Babble: Archived Puzzle for Sunday, December 7, 2008

12:00 am

Jellen

flip

12:00 am

jjks

whee!

12:00 am

Nef

Flip

12:00 am

PAV3

flip!

12:00 am

jillibus

oh, not ANOTHER huge one!!!

12:00 am

nDanLia

flip

12:01 am

Nef

I'm sitting this ne oout! Too amny big grids lately and I don't have time to do them!

12:01 am

justafreep

sh7

12:01 am

nDanLia

ov 4/7 5/16 7/40 9/55 9/72

12:01 am

MLFAN17

hello

12:01 am

jillibus

same here, Nef -- this is such a busy time of the year for me!

12:01 am

MLFAN17

i got it too thanks freep

12:01 am

nDanLia

* s/b 8/55 not 9/55

12:01 am

jillibus

hi mlf

12:01 am

PAV3

st7

12:02 am

Nef

Good luck everyone! Bedtime foor me! <poof>

12:02 am

jillibus

night nef

12:02 am

MLFAN17

hi jill

12:02 am

nDanLia

actually, ov 8/55 x 2

12:02 am

Jellen

G'night, Nef

12:03 am

justafreep

thanks, nDan

12:03 am

angelinaxox

hi all, in 8/9

12:03 am

justafreep

anoterh ov7, too

12:03 am

MLFAN17

RE 7

12:04 am

PAV3

hi 6/7

12:04 am

justafreep

ov8 x 3

12:04 am

angelinaxox

thanks for the ov 8/9 ndan

12:04 am

jillibus

I get depressed, seeing all the big words you guys find when I can only see little ones

12:04 am

MLFAN17

IN 8/9

12:05 am

nDanLia

ti 4/4 6/18 7/28 5/10

12:05 am

MLFAN17

oops sorry thanks angel i just got it too

12:05 am

Poirot

in 8

12:05 am

jillibus

well, I got the Y word

12:05 am

hurshy

!

12:05 am

PAV3

Jilli...and I have a big screen and can't seem to se them until much later as well....

12:05 am

nDanLia

hi 4/5 6/21 7/32 5/12

12:05 am

PAV3

tits

12:06 am

MLFAN17

ZO 5/6/5

12:06 am

MLFAN17

Si 6/7

12:06 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:06 am

justafreep

hi7 x 2

12:06 am

mrpresident

jilli, it is a facinating word

12:07 am

MLFAN17

ST 7/8 if not called

12:07 am

Jellen

Thanks, lickety!

12:07 am

jillibus

PAV!!!! PB!

12:07 am

justafreep

ve7

12:07 am

jillibus

tyvm indeed, Lickety!

12:07 am

justafreep

st7 x 2

12:07 am

flosey

wow, missed flip!

12:08 am

justafreep

ti7

12:08 am

mrpresident

the ov8 x 4 are all compounds and the ov9 is a plural of one of them

12:08 am

nDanLia

ti 5/12 6/21 7/32 6/21

12:08 am

MLFAN17

My Epxert is finally back

12:08 am

jillibus

hi flosey -- ya shore did!

12:09 am

flosey

was busy printing pics

12:09 am

hurshy

so, i have had a fire going in my fireplace this evening, and now i have discovered that old eggrolls are excellent kindling.

12:09 am

jillibus

my flamingoes are tackier than yours, flosey, lol!

12:10 am

jillibus

LOL hursh! Aromatic, too?

12:10 am

flosey

lol, how well I remember these things appearing

12:10 am

Jellen

lol, hurshy

12:10 am

Angelsong

hi, everyone. I have had a lot of fun today. I have been working on my lists of freeware/open source software for windows and Mac, and I got a book that I ordered: The Complete Tightwad Gazette. We got our Christmas lights up outside our house and in the yard, too, and our Christmas tree is coming along nicely.

12:11 am

hurshy

you get a big of eggroll smell at first, yes - then it just smells charry

12:11 am

Jellen

Hi, Angelsong

12:11 am

justafreep

ra7

12:11 am

flosey

thanks justa

12:12 am

jillibus

hi angel

12:12 am

justafreep

ne7

12:12 am

hurshy

the scary thing is, it's still solid - i think it's just the oil that burned. what the heck is the rest of it made of?

12:12 am

mrpresident

ze 7

12:13 am

MLFAN17

NE 6/7

12:13 am

justafreep

t7 x 3

12:13 am

mrpresident

st8 x 2

12:14 am

jillibus

hursh -- cute little punkin in your icon :)

12:15 am

hurshy

yes, my nephew, pumpkinboy!

12:15 am

MLFAN17

ST 6/7

12:15 am

cjmomma

hello everyone

12:16 am

mrpresident

hi cjm :)

12:16 am

Jellen

Hi, cj

12:16 am

PAV3

sh5/8/6 combo

12:16 am

cjmomma

looking for more flamingos...

12:17 am

nDanLia

rudyard would s'nn'ile at today's grid

12:17 am

cjmomma

I refreshed but still not on icon here

12:17 am

MLFAN17

ze 6/7

12:18 am

hurshy

ov8 x 2 if not yet called, plus ov7

12:18 am

jillibus

NBT

12:18 am

hurshy

plus in8 and st8

12:18 am

MLFAN17

HI 4/6/7

12:19 am

jillibus

hmmmm -- rudyard...

12:19 am

PAV3

there's an in8/9 combo if not called

12:19 am

mrpresident

all 5 ov's called and the ov9

12:19 am

jillibus

no mowgli...

12:19 am

hurshy

okies

12:19 am

mrpresident

all 4 ov 8's that is

12:19 am

jillibus

no kim....

12:20 am

Dax

thanks pav3

12:20 am

nDanLia

in the how the line

12:20 am

MLFAN17

VE 5/6

12:20 am

jillibus

ho9w the line???

12:24 am

tygerbryght

hey, peeps. I think I may just skip this one. I'll give it a try, but I'm sooo tired of big ones

12:24 am

PAV3

se6/7 combo

12:24 am

mrpresident

te 7

12:25 am

jillibus

so am I, tyger -- will just do a bit, as usual. So unfun.

12:26 am

tygerbryght

jilli, your flamingoes look flourescent

12:26 am

PAV3

NBT finally!

12:27 am

nDanLia

just how big is it? rolling along over 120

12:27 am

jillibus

aren't they horrid, tyger? They even have whirligigs on them

12:27 am

PAV3

100 down!...must change my icon pic...

12:27 am

jillibus

257. nDan

12:27 am

MLFAN17

are the R words all related?

12:28 am

MLFAN17

OOPS I meant AR

12:28 am

jillibus

dunno, mlf -- only have one

12:28 am

MLFAN17

Hi 7 x2 which i am sure has been called

12:32 am

cjmomma

checking if mine did

12:34 am

MLFAN17

Ti 7 x2

12:35 am

cybernan

hello everyone

12:35 am

MLFAN17

okay i have 101 i am out bye

12:35 am

joshuavorbis

good evening babblers

12:35 am

cjmomma

night MLF and hi josh

12:36 am

cjmomma

hi cyber

12:36 am

jillibus

night mlf

12:36 am

jillibus

hi non

12:36 am

jillibus

nan

12:36 am

hurshy

200!

12:37 am

flosey

wow hursh, wtg

12:38 am

cjmomma

good job...only at 85 here

12:38 am

cjmomma

going to dive in now though ;)

12:38 am

Forbes

is there any words using the Z or Y?

12:38 am

hurshy

1 Y, 12 Z

12:38 am

hurshy

lots more if you mean just being IN the word

12:41 am

Trifioso

oh my god, I have the worst insomnia on EARTH... starting this grid prob won't help, will it?

12:41 am

joshuavorbis

NBT

12:42 am

hurshy

actually i often find babble puts me to sleep, after i get stuck

12:42 am

PAV3

tein

12:43 am

PAV3

just checking to see if anyone noticed....

12:43 am

Trifioso

I hope that works for me, too hurshy. I have a TON of stuff to do tomorrow, and this is going to be ugly

12:44 am

hurshy

:) pav

12:45 am

tygerbryght

never can tell, trif. try for 15 mins. if it doesn't start making you yawn, try something else - like reading, maybe? If I read for a while, especially if it's not something I find intensely interesting, I get sleepy :)

12:45 am

jillibus

heavens, hursh! just noticed your 200 -- and more now I guess

12:45 am

PAV3

> halfway...and Joey's having a "chase" dream...wonder if it's a cat or another dog...

12:45 am

hurshy

yes, 221

12:45 am

tygerbryght

now, PAV. there's apple pie, Lindor truffles & wine in the PB - probably other stuff, too

12:46 am

tygerbryght

hursh is fast, just like stid

12:46 am

hurshy

the v's are perhaps the hardest today

12:46 am

PAV3

I'm sorry, did I say something?

12:47 am

jillibus

yes indeed

12:47 am

jillibus

I mean about hursh being a fast woman, lol

12:48 am

PAV3

tyger....what did I say?

12:48 am

melonheadjujube

hi, all

12:49 am

jillibus

hi melon

12:49 am

tygerbryght

you said a word :)

12:49 am

Jellen

Hi, melon

12:49 am

anike

175 word done but really struggling now so might go and test out the pool

12:50 am

PAV3

duh...which word?

12:50 am

jillibus

oh yum, pool!

12:50 am

melonheadjujube

hi, jilli - I got to NBT

12:50 am

jillibus

wtg melon

12:50 am

tygerbryght

te4

12:50 am

hurshy

that's not a word!

12:50 am

Trifioso

what does NBT mean again? Naughty bits tingling?

12:51 am

tygerbryght

I've got 102. I *may* do this sucker

12:51 am

tygerbryght

LOLOL, trif

12:51 am

tygerbryght

No Blank Tiles

12:51 am

Trifioso

oh, wait, it's no blank tiles, right?

12:51 am

Trifioso

I still like mine better....

12:51 am

tygerbryght

oh? oh, yeah. needs a vowel on the end; sorry

12:52 am

tygerbryght

well, I'm gone. after I have snack & pills, if I come back, it'll be to Lickety. nytol

12:52 am

PAV3

hands tyger my progressive lenses...

12:53 am

joshuavorbis

i'm surprised the old-guys-driving-around-in-little-cars
-in-parades word isn't a word

12:53 am

tygerbryght

LOL *poof*

12:53 am

Trifioso

I get that the um...scatological word is accepted, but why isn't it accepted with a vowel at the end? I have heard lots of brits and irish people say it.....

12:53 am

hurshy

i'm having troubles with the A's

12:53 am

Jellen

Speaking of the old guys, we had our town Christmas parade tonight...

12:54 am

PAV3

Trif..I think it's because it's rude and impolite to say it correctly in public...

12:54 am

hurshy

ah, there's some

12:55 am

PAV3

there was something going on here as well, Jellen...created traffic nightmare for hours....

12:56 am

Jellen

We had the old guys driving around in little boats...

12:59 am

Jellen

And tomorrow, we're going to see White Christmas at the historical theatre in town.

12:59 am

Trifioso

it is rude to say the british version, pav?

12:59 am

cjmomma

sounds like great fun Jellen

1:00 am

PAV3

not if you're British...?

1:00 am

Jellen

I think I might actually enjoy the holidays this year!

1:00 am

Trifioso

oh, cool - speaking of british, doctor who just started. I am TOTALLY falling asleep in church tomorrow.

1:00 am

hurshy

scifi?

1:00 am

cjmomma

Once I get over the intial stress I might

1:00 am

Trifioso

yup

1:01 am

PAV3

my friend's mum used to get angry with him for saying it , so he altered it a bit to read "Shiite Muslim" and throw her off...

1:01 am

hurshy

episode?

1:01 am

cybernan

slowed to a halt -- 100 for tomorrow -- good night all :)

1:01 am

Jellen

G'night, nan

1:01 am

PAV3

night nan!

1:01 am

cjmomma

night cyber

1:01 am

melonheadjujube

off to bed - 101 so far - 10 7s, 3 8s, & NBT. nite all.

1:02 am

hurshy

oohoo, i got all the z's

1:02 am

cjmomma

night melon

1:02 am

PAV3

night melon...

1:02 am

Trifioso

let's see, its the new series, with david tennant....planet of the ood, looks like

1:02 am

Jellen

G'night, melon

1:03 am

hurshy

*thinks whether she saw that one...*

1:03 am

Trifioso

wanna come watch with me??

1:03 am

PAV3

what are you watching?

1:03 am

Trifioso

ooh, the puppy is snoring. Does it get cuter than that? doctor who, pav

1:04 am

hurshy

i don't think i did see this one

1:04 am

cjmomma

I'm not digging these VE's

1:05 am

Trifioso

I need one more n to grey out the top row....ugh

1:05 am

hurshy

i have all the N's... but need 2 R's and 3 A's for that row :)

1:06 am

hurshy

all the top N's are related to other top N's, run a plural check

1:07 am

PAV3

N's are done...missing 2 z's. hmmmm

1:07 am

Trifioso

bless you hurshy, that was exactly it! I am always bedeviled with plurals.

1:08 am

hurshy

4 ze4's

1:08 am

hurshy

if you have all those, all the remaining Z's are related to other Z's

1:09 am

PAV3

I have three ze4's

1:10 am

hurshy

well, you know the blood vessel you wish were there but it isn't? try with a z

1:10 am

PAV3

thnaks hursh!

1:12 am

PAV3

z's are done! have to look at the whole grid and not just a few letters in one direction...

1:13 am

cjmomma

yay the v's are done taking a break

1:14 am

hurshy

i'm gonna use the list only cause i want to finish to focus on dr who!

1:14 am

hurshy

19 to go though, that's not bad

1:14 am

Trifioso

what will you do tomorrow, hurshy - all day with no grid???

1:15 am

hurshy

well, first i'll have to sleep

1:15 am

hurshy

and then there's grocery shopping

1:15 am

MayneGuy

s

1:15 am

hurshy

christmas carol singing service

1:16 am

hurshy

not to mention books, crosswords, sudoku...

1:16 am

Trifioso

i will def be napping tomorrow!

1:16 am

rururocks

I'll be wathcing football...is everyone done already?

1:17 am

flosey

hi ru, not me, 57 to go

1:18 am

Jellen

Hi, ruru. I have plenty left!

1:18 am

rururocks

Thanks I was feeling a bit lonely and pokey

1:18 am

Trifioso

hello ruru - i am not so far in as others, with only 118 to my credit

1:19 am

PAV3

I have 104 left...

1:19 am

joshuavorbis

80 left here

1:19 am

hurshy

where is the doctor? all i keep seeing is gladiators

1:20 am

Jellen

Good night, all. The rest will wait for tomorrow!

1:20 am

hurshy

are you sure it's on scifi?

1:21 am

Trifioso

oh, hurshy, I am so sorry - i thought you meant, "is it sci fi?" not the channel. It's on BBC America

1:21 am

Trifioso

nite jellen. Please, take me to the land of nod with you?

1:21 am

hurshy

ohhh... hmm, don't think i have that

1:22 am

rururocks

found the ov 8

1:22 am

hurshy

which one, ruru? :)

1:22 am

joshuavorbis

so did i, ruru, like this second - there's a 9 there too

1:23 am

hurshy

weird word alert: ev + loading or neutral

1:23 am

rururocks

thanks got it

1:23 am

jillibus

Over halfway here, and NBT of course, that's all

1:24 am

rururocks

new one for me thanks hursh

1:24 am

jillibus

the lon ov words have me buffaloed

1:24 am

jillibus

long

1:24 am

rururocks

78 left for me.. just started though

1:24 am

jillibus

tired again, can't type right

1:24 am

jillibus

ruru is a genius

1:25 am

joshuavorbis

weird, got that weird ev word

1:25 am

Trifioso

greyed out the z's!

1:25 am

ursh

jilli if you leave jelly in the fridge it will ov7 & 8

1:26 am

ursh

rather if you leave it too long

1:26 am

hurshy

by the way

1:26 am

hurshy

i was thinking about something

1:26 am

rururocks

missing one o

1:26 am

hurshy

and i think i have a weight loss tip

1:26 am

Trifioso

the ev word bugs me. in that in any sort of english usage?

1:26 am

joshuavorbis

there are 4 ov8's that i count

1:27 am

jillibus

thinking, ursh, but that's hard at this hour, lol

1:27 am

hurshy

you see, i was watching man vs wild and he was in siberia or something

1:27 am

flosey

48 to go, I'm off to bed, be back in the morning

1:27 am

rururocks

oh.. that is it I am missing 1 ov 8

1:27 am

flosey

goodnight all

1:27 am

hurshy

and he said you need food because your body has to burn more calories to keep your core temp up in the cold

1:28 am

cjmomma

night flosey

1:28 am

jillibus

ah, got the jello, ty ursh

1:28 am

hurshy

so i thought, keep the house cold, save money on heat, AND burn calories!

1:28 am

ursh

try the other ov - be in charge of a project ov 7 8 & 9

1:28 am

jillibus

night flosey :)

1:28 am

joshuavorbis

and don't forget the ov8 past participle

1:29 am

lynxxx

Hello everyone

1:29 am

PAV3

thanks Hurshy! again...now < 100 to go!

1:29 am

ursh

josh grammar lessons were too long ago cant remember what past participles are

1:29 am

PAV3

and Ursh and Josh...must be the sh's in y'all!

1:29 am

cjmomma

hi lynxxx

1:29 am

joshuavorbis

when you use a past tense of a verb as an adjective or indirect object

1:29 am

ursh

hello lynxx

1:30 am

ursh

oh my goodness josh and i dont have the "tired" excuse it is 9.30am here

1:30 am

PAV3

Hi Lynxxx!

1:31 am

joshuavorbis

just say you slept badly and work with that, ursh

1:31 am

ursh

good plan josh

1:32 am

ursh

think will take a break and come back later have 78 left

1:32 am

lynxxx

bye Ursh

1:33 am

cjmomma

bye ursh...

1:33 am

ursh

will wait a bit i think - hub has worm farm and is chopping up veg matter in the kitchen to feed worms - if i stay out of the kitchen maybe he will clean it up

1:33 am

Trifioso

hello lynxxx - all well in oz?

1:33 am

hurshy

well stick a fork in me cause i'm done

1:33 am

jillibus

hi lynxxx

1:34 am

PAV3

ruru. did you get all your ov?s

1:34 am

jillibus

hooray for hurshy!!!

1:34 am

rururocks

nope missing one

1:34 am

hurshy

night all!

1:34 am

PAV3

Yay! Hurshy!

1:34 am

Trifioso

nite hurshy. I will tell the doctor you say hi

1:34 am

lynxxx

All's lovely Trif, we are having great weather

1:34 am

PAV3

ov8 60?

1:34 am

hurshy

ty trif :)

1:34 am

rururocks

I have the two 8's in a row and the following 9

1:34 am

rururocks

ov 8/60 I do not have

1:34 am

hurshy

pav - anorexic

1:34 am

lynxxx

Hooray for Hursh, nite!

1:34 am

joshuavorbis

did you get the anorexic one, ruru

1:35 am

PAV3

3 x ov8 55 and ov8 60

1:35 am

jillibus

I'm missing the first ov7 and the 8 after it, and the last ov 8

1:35 am

PAV3

compound word...not quite sticks, but not fat either

1:36 am

jillibus

ty for the anorexic :)

1:36 am

PAV3

jilli...when you are a supervisor you ov7 a project, group task...

1:36 am

jillibus

I have that one, thx, pav -- it's the 7 & 8 before that which I'm missing

1:37 am

jillibus

oh, silly me -- gottem

1:37 am

PAV3

when you leave something out on the table, and it turns hard as rock...

1:38 am

rururocks

don't see the anorexic one..

1:38 am

jillibus

got all the ov words now, thanks

1:38 am

jillibus

not too fat, ruru

1:38 am

PAV3

ruru...models are typically th4, unnaturally so , it seems...

1:39 am

rururocks

oh

1:39 am

rururocks

thanks all the ov's are done now

1:39 am

Trifioso

how many ov words are there, please?

1:40 am

PAV3

I've 91 left and the poopies are tired and ready for more sleep following th5 naps....will finish mananana. Ciao!

1:40 am

rururocks

night pavie

1:41 am

lynxxx

10 Trif

1:41 am

jillibus

trif, don't you have Lickety's list?

1:41 am

lynxxx

goodnite PAV

1:41 am

jillibus

ciao, pav

1:42 am

Trifioso

i am trying not to list until the last minute....sorry for being a pain, asking for the count. Seems I am missing one. I am also missing most of my brain, due to the late hour, so I think I will leave off the ov's for now. thanks tho, lynxxx

1:42 am

rururocks

is there only 1 no?

1:43 am

Trifioso

yes

1:43 am

Angelsong

could a person who pens rhymes be called a ve6/27?

1:43 am

rururocks

and 1 ni?

1:44 am

Trifioso

I have 5 ni words, so far

1:44 am

jillibus

try it, angel :)

1:44 am

Trifioso

I think another sensible word would be a re5 that means "to put something back in a can" but noooooooo

1:48 am

rururocks

there cannot be that many v's...crap

1:55 am

sprite

morning all

1:55 am

cjmomma

ok I'm done for the night...pillow calling me, night all

1:55 am

lynxxx

hi Sprite!

1:55 am

rururocks

hi sprite!!!!

1:55 am

sprite

night cjmomma

1:55 am

lynxxx

nite CJ

1:56 am

sprite

hiya lyn and ruru, how are you doing today?

1:56 am

jillibus

hi sprite

1:56 am

sprite

hi jilli! Beautiful flamingos you have there.

1:56 am

lynxxx

Good...enjoying the relaxing grid

1:56 am

rururocks

had a good day... a close friend who wanted to get pregnant got pregnant 1 month after coming off birth control.. we are very happy for her

1:57 am

jillibus

aren't they awful!

1:57 am

jillibus

yours really are beautiful, prite!

1:57 am

rururocks

*** that was my christmas present for your for your front lawn jilli ...darn ***

1:57 am

jillibus

sprite

1:57 am

sprite

that is wonderful news, ruru. May she have an easy pregnancy and delivery, and a strong and healthy child!

1:57 am

rururocks

plastic lawn flamingos

1:57 am

jillibus

good thing I don't have a front lawn, ruru!

1:57 am

lynxxx

Good party trick Jilli! I like it

1:57 am

sprite

lol jilli, yours win the prize. Pinker than pink.

1:58 am

rururocks

thanks sprite. I hope so too

1:58 am

rururocks

*** puts in small lawn at jilli's house ***

1:58 am

jillibus

they also have whirligigs

1:59 am

lynxxx

BBS

1:59 am

sprite

ohhhh I just saw it jilli... they are incredible!

1:59 am

sprite

bfn lyn, hurry back :)

1:59 am

jillibus

ruru, if you go to my garden set in flickr you'll see what i have

1:59 am

sprite

imagine, jilli, waking up to see 81 of these in your garden!

2:01 am

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