase if he finds out you've used an al/5/10

11:45 am

Uneaixoise

french mommy

11:45 am

cybernan

ma5: Mrs. Eisehower

11:45 am

hurshy

ooh, thanks jan, didn't have that one.

11:46 am

sugar

thanks cybernan!

11:47 am

jan

Sometimes this grid annoys me (the b words, for example) and then the al criminal law words charm me...

11:48 am

cybernan

don't see the french mother!

11:48 am

LoriP

What on earth is the to 6/24 please?

11:49 am

LoriP

Typo, I mean 'ro' 6/24

11:49 am

Haz1558

Sadly, have to leave for a while. I'll be back later.

11:49 am

sugar

later, haz

11:49 am

FMitch

Might see you later Haz Night

11:49 am

LoriP

Later Haz

11:50 am

Uneaixoise

the french mother is the same as Mrs. Eisenhower :-)

11:50 am

o-o

ro -- spare the *** spoil the child..... is the ***tra of some

11:50 am

cybernan

always thought french mother was maman

11:50 am

ursh

i managed to finish the im words and am positive i made up every one of them

11:51 am

Dorens

fireworks...sorry i can't clue but I'm late and won't be back till midnight so this was a mad rush for me. happy babbling everyone

11:51 am

LoriP

Thank ye Babble

11:51 am

Uneaixoise

it's both, nan

11:51 am

cybernan

bye dorens

11:51 am

sugar

YAY Dorens!

11:51 am

LoriP

Congrats Dorens

11:52 am

FMitch

Congrats Dorens

11:52 am

sugar

tx for the clue BabRab

11:53 am

Uneaixoise

oops, sorry, was very distracted--it's GRANDmother--it's a familiar term kinda like Granny . . . e.g., Mamie Francoise . . .

11:53 am

featherbee

une!!!!! you said it!

11:53 am

jan

Love your clues, BabbleRabble--they make me smile...

11:53 am

William124

GREETINGS FELLOW BABBLERS

11:53 am

wurdygurl

you said a word une....penalty box for you coffee and donuts await

11:54 am

sugar

hi William

11:54 am

cybernan

thanks, une -- learn something new every day!

11:54 am

Uneaixoise

I need to get some sleep--oh, jeez, didn't realize I just said it . . . this morning, on my way to the post office to mail my Netflix movie back, I stopped at the drive-thru at the library and "mailed" it there! :-)

11:55 am

featherbee

won't they be surprised!

11:55 am

Kazzer99

Hi William

11:55 am

Uneaixoise

hey, william :-)

11:55 am

sugar

Kazzer, are you nearly done?

11:55 am

FMitch

Sounds like time for bed and sweet dreams Une

11:56 am

wurdygurl

binus is too a word " I have some binus to take care of"

11:56 am

Uneaixoise

I'm gonna stop trying to let my dogs sleep with me . . . they move around all nite!

11:56 am

Uneaixoise

wurdy, here in Tennessee you also hear 'bidness" :-)

11:57 am

wurdygurl

this is what i am saying lol

11:57 am

wurdygurl

ok can someone help with the last v i have ...I have the 2 sick ones

11:57 am

Uneaixoise

v + get your ducks in a ***

11:58 am

Uneaixoise

VERY bizarre word

11:58 am

wurdygurl

thanks

11:58 am

prismmgc2

Wurdy... v+ *** *** *** your boat

11:58 am

wurdygurl

hey I have four boxes greyed out

12:00 pm

FMitch

Not sure my monkey would have found that word, thanks

12:03 pm

smooth_pappa

oi! still have 50 left, my I think my eyes are starting to melt

12:03 pm

klaurel

wow, 156 left and I don't think I have looked up from this thing once

12:03 pm

wurdygurl

pappa I have 146 left we could trade

12:03 pm

smooth_pappa

lol

12:04 pm

LoriP

The first sa 6/21 please?

12:04 pm

wurdygurl

i think you misunderstand...i was being quite serious

12:04 pm

wurdygurl

just kidding

12:04 pm

o-o

the grids are always easier once you have finished them

12:04 pm

smooth_pappa

hee

12:05 pm

smooth_pappa

that's a good point babble... hopefully I'll be there soon

12:05 pm

smooth_pappa

snaw

12:05 pm

smooth_pappa

I mean... whoops

12:05 pm

wurdygurl

um, i dont have any n's and i have 0's in my boxes help pls

12:05 pm

mom23

tksn, pappa!

12:05 pm

smooth_pappa

any time mom. lol

12:06 pm

featherbee

smooth, you were talking about all the snOw again, right???? ;)

12:06 pm

ursh

li6/27 please it is the first li??

12:07 pm

cybernan

how is it that la 6/18 is a word but la 5/10 isn't?

12:07 pm

smooth_pappa

exactly feather... just with a convoluted southern drawl???

12:07 pm

LoriP

Okay, no nibbles, how about the last sa 5/12?

12:07 pm

o-o

sa 6/21- ad: sw**m**g utilizes most of the muscles in the body

12:07 pm

featherbee

sure! hehehe

12:07 pm

cybernan

li 6/27: sex drive

12:08 pm

o-o

sa 5/12 -- spare the *** again

12:08 pm

mom23

Pappa--thought you means southern snore!

12:08 pm

ursh

oh tx nan no wonder i couldnt find it

12:08 pm

cybernan

ty rabble

12:08 pm

LoriP

Thanks babble, it's the 2nd 6/21 I'm hung on.

12:08 pm

mom23

*meant

12:09 pm

cybernan

lol, ursh

12:09 pm

LoriP

That 5 is a new on for me. I never would have gotten it. Thank ye Babble!

12:09 pm

sherwood6

st7/32 anyone?

12:09 pm

smooth_pappa

any clue on the 1st SN5?

12:09 pm

o-o

sa 6 --- deli on rye

12:09 pm

wurdygurl

does anyone have the n from the last column?

12:10 pm

smooth_pappa

oh crap... I mean ST5... whoch is why O couldn't find it... lol nevermind

12:10 pm

LoriP

Ack! Hit me with a fish.... Thank ye Babble

12:10 pm

cybernan

na 5/10: to do with birth

12:11 pm

cybernan

sandwich?

12:11 pm

wurdygurl

thank you nan

12:12 pm

hurshy

whew.

12:12 pm

hurshy

internet went out. panic ensued in hurshy house. back now.

12:13 pm

featherbee

eek

12:13 pm

o-o

st 7/32 -- add, a dash is a f**t race; and Our Lady of Fat***

12:13 pm

mom23

wish Dr. God would use a real dictionary!

12:14 pm

hurshy

ooh, and just in time to get my last 7, thanks brabble

12:14 pm

cybernan

thanks rabble

12:15 pm

sherwood6

thanks very much babblerabble - been looking for ages

12:15 pm

cybernan

anyone know what the 9 is? -- an 8/9 combo, perhaps?

12:16 pm

hurshy

pr8/9 disallow

12:16 pm

wurdygurl

a foot race?

12:16 pm

hurshy

no, a swift one

12:16 pm

cybernan

ty hurshy -- looking

12:17 pm

lynxxx

good morning all

12:17 pm

mom23

tks hursh--would've hunted forever

12:17 pm

hurshy

hi lynxxx

12:17 pm

cybernan

ah -- got it!

12:17 pm

mom23

iman

12:18 pm

o-o

a go-without-food race

12:18 pm

mom23

oops!

12:18 pm

hurshy

loved her in STVI

12:18 pm

mom23

but I was close!

12:18 pm

William124

wheres sm

12:18 pm

hurshy

in the bottom right corner...

12:18 pm

cybernan

still missing an m from that bottom corner have the 4/6 and the 5/14

12:19 pm

William124

not that sm

12:19 pm

featherbee

she might not be back from church yet william...don't remember what time zone she is in

12:19 pm

hurshy

a dance

12:19 pm

cybernan

thank you!

12:21 pm

hurshy

how about the left N, i got nothing, cloud and pl, and baby lice... what else is there?

12:21 pm

cybernan

my phantom today has been the opposite of the mi 7/44

12:22 pm

hurshy

me too cnan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

12:22 pm

Smdnjv

Hi William...just came in.

12:22 pm

William124

need sn4

12:22 pm

hurshy

ah, soft fabric and pl

12:23 pm

cybernan

have the same n's as you hurshy

12:23 pm

hurshy

the others, i just found. nu5 and 6

12:24 pm

lynxxx

William - sn4 is the white stuff that falls from the sky but change the vowel

12:24 pm

cybernan

ah -- there is an nu 5

12:24 pm

Smdnjv

William..it is like the white stuff that falls from the sky but change o to an a.

12:24 pm

cybernan

and the nu 5 plural for nu 6

12:24 pm

William124

ty

12:24 pm

hurshy

have you got all 5 top R cnan? i got caesar (et pl) and tree (and pl)...

12:24 pm

Smdnjv

I did not have that one til you asked.

12:24 pm

smooth_pappa

FIREWORKS!

12:25 pm

Smdnjv

this is a tuffy today.

12:25 pm

featherbee

yay smooth!

12:25 pm

lynxxx

Yay Smooth !

12:25 pm

featherbee

oh, thanks for hte tree hursh

12:25 pm

hurshy

it is tough but i'm surprised how well i'm doing, lots of good cluing going on today. 35 left and still listless.

12:25 pm

cybernan

ro 6: mr. Serling + male

12:25 pm

smooth_pappa

Collapses on the winning end of the finishline

12:25 pm

lynxxx

Hurshy - a fasherman perhaps

12:26 pm

cybernan

congrats, smooth

12:26 pm

William124

ra6,18

12:26 pm

hurshy

thanks, and lol @ fasherman

12:26 pm

LoriP

COngrats Smooth!

12:26 pm

msree

Yay pappa

12:26 pm

smooth_pappa

thank you all!

12:27 pm

William124

anybody here in the age group 8-12

12:27 pm

mom23

Is Carmen in here with Dennis?

12:27 pm

Smdnjv

don't have that one yet Wills...let me work on it.

12:27 pm

hurshy

mentally, or biologically?

12:27 pm

Smdnjv

Bad Hurshy

12:27 pm

smooth_pappa

lol

12:28 pm

lynxxx

ra6.18 - vrmin + draw a straight ***e with a ruler

12:28 pm

smooth_pappa

smdnjv... what does your name stand for?

12:28 pm

hurshy

Savvy Medical Doctor, New Jersey Vet

12:29 pm

smooth_pappa

lol hursh... good one

12:29 pm

William124

anybody need the ro6,24

12:29 pm

klaurel

okay, time to take a break before my head explodes

12:29 pm

hurshy

or... Singing Makes Daddy Nicely Jazzed Vp (with the old ro5 tradition of V = U)

12:30 pm

Smdnjv

I wonder how you got that one William!! LOL

12:30 pm

featherbee

got it, thanks william

12:30 pm

Dachef

Some Men Don't, Nicely Juxtaposed and Vexed.

12:31 pm

hurshy

Say, May Dogs Never Join VISTA?

12:31 pm

Smdnjv

ralias

12:31 pm

cybernan

79 to go -- time for a break!

12:31 pm

Dachef

Summarise My Dissetation, Not Just Verbose.

12:31 pm

hurshy

Sultans Must Decree New Jihads Vehemently

12:31 pm

smooth_pappa

HA!

12:31 pm

featherbee

She Models Dogs, New Jersey Variety

12:32 pm

Dachef

Seamen May Die, Not Just Vehemently.

12:32 pm

William124

some men dont need jersey girls

12:32 pm

hurshy

Super Mali Dagil Nistic Jespi Validocious

12:32 pm

smooth_pappa

so my dear, never joke violently?

12:33 pm

featherbee

lol, ok, smd, are you going to stop the madness?

12:33 pm

Ho Hum

I think wiliam is more than he appears

12:33 pm

Dachef

Silence My Demons, Not Just Verticaly

12:33 pm

smooth_pappa

so my dear, never juice vermin

12:34 pm

smooth_pappa

hurshy, that last one was great!

12:34 pm

featherbee

ewww pappa, nope, not a good drink

12:34 pm

hurshy

Some Mental Doctors Never Juice Valium

12:35 pm

hurshy

Silly Mice Drive Nifty Jettas (Volkswagen)

12:35 pm

grammaterri1

you guys are hilarious! you kill me

12:35 pm

FMitch

LOL hurshey

12:35 pm

grammaterri1

hello everyone!

12:36 pm

Strider

so many days no jelly

12:36 pm

lynxxx

Hi Gramma & FM

12:36 pm

hurshy

(does she realize we'll go on like this indefinitely if she doesn't say anything?)

12:36 pm

grammaterri1

foflol hursh

12:36 pm

grammaterri1

hi lynxxx

12:36 pm

smooth_pappa

salamanders make dashing newts jealous

12:36 pm

featherbee

(does she realize you're trying to guess what her letters stand for?)

12:37 pm

grammaterri1

lol pappa

12:37 pm

Strider

nice one smooth

12:37 pm

smooth_pappa

yeesh, forgot the v... lol

12:37 pm

Dachef

So Much Dithering, No-one Just Vocalises.

12:37 pm

smooth_pappa

salamanders make dashing newts jealously violent

12:37 pm

FMitch

Hey lynxxx nice to see you again. Hi Dachelf long time!

12:37 pm

grammaterri1

is there such a word as dithering dachef?

12:37 pm

lynxxx

Yay Dachef !

12:37 pm

grammaterri1

lol

12:38 pm

hurshy

yes, dithering very good word

12:38 pm

Strider

salvation means doing nothing just vacationing

12:38 pm

grammaterri1

lol yes enable says so...I like it

12:38 pm

smooth_pappa

HA!

12:38 pm

hurshy

Sidearms Might Deter Nasty Ju Veniles

12:38 pm

grammaterri1

good one strider!

12:38 pm

Dachef

Hi Peppe. Still here, often lurking in background.

12:39 pm

grammaterri1

lol, I can't take it anymore, going to wet my pants ( :

12:39 pm

Dachef

Peppe? Where did that come from. Think it was supposed to be Peeps.

12:39 pm

grammaterri1

lol dachef

12:39 pm

Strider

someone clued the mi 7 as a small van. I didn't get it. Can I have another clue?

12:39 pm

smooth_pappa

spewing mountains do not jiggle volcanos

12:40 pm

Dachef

Some Men Do Not Jam Vermine.

12:40 pm

Strider

sorry - I just got it!!! DUH

12:40 pm

hurshy

Seven Maids Don't Necessarily Jar Vases

12:40 pm

grammaterri1

wee things kids ride to school strider

12:40 pm

cybernan

can't get much plainer than that, strider

12:40 pm

Strider

I know, I know - just a senior moment.

12:41 pm

grammaterri1

hey I resemble that remark!

12:41 pm

Angela

afternoon everyone - I see the silliness is abounding

12:41 pm

smooth_pappa

we're trying to figure out what SMDNJV's name stand \s for. lol

12:41 pm

cybernan

missing an o from the left -- have ob x 6 and an on -- missing?

12:41 pm

hurshy

Subliminal Messages Direct Nurses' Jobs Villainously

12:42 pm

Angela

I see that Pappa - and you are all doing a darn fine job!

12:42 pm

sherb

om x 2

12:42 pm

William124

cant chat anymore, sorry

12:42 pm

sherb

afternoon all :)

12:42 pm

DM_Penfold

what is this SMDNJV business about?

12:42 pm

Dachef

You know that if both me and Hurshy are chatting, rthen there is bound to be an abundance of silliness. In fact: Seriousness Must Die, Nonsensical Jokes Verily.

12:42 pm

lynxxx

ob*7 Nan

12:42 pm

cybernan

the left o, sherb

12:43 pm

o-o

mi 7/44 --- quick kiss

12:43 pm

Angela

lol dachef

12:43 pm

hurshy

Say More, Dachef, Never Just Vaporize!

12:43 pm

sherb

ah, sorry... then I need those too...

12:43 pm

lynxxx

Nan - do you have ob7.36?

12:43 pm

featherbee

bye william

12:43 pm

smooth_pappa

strict mothers divert new jovial vocations

12:44 pm

cybernan

ob 4 x3, 5 x2, 6 x1 -- missing?

12:44 pm

Angela

some men don't need jovial verbage

12:44 pm

lynxxx

Nan - ob7.36

12:45 pm

cybernan

ty lynxxx

12:46 pm

hurshy

Santa's Mare Dancer Neighed, Jolting Vixen

12:46 pm

smooth_pappa

Smooth_pappa (one word) must digress, never joking verbosely

12:46 pm

featherbee

la6/27 please?

12:47 pm

featherbee

never mind! saw it

12:47 pm

bonkler

scornful mad dowagers, not just vexed

12:47 pm

hurshy

Seacoast, Mountains, Desert, None Just Vanish

12:48 pm

smooth_pappa

hey bonkler!

12:48 pm

bonkler

cheers folks, 100 left and brane freeze sets in

12:49 pm

Dachef

See My Dancing: Nicely Jiggling Vertically.

12:49 pm

ren8

evening all

12:49 pm

lynxxx

Hi Bonkler

12:49 pm

Strider

feather - la = small ewe + 2 vowel ending

12:50 pm

Eva

hi everyone. Back to try more of this cursed grid. I give-can I have a little clue for that ob7?

12:50 pm

Angela

hey bonkler, ren8

12:50 pm

Angela

hey eva

12:50 pm

hurshy

Someone Miffed Darth "Non-Jolly" Vader

12:50 pm

Eva

hi angela

12:51 pm

lynxxx

Hi Eva - if you have ob6.24 just add a vowel on end

12:51 pm

cybernan

missing 2 h's -- a combo maybe? are there any hi's?

12:51 pm

hurshy

one hi7

12:51 pm

Eva

and if I don't have ob6/24?

12:51 pm

lynxxx

hi7.36 Nan

12:52 pm

hurshy

then say "O B****!"

12:52 pm

Marc Freeman

need help on do7 and bo7?

12:52 pm

lynxxx

Eva - o +b5.14

12:52 pm

cybernan

oh yes -- remember it from last night -- a clue?

12:53 pm

Dachef

bo6 - Spanish for beautiful. Plural for the 7.

12:53 pm

William124

sm u there

12:53 pm

cybernan

do 7: scottish religious leader

12:53 pm

Eva

and if I don't have the right b5/14? (infinite regression here)

12:53 pm

hurshy

i think we drove her away with our guessing :(

12:53 pm

Angela

ya think Hursh? :D

12:53 pm

smooth_pappa

i thin k so hurshy. lol

12:53 pm

lynxxx

hi7.36 - hi* (not her) + vowel + drink *** Maria

12:53 pm

Dachef

Eva - the b5/14 means to blow up.

12:54 pm

hurshy

but it was so humorous!

12:54 pm

Eva

had that one, but didn't see in on my list...I'm doing really well here....not

12:54 pm

cybernan

thanks, hurshy -- in other words, a toga

12:54 pm

Angela

hey, if they can't take a joke...well...a few...then they're in the wrong place!

12:55 pm

lynxxx

Cnan - there is 3 ho5.12's

12:55 pm

shorty

adwoman is so a word !!!!!!!!

12:55 pm

cybernan

any ha's?

12:55 pm

Eva

thanks dachef...got it now!

12:55 pm

hurshy

do7, latin for Lord, funny ending

12:55 pm

hurshy

no, all but that are HO

12:55 pm

lynxxx

C'nan - no ha's

12:55 pm

Angela

love the icon Dachef...just noticed it

12:55 pm

Strider

there is an ni 6/30 I'm having trouble with. Clue?

12:56 pm

hurshy

kind of clous

12:56 pm

hurshy

cloud.

12:56 pm

magzel

hello today. very cold at my house. how about a clue for am5/12 amd 5/14, the first 5/12 please

12:56 pm

Dachef

Angela -"What I did on my Holidays"!!!

12:56 pm

Kazzer99

Hi all again - only 12 left now - ts

12:56 pm

Strider

You have got to be kidding me!!! How did I miss that???

12:56 pm

Angela

lmao - too funny

12:56 pm

cybernan

ho 4 x3, 5 x4, 6 x 1, 8 x1 -- missing?

12:57 pm

Uneaixoise

am*** acid

12:57 pm

hurshy

the first am5/12 is a pl (i think)

12:57 pm

lynxxx

Cnan ho7.40 - starts like the 8

12:57 pm

hurshy

7 - lose a letter from 8

12:58 pm

cybernan

thanks -- got it

12:59 pm

Uneaixoise

am5/14 am + what the couple says at the altar

1:00 pm

hurshy

i need an i... have bird, muslim thing and pl, the other im's from lower i, in7, in4/4...

1:01 pm

Uneaixoise

do you have in + bu5?

1:01 pm

hurshy

that'd be in7, yes :)

1:01 pm

Uneaixoise

ok, couldn't tell if you were asking for that one

1:02 pm

magzel

thanks une. hurshy i can't get the pleural

1:02 pm

SC

clue for ad8,60 please

1:02 pm

hurshy

are you going up when you should go do4, mag?

1:02 pm

magzel

nm hurshy, got it

1:02 pm

hurshy

ad7/8 like pr 8/9

1:02 pm

sherb

I need the same i...

1:03 pm

lynxxx

Hursh - after the muslin there is im 4.6 5.14 5.12 before the furniture one

1:03 pm

hurshy

ah, so i need that 5/12

1:03 pm

magzel

no hurshy, was trying to pleural a completely wrong word.

1:03 pm

Uneaixoise

do you have the im5/12 that's like am*** acid?

1:04 pm

hurshy

just found it une! :)

1:04 pm

sherb

thanks Une :)

1:04 pm

hurshy

cnan, you asked about left O's before, have you got all the right hand O's? i miss one of them.

1:04 pm

Uneaixoise

yw :-)

1:05 pm

Uneaixoise

do you have the oh4 that's like a state?

1:05 pm

cybernan

have 6 of the 7, hurshy -- looking for the im's from the lower i

1:05 pm

hurshy

yep

1:05 pm

Uneaixoise

and the sing and plural of leave out?

1:05 pm

cybernan

got them

1:05 pm

sherb

ob4 like bird?

1:05 pm

hurshy

yup

1:05 pm

Uneaixoise

and night birds?

1:05 pm

cybernan

now the right o...

1:05 pm

sherb

sorry, wrong O...

1:05 pm

Uneaixoise

and sing and plural of a kind of test

1:06 pm

hurshy

yup

1:06 pm

hurshy

and the hooters

1:06 pm

sherb

possesses?

1:06 pm

Uneaixoise

and ob6/ and 7 like an explosion?

1:06 pm

hurshy

good grief. thank you sherb.

1:06 pm

hurshy

a bigger fish there never was.

1:07 pm

hurshy

ooh lookee, i'm 90% done

1:07 pm

smooth_pappa

hooters, hurshy? I didn't see THAT in the puzzle.....

Oh! you mean Those kinds of hooters. lol

1:07 pm

hurshy

*ahem*

1:07 pm

cybernan

thank you sherb -- was missing the same one!

1:07 pm

sherb

only 80% here...

1:08 pm

Angela

lol smooth

1:08 pm

cybernan

missing an i from the top -- any guesses?

1:09 pm

smooth_pappa

speaking of hooters, I kind of want buffalo wings now. lol

1:09 pm

hurshy

hows about... the lower R... i have 5 of those 7...

1:09 pm

Madyh

pray cyber

1:09 pm

Angela

:)

1:09 pm

cybernan

have the bird and the muslim priests

1:09 pm

hurshy

in7 or in4 babblet

1:09 pm

cybernan

the in 7 and the in 4 -- missing?

1:09 pm

sherb

me too...

1:09 pm

Uneaixoise

do you have the in4 babblet

1:09 pm

Strider

there's an i that's a chemistry term - sounds like the acid

1:10 pm

cybernan

yes

1:10 pm

cybernan

pray?

1:10 pm

Uneaixoise

oh, sorry, hursh, didn't see your post

1:10 pm

hurshy

oh, then im5 like am5 acid

1:10 pm

sherb

ah, just found ra5/6 combo...

1:10 pm

cybernan

thank you, hurshy -- another box greyed

1:11 pm

hurshy

do share, sherb!

1:11 pm

pabtrek

last ra6/18 please

1:11 pm

sherb

like the na5 which sounds like Christmas...

1:11 pm

Strider

thks sherb

1:11 pm

hurshy

w00t! 25 to go!

1:12 pm

hurshy

ra6/18 rodent + toe the ***e

1:12 pm

pabtrek

the one after that sherb

1:12 pm

hurshy

dang it, they're so evenly distributed. 5 A'

1:12 pm

LoriP

Dang. There are 267 words?

1:12 pm

Uneaixoise

pab, vermin + Loretta ***

1:12 pm

pabtrek

thanks hurshy, tried every other combination

1:12 pm

Uneaixoise

(different spelling)

1:12 pm

hurshy

3 B, 3 L, 4 P, 7 S, 3 T

1:12 pm

sherb

57 to go...

1:13 pm

magzel

do 7/36 please

1:13 pm

Dachef

I WANT wombat.

1:13 pm

Uneaixoise

anno do***** + vowel

1:14 pm

cybernan

how many po's?

1:14 pm

Angela

there is a support group for that dach

1:14 pm

Uneaixoise

3 pos

1:15 pm

hurshy

*annoyed mocking voice* "simian" does not exist in the puzzle. nyah.

1:15 pm

Dachef

"Hello, my name is Dachef, and I want wombat."

1:15 pm

cybernan

mmm -- missing a pr then

1:15 pm

hurshy

i miss 4 pr!

1:15 pm

Uneaixoise

2 of the 3 po's are from "Avenue Q" :-)

1:15 pm

Angela

the first step is admitting there is a problem.

1:15 pm

hurshy

there are 2!

1:15 pm

Uneaixoise

baby carriage? shrimp? nudge

1:16 pm

Uneaixoise

senior year party? front of a boat?

1:16 pm

Kazzer99

Well its FIREWORKS for me so I'm off to do tea for hubby - strange old grid today - took a lot of brain power - killed the monkeys

1:16 pm

hurshy

yes i just found carriage, and i had shrimp, and party and boat

1:16 pm

Uneaixoise

congrats, kazzer!

1:16 pm

Angela

yay kazzer

1:16 pm

hurshy

ooh needed nudge.

1:16 pm

cybernan

of the prs, I have one 6 , 8 and 9 -- the rest are 4/s and 5's -- any more biggies?

1:16 pm

Uneaixoise

pr6 in favor of fighting

1:16 pm

Dachef

"Hello, my name is Dachef and I am addicted to small Australasian marsupials."

1:16 pm

cybernan

sorry I have pr 6 x2

1:16 pm

LoriP

Congrats Kazzer!

1:16 pm

hurshy

3 6's then

1:17 pm

LoriP

r intervention moce. Are there 266 words or 267?

1:17 pm

Uneaixoise

yes

1:17 pm

Angela

*wonders how the marsupials feel about this*

1:17 pm

hurshy

alRIGHT, thanks une!!!!!!!!

1:17 pm

Uneaixoise

:-D

1:17 pm

hurshy

267

1:17 pm

Kazzer99

Lori 267

1:17 pm

Uneaixoise

267

1:17 pm

cybernan

thank you the pr 6 was the one I was missing

1:17 pm

LoriP

What was that drivel I typed? ***Near intervention mode***

1:18 pm

Babbler

Dachef?

1:18 pm

LoriP

Ack!!!!!!! I'm missing a stoopid word. (pout) Now I gotta' go dig. :(

1:18 pm

Angela

lol - I wondered lori :)

1:18 pm

hurshy

it started cause he wanted wombat to be in the grid, babs

1:18 pm

Babbler

aaah

1:19 pm

Babbler

thought he was off his trolley

1:19 pm

Dachef

Yo Babbler, how you?

1:19 pm

sherb

hi Babs :)

1:19 pm

Angela

hanging by a thread...

1:19 pm

hurshy

well, he is, but that's neither here nor there

1:19 pm

Babbler

very well, ta, Dachef. Now I know you're ok. How you?

1:19 pm

Babbler

hi sherb : )

1:19 pm

Dachef

Babbler - very rarely on it, to be honest. <watches his trolley trundling off into the sunset>

1:20 pm

hurshy

if you know he's ok why are you asking how he is?

1:20 pm

Babbler

you told me he's ok. I had no idea before that.

1:20 pm

Stephanaki

ast

1:20 pm

Babbler

ack! you're right! I asked how he was AFTER you told me!

1:20 pm

sherb

check out Dachef's icon... looks painful...

1:20 pm

hurshy

we just can't stop the silliness babs...

1:20 pm

Babbler

well I was just being polite, remembering my manners

1:21 pm

Angela

I think it was the chili Sherb

1:21 pm

Babbler

how rrrrrude, Dachef. tsk tsk.

1:21 pm

hurshy

can you imagine how long a babble quoteboard would be?

1:22 pm

vpchat

anyone have ob6 & 7?

1:22 pm

Dachef

Me? Rude? When? <fakes a look of horror>

1:22 pm

hurshy

not you, your trolly rude to YOU

1:22 pm

Uneaixoise

o + a bl*** from the past

1:22 pm

Babbler

with your icon, Dachef. *shakes head* I don't know.

1:22 pm

sherb

third V?... I have the unwell two...

1:22 pm

vpchat

thanks@

1:23 pm

hurshy

vr4/11

1:23 pm

Babbler

(that's "I don't know" as muttered by aunties and neighbours)

1:23 pm

Uneaixoise

v + r** r** r** your boat

1:23 pm

sherb

urg... thanks...

1:23 pm

hurshy

rude! ha! that's hilaaaaaarious!

1:23 pm

cybernan

stalled with 49 to go -- break time, I guess

1:23 pm

hurshy

adam from mythbusters would LOVE that icon.

1:23 pm

Babbler

why, hursh?

1:24 pm

hurshy

he just... would...

1:24 pm

Babbler

passing gas and setting light to it is classy?

1:24 pm

LoriP

Aha! Found it. Foiled by a missing oh 4, but I outsmarted it... LOL Done!

1:24 pm

sherb

from the bottom M I have the female and the dance... the thord one?

1:24 pm

hurshy

*looks around* did anyone say adam savage was classy?

1:24 pm

Dachef

No. Its like a dwarf with learning diffiulties - it isn't big, and it isn't clever.

1:24 pm

hurshy

rhymes with serene, sherb

1:25 pm

Angela

lol dachef!

1:25 pm

Babbler

no idea who adam savage is.

1:25 pm

wurdygurl

you are right hurshy, he would love that

1:25 pm

hurshy

it looks big to me...

1:25 pm

Babbler

s'right, Dachef. as long as you know, that's all that matters. ; )

1:25 pm

Dachef

Also, if you're not clever, it can seriously char the inner thighs.

1:25 pm

Babbler

(*rolling on floor in laughter*) :D

1:26 pm

Angela

better than liposuction I guess...

1:26 pm

Babbler

ok, not laughing at 2nd degree burns, laughing at myself for getting on my high horse

1:26 pm

hurshy

no way, lipo every time

1:27 pm

LoriP

Now that that torture is behind me, domestisity rules. Have a great day all!

1:27 pm

hurshy

did you know some people in asia eat LIVE octopus and sometimes the suction cups stick to the inside of their throat and they die???????????

1:27 pm

sherb

I can't see how anything can rhyme with serene... *prepares to feel embarrassed*...

1:28 pm

Angela

I heard that Hursh

1:28 pm

hurshy

not serene itself, a synonym of serene.

1:28 pm

Angela

bye Lori

1:29 pm

hurshy

even a cat could lose 8 lives that way...

1:29 pm

ADHDWordLover

hi all

1:29 pm

Angela

hiya ADHD!

1:29 pm

hannah lou

*F*I*R*E*W*O*R*K*S* FOR ME

1:29 pm

Angela

I prefer my sushi raw, but dead :)

1:30 pm

Angela

yay hannah

1:30 pm

sherb

hmmm...

1:30 pm

ADHDWordLover

WTG HANNAH

1:30 pm

hannah lou

thanx all byebyebye

1:30 pm

hurshy

5-10-5 to go, ah the symmetry

1:30 pm

ADHDWordLover

how's everybody doing w/this grid? i only got a few minutes to play before i had to leave

1:31 pm

Angela

158 to go here...

1:31 pm

hurshy

is a tricksy grid...

1:31 pm

sherb

55 to go... back after Corrie...

1:31 pm

William124

sm u there

1:31 pm

ADHDWordLover

i have 210 to go lol

1:31 pm

Babbler

me too, gone to watch Corrie...

1:31 pm

hurshy

what's corrie?

1:31 pm

Angela

who's corrie?

1:31 pm

wurdygurl

110 here

1:31 pm

Babbler

Coronation Street

1:32 pm

hurshy

when's corrie? (now)

1:32 pm

hurshy

where's corrie?

1:32 pm

hurshy

how's corrie?

1:32 pm

hurshy

why's corrie?

1:32 pm

ADHDWordLover

what's corrie?

1:32 pm

Angela

you're going to watch a street??

1:32 pm

ADHDWordLover

corrie's on first

1:32 pm

hurshy

LOL

1:33 pm

Angela

who's on second?

1:33 pm

hurshy

no, what's on secnod

1:33 pm

ADHDWordLover

what's on second

1:33 pm

ADHDWordLover

why?

1:33 pm

Angela

why is short stop

1:33 pm

wurdygurl

why is on third

1:33 pm

ADHDWordLover

who?

1:34 pm

Angela

i don't know who is on third

1:34 pm

wurdygurl

who is on second

1:34 pm

hurshy

no, who is on FIRST

1:34 pm

ADHDWordLover

who is on third

1:34 pm

Angela

who is on first

1:34 pm

ADHDWordLover

why?

1:34 pm

marpocky

yes

1:34 pm

ADHDWordLover

i mean what

1:34 pm

wurdygurl

giggle

1:34 pm

ADHDWordLover

what is the umpire

1:34 pm

marpocky

what's the name of the guy on first?

1:34 pm

hurshy

i thought questioning enable was the path to madness... but maybe abbott and costello...

1:35 pm

Angela

so really...what the heck is corrie?

1:35 pm

Scrabbler

Good afternoon Babblers. I see some silliness in the chat below.

1:35 pm

hurshy

a TV programme called Coronation Street.

1:35 pm

wurdygurl

its a type of soap

1:35 pm

Angela

good timing scrabbler :)

1:35 pm

ren8

hello scrabbler

1:35 pm

hurshy

scrabbler... the silliness has been going on for hours

1:36 pm

ADHDWordLover

any clues for the AD 5/14s, 5/20 and 6/24... i've got over 200 to get

1:36 pm

Angela

oh. never heard of it

1:36 pm

hurshy

me neither, until today

1:36 pm

Angela

must be an olde tymme programme?

1:36 pm

Scrabbler

Is it grid- induced psychosis?

1:36 pm

hurshy

no, just british

1:37 pm

hurshy

oh, yes scrabbler, verily

1:37 pm

Angela

ah

1:37 pm

ren8

corrie has been on since the 60's

1:37 pm

sherwood6

ad 5/14 and 6/24 - when you go into hospital

1:37 pm

hurshy

ad5/14 dude who makes commercials

1:37 pm

Angela

OH! When someone mentioned soap, I wasn't thinking TV, I was thinking bath

1:37 pm

hurshy

ad 5/20 a + not up

1:38 pm

ADHDWordLover

tx candy

1:38 pm

Marc Freeman

I am terribly sorry, but I had to leave for lunch, did anyone give me clues for do7and bo7?

1:38 pm

Scrabbler

AD's are done, lickety split!

1:38 pm

ADHDWordLover

tx sher gd cl

1:39 pm

Dippnall

do 7/36 - a scottish teacher

1:39 pm

sugar

bo/7 = Madonna song la isla.........

1:39 pm

ADHDWordLover

i hope someday i can make clues as good as u guys. u guys r GOOD

1:39 pm

hurshy

i got 8 ad and ae4, what else i need from top A?

1:39 pm

Angela

bbl to finish - try to keep it to a dull roar people

1:40 pm

Scrabbler

LOL Angela

1:40 pm

ren8

bye angela

1:40 pm

magzel

ho 6/36 please

1:40 pm

ADHDWordLover

my ADs r finished tx 2 u

1:40 pm

sugar

Way of saying hi in Texas

1:40 pm

Dippnall

ai 6/24 hursh?

1:40 pm

Ouwachita

hurshy...you need an ai6

1:40 pm

hurshy

ty d and o

1:40 pm

cybernan

how many ad's are there?

1:41 pm

ADHDWordLover

8 ADs

1:41 pm

sugar

5, cybernan

1:41 pm

cybernan

mmm -- missing 2

1:41 pm

sugar

sorry, sorry! 8 ad's!

1:41 pm

hurshy

slowly slowly i get wordses... my preciousssss

1:42 pm

ADHDWordLover

i'm still trying to get the texas hiya

1:42 pm

cybernan

ad 5 x3, 6, 7, 8 -- missing?

1:43 pm

ADHDWordLover

got it duh

1:43 pm

hurshy

nother 5 and 6

1:43 pm

sugar

anyone got hi 7/36, please?

1:43 pm

Scrabbler

Another ad5 and ad6

1:43 pm

cybernan

thanks, hurshy

1:44 pm

ADHDWordLover

ai 6/24? and ai 4/4 not the one that means feeling ill

1:44 pm

cybernan

hi 7: not her _+ vowel + *** maria

1:44 pm

KatieMcG

I'm must be being really thick tonight, I'm really having problems with this grid. The list could be coming out early here!

1:44 pm

Ouwachita

hi7...it is one big rectangular piece of cloth wrapped around the body

1:44 pm

hurshy

is not you katie, is the grid

1:45 pm

bookwomen

ai 6/24 to give help to a male person

1:45 pm

sugar

tx cybernab, will have to work on it........

1:45 pm

hurshy

my cinder baby is having a dream

1:46 pm

KatieMcG

Thanks Hurshy it's always good to know your not the only one :-)

1:46 pm

Scrabbler

But, Nan, I don't see Ave Maria--is there another Maria?

1:46 pm

ren8

i was struggling after only finding 45 words, so the list came out early for me Katie

1:46 pm

Scrabbler

Katie--my hamster, Oliver, is 2 yrs old today.

1:47 pm

ADHDWordLover

hap[y birthday to oliver

1:47 pm

hurshy

how do you solve a problem like maria? how do you catch a cloud and pin it do4? how do you find a word that means maria? a flibbertigibbet, a will o' the wisp, a clown...

1:47 pm

KatieMcG

Fantastic. I hope he is well. Fuggles is sulking as I left him on his own yesterday but I'm sure a little chocolate will win him round later.

1:47 pm

Angb

Morning all - scrabbler it's a liquor you dirnk

1:47 pm

cybernan

scrabbler -- spanish aunt

1:48 pm

sugar

wonderful hursh, no closer to solving the riddle tho..........lol

1:48 pm

cybernan

I guess we know where Scrabbler's been -- hope you put a good word in for us, Scrabbler

1:48 pm

Judi

Afternoon, all. Ah, the sound of mucous. Nicely done, Hurshy.

1:49 pm

hurshy

please, are there 10 am words?

1:49 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

afternoon, all (insert correct time of say) 8-)

1:49 pm

Scrabbler

Hurshy, you are offically insane from the grid--I hope to be there too soon.

1:49 pm

sugar

got it, think drink for maria, scrabbler!

1:49 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

say=day (oy)

1:49 pm

cybernan

don't know how you remember the lyrics to all the songs, hurshy

1:49 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

got 117 to go, time to maybe start begging for help

1:50 pm

KatieMcG

Got it as well, alcohol is obviously the key for me :-)

1:50 pm

hurshy

*highly offended, draws self up to full height* i am in full control of my faculties, thank you very much. i just happen to direct them to do silly things.

1:50 pm

cybernan

any di's?

1:50 pm

hurshy

mmm, i dunno cnan, they're catchy

1:50 pm

hurshy

no di but one dh

1:50 pm

Scrabbler

I understood the Spanish aunt clue, but no the other as I don't imbibe. And maybe I should start praying for all Babblers

1:50 pm

Judi

The hills are aliiiiiiiive.... and it's pretty frightening.

1:51 pm

Scrabbler

I do better at Babble when my faculties are out of control

1:51 pm

cybernan

thanks, hurshy -- missed that one!

1:51 pm

Scrabbler

OOOOOOOOOOklahoma, where the wind comes whipping 'cross the plain...............

1:52 pm

sugar

how about do5/14?

1:52 pm

cybernan

have do 4 x1, 5 x2, 6, 7 -- missing do?

1:52 pm

hurshy

chicks and ducks and geese better scurry, when i take you out in my surrey with the fringe on top

1:52 pm

Scrabbler

LOL hursh

1:52 pm

cybernan

have the do 5/14

1:52 pm

hurshy

like an enclosed football stadium

1:53 pm

hurshy

do4/6

1:53 pm

Angb

do 5/14 do + french word for sickness

1:53 pm

sugar

tx angb, got it!

1:54 pm

cybernan

thank you hurshy -- that was the one

1:55 pm

hurshy

wooo, just sa4ed past the dreaded 14...

1:55 pm

ADHDWordLover

i still didn't get the hi7/36 and don't parley voo francais

1:55 pm

cybernan

think it's time for the 2-ltr list -- missing too many in each of the boxes that are left

1:56 pm

hurshy

you're always missing too many at some point :)

1:57 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

do i get extra points for namibia? LOL

1:57 pm

hurshy

yes, but they only count in africa

1:58 pm

hurshy

stupid s's *grumble*

1:59 pm

Strider

hurshy - I agree. 5 words to go - all s's and I'm having trouble figuring them out. Maybe we can compare.

2:00 pm

sugar

ma5/18 has eluded me for long enough! What is it, pray tell ???????

2:00 pm

hurshy

i need 5 s's too... imagine if they are the same ones...

2:00 pm

Strider

Like a clue for the first s = 6/21?

2:00 pm

hurshy

s + ready *** fire + preposition

2:00 pm

Strider

I'll keep track of the ones I don't have and then compare later.

2:00 pm

lynxxx

Sugar - ma5.18 latin american dance

2:00 pm

Joemammy

is it a plural milk shake

2:00 pm

Joemammy

is it a plural milk shake

2:00 pm

hurshy

i need 2 left and 3 right

2:01 pm

hurshy

hey ma5/18, ma5/18 italiano

2:01 pm

sugar

hi lynxxx, so easy when you know how! thank you!

2:01 pm

lynxxx

Hursh - sa5.12 & 6.21 after the meat

2:01 pm

Strider

I need three left and two right. all are sa.

2:01 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

obilasm should be a word

2:02 pm

hurshy

thanks lynx!

2:02 pm

sugar

Had that one,thanks joemammy

2:02 pm

hurshy

obilasm???

2:02 pm

lynxxx

sa5.12 sa + Mr Sterling

2:03 pm

sugar

obilasm : excitement on seeing an obelisk!

2:03 pm

lynxxx

sa6.21 sa + vowel + abbrev for 60 seconds

2:03 pm

Strider

thks lynxxx

2:03 pm

ADHDWordLover

which one is a plural milkshake?

2:03 pm

hurshy

ma5/12

2:03 pm

cybernan

missing a bi 4 -- have slant and pieces

2:04 pm

hurshy

bi + mother

2:04 pm

Strider

lynxxx - that was the one I was really hunting for.

2:04 pm

ADHDWordLover

tx

2:04 pm

cybernan

thank you

2:05 pm

hurshy

just one sm, and one sn?

2:05 pm

lynxxx

there is sm5.12 & 6.21 which are odd

2:06 pm

hurshy

aha!

2:06 pm

ADHDWordLover

is there any way to go further back in chat to get clues missed?

2:06 pm

lynxxx

Hursh - extend the sm5 yu probably have with a vowel

2:06 pm

hurshy

yes, thanks

2:06 pm

hurshy

8 to go!

2:06 pm

Strider

one left.

2:06 pm

ADHDWordLover

193 to go WOW

2:07 pm

smooth_pappa

and game time! go saints go!

2:07 pm

hurshy

yeah i have one S left but 7 other things, lol

2:07 pm

ADHDWordLover

aibi

2:07 pm

ADHDWordLover

sry

2:07 pm

bookwomen

click on archives for previous chat

2:08 pm

Ho Hum

ADHD most right hand button just above the chat log, shows the log starting with the flip

2:08 pm

jan

With grids like this one, its always the same--hit brick wall and recognize that I'm not going to finish, slink off to lickety's list just to get a few extra words, get enough obvious and interesting ones to get a second wind, realize that I'm close enough to see the finish line, and then I'm hooked again. This isn't just a game, it's a way of life...

2:08 pm

ADHDWordLover

u r kidding lol i've been going nuts trying to hurry so i don't miss anything and i can't keep with you speedy chatters lol

2:08 pm

hurshy

5!

2:09 pm

Strider

it's an si I am missing. No wonder I couldn't find it!

2:09 pm

hurshy

no, 6

2:09 pm

hurshy

the instrument?

2:10 pm

lynxxx

there is 2 si5.12s after the sa4.5 - last letter changes

2:10 pm

Strider

no, i have that

2:11 pm

hurshy

thanks lynxxx!

2:11 pm

hurshy

NOW 5 to go.

2:11 pm

lynxxx

si4.4 si** in a chair?

2:11 pm

Strider

Got it. Thanks lynxxx. Fireworks!!!

2:11 pm

hurshy

congrats strider

2:11 pm

ADHDWordLover

this is awesome,,, tx hurshy

2:11 pm

sugar

wtg Strider!!!!!

2:12 pm

lynxxx

Yay for Strider!

2:12 pm

ADHDWordLover

congrats strider wtg

2:12 pm

Judi

sa6/21 - tubular cured meat.

2:12 pm

jan

Congrats, Strider. This was was a beast of a puzzle.

2:13 pm

hurshy

lynxxx, got any A combos from the right hand A that you think i might be missing? 4/5 or 5/6?

2:13 pm

Strider

If it wasn't a Sunday, I would never have finished. It was fun, even with the really wierdo words.

2:14 pm

sugar

what about male name, hursh?

2:14 pm

Strider

hurshy - you have the cloth?

2:14 pm

NonnieLight

cute icon wordlover

2:14 pm

lynxxx

H - am5.16 & 6.27

2:15 pm

jan

There's a weird one from the right hand a--an a/4 meaning a desk in a medieval church from which the epistles were read or chanted aloud

2:15 pm

hurshy

that's them! 100 points lynxxx!

2:15 pm

lynxxx

H - am4.5 & 5.12

2:15 pm

hurshy

3 to go!

2:16 pm

lynxxx

letters?

2:16 pm

hurshy

BLT (hehe)

2:16 pm

hurshy

2 5's and a 4

2:16 pm

jan

Speaking of weird, there are three unrelated si words (plus corresponding plurals) that are related to geology or soil...

2:17 pm

Strider

Do you have the b + l 4, 8?

2:17 pm

Buttonman

hi, all, i need a clue for the ow 4 and 5 please

2:17 pm

lynxxx

ta5.10 - 2 of them after ta4.4 - chnage last letter

2:17 pm

jan

And...finally done.

2:17 pm

hurshy

have those

2:18 pm

lynxxx

H - ta4.5 last one of the ta's

2:18 pm

Judi

predatory night birds, buttonman.

2:18 pm

hurshy

the last 2 ta's i have are 4/5's

2:19 pm

hurshy

and oh, yes strider i do

2:19 pm

lynxxx

not the ta4.5 then

2:19 pm

Buttonman

wa 4 & 5 please

2:19 pm

lynxxx

H ti4.4 & ts4.4

2:19 pm

hurshy

have 4 ti and a ts

2:19 pm

jan

Buttonman, someone who possesses barn dwelling birds o/4 o/4

2:20 pm

hurshy

i'm only going to alert you once, buttonman

2:20 pm

lynxxx

H - ta4.4 - like another only a different vowel on end

2:20 pm

Strider

there's a ta 5 that's odd - seems like a greek letter to me

2:21 pm

lynxxx

ta5.12 ta + unmarried woman truncated

2:21 pm

hurshy

aha, that's the one lynxxx!

2:22 pm

lynxxx

bl5.22 b + grass

2:23 pm

jan

The one that lynxxx clued is a kind that I often miss while monkey typing because it is a faux plural of a word that isn't a word.

2:23 pm

hurshy

yup

2:23 pm

hurshy

yeah. well it's probably singular of tames...

2:23 pm

ADHDWordLover

i don't see spinster in this grid at all

2:23 pm

lynxxx

bl5.14 b + l4.4

2:24 pm

hurshy

i have 3 bl5 that fit that description :)

2:25 pm

jan

Actually, it's a kind of coarse woven cloth used for sieving. Another word that will doubtless enhance our daily discourse.

2:25 pm

tadbandchik

huh

2:25 pm

tadbandchik

huh

2:26 pm

lynxxx

Sorry H didn't realise there was so many - there are 4 bl5.14s in all

2:26 pm

tadbandchik

what are you talkin about

2:27 pm

hurshy

yup, i have them then

2:27 pm

ursh

Fireworks here tx all for good clues

2:27 pm

lynxxx

Hi tad - not talking, clueing

2:27 pm

lynxxx

Congrats Ursh

2:28 pm

hurshy

3 bo and 1 bu, is that right?

2:28 pm

tadbandchik

ok but i g2g 4 church

2:28 pm

hurshy

and 6 bi?

2:28 pm

jan

Tadb, it's a kind of shorthand for clues for finding words. Scroll down the page and lick on angelsong's page for a good introduction to this

2:28 pm

lynxxx

Thats right H

2:29 pm

hurshy

ok then, got it.

2:29 pm

lynxxx

H so only L now?

2:29 pm

Haz1558

Good afternoon/evening. Babble session 3 about to begin.

2:29 pm

hurshy

yup, L5

2:30 pm

lynxxx

Hi Haz

2:30 pm

hurshy

and, the point total i heard, so i believe is L5/10

2:30 pm

Haz1558

Hello lynxxx. Feeling frustrated today, not just with the grid, but with getting time to do the grid. 160 to go.....

2:30 pm

hurshy

got it!

2:30 pm

hurshy

another pl with no singular...

2:31 pm

lynxxx

Yay for Hursh !!!! fatastic effort

2:31 pm

jan

Another faux plural, old Lithuanian coin...

2:32 pm

lynxxx

Haz - you must use the list if you aren't already then - this one is a torment

2:32 pm

sherb

*the penny drops* ...finally found the serene synonym...

2:33 pm

jan

Checking the definitions of some of these words is like that old game of dictionary, except lots of these seem like obvious bluffs

2:34 pm

Haz1558

lynxxx - haven't used the list yet, but am about to. My masochistic tendencies tend to be on the low side.

2:34 pm

hurshy

lol sherb

2:34 pm

lynxxx

Bye everyone - must think about going to work

2:34 pm

sherb

did you just finish hursh?

2:34 pm

hurshy

this one seemed really bad, but with the chat log clues, it went pretty darn well - much better than i expected

2:34 pm

Haz1558

Bye lynxxx, see you tomorrow.

2:34 pm

hurshy

yeah

2:34 pm

cybernan

la 6? -- have little sheep, two plurals (lat. & eng.) and ethnic designation -- missing?

2:34 pm

hurshy

greek letter

2:34 pm

cybernan

bye lynxxx

2:35 pm

sherb

:)

2:35 pm

cybernan

don't know greek!

2:35 pm

msree

congrats Hurshy!

2:35 pm

hurshy

well... it comes after kappa... um... i...

2:36 pm

cybernan

finished, hurshy? -- congrats!

2:36 pm

hurshy

baby sheep + russian yes

2:36 pm

Angb

la 6/27 What Mary might call her little sheep affectionately

2:37 pm

Haz1558

One more vowel and the la6/18 could dance to his heart's content

2:37 pm

hurshy

my dad says he can speak any language but greek, so you say how bout swahili, or whatever, and he says, oh, it's all greek to me

2:37 pm

cybernan

have that one ang and hurshy

2:37 pm

Scrabbler

I am back--taking on-call phone calls---a mother just screamed at me, demanding antibiotics for her baby with a cold and cough. Aaaggghhhh.

2:37 pm

Scrabbler

LOL hursh

2:38 pm

Haz1558

Hello Scrabbler. No-one will scream at you here.

2:38 pm

hurshy

i have a pediatrician friend - she finds call very stressful, trying to make decisions sometimes without examining the patient, and what could happen if she is wrong

2:38 pm

sherb

ah, dad jokes are the best...

2:38 pm

cybernan

don't understand, haz -- there is no la 7

2:39 pm

Haz1558

I was joking that if you added a vowel to the la6 (the one featuring Mary's ovine) the la6/18 could dance away.

2:39 pm

Scrabbler

It is stressful--wanting to do the right thing for the baby, yet the mother "knows" what is needed and will not listen to me. I need a new career, STAT.

2:39 pm

Scrabbler

Deep, cleansing breaths....in and out....in and out...

2:39 pm

cybernan

are there 2 6's that start with baby sheep?

2:40 pm

Babbler

I feel so mean, but there's this girl on American Idol who can't remember her words and it's making me cringe and laugh.

2:40 pm

Haz1558

Yes, one ends like an affectionate babying term, the other in Russian yes (almost affectionate term for father)

2:41 pm

cybernan

don't know russian -- back to the monkey!

2:41 pm

hurshy

i think that people just pretend to think they are good just to make the show entertaining. they can't be that bad and really think they are good.

2:41 pm

cybernan

got it -- thanks

2:41 pm

Haz1558

That's good.

2:42 pm

Babbler

I wonder that. Can people really be that deluded? Must be actors, surely.

2:42 pm

Haz1558

I don't think actors could be paid enough to do those stunts. People really are that self-deluded.

2:43 pm

TeaNCrackers

hi all!

2:43 pm

Haz1558

They hear something different to what the rest of us hear. What makes it worse is that family and friends collude in the delusion.

2:43 pm

Babbler

that's a point. just one job and never working again. deluded people. wow

2:44 pm

Angb

Hi tea

2:44 pm

hurshy

i dunno, i'd love to meet simon cowell... i'd pretend to be horribly deluded for the sake of that

2:44 pm

Babbler

LOL! Hursh!! you got a crush on him??

2:44 pm

TeaNCrackers

hi ang, how's the grid? I am working and babbling

2:44 pm

hurshy

don't you?

2:45 pm

Angb

Yucky grid - need the list for this one

2:45 pm

hurshy

i guess it's a theme with me... men who are bluntly honest - house, simon...

2:45 pm

Minski

HI.

2:45 pm

TeaNCrackers

oy!

2:46 pm

Haz1558

You saw that Hugh Laurie got an award recently (Emmy? Golden Globe?)

2:46 pm

Angb

Any clues for the al 5/14?

2:46 pm

Minski

I think those people who can't sing on AI have never heard themselves sing on a tape recorder or something like that. I'll bet when they watch the show they are appalled at how bad they sound.

2:46 pm

Babbler

Yes, I'm so proud of Hugh! Love that show.

2:47 pm

Minski

For a long time I didn't realize that Hugh Laurie had a British accent.

2:47 pm

Babbler

dunno about Simon Cowell, hursh. Mostly he's a euw, but he is straight-talking, I'll give him that.

2:47 pm

Inge2

an excuse, especially in a criminal case, Angb

2:47 pm

Haz1558

He's as English as they come, which goes to show what a good actor he is!

2:48 pm

hurshy

yes, haz, saw the award - AND borat got the best actor comedy movie globe!

2:48 pm

Angb

thnx inge - was looking for something far more difficult LOL

2:48 pm

Minski

I agree Haz. I think he's great!

2:48 pm

Minski

oh yeah and thanks for the hint inge.

2:48 pm

Inge2

some interesting words in this grid

2:49 pm

Babbler

apparently he finds it quite hard to do the accent, I read. It can get tiring, trying to pronounce words and sounds you're not used to.

2:49 pm

hurshy

i should think so

2:49 pm

Haz1558

Borat I would have less time for.

2:49 pm

Minski

THis is a tough grid. I got 95 words with hints and searching but I think it's time to pull up the list.

2:49 pm

hurshy

maybe they should have him do an exchange program with some doc in england so he could "pick up" a british accent, lol

2:49 pm

Babbler

I don't like Borat at all

2:52 pm

hurshy

we've all been stunned into silence...

2:52 pm

Inge2

bu anyone?

2:52 pm

sherb

off to watch 24... have a good week everyone... see you next Saturday... :)

2:52 pm

hurshy

quiddler doesn't think vibe is a valid word!

2:52 pm

Haz1558

No, I haven't seen the film but trailers don't really appeal to me. And the actor is deliberately controversial in everything he does.

2:53 pm

ren8

bye sherb, enjoy your week

2:53 pm

hurshy

or fudgier!!!!

2:53 pm

Haz1558

Bye sherb - sorry not to have seen you much today.

2:53 pm

Angb

by 5/ 15 erected

2:54 pm

Angb

*bu

2:54 pm

cybernan

ti 5? -- have the bone

2:54 pm

Inge2

thx Angb *hangs head in stupidity*

2:54 pm

cybernan

nm -- found it

2:54 pm

justafreep

don't be scared of finding the other one, nan

2:54 pm

TeaNCrackers

nan - shy

2:54 pm

Angb

Going thru the list at moment and there are plenty of words I should have found - so you are not the only one

2:56 pm

hurshy

that is one of the few benefits of going listless, you don't have that experience.

2:56 pm

hurshy

you still feel fishy with clues sometimes, but that's not as bad or as frequent

2:57 pm

Haz1558

I don't care in the slightest about feeling fishy. I keep the feeling to myself and let everyone think I find words easily.....

2:57 pm

hurshy

lol - and you do pull it off quite well

2:58 pm

Haz1558

I've perfected the technique - never explain, never apologise...

2:58 pm

hurshy

:O Chicago school teacher Colleen Pavelka knows how much her husband loves the Bears. Apparently, she loves him even more. Colleen chose to have the birth of their second child induced a few days early so Mark Pavelka could attend Sunday's NFC Championship showdown between the Bears and the New Orleans Saints.

3:00 pm

Angb

There's a bi 4/7 and 5/16 (pl) that sounds like what we affectionately call a German make of car. Mind you it could only be in NZ. Real def'n: a platform in a synagogue holding the reading table used when chanting or reading portions of the Torah and the Prophets.

3:02 pm

pam

back for a bit of grid with my football.... hi, all.

3:02 pm

TeaNCrackers

my husband always said that it was a good thing that our kids were due before the football season started.

3:02 pm

TeaNCrackers

I think he was half serious.

3:02 pm

TeaNCrackers

hi Pam!

3:02 pm

hurshy

are you going to iron as well pam? hahahahaha

3:02 pm

ren8

hello pam

3:02 pm

Biltong

hi everyone.

3:02 pm

pam

LOLOLOL, hursh!

3:02 pm

TeaNCrackers

hey biltong

3:02 pm

Haz1558

Hello pam and Biltong.

3:02 pm

pam

hi, TNC

3:03 pm

pam

great clue for the altar angb!

3:03 pm

pam

hi, haz

3:03 pm

cybernan

missing a ta 4 -- any guesses?

3:03 pm

Angb

hi pam and thx. Do you call the cars that in the US?

3:03 pm

Joemammy

ro clues please

3:04 pm

pam

we call 'em beemers here in the Boston area

3:04 pm

TeaNCrackers

sort of, ang, we usually put an r on the end

3:04 pm

Angb

We don't say r's on the end of words here supposedly with our accent!

3:04 pm

Inge2

Hi Biltong :)

3:04 pm

pam

lol, ang!

3:05 pm

cybernan

monkeys are tired - going for lunch

3:05 pm

Minski

SU6/30 & SU7/44 please?

3:05 pm

Biltong

Hi Inge2. Are those new puppies?

3:05 pm

Minski

Same here Angb.

3:05 pm

ren8

hello biltong

3:05 pm

Angb

Are you ready to give in minski?

3:05 pm

Inge2

no old puppies :) the top two are mine, now grown

3:05 pm

Biltong

hi ren8

3:05 pm

Natasha

hi all. Tea--who are the twins in your icon?

3:06 pm

Minski

Thanks ang

3:06 pm

pam

hi, natasha

3:06 pm

Biltong

oh I see. Just gorgeous!!

3:06 pm

Minski

I knew there had to be at least one word with that 3 letter beginning.

3:06 pm

Natasha

hey pam, how's it going?

3:06 pm

ren8

hello tasha

3:06 pm

TeaNCrackers

that is my new niece and nephew - born on 1/17. She was first and weighed in at 6 lb 6 oz, 19 inches and he weighed in at 6 lb 7 oz, 20 inches.

3:06 pm

rolin

minski...su6...to give up...and the pl

3:06 pm

cybernan

oops -- missed the ts

3:07 pm

pam

big twins, tnc!!!!!

3:07 pm

TeaNCrackers

they were honkers!

3:07 pm

Inge2

really big twins! poor mom!

3:08 pm

Natasha

mine were 5 lb, 11 oz and 7 lb, 5 oz--they're growing twins big these days!

3:08 pm

TeaNCrackers

fortunately? she had a c-section scheduled due to 2 previous c-sections, but still - almost 13 punds of baby

3:08 pm

TeaNCrackers

natasha - it's about the same total weight!

3:08 pm

TeaNCrackers

*pounds

3:08 pm

Vicuna

Mine were 6 lb 6 oz and 6 lbs 13 oz. I looked like the Taj Mahal on its side.

3:09 pm

Natasha

yep--I'm glad my partner was the birth mom and not me!

3:09 pm

Haz1558

There was a lady featured in a British paper last week - her baby (one!) was 15lb something!

3:09 pm

TeaNCrackers

hee hee Vicuna. My best friend had smaller twins and she measured exactly 5 feet around the day before birth

3:09 pm

Deeha

My twin and I were both over 7 lbs!

3:09 pm

Natasha

wow, deeha that's amazing

3:10 pm

TeaNCrackers

my husbands grandfather was 16 something at birth.
crikey, dee - that's huge!

3:10 pm

Vicuna

Yikes, Deeha!

3:10 pm

Biltong

wow, TNC. Is he a tall man?

3:11 pm

Vicuna

I was the same size as if I'd been pregant for 12 months with a 13-something pounder.

3:11 pm

TeaNCrackers

I never met him, neither did my husband, so I have no idea

3:11 pm

TeaNCrackers

my husband is 6' 2" though

3:11 pm

Deeha

Because she was expecting twins (this was at the beginning of the war before NHS) she had to have a doctor as well as a midwife. She complained all he did was sit on the windowsill and smoke!! And she had to pay him 3/6 - thats about 32p!!! Or I think 70 cents!!!

3:12 pm

Biltong

My youngest son was 10lbs at birth and is big and tall. He is 6' 5", so I can imagine that your husbands grandad was very tall.

3:12 pm

Minski

st7/32?

3:13 pm

TeaNCrackers

that bodes well for my little prokers then! they were both 9 lb 3 oz and 21 inches at birth

3:13 pm

Minski

And I thought 8 pounds 12 ounces was big!

3:13 pm

TeaNCrackers

*porkers

3:13 pm

Natasha

and I thought the 8lb, 13 oz baby my sister just had was big.

3:13 pm

Natasha

i call him gigantor. not sure how she feels about that!

3:14 pm

TeaNCrackers

the twins have wrinkly skin and it cracks me up, because mine never did. The size newborn clothes are all too big for the twins, and my kids went right to 0 - 3 month clothes, no newborn size for them~

3:14 pm

arwennn

hi all

3:14 pm

arwennn

hi all

3:14 pm

arwennn

hi all

3:14 pm

arwennn

hi all

3:15 pm

Natasha

hi arwennn

3:15 pm

TeaNCrackers

hi hi hi hi!

3:15 pm

Angb

hi hi hi hi arwennn

3:15 pm

Biltong

hi arwen

3:15 pm

Biltong

3:15 pm

Biltong

3:15 pm

Uneaixoise

hello hello hello hello

3:15 pm

TeaNCrackers

now bilt wants in on the action

3:15 pm

Minski

Same with my Paigey TNC.

3:15 pm

Biltong

lol, sorry

3:15 pm

Haz1558

Hello Uneaixoise.

3:15 pm

arwennn

whoops pressed enter more than once

3:16 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, haz :-)

3:16 pm

pam

I was over 10 lbs at birth, and my sister in a diabetic pregnancy, had an 11pound, 14 oz baby...

3:16 pm

pam

I was over 10 lbs at birth, and my sister in a diabetic pregnancy, had an 11pound, 14 oz baby...

3:16 pm

TeaNCrackers

oy - that was the thing - no diabetes for me, just big porkers ;)

3:16 pm

pam

lol, tnc

3:17 pm

raelite

hi all :)

3:17 pm

Natasha

i was only 4 lb, 4 oz but I've more than made up for it!

3:17 pm

TeaNCrackers

I say it with much affection!

3:17 pm

TeaNCrackers

hi, rae

3:17 pm

Biltong

hi raelite

3:17 pm

Haz1558

Hello raelite!

3:17 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, raelite

3:17 pm

raelite

hi hi hi hi (all in one box)

3:18 pm

pam

wow, natasha, you were a peanut, LOL

3:18 pm

raelite

if I may be so bold as to ask...how did you know you were pregnant?

3:18 pm

raelite

did you have to test? was it a surprise?

3:18 pm

TeaNCrackers

we were trying, so I ped on lots of sticks~

3:18 pm

Natasha

I was pam. 9 weeks early.

3:19 pm

TeaNCrackers

*peed

3:19 pm

Ping

hi everyone

3:19 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, ping!

3:19 pm

raelite

hi ping

3:19 pm

stidmama

Tea, my kids were the same -- LOL hi all! no diabetes for me, just too many cookies and BIG kids!

3:19 pm

Natasha

hey ping

3:19 pm

Haz1558

Hello ping.

3:20 pm

Biltong

hi ping

3:20 pm

Biltong

hi stid

3:20 pm

TeaNCrackers

hey stid!

3:20 pm

periwinkle

HI all :)

3:20 pm

TeaNCrackers

hi ping

3:20 pm

raelite

hi stid, did you have a fun day in the sunshone yesterday?

3:20 pm

raelite

hi peri

3:20 pm

TeaNCrackers

hi peri - how's the shoulder today?

3:20 pm

periwinkle

stidmama, I made my almond cake yesterday and it stuck to the bottom of the pan even though I greased and floured it :(

3:20 pm

stidmama

rae -- I knew I was pregnant when my mammaries began to get really firm and hurt a peculiar way, happened early on each time (had more pregnancies than children), and never unless I was pregnant...

3:20 pm

featherbee

hi all! i scrolled for clues, and got baby weights!

3:20 pm

Biltong

hi peri and feather

3:21 pm

periwinkle

HI Tea, still hurts, I have been icing it and doing some exercises I found on line.

3:21 pm

stidmama

and then of course there was the all-day-long sickness for the entire pregnancy... :-(

3:21 pm

TeaNCrackers

heyfeather

3:21 pm

raelite

oh really stid...very interesting....

3:21 pm

periwinkle

I have been her off and on, trying not to sit too long at the computer

3:21 pm

Vicuna

Well, all those babies were ho7/40's, so they were on topic, right?

3:21 pm

TeaNCrackers

poor stid! I was lucky that after the first 12 weeks, I was fine

3:21 pm

raelite

all day sickness? oh man...that had to bite!

3:21 pm

featherbee

so is anyone here pregnant right now? (besides me that is) i've discovered 2 other preggo babblers so far

3:21 pm

stidmama

I had a lovely day yesterday! thanks! even went out shopping for longer pants for one of the kids. If they only made size ten waist with size 14 length, we'd be in hog heaven with that lanky kid...

3:22 pm

TeaNCrackers

not me, no way, no how!

3:22 pm

Vicuna

That's right, TNC. If I may say, God Forbid!!! :)

3:22 pm

raelite

aww..lanky! they grow so fast...not preggers feather...thank goodness!

3:22 pm

stidmama

NEVER again, feather --

3:22 pm

TeaNCrackers

uh, yes, even, God forbid!~

3:23 pm

TeaNCrackers

we're probably scaring Feather!~

3:23 pm

featherbee

nahhh

3:23 pm

sugar

I need ni 5/16 to finish, please help!

3:23 pm

featherbee

this is my second time

3:23 pm

TeaNCrackers

that's because she only has one!

3:23 pm

Uneaixoise

plural of ni6/30

3:23 pm

stidmama

peri, my almond cake stuck just a little when I made it, but that just meant I got to eat the scrapings! LOL I almost wonder if a springform pan might be a choice?

3:23 pm

pam

hi, ping and peri

3:24 pm

featherbee

gooooo bears!!!!

3:24 pm

pam

natasha, I just read your reply--that was very early!!! My twin sister and brother were 8 weeks early and each were over pounds. Just over, but still...

3:24 pm

arwennn

nibi

3:24 pm

periwinkle

Hey there pam

3:24 pm

sugar

tx Une, Fireworks for me!

3:24 pm

arwennn

wow, I'm keyboard retarded

3:24 pm

Ping

hey pam, feather, stid, une, rae, peri, natasha, tea, sugar

3:25 pm

stidmama

YAY sugar!

3:25 pm

TeaNCrackers

yay, sugar

3:25 pm

Biltong

well done, sugar!!

3:25 pm

pam

yay, sugar!!!!

3:25 pm

Vicuna

Yay for sugar!

3:25 pm

Uneaixoise

congrats, sugar!!!

3:25 pm

periwinkle

bbl

3:25 pm

TeaNCrackers

bye peri

3:25 pm

featherbee

yay sugar!

3:25 pm

Scrabbler

Yipppeee sugar!

3:25 pm

TeaNCrackers

inia

3:25 pm

Biltong

bye peri

3:25 pm

sugar

hello Ping, and thanks for all the help, everyone. Not an easy one today!

3:25 pm

TeaNCrackers

sorry!

3:25 pm

stidmama

later peri! hi Scrabbler!

3:26 pm

pam

cya, peri

3:26 pm

sugar

Clues for anyone?

3:26 pm

Inge2

hi?

3:26 pm

pam

hi, scrabbler and stid

3:26 pm

Ping

ghey scrabbler

3:26 pm

Biltong

please, sugar. COuld you clue the ai6/24?

3:26 pm

Inge2

(that was a request for a clue )

3:26 pm

Natasha

be back in a bit

3:26 pm

featherbee

59 left here on the never ending grid

3:26 pm

pam

cya, natasha

3:27 pm

TeaNCrackers

by natasha

3:27 pm

sugar

ai6/24 to help a male

3:27 pm

Scrabbler

Hi Stid, Pam, et al--I have been here, but I am on call so phone calls have been interrupting Babble.

3:27 pm

stidmama

163 feather... are you still stir-crazy?

3:27 pm

Uneaixoise

ai6 help + male

3:27 pm

stidmama

*hands on hips* the nerve of people having medical needs while you're trying to babble! *hmph*

3:27 pm

Biltong

ty :)

3:27 pm

featherbee

nope, doing better today. been doing some laundry, and delegating tasks to doug. 59 left

3:27 pm

pam

at least you haven't had to go in, scrabbler. which hospital?

3:28 pm

TeaNCrackers

don't parents realize that weekends are not for medical problems?

3:28 pm

pam

lol, tnc

3:28 pm

stidmama

good feather! keep delegating -- this is a skill you will need in about seven more years, when the kids are ready to take on the housekeeping...

3:28 pm

pam

there is a couple across the street with a miracle baby

3:28 pm

TeaNCrackers

we have pediatric urgent care here, which takes appointments and answers calls on the phone - it's kind of nice

3:29 pm

featherbee

my mom always said she had me so i could fetch things for her

3:29 pm

featherbee

i've always said i had daniel so i had someone to play games with later

3:29 pm

Vicuna

How has that worked out for her, feather?

3:29 pm

Biltong

clue for the ad7/44 and 8/60 please?

3:29 pm

featherbee

lol, pretty darn well, unfortunately for me!

3:29 pm

stidmama

LOL vi!

3:30 pm

sugar

hi 7/36 opp of her +1st vowel + *** maria.

3:30 pm

raelite

vic are you channeling Dr Phil?

3:30 pm

Uneaixoise

ad7 is like pr8

3:30 pm

pam

i never finished, LOL. anyway, i think of you when i see him, scrabbler. he was due in may 06, but born in feb 06...

3:30 pm

sugar

Hope that helps Inge 2

3:30 pm

Vicuna

ad7/44 and 8 end just like pr8 and 9.

3:30 pm

mrpresident

hello everyone

3:30 pm

Uneaixoise

mrp! :-)

3:30 pm

Vicuna

I hope not, rae!

3:30 pm

Biltong

hi mr president

3:31 pm

Inge2

sugar, the only maria I know is ave maria...not that th

3:31 pm

pam

hi, mr p

3:31 pm

sugar

hi mrp

3:31 pm

Scrabbler

So far none of the 5 calls in the last 2 hrs have been "urgent". I am recovering from the mother that unleashed her fury on me--she demanded an antibiotic for her baby........it ended with her hanging up on me. Deep cleansing breaths....

3:31 pm

Haz1558

Hello mrpresident - nice to see you!

3:31 pm

stidmama

hello mrp! how's life treating you-all these days? I read that the drought is driving bad snakes into the cities over there...

3:31 pm

Ping

hi mr p!

3:31 pm

Ping

hi mr p!

3:31 pm

sugar

No inge2, think of the liquer!

3:31 pm

Inge2

poor scrabbler.

3:31 pm

Vicuna

Poor Scrabbler!
Hello, MrP.

3:31 pm

arleneehm

hi all

3:31 pm

Inge2

lol sugar, got it!

3:31 pm

pam

as if she didn't know that antibiotics are not necessary 8- of the time... grrrrr on your behalf, scrabbler

3:32 pm

TeaNCrackers

thanks, sugar

3:32 pm

stidmama

{{{Scrabbler}}}

3:32 pm

raelite

hi everyone who just came in

3:32 pm

Inge2

hello, all who've just signed on

3:32 pm

TeaNCrackers

but, Scrab, don't antibiotics cure everything?

3:32 pm

Scrabbler

Pam, those "ultra" or "micro" premies are amazing! They start out at about 1 lb.

3:32 pm

TeaNCrackers

just kidding - I know better

3:32 pm

mrpresident

hello hello! the drought is killing everything! the bushfire off the front balcony is more frightening than the snakes right now!

3:32 pm

sugar

yw

3:32 pm

Haz1558

Scrabbler, I can sympathise - taking phone calls from the public can be stressful!

3:32 pm

TeaNCrackers

scary, Mrp

3:33 pm

raelite

yikes, mr.p ! stay safe!

3:33 pm

TeaNCrackers

hey, Pam, any lingering problems with the miracle baby?

3:33 pm

stidmama

oh mrp! be careful!

3:33 pm

pam

He was at about 1 lb. He now has a double ear infection and bronchiolitis, but is smiling away, LOL. His mom said he is always cheery when he is sick, LOL. His dad is a psychiatrist, so there is a doc around...

3:33 pm

Scrabbler

I almost cried after that call--I tried so hard to be understanding and to help her, but she wanted something that was not reasonable.

3:33 pm

mrpresident

it is huge! and there are 7 aircraft dropping water as we type! another day of 105 degrees I am afraid

3:33 pm

pam

some parents are just like that, as are some adult children... grrr.....

3:33 pm

stidmama

{{{{Australia}}}} wish I could send you some rain...

3:34 pm

pam

mr p, that is horrid. And, I read and saw flooding in Vic...

3:34 pm

Vicuna

As a teacher I got that a lot: parents who think they are trying to help their kids, but they're really going to make things worse.

3:34 pm

pam

i am with stid and the hugs....

3:34 pm

Scrabbler

Bronchiolitis is epidemic right now. Morning hospital rounds included a 5 wk old with it.

3:34 pm

raelite

scrabbler - **happy thoughts**

3:34 pm

Haz1558

At least you know you were in the right - but the wobbly legs after a phone confrontation take some time to ease.

3:34 pm

TeaNCrackers

we get a lot of that in the tax office, too. if they are so right, then do it yourself!

3:35 pm

stidmama

we, on the other hand, sometimes decline antibiotics... on the basis of "most small infections seem to resolve themselves" -- but not really huge ones or strep. THOSE we hit with everything we have ... stidmatt had to have several courses to overcome MRSA a couple years back.

3:35 pm

mrpresident

there is flooding in the Northern Territories, really bad bushfires throughout Victoria and central NSW is completely burnt out... the Farm is burnt to the ground... so dad doesn't have to 'worry' about clearing anymore

3:36 pm

TeaNCrackers

oh man, Mrp - that stinks

3:36 pm

stidmama

poor dad...

3:36 pm

Scrabbler

TY for your support, I am starting to settle down, esp because Australia has far bigger problems now!

3:36 pm

featherbee

lmao! daniel went up to the dog, pointed his finger and touched her nose, and said "boop"

3:36 pm

raelite

stid - I'm so glad someone else outt here refuses antibiotics! I thought I was the only one!

3:36 pm

Scrabbler

Oh dear, mrp!

3:36 pm

TeaNCrackers

we do, too, rae

3:37 pm

stidmama

ROFL {{{daniel}}} cute kid!

3:37 pm

pam

Oh, mr p, I am sorry about the farm.

3:37 pm

raelite

yay!

3:37 pm

raelite

I don't feel so alone anymore

3:37 pm

pam

An epidemic, scrabbler? How scary.

3:37 pm

raelite

mr p - you'll get through it, I'll be sending you rain shortly

3:38 pm

Ping

i've read stats that anitbiotics are extremely overprescribed in this country, especially to the poor

3:38 pm

pam

I think that the overuse of antibiotics is scary. Of course, when I had an undiagnosed bone infection in my jaw, and was put on an ineffective antibiotic, I REALLY appreciated it when the right one worked!

3:38 pm

Biltong

be back in a bit

3:38 pm

stidmama

I always ask "why" do I need this, what are the risks, what will happen if I do something else... what is the normal course with and without... most docs seem to prefer that, it lets them know that I really care and that I want to be involved in decision-making.

3:38 pm

mrpresident

darn stinking rain never came yesterday, was forecast for huge rain and it just.... didn't show!... can't see any coming today either!
Thanks for the raindance everyone!

3:39 pm

pam

I am the same way, stid. I don't present like an "average" patient, though, so I have had some near-lethal infections....

3:39 pm

raelite

yeah - that you're not going in expecting a prescription

3:39 pm

gracewer

clue for the nu 6 please

3:39 pm

pam

We will keep dancing, mr p!!!!!!!

3:39 pm

pam

right, raelite

3:39 pm

raelite

**shaking her "groove thang"

3:40 pm

stidmama

*adds bells and music to dance*

3:40 pm

pam

tambourine here

3:40 pm

stidmama

nu 6? hmmmm *looking*

3:40 pm

raelite

shake it grrl make sure you don't break it grrl

3:40 pm

o-o

nu 6 is a plural of the nu 5 --

3:40 pm

Scrabbler

Antibiotics are vital for significant bacterial infections--MRSA is a biggie, and Strep, and others---but not for colds, coughs, etc--- they must be used judiciously--

3:40 pm

grammaterri1

bells on my shoes here ( :

3:41 pm

pam

I

3:41 pm

grammaterri1

being american indian, I can rain dance ( :

3:41 pm

mrpresident

antibiotics should only be used in extreme cases... *my two cents*... agree with scrabbler

3:41 pm

stidmama

I have allergies to some common things, so even some normal medications can cause trouble for me... hence my concern. and stidgrant's really bad reaction to amoxicillin once...

3:41 pm

raelite

well now we have an authority

3:41 pm

Scrabbler

Pam---that is scary for you, having serious infections.

3:41 pm

pam

you go, girl, grammaterri

3:41 pm

mrpresident

come on grammat!! bring on the waterworks

3:41 pm

grammaterri1

lol ty pam

3:41 pm

stidmama

dance, grammaterri dance!

3:42 pm

raelite

we can really get this rain dance going!!

3:42 pm

stidmama

are there more than one nu 5?

3:42 pm

sugar

stid, want a clue for nu6?

3:42 pm

Ping

*cheering for gramma*

3:42 pm

Scrabbler

How about snow? We have lots here.

3:42 pm

pam

it is scrabbler. I remain afebrile, and have an enormous tolerance to pain. Plus, CNS depressants have little to no effect in the usual dosages, so I am not easy to manage when I have a severe issue

3:43 pm

sugar

yes stid

3:43 pm

grammaterri1

melt it and send it where it is needed scrabbler ( :

3:43 pm

stidmama

yes please, sugar...

3:43 pm

pam

good thing my doc understands all of this, though, and that I am lucky enough to have health insurance, or I would be in deep trouble

3:43 pm

sugar

pl the nu5, stid

3:43 pm

stidmama

but the nu 5 I have doesn't plural!

3:43 pm

grammaterri1

back to the grid for me 105 left, blessings babblers!

3:43 pm

sugar

i assume you have the nu5?

3:44 pm

raelite

nu+ letter before C + EYE + first letter

3:44 pm

mrpresident

pam, I have chronic Osteo Myalitis... they found one that works... intravenous antibiotics for 8 weeks at a time!

3:44 pm

gracewer

there is only one nu 5 -

3:44 pm

stidmama

oh -- wait. *blush* yes it did...

3:44 pm

stidmama

*sigh*

3:44 pm

pam

chronic, mr p? I am sooooo sorry.....

3:44 pm

sugar

yes it does, stid, there are only 2xnu/5's

3:44 pm

sugar

yay, stid!

3:44 pm

stidmama

oh mrp --- I am sorry!

3:45 pm

SC

clue for ad8,60 please

3:45 pm

raelite

mr p...that is harsh! good health wishes to you!!

3:45 pm

stidmama

okay, so now I need another nu5...

3:45 pm

pam

I had a pain in my jaw that turned out to be a hole the size of a quarter in my jawbone from a root canal gone bad. They were shocked when they found the hole....

3:45 pm

Kenny Chuck

nu5?Thanks

3:45 pm

raelite

my brother had that too, Pam

3:45 pm

Ping

that sounds serious, mr. p

3:45 pm

stidmama

oh pam... wow.

3:46 pm

sugar

ad8/68 change the 1st 3letters of pr8/60

3:46 pm

pam

And, of course, there was some blame the patient going on. I had pain. I never had swelling or a fever or ignored it and the endodontist really had a hard time believing that!

3:46 pm

Scrabbler

Yikes, Pam!

3:46 pm

featherbee

eek! just got beaned with a tennis ball! he's playing catch with the dog. and she's actually listening sometimes when he says "drop it"

3:46 pm

pam

LOL, feather

3:46 pm

mrpresident

chronic... it is continually coming back and I have to have treatment every year to 18 months.... they just can't get rid of the stuff out of my bones

3:46 pm

stidmama

good for daniel!

3:46 pm

raelite

exact same thing happened to my brother - they couldn't believe he didn't feel it

3:47 pm

pam

realite, hope your brother healed as well as I.

3:47 pm

sugar

nu5/16 nu+2nd letter+ 2 vowels

3:47 pm

pam

And now, he has to be mindful of how he presents, raelite...

3:47 pm

sugar

and then pl for the nu6

3:47 pm

raelite

oh yeah, he's back ot his beer swelling best :) three years later

3:47 pm

DRBERNABO

darn. I almost forgot the first al5/12

3:47 pm

mo

hello everyone ....any clues for the next to last pr6/33 please?

3:47 pm

raelite

proman

3:47 pm

Biltong

hello mo

3:48 pm

stidmama

'allo mo!

3:48 pm

raelite

excuse me!

3:48 pm

mrpresident

pam, tell the endon to FO... it took a team of so called specialists to determine that my screaming pain wasnt in my head.... I really hate when doctors think they know everything

3:48 pm

hurshy

bush seems pretty pr 6/33...

3:49 pm

sugar

hi mo , try opp of anti + fighting

3:49 pm

stidmama

well, I have got three more words in the last however long I've been on. Going to go watch football and knit, instead.

3:49 pm

stidmama

thanks for all the help, friends!

3:49 pm

pam

scrabbler, it gets better. THe pain meds wore off sooner than they thought, and I had to BEG the pharmacy to fill my script before others that came in. It was unbelievable. The doc told my partner that the meds would last the hour or so we needed. They lasted 1 minutes...

3:49 pm

sugar

later stid

3:49 pm

featherbee

i'm watching football right now stid

3:49 pm

pam

Oh, mr p, that just sucks. Now, I am very clear with docs. ...

3:49 pm

Biltong

bye stid

3:49 pm

featherbee

bye for now stid!

3:49 pm

pam

bye, stid

3:49 pm

TeaNCrackers

bye stid

3:49 pm

mo

hurshy and sugar thank you both.

3:50 pm

sugar

hey Biltong, how are you?

3:50 pm

arwennn

you guys must be good at this game. I have 189 words left to find and I'm absolutely stuck

3:50 pm

grammaterri1

bye stid

3:50 pm

sugar

yw mo

3:50 pm

TeaNCrackers

we cheat, arwenn ;)

3:50 pm

mo

bye stid.

3:50 pm

hurshy

yeah, we pretty much rock the house

3:50 pm

Biltong

ok thanks sugar, and you?

3:50 pm

Haz1558

Good evening mo.

3:50 pm

arwennn

lol

3:50 pm

raelite

lol TnC

3:50 pm

TeaNCrackers

I like Hurshy's answer better

3:50 pm

hurshy

arwennn, are you in love with aragornnn?

3:50 pm

pam

hi, mo

3:50 pm

mo

hi Haz.

3:51 pm

featherbee

arwenn, have you been using lickety's list? if not, that will help, then you can ask for clues, which is how we get so far!

3:51 pm

mo

and pam.

3:51 pm

arwennn

he's pretty cool, but I'm actually in love with a guy named ericcc

3:51 pm

arwennn

lickety's list?

3:51 pm

hurshy

hmmm.... well good, more aragorn for me then

3:51 pm

featherbee

bottom left of the screen, under friend's of babble

3:51 pm

sugar

isn't every woman (and probably some men) in love with "the hot blonde with the bow"!!!!!!

3:52 pm

featherbee

clues are listed like sa4/8, which means the word starts with sa, is 4 letters long, and 8 points

3:52 pm

hurshy

eh, legolas doesn't really do it for me

3:52 pm

sugar

take a number, hursh!

3:52 pm

msree

sugar, scruffy dude with the sword for me

3:52 pm

arwennn

lol I've liked legolas since way before the movies

3:52 pm

sugar

do you need glasses hursh!

3:53 pm

arwennn

warns

3:53 pm

mo

can I ask for help with the first sa6/21 please?

3:53 pm

arwennn

I typed that in the wrong box, sorry

3:53 pm

sugar

oh well, MUCH more hot blonde for me then!

3:53 pm

TeaNCrackers

that's okay - that's how we cheat!

3:53 pm

hurshy

as a matter of fact, i DO need glasses. but, even with them on, i still don't really go for legolas. but aragorn... when he pushes open those doors esp...

3:53 pm

mrpresident

I just found yummy sa6/21... better when it is white hungarian too

3:53 pm

4t8

love the h7! what a nice surprise

3:53 pm

Biltong

Clue for the pr8 and 9 please?

3:54 pm

cybernan

sa 6?? - have hawaiian food

3:54 pm

4t8

oh, yes, the doors - that's worth the whole movie!!! and 'hi

3:54 pm

msree

you'll have enough competition for the blond bowman

3:55 pm

sugar

biltong, to disallow and pl

3:55 pm

sugar

no, no! He's all mine!

3:56 pm

cybernan

pr 8 & 9: banishes (think 1920's when liquor was banned)

3:56 pm

Biltong

aah, ty sugar. I can't believe I spent so much time searching for it!

3:56 pm

mo

cyber ... dont know hawaiian food!

3:56 pm

evanonut

hola mrp!

3:56 pm

Takuma Sato

goodness gracious - anyone watching this football game?

3:57 pm

smooth_pappa

yes takuma... what a run!

3:57 pm

sugar

mo, sa+vowel+shot form of 60 seconds

3:57 pm

cybernan

also just found the sausage

3:57 pm

TeaNCrackers

hey smooth

3:57 pm

Janiece

Oh, yeah. My husband's quite a Bears fan.

3:57 pm

smooth_pappa

i mean... what a run after the pass!

3:57 pm

smooth_pappa

hi TnC!

3:57 pm

Takuma Sato

holy moly!

3:57 pm

cybernan

sugar -- that is the hawaiian delicacy

3:57 pm

featherbee

yep, bears fan here, out of loyalty for a friend

3:57 pm

sugar

hi smooth, where ya been all day?

3:58 pm

hurshy

but would you have labor induced so he could go to a bears game

3:58 pm

sugar

I know nan, but mo isn't getting it.........

3:58 pm

smooth_pappa

poor guy, jan... for them to come so far only to hgave their seaspn fall apart in the second half (at least, that's my prediction.;)

3:58 pm

featherbee

nope!

3:58 pm

smooth_pappa

watching football, sugar... I was on earlier, though

3:58 pm

Takuma Sato

heh, hurshy -- that's fandom

3:58 pm

Biltong

thanks, sugar

3:58 pm

Janiece

Uuuuh, no. But I'm not sure he wouldn't suggest it....

3:58 pm

mo

sugar thank you I have it now.

3:59 pm

sugar

me too smooth, just managed to finish!

3:59 pm

hurshy

i only ask because a woman in chicago did, on friday. i posted it earlier in the log.

3:59 pm

sugar

good for you mo

3:59 pm

Janiece

Not that I'm not expecting. I'm a 3 time grandma.

3:59 pm

smooth_pappa

I think I saw you earlier only for a minute or two, though

3:59 pm

TeaNCrackers

stranger things have happend, janiece!

4:00 pm

sugar

I really struggled with this grid, took me forever!

4:00 pm

mrpresident

great, my kids are watching a show on how to defend yourself agains a wedgie!! I didn't know there was such a thing as an 'atomic wedgie'! LOL

4:00 pm

Vicuna

Don't start the whole preganancy and babies thread again, hurshy, or you'll have to flee!

4:00 pm

smooth_pappa

it's a rough grid today

4:00 pm

Janiece

Eeek! But I married into being a grandma. Never had kids of my own. Boy would that be a shock!

4:00 pm

mo

me too sugar!!!!

4:00 pm

smooth_pappa

lol Mr. P... I remember that from the 80.s lol

4:00 pm

Takuma Sato

There's something weird about sports that way. You don't hear about women having labor induced in order to go to a play

4:01 pm

hurshy

good point vi.

4:01 pm

Takuma Sato

Mr. P, the atomic wedgie is a myth. None have been spotted in the wild.

4:01 pm

sugar

don't sweat it mo, ask for clues!

4:01 pm

TeaNCrackers

that's because women are more level headed about these things ;)

4:01 pm

smooth_pappa

yeah, but you on't get the same adreniline rush from watching dance of the sugarplum faries, as you do from watching favre annihilate da bears

4:01 pm

mrpresident

LOL!! looks bloody painful!

4:02 pm

sugar

lol smooth

4:02 pm

mo

sugar I amm not sweating any more I finished with your clue thank you.

4:02 pm

TeaNCrackers

this is true, smooth

4:02 pm

Biltong

well done, mo!!

4:02 pm

sugar

YAY mo!!!!! Congrats!

4:03 pm

mrpresident

4:03 pm

Vicuna

That's because the play gets performed multiple times, each game only once.

4:03 pm

mo

thanks ....takes a bow!!!

4:03 pm

TeaNCrackers

yay, mo!

4:03 pm

Vicuna

Of course, each kid gets born only once, too, so you'd think that would be at least equally important...

4:03 pm

smooth_pappa

and each game has the potential to be legendary... once you've heard beethovan's 5th, even if you like the music, you know how its gonna end. lol

4:04 pm

TeaNCrackers

that's waht TIVO is for!

4:04 pm

smooth_pappa

lol

4:04 pm

pida 1

Congrats, mo......

4:04 pm

mo

ty pida.

4:04 pm

Biltong

Clue for ad5/20 please?

4:05 pm

sugar

What's TIVO?

4:05 pm

pam

yay, mo...

4:05 pm

hurshy

!!!!!

4:05 pm

TeaNCrackers

digital video recording, mo

4:05 pm

mo

ad 5 ... a + not up.

4:05 pm

sugar

a + opp of up, Biltong

4:05 pm

sugar

oooooh!

4:05 pm

smooth_pappa

it's a device that records tv as you watch it, so you can go back and watch the great parts right then and there

4:05 pm

Scrabbler

wo5 and wo6

4:05 pm

Biltong

ty, mo and sugar

4:06 pm

hurshy

is like wizard binoculars

4:06 pm

mo

yw Biltong

4:06 pm

sugar

Okay, okay smooth, i got it!!!!!!!!lol

4:06 pm

pam

femaleperson, then plural, scrabbler

4:06 pm

TeaNCrackers

lmao, hursh

4:06 pm

TeaNCrackers

thanks, pam

4:07 pm

pam

sure, tnc

4:07 pm

Scrabbler

TY--a bug duh!

4:07 pm

pam

I lOVE my DVR. I ahve had to make some changes in my lifestyle, and redo my budget, but I have kept my DVR and on demand, and it has been nice.

4:08 pm

pam

lol, scrabbler!

4:08 pm

TeaNCrackers

I love mine, too, Pam - I go to bed early with the kids sometimes, and like to catch up opn my shows while they are napping.

4:08 pm

featherbee

back later, gotta get dinner

4:08 pm

pam

that makses sense, tnc

4:08 pm

Biltong

bye feather

4:08 pm

pam

cya, feather

4:08 pm

Takuma Sato

ciao, folks. Gotta get back to writing

4:08 pm

mo

bye feather.

4:08 pm

TeaNCrackers

bye, feather

4:09 pm

pam

ciao, takuma

4:09 pm

TeaNCrackers

bye, takuma

4:09 pm

smooth_pappa

see ya sto

4:09 pm

Biltong

bye Takuma

4:09 pm

smooth_pappa

bye feather

4:09 pm

mo

Takuma byeee.

4:09 pm

pam

phantoms:
wombat
dimwit

4:10 pm

Vicuna

rhombus

4:10 pm

pam

good one, vic!

4:10 pm

cybernan

fireworks! -- at last

4:10 pm

sugar

okay people, I bid you all goodnight and happy babbling, see you all tomorrow!

4:10 pm

TeaNCrackers

yay, nan

4:10 pm

mo

well done cybernan.

4:10 pm

TeaNCrackers

bye, sugar

4:10 pm

Vicuna

Yay for cybernan!
Bye, sugar.

4:10 pm

pam

good night, sugar!

4:11 pm

sugar

Yay Cybernan, well done!!!!!!!

4:11 pm

cybernan

Think my monkeys are ruined for the next week.

4:11 pm

Scrabbler

Yep, I looked for wombat too.

4:11 pm

smooth_pappa

bye sugar

4:11 pm

mo

good night sugar.

4:11 pm

pam

Congrats, cybernan

4:11 pm

Biltong

well done cybernan

4:11 pm

Biltong

bye sugar, sleep well

4:11 pm

Scrabbler

Yahooooo Nan.

4:11 pm

cybernan

anyone want a clue before I leave?

4:12 pm

Scrabbler

I need 148 clues, please. Do you have time?

4:12 pm

Biltong

How about bo6/24 and 7/36 please, cyber?

4:12 pm

Biltong

lol, scrabbler

4:13 pm

grammaterri1

lol scrabbler

4:13 pm

cybernan

bo 6/7 combo -- spanish lady's name?

4:13 pm

cybernan

bo + lice egg + vowel

4:13 pm

Biltong

ty cybernan :)

4:14 pm

Scrabbler

I did great with the bottom half of the grid--lots of easy words, but I have been like a tortoise for the last 2 hrs, thinking about giving up.

4:14 pm

cybernan

sorry scrabbler -- which do you want first ;)

4:15 pm

pam

I will be back later. Work beckons...

4:15 pm

arwennn

un 5/18 please?

4:15 pm

cybernan

lol -- been at it for 5 hours, scrabbler -- should have gone to the list earlier!

4:15 pm

Scrabbler

That is OK, Nan--I just need to look at the list and hunt.

4:15 pm

Biltong

I am going to try to get halfway and I still need about 20 to get there!

4:15 pm

Biltong

bye pam

4:16 pm

cybernan

un 5: took back raising hand at the auction

4:16 pm

Biltong

ty :)

4:18 pm

cybernan

tomorrow's theme is robots -- think I'll post a pic of myself!

4:18 pm

Biltong

lol, nan. Is that how you feel?

4:18 pm

cybernan

right now it is!

4:19 pm

mo

must be off now , to have an early night ... I think a cold is on its way!!!! GOODNIGHT ALL.

4:20 pm

Biltong

night mo, sleep well. Take care.

4:20 pm

ren8

hope you feel better Mo

4:20 pm

cybernan

goodnight mo -- hope you are feeling better in the morning :)

4:20 pm

Biltong

How are you doing with the grid ren8?

4:20 pm

Scrabbler

Mo ==get some zinc lozenges

4:21 pm

mo

thanks you all ... Night Nurse is what I need. byeee.

4:21 pm

cybernan

I'm away as well -- good luck, everyone!

4:21 pm

ren8

90 left but going to give up in a minute, work tomorrow, how you getting on Biltong

4:21 pm

Biltong

bye, nan.

4:21 pm

Scrabbler

ob 6 and 7??

4:21 pm

ren8

bye nan

4:22 pm

Biltong

sorry Scrabbler, don't have those yet

4:22 pm

Biltong

151 left, I am going to try and get halfway.

4:23 pm

stidmama

ob 6/24: ob + "not first" -- don't have the seven *vanishes again*

4:23 pm

Vicuna

ob7 - lating pl of ob6

4:23 pm

Vicuna

Latin pl, that is.

4:23 pm

cybernan

ob 6: o + bomb going off -- add a vowel for the 7

4:23 pm

Biltong

ty, stid and nan

4:24 pm

Scrabbler

TY Stid and Vicuna and nan

4:24 pm

Biltong

and Vi :)

4:24 pm

Scrabbler

nu5 and 6?

4:24 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

weboggle still hanging up a lot. be back if it stays stuck 8-)

4:25 pm

Vicuna

No problem, Biltong. I didn't feel slighted. No, not at all. Even though you left me out. But I was fine. Yeah, don't worry about me. I can just sit here and have everyone ignore me. I don't mind...

4:25 pm

Biltong

nu + bi4/6, but drop the last letter and then pl

4:25 pm

Vicuna

(just kidding, of course.)

4:26 pm

Biltong

love you, Vi :)

4:26 pm

Vicuna

:)

4:27 pm

Scrabbler

TY Biltong. And Vicuna, I fully appreciate you and Iove you.

4:27 pm

Biltong

my post was a bit garbled, but I knew you would get it :)

4:27 pm

Scrabbler

ni5 and 6 (Scrabbler shows a suspicious pattern of begging shamelessly for clues)

4:28 pm

Vicuna

Thanks, Scrabbler! As Eeyore would say, "You're a Real Friend. Not like Some." ;)

4:28 pm

magzel

hello again. can i have a clue for ho 6 please

4:28 pm

Scrabbler

LOL Vicuna!

4:29 pm

Vicuna

ni6/30 - like a halo or cloud around something, ni5 - is it's latin pl

4:29 pm

Biltong

lol, Scrabbler. I am benefitting from your begging.

4:29 pm

speedfreak

Can I have help with the st7 word Thanks

4:29 pm

Scrabbler

ho6= Ho***y Doodie, but change the spelling--it is a Texan way of saying hello

4:30 pm

magzel

nimbus

4:30 pm

Vicuna

Yup, that's it, magzel!

4:30 pm

TeaNCrackers

thanks, Mag!

4:30 pm

Vicuna

Now try its Latin pl!

4:30 pm

Scrabbler

TY my dear, dear friend, Vicuna, for that perfect set of clues.

4:31 pm

Vicuna

Which sounds like the Acronym Not In My Back Yard.

4:31 pm

Vicuna

Okay, Scrabbler, now you're just overdoing it! :P

4:31 pm

Haz1558

As spoken to all unwelcome neighbours' animals.

4:31 pm

Scrabbler

Sorry, my nose is brown.

4:32 pm

magzel

thanks scrabbler.

4:32 pm

Vicuna

lol!

4:32 pm

featherbee

whoa! anyone see that? interesting bears touchdown!

4:32 pm

Scrabbler

na5?

4:33 pm

magzel

this is a terribly hard grid today. i have been here all day

4:33 pm

Vicuna

na5 - Your na5 Day is your birthday

4:33 pm

Vicuna

This grid will be the death of me!

4:33 pm

Scrabbler

I was just thinking about becoming a couchpotato and watching the Australian Open (tennis)

4:33 pm

ren8

i know how you feel magzel still got 70 to find

4:33 pm

doxy1lover

ni5/16?

4:34 pm

Scrabbler

TY Vicuna--that was in a recent grid and I missed it then too.

4:34 pm

TeaNCrackers

phantom: nimrod

4:34 pm

Scrabbler

Yes, I "saw" that too, TNC.

4:34 pm

Vicuna

ni5/16 - see clues at 4:29

4:34 pm

speedfreak

Hello All Can I have help with the st7 plese

4:35 pm

Scrabbler

ni5,16 is latin pl of ni6

4:35 pm

TeaNCrackers

especially with your day!

4:35 pm

Scrabbler

And another phantom is DIMWIT--to fit with my theme today

4:35 pm

Vicuna

I don't have it, speedfreak.

4:35 pm

doxy1lover

thanks scrabbler and vi

4:36 pm

TeaNCrackers

;)

4:37 pm

Scrabbler

OK, I am hypothermic--time for hot tea and another layer of clothes. It was 4 degrees this AM!

4:37 pm

ren8

i am finally going to leave this grid for today, night all

4:37 pm

Haz1558

Goodnight ren.

4:37 pm

Biltong

night ren, sleep well.

4:37 pm

Scrabbler

Bye ren8

4:38 pm

Vicuna

Bye, ren8.

4:38 pm

Biltong

Have you finished Haz?

4:38 pm

Scrabbler

I bet Hazel finished hours ago.

4:39 pm

Haz1558

No, Biltong, I've 75 left. Husband needed help with typing stuff so that has slowed me down. It's a conspiracy today. Daughter commandeered the computer for hours this afternoon.

4:39 pm

speedfreak

Haz any chance you would have the st7 word

4:39 pm

Haz1558

It's a very weird grid.

4:40 pm

Scrabbler

That is just plain WRONG, Hazel. Babble takes priority.

4:40 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi again. whazaaaap?

4:40 pm

Haz1558

Not yet, but I'll look. (I know about priorities, Scrabbler, the rest of the household needs educated!)

4:40 pm

Biltong

Hear, hear, Scrabbler!

4:41 pm

Merk

Fireworks!

4:41 pm

Scrabbler

You need a dedicated Babble computer, and then one for the others.

4:41 pm

Biltong

well done, Merk!!

4:41 pm

Scrabbler

Yipppeeee Merk!

4:42 pm

speedfreak

Merk please clue the st7 I know I am obsessive but I have been monkey typing forever

4:42 pm

mom23

I am wo5 hear me roar! Well... Am close to calling this one a day--but can't call it Tuesday 'cause it's existence is still in question!

4:43 pm

Vicuna

lol, mom23. Today "Sun" is in the grid. Does that count to justify today's existence?

4:43 pm

Haz1558

I've found it (st7) - it ends in a shortened form of mother.

4:44 pm

mom23

If there's babbling being done, today's existence is justified!

4:44 pm

Haz1558

st, the two letter word used in similes, a vowel and shortened mother.

4:45 pm

Haz1558

It's a choral ode in ancient Greek tragedy.

4:45 pm

Merk

st 7 st + 1st vowel + another s 4 word.

4:45 pm

Vicuna

Thanks, Haz! Ancient Greek choral odes, I might have known!

4:45 pm

Biltong

ty, Haz

4:45 pm

Haz1558

Don't thank me, thank morewords!

4:45 pm

speedfreak

Wow I am impressed how did you ever get that even the definition is weird!!

4:45 pm

mirandapan

very nivc clue, Haz--thanks. Hi, everyone--snowing in Colorado today--as usual

4:45 pm

mirandapan

*nice

4:45 pm

mcscotty521

hey "satan" is on the puzzle... creepy

4:46 pm

Biltong

hi miranda

4:46 pm

Vicuna

More than one of them, too, mcscotty.

4:46 pm

Merk

This grid about did me in. Now is the first time I've been able to read clues and its after I'm finished. The internet does not work in China during the day. I have to open the screen and work on paper, hoping for the best. Then I can get on the internet if I get up at 4 AM and type my words in and see what I'm still lacking.

4:46 pm

Haz1558

Glad to help.

4:46 pm

Biltong

well, I'm calling it a day at halfway. Bye everyone.

4:46 pm

mcscotty521

yikes

4:47 pm

Merk

Am I addicted, you ask?

4:47 pm

mirandapan

Bye, bilt

4:47 pm

Haz1558

Bye Biltong - see you tomorrow at some stage.

4:47 pm

Vicuna

Bye, Biltong!

4:48 pm

mirandapan

Ha, Merk--no need to ask, right?

4:48 pm

Merk

I am so dependent on your help here and there along the way, it is cruel and unusual punishment to be deprived of it while I'm here. Something about an earthquake breaking a cable off Taiwan.

4:49 pm

mom23

time to get ready to watch the Patsies and Colts. Hubby's got his Teddy Bruschi shirt on for luck. remaining words will have to get by without knowing me! 'til the morrow, kids.

4:50 pm

Haz1558

Bye mom. Have a good afternoon/evening.

4:50 pm

Minski

st5/10? monkeying isn't doing it.

4:50 pm

Haz1558

st5/10 - nasty when you get it on clothes

4:51 pm

dazzle

st 5/10 = like a pet st*** on your carpet

4:51 pm

Minski

I just found it when you hinted it. THanks haz and dazzle

4:52 pm

Haz1558

No problem, Minski.

4:53 pm

Merk

I have three weeks left here. Thankfully I keep busy and love my work. Slight problem this go around, I have developed an rash of sorts. It is blister-like postules on my forearms. I've had to stop my swims that I do for exercise, stop eating foods new to me, and hope it's not the laundry detergent.

4:54 pm

Haz1558

That doesn't sound pleasant, Merk. Would the detergent not affect all of your body?

4:55 pm

Merk

That's my thinking, but wouldn't the food, too? Someone thought the pool water, but no one else is affected. I know it's not bedbugs. I recognize that having run into them twice before in the U.S.

4:56 pm

gramma

I - I mean just one - 1 little 7 letter word. Help please. I need ST7??

4:56 pm

Haz1558

If you have an allergy to something it wouldn't necessarily affect your whole body. Is it itchy?

4:57 pm

Merk

I'm just thankful it's winter and I have long sleeves to cover some ugly looking sores. Never had anything like it before in my life. I am taking steroid tablets and using a cream. Does this mean that I'm going to look like Barry Bonds?

4:57 pm

Haz1558

gramma - clued a little while ago - st, the two letter word used in similes, a vowel then a shortened form of mother.

4:57 pm

Merk

I clued it earlier Gramma. It is st+ 1st vowel + another s4 word.

4:57 pm

Merk

I clued it earlier Gramma. It is st+ 1st vowel + another s4 word.

4:58 pm

Haz1558

I've no idea who Barry Bonds is, but by the sound of it you don't want to end up resembling him.

4:58 pm

gramma

TY. I wasn't reading the log before.

4:58 pm

Merk

He's the baseball player in the US who hit so many homeruns and was accused of using steroids.

4:58 pm

Merk

Along with Mark McGuire

4:59 pm

Vicuna

It seems to me only fair that if you can inhibit something, you ought to be able to hibit it first.

4:59 pm

Merk

It's not often we have this many non-words in a grid. We had one a short time ago that was also a killer.

4:59 pm

Merk

Time for breakfast. tty tomorrow

4:59 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

merk, TY for that. I mean the barry bonds thing. i keep hearing his name but never hear what the big deal was

4:59 pm

Merk

Time for breakfast. tty tomorrow

4:59 pm

Haz1558

The problem is that you won't know what cures it - the cream or the tablets.

5:00 pm

Haz1558

Bye merk.

5:00 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

enjoy your raw fish and rice, merk! 8-)

5:02 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

po5,14 anyone?

5:03 pm

Haz1558

po5/14 - the latin plural for a platform

5:04 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

haz, can you dumb that down a bit? LOL

5:05 pm

Haz1558

Okay - use three letters of where the pea grows, then two vowels. The singular platform usually ends in um.

5:05 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

platform? I would have said lectern (i figgered it out)

5:05 pm

Haz1558

Probably lectern would be better.

5:05 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

TY tho!

5:05 pm

doxy1lover

ra6/18, I have the plural one

5:07 pm

Haz1558

ra6/18 - sounds like a description to go along with rolling.

5:07 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

pr6,33, the second one? (got the little shrimpy things)

5:08 pm

Haz1558

Start with the rodent, end with the first three letters of a word, the shortest distance between two objects being a straight one.

5:08 pm

Haz1558

pr6/33 - one who is in favour of battle

5:08 pm

mcscotty521

pr6/33 its just the plural form of another words

5:08 pm

doxy1lover

thx. haz

5:08 pm

Haz1558

You're welcome.

5:09 pm

hurshy

is there anything you can do to help a blister go away faster?

5:09 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hmmm, the one before the 2nd pr6 is a pr4 -- it's a plural?

5:09 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hurshy, bury a potato.

5:09 pm

doxy1lover

pr6/33 - start with the pr4/9 and add vowel and then a consonant

5:09 pm

hurshy

bury a potato???

5:09 pm

Haz1558

No, it's a part of a boat (the pr before the 'hawk')

5:10 pm

doxy1lover

don't pop it

5:10 pm

hurshy

i know don't pop it, but what CAN i do?

5:10 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

pr3 = ahhh, in favor of mass slaughter of one country on another. (plural indeed!) LOL

5:11 pm

doxy1lover

pr6 - pr4 + m**e(female horse)

5:11 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hurshy, you can pop a blister in some cases. don't squeeze, though, use a needled that has been wiped with Hydrogen Peroxide to sterilize it

5:11 pm

hurshy

how do you know which cases? and what about the potato?

5:12 pm

hurshy

if i bury a potato, i'll just get more potatoes...

5:12 pm

Haz1558

Forget the potato, it'll have precisely no effect. What caused your blister and how big is it?

5:12 pm

Vicuna

You say that like it's a bad thing, hurshy. Dontcha like potatoes?

5:12 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

the potato is a joke, old folklore "cure." if blister is fairly small i would not be afraid to puncture it. treat it like a scrape afterward: use a Band-Aid and stuff

5:13 pm

hurshy

i love potatoes, but i want my blister to go away. it was caused by a little piece of plastic on the inside of my shoe. it is approx 1 cm in diameter.

5:14 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

that's a good sized blister. you might want a padded bandage to go over it

5:14 pm

Vicuna

Sit down with a big platter of french fires (or mashed potatoes, or latkes, or whatever you like best ) and you will forget all about your blister for a while...

5:14 pm

Haz1558

I would use the sterile needle method, and cover it up.

5:14 pm

doxy1lover

try using some antiseptic ointment and a bandaid on it. Usually you don't pop them because the fluid inside is protecting from infection

5:14 pm

Vicuna

french fries, I mean. French fires might burn out of control.

5:15 pm

Vicuna

Am I helping yet?

5:15 pm

hurshy

lol, thank you one and all for the advice. i'll save the potatoes for tomorrow, as i just ate dinner.

5:16 pm

hurshy

wait, how big is a centimeter again

5:16 pm

doxy1lover

1st ro6 please

5:16 pm

hurshy

maybe it's only 1/2 a centimeter

5:16 pm

Vicuna

Just under half an inch.

5:16 pm

hurshy

i'm so bad at estimating

5:16 pm

Haz1558

The first ro6 is a male interested in fish?

5:16 pm

hurshy

crazy former bulls player dennis, doxy

5:17 pm

doxy1lover

thx hurshy

5:17 pm

hurshy

i'm not any better at estimating in english measurments than metric. i'm just a bad estimator.

5:17 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

one cm is about 1/2 inch.

5:17 pm

hurshy

it's about the size of a pea. that is easier.

5:17 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

if you don't have any hydrogen peroxide (which is very cheap, in first aid section of any grocery store) you can use rubbing alcohol

5:17 pm

Haz1558

You would make a good ro6. Their estimates of catches are notoriously generous.

5:17 pm

hurshy

i have hydrogen peroxide and rubbing alcohol.

5:18 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hurshy, if ya took that blindfold off you could measure it LOL

5:18 pm

doxy1lover

use the hydrogen peroxide

5:18 pm

hurshy

i could measure it, but then i would have to get up and find a measuring device

5:18 pm

hurshy

and by the time i'm at the measuring device, i'm at the peroxide, and might as well just go for it.

5:19 pm

doxy1lover

I would recommend getting some neosporin ointment or some kind of triple antibiotic ointment

5:19 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

wishing you luck with the puncturing, hurshy!

5:19 pm

hurshy

ooh i think i have antibiotic ointment

5:19 pm

doxy1lover

the peroxide won't burn like alcohol

5:19 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

right, use peroxide if you have the choice.

5:19 pm

hurshy

lol, sorry for the grossness, and thanks again, ttfn

5:20 pm

Haz1558

You haven't seen grossness until you've seen the pictures on the front of veterinary magazines.

5:22 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hey, there's a rerally sick idea for an icon theme LOL

5:22 pm

aknitter

well i am starting off well .. can anyone clue the first ad word?

5:23 pm

Haz1558

ad - remember the era when America was dry of alcohol? Use the ending of the word associated with that time.

5:24 pm

aknitter

prohibition haz/

5:24 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ro6,24 anyone?

5:24 pm

aknitter

ahhhhh got it

5:25 pm

Haz1558

Yes, but take off the last three letters..... (sorry, it wasn't precise enough a clue)

5:25 pm

aknitter

ro 6 is that weird basket ball player dennis ..... the one who got married and wore a wedding dress, married himslef

5:25 pm

aknitter

no haz your clue was great my brain is in looooow gear today

5:26 pm

Haz1558

Well, just to keep the theme going, that pr word is in the grid...

5:26 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

aknit, TY, i used to work in a bookstore and we had his book, o/w i would have said WTF???? LOL

5:26 pm

aknitter

haz i was looking for the tion part of the word .lol

5:27 pm

mcscotty521

any I clues

5:27 pm

aknitter

didn't know he could read, let alone write

5:27 pm

Haz1558

It's a strange grid, that's for sure.

5:27 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

most celebrity books are not written by the celebrity

5:28 pm

mcscotty521

wans

5:28 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

sometimes publishers are honest enough to admit this, like a book by Joe Blow "with" Jane Blaine

5:28 pm

hurshy

ack, does hydrogen peroxide bleach things, or am i only thinking that cause i'm confusing it with the fact that you can't mix them or you'll make a deadly vapor??

5:28 pm

majmom

any clues for im 5/12 and in 7/40?

5:29 pm

Haz1558

Isn't hydrogen peroxide used in hair dye?

5:29 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hurshy, it won't blean things, but still, don't spill it all over the place! (It'll be okay on your sink)

5:29 pm

aknitter

hydrogen peroxide in the form you buy at the grocery store will not bleach anything

5:29 pm

hurshy

oh no!!!

5:29 pm

samisasham

how do clues work?

5:29 pm

hurshy

oh phew

5:29 pm

hurshy

i spilt some on my new jeans, that's all

5:29 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(sorry, still need most of the i woids)

5:30 pm

hurshy

im 5/12 like am5/12

5:30 pm

hurshy

in7 = in + bu5

5:30 pm

aknitter

no worries hursh, it will only eat a giant hole in them when you wash them !!!!

5:30 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

mebbe you shouldn't pop yourself while you're at the keyboard 8-)

5:30 pm

hurshy

:O

5:30 pm

aknitter

hope it is not in a "sensitive" spot

5:30 pm

hurshy

oh no again!!!!!!!!!!

5:30 pm

hurshy

i didn't, gwen, i went away, and it's done now.

5:31 pm

hurshy

it hurts a lot less now, so thanks.

5:31 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

glad to hear it. now let blister look ugly while it heals. (seriously)

5:31 pm

hurshy

but but will it really eat a hole in my jeans when i wash them???

5:31 pm

aknitter

hands hurshey a lollipop for being sooo brave

5:31 pm

aknitter

teasing hursh teasing

5:31 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hurshy, only if you waash them with a potato (joke!)

5:31 pm

hurshy

i thought so but had to make sure

5:32 pm

aknitter

peroxide is in the laundry soaps that have bleach alternatives

5:32 pm

hurshy

lol

5:32 pm

aknitter

could wreck havoc on your thighs though.... cause them to triple in size over night

5:32 pm

hurshy

ok, i'm not THAT gullible

5:33 pm

aknitter

checks gullibitlity meter

5:33 pm

aknitter

is that a word??

5:33 pm

hurshy

gullibility is a word...

5:34 pm

hurshy

part of me wants to go bury a potato just to cover all the bases...

5:34 pm

o-o

measures a person's ability to impersonate a gull?

5:35 pm

aknitter

lol babble

5:38 pm

aknitter

oh my, sa 5/16 not a nice word!

5:38 pm

hurshy

oh no, i forgot to measure it first. well, how big IS a pea?

5:38 pm

hurshy

why, what does it mean?

5:38 pm

aknitter

petit pea. lesseur pea. sugar snap pea?

5:39 pm

hurshy

like, a regular old green pea

5:39 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

actually, i think the potato superstition is for moles. or maybe warts. your mileage may vary

5:39 pm

hurshy

i thought sa5/16 was the name of a character in some book...

5:39 pm

hurshy

i have some moles i want to get rid of too, so either way...

5:39 pm

aknitter

it is however the word is a slang / slam of a black person

5:39 pm

jillibus

It is, hurshy -- a dear little boy in India

5:40 pm

jillibus

this led to a long conversation last night in chat

5:40 pm

jillibus

Hi all!

5:40 pm

aknitter

yes we won't go there

5:40 pm

aknitter

hi jilli

5:40 pm

hurshy

hi jilli, you're half in the grid today

5:41 pm

hurshy

no, 5/8

5:41 pm

jillibus

I saw that, hursh! - lol

5:42 pm

hurshy

how big is a peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeea?

5:42 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

original story was about a boy in India, but the meaning and usage have evolved a lot since it was published, which was about 120 years ago

5:42 pm

aknitter

the size or the end of your little finger

5:42 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hurshy, 1 cm!! LOL

5:43 pm

hurshy

really, so i was right in the first place

5:43 pm

aknitter

or the size of the peeeeeeeeeeeea depends on how much you have to drink!!

5:43 pm

EspritdJean

clue for the 9?

5:43 pm

hurshy

i think there is another book with a char by that name too

5:43 pm

hurshy

i go look

5:44 pm

aknitter

don't have it yet jean sorry

5:44 pm

EspritdJean

ok, I have 179 others you can helpme with :-)

5:44 pm

jillibus

pr8/9 -- ban(s)

5:44 pm

aknitter

hahaha i have 196!! so you have to help me

5:45 pm

EspritdJean

ty jill

5:45 pm

majmom

la 6/27 and the2nd la 6/21-any hints?

5:45 pm

EspritdJean

ok lay it on me!

5:45 pm

hurshy

it IS, in the beginning of George MacDonald's tale of wee Sir Gibbie, there is a character named sa5/16

5:45 pm

hurshy

la6/27 cute little sheepie

5:45 pm

hurshy

la 6/21 latin pl, regular pl

5:46 pm

jillibus

yw, esprit

5:46 pm

aknitter

yes i am a cute little la 6 aren't i LOL

5:47 pm

majmom

ty hurshy

5:47 pm

Haz1558

TIme to go - goodnight all!

5:47 pm

doxy1lover

yes you are aknitter

5:47 pm

doxy1lover

night haz

5:47 pm

kristinc

hi ho folks!

5:47 pm

aknitter

night haz

5:47 pm

hurshy

and i must go play psych eye spy

5:47 pm

aknitter

kristin!!

5:48 pm

kristinc

night haz

5:48 pm

kristinc

hi there aknitter...been a long time! :)

5:48 pm

suki

So this is like Scroggle, but with Chat?

5:48 pm

aknitter

i have been around, mostly lurking

5:48 pm

suki

slat

5:49 pm

kristinc

aha...one of them :)
been good though?

5:49 pm

Natasha

hi again

5:49 pm

EspritdJean

I have vr4/11 what are the other two V's please?

5:49 pm

aknitter

i am a very good lurker!! LOL

5:49 pm

kristinc

suki...I don't know Scroggle but Boggle...yes

5:50 pm

kristinc

hi natasha

5:50 pm

aknitter

jean i am on the vo hunt myself not too successful i might add

5:50 pm

Katydid0615

vo=to get sick and throw up, then plural

5:50 pm

kristinc

other v's--to throw up

5:50 pm

Jacula

Hi all.

5:51 pm

EspritdJean

got one ak...vo*** to puke

5:51 pm

suki

Difference with Scroggle is that you use the mouse to select the words instead of typing, and the layout looks more like Bookworm with shifted tiles.

5:51 pm

aknitter

add an s jean to make more of a mess to clean up!

5:51 pm

kristinc

suki...then yep, sounds just about right

5:51 pm

aknitter

evening jac

5:51 pm

kristinc

hi jacula!

5:51 pm

Jacula

Hursh - for all the info you need on Helen Bannerman, the author of the LBS books & other little 'LB' books, and more, go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Ban
nerman

5:51 pm

Natasha

hi jac

5:51 pm

EspritdJean

yes got it

5:54 pm

Jacula

Anyone need any help? I finished earlier on today.

5:54 pm

Natasha

I think the ni6/30 is my favorite word on this grid (so far at least)

5:54 pm

aknitter

su 6/30 would be nice jac

5:55 pm

aknitter

ni 6 30 too natasha

5:55 pm

Natasha

harry potter's broom was a ni**** 2000

5:55 pm

Jacula

ak - su6/30 & verb form 7 = to give in to. A wrestler might su6 to another.

5:56 pm

Jacula

ni6/30 is a type of cloud - cumulus ni****.

5:56 pm

majmom

li6/21?

5:56 pm

aknitter

ty jac i kept seeing nimrod

5:56 pm

aknitter

wonder why...

5:57 pm

doxy1lover

thx for the clue jac. I finally have all the 7's

5:57 pm

Jacula

li6/21 is the plural of li5 before it, which is li + male

5:57 pm

Jacula

LOL, ak.

5:57 pm

Jacula

y/w, doxy.

5:58 pm

majmom

ty jacula

5:59 pm

Natasha

ad7?

5:59 pm

Jacula

Speaking of books, as I was a while ago to Hursh (though she's not here, it seems), I've been reading some extracts from a book called 'Lost in Translation'. It's about mangled English in foreign places.

6:00 pm

hurshy

like "tootle him with vigor"

6:00 pm

hurshy

i'm too sloooooooooow

6:00 pm

arleneehm

night all.... i made it to 68 left..... but i 'm gone for the night...

6:00 pm

arleneehm

Take care and I'll check in later this week

6:01 pm

jillibus

hi Jac

6:01 pm

Natasha

night arlene

6:01 pm

hurshy

i'm trying to be the fastest at psych eye spy jac, so, i'm not really here

6:01 pm

jillibus

night arlene

6:01 pm

Jacula

ad7 & verb form mean to take in, attach or apply. Same ending as an in***** word (not in grid) that means you might feel you can't do something for some reason.

6:01 pm

aknitter

natasha the ad 7 is like the pr8 and 9 word

6:01 pm

Jacula

Hi jilli.

6:01 pm

jillibus

jac -- I've seen those "Lost in Translation" things -- priceless, but I have a topper.

6:02 pm

aknitter

st 7 please

6:02 pm

Jacula

What's that, jilli?

6:02 pm

Natasha

thanks jac, that's a new word for me

6:02 pm

jillibus

Back in the Win 3.1 days I had a scanner and got htis notification one time:

6:02 pm

flosey

Finally got that last word ho8 !! for Fireworks

6:03 pm

o-o

Congratulations, flosey!

6:03 pm

jillibus

TWAIN ERROR
Sorry, detailed error status returns success

6:03 pm

Jacula

st7 has to do with Greek drama. st + vowel + s4 word.

6:03 pm

aknitter

so flosey congrats on fireworks care to share that ho8

6:03 pm

Jacula

Well done, flosey.

6:03 pm

jillibus

YAY flosey!!! I still have 115 left!

6:04 pm

flosey

hubby helped me there - a science fiction author - exstudent, wrote a book ho8

6:04 pm

aknitter

ty jac lookig

6:05 pm

Jacula

Jilli - My favourites from the list I just read were - Austria: Not to perambulate the corridors in the hours of repose in the boots of ascension.

6:05 pm

flosey

ho8 - meaning human like

6:05 pm

o-o

ho 8 -- add a part of an hour, abbr, and, perhaps, you will find this clue v*** for vagueness

6:05 pm

aknitter

homial

6:05 pm

aknitter

oops

6:05 pm

flosey

if you have ho8 and a vowel third last letter

6:06 pm

Jacula

And - Poland: As for the tripe served you at the Hotel Monopol, you will be singing its praises to your grandchildren on your deathbed.

6:06 pm

doxy1lover

19 left, all S words

6:06 pm

jillibus

Jac -- that's lovely!

6:06 pm

flosey

if you have ho7, add a vowel third last letter

6:06 pm

jillibus

back to the grid...

6:06 pm

Jacula

jilli - 'the boots of ascension' has a certain ring to it, don't you hink?:-)

6:07 pm

Jacula

*think

6:07 pm

Jacula

One final one - Madrid, Spain: Our wine list leaves you nothing to hope for.

6:08 pm

Jacula

ho7/40 - homo sapiens is the last surviving member of this family. ho8/55 is related.

6:09 pm

jillibus

yes indeed. It reminds me of a short poem by F.R. Scott, a Montrealer. You hve to understand that in those days there were a lot of Roman Catholic holidays in Quebec (not so much now). I'll look it up and enter it here when I find it.

6:10 pm

Jacula

ho8 has the same ending as the medical names for 'piles'.

6:10 pm

Jacula

Thanks, jilli.

6:10 pm

Jacula

*name, not names.

6:11 pm

periwinkle

HI all clue for the hi7 please

6:12 pm

Jacula

Hi peri. hi7 = that male + vowel (definite article) + first part of a drink, *** Maria.

6:13 pm

Jacula

BRB - luandry to hang up.

6:13 pm

periwinkle

thanks Jacula,new word for me

6:14 pm

jillibus

BONNE ENTENTE
The advantages of living with two cultures
Strike one at every turn,
Especially when one finds a notice in an office building:
'This elevator will not run on Ascension Day';

Or reads in the Montreal Star:

6:14 pm

periwinkle

in 7 please will not finish but will hopefully have al the long words

6:15 pm

periwinkle

NM monkeys woke up and helped with that one :)

6:15 pm

periwinkle

mi 7 please

6:16 pm

mirandapan

Jilli--love the poem!

6:16 pm

jillibus

'Tomorrow being the Feast of the Immaculate Conception,
There will be no collection of garbage in the city';
Or sees on the restaurant menu the bilingual dish:
DEEP APPLE PIE
TARTE AUX POMMES PROFONDES

6:17 pm

jillibus

Sorry about the break in the middle - forgot to hit Shift

6:17 pm

mirandapan

wonderful!

6:17 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi evryone! : )

6:18 pm

kristinc

hi owl!

6:19 pm

jillibus

glad, miranda! He wrote several great verses -- was also a Law professor at McGill University

6:19 pm

jillibus

Hi TO!

6:19 pm

periwinkle

HI TO

6:19 pm

helenary

peri..that vehicle that transports many people

6:19 pm

72 Temple Owl

are the i words particularly difficult? i only have the dolphin so faar

6:19 pm

hurshy

ooh, ooh, the only episode of psych i missed was the pilot and they are letting you download it free on iTunes!!! w00t!

6:19 pm

periwinkle

thanks helen, I just knew it would be a compound word

6:19 pm

mirandapan

yes--I'd love to see more--imagine: a "profound" apple tart

6:20 pm

hurshy

i'm pro-(found apple tart)

6:20 pm

Jacula

I'm back. Thanks for the poem, jilli.

6:20 pm

hurshy

long as it wasn't found in the dumpster

6:20 pm

Jacula

Hursh - LOL

6:21 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi jacs!

6:21 pm

LuwandaHL

hi everyone

6:21 pm

jillibus

His other work was more serious

6:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

ok now i have the muslim clerics, too...any thoughts on the i wrods?

6:22 pm

jillibus

114 left to find -- back to the grid...

6:22 pm

Jacula

Hi TO. Some 'i' words for you. im4 & plural 5 - Muslim leaders. in7 - inherent. ib4 - a wading bird.

6:22 pm

hurshy

im5 like am5 acids

6:23 pm

Jacula

im4 - like the ti5 (shy) word.

6:23 pm

Jacula

im5 following that (my clue) - add a round vowel.

6:24 pm

Jacula

Hi Luwanda.

6:24 pm

72 Temple Owl

one to go on the upper i ty

6:24 pm

kristinc

hi luwanda!

6:25 pm

Jacula

TO is that the in7?

6:25 pm

doxy1lover

sa6/21, the one after the boat clue

6:25 pm

kristinc

owl...what is the dolphin i...i think it is the one I am missing

6:26 pm

72 Temple Owl

no i have that

6:26 pm

Jacula

TO - must be the wading bird then ib4.

6:26 pm

mirandapan

ahhh--my last one ra 6/18--I have the plural of the 5/10 above it...please?

6:27 pm

doxy1lover

nm, got it

6:27 pm

72 Temple Owl

go tit, ty!

6:28 pm

Vicuna

That's quite a cheer, TO!

6:28 pm

Vicuna

Leave out the comma space and it's even better!

6:28 pm

Jacula

2nd ra6/18 = rodent + little Mrs. Mac. (late wife of a divorcing Beatle.)

6:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

lol hi vi!

6:29 pm

flosey

ra6 - ra (critter) + shortened girls name

6:29 pm

Vicuna

Hello, TO! :)

6:29 pm

Jacula

TO! ROFLOL.

6:30 pm

Jacula

TO - no, the bird was not a tit. *grins*

6:30 pm

72 Temple Owl

sounds bit british, no?

6:30 pm

kristinc

could someone tell me the "dolphin" I referred to earlier...that is the one I am missing

6:30 pm

72 Temple Owl

i am so disoriiented from decongestant

6:30 pm

Jacula

kristinc - it's a hiary-nosed dolphin. in4.

6:31 pm

mirandapan

Thanks for the ra 6/16 clues--found it! Whew!

6:31 pm

inge

in + two vowels, TO

6:31 pm

doxy1lover

Fireworks

6:31 pm

kristinc

thanks jac!

6:31 pm

Vicuna

Amazonian hairy-nosed dolphin. Google it! :)

6:31 pm

Jacula

TO - if your decongestant is 'Sudafed', I'm not surprised. I can't take that stuff, it spaces me out.

6:31 pm

kristinc

and others :)

6:31 pm

inge

no Kristink wanted taht clue not TO

6:31 pm

Jacula

Well done, doxy.

6:31 pm

kristinc

well done doxy!

6:32 pm

72 Temple Owl

wtg, doxy!

6:32 pm

inge

Hi everybody. Just lurking in the background here. Home alone, so I am multitasking.

6:32 pm

doxy1lover

this was an awful one. Took me all day (except when I had to go to work)

6:32 pm

kristinc

hi there inge!

6:33 pm

Vicuna

Yes, this is not going quickly!

6:33 pm

Jacula

Hi inge.

6:33 pm

72 Temple Owl

ad7/ 8 clue, please? ty

6:33 pm

Jacula

A wo6/33's work is never done, eh Inge?!

6:34 pm

Vicuna

ad7 and 8 ends like pr8 and 9, if you have those

6:34 pm

flosey

lol Jacula, indeed

6:34 pm

inge

how come wo 6/33 can be plural? Not what I learned in English class

6:34 pm

Jacula

TO - ad & & 8 end like pr8 & 9 (to not allow/to ban).

6:35 pm

inge

the dictionary disapproves also

6:35 pm

Vicuna

Maybe it's like "persons" instead of "people"!

6:35 pm

Jacula

inge - yes, there should be an apostrophe either penultimately or afterwards.

6:35 pm

Vicuna

Or maybe it's a more PC way to say "She womans the telephone at the hotline."

6:36 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty jsca now i have the pr -s till working on the ad : /

6:36 pm

Vicuna

And yes, I did just type the stupid word straight into the chatlog. Sigh. Sorry.

6:36 pm

72 Temple Owl

ah vi owes jean $1

6:36 pm

Jacula

TO - for the 'ad' words just add the letters after the 3rd letter of the 'pr' words.

6:37 pm

Vicuna

How come jean gets the cash, anyway?

6:37 pm

Jacula

Oops, Vi!

6:37 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty weird word

6:37 pm

inge

is Jean going to throw a party with that money --party for all of us!

6:38 pm

kristinc

what cashola?

6:38 pm

Vicuna

This whole darn grid is one big oops, as far as I can tell.

6:38 pm

72 Temple Owl

you're right, vi...it's my dau top ge the cash LOL

6:38 pm

Jacula

Will there be pr5/20 cocktail?

6:38 pm

Jacula

...and sa6/21 sausages?

6:38 pm

Vicuna

TO, I have NO idea what you're trying to type! lol

6:39 pm

joym999

Hi all...this grid is hard. Anyone have a clue for AI6/24? And what's today's icon?

6:39 pm

72 Temple Owl

i mena it's MY day to get the cash - geez!

6:39 pm

Vicuna

al6/24 - melanin deficient
Grid theme: musicians

6:39 pm

Jacula

Hi joy. Yes. ai6/24 is ai* (to help or assist) + male.

6:40 pm

inge

al 6: person or animal that has no skin color

6:40 pm

evanonut

OWLLLLLLLLLLLERY!!!!!!!!!!!

6:40 pm

Vicuna

Oh. Now I get it, TO!

6:40 pm

inge

Vicuna, you phrased it so elegantly

6:40 pm

Jacula

OOps! Can't tell me l's from my i's. *Cleans specs.*

6:41 pm

joym999

Thanks, Jacula. I just learned a new word!

6:41 pm

inge

nutsy, how did the icestorm hit Butler and New Castle??

6:41 pm

joym999

No, you were right, Jacula. I was looking for the AI, not the AL.

6:41 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi nut!

6:41 pm

Vicuna

Well, inge, it was that or another "Princess Bride" reference!

6:41 pm

TeaNCrackers

hi all!

6:41 pm

joym999

I guess I should go find a musician. I still have CRIME from Friday's grid

6:42 pm

kristinc

hi Tea!

6:42 pm

Vicuna

Hello, again, TNC.

6:42 pm

Jacula

More party food in the grid = bl5/14 (a pancake).

6:42 pm

Jacula

Hi TNC.

6:42 pm

evanonut

hit butler for sure ingy...ice was sticking to the windshield on my way home from target

6:42 pm

72 Temple Owl

break out the caviar and sour cream

6:43 pm

renfield

party?

6:43 pm

evanonut

ewwwwwwwwww

6:43 pm

evanonut

renster!!! i been tryin to get hold of you big poo self today

6:43 pm

Vicuna

Looks like you're dressed to party, anyway, ren!

6:43 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi ren! jacs, don't they go with bl5/14?

6:43 pm

LuwandaHL

good one jacula. i hadn't seen that one

6:44 pm

BettyAnne

I need help with the ho8/55 If it is like the one before it I can't figure it out. Please help?

6:44 pm

renfield

i'm ready to party - been working nutster

6:44 pm

Jacula

Hi rennie. You look bo6/24 (beautiful to a Spaniard).

6:44 pm

kristinc

aha...thanks for the bl5 :)

6:44 pm

kristinc

hi ren!

6:44 pm

Vicuna

ho8 - yes, like the one before, end like a robot

6:44 pm

renfield

hey mistress heya gold toes

6:45 pm

Bloodaxe

hello babblers.
can i get a clue for the ti5/14...the first one, please?

6:45 pm

evanonut

well that's what i wanted to do. i was playing with google earth, only my area is fuzzy, so i thought i'd try to see your work

6:45 pm

Uneaixoise

ti5 is a bone

6:46 pm

Jacula

ti6 following is plural bones.

6:46 pm

Jacula

(Latin plural.)

6:46 pm

72 Temple Owl

i want rohmboid, rhombus, and womabt....

6:46 pm

renfield

work this town - work it inside out...well - did you see it nutster?

6:46 pm

renfield

heya axe

6:46 pm

renfield

hey ya owl

6:46 pm

72 Temple Owl

hey i found some new groups to like in my review packets...

6:47 pm

evanonut

no, i lost my address book and couldn't remember the name of the road, so i hunted taco bells, but that didn't help me much.

6:47 pm

Bloodaxe

hey ren. how's the grid treating you?

6:47 pm

renfield

slow axe - slow

6:47 pm

Jacula

TO - You'll habe to make do with having a wo4/11 instead (unless you've had a hysterectomy).

6:47 pm

LuwandaHL

isn't wombit a baby wombat? lol

6:48 pm

72 Temple Owl

could be, luwanda

6:48 pm

Bloodaxe

same here ren...
thanks for the clues.

6:49 pm

evanonut

did see chixee's place though, she gotta nice pool

6:49 pm

renfield

nice! i could use a pool right now -

6:50 pm

BettyAnne

Thanks for your help Vicuna but I still can't find it. Will keep trying.

6:50 pm

Jacula

ro6/24 = fisherman or maybe the man who cleans the drains.

6:50 pm

evanonut

what? last i talked you said it was cold there!

6:50 pm

joym999

Got myself a musical icon!

6:50 pm

renfield

heaters....yeck - pool - i want a pool

6:50 pm

evanonut

what about you owllery...lemme zoom in on ya, this is fun!

6:51 pm

evanonut

i got my heater going full blast....it's icy outside

6:51 pm

72 Temple Owl

wait a minute *gets dressed* ok now

6:51 pm

Bloodaxe

does the st7 build off the st4/4?

6:51 pm

inge

found a usician icon, hope it shows

6:51 pm

Jacula

BettyAnne - ho8/55 = first three letters of the place where you live + 'not out' + vowel + short form of what you need to show to prove who you are.

6:52 pm

inge

*musician

6:52 pm

Uneaixoise

Inge, I LOVE Savion!!!

6:52 pm

Uneaixoise

We got to meet him when he performed here a few years ago--so friendly and gracious!

6:52 pm

joym999

Now that I'm properly musical, I need some more clues...I'm missing the H7's and 8

6:52 pm

LuwandaHL

ty jacula

6:53 pm

BettyAnne

Thanks so much Jacula. I was trying to add a letter everywhere else.

6:53 pm

Jacula

Blood - No. Not after 3rd letter.

6:53 pm

Bloodaxe

thanks jac

6:53 pm

Jacula

y/w, BettyAnne.

6:54 pm

Jacula

y/w, Blood.

6:54 pm

72 Temple Owl

bi5/14, 6/24 clue please?

6:55 pm

Jacula

TO - bi5 & 6. bi5 - throw it away!

6:55 pm

lynnet

bi pus little bugs

6:55 pm

LuwandaHL

gotta go. i always enjoy babbling with everyone but i have school work to do. see ya. have a wonderful week everyone ;)

6:55 pm

evanonut

bye luwanda

6:55 pm

kristinc

enjoy Luwanda :) bye!

6:56 pm

Jacula

'Bye Luwanda.

6:56 pm

72 Temple Owl

bye lu

6:56 pm

evanonut

lula? where's lula!

6:56 pm

renfield

brb - domestic diva duty callls

6:56 pm

evanonut

ta ta domestic diva

6:57 pm

joym999

HO 7 and HI7, anyone?

6:57 pm

Jacula

'Bye Domestic Diva. I may be asleep by the time you return.

6:58 pm

lbdawger

hi everyone! 108 left...will i make it?

6:59 pm

kristinc

sure dawg...94 here!

6:59 pm

evanonut

DAWGSTER!

6:59 pm

lbdawger

Nutty! Rennie! To! Golden Toes! Jac,

6:59 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi dawg! : )

7:00 pm

lbdawger

ahh, at least I have Kristi to keep me company, cuz I bet everyone else is finished

7:00 pm

Uneaixoise

orecious pic, dawg!

7:00 pm

Uneaixoise

*precious

7:00 pm

lbdawger

Hi Une!

7:00 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi une

7:00 pm

lbdawger

thanks I think he's precious too

7:00 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, TO :-)

7:01 pm

evanonut

ah precious makes much more sense

7:01 pm

TeaNCrackers

lbd - I still have 127 to find

7:01 pm

ExWren

Well I defintely will NOT finish - still 189 to find - no way!!!

7:01 pm

lbdawger

Hi TNC, well I'm in good company

7:01 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi wren! i think i may be ready to throw in the towel myself

7:01 pm

ExWren

it is past 1am here

7:02 pm

jillibus

I have 90 to find and I think I don't like this grid -- too many obscure words

7:02 pm

TeaNCrackers

thx :)

7:02 pm

kristinc

yikes wren...my accuracy in babble decreases as the night wears on :)

7:03 pm

72 Temple Owl

help please i have no m words fromt he bottom right m - each time i type one in it comes off the other one!

7:03 pm

Jacula

Hi lbd & ExWren. I was off having a quick Weboggle.

7:04 pm

emusing

temple,owl ike's wife is a m word, it works from that corner

7:04 pm

Jacula

TO - ma5/18 - a dance. Ma*** No.5?

7:04 pm

Jacula

ma5/14 - Eisenhower's wife.

7:04 pm

Jacula

ma4/5 - that male's.

7:04 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty

7:05 pm

Jacula

No, the male one isn't from that 'm'. Sorry.

7:05 pm

evanonut

brb, i'll be fast since my bath will be cold

7:06 pm

TeaNCrackers

how is blamo not a word?

7:06 pm

Jacula

I guess you've all got the mi7/44 from the middle 'm'? A vehicle with quite a few seats.

7:06 pm

72 Temple Owl

the b's are tamed

7:06 pm

kristinc

brr...cold bath..brr!

7:07 pm

Jacula

TNC - try knocking off the 'o' for one word and adding a pluraliser for the next.

7:09 pm

TeaNCrackers

thx, Jac

7:10 pm

Jacula

y/w, TNC.

7:10 pm

lbdawger

thanks jac for the many seated vehicle

7:11 pm

evanonut

brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

7:11 pm

Jacula

Damn! WeBoggle site's gone belly up again just I had had another Babbler join me to help.

7:11 pm

Jacula

y/w, lbd.

7:11 pm

kristinc

that was a quickie nut!

7:11 pm

inge

nutsy, are you babbling while taking a cold bath???

7:11 pm

Vicuna

TNC, I think it's spelled BLAMMO!

7:12 pm

TeaNCrackers

ooops! :)

7:12 pm

TeaNCrackers

ad 7?

7:13 pm

Vicuna

ad7 - just like pr8, if you have that

7:13 pm

TeaNCrackers

ty!

7:13 pm

inge

ad + ending of pr 7 meaning to forbid

7:14 pm

Jacula

ho6/36 - How a cowboy might greet you (usually ends in just a 'y'). 'Ho**** pardner!'

7:15 pm

Jacula

la6/30 - little sheep + little father.

7:15 pm

inge

I meant pr 8 like Vicouna said

7:15 pm

Uneaixoise

whew . . . fireworks!!!

7:15 pm

evanonut

nope ingy, done that fast, we have no hot water

7:15 pm

Jacula

la6/27 - little sheep + 'for example' abbreviation.

7:15 pm

Vicuna

Yay for Une!

7:15 pm

kristinc

well done une!

7:15 pm

Jacula

Well done, Une.

7:16 pm

inge

did I miss an earlier report on lack of electricity in Butler?

7:16 pm

lbdawger

whoo hoo Une

7:16 pm

inge

bravo UNE!

7:16 pm

Jacula

Nut - no idea what your convo with Inge was about but, from reading your last post, it sounds like you use Babble pedal power to generate your electricity! LOL.

7:16 pm

evanonut

nope ingster, this seems to be a 'very local problem', could be the only residence in chicora without hot water

7:17 pm

inge

Nutsy, I can offer you lots of firewood to warm up your water

7:17 pm

evanonut

i'd have plenty then, but no jac, something very suddenly, (like just as i drew my bath) died in my water heater

7:17 pm

yogalatte

hi all, i'm STILL trying to work out the bo's. help

7:17 pm

evanonut

i have five running cords, thanks ingster

7:17 pm

Jacula

Was just trying random clues before, btw, to help those still in need.

7:18 pm

Jacula

Oh dear, nut! Hope it's sorted soon.

7:18 pm

kristinc

yep...helped me...thanks jac!

7:18 pm

Jacula

y/w, kristinc.

7:18 pm

inge

bo 6: Spanish word for little good

7:18 pm

Uneaixoise

bo5 sometimes an employee gets a year-end bo***

7:18 pm

kristinc

yikes! sorry to hear that nut :(

7:19 pm

Uneaixoise

bo6 and 7 spanish for pretty

7:19 pm

yogalatte

have that one - need the others. thx

7:19 pm

evanonut

if not jacula, our neighbor has a business called dr. water heater

7:19 pm

Jacula

That's handy, nut!

7:20 pm

evanonut

i'll say jac, and my mom claims he's reasonably priced so i'm not too worried, except i'd rather spend the money on me

7:20 pm

inge

all three bo words were clues, the bo 6 just gets puralized

7:20 pm

evanonut

ewwww, i hate bo

7:20 pm

inge

*clued*

7:20 pm

Jacula

Well, obviously you would,nut. There's the Caribbean cruise to go on for starters. But you need warm water in the meantime...

7:21 pm

evanonut

i got a stove top and some pots

7:21 pm

Jacula

So, nut, the cruise wins then?

7:22 pm

evanonut

um...sure, soon as i can pay for it

7:22 pm

evanonut

brb, car in drive?

7:22 pm

Jacula

Can I come, too?

7:22 pm

Jacula

When you can afford it.

7:22 pm

Jacula

okay, nut.

7:23 pm

Jacula

Wonder who's visiting nut unexpectedly? Unless it's just some cheeky devil using her drive as a turning point...

7:23 pm

inge

Maybe someone is bringing her a new hot water heater!!!

7:24 pm

Jacula

Maybe, inge.

7:25 pm

Jacula

Shall I go back to random clueing for now, or does anyone need anything specific?

7:25 pm

lbdawger

hi7?

7:25 pm

kristinc

how about the li 6/21 that is not the plural?

7:26 pm

arwennn

random cluing, please :D

7:26 pm

kristinc

wait...wait...LA, not li

7:26 pm

Jacula

lbd - hi7 = 'that man' + vowel (definite article) + start of a drink *** Maria.

7:26 pm

Uneaixoise

here's my dog dealing with the cold :-)

7:27 pm

Jacula

kristinc - la6/21 = little sheep + little father.

7:27 pm

kristinc

aww...I feel like doing that sometime! :)

7:27 pm

inge

la 6: those people crossing the border from the south

7:27 pm

evanonut

tws my mil, she brought homemade stickybuns

7:27 pm

Jacula

LOL, Une. I think most of us know just how he feels!

7:28 pm

Uneaixoise

:-D

7:28 pm

kristinc

jac...did you see, I messed up and asked for the wrong one...I needed the li 6/21 that is not plural (so embarassed)

7:28 pm

evanonut

une, my cat does that mid summer

7:28 pm

Jacula

Ah, nutster! We were wondering. Sharing them out, are you?

7:28 pm

Uneaixoise

poor kitty!

7:28 pm

evanonut

um....*sigh*, i suppose so...

7:29 pm

Jacula

I did, kristinc - and clued appropriately.

7:29 pm

inge

li 6: sexual drive in psychology

7:29 pm

Jacula

Be gracious, nut... *grins*

7:29 pm

72 Temple Owl

clue ofr do5/14 please? ty

7:29 pm

kristinc

okay...got it...thanks folks!

7:30 pm

evanonut

*holds out sticky bun to jac* OOPS, oh no jac, sorry, didn't mean to land it sticky side down in your lap!!!

7:30 pm

inge

do 5: do + ***practice suit

7:30 pm

Jacula

TO - do5/14 = do + little Malcolm.

7:30 pm

Jacula

Aw, thanks Nut. Pity I'm wearing white trousers today.

7:31 pm

Jacula

BRB - need to change trousers for nightie.

7:31 pm

Bloodaxe

can i get a clue for na please?

7:31 pm

evanonut

so so so so sorry jac, lemme just *scrapes sticky bun off of jacs lap with spatula and deposits it on plate*...ah there, that's better

7:32 pm

inge

na 5: your birth outfit?

7:32 pm

evanonut

eating so close to bedtime, this means funny dreams

7:33 pm

inge

na 5: pertaining to a person's birth

7:34 pm

Jacula

Thanks, nut.

7:34 pm

Bloodaxe

thanks inge.

7:34 pm

72 Temple Owl

i hate this grid

7:34 pm

Vicuna

Funny dreams are always good for a laugh.

7:34 pm

evanonut

pleasure jac, anything for a babbler

7:34 pm

Jacula

True, Vi!

7:34 pm

evanonut

yes vic, and for a lot of yawns at work

7:35 pm

ExWren

I've only managed 120 words, but I will have to retire gracefully, it's past 1.30am. Goodnight all - time you turned in to Jacula

7:35 pm

Vicuna

If I'm woken out of a dream I'm always way more tired.

7:35 pm

evanonut

ta ta ex

7:35 pm

Vicuna

Goodnight, ExWren.

7:35 pm

ExWren

*too

7:35 pm

kristinc

well done anyhow wren...niters!

7:35 pm

72 Temple Owl

i habe't yet had dinner. unless you count a bag of doritos and six hershey's kisses.

7:36 pm

Jacula

'Night Wrennie. See you again soon.

7:36 pm

inge

night-night, X Wren

7:36 pm

Vicuna

Hmm... Maybe it is time the rest of us turned into Jacula! lol

7:36 pm

evanonut

i count macaroni and cheese and a stickie bun, so sure 72

7:36 pm

Jacula

LOL, Vic.

7:36 pm

72 Temple Owl

that was breakfast. less the mac & cheese.

7:36 pm

featherbee

back to finish up

7:37 pm

72 Temple Owl

ggod night, wren

7:37 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi feather

7:37 pm

evanonut

i see harry potters first broom made the grid

7:37 pm

kristinc

hi ho feather!

7:37 pm

lbdawger

night wren, hi Feather

7:37 pm

Jacula

Hi feather.

7:37 pm

Jacula

Indeed it did, nut!

7:37 pm

Vicuna

Hey, again, feather.

7:37 pm

72 Temple Owl

clue for hi 7 please?

7:38 pm

Jacula

TO - I thought I'd clued the hi7 for you?

7:38 pm

Vicuna

A whole team's worth of them!

7:38 pm

shmoozanne

ad7 anyone?

7:38 pm

jillibus

there are so many almost-words here like nubile but there's no e where it belongs -- aarrrggghhh

7:38 pm

Vicuna

ad7 - same as pr8, if you have that!

7:38 pm

featherbee

harry potter's first broom? which one is that?

7:38 pm

Vicuna

I particularly want rhombus.

7:38 pm

evanonut

ah yes, so there is! guess that would be the slytherin team

7:39 pm

evanonut

ni 6/30 feather

7:39 pm

Jacula

feather - ni6/30 - the cloud, cumuls ni****.

7:39 pm

Vicuna

ni6/30 and the pl ni5/16 - brand of Quidditch broomstick

7:39 pm

featherbee

oh, right! had it, just couldn't think which was his broom

7:39 pm

inge

going to turn in myself. Gute Nacht Babblers

7:40 pm

72 Temple Owl

night, inge

7:40 pm

evanonut

ta ta ingy thingy!

7:40 pm

featherbee

night inge

7:40 pm

Jacula

Guten Nacht, inge.

7:40 pm

kristinc

goodnight inge! :)

7:40 pm

Vicuna

Gute Nacht, ingchen!

7:41 pm

lbdawger

night inge

7:42 pm

jillibus

night inge

7:43 pm

featherbee

yay! got my new wireless mouse! no more cord!

7:43 pm

evanonut

limbo

7:43 pm

evanonut

aw crap!

7:44 pm

Jacula

I planted about 40 pots of bulbs up in December and put them on top of the g/pig hutch in the rabbit shed. My mi4/5 irises are flowering already!

7:44 pm

J05H

I got a cordless battery free mouse

7:45 pm

Jacula

nut - there's another dance that ends like that - ma5/18 No.5.

7:45 pm

featherbee

i broke my last one. dropped the laptop sideways, it landed on the usb stick. didn't seem to like that much, stopped working the next day

7:45 pm

evanonut

*sigh*, thank you jac, i suppose i couldn't expect to be unteased for that one

7:46 pm

J05H

t's great it costed $35AU (however it is a genericy brand, though it does has some software with it that can do cool things). I love it. (oh it has 5 buttons too :D)

7:46 pm

Jacula

laptops are very sensitive, feather.

7:46 pm

Vicuna

Oh, were you typing a word in the chat, nut? Gosh, I thought you were just revving up for the party!

7:46 pm

J05H

Yeah, i'm not sure the laptop would have appreaciated it either

7:46 pm

evanonut

we could if you like....party is good

7:46 pm

featherbee

no kidding? hehehe

7:47 pm

Jacula

Nutty - never mind! Just dance ma5/18 and forget your troubles. LOL.

7:47 pm

featherbee

i'm just glad it only cost me a mouse, rather than the laptop

7:47 pm

Jacula

True, feather. What about the memory stick?

7:47 pm

evanonut

don't know how but *strike a pose* let us pretend.

7:48 pm

Vicuna

Get some chips for the sa5/10, and let's get this party started!

7:48 pm

featherbee

the stick was for the wireless mouse, not a memory stick. that would have sucked.

7:48 pm

Vicuna

Or, if this is more your style, you could sl4/5 dance.

7:48 pm

Jacula

...Mambo No.5!

Jump up and down, go and move it all around,
Shake your head to the sound, put your hand on the ground.
Take one step left, and one step right,
One to the front, and one to the side.
Clap your hands once, and clap your hands twice,
And if it looks like this, then you're doing it right!

7:49 pm

evanonut

not at the s's yet...lalalalalala

7:49 pm

evanonut

i prefer the accousical version myself jac

7:49 pm

Vicuna

Hey, Jac, that was about as obvious a chat-type as my wo5 earlier!

7:49 pm

featherbee

brb, gotta fold laundry

7:50 pm

Jacula

sa5/10 - a type of dance or a spicy sauce.

7:50 pm

Vicuna

I was thinking more "Hey ma5/18, ma5/18 italiano!"

7:52 pm

Jacula

sa5/10: tap left on the first beat, a step forward on the same foot, a rock back onto the right foot and the sequence is finished by stepping back left to close. This is the forward basic movement, which is followed by the back basic movement. Tap right, step back right, rock forward left and close right. These steps are discussed more fully below. Generally, the wo5/20 always mirrors the ma4/5 steps, so while the man performs a forward basic movement, the wo5/20 performs a back basic movement and visa versa.

7:53 pm

Vicuna

Wow, most impressive! *rocks back on left foot, no wait, right...*

7:54 pm

Jacula

It's like playing 'Twister', isn't it, Vic? LOL.

7:55 pm

Jacula

I can see us all ending up in a heap on the floor;trying out our various dances.

7:55 pm

featherbee

help on the second ad5/14 please?

7:56 pm

Jacula

Shall we try the macarena next? LOL.

7:56 pm

Vicuna

Well, if your partner is doing the li5 and you're doing the sa5, things could get ugly!

7:56 pm

Jacula

feather - ad*** it, you don't know what the word is!

7:56 pm

72 Temple Owl

53 left, down to letter n, bbl. dinner time

7:56 pm

Vicuna

I can't beleive you ad5/14 that you don't have that word!

7:56 pm

featherbee

ha! good clue! thanks

7:57 pm

Vicuna

Bon appetit, TO!

7:57 pm

Jacula

y/w, feather. ad6 is the verb form.

7:57 pm

featherbee

got that. 15 left!

7:57 pm

Jacula

Have a good meal, TO.

7:57 pm

arwennn

ugh, I think I give up

7:57 pm

featherbee

uh oh, colts are catching up

7:57 pm

kristinc

enjoy TO!

7:58 pm

featherbee

arwenn, this is a harder than usual grid, don't feel bad

7:58 pm

Jacula

Vic - just imagining your li and sa scene. LOL.

7:58 pm

arwennn

I've got 120 words and I'm absolutely stuck

7:59 pm

Jacula

I think a chiropractor might be needed after that, Vic.

7:59 pm

featherbee

are you using lickety yet?

7:59 pm

kristinc

yeah...this grid stinks somethin' awful!

7:59 pm

arwennn

yeah I've been using lickety

7:59 pm

Jacula

Me? No. Didn't use a list.

8:00 pm

kristinc

we're watching the game here too feather and husband is cheering for the colts since the pats beat his chargers last week :)

8:00 pm

Vicuna

Yes, and probably a marriage counselor, too.

8:00 pm

featherbee

go ahead and ask for clues on any you're stuck on. sometimes getting one will lead you to a string of more.

8:00 pm

shmoozanne

hi7 anyone?

8:00 pm

featherbee

i'm hoping for the patriots! being a new england gal...

8:01 pm

featherbee

it seemed a boring game at first....suddenly got very interesting!

8:01 pm

kristinc

fair enough...I couldn't care less at this point...no seahawks

8:01 pm

featherbee

holy cow!!!!!

8:01 pm

Jacula

shmooz - hi7 = 'that man' + vowel (definite article) + start of drink *** Maria.

8:01 pm

kristinc

yes, I'm trying to finish my last 17 so I can actually watch instead of being acused of not paying attention :)

8:02 pm

Jacula

Can't join in the sports chat. Sorry!

8:02 pm

featherbee

i've stopped looking for words for the moment.....

8:03 pm

kristinc

jac...only because if I don't learn how it works, I'd be bored...we watch a lot of sports in my house :)

8:03 pm

kristinc

that's why I'm praying for boys...then I don't have to watch anymore :)

8:03 pm

featherbee

i'd race you kristin, but i'm reduced to babbling on commercials right now

8:04 pm

italianmama

Go Colts!

8:04 pm

featherbee

my hubby is downstairs playing playstation. my mom and i follow football more than he does!

8:04 pm

kristinc

that's funny feather :)

8:05 pm

Jacula

Been there, UK style, done that, kristinc.:( I did learn how to score darts, snooker and sumo though.

8:05 pm

arwennn

ad 7/44?

8:05 pm

featherbee

touchdown!

8:05 pm

Jacula

In fact, I was the sumo 'expert'. I would shout out the scoring before the commentator. That was a long time ago though.

8:05 pm

kristinc

yep...one can learn quick if they need to jac :)

8:06 pm

Vicuna

Sorry to interrupt, but I just need to say, AAAAARRRRRGH!
(Okay, I'm better now.)

8:06 pm

kristinc

quite the feat jac to attain "expert" status

8:07 pm

featherbee

game or grid vic?

8:07 pm

Jacula

ad7 & verb form 8. If you've got the pr8 & 9 (to ban, not allow) then these words end same way as after the 3rd letter of the pr words.

8:07 pm

Vicuna

Grid. Here I am in New England, and the TV isn't even on in our house!

8:07 pm

Jacula

kristinc - for some reason, it was a sport I understood.

8:08 pm

Jacula

Vic - TV isn't on in this house either.

8:08 pm

Jacula

Everyone's asleep except for me.

8:08 pm

arwennn

thanks :)

8:08 pm

Jacula

y/w, arwenn.

8:09 pm

kristinc

how did the birthday go last week jac?

8:09 pm

Vicuna

I've never had any interest in US football, and my husband is a Denver fan, so he doesn't care now that they've been eliminated.

8:09 pm

Vicuna

Your na5 day last week, Jac?

8:10 pm

Buttonman

Good evening everybody

8:10 pm

featherbee

bi5/14 please? (hope it's not a fish word)

8:10 pm

Jacula

kristinc - Paul's 38th? Well he was working for most of it, but he enjoyed his presents and cards when he came home and we had a steak meal on the next night, with wine and romance. LOL.

8:10 pm

Vicuna

bi5/14 - bi + louse egg

8:10 pm

featherbee

ah, ok, thanks

8:10 pm

Buttonman

Could someone clue me for the ad 7 & 8 please

8:11 pm

kristinc

hah! my husband has determined that our boy cat is too fat and how he is trying to keep the fat one from taking the little one's food...neither party seems impressed :)

8:11 pm

kristinc

good for you guys jac...sounds fun!

8:11 pm

Jacula

Well, as much 'romance' as you can have with an almot 20-yr-old, an almost 23-yr-old (my two) and a just 12-yr-old (his, on 'phone) interrupting.

8:11 pm

arwennn

ad 6/21 and ad 5/20?

8:11 pm

Jacula

kristinc - we have exactly that situation with our cats.

8:12 pm

featherbee

ok, is the ho8 related to the ho7 in any way?

8:12 pm

Vicuna

Heh, well, worth a try anyway, Jac!

8:12 pm

Vicuna

Yep. ho8 is just like it, but with robotic ending.

8:12 pm

featherbee

hmm.....

8:13 pm

kristinc

yeah...it took us a while to figure out he was stealing her food...she was always hungry and he was/is getting bigger and bigger...he's on the straight and narrow now!

8:13 pm

featherbee

aha!

8:13 pm

arwennn

this game is addictive!

8:13 pm

Jacula

ad6/21 is the verb form of the decorating ad5. ad5/20 is a + 'not up'. Or think of a band, System of a D***.

8:13 pm

Vicuna

ad6/21 - "pl" of ad5/12
ad5/20 - a + opp of up

8:13 pm

kristinc

very true arwenn...why my house is so dirty all the time

8:15 pm

arwennn

lol I've been playing to pass the time while my laundry dries, but man! I can't step away from it

8:15 pm

Buttonman

HELLo, anyone helping with clues? I need the ad 7 & 8 PLEASE

8:16 pm

Jacula

kristinc - Our two cats have gone really weird since we've put him on half a tin (half of 390g) at each of the 2 meals and her on one sachet (100g) at each meal. They're turning their noses up until it's gone all hard and stale and then going in and pinching each other's rations.

8:16 pm

Vicuna

Jac, it's nice to see that you are preserving your grammatical integrity on words that end with -s. It's a battle I gave up a while ago!

8:16 pm

kristinc

oh no...soon you'll stop doing laundry all together :)

8:16 pm

featherbee

sorry buttonman, i'm very distracted right now, not a good person to clue

8:16 pm

Jacula

Vic - I try, re the grammar.

8:16 pm

Vicuna

ad7 - ends just like pr8 meaning forbid

8:17 pm

arwennn

haha

8:17 pm

jillibus

I have a clue for the second pr6/33 if anyone wants it -- George W Bush

8:17 pm

kristinc

that is strange jac...well this is our new experiment, so we'll see. Nothing like trying to hold back a 15 pound cat when he wants to eat :)

8:17 pm

sandr

evening all - how many words today

8:18 pm

kristinc

okay, gonna grab a bite to eat (not cat food)

8:18 pm

Vicuna

267, sandr, and every one of -em a battle!

8:18 pm

sandr

prawns

8:18 pm

Jacula

I know, Kristinc, re the cat. Especially when he's got big, strong claws!

8:18 pm

sandr

sorry sorry - free one all

8:18 pm

Jacula

Same to you, sandr!

8:18 pm

Vicuna

Sandr, is that a menu suggestion for kristin?

8:18 pm

Jacula

pr4/5!

8:18 pm

Jacula

LOL.

8:19 pm

featherbee

second sa6/21 please?

8:19 pm

arwennn

lol is this jeapordy now?

8:19 pm

Aloyisius

Hi all... am logging in after a busy day with hopes of finishing this grid.. still have 50 to find, so I will plunge in and emerge if I can be of any help along the way..

8:19 pm

featherbee

hi aloy

8:19 pm

Vicuna

second sa6/21 - lumch meat

8:19 pm

Jacula

feather - take the 'a' out of the sausage.

8:20 pm

Vicuna

lunch. Whatever.

8:20 pm

Jacula

Hi Aloy.

8:20 pm

Aloyisius

hi feather... nice to "see" you ! And Jacula, too.. are you two finished?

8:20 pm

Vicuna

Hello, Aloy.

8:20 pm

featherbee

got it thanks

8:20 pm

jillibus

guess nobody noticed or needed or wanted my pr6/33 clue

8:20 pm

Jacula

I'm finished, yes, ALoy.

8:21 pm

featherbee

and jac, thanks for reading my mind on the next one!

8:21 pm

Vicuna

I didn't need it, jilli, but I appreciated it all the same, lol!

8:21 pm

Jacula

Hi jilli. Sorry, didn't see you there.

8:22 pm

jillibus

oh good, vicuna! And I'm totally wioth you on that "plural" s!

8:22 pm

Aloyisius

ooh, thanks for the sa clue: didn't have that one, Vicuna..(-:

8:22 pm

Buttonman

Jacula, do you have the ad 7 & 8?

8:22 pm

Jacula

But I do love pr6/33, jilli. *Holds out arms for forgiveness.*

8:22 pm

Aloyisius

congrats to you, Jacula!!!

8:22 pm

jillibus

jac - arms out too

8:22 pm

arwennn

al 5/12 and al5/10?

8:22 pm

Vicuna

Button, I gave it to you: ends just like pr8 meaning forbid.

8:23 pm

jillibus

now I'll shut up and work on the last 55

8:23 pm

Jacula

I do have those words, Button. Sick of clueing them, but you're not to know that. Have you got the pr8 & 9 (to ban, not allow) words?

8:23 pm

Buttonman

i don't have the pr8

8:23 pm

Jacula

((((Hugs Jilli))))

8:23 pm

Vicuna

Well, it means forbid.

8:24 pm

Jacula

in + same ending, Button, would mean you might feel unable to do something in front of someone.

8:24 pm

Jacula

Their presence would in***** you.

8:24 pm

Vicuna

(Think of what they did to alcohol in the 20s.)

8:24 pm

arwennn

ugh! I'm not even halfway done with this yet

8:26 pm

Jacula

Think of your parents at a school play, Button. Mum's crying (how embarrassing!) and Dad's leaping around and getting in everyone's way with his camcorder! If that wouldn't either in***** or pr***** you from performing, I don't know what would!

8:27 pm

Jacula

Good clue, Vic!

8:27 pm

featherbee

last sa5/12? i feel like i keep asking for "easy" ones, yet i'm not seeing them!

8:27 pm

Vicuna

('Though appaarently without effect?)

8:28 pm

arwennn

lol

8:28 pm

Vicuna

sa5/12 - sa + Thy --- and thy staff, they comfort me.

8:28 pm

Vicuna

And it took me FOREVER to find that one.

8:28 pm

Jacula

feather - ;ast sa5/12 = sa + fisherman's upright thing.

8:28 pm

featherbee

ok, i haven't heard of that one at least. thanks!

8:29 pm

Buttonman

go the pr 7 and 8, thanks...

8:30 pm

Vicuna

Good, Buttonman. Now do you have the ad7 and 8?

8:30 pm

Scrabbler

I am back again, to find some more words. 114 to go--I never expected to finish this monster grid--too many weird words.

8:30 pm

Buttonman

got the ad 7 & 8, thanks

8:31 pm

Jacula

Oh, good grief! Word endings for ad and pr are h*! (a greeting + b** (drill end or a small part).

8:31 pm

Jacula

*sigh*

8:31 pm

Buttonman

i have 92 to go and i have to go so I will see you all tomorrow...thanks for the clues

8:32 pm

Vicuna

Bye, Buttonman.

8:32 pm

arwennn

lol Jacula

8:32 pm

Scrabbler

Bye Buttonman--good work.

8:32 pm

Jacula

Night, Button.

8:32 pm

arwennn

bye Buttonman

8:33 pm

Jacula

Sorry arwennn! Being 'peri-menopausal, as my doctor calls it, or 'why the hell does a night sweat wake me up every hour on the hour?, in my view, sometimes makes me a little impatient.

8:34 pm

Jacula

Forgive me. I may be over this stage in 10, 20, 30 years... depends which wo5/20 friends I listen to! LOL.

8:34 pm

arwennn

understandable... you actually had more patience than I would... he asked like 4 times

8:34 pm

arwennn

LOL

8:34 pm

Jacula

Thanks, arwenn.x

8:35 pm

Vicuna

Poor Jac. It's so difficult being a wo5! :)

8:35 pm

arwennn

is this what happens when you play too much? you start speaking in babble clues?

8:36 pm

Vicuna

Well, we have this convention that you shouldn't type grid words into the chat log. So then it becomes a bit of a game when you're chatting.

8:36 pm

arwennn

haha, wonderful!

8:37 pm

Vicuna

And yes, I'm sure it's because we play too much!

8:37 pm

Jacula

Vic - I feel a Tammy Wynette song coming on...

8:37 pm

Vicuna

Run away from it, Jac! Run away!

8:37 pm

Jacula

Stop me, please! No karaoke here! LOL.

8:37 pm

arwennn

I think I might look forward to making this game part of my every waking hour

8:38 pm

arwennn

lord knows it will turn me into a boggle champion when I play with my family..

8:39 pm

Vicuna

That much is certainly true. I'm much better at Boggle now. But beware: your family may not be willing to accept some of the more obscure words that this dictionary allows.

8:39 pm

Jacula

Vic - now I'm about to sing a Del Shannon number.

8:39 pm

sandr

could i get a clue foe the ai6? please

8:39 pm

Vicuna

Ooh, I'm not familiar with Del Shannon. Let 'er rip!

8:39 pm

arwennn

yeah, this game has foreign words!

8:40 pm

Vicuna

ai6 - male who helps

8:40 pm

sandr

ahh thanks

8:40 pm

Vicuna

Raging at the Enable dictionary used by Babble is a recurring motif for all of us here.

8:41 pm

arwennn

lol I see

8:41 pm

Jacula

AARGH! When I was in my late teens and 20's, I was in charge of an office where a woman just about to go into her 50s was an employee. I could never understand her scattiness, nor her hot sweats, but what annoyed me most of all was her habit of finding a song to sing, whatever the situation. Suddenly, I have become that poor woman! Helen, if you're out there, I'm really sorry for my impatience.xx

8:42 pm

Jacula

Not much point in raging at the totally disabled dictionary. Vic.

8:42 pm

Vicuna

Jacula, I think you are become wise! lol

8:42 pm

featherbee

ok, my last pair. su6/30?

8:43 pm

Bloodaxe

fireworks for me....what a rough grid!

8:43 pm

Vicuna

I know there's no point, Jac, but every time I think I have come to terms with it, some new absurdity sets me to raging again.

8:43 pm

Jacula

Well done, Blood!

8:43 pm

arwennn

congrats :)

8:43 pm

featherbee

congrats bloodaxe!

8:43 pm

Vicuna

Yay for Bloodaxe! Are you feeling any better recently?

8:44 pm

ADHDWordLover

good evening all

8:44 pm

Bloodaxe

i'm feeling very ood vic. thanks for asking.

8:44 pm

Jacula

Del Shannon - As I walk along,
I wonder what went wrong,
With our love, a love that was so strong.
And as I still walk on,
I think of the things we've done
Together, a-while our hearts were young.

I'm a-walkin' in the rain,
Tears are fallin' and I feel the pain,
Wishin' you were here by me,
To end this misery
And I wonder--
I wah-wah-wah-wah-wonder,
Why,
Why, why, why, why, why she ran away,
Yes, and I wonder,
A-where she will stay-ay,
My little runaway,
Run, run, run, run, runaway.

8:44 pm

Vicuna

So... are you feeling good, or odd?

8:44 pm

ADHDWordLover

slept off most of the day w/a fever. wonder if i'll get to celebrate? 113 words left

8:45 pm

Jacula

You need to hear the song though, Vic.

8:45 pm

Vicuna

Oh, I do know that song, just never knew the name of the singer.

8:45 pm

arwennn

I think I'm going to call it a night with this grid, and give tomorrow's a fresh try

8:45 pm

Scrabbler

LOL Jacula! We are all slowly turning into our parents through time-release genes. It is downright frightening. If I make it to my 70's then I will be a cranky wo5.

8:45 pm

ADHDWordLover

blood... i see people asking u if u r okay. is everything alright w/you?

8:45 pm

Bloodaxe

haha...sorry vic. i'm feeling GOOD, but i'm also ver tired.

8:45 pm

Vicuna

Good-night, arwennn.

8:46 pm

Jacula

You gave it your best shot, arwenn. See you again.

8:46 pm

Vicuna

Oh, that's a relief, Blood! lol

8:46 pm

arwennn

alrighty, catch you all tomorrow, and thanks for all the help you all provided

8:46 pm

Scrabbler

Congrats Bloodaxe. How are your classes going?

8:46 pm

featherbee

night arwenn!

8:47 pm

Scrabbler

Bye arwennnnnnnnnnnn (How many N's are in your name?)

8:47 pm

Bloodaxe

haha...i'm STILL on break scrabbler!
but classes start on tuesday.

8:47 pm

Vicuna

She certainly has a sufficiency of n's!

8:47 pm

Jacula

Srabbler, that is frighteningly (although comfortingly) true! I once looked in the mirror at the hairdresser's and saw my Mum there. But she hadn't turned up there. T'was myself.:((

8:47 pm

featherbee

su6/30 please?

8:47 pm

Scrabbler

What courses will you be taking?

8:48 pm

Vicuna

su6/30 - to yield or give in to

8:48 pm

Jacula

feather - su6/30 - bow down to the grid. You can't take it any more!

8:48 pm

featherbee

lmao, what a perfect last word! i'm done!

8:48 pm

Scrabbler

I don't look like my mom--I look like my dad--but I do and say things that annoyed me when she did them

8:48 pm

Vicuna

Congrats, feather!

8:48 pm

FranMag

ooh, me too heather! probably the same second!

8:49 pm

featherbee

hey fran!

8:49 pm

featherbee

been here long?

8:49 pm

FranMag

hi everyone!

8:49 pm

Jacula

feather - that was my last word, too. Well, su7/44 was.

8:49 pm

Vicuna

And yay for Fran!

8:49 pm

FranMag

i had the chat covered

8:49 pm

FranMag

hi jac!

8:49 pm

Scrabbler

Yes, a perfect last word! Yahooo featherheather

8:49 pm

Bloodaxe

i'll be taking Arabic, Research Methods, North Africa and the Middle East in the 20th Century, and Moroccan Foriegn Policy.
then i'm done with school...I graduate and enter the "real world"

8:49 pm

featherbee

right, mine was the 7 technically

8:49 pm

Jacula

Made me laugh.

8:49 pm

Jacula

Hi Fran.

8:50 pm

FranMag

oh yeah, yay heather!!

8:50 pm

featherbee

holy cow the game is tied again

8:50 pm

BettyAnne

sa5/16 please

8:51 pm

Scrabbler

Have a great semester, Bloodaxe.

8:51 pm

Scrabbler

im5,12?

8:51 pm

Bloodaxe

thanks scrabbler.
goodnight everyone

8:51 pm

FranMag

BA, remember the book, "little black sa***?"

8:51 pm

Jacula

Night, Blood.

8:51 pm

FranMag

night bloodaxe!

8:52 pm

FranMag

scrabbler, im5/12 is like an am*** acid

8:52 pm

BettyAnne

Thanks Fran

8:52 pm

FranMag

(spelled the same way)

8:52 pm

Jacula

im5/12, Scrabbler, is like the am5 acids.

8:52 pm

FranMag

yw BA

8:52 pm

Vicuna

goodnight, Bloodaxe.

8:52 pm

aknitter

ob 6/24 please

8:52 pm

Scrabbler

TY Jacula.

8:53 pm

featherbee

(still here, just watching the game)

8:53 pm

Scrabbler

Oh, Fran-TY first to you!

8:53 pm

Jacula

ak - o + an explosion.

8:53 pm

aknitter

ahh an irish explosion LOL

8:53 pm

aknitter

ty jac

8:54 pm

Jacula

ob7 is the same with an 'i' at the end.

8:54 pm

jillibus

fran -- I saw your clue for sa5/16 and am so glad you just gave the name of the book instead of saying "nasty word" as some have done. To me it was just a clever little boy.

8:54 pm

FranMag

that's okay scrab! sometimes the first clue is not seen, i understand. :-)

8:54 pm

FranMag

thanks jilli.

8:55 pm

FranMag

clever knitter!

8:55 pm

Jacula

jilli - I got lambasted a few nights ago for not giving the raccoon version of the co4 word.

8:55 pm

Vicuna

The boy in the book was very clever, but the pictures were a product of their time, and not acceptable today. There have been some versions with new illustrations, I think.

8:55 pm

FranMag

jac, is that what that little exchange was about the other night?

8:55 pm

aknitter

let's not be basting la** here -- running to hide

8:56 pm

FranMag

knitter, you're safe from me, not fond of lamb myself.

8:56 pm

featherbee

fran said a wooooooord!

8:56 pm

aknitter

me neither except in the wool form

8:56 pm

Jacula

I did say it was not a nice term but it was one that some in UK call themselves. Never mind. Cultural differences, I guess. Not that I would ever call my friends who call themselves that word.

8:56 pm

FranMag

ooops! sorry, jac said it first!!

8:56 pm

Vicuna

lol aknitter. You're just a precious baa la6/27!

8:57 pm

featherbee

yeah, but she blended it into another word at least! plus, i gotta pick on you!

8:57 pm

BettyAnne

I need the second si5/12 please

8:57 pm

FranMag

lol, okay heather. :-(

8:57 pm

lbdawger

firewords! *panting on burning fingers*

8:57 pm

featherbee

yay lbd!

8:58 pm

aknitter

what is the other ow? i have the birdie

8:58 pm

FranMag

BA, same as the first one, just change the last letter

8:58 pm

Jacula

Well done, lbd.

8:58 pm

aknitter

yeah lbd

8:58 pm

FranMag

yay lbd!!!

8:58 pm

FranMag

aknitter, you ow* something, it belongs to you

8:58 pm

Vicuna

If the birdie belongs to you... that's the other ow4

8:58 pm

lbdawger

the ow is to have, belongs to you.

8:58 pm

Scrabbler

Wow dawger!

8:58 pm

BettyAnne

Thanks again Fran. Appreciate your help.

8:58 pm

FranMag

just make a right instead of a left for the second ow.

8:59 pm

aknitter

smacks self on head for missing obvious

8:59 pm

FranMag

no problem BA!

8:59 pm

lbdawger

Thank you all, what a not fun grid, except for the chat which really really helped

8:59 pm

Jacula

Such a shame Enable doesn't recognise the w**k and 'er' word. However, I believe it's a term not known in USA.

8:59 pm

Vicuna

I want "vorpal."

8:59 pm

lbdawger

there are a lot of words that are recognized in the USA Jac, what's one more? lol

9:00 pm

Jacula

Ah, the vorpal sword, Vic!

9:00 pm

Vicuna

(Actually, come to think of it, I want ANY vo6.)

9:00 pm

Stacie_osborne

poop sausage

9:00 pm

Scrabbler

That is spelled with 2 R's, Vicuna....vorrpal

9:00 pm

FranMag

i think sprite psyched me out last night, when i came on she said it wasn't a nice grid so i went to sleep and didn't start on it until this afternoon.

9:00 pm

Vicuna

No it isn't Scrabbler. But it sounds nice pronounced that way.

9:00 pm

aknitter

poop sausage? doesn't sound too tasty

9:01 pm

Scrabbler

She was right, Fran.

9:01 pm

Jacula

Don't get spooked by Sprite, LOL! How do you think she maintains the No. 1 spot? LOL.

9:01 pm

FranMag

lol jac!

9:01 pm

Stacie_osborne

oh, aknitter, it isnt believe meh

9:01 pm

Stacie_osborne

lol

9:01 pm

featherbee

when does sprite play? i almost never run into her

9:02 pm

lbdawger

ahh she has madness to her meanings! lol

9:02 pm

jillibus

Vicuna -- have you seen the original illustrations? I had the book as a child and loved it and saw nothing derogatory about any part of it -- just a fun story. I see some of the more recent illustrations change the clever little Indian boy into the worst kind of caricature of an African black which was never intended by the author. "Death to Political Correctness! Viva Helen Bannerman!" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Ban
nerman

9:02 pm

FranMag

between 10:00 and 11:00 my time is when she starts heather.

9:02 pm

Scrabbler

Or is it, vopwan, or vopral, or vowpran, or vodmas---have I been looking at this grid too long?

9:02 pm

featherbee

ah, 3 and 4 am here

9:03 pm

FranMag

yup, you're snug in your bed. :-)

9:03 pm

ADHDWordLover

i just dozed off on my laptop... did i miss anything? like maybe a clue for BL 5/16?

9:03 pm

Vicuna

Well, Vicuna, I thought the version I had was the original, and although he was said to be in India (with tigers), he looked like a golliwog. But maybe that wasn't the original. Let me go check it out...

9:03 pm

jillibus

feather, sprite is in Holland and comes on way after you're in bed!

9:03 pm

Scrabbler

She was on this AM, around 6 AM on the grid time.

9:03 pm

aknitter

desperate begging for a clue for an sm word

9:03 pm

Vicuna

And in case you're wondering, yes, I did just call jilli "Vicuna." Holy moly, I'm losing it!

9:03 pm

Jacula

My other half has sugested that we must come up with some programme that will zap Sprite's computer in a very sneaky way... she can enter Babble, she can enter words on Babble, but any words she enters will go on our list! ROFLOL. Don't worry! He's a trucker and I'm a housewife. We won't do it.

9:03 pm

featherbee

probably comes on about when i'm needing to get up for my potty break! sigh, i miss sleeping through the night.

9:03 pm

FranMag

hi ADHD, bl5/16 is plural of bl4/7, sound a gun makes

9:04 pm

lbdawger

ak, s+ a kind of milk shake

9:04 pm

Angb

Hi everyone

9:04 pm

ADHDWordLover

duh tx fran must be the fever

9:04 pm

Scrabbler

Hi Angb

9:04 pm

jillibus

now -- 50 left...

9:04 pm

lbdawger

Hi Angb

9:04 pm

Jacula

sm5 = s + a type of whisky. sm6/21 = same but with a personal pronoun at the end.

9:05 pm

Scrabbler

do7,36?

9:05 pm

FranMag

heather, both my pregnancies i had to go EVERY 2 hours like clockwork

9:05 pm

featherbee

does anyone watching football know what the big clear half dome things are on the sidelines? some kind of microphone?

9:05 pm

FranMag

hi angb!

9:05 pm

Angb

ho 7?

9:05 pm

aknitter

now those are weird words -- ty for the clues

9:05 pm

featherbee

i'm good with once a night right now at least

9:05 pm

lbdawger

scrabbler, in do***** patris

9:05 pm

Angb

hi Fran - congrats on the week win on QP

9:05 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi again!

9:05 pm

FranMag

angb, a creature with human characteristics

9:06 pm

72 Temple Owl

has anyone seen cj?

9:06 pm

featherbee

oh right, congrats fran!!!!

9:06 pm

FranMag

thanks angb! i can't believe it!

9:06 pm

Scrabbler

ho7=anthropological term for type of primate

9:06 pm

Jacula

Original version of little BS book was 1899.

9:06 pm

jillibus

I'm very annoyed to be watching football while I wait for the @#$%^&* game to end and I can see 60 Minutes

9:06 pm

ADHDWordLover

i need so many words i feel guilty asking for so many clues. HO 4/5 x2; HO 4/9; HO 5/12 x 2 and HO 4/9

9:06 pm

ADHDWordLover

pretty much all the HOs

9:06 pm

Angb

OK but that clue game me the 8 - not complaining mind you

9:07 pm

lbdawger

jilli, that could be another hour!

9:07 pm

Angb

*gave

9:07 pm

FranMag

thanks heather!

9:07 pm

FranMag

angb, take the last O out for the 7

9:07 pm

lbdawger

Angb, take out the third to last letter for the 7

9:07 pm

aknitter

angb take out the o at the end

9:07 pm

Smdnjv

Hi folks!!

9:08 pm

Scrabbler

do 6, 24?

9:08 pm

lbdawger

Hey smd!

9:08 pm

Angb

thnx fran and lbd

9:08 pm

FranMag

ADHD, ho4/5 is alt spelling of a jewish dance

9:08 pm

jillibus

60 Minutes has been sacred 7pm Sunday watching for years in my house. The local CBS outlet is moronic

9:08 pm

FranMag

yw angb

9:08 pm

FranMag

hi smd!

9:08 pm

lbdawger

a pizza franchise scrabbler or tiles with pips on them you lay end to end

9:08 pm

FranMag

ho4/9 is what a wolf does at the moon

9:08 pm

stidmama

*grin* jill, you are so "intellectual"! ;-)

9:08 pm

Jacula

ho4/5 - what a ram, a billy goat and a bull has 2 of on his head.

9:08 pm

Smdnjv

Hi Ladies....Is it safe to come back on tonight Ibd??

9:09 pm

FranMag

ho6/36 is how a cowboy may greet someone.

9:09 pm

stidmama

hi all -- not here as the dinner just beeped (timer says the main course is ready) ...

9:09 pm

lbdawger

I sure hope so smd. Not quite sure how all that came about but she had it out for me.

9:09 pm

FranMag

hi stid!

9:09 pm

Scrabbler

Oh, wait, I have do 6--I thought that was the do7 that dawger clued....checking

9:09 pm

lbdawger

Hi Stid

9:09 pm

Jacula

ho4.5 before that - same word but knock off the 's' and add a definite article.

9:09 pm

featherbee

hiya stid. done here, just hanging out while watchign the game

9:09 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi stid!

9:09 pm

FranMag

why would it be UNsafe SMD?

9:10 pm

stidmama

I am not done... 153 to go. may have to hit the list before I get to halfway, never going to finish tonight...

9:10 pm

lbdawger

scrabbler, change the last vowel on the pizza clue and add two different vowels

9:10 pm

aknitter

hey stid 120 here

9:10 pm

stidmama

okay, gotta serve up the meal, say kids... back later!

9:10 pm

FranMag

stid, i hit the list waaay before halfway today.

9:10 pm

FranMag

later stid!

9:10 pm

Scrabbler

OK, I have do 7 and do 6.

9:11 pm

featherbee

oh nooooooo!!!!!!!

9:11 pm

aknitter

bo 6 please

9:11 pm

FranMag

knitter, pretty in spanish

9:11 pm

lbdawger

spanish for beautiful AK then plural

9:11 pm

Scrabbler

Whaaaaaaaat Fran?

9:11 pm

aknitter

no no no no no the colts can not win

9:11 pm

Angb

in 7 please

9:11 pm

Scrabbler

I mean feather?

9:11 pm

Jacula

B*gger off, stid. LOL. Go and serve dinner. What on earth made you sign in, just as you knew the dinger was about to go off? Did you have some mad dream about men dishing up meals?

9:11 pm

aknitter

OMG!!!

9:11 pm

FranMag

or a type of tuna that is used in japanese cooking

9:11 pm

aknitter

NO

9:11 pm

featherbee

wow. the colts did play a good game, i must say. just sad patriots didn't get it. well, 1 minute left, you never know.......

9:12 pm

jillibus

I'll just mute it and get on with the grid. I should explain -- I have a small TV in my computer room/office and a gizmo which sends a UHF signal from the main set to all the others (blush -- I have 4 sets altogether -- hells bells, I live alone and need company)

9:12 pm

Jacula

Having said that, my man can, and often does.

9:12 pm

Smdnjv

jili...I saw earlier what you said about a book. If I recognized the author correctly, one of her books was my favorite when I was a child. I would love to find a first edition sometime when I am out looking through antiques stores to buy for my grandchildren.

9:12 pm

FranMag

angb, in + constructed

9:12 pm

ADHDWordLover

grt clues... fever is affecting my brain i think... w/ADD and fever against me... how did i get over 100 words?

9:12 pm

ADHDWordLover

I don't know the jewish dance one tho... another clue?

9:12 pm

FranMag

ADHD, ho + **in, **in go away

9:13 pm

Angb

thnx fran - so busy looking for odd words don't see the normal ones

9:13 pm

jillibus

SMD -- try Amazon for a reprint although it may have been Bowdlerised

9:13 pm

FranMag

same here angb, i missed a lot of normal words

9:13 pm

lbdawger

that's a fact for sure Angb

9:14 pm

ADHDWordLover

why am i not getting this. like maybe too analytical

9:14 pm

jillibus

I still have 50 to go and dinner to tackle!

9:14 pm

72 Temple Owl

i need clues for the ra5/ ra 6 after the male sheep

9:15 pm

lbdawger

rodent + ** Gore and plural

9:15 pm

FranMag

TO, rodent + ** gore and plural

9:15 pm

ADHDWordLover

i only know one jewish dance and it's long word

9:15 pm

lbdawger

oh no Frannie's in my head!

9:15 pm

FranMag

or are you in mine lbd?

9:16 pm

lbdawger

or i'm in hers! lol

9:16 pm

FranMag

ADHD, ho4/5 ho**tio alger, go west young man!

9:16 pm

FranMag

rofl!!

9:16 pm

Jacula

Hava nagila....

9:16 pm

lbdawger

see!!! this is getting spooky

9:16 pm

Scrabbler

Yahoo, <100 left (97), so off to bed. Good luck to folks that want to finish!

9:16 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty fran! thanks dawg!

9:16 pm

Smdnjv

Jili I saw a first edition once in an antique mall about 80 miles from where i liive. I wish I had bought it then. It was about $80, but I ran across the Old Morther West Wind books and valued them more at th time.

9:17 pm

Vicuna

Thanks, Jacula. Don't mind if I do...

9:17 pm

FranMag

night scrabbler! see you tomorrow!

9:17 pm

ADHDWordLover

got it fran that means hour en espanol

9:17 pm

featherbee

wow. ok, games over, i'm sad, heading to bed!

9:17 pm

FranMag

yw TO

9:17 pm

featherbee

they did play well. sigh.

9:17 pm

lbdawger

night scrabbler

9:17 pm

FranMag

ADHD, in this case it's the dance

9:17 pm

lbdawger

night Feather. yw TO

9:18 pm

FranMag

night heather! sleep tight!

9:18 pm

pam

ugh, what an outcome....

9:18 pm

featherbee

it was quite the game to watch.

9:18 pm

FranMag

hi pam!

9:18 pm

Jacula

Night, feather. Not want to have a quick hava nagila with us before you go?

9:18 pm

featherbee

bye *poof*

9:18 pm

pam

night, scrabbler, feather

9:18 pm

ADHDWordLover

tx fran learn something new every day tx agn for your kind patience lol

9:18 pm

lbdawger

hi Pam

9:18 pm

72 Temple Owl

bye feather

9:19 pm

FranMag

no problem ADHD!

9:19 pm

pam

hi, lbd

9:19 pm

72 Temple Owl

night scrabs hi pam

9:19 pm

ADHDWordLover

clue for the ai 4/4 (not the one that means your sick)

9:19 pm

mom2jgd

Hello, any hints for the pr9?

9:20 pm

Smdnjv

Plural PR 8

9:20 pm

lbdawger

pr9 is plural of the pr8

9:20 pm

FranMag

ADHD, it's plural of a small island, sounds like plural of past tense of eat.

9:20 pm

Jacula

Let us rejoice? Oh, maybe not.

9:20 pm

Smdnjv

Hi Mom2

9:20 pm

FranMag

mom, plural of pr8 to keep something from happening

9:21 pm

ADHDWordLover

PR9 plural banning something, as was done w/liquor in the 20s

9:21 pm

FranMag

great clue ADHD!

9:21 pm

lbdawger

pr8-forbid

9:21 pm

Vicuna

Oof. Must regain my strength for tomorrow's grid. Goodnight, all.

9:21 pm

aknitter

bi 5/14

9:21 pm

FranMag

night vicuna!

9:21 pm

mom2jgd

Thanks!

9:21 pm

72 Temple Owl

night vi

9:21 pm

ADHDWordLover

tx and tx fran

9:21 pm

Jacula

'Night, Vic. See you again.

9:22 pm

FranMag

knitter, bi + louse egg

9:22 pm

jillibus

SMD -- there's also a website for rare and old books --http://www.abebooks.com -- don't go for the "retelling crap -- the originals are advetised for under $3!!!! I think I'll order one too!

9:22 pm

FranMag

or bi + what your sheep is doing minus the K

9:22 pm

aknitter

yick! ty fran

9:22 pm

lbdawger

AK, a storage box+ he, she or **

9:22 pm

pam

night, vic

9:23 pm

lbdawger

Night Vic

9:23 pm

aknitter

icky poo payton manning is smirking on my tv screen

9:23 pm

FranMag

jilli, there are two babblers that sell used books, bookwomen and book doctor gwen, you could ask them about that book.

9:23 pm

pam

ick, aknitter

9:23 pm

aknitter

he is a very poor sportsman

9:23 pm

Jacula

Did I upset a Jewish Babbler? If I did, I din't mean to.

9:23 pm

FranMag

you sports fans are so funny!

9:24 pm

FranMag

why, what did you do jac?

9:24 pm

Jacula

I was partying. I realise HVG isn't to everyone's tastes... but:(

9:24 pm

aknitter

what is hvg

9:25 pm

Jacula

Wel feather went suddenly Fran, when I mentioned Hava Nagila. I know it's not purist.

9:25 pm

lbdawger

jac was singing...and i don't think anyone too offence jac, but then again, i may be wrong.

9:25 pm

FranMag

heather left because the game ended, plus as far as i know she's not jewish.

9:26 pm

Jacula

It's such a fun song and dance for getting everyone of all creeds up and dancing though.

9:26 pm

FranMag

it could have been that one note that you didn't quite hit jac! :-)

9:26 pm

pam

nothing offensive that this non-practicing jew saw

9:26 pm

Smdnjv

Jili...Wow!! What a site. I bookmarked it to go back to. I am hoping to find several old books I have been looking for...thanks so much.

9:26 pm

aknitter

now i have that song stuck in my head ty jac LOL

9:27 pm

Jacula

Sorry, ak! Same here though!

9:27 pm

aknitter

well sing something else that will unstick it!

9:27 pm

Jacula

Can't do the arms around the shoulders thing to dance to it with you though.

9:28 pm

lbdawger

AK, don't get her started again! lol

9:28 pm

FranMag

how about Bon Jovi, Living on a Prayer. I love the vocalizer at the beginning...that wah, wah sound.

9:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

c;ue please for sa5/12 after the character that ate all of those pancakes?

9:28 pm

Jacula

Remember that broken arm I mentioned a month or two ago that I might have been walking about with since july/August last year? I saw my doc about it this week, and he agreed. he winced when it cracked.

9:28 pm

aknitter

its a small world after all its a small world after all .... HAHA hows that grab ya?

9:29 pm

FranMag

Jimmy used to work on the docks, union went on strike, he's down on his luck, it's tough....so tough.

9:29 pm

Angb

mi 5/14 - any clues.

9:29 pm

FranMag

what did they do to it jac? or what does he recommend?

9:29 pm

lbdawger

sa+ axil *** TO, at least i think that's the one you asked for

9:30 pm

FranMag

angb, opposite of add

9:30 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty dawg!

9:30 pm

FranMag

and i just realized i used it in a clue earlier!!

9:30 pm

Angb

Send the fish! LOL I read it! thnx fran

9:30 pm

lbdawger

angb, you're gonna get a fish for that...opp of add

9:30 pm

ADHDWordLover

which MI 5/12?

9:30 pm

lbdawger

<*))<< here Angb

9:31 pm

FranMag

LOL angb!

9:31 pm

ADHDWordLover

one means very small + s

9:31 pm

FranMag

that was for mi5/14 ADHD

9:31 pm

lbdawger

yw TO

9:31 pm

Jacula

Fran - x-ray to see what's bent, chipped, cracked or broken. Either physio or surgery after that. At same time I have to have 101 blood tests re the hot sweats, just to make sure it's menopause.

9:31 pm

ADHDWordLover

uh oh

9:32 pm

ADHDWordLover

no... it's 5/12 on the list

9:32 pm

pam

well, that doesn't sound so great, jac.

9:32 pm

Jacula

adhd - uh oh, is quite the right thing to say! I said that, too. LOL.

9:32 pm

pam

I hope that surgery is unnecessary and that it is menopause.

9:32 pm

ADHDWordLover

MI ** S very small thing plural

9:33 pm

FranMag

wow jac, i hope it is menopause

9:33 pm

pam

well, time to read.

9:33 pm

ADHDWordLover

i need the MI 5/14 and the first MI 4/5 also

9:33 pm

pam

see you tomorrow, i hope

9:33 pm

lbdawger

It seems odd to have to have all those blood tests Jac. but i hope it all gets resolved for you.

9:33 pm

lbdawger

night Pam

9:33 pm

FranMag

mi5/14 was just clued, opp of add

9:34 pm

FranMag

night pam!

9:34 pm

stidmama

good night pam, see you manyana!

9:34 pm

Smdnjv

ADHD the sign -

9:34 pm

72 Temple Owl

night pam

9:34 pm

FranMag

first mi4/5 is abbreviation of lots of money (1,000,000s)

9:34 pm

ADHDWordLover

missed it fran... tx

9:35 pm

ADHDWordLover

got them both tx bunches

9:35 pm

lbdawger

or acronym for mother-in-lawS

9:35 pm

Jacula

pam - no - plus the thing on the end of my nose - what the hell is that? I asked. got cream to send a not scarey thing away, and, if it doesn't do it in 8 weeks, I have to see an end of nose shaver offer of nasty things on end of nose in a hospital somewhere.! Oh dear! I might have had my arm, my reproductive organs and my nose chopped off when next you see me!

9:35 pm

ADHDWordLover

MA 4/9 anyone? my last MA

9:35 pm

FranMag

jac! not funny!

9:35 pm

FranMag

yw ADHD

9:36 pm

Jacula

ma4/9 rhymes with la4 (grass).

9:36 pm

lbdawger

adhd, rhymes with the grass that grows on your front la**

9:36 pm

FranMag

ADHD, sounds like how a jamaican might say "male"

9:36 pm

Jacula

Fran - No. But if I don't have humour, I will be lost. And 'lost' is not what I choose to be.

9:37 pm

stidmama

I would really like to have one of the V words before I get the list... please?

9:37 pm

Smdnjv

ADHD sounds like the last name of author somerset ******

9:38 pm

Jacula

stid vo4 & verb form 5 - to be sick.

9:38 pm

FranMag

you're right jac, the right attitude and being positive can do wonders in medical situations. i'm sending you good vibrations.

9:38 pm

stidmama

thanks Jacula -- LOL speaking of docs and medical issues!

9:38 pm

Jacula

vr4/11, stid - v + what you do with a little boat.

9:39 pm

Jacula

Thanks, Fran,re that. Stid??

9:39 pm

stidmama

yay! my fourth gray tile! thanks Jacula {[hug}}

9:39 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty jacs - that completed my v words : )

9:39 pm

stidmama

hi TO!

9:39 pm

ADHDWordLover

grt clue for MA4/9 fran tx so much

9:40 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi stid

9:41 pm

FranMag

yw ADHD

9:41 pm

stidmama

off to get list, back soon

9:41 pm

Jacula

stid - you said 'speaking of medical issues...'?

9:41 pm

ADHDWordLover

just read back in the chat for all of your great clues for MA4/9 and I thank u all

9:41 pm

lbdawger

how was dinner Stid?

9:42 pm

FranMag

ADHD, who's the cutie in your icon?

9:42 pm

Jacula

adhad - it's what we do here. We're a community.xx

9:43 pm

stidmama

It was good. We don't usually eat red meat, but Costco had a coupon for pork chops this week. Served over vegetable rice with home-made applesauce on the side. Quite yummy.

9:43 pm

ADHDWordLover

and a great community it is... glad i joined. just a few days here and it's like i've been here for a long time

9:44 pm

FranMag

darn, we forgot about the coupon stid! we were supposed to get some!

9:44 pm

ADHDWordLover

the cutie is my youngest granddaughter Meredith

9:44 pm

ADHDWordLover

she just turned 2

9:44 pm

ADHDWordLover

why do the pictures get stretched sideways in the icons

9:45 pm

FranMag

i love seeing pics of everyone's kids and grandkids. she's adorable.

9:45 pm

Jacula

Forgot to warn you, ADHD, Fran will flirt with any sexy icon you put up.

9:45 pm

Smdnjv

Stid...I buy the boneless porkchops when on special at costco. they are like having your own mini pork roast. we love them.

9:45 pm

ADHDWordLover

tx i think so.

9:45 pm

FranMag

if you don't pick a square picture, it gets distorted.

9:45 pm

Jacula

*Runs and ducks from Fran's ensuing wrath.*

9:45 pm

smooth_pappa

hi guys

9:45 pm

stidmama

the icons are a set ratio, if your base image is not at that ratio, the icon "fixes" it. We've had some very funny-looking icons!

9:45 pm

stidmama

hi pappa!

9:46 pm

FranMag

jac, you are incorrigible!

9:46 pm

FranMag

hi smooth!

9:46 pm

smooth_pappa

hee hee... hi smdnjv... enjoy that game earlier? lol

9:46 pm

ADHDWordLover

tx for explanation stid. i'll try diff photos... Lord knows i've got plenty of them (the grandkids... all five of them)

9:47 pm

lbdawger

Hey smooth

9:47 pm

FranMag

smooth, you should have heard the moaning and groaning when the game ended!

9:47 pm

Jacula

*snigger, snigger, snort, cough, cough*, Fran.:)))

9:47 pm

stidmama

happy grandma, eh, ADHD? my mother-in-law loves her 6 grandkids, too!

9:47 pm

smooth_pappa

how ya'll doing?

9:47 pm

smooth_pappa

lol

9:47 pm

ADHDWordLover

any clues for me for MO5/12 #2 & 3; and both MO 4/5 s

9:48 pm

smooth_pappa

moaning and groaning? I thought it was pretty funny. ;)

9:48 pm

FranMag

knitter was growling at the post-game interview with payton manning (yes, sheep growl)

9:48 pm

ADHDWordLover

only need the 5/12 s

9:48 pm

aknitter

i have slipped into dispair and complete sadness

9:49 pm

smooth_pappa

I meant the name game we were playing with smdnjv

9:49 pm

72 Temple Owl

ok did the pats win?

9:49 pm

aknitter

sigh

9:49 pm

FranMag

one of the mo5/12s is the plural of the first mo4/5

9:49 pm

Smdnjv

Ma + 10 alternate spelling

9:49 pm

aknitter

somebody slap TO for me

9:49 pm

smooth_pappa

I asked her what her name stood for, so my and Hurshy and a couple others started takking guesses at the acronym

9:49 pm

Jacula

ak - over this grid or some sports I don't give an eff about?

9:49 pm

stidmama

I think the second game was a much better match-up than the first today... the Saints were SO outclassed. I was embarrassed to watch that one. At least the second game wasn't decided until the last minute.

9:49 pm

FranMag

actually, both mo5/12s you need are plurals of the 4/5s

9:49 pm

stidmama

no, TO, they did not.

9:49 pm

72 Temple Owl

what did i do?

9:49 pm

aknitter

jac the eff sports

9:50 pm

Smdnjv

sorry clue for wrong word

9:50 pm

ADHDWordLover

got them both tx fran

9:50 pm

Jacula

Oh, it's tht bloody US sports thing again.

9:50 pm

Jacula

Never mind.

9:50 pm

72 Temple Owl

just wanted to know what kind of mood the boss will be in tomorrow : /

9:50 pm

stidmama

now now knitter... *offers a chocolate sweater for her to chew on*

9:50 pm

Jacula

I feel a hot flush cming on.

9:50 pm

ADHDWordLover

my brain is being sluggish tonite

9:50 pm

aknitter

TO you asked about the Pats --- I am saddened by the loss thank you stid for the choc seater

9:51 pm

Angb

ro 6/24 clue pretty please

9:51 pm

FranMag

knitter, that christmas knitting must have been a big project, it looks like you're still working on it.

9:51 pm

72 Temple Owl

gee there was a time when i would know everything that ws ging on in any sport in the country

9:51 pm

stidmama

AD 7 please? I cannot see it

9:51 pm

aknitter

i need to change my icon i guess

9:51 pm

FranMag

angb, dennis ro****, bad boy of basketball

9:51 pm

72 Temple Owl

their loss makes you want to vo5/18?

9:51 pm

Jacula

ro6/24,AngB = a fisherman.

9:51 pm

aknitter

LOL

9:52 pm

lbdawger

angb, fishing *** and reel + male

9:52 pm

ADHDWordLover

OB 4/6 x 2 and OB 5/14 (not the death announcement/s)

9:52 pm

FranMag

stid, like the pr8 that means to prevent

9:52 pm

stidmama

*grin* hetty's husband is in the grid today... and he counts!

9:52 pm

stidmama

I don't have the pr... *looking* (thanks)

9:52 pm

Ping

hi everyone

9:52 pm

Smdnjv

ro is dennis ro**** of Basketball fame

9:52 pm

Angb

thnx fran, lbd and jacula

9:52 pm

lbdawger

adhd, change the cross letter to a snake letter

9:52 pm

stidmama

now I do! THANKS!

9:52 pm

Aloyisius

checking out now, folks... finished the grid and it was sort of a grind today! Hope to be more conversive tomorrow.. happy babbling, all!!!

9:52 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi ping

9:53 pm

FranMag

hi ping!

9:53 pm

ADHDWordLover

got it

9:53 pm

lbdawger

Night Aloy Hi Ping

9:53 pm

72 Temple Owl

bye, aloy

9:53 pm

Jacula

upright fishing thingey whotsite + male = ro6/24.

9:53 pm

FranMag

night aloy! and congrats!

9:53 pm

stidmama

{{{aloyisius}}} YAY and sweet dreams...

9:53 pm

FranMag

ping, beautiful photo today

9:53 pm

Ping

thanks, fran

9:54 pm

smooth_pappa

hiya ping

9:54 pm

stidmama

hi ping! why tomatoes? (or to-mah-toes if you prefer)

9:54 pm

Jacula

I didn't feel that conversational tonight, myself, aloy.

9:54 pm

Aloyisius

ty, ty.. see you tomorrow. (-:

9:54 pm

stidmama

I grayed the A!

9:54 pm

Jacula

I just bounced back somehow.

9:54 pm

Ping

stid, i like the color in the picture

9:54 pm

stidmama

the top one... still working on the the others.

9:55 pm

Ping

go stid, keep on graying!

9:55 pm

72 Temple Owl

go stid!

9:55 pm

FranMag

brb, diaper time

9:55 pm

stidmama

well, I am past halfway now... (barely)

9:55 pm

ADHDWordLover

clue for the first OB 4/6 and 5/14?

9:56 pm

Ping

i think i'm a quarter way in so far

9:56 pm

lbdawger

adhd, same first three letters + first vowel then plural

9:56 pm

ADHDWordLover

got the OB 4/6

9:57 pm

ADHDWordLover

got them all tx tx tx

9:57 pm

lbdawger

yw adhd

9:57 pm

Jacula

ADHD - shot form of a write up for a dead person, ob5 is the plural.

9:58 pm

Jacula

Too late! Never mind!

9:58 pm

Jacula

Lol

9:58 pm

stidmama

HI 7 please?

9:58 pm

arwennn

I lied. I'm back for a bit. ;)

9:59 pm

lbdawger

male word+first vowel+ spanish word for aunt= hi7

9:59 pm

stidmama

hi again arwennn

9:59 pm

Ping

welcome back arwenn

9:59 pm

stidmama

thanks lbd!

9:59 pm

ADHDWordLover

tx jacula... i had the death notices already

9:59 pm

lbdawger

hi arwen

9:59 pm

ADHDWordLover

i've got all the ob/s now

9:59 pm

lbdawger

yw stid

10:00 pm

Jacula

stid - hi7 = 'that man' + vowel (definite article) + first part of drink *** Maria (coffee liq.)

10:00 pm

Smdnjv

HI 7 HI + opposite or pa + spanish aunt

10:00 pm

stidmama

does the ho 8 build off the ho 7?

10:00 pm

stidmama

thanks also Jacula!

10:00 pm

Ping

what does that mean, lbd?

10:00 pm

ADHDWordLover

i need the OH, both OMs, the ON, both ORs and the first OW WHEW!!

10:01 pm

Jacula

ho8 is relatedated to the ho7 - means 'like' at the end.

10:01 pm

arwennn

although, now I'm on my home computer and I lost my entire lickety's clues list. bleh.

10:01 pm

72 Temple Owl

fireworks! and ihave to run - predicting a sleety rush hour tomorrow

10:01 pm

aknitter

bi 5/16 please

10:01 pm

lbdawger

kind of Stid, you need to add 4th vowel after the first 5 letters

10:01 pm

stidmama

thanks again Jac!

10:01 pm

lbdawger

whoo hoo TO!

10:01 pm

Ping

woo hoo TO!

10:01 pm

stidmama

*looking* good clue lbd!

10:02 pm

lbdawger

plural of the bi4.7 AK

10:02 pm

stidmama

YAY TO!!!!

10:02 pm

Jacula

bi5/16 is plural form of the bi4/7 before it.

10:02 pm

72 Temple Owl

thanks for the help -couldn't have done it without you!

10:02 pm

Jacula

bi + little mother/s.

10:02 pm

stidmama

got it, and that was my last 8... down to 119

10:02 pm

Jacula

Welll done, TO!

10:02 pm

lbdawger

go Stid go!

10:02 pm

stidmama

*sigh* kid is misbehving. tired, I suspect. back soon.

10:02 pm

aknitter

ty missed that plural

10:03 pm

lbdawger

easy to do in this grid AK

10:03 pm

aknitter

lots of weird words today

10:03 pm

72 Temple Owl

and if s dosn't work - try o or a ending

10:03 pm

lbdawger

more than usual it seems.

10:03 pm

72 Temple Owl

try that even if s does work

10:04 pm

72 Temple Owl

bye! *poof*

10:04 pm

lbdawger

or any other combination of pluralization!

10:05 pm

aknitter

i don't think i will finish tonight i will have to settle for being under 100

10:05 pm

lbdawger

night TO

10:06 pm

Jacula

Oh dear, I guess this truly was an old English and latin and latin endings grid. Sorry, you UK folks. T'was a nice Sunday grid for we in UK though! LOL.

10:06 pm

lbdawger

getting over half is good AK!

10:06 pm

Ping

i have 164 to go, aknitter, so i might be settling for the same

10:06 pm

Ping

LOL Jac!

10:06 pm

ADHDWordLover

clue for the second to last AL 4/4 and 4/5 under it and 5/12

10:07 pm

Jacula

Sorry for smiling so broadly, ping.

10:07 pm

ADHDWordLover

i'm at a standstill... keep monkeying around and coming up with nada

10:07 pm

lbdawger

adhd, al** mater

10:07 pm

Ping

you have a fine, fine smile jac - i'm smiling with you

10:08 pm

ADHDWordLover

tx lbd how did i miss that

10:08 pm

Jacula

I did mean, sorry you US folks.

10:08 pm

lbdawger

a+ l*gh* the candles

10:09 pm

ADHDWordLover

got that one i need the one above AL** mater

10:09 pm

lbdawger

Not all of us missed the unusual endings Jac. just not always looking for them

10:10 pm

Jacula

Time I zonked out soon, zonking out means almost no interruptions re night sweats. Niether option is goood for the health.

10:10 pm

lbdawger

adhd, al+ **s a small world after all.

10:10 pm

ADHDWordLover

i have that one too... on lickety's list i need the one above al** mater

10:10 pm

lbdawger

night Jac.

10:11 pm

Jacula

al5/12 - ranch where the cowboys fought it out!

10:11 pm

lbdawger

that is the one above al** mater.

10:11 pm

ADHDWordLover

then that's wierd

10:12 pm

lbdawger

al+ ** good ** it gets

10:12 pm

Ping

sweet dreams, jacula

10:13 pm

pida 1

nite jac, nite everyone one, see ya in the am

10:14 pm

lbdawger

night Pida

10:14 pm

ADHDWordLover

this is wierd

10:14 pm

ADHDWordLover

i need the AL 5/10 below a man's name and the 4/4 under that

10:14 pm

Jacula

Looks like yiu yank have decided it's time for me to go. I hope you get a hit country song from saying that.

10:14 pm

lbdawger

adhd, check your list again. is it a 4 letter word or a 5?

10:14 pm

Jacula

Nite then!

10:14 pm

Jacula

Byeee!!!!!!!!!!

10:15 pm

ADHDWordLover

oh i know what happened

10:15 pm

Pika92585

Im kinda confused about the clues ...im new here

10:15 pm

ADHDWordLover

when i found some words, i just put them in the list instead of typing them up top (if therre was more than one word w/the same point value)

10:15 pm

lbdawger

there was a show on tv called al*** smith and jones

10:15 pm

Ping

could someone clue HO 7/8 please?

10:15 pm

ADHDWordLover

loved that show LB

10:16 pm

Jacula

Sorry, Pika, can't help you! The USA vote is that I bog off!

10:16 pm

Jacula

So am am doing so.

10:16 pm

Jacula

Goodnight!

10:16 pm

lbdawger

ping, Ho+ not max + robot ending for the 8

10:16 pm

ADHDWordLover

i erased them and retyped and forgot two of the words i erased duh... so now i have empty spaces... the 5/10 under the man's name and the 4/4 below that

10:17 pm

Pika92585

im just kinda confused on how to go about using the clues...

10:17 pm

lbdawger

Pika, you might get a bettr understanding by reading anglesongs babble page linked at the bottom of this page

10:17 pm

ADHDWordLover

lickety put the words in different order... than i did when i typed them in.. guess u have to type them in at the top of the list and let lickety place them in order.

10:18 pm

lbdawger

adhd, that makes it a little easier. lol I've done the same thing a dozen times before it finally dawned on me what i was doing!

10:18 pm

ADHDWordLover

pika... go to the links at the bottom of this page and click on Angel Song's (it's where i was directed when i joined a few days ago) it'll help you understand a lot

10:18 pm

Ping

thanks for ho clue, lbd

10:19 pm

lbdawger

Ping, take the 6th letter out of the 8 and you'll get the 7

10:19 pm

autumn moon

Hi all....I think I will stop working on the grid and chat for a bit... still have 149 left!

10:19 pm

lbdawger

Hey autumn

10:19 pm

Ping

i've got the 7, will try to reverse that clue

10:19 pm

ADHDWordLover

okay... now i don't feel so dumb... but i still need that AL 5/10 under the man's name and the AL 4/4 below that

10:20 pm

autumn moon

Hi ibd

10:20 pm

Ping

ihave 144 autumn

10:20 pm

autumn moon

al/5 is plural the one before

10:20 pm

lbdawger

adhd. you got the assumed name one right?

10:20 pm

ADHDWordLover

oh do i feel toopit... lickety's is in alphabetical order lol

10:21 pm

ADHDWordLover

tx got it

10:21 pm

lbdawger

lol poor adhd, that fever really has bitten you

10:21 pm

Ping

lbd, got them both, thanks!

10:21 pm

autumn moon

sorry---hi lbd...I think I did that yesterday too

10:21 pm

ADHDWordLover

now i understand how the list can help you

10:21 pm

lbdawger

that's okay autumn, lots of things going on

10:22 pm

ADHDWordLover

light bulb just burned out in my brain

10:22 pm

ADHDWordLover

how have i gotten 180 words... now it should be a lot easier lol

10:22 pm

lbdawger

al5.14 is to have a story that will back up where you were during a crime.

10:23 pm

ADHDWordLover

i only need the 4/4 after the man's name plural

10:23 pm

Angb

Save us - need clue for st 7

10:24 pm

Krys10

hey peep - if you have your ears on, open up your IM account so we can chat

10:24 pm

lbdawger

al+ **gh me maties

10:25 pm

autumn moon

well, I think I will call it a night. Have to go get the clothes ready for work and pack up the laptop....Have a good night, all.

10:25 pm

lbdawger

Angb, st + ** you like it + 3rd vowel + not pa

10:25 pm

ADHDWordLover

i had placed that one below the space where it was supposed to go so now i need the AL 4/4 below it lol

10:25 pm

lbdawger

night autumn

10:25 pm

lbdawger

al+ ** you like it

10:25 pm

Ping

night, autumn

10:25 pm

ADHDWordLover

see what i did? i just put words in the list spaces as i found them. i did not know they were supposed to be in ABC order duh

10:26 pm

Angb

thnx lbd.

10:26 pm

autumn moon

buh-bye *wave*

10:26 pm

lbdawger

yw Angb

10:26 pm

ADHDWordLover

got is straightened out and got all the ALs tx IBD for clues and patience lol

10:26 pm

lbdawger

adhd, you'll find it a lot easier for tomorrow's grid! :-)

10:27 pm

lbdawger

time to log off for me. good luck babblers, see you all tomorrow

10:27 pm

LuwandaHL

Colts won!!

10:27 pm

ADHDWordLover

i will now that i know how the list works for you lol

10:27 pm

ADHDWordLover

the first BL on the list? 5/14? help?

10:28 pm

LuwandaHL

explode

10:29 pm

ADHDWordLover

never mind.. got the first need the last two BLs 4/6 and 5/14

10:30 pm

LuwandaHL

b + la4/4

10:31 pm

ADHDWordLover

i onlyh need the last BL 5/14

10:32 pm

ADHDWordLover

got that too...

10:32 pm

ADHDWordLover

it's the list working... i'm so excited i know how the list works lol

10:32 pm

Ping

ad 5/14 please please?

10:33 pm

ADHDWordLover

which one ping?

10:33 pm

Ping

both? :(

10:34 pm

ADHDWordLover

AD + male

10:34 pm

LuwandaHL

bl5/15 - a kind of pancake

10:35 pm

Ping

thanks adhd

10:35 pm

ADHDWordLover

AD*** what u do when u get to a hospital for a scheduled surgery (then plural it)

10:35 pm

Ping

thanks, got them all

10:35 pm

ADHDWordLover

AM 5/16 anyone?

10:36 pm

peep

Hey Krys10. Just saw your chat note. trying to Babble while watching TV (Dad)

10:37 pm

LuwandaHL

add a vowel to the one before it

10:38 pm

ADHDWordLover

now need the AM 4/7 help?? please?

10:39 pm

herinfernallady

hello

10:39 pm

Krys10

aha, that's your problem, dad, trying to Babble and watch TV at the same time :)

10:39 pm

Angb

Fireworks - and my brain (and Keith's) hurts

10:40 pm

TeaNCrackers

yay ang!

10:40 pm

peep

My helper says she is the problem too

10:40 pm

herinfernallady

helo everyoine

10:41 pm

ADHDWordLover

hello her

10:41 pm

LuwandaHL

wtg angb

10:41 pm

ADHDWordLover

can anyone help me w/ AM 4/7

10:41 pm

ADHDWordLover

CONGRATS TO ANGB

10:41 pm

ADHDWordLover

sorry about your brain tho

10:42 pm

Ping

i don't remember seeing a VR word before

10:42 pm

Angb

Thnx everyone - had a little help from bro-in-lay

10:42 pm

Ping

hi infernal

10:42 pm

Angb

*law

10:43 pm

Ping

congrats, ang

10:43 pm

herinfernallady

hey ad

10:43 pm

herinfernallady

is it me or is this a hard grid

10:44 pm

Ping

hard one for me

10:44 pm

LuwandaHL

from what i've read in the chat log everyone found it difficult

10:44 pm

LuwandaHL

many obscur words

10:45 pm

ADHDWordLover

clue anyone please for AM 4/7 monkey's tired

10:46 pm

LuwandaHL

am4/7 - sylvester stalone character R****

10:46 pm

LuwandaHL

monkeys found it

10:47 pm

LuwandaHL

gotta go bye

10:47 pm

LuwandaHL

have a great evening

10:47 pm

Ping

night lu

10:47 pm

ADHDWordLover

good monkeys. you deserve a banana.

10:49 pm

ADHDWordLover

first AW anyone????

10:49 pm

ADHDWordLover

i figured it out

10:53 pm

LuwandaHL

okay i had to change my iconbefore i signed off. check out my boys

10:53 pm

LuwandaHL

nite again

10:55 pm

Ping

is the OB 6/7 combo connected to the previous words?

10:57 pm

ursh

good morning all - no ping

10:58 pm

Ping

thanks ursh and good morning to you

11:06 pm

Ping

DO 7 clue, anyone, please?

11:07 pm

ADHDWordLover

a pastor or minister

11:07 pm

ADHDWordLover

ping do u have the DO 6/24?

11:07 pm

Ping

yes, adhd, i do

11:08 pm

mymuseisme

do7 = do + very small + 2nd vowel

11:08 pm

mymuseisme

hi everyone

11:08 pm

ADHDWordLover

do 7/36 DO + MI 4/5 + 2nd vowel

11:08 pm

Ping

thanks, adhd and my muse - got it now

11:09 pm

Ping

hi my muse!

11:09 pm

ADHDWordLover

hi my nice to meet u

11:09 pm

mymuseisme

hi Ping!

11:09 pm

mymuseisme

hi ADHD

11:09 pm

ADHDWordLover

i am new here... few days

11:09 pm

chrisnmelissa

how many words is in this puzzle please

11:09 pm

Ping

how are things in *Malta*?

11:09 pm

mymuseisme

nice to meet you too, another one bites the grid lol!

11:09 pm

Ping

267 words, chris

11:10 pm

chrisnmelissa

thanks

11:10 pm

mymuseisme

ooooh, beautiful ocean waters, sunny breezes (at least in my mind)

11:10 pm

ADHDWordLover

any clue for HO 5/12 (below spanish word for hours)

11:10 pm

mymuseisme

plural of musical insturment

11:11 pm

ADHDWordLover

wront 5/12 on lickety it's the second one

11:11 pm

Ping

H + OR 4

11:12 pm

ADHDWordLover

i don't have either OR

11:12 pm

ADHDWordLover

or the OH or the OMs or the ORs

11:12 pm

Ping

is the HO 6 rel. to the musical instrument too?

11:12 pm

mymuseisme

spanish hour + ** Gore but only 1 vowel

11:13 pm

mymuseisme

no that would be ho**** doodie

11:13 pm

Ping

thanks, my muse, very much

11:14 pm

Ping

i'll have to visit malta some day

11:14 pm

ADHDWordLover

grt clue ping got it tx

11:14 pm

mymuseisme

me too Ping

11:16 pm

Scarlet

Hi, all. Could anyone clue for the su6/30 and 7/44? Can't monkey my way to a normal word... doh, what am I saying... this is Babble!:-)

11:17 pm

ADHDWordLover

got all my Os but the first OW any clues anyone?

11:17 pm

mymuseisme

su6,7 = prefix for under + catcher's ***t, glove

11:17 pm

mymuseisme

plural of night bird

11:17 pm

mymuseisme

then plural that su

11:17 pm

Scarlet

Oh, fish by the boatload. Thanks, mymuse.

11:18 pm

ADHDWordLover

tx mym

11:21 pm

Ping

st 7 please?

11:22 pm

mymuseisme

st + ** you like it + L***, Peru or that yukky veggie l*** bean

11:22 pm

Ping

thanks, my muse, once again!

11:23 pm

mymuseisme

np glad I can help

11:23 pm

ADHDWordLover

SM g/21 anyone? please?

11:24 pm

mymuseisme

add the personal vowel to the 5

11:24 pm

ADHDWordLover

tx muse

11:26 pm

ADHDWordLover

how about the SU 4/5 and 5/12

11:27 pm

Scarlet

Can someone help with sa5/12, The last one: Or the first SA 5/10?

11:27 pm

mymuseisme

corporate clothes for the su4,5

11:27 pm

Scarlet

Wrong word. I have the sa 5/10; it's the sa6/21... the first one.

11:27 pm

ADHDWordLover

i'd luve to but i don't have them

11:28 pm

mymuseisme

sa5/10 is plural of 4/4, sa5/12 sa + *** Serling

11:28 pm

Angb

sa 5/12 sa + fishing pole

11:29 pm

mymuseisme

like the deli sandwich but omit the middle vowel

11:29 pm

mymuseisme

hi Ang

11:29 pm

Angb

sa 6/21 and cheese is great on crackers

11:29 pm

Angb

Hi muse. How goes it?

11:30 pm

Angb

Did you see Fran the weekly QP?

11:30 pm

mymuseisme

sa + Id* A***, notorious for genocide in Africa

11:30 pm

Ping

yes, i did ang, cool!

11:30 pm

mymuseisme

I'm trying to do some of the puzzles now Ang, so haven't had a look yet

11:30 pm

mymuseisme

yes, proud for her!!!!

11:31 pm

Scarlet

Thanks, mymuse for the sa5/12. I have the deli delights, but not first 6/21. That was the one! Thank you very much mm

11:31 pm

Ping

muse, it's on the first screen before you see today's puzzlers

11:31 pm

anike

Fireworks

11:31 pm

Angb

yay anike

11:31 pm

ADHDWordLover

WTG ANIKE

11:32 pm

mymuseisme

congrats anike!

11:32 pm

ADHDWordLover

ca u clue me for the 3 SAs after the deli meat?

11:32 pm

Angb

Love the tomatoes ping

11:32 pm

Ping

woo hoo anike!

11:32 pm

Ping

thanks ang

11:32 pm

mymuseisme

hmmm what happened to my message?

11:32 pm

Scarlet

Good job, anike.

11:33 pm

Angb

Drop one of the a's out of the meat ADHD, and for the 6 plural it

11:33 pm

mymuseisme

I saw it ping just took a while for ANG"S message to get through coz my brain is fried right now

11:33 pm

Angb

And the sa 4/4 is like an abbrev of the meats

11:34 pm

ADHDWordLover

tx angb ... need the two above that

11:34 pm

Minveryork

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?

11:34 pm

Minveryork

By the way, congratulations to all the finishers! YAY!

11:34 pm

mymuseisme

hi Min!

11:34 pm

Angb

Hi Min how are you this evening?

11:35 pm

Angb

Have clued it two chats below

11:35 pm

Ping

muse, my brain is too

11:35 pm

Ping

hi there, min, welcome to the grid!

11:35 pm

ADHDWordLover

great tx

11:35 pm

Minveryork

I am doing well Angb,but will not finish the grid tonite

11:35 pm

Angb

How's it going ADHD? How many more

11:36 pm

Angb

Didn't think I would either Min. Next week will be another story - back to work after summer holidays

11:37 pm

Angb

6 year old son is outside riding our quad bike around front paddock LOL. Grandfather bought it!

11:37 pm

Minveryork

Does anyone have a clue for the pr 8/60 word please

11:38 pm

mymuseisme

to stop something Minver as in 1920's there was Pr******ion against drinking

11:39 pm

Ping

mi 7/44?

11:39 pm

Angb

We all go on holiday in a small omni***

11:39 pm

Angb

mi 7/44 clue

11:39 pm

ursh

small transport vehicle ping

11:40 pm

Ping

thanks, guys!

11:40 pm

Angb

What was that Cliff Richard movie - we're all going on a summer holiday?

11:43 pm

mymuseisme

don't know that one Ang

11:43 pm

Angb

Oh it was "Summer Holiday". I was a fan when a little younger muse

11:45 pm

Minveryork

Does anybody have a clue for the li 6/21 word please?

11:45 pm

ADHDWordLover

may i have a clue for both LA 6/21

11:46 pm

ursh

li6/21= sex drive

11:46 pm

Minveryork

la 6/21 is plural of la 5/12 before it ADHDWordLover.

11:46 pm

Angb

li 6/21 plural of li 5/12. li + gent

11:46 pm

ursh

oops thats 6/27

11:47 pm

smooth_pappa

anyone here in a proof-ready mood?

11:47 pm

ADHDWordLover

tx min and the other 6/21?

11:47 pm

Ping

hark, is that tom sawyer?

11:47 pm

Angb

Pardon smooth?

11:47 pm

Angb

The latin plural ADHD

11:47 pm

mymuseisme

la6/21 other is latin plural

11:48 pm

mymuseisme

hey smooth

11:48 pm

smooth_pappa

I just added a new page to my site, and was curious if anyone would be willing to give it a look over to make sure it looks fine

11:48 pm

smooth_pappa

hi muse

11:48 pm

mymuseisme

had 2 glasses of wine, does that qualify for proof-ready? lol

11:48 pm

Ping

hiya smooth

11:48 pm

ADHDWordLover

grt cluing tx

11:48 pm

smooth_pappa

hey ping!

11:48 pm

smooth_pappa

lol muse

11:48 pm

Scarlet

Hi, Smooth, I'm a retired editor... does that count?

11:48 pm

Ping

your clues are sharp as ever, muse

11:48 pm

Angb

I'm catching up to you muse. What type you drinking?

11:49 pm

Minveryork

Hi smooth_pappa! How are you? Welcome to the grid?

11:49 pm

mymuseisme

oh, thanks Ping

11:49 pm

ADHDWordLover

LA 6/18 and the 4/4 above it and the last 5/18 and i'mdone w/ my LAs

11:49 pm

mymuseisme

had some red wine at my in-laws, I cooked baked ziti

11:49 pm

smooth_pappa

scarlet... sure! if you don't mind, that is... go to www.madcityfinearts.com click on galleries, and scroll down to the "artistic figures" image, then click yes, and look at that page?

11:49 pm

smooth_pappa

hi min!

11:50 pm

mymuseisme

la + do re mi......la ** do

11:50 pm

Angb

ziti? I have seen that in scrabble games but not eaten it LOL. I am a white wine girl - so sauvignon blanc here

11:50 pm

mymuseisme

la6/18 Spanish male might be called a hot la****

11:50 pm

smooth_pappa

and I'm on newcastle again tonight. lol

11:51 pm

kalea

hello everyone

11:51 pm

Minveryork

Does anyone have a clue for the ni 5/16 word please?

11:51 pm

mymuseisme

I like white wine too, indulged in the red for its "health benefits" lol

11:51 pm

mymuseisme

hi kalea

11:51 pm

ADHDWordLover

didn't get that one muse

11:51 pm

Minveryork

Hello kalea!How are you doing?Welcome to the puzzle

11:51 pm

Angb

The singular of the 6 - add me not them to the end.

11:51 pm

Ping

hi kalea

11:52 pm

smooth_pappa

NI 5/16: NI + double hump letter + **cycle

11:52 pm

Angb

That is a clue for the ni 5 / 16

11:52 pm

kalea

hiya muse and Min and Ping

11:52 pm

smooth_pappa

hey kalea!

11:52 pm

Angb

Hi kalea

11:52 pm

mymuseisme

la6/18 = la + ***a Turner + *h no,

11:52 pm

kalea

hiya pappa and Ang

11:53 pm

kalea

ob6 and 7?

11:53 pm

TeaNCrackers

fireworks, whew

11:53 pm

smooth_pappa

kalea a russian province...

11:53 pm

mymuseisme

o + bl5/14 then add personal vowel

11:53 pm

Angb

O bl 6/24 I knew someone would ask that. Then add me to the end

11:54 pm

ADHDWordLover

i was putting Lana Turner lol

11:54 pm

smooth_pappa

o + an explosion is also called this

11:54 pm

mymuseisme

lol

11:54 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations TeaNCrackers on fireworks!Hooray!

11:54 pm

kalea

wow.........thanks

11:54 pm

mymuseisme

congrats Tea

11:54 pm

smooth_pappa

good job tnc!

11:54 pm

Angb

Tea - congrats

11:54 pm

TeaNCrackers

ty

11:55 pm

FranMag

yay TnC!

11:55 pm

smooth_pappa

speaking of russia, Kalea, I spent the millineum new years at the place in your icon. :)

11:55 pm

FranMag

hi people!

11:55 pm

Angb

Hi fran - oh conqueror of QP

11:55 pm

smooth_pappa

hi fran

11:55 pm

mymuseisme

Hi Fran, CONGRATS!!!! on your QP win

11:55 pm

ADHDWordLover

tx now i need to tackle the LIs (got sex drive and tree branch + o and the last two 4/4s . i need all the rest. clue me?

11:55 pm

ADHDWordLover

brb need medicine

11:56 pm

Minveryork

Hi FranMag! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

11:56 pm

Ping

hey fran

11:56 pm

Ping

congrats fran for qp

11:56 pm

Angb

li 4/5 - type of bean

11:56 pm

FranMag

thanks Muse!

11:56 pm

mymuseisme

li4/5,5/12, li** beans, plural; li + male, plural

11:56 pm

FranMag

thanks ping!

11:56 pm

Angb

li 4/7 is - an arm and a leg is a li**

11:56 pm

mymuseisme

li4/7 arms and legs are your li**, then add personal vowel

11:57 pm

Scarlet

Well, smooth, there isn't a single thing that could, or should, be changed. Images are powerful, the text is tight and the message is subjective, yet universal. Good work.

11:57 pm

justafreep

wow. got the VR word and... fini!

11:57 pm

mymuseisme

congrats just

11:57 pm

Angb

li 5/16 - do the li*** - dance under a stick

11:57 pm

TeaNCrackers

yay, justa!

11:58 pm

smooth_pappa

thanks scarlet! i tend to make typos and grammatical mistakes, so I always love to have someone look it over. images, as well!... thanks a lot!

11:58 pm

Angb

li 5/16 change the vowel of previous to the one previous

11:58 pm

FranMag

sorry, got a phone call just as i came on!

11:58 pm

Angb

yay just

11:58 pm

FranMag

hi muse, angb, ping, smooth, TnC, scarlet!

11:58 pm

Scarlet

You're welcome. Any time I'm here, I'd be happy to look anything over for you.

11:58 pm

FranMag

and hello anyone i missed

11:58 pm

TeaNCrackers

hey, fran

11:59 pm

smooth_pappa

thanks... I'll keep that in mind!

11:59 pm

FranMag

yay angb!

11:59 pm

egbokmom

shoot, I wanted to get to 50!

11:59 pm

Minveryork

Hi justafreep! How are you? Welcome to the puzzle!

11:59 pm

egbokmom

3 short

11:59 pm

Angb

You yaying me for any reason Fran - or merely my existence?

11:59 pm

Minveryork

Hi egbokmom!How are you doing?Welcome to the grid

11:59 pm

mymuseisme

how about sa** and pepper, plural

11:59 pm

FranMag

oh, i thought you just finished.

11:59 pm

Angb

332 tomorrow I think

11:59 pm

smooth_pappa

isn't that enough?

12:00 am

Minveryork

Congratulations justafreep on fireworks! Good for U!

12:00 am

mymuseisme

heaven forbid ANG!!!!

12:00 am

Scarlet

Hi FranMag and all.

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