Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, December 10, 2009

12:00 am

crpw48

flip

12:00 am

flosey

flip

12:00 am

diem

flip

12:00 am

jillibus

flip

12:00 am

dcseain

flop

12:00 am

VolleymomDee

flip

12:01 am

lynxxx

flip. Hi all

12:01 am

jillibus

hi lynxxx

12:01 am

jillibus

hi dee hi

12:02 am

Pinikula

flip (with new icon) ;)

12:02 am

VolleymomDee

hugs jili

12:03 am

jillibus

nice, pini -- wish you'd tell the story

12:03 am

cybernan

hello everyone :)

12:03 am

Pinikula

Let me see if I can find it...

12:03 am

jillibus

hi nan

12:03 am

lynxxx

hi C'nan

12:04 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:04 am

dcseain

thanks, lickety

12:05 am

jillibus

YAY Lickety!!!

12:05 am

vashongin

ty lickety

12:06 am

MLFAN17

hello

12:06 am

dcseain

finding lots of PR words

12:07 am

jillibus

hi mlf

12:07 am

MLFAN17

hi jill

12:07 am

jillibus

117, mlf

12:08 am

MLFAN17

ty jill

12:08 am

jillibus

;)

12:08 am

cybernan

stinky little thing, n'est ce pas?

12:09 am

dcseain

i'm more than halfway

12:09 am

jillibus

yes indeed, nan

12:09 am

MLFAN17

lucky you dc i am struggling here

12:10 am

jillibus

you must have twisted eyes, dc, lol!

12:10 am

NonnieLight

belated flippity flop

12:10 am

jillibus

hi nonnie -- long time!

12:10 am

lynxxx

hi Nonnie

12:10 am

NonnieLight

Hello jilli! How are you?

12:11 am

NonnieLight

hiya lynxxx

12:11 am

jillibus

hah -- got an na6

12:11 am

MLFAN17

jill i know i dont have twisty eyes for ths one lol

12:11 am

dcseain

opries is a word in southern

12:12 am

Pinikula

grand ol', dc?

12:12 am

dcseain

it's opry, there are multiple opries, though

12:14 am

Pinikula

that's what I was thinking, dc...should have said "type" at the end

12:14 am

Pinikula

er...type(s)

12:15 am

sammysmom

jill- your getting an na/6 makes me ill

12:15 am

rururocks

f's are done and the bottom row

12:15 am

jillibus

just as this grid makes ME ill, sam

12:16 am

sammysmom

lol

12:16 am

jillibus

wtg ruru!

12:16 am

sammysmom

mors

12:16 am

sammysmom

from

12:16 am

dcseain

go, go ruru

12:16 am

jillibus

uh oh, sam!

12:16 am

NonnieLight

lol--thank you sammy

12:18 am

sammysmom

smom hangs her head and blushes for being so punny

12:18 am

vashongin

just need the lone o and i in the 2nd column for nbt

12:18 am

cybernan

pr 6 if not called

12:18 am

sammysmom

mesa

12:18 am

dcseain

pr6*2

12:18 am

vashongin

i have pr 6 x 3 nan

12:19 am

dcseain

ty, vash

12:19 am

jillibus

smom, you need BabbleExpert!

12:20 am

sammysmom

sorry typed in the wrong bod- on my wat to the pb - with a quick grab at the choklit

12:20 am

MLFAN17

Was PO 8 called?

12:21 am

jillibus

smom, do you know about Expert?

12:21 am

VolleymomDee

pr 6 x 2

12:21 am

sammysmom

why jil?- i have you- you are my babble expert

12:21 am

MLFAN17

i know about Expert

12:21 am

jillibus

don't think so, mlf

12:21 am

dcseain

i don't think so, mlf

12:21 am

MLFAN17

t has now:)

12:21 am

rururocks

thanks for the po8 mlf

12:21 am

jillibus

not the same, smom
1

12:22 am

rururocks

I had no idea that was a word

12:22 am

sammysmom

no- i don t know about expert

12:22 am

jillibus

seriously, smom -- do you know about it?

12:22 am

vashongin

dee i have pr 6/21, 6/24, and pr 6/36

12:22 am

jillibus

do you have a PC or a Mac?

12:22 am

sammysmom

tell me pleaser

12:22 am

sammysmom

please

12:22 am

sammysmom

pc

12:23 am

MLFAN17

it givesy you the list on the same page as you are on now and you are supposed to be able to typ0e in the words and they should go directly into the list

12:23 am

VolleymomDee

ty vash

12:23 am

MLFAN17

And its free

12:23 am

Team_Edward

how do you get it?

12:24 am

sammysmom

thank you for assuming that i am computer literate- i can barely manage this-lol

12:24 am

MLFAN17

contact Lickety i believe and tell them you want it its a zip file i believe

12:24 am

jillibus

good - then you can getit for free by emailing Lickety and he will send it to you. It puts everything on the same page, and there's a box where if you type one word it automatically goes both to Lickety's list and the Word list, and if you type more than one word it goes to the chat.

12:25 am

dcseain

you'll find lickety's email to the right on his page

12:25 am

jillibus

It's very simple smom -- not a zip file, an exe

12:25 am

cybernan

there is also a pr 6/27 for pr 6x4

12:25 am

vashongin

ty nan

12:26 am

jillibus

Lickety explains it all

12:26 am

VolleymomDee

ty nan, was just typing that one in

12:26 am

dcseain

ty, nan

12:26 am

MLFAN17

it a compressed file on my desktop:)

12:26 am

cybernan

still have 6 blank tiles!

12:26 am

jillibus

haven't you opened it, mlf?

12:27 am

dcseain

single i is a babblet

12:27 am

VolleymomDee

still can't find the middle o and i :(

12:27 am

jillibus

as usual, I chat too much, but I'm not in a hurry

12:28 am

VolleymomDee

ty dc found that one!

12:28 am

MLFAN17

when i clcik on it it opesn a box and then i click on babbleexpert application

12:28 am

MLFAN17

dee the one next to the Z?

12:29 am

VolleymomDee

2nd column a is one dc mentioned in 4/4

12:29 am

cybernan

there are 2 single i's and I don't have either

12:29 am

stidmama

hello friends, not playing yet -- will save it for needed brain breaks tomorrow.

12:29 am

jillibus

I have a BabbleExpert shortcut on my desktop, which I always use.

12:29 am

stidmama

how does it look so far?

12:29 am

dcseain

babblet and particles, respectively

12:29 am

dcseain

evening, stid

12:30 am

VolleymomDee

other i is io 4/4

12:30 am

diem

nbt,s

12:30 am

vashongin

io 4/4 is the other

12:30 am

jillibus

hi stid :)

12:30 am

VolleymomDee

sorry lag here

12:30 am

VolleymomDee

what is the o in the 2nd column diem?

12:31 am

MLFAN17

jill its just the way it came up on my computer:) I didnt put it anywhere specific..on other computer i could never find it i always had to do a search in order to be able to use it

12:31 am

cybernan

got the particles

12:31 am

jillibus

nan, there's in4 too

12:31 am

diem

vol pasta

12:32 am

cybernan

ty jill -- the missing one!

12:32 am

dcseain

fish past at that, ty diem

12:33 am

diem

yw

12:33 am

MLFAN17

okay i can only find 55 i am out poof

12:34 am

cybernan

just need the left o now

12:34 am

sammysmom

am going to bed with earphones on to drwon out the sound iof the wind- it is making me nervous

12:34 am

jillibus

nan, that's the pasta

12:34 am

dcseain

that's a pasta, nan

12:34 am

VolleymomDee

ty diem or 4/9 nan

12:34 am

sammysmom

nite all

12:34 am

jillibus

bye mlf!

12:34 am

Pinikula

thx! :)

12:34 am

cybernan

yep -- just found it -- nbt

12:35 am

Pinikula

night sammy

12:35 am

jillibus

wtg nan!

12:35 am

Pinikula

need the center E for NBT

12:35 am

dcseain

g'night sammy

12:35 am

vashongin

ty dee

12:35 am

jillibus

I can't find a Z

12:35 am

dcseain

bird variant, pini

12:35 am

VolleymomDee

yqw nbt

12:35 am

dcseain

i have 5 of the Zs

12:35 am

vashongin

this big bird pink

12:35 am

VolleymomDee

ze 4/9

12:35 am

dcseain

2 follow diagonal lines

12:35 am

cybernan

wow seain -- only have 2 here

12:36 am

VolleymomDee

blind on most of the z's here

12:36 am

dcseain

ze4.9*2, zo 4,5,5 so far

12:36 am

dcseain

er, zo 4,5,4 so far rather

12:36 am

jillibus

ty dee

12:36 am

stidmama

okay, looks like a reasonable grid tomorrow. something to look forward to. I will be back in the afternoon... (((hugs all)))

*Poof*

12:37 am

Pinikula

night stid ;)

12:37 am

dcseain

hasta, stid

12:37 am

vashongin

zo 4/9 dee

12:37 am

jillibus

dc, are those Zs real words?

12:37 am

jillibus

bye stid

12:37 am

VolleymomDee

vasg U gave zo 4/9 x 2

12:37 am

dcseain

yes, jilli, so far, though zo4.9 is unfamiliar to me, so not common

12:38 am

vashongin

yes

12:38 am

rururocks

I have 2 ze and 3 zo

12:38 am

VolleymomDee

lol meant...vash I have zo 4/9 x 2

12:38 am

jillibus

ty dc, guess I'm just blind

12:38 am

vashongin

i'm looking for the other zo 5 to close out my z's

12:38 am

dcseain

as do i ruru

12:39 am

vashongin

or is there only one zo 5?

12:39 am

rururocks

two zo 5?

12:40 am

VolleymomDee

I can't find a second zo 5

12:40 am

vashongin

ok...i see dc had a typo zo 4 5 4 then

12:40 am

rururocks

thrree ze 4

12:41 am

dcseain

ty, ruru

12:41 am

rururocks

ze 4, 4, 4, zo 4, 5,4

12:41 am

vashongin

ty ruru

12:41 am

VolleymomDee

ty ru found it

12:41 am

dcseain

that's German. hmph

12:41 am

vashongin

got it

12:42 am

jillibus

that helped me, dc, lol!

12:42 am

cybernan

z's done here too

12:43 am

vashongin

finally found the po 8...i never even see the po 4/5 to start with

12:43 am

jillibus

still 2 bts

12:43 am

dcseain

glad to be of service, jilli :)

12:43 am

rururocks

glad you got over the hump on that po 8 vash

12:43 am

Pinikula

<-- still working on the bird

12:43 am

jillibus

the O on the right and the U

12:44 am

cybernan

there's a po 8?

12:44 am

dcseain

U4, like natives of U state

12:44 am

rururocks

o is a pasta jilli

12:44 am

rururocks

u is a babblet

12:44 am

rururocks

ut4

12:44 am

rururocks

or4

12:45 am

jillibus

ruru, I have the pasta O -- it's on the left. I need the O on the right

12:45 am

rururocks

a dumbass is the oa4 (plural)

12:45 am

Pinikula

different O, ru

12:45 am

VolleymomDee

ol 4/4

12:45 am

dcseain

that po8 is a weird one

12:45 am

Pinikula

thx dee

12:46 am

rururocks

ol4 like olive oil

12:46 am

jillibus

I have that too, ruru -- it's not from the O on the right either

12:46 am

VolleymomDee

what is the count on the po 8 please?

12:46 am

jillibus

oh -- that's it, ty ruru

12:46 am

rururocks

I think it is kind of a kinky word DC

12:46 am

dcseain

8.45

12:46 am

dcseain

silly word, IMHO

12:47 am

VolleymomDee

ty dc ty ru found it

12:47 am

jillibus

nbt

12:47 am

rururocks

not to larry flynt

12:47 am

VolleymomDee

anyone call the 7?

12:47 am

vashongin

it's an fo 7

12:47 am

VolleymomDee

ty

12:48 am

Team_Edward

good night babble world see you tomorrow ;)

12:48 am

Pinikula

night TeamE

12:48 am

dcseain

g'night, edward

12:48 am

jillibus

ty for the po8 -- ruru, your mind led me into those depths

12:48 am

jillibus

night team!

12:49 am

rururocks

what are you saying there jilli?...lol

12:49 am

Team_Edward

did i tell u im upgrading to pro this weekend!!!

12:49 am

rururocks

that;s great edward

12:49 am

jillibus

hooray, Team Edward!!!

12:49 am

rururocks

more on the fo7?

3:40 pm

lynxxx

The points on the fo7.40 are very high - ie uses the highest point tile - with 'the most' ending (like the po8)

3:40 pm

mixi6

na6?

3:41 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Thank you. I never would have guessed

3:41 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Oh gee, I have 4 left.

3:41 pm

lynxxx

na6 or morning sickness

3:41 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Na6- I'm feeling sick

3:41 pm

Kaplan the Magne

mu6 yet?

3:42 pm

Kaplan the Magne

The second pr5/14?

3:43 pm

lynxxx

change the end vowel of the 1st

3:44 pm

Kaplan the Magne

TY!!

3:44 pm

Kaplan the Magne

ro5/12?

3:44 pm

lynxxx

***** and Juliet

3:45 pm

Kaplan the Magne

When did he get to be a noun?

3:46 pm

lynxxx

when its a description of a guy who flirts a lot

3:46 pm

Kaplan the Magne

se6 and the dreaded mu6?

3:47 pm

lynxxx

mu & an anagram of the direction the sun rises from

3:47 pm

jmcnrick

mu6=dog + ** you like it +*lephant

3:47 pm

jmcnrick

se6 is one who grabs

3:47 pm

jmcnrick

I may be on my last word before I get nbt!

3:47 pm

Kaplan the Magne

One left!

3:48 pm

jmcnrick

go kap go!

3:49 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I screwed up again- I am missing an r but my grid is full on lickety. This time I know it's ME and not a system malfunction!

3:50 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I seem to be missing a simple ro4. Here comes monkey

3:50 pm

mixi6

fireworks ty lynxxx

3:50 pm

Kaplan the Magne

FIREWORKS!!!

3:50 pm

mixi6

go monkey go

3:51 pm

mixi6

yea Kaplan

3:51 pm

lynxxx

Congrats Mixi & Kaplan!!

3:51 pm

Kaplan the Magne

This is getting to be a habit...when an appointment cancelled this AM I did this instead of going to the gym.

3:52 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Thank you.

3:53 pm

hurshy

there should be backup grids. like, only one per day that "counts" but then one or two extras you can do if you're having a slow day. how bout it doc? :)

3:53 pm

SamanthaJoy

Right. Because we need more of these to suck the life out of our days . . .

3:54 pm

Kaplan the Magne

One is enough for me!

3:54 pm

lynxxx

hi Hursh. You'll have to contact MRP, apparently Lickety made her an 800 one - wouldn't that be fun!

3:54 pm

hurshy

well if you are at work with nothing to do the life is already sucked out of your day! and this would put a modicum of life back IN.

3:55 pm

hurshy

hmm, i don't know about staring at the SAME grid for long enough to find 800 words...

3:55 pm

lynxxx

there is just noooo satisfying you

3:56 pm

hurshy

that's true. that happens with depressive types.

3:56 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I was looking at some of your profiles, and most of you seem to be women of about my age with a lot interests

3:56 pm

Kaplan the Magne

in common with me

3:58 pm

Kaplan the Magne

For some reason when I started I assumed you were a bunch of men, but I should have figured with all the chat relationships. Why are so many women of around our age on the playing this game and chatting? What does this say?

3:58 pm

lynxxx

what age are you talking about Kaplan?

3:59 pm

SamanthaJoy

Studies say that women are naturally more gifted with words, in the way that men are naturally better with math and spatial relationships, though of course that is a rule not an ironclad law

3:59 pm

Nancy Boy

Or of course, I wouldn't be here ;)

3:59 pm

lynxxx

Hi Nancy Boy! long time no see

4:00 pm

SamanthaJoy

Heh! But I notice more men than women are regulars at the ironsudoku boards

4:00 pm

hurshy

even a lot of our guys are gay - i wonder if there is a connection.

4:00 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Well, I don't know how old you are, but there seems to be a lack of people in their 20s and 30s.

4:00 pm

Nancy Boy

Heya Lynx :) I've been travelling a lot, so I haven't been on. Had to come back to england tho - ran out of money!!

4:00 pm

hurshy

*waves from the thirtysomething crowd*

4:01 pm

SamanthaJoy

I'm a verrrrry late thirty something

4:01 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I got hooked once on another chat thing with a group of women who watch a certain soap opera! In fact, 30 of us have been talking for 5 years.

4:01 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Hello, kids

4:01 pm

lynxxx

How lovely NancyBoy, an advantage of being in the UK, so close to so many countries

4:01 pm

Nancy Boy

I now feel like a big, male, nineteen-year-old odd foot.

4:01 pm

SamanthaJoy

*ppppttthhhhbbbtttttt* backatcha

4:02 pm

Kaplan the Magne

yesterday you thought I was a teenage boy.

4:02 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Because I'm fresh sometimes

4:02 pm

hurshy

having unusual interests for a 19 year old male is a GOOD thing.

4:03 pm

Nancy Boy

Got that right, Lynx :) how have you been?

4:03 pm

Kaplan the Magne

There are always exceptions to the general rule

4:04 pm

Nancy Boy

I don't know Hursh, sometimes I think I'm a girl in the wrong shape. Gender schmender.

4:04 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I just revealed my gender.

4:04 pm

SamanthaJoy

I think that "genderqueer" ought to be an official choice on the US Census. Who do I talk to about that?

4:05 pm

Nancy Boy

This is a public place now ;)

4:05 pm

Kaplan the Magne

How boring. I liked being a guy.

4:05 pm

EvaNadine

*runs into the chog + slide-tackles NB*

4:06 pm

Nancy Boy

Evaaaa! how are you, gorgeous?!

4:06 pm

EvaNadine

gorgeous, of course. :) hehe
how are YOU??

4:07 pm

lynxxx

hi Eva

4:07 pm

Nancy Boy

And look at that ring!! congratulations :D

4:07 pm

EvaNadine

thanky, thanky. :)

4:08 pm

EvaNadine

how have you been, stranger??

4:08 pm

Nancy Boy

and I'm alright ta, a little poor and exhausted and hungry-looking following a long trip with some friends - been all around the world, caught some interesting diseases, almost married some people - GREAT time!

4:08 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I just neutered myself.

4:09 pm

EvaNadine

hungry-looking? as opposed to all those extra pounds you were carrying before? ;)

4:10 pm

Nancy Boy

Food money has a horrible way of turning into drink money, cigarette money and hair gel money ;) buuuut what terribly old news. Tell me about this engagement! Exactly the lift I needed :)

4:12 pm

EvaNadine

he asked, i said yes. yknow, the usual. ;)

4:13 pm

Nancy Boy

Sorry, I just think it's so romantic. Although like most babies, I cry at weddings.

4:14 pm

EvaNadine

it was a lovely, sickeningly-sweet romantic proposal. just unique enough to suit us. :)

4:15 pm

lynxxx

Must be off, lovely bright morning here - Bye all

4:16 pm

Nancy Boy

well, hope it turns into a lifetime of happiness and all that :) y'know the one thing I really regret about being gay is that I'll never have a huge cushy wedding. But it's not all about the frock I s'pose ;)

4:16 pm

EvaNadine

who says you cant? you do what makes you happy!

4:16 pm

Nancy Boy

see you, Lynx :)

4:18 pm

Nancy Boy

My father would faint, kill me, kill himself - not necessarily in that order. Think it'd be the last nail in the carefully crafted denail coffin!

4:19 pm

Eva

you can get married here Nancy....Vermont allows gat marriage and is a great place for a wedding (well not now in the middle of winter unless you're a ski bunny)

4:19 pm

Nancy Boy

or even denial. interesting slip :D

4:19 pm

Eva

we probably would allow "gat" marriages too.

4:19 pm

Nancy Boy

LOL

4:19 pm

Lindrickway

hi everyone! love that slip Nancy Boy! lol

4:20 pm

Eva

hi all

4:20 pm

Nancy Boy

Well I do try ;)

4:21 pm

EvaNadine

ahh, padre still a little uneasy with the lifestyle?

4:21 pm

Nancy Boy

It would be lovely, lovely, lovely, but my dad's kind of hard-core and believes my life since the age of 14 has been a "phase". He was brought up really traditionally back in Korea. I think he'd disown me.

4:22 pm

Nancy Boy

But the heart wants what it wants!

4:23 pm

crosshair

winchill -17 and dropping..brrrr

4:23 pm

Lindrickway

And you MUST follow your heart!

4:23 pm

Lindrickway

hahahahahaha Crossie, so pleased I escaped! lol

4:23 pm

Nancy Boy

*cue hollywood music, sunset shots etc*

4:24 pm

Nancy Boy

LOL Lindrick, most we're dealing with in England is just wet, wet, wet

4:24 pm

herinfernallady

POUNCE

4:24 pm

EvaNadine

man, now ive got the hideous celine dion song from titanic rolling through my mind...

4:24 pm

herinfernallady

Nancy hun i have so missed you.

4:25 pm

EvaNadine

ahh, now i see why NB likes to run away from babble + come back. he rather enjoys being pounced upon. ;)

4:25 pm

herinfernallady

Eva I love that ring

4:25 pm

Nancy Boy

I DO love the attention. Herin! :D how are you?!

4:26 pm

crosshair

lol eav,my son and his friends have a game with thier i-pods,they play russian roulette with the songs,they set it to shuffle and randlomly listen to song clips...the bullet is when one of the hits a celiene dion song!!

4:26 pm

EvaNadine

TY herin. me too! :)

4:26 pm

Lindrickway

sorry I am in a hotel and my connection seems so slow, I just can't keep up today!

4:27 pm

EvaNadine

a fate worse than death, crossy!

4:27 pm

crosshair

my wife calls her "the scramer"

4:27 pm

crosshair

though i do secretly like the song "im alive'

4:27 pm

Nancy Boy

Isn't it bizarre that when you look at the songs on your ipod, you love all of them, but when you put your ipod on shuffle, you like about 1/15 of them

4:27 pm

EvaNadine

i call her "awful"

4:28 pm

EvaNadine

very true, NB!

4:28 pm

herinfernallady

Nancy did yuo know that shuffle isn't all that random

4:28 pm

Lindrickway

gotta go, cya later, bye xxx

4:28 pm

herinfernallady

Lind hi and loves

4:28 pm

herinfernallady

Hi Crossie

4:29 pm

crosshair

howdy herin

4:29 pm

Nancy Boy

What does it, Herin? There IS logic there, I know there is. And if there's one thing I avoid, it's logic

4:29 pm

littlebit

hi everybody!!

4:29 pm

herinfernallady

Apparently it has a program which goes on tempo and that kind of thing. BF told me about it.

4:29 pm

Nancy Boy

my ipod is slipping into new realms these days. Lots of Yeah Yeah Yeahs on there. Can't remember which festival they were at but I think I was there

4:29 pm

herinfernallady

HI Little

4:30 pm

littlebit

hey herin!!

4:31 pm

swampy

evening all :)

4:31 pm

EvaNadine

im big into Kings of Leon these days.
yeah, THEIR sex is on fire!

4:31 pm

herinfernallady

HI Swampy

4:31 pm

herinfernallady

Is my dear Crossie here too

4:31 pm

Jayk

Hi, all. Did 99 fairly fast this am but now STUMPED. Not going to finish this time, I think. Especially po-ed about the po 4/5 and the po 8/45

4:32 pm

Nancy Boy

OOooh I saw them at Reading. VERY cool. Might have been Friday and might have been Saturday. Wasn't sunday though, 'cause that was Radiohead, and they were awesome.

4:33 pm

herinfernallady

HI Jayk

4:33 pm

Fishbulb

Evening folks :)

4:33 pm

Team_Edward

9 left and im cross eyed now lol

4:33 pm

herinfernallady

Hi Fish.

4:34 pm

Team_Edward

ro 5/10 please

4:34 pm

EvaNadine

something about the singers voice that makes me all melty. :)

4:35 pm

zoozzoom

Jayk po8 is on the lines of sex

4:35 pm

Nancy Boy

Mmmm, I'm trying to remember what he looks like - the weekend was a bit of a blur

4:36 pm

zoozzoom

ro5,10 is plural to ro4,4

4:36 pm

EvaNadine

theyre all pretty decent-looking boys. its the voice, though, that gets me

4:36 pm

herinfernallady

hi Zom

4:36 pm

zoozzoom

Hello, Herin :-)

4:36 pm

Team_Edward

thx zooz

4:37 pm

Nancy Boy

it is very deep and...mmmm..

4:37 pm

zoozzoom

yw TW

4:37 pm

Team_Edward

8 left and all PO's grrrrr

4:37 pm

EvaNadine

*joins NB mid-drool*

4:37 pm

zoozzoom

TE*

4:37 pm

herinfernallady

HI Zoom. Sorry I am all nostalgic here. It is my friends birthday and she is 21 I remember her as a 6 year old

4:37 pm

Team_Edward

pr's sorry

4:37 pm

Nancy Boy

we're gonna make a drool-pool...

4:38 pm

zoozzoom

yes i know many people like that..it always makes me feel sooo old..lol

4:38 pm

Jayk

Yeah, TEdward, I'm with you

4:38 pm

zoozzoom

pr5 & 6 are like presents you can win :-)

4:39 pm

herinfernallady

I need a non sticky keyboard cheers

4:39 pm

Jayk

zooz--

4:39 pm

zoozzoom

pr5,12 is pr*** to thise two words :-)

4:39 pm

Jayk

those i got. need other pr 4s and 5s

4:40 pm

zoozzoom

do you watch pr*** time tv

4:40 pm

Jayk

meant zoozs--

4:40 pm

Nancy Boy

Eva and I can give it a hell of a spit-shine, Herin...

4:40 pm

zoozzoom

pr4 before that is take away the last letter

4:40 pm

zoozzoom

then plural the pr4

4:41 pm

Jayk

zoozs--meant OTHER pr 4s and 5s

4:41 pm

herinfernallady

ewwww

4:42 pm

zoozzoom

if you have the pr6 vicar then the pr5 before is just take away the last letter

4:43 pm

herinfernallady

ok what is it with cats climbing in boxes no mater how dangly they are

4:43 pm

Nancy Boy

ohhh, why is it so that you can live nineteen years without drooling whilst you sleep, and then the one time you fall asleep in a bar your mouth just goes to town?

4:43 pm

EvaNadine

i dunno NB, keep talking about KOL and things might get sticky. :X

4:43 pm

zoozzoom

LOL, nancy boy

4:44 pm

zoozzoom

pr 4 & pr 5 a formal dance

4:44 pm

Nancy Boy

Zoozzoom, you obviously understand what I mean ;)

4:44 pm

zoozzoom

held by a high school or college

4:44 pm

Nancy Boy

But you could be forgiven Eva :D

4:45 pm

zoozzoom

i have done that many time NB...many times..lol

4:45 pm

zoozzoom

that should be all the pr`s covered.

4:50 pm

zoozzoom

Sorry i seem to have killed the chat, i had better get off to bed, take care all.

4:51 pm

Nancy Boy

Night Zooz :) think everyone just felt their eyelids droop - like me!

4:52 pm

herinfernallady

Night Zoo

4:52 pm

herinfernallady

You lot are terribles

4:52 pm

Nancy Boy

oh I'm getting weepy as well - Scrubs finale!

4:55 pm

EvaNadine

my eyelids are heavy... because im working a late night tonight...

4:55 pm

herinfernallady

I am trying to remember this name of this pot plant set up

4:56 pm

Trifioso

hello babble friends - HERIN!

4:57 pm

herinfernallady

Triffies

5:01 pm

Trifioso

herin, I am SO SICK -- boo. I def get the bad momma award for today. Secondo had to make dinner, I can't get out of bed....

5:02 pm

herinfernallady

aww Bab that is not good

5:06 pm

suefrad625

my monkeys are working overtime

5:08 pm

Trifioso

sue, are you a nurse, by any chance?

5:08 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi yalls

5:09 pm

Trifioso

he gwen

5:09 pm

Trifioso

hi gwen, even

5:09 pm

suefrad625

nope, just a know-it-all

5:09 pm

suefrad625

can I help?

5:10 pm

suefrad625

what are sick with?

5:10 pm

Trifioso

worried about dehydration....

5:10 pm

suefrad625

what are your symptoms

5:10 pm

suefrad625

easy

5:10 pm

suefrad625

go to the store and get pedialite

5:10 pm

suefrad625

gor poweraid

5:11 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

he he trif lol

5:11 pm

suefrad625

dehydration from all ends?

5:11 pm

Trifioso

fever, dizziness, aching like mad, vomiting, LOTS of trips to the loo today, etc. Can't get to the store, no one else to drive in the house, trying to keep up iwth water and giner ale....

5:11 pm

suefrad625

the flu my dear

5:11 pm

suefrad625

fever, how hight?

5:12 pm

Trifioso

how much fluid do I need to take in order to not get dehydrated? I think with kids it's an ounce an hour, but not sure with me.....fever is 102

5:12 pm

suefrad625

can you get into the bathtub to lower your fever?

5:12 pm

herinfernallady

Get off babble and sleep

5:13 pm

suefrad625

go from warm to cool. Wrap up really well before getting out of the bathroom

5:13 pm

Trifioso

wouldn't like to, with the two littleones in the house and no primo...could later though

5:13 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

102 is serious, trif. and the fluid question, as much as you can handle, i would suggest

5:13 pm

Trifioso

can't herin, primo isn't home eyt

5:13 pm

herinfernallady

what get off babble?

5:13 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

suggest tylenol if you have it, it is a fever reducer

5:13 pm

Trifioso

thanks

5:14 pm

suefrad625

water is good, but add a little salt to help you drink more and retain water

5:14 pm

suefrad625

do you have any crackers?

5:14 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

salt will dehydrate you, though. hmmm

5:14 pm

herinfernallady

hi Gwen

5:15 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hiya infernal

5:15 pm

suefrad625

you can add motrin to the fever reducing mix

5:15 pm

suefrad625

my doc has me do 4 hr intervals of tylanol and motrin with the kids

5:16 pm

herinfernallady

I have a giigle

5:16 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

caution, motrin is concentrated aspirin, so if aspirin makes you sick, avoid the motrin

5:19 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

phantom: promise

5:20 pm

Team_Edward

they just had a recall on childrens motrin

5:21 pm

Team_Edward

causeing blindness ans some sort of blood infection

5:22 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ew, not nice! but glad they are recalling it

5:23 pm

Scrabbler

Poor Trif!

5:27 pm

herinfernallady

Hi Scrabbler

5:27 pm

crosshair

mmm,just perking up some fresh single plantation coffee beans that my brother sent me from costa rica...mmmmm

5:27 pm

herinfernallady

yum

5:27 pm

crosshair

whole house smells like the coffee grinding isle in the store;)

5:28 pm

Scrabbler

How is your snow situation, Cross?

5:28 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

youse guys are making me hungrry and i don't even like coffee!!!

5:28 pm

Scrabbler

It's snowing, windy, 21 degrees F, and thundering!

5:28 pm

crosshair

cold,17 wind chill and 8 inches on the ground with 50cm blowing and drifting due tonight

5:28 pm

crosshair

-17 wind chill*

5:29 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i say smorp is a word. yup.

5:29 pm

herinfernallady

Crossie I have a new bacon flavour for you

5:29 pm

crosshair

we are gonna get wallped with lake effect stuff

5:29 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

only down to 15 F here. not even wearing shoes LOL

5:29 pm

crosshair

lol@smorp

5:30 pm

Scrabbler

Qctually T = 15 degrees F now, with wind chill 10 below. The Great Lakes are huge snow-making machines.

5:31 pm

crosshair

we are right on georgian bay scrabbs so we join you in all that lake effect

5:31 pm

crosshair

do tell herin

5:31 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

smorp (n.) any unidentifyable food, especially when it's the main food substance at an event where youâ€™re stuck eating it

5:31 pm

herinfernallady

Bacon Icecream

5:32 pm

crosshair

too late herin been there done that

5:33 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i once was on camping trip with Girl Scouts and i swear, the stuff was supposed to be chicken, did not look like chicken, did not taste like chicken. it was smorp!

5:33 pm

herinfernallady

damn tastey

5:34 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

actually, this not-chicken tasted okay, whatever it was

5:34 pm

crosshair

oh gwen we have a name for that dish....

5:34 pm

herinfernallady

I had this weight watchers chicken thing it tasted like ass

5:34 pm

welki

hello, babblers!

5:34 pm

crosshair

it is called " you guessum,s"

5:35 pm

crosshair

howdy welki

5:35 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

funny, cross!

5:35 pm

crosshair

hehe

5:35 pm

Scrabbler

"Mystery Meat"

5:36 pm

Elegant

Hello everyone. fest

5:36 pm

crosshair

indeed,could be meat..could be cake

5:36 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ah, yes, i have heard of mystery meat. dunno if this non-chicken was really meat lol

5:36 pm

crosshair

and,my better half appears

5:36 pm

Elegant

oops lol I have no idea why i did that

5:36 pm

Scrabbler

Hi Mrs Crosshair!

5:36 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

cuz it's a good word worth no points here? lol

5:37 pm

crosshair

she is curently revelling in fesh costa rican perk

5:37 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

we're having a mystery meat fest. a.k.a. smorp fest

5:37 pm

Scrabbler

Fest is not a word here, although I try it frequently

5:37 pm

crosshair

fresh even

5:38 pm

Elegant

No because you keep distracting me My dear Hubby. (:

5:38 pm

welki

ohhh, meat by-products! salut to Upton Sinclair!

5:38 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

and spam! woot

5:38 pm

crosshair

meat by-products?? spam for all

5:39 pm

crosshair

snap

5:39 pm

Elegant

bleh I can't stand Spam. I refuse to buy it.

5:39 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(singing with British accent) Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam

5:39 pm

herinfernallady

yuck. Spam has changed flavour its yucky now

5:40 pm

welki

nobody actually buys spam ... it just appears in your pantry. another mystery of the universe

5:40 pm

crosshair

we had a version of it called klink

5:40 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

so, dare i ask, anyone here play FarmVille? I need more "neighbors"

5:40 pm

origami

I agree Scrabbler ... Some word games accept fest and I am always trying to use it here.

5:40 pm

Dorens

what? herin, it was always yucky....

5:40 pm

herinfernallady

Book you my friend?

5:40 pm

herinfernallady

I love spam.

5:41 pm

herinfernallady

Hi Dorens

5:41 pm

Elegant

Not mine lol the Spam Fairy doesn't like me I gather.

5:41 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

herin, do you have a differernt facebook name?

5:41 pm

crosshair

lol,tastes like cat food

5:41 pm

herinfernallady

Natalie

5:41 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

cross, how could you possibly know that??

5:41 pm

Dorens

herin, there is a reason everyone always makes fun of it!! and it isn't the name

5:41 pm

Team_Edward

pr 6/36 please

5:42 pm

torgone

It's just yucky now? So it's better ..

5:42 pm

Dorens

plural of pr5/22

5:42 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

oh, dear, natalie! yes, you my neighbor all ready (forgot that was you, sorry)

5:42 pm

EvaNadine

awards

5:42 pm

herinfernallady

Yep that is me

5:42 pm

Dorens

hah torg!

5:42 pm

herinfernallady

Hi Torg

5:42 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

pr6, you won the pr*** plural

5:42 pm

herinfernallady

I like spam

5:42 pm

torgone

Hi and bye .. I'm out of here shortly ..

5:43 pm

Team_Edward

thx

5:43 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i have examined spam close up and thus have never put it in my mouth. too scary

5:43 pm

Dorens

enjoy torg

5:43 pm

Scrabbler

Bye Torgone.

5:43 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

anyone else here play farmville??

5:43 pm

Team_Edward

i do

5:43 pm

Dorens

no, sorry bdg

5:44 pm

torgone

I might get a little time later at home before I jet ..

5:44 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hey, edward, you need a new neighbor? (i ask, knowing that the game is buggy as hell)

5:44 pm

welki

eva nadine! did you know that the breakfast of tiffany dress audrey hepburn wore sold for $100,000 yesterday?!

5:44 pm

Team_Edward

yes, melissa vlk

5:44 pm

crosshair

ive tasted cat food gwen

5:45 pm

Team_Edward

i really need 3 more neibours lol

5:45 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i'm gwen foss on facebook. thanks melissa

5:45 pm

Dorens

i'm surprised it didn't go for more, welki. she was the embodiment of elegance

5:45 pm

Elegant

Um Sweetie i don't think you should be admitting that. Gross.

5:45 pm

welki

i think there were four dresses auctioned and the collective price was over $400K

5:45 pm

torgone

I'm going bonklers trying to get that upper left o ..

5:46 pm

Team_Edward

ur welcome

5:46 pm

Scrabbler

Mrs Crosshair = Elegant

5:46 pm

Dorens

greek pasta tor?

5:46 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

cross, are you getting all your food stamps? (or whatever they call it in canada)?

5:46 pm

torgone

..and of course as soon as I ask ..

5:47 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

phantom O : orizon

5:47 pm

torgone

Thanks Dorens ..

5:47 pm

welki

are you following the roar of the rings, crossy/elegant?

5:47 pm

Team_Edward

i just sent u a friend request

5:47 pm

crosshair

nope,television=evil

5:48 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

attempting to login to facebook and friend you, edward. i'm getting the buggy alerts. still trying . . .

5:49 pm

welki

is farmville a game or a sims?

5:49 pm

herinfernallady

Book give up Facebook is being crappy

5:49 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

no, i just got through and accepted you as a friend. (awwww)

5:50 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

farmville is not really a sim. tho it's designed lind of like a sim. you build a farm, raise crops, chickens, etc

5:50 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

okay, now i'm going to "neighbor" you. (ugh, the verbing of nouns!)

5:50 pm

herinfernallady

Book if you have issues go to www.farmville.com

5:51 pm

herinfernallady

Its the website off the facebook site

5:51 pm

Team_Edward

ok thank you

5:52 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hooray, i just got a brown chicken from you! my first noon-standard chicken, thanks 8-)

5:52 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

farmville.com just as buggy lately.

5:53 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

but different bugs, so yeah, sometimes it works

5:57 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

oh boy i have oranges to harvest . . . (can NOT believe i'm playing a non-boggle puter game!)

5:57 pm

Scrabbler

mu6 clue please?

5:58 pm

Scrabbler

NM, I found it

5:59 pm

herinfernallady

damn Gwen that is irritating

6:00 pm

Team_Edward

Fireworks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

6:01 pm

Scrabbler

Yahoo Ed!

6:01 pm

herinfernallady

yah Te

6:02 pm

Team_Edward

now gotta wait 5 hrs till the flip grrrr

6:02 pm

Scrabbler

clue for na6 please?

6:02 pm

welki

don't growl, team ... won't be long before we get a barrage of huge grids :)

6:02 pm

herinfernallady

I am going laters

6:02 pm

herinfernallady

I want a huge grid

6:03 pm

welki

i like them too (these small ones leave me wanting more, more, more)

6:03 pm

Scrabbler

I like 150-170 words--just right for me.

6:04 pm

movieman

na6= a sick, sick word

6:04 pm

welki

na6 - upset stomach, indigestion, na****

6:05 pm

welki

hi mm!

6:05 pm

Scrabbler

I just found it but TY for clues.

6:05 pm

movieman

hi welki

6:06 pm

Scrabbler

MM, it's late for you

6:06 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

belated wtg edward !!! ~~~ !!!

6:06 pm

Team_Edward

thx

6:06 pm

movieman

You're telling me scrabs

6:07 pm

Scrabbler

Loud thunder overhead! So odd with snowstorm.

6:07 pm

Team_Edward

cant wait till we get a 2?? grid

6:07 pm

movieman

I went to see 'Law Abiding Citizen' today

6:07 pm

welki

we get that here sometimes .. spooky, isn't it

6:07 pm

Dorens

soooooo my doorbell rang and it was the UPS man with my cute little acer aspire.. it is so tiny!

6:07 pm

Dorens

oh yes, i have had thundering snowstorms and it is eerie

6:07 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

farmville also sucks up all my processing power. it's making babble all jerky.

6:08 pm

Scrabbler

I am using mine right now, Doren!!! I have the blue one.

6:08 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

what's an acer aspire?

6:08 pm

Dorens

funny. me too (the blue one). but i have to charge it.

6:08 pm

welki

minis make travelling much lighter ... and they're powerful little machines. i have an hp and love it when on the road

6:08 pm

Scrabbler

I have been very happy with mine, Doren--small, easy to transport, does everything I need it to do, and a bargain.

6:09 pm

Dorens

this will be my dedicated babble machine. once i found out how cool babble expert was, i had to have one. I love my mac, but needed this!!

6:09 pm

Dorens

it doesn't even weigh three pounds.. can't believe this can work!

6:10 pm

Dorens

bdg, it is a tiny laptop.. under $300 and apparently quite good

6:10 pm

Scrabbler

Yes, so e-mail yourself the Babble Expert document.

6:10 pm

welki

only downfall is battery longevity, but i understand you can buy super-duper ones now

6:10 pm

Scrabbler

My battery lasts 6 hrs

6:11 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

does it have a phone and a coffee maker in it? lol

6:11 pm

brandyjack

and you can buy extended batteries for them that will give you signifcantly extended time. Nieces machine came with 2200mah battery and I bought her a 7800mah battery. should give her 9-12 hours.....

6:11 pm

Dorens

i'll do that, scrabs. first i have to charge it and read about it... it looks different from what i'm used to. but now i can't wait to come home from school tomorrow and play with it. i just got fireworks, so it will wait till tomorrow

6:11 pm

welki

you must have one of the 9 cells

6:12 pm

Scrabbler

Yes, I bought the $379 model with 6 hr battery

6:13 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

wtg dorens !!! ~~~ !!!

6:14 pm

Minveryork

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?

6:14 pm

Minveryork

By the way, congratulations to all the finishers! YAY!

6:15 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

good, a bit chilly. and guess what, i paid off my not-car-loan today, weee

6:15 pm

Scrabbler

Hi Min.

6:15 pm

Scrabbler

yay, gwen

6:15 pm

stidgmere

Dorens, I hope you treuly have fun with your new little computer. We have three or four in the family now and find them great to take around.

6:16 pm

Scrabbler

Hi Stidgmere

6:16 pm

stidgmere

Finishing paying loans is a RED letter day or maybe it is black.

6:16 pm

Minveryork

Hello stidgmere! How are you? Welcome to the puzzle

6:17 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

red letter day for me. payment was due 10 days ago. but no big penalty at least. not an evil bank loan, a credit union loan

6:17 pm

Scrabbler

I paid off my mortgage last January--wonderful feeling to have that done.

6:17 pm

stidgmere

Hi Scrabbler and all. I've been out choosing a tree today and my husband is now very crabby. I think it has to do with the price of trees while we are surrounded by the same ones.

6:17 pm

Scrabbler

tu5 clue please?

6:17 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

yup, feels good!

6:17 pm

Scrabbler

I agree, Stid.

6:17 pm

rbud

Hi all - wahhhh, net down at home, now here at the library and just getting started - no one in here, though, weather's too icky out!

6:17 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

arnold would say it's not a tu***!

6:18 pm

Scrabbler

Hi rbud

6:18 pm

Scrabbler

arnold who?

6:18 pm

Dorens

ok, it is plugged in. i can't wait to play with it.
and thanks stidgmere, I expect i will

6:18 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

does that help, ? okay, tu5, cancerous growth

6:18 pm

rbud

the Governator of California ;)

6:19 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

say it with an austrian accent. 8-)

6:19 pm

stidgmere

Weather is a real factor in much of the country today. We are still below freezing day and night.

6:19 pm

Scrabbler

Fish! I didn't go that way in the grid.

6:19 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

does the po8 relate to the previous word?

6:19 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(sending scrabbler an alibut)

6:19 pm

Dorens

yes it does gwen

6:20 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ooh, just got it. weee

6:21 pm

rbud

oooh, feels so good to be babbling, was having withdrawals...

6:21 pm

Scrabbler

Doren, the "mouse" on this netbook is the main thing I dislike--I need to use 2 hands--index fingers--to use it--very tough with 1 hand

6:22 pm

Scrabbler

Or, Doren, get a real mouse and all is simple

6:22 pm

Dorens

i was looking at it scrabbler and not figuring it out at all... hoping the book might explain a bit more

6:23 pm

Dorens

ahhah! real mouse would be good for at home, but I think i probably should learn how to use the built in one when travelling

6:23 pm

Scrabbler

It is a strange creation, Doren but I do with with both index fingers

6:25 pm

Dorens

i have faith.. eventually i will figure it out. and then just load babble expert and i'll be set. i will be sooo happy tomorrow

6:25 pm

Scrabbler

Yes you will, Doren!

6:25 pm

Scrabbler

ro5/12 please?

6:25 pm

Dorens

it's a fish, do you still want it?

6:26 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ro5, words that have the same ending. poetry

6:26 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(spelled wrong)

6:26 pm

Scrabbler

I found Juliette's frined!

6:26 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ack, wrong clue, ignore me!!

6:26 pm

Dorens

ro*** and juliet

6:26 pm

Scrabbler

I mean friend of Juliet

6:26 pm

Dorens

yup-- so no fish then!

6:27 pm

Scrabbler

12 to go, all pr's

6:28 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

not a problem ar ar

6:28 pm

Dorens

not too many surprises in there scrabs, except the final 5/6 combo, and will clue if you need

6:31 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

finally found the fo7. silly word!

6:31 pm

Scrabbler

Back from phone call--on call and I got paged. prizo

6:31 pm

Scrabbler

I was trying to guess the last pr5/6 combo

6:32 pm

Dorens

wrong last vowel scrabs

6:32 pm

Dorens

oh. doesn't use that letter

6:32 pm

Dorens

i mean the high schoring one... actually it ends with auntie** from the wizard of oz

6:33 pm

Uneaixoise

evening, boys and girls!

6:33 pm

Scrabbler

I am lost, Doren

6:33 pm

Scrabbler

Hi Une

6:33 pm

Dorens

hi une!

6:34 pm

Uneaixoise

scrabbs, is your furnace working now??

6:34 pm

Buttonman

hi everybody

6:34 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, buttonman :-)

6:34 pm

Dorens

not con but pr* + auntie ** from the wizard of oz (and plural)/. 5/14 and 6/24

6:35 pm

Scrabbler

Yep, it was fixed by about 2 yesterday afternoon. Fortunately my nephew was here and let the repairman in

6:35 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i need the pr6/27, not the one you're all talking about, plz and ty

6:35 pm

Scrabbler

TY, Doren

6:35 pm

Uneaixoise

glad you're nice and toasty! :-)

6:35 pm

Scrabbler

Hi Buttonman

6:35 pm

Dorens

pr + don ****, radio personality who made disparaging remarks about rutgers basketball team

6:36 pm

Dorens

whoa, broken furnace? not with this weather!!

6:36 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ah, TY dorens and . . .

6:36 pm

Buttonman

I am having trouble finding the po 8, any clues please?

6:36 pm

Scrabbler

Most X-rated

6:36 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

FIREWORKS!P

6:36 pm

Uneaixoise

yay, gwen!!!!!

6:37 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

PO8 = girlie mag, then add ending meaning even more so

6:37 pm

Dorens

yay gwen!

6:37 pm

Buttonman

thanks, Scrabbler, I do not know why I did not see it.

6:37 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

okay, can i relax now? lol

6:37 pm

Buttonman

Thanks, Book!

6:38 pm

Scrabbler

Yes, Doren, I awoke yesterday, then power went off and came on 1 min later. House temp = 58 degrees. I needed a new "motor head" for $95 repair.

6:38 pm

Scrabbler

Yay Gwen

6:38 pm

Scrabbler

Buttonman, I struggled with it too--maybe it reflects our clean minds to have missed po8, haha

6:39 pm

evanonut

oy!

6:39 pm

Dorens

gglad it was only a $95 repair scrabbler... furnaces can be so expensive

6:39 pm

Scrabbler

Ahoy, matey! Yikes, here comes the snowplow, grrrrrr

6:40 pm

evanonut

lol...yay snow plow

6:41 pm

Scrabbler

It is SO loud--a low roaring monster coming around the bend and up the street. It will come down the street in a few minutes.

6:41 pm

evanonut

they are useful

6:42 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

better a noisy plaw than no plow, especially with 5 feet of snow or whatever!

6:42 pm

Scrabbler

Absolutely! Especially with a lake effect storm bringing 3 ft of snow from today through Saturday.

6:42 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

although driving a tiny littel car in 5 feet of snow can be kinda fun, too, hee hee

6:43 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(crap, my fingers are brainless)

6:43 pm

Dorens

well all we have for tonight is very cold and windy. no three feet of snow. enjoy your evening everyone.. i'm done for now

6:43 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

bye dorens. i'm out too. POINK

6:44 pm

Scrabbler

Bye Doren.

6:44 pm

Scrabbler

snowplow again....ggggrrrrrrr

6:45 pm

Uneaixoise

bye, dorens :-)

6:45 pm

Uneaixoise

and gwen byeeee

6:46 pm

rbud

well, I'm not going home until I finish the grid, no net there, and no one awake. I'll just turn out the library lights and Babble by the Christmas lights I just put up... ;p

6:47 pm

Scrabbler

Are you a librarian?

6:48 pm

rbud

yep! The library is tiny, but it's all mine, muahaha!

6:48 pm

stidgmere

Well, time for me to start dinner. We have a musical program tonight that the younger Stidkid is performing in the bad.

6:48 pm

rbud

well, it belong to the town.... but I'm the only employee

6:49 pm

stidgmere

What a fine thing to have, a library to take care of. Have a lovely evening rbud. The z's did me in. I'm not going to finish the grid but I got more than half and for me that is pretty good.

6:50 pm

Mary

Hi all, pond is frozen, koi's are okay, just came in from breaking ice with a hammer and it is cold cold

6:50 pm

rbud

having trouble with those Z's, too, enjoy the music, stidgmere

6:51 pm

Uneaixoise

Mary, you sound like Pioneer Woman LOL

6:51 pm

welki

re-hi everyone ... could i have some help with the 8, please, for fireworks?

6:51 pm

rbud

is there a heater on the pond, Mary? How do they live in frozen water? (I know nothing of koi ponds...)

6:52 pm

Mary

tell that Pioneer stuff to my frozen fingers

6:52 pm

welki

(and then i can help with the z words if you want, rbud)

6:52 pm

jmcnrick

help me help me!

6:52 pm

Uneaixoise

jmc!!! howdy!!

6:53 pm

Mary

Yes, heater in water but just keeps the water open around the heater for oxygen.

6:53 pm

welki

*tosses a rope to jmc*

6:53 pm

rbud

po 8 = the most X-rated (I think I saw back there as a clue somewhere)

6:53 pm

jmcnrick

hi une

6:53 pm

jmcnrick

hi all

6:53 pm

welki

no kidding

6:53 pm

welki

hahahaha, yep, it worked! thanks!

6:54 pm

jmcnrick

*pulling myself up the rope*

6:54 pm

welki

now, how can i help?

6:54 pm

jmcnrick

your were offering z clues

6:55 pm

welki

okie dokie ... all of them?

6:55 pm

rbud

I have only 2 zo4's so far :(

6:55 pm

jmcnrick

All I have is the one with all vowells

6:55 pm

Scrabbler

Hi again--got pulled away--on call

6:56 pm

jmcnrick

hi scrabs

6:56 pm

rbud

I have that and a type of shoe, I think

6:56 pm

welki

there are 3 zo words ... zo4/9, zo + two vowels, zo4/9 + a consonant and zo 4/9, beach sandal or zo + **n tin tin

6:56 pm

Uneaixoise

11 to go . . . . BBL to finish *poof*

6:57 pm

welki

then there are 3 ze words, all four letters ... 1st one is elan, joi de vie! ... 2nd one is ze + not out ... 3rd one is lemon ze**

6:58 pm

Scrabbler

And I am going to watch Tv and become a zombie

6:58 pm

jmcnrick

*puts on zombie protection*

6:59 pm

jmcnrick

hmm the first and the third seem to be the same to me

6:59 pm

jmcnrick

nm found it

6:59 pm

welki

zombie repellant ... Zombie Begone!

6:59 pm

Mandykins

Okay, I give up...would you clue the mu6 word??? Would you ?? Pleezzz?!?

6:59 pm

Scrabbler

**plotting to suck JM's thoughts from cranium**

6:59 pm

jmcnrick

still looking for the one with the added consonant

7:00 pm

Mandykins

mmmm....brains

7:00 pm

welki

mu + the cops ****ered the poor bugger (shocked him)

7:00 pm

jmcnrick

*puts on foil hat made from extra strong foil*

7:00 pm

Scrabbler

enzyme ending

7:00 pm

welki

hehe, there are only three consonants you can try, jm

7:00 pm

Mandykins

TY. I would never have monkeyed that.

7:01 pm

Scrabbler

Oooh, Andrea Bocelli is on PBS for the next 2 hrs! What a wonderfully soothing voice!

7:01 pm

jmcnrick

*looks askance at mandy*

7:01 pm

jmcnrick

I tried all three!

7:01 pm

welki

a friend of mine just recommended Il Divo Live in Barcelona

7:01 pm

Mandykins

sorry, overheard the zombie reference...just butting in.

7:02 pm

welki

brains :)

7:02 pm

jmcnrick

no no that is fine mandy I was looking askance to keep you from sucking my brains lol

7:02 pm

welki

zo + the last three letters of joi de vie, elan!

7:02 pm

Scrabbler

Bye kids!

7:02 pm

jmcnrick

*pulls foil hat on tighter and looks at welki*

7:02 pm

welki

later, scrabbs

7:03 pm

rbud

brain suckers!! egad!! O_O

7:03 pm

welki

*looks back* nice outfit, jm :)

7:03 pm

jmcnrick

oo you didn't say the letter were rearranged

7:03 pm

welki

they aren't

7:03 pm

jmcnrick

*smack*

7:03 pm

welki

lol ... here we go!

7:04 pm

rbud

ty ty welki, last Z is zapped!

7:04 pm

welki

well, this ol' broad is off to make some biscuits to go with the beef stew. adios, chicas!

7:04 pm

pythonx

good evening, could I get a clue for the na6, pls?

7:04 pm

jmcnrick

ty you for all the help with the z

7:05 pm

jmcnrick

i am feeling na6 because I am watching Bones

7:05 pm

welki

na6 - upset stomach, indigestion, na****

7:05 pm

welki

*poof*

7:05 pm

pythonx

ty jmc and welki

7:05 pm

pythonx

4 left

7:05 pm

jmcnrick

yw

7:06 pm

jmcnrick

go pyth go

7:08 pm

pythonx

fo5 ?

7:08 pm

jmcnrick

a portfo***

7:09 pm

jmcnrick

change the last vowel for the other one

7:09 pm

pythonx

ty

7:09 pm

pythonx

1 left

7:09 pm

jmcnrick

go pyth

7:10 pm

pythonx

firebirds

7:10 pm

pythonx

ty for the clues

7:10 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hooo pyth!

7:13 pm

Joanne123

hey jmc and all

7:13 pm

jmcnrick

hi joanne

7:14 pm

pythonx

hi joanne and night all, off to finish my homework

7:14 pm

Joanne123

lol got that clue just as i entered and knew which one

7:14 pm

jmcnrick

bye pyth

7:14 pm

jmcnrick

study hard

7:14 pm

Joanne123

nite pyt

7:15 pm

Joanne123

did my medicine work for you jmc??

7:15 pm

jmcnrick

I am sorry what medicine was that?

7:15 pm

Joanne123

shower time

7:16 pm

jmcnrick

o right yes it was very soothing

7:17 pm

Joanne123

it is

7:17 pm

Joanne123

best medicine for me anyway

7:18 pm

jmcnrick

:-)

7:18 pm

Brookie

Hello everyone! Any clue for fo7 please?

7:18 pm

Joanne123

this grid is brutal once again

7:18 pm

jmcnrick

most like a muppet bear wokka wokka

7:19 pm

Brookie

thanks so much, jmc! My 7-year-old son is playing babble with me and appreciates the clue too!

7:19 pm

phandmd

I got an A on my final exam!

7:19 pm

Joanne123

i gave up earlier and dang i came back...to flat line..

7:20 pm

Brookie

yeah phan!

7:20 pm

jmcnrick

glad to be able to clue across the generations :-)

7:20 pm

Jayk

oh rats. i think this one is too much for me. bailing with a pathetic 18 left. Maybe tomorrow will be better. first one in five days i haven't been able to finish. might put me off forever, which i guess would be a blessing

7:20 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo phand!

7:20 pm

jmcnrick

I don't finish all of them

7:21 pm

Joanne123

i don't finish alot of them

7:21 pm

Jayk

but it's harrible not to finish!

7:21 pm

phandmd

Thank you! I was sorta surprised at how well I did.

7:21 pm

jmcnrick

it is just fine not to finish!

7:21 pm

Joanne123

ty for the muppets

7:21 pm

Jayk

or horrible

7:21 pm

jmcnrick

yw joanne

7:21 pm

phandmd

does anyone have a clue for the FO 7?

7:22 pm

jmcnrick

the most like a muppet bear wokka wokka

7:22 pm

phandmd

thanks, Jmc

7:23 pm

jmcnrick

yw

7:23 pm

rbud

do you use Lickety's list, Jayk?

7:23 pm

Jayk

every morning i have really high hopes, and so far in the last five or six days,i've gotten them. then comes a day like today, and.....................yukkk

7:23 pm

Joanne123

god hate to change subject but has beagle that is over weight and hard lump on side of his neck,,troubling his breathing>>>any help???

7:24 pm

jmcnrick

hmm there are several vets in babbleland but I don't think any are here now

7:25 pm

rbud

my dog got thick around the the middle and was hacking and choking, had to put her on Lasix (sp?) for fluid around her heart - she perked right up in a couple of days. But don't know about the lump! :(

7:25 pm

Joanne123

had vet take biopsy and heck if opening the invasion helped but now it's back

7:26 pm

Team_Edward

is there any other word games like this

7:26 pm

Joanne123

said something about fat around the lungs and such

7:26 pm

jesdraggon

hullo all

7:27 pm

jmcnrick

there are lots of word games but none like this!

7:27 pm

jmcnrick

hi jes

7:27 pm

jmcnrick

lexulous, sramble

7:27 pm

jesdraggon

how goes it?

7:27 pm

jmcnrick

*scramble

7:28 pm

jmcnrick

slowly but I think I may make it

7:28 pm

rbud

good luck, Joanne, with your dog.

7:28 pm

jesdraggon

heh. i may not. have only scratched out 29 words so far

7:29 pm

Joanne123

lokk for long night jes

7:29 pm

jmcnrick

sorry I am no help joanne

7:29 pm

jmcnrick

go jes go

7:29 pm

Joanne123

ty jmc and rbud

7:30 pm

Joanne123

look sorry just stepped for second

7:30 pm

Enomis65

joanne my beagle has exactly the same thing - how old is he?

7:30 pm

Joanne123

i monkeyed some of these freaken words

7:30 pm

Joanne123

eno about 13

7:31 pm

jesdraggon

hah. thanks, joanne. i'm hoping that people will be cluing and i can just catch the words floating by ;)

7:31 pm

lbdawger

hi everyone!

7:31 pm

jmcnrick

hi eno

7:31 pm

Joanne123

huge lunp in side of neck and very hard

7:31 pm

Enomis65

Mine is 7 - my vet says it is fat cells and that it is not dangerous

7:31 pm

Enomis65

hi jmc!

7:31 pm

Joanne123

i hope so

7:32 pm

Enomis65

the trouble breathing comes from the belly fat - I put mine on a low fat diet and 2 short walks a day and he lost 15 pounds - helped a lot with the breathing

7:34 pm

Joanne123

pr5 like po6 and plural

7:35 pm

jmcnrick

hi lbd

7:35 pm

Joanne123

eno my dog doesn't know how to walk

7:35 pm

lbdawger

how's it going, jmc?

7:35 pm

Enomis65

He's a beagle, they are lazy!

7:35 pm

jmcnrick

okay lbd

7:35 pm

Joanne123

po4/6 sorry

7:36 pm

jmcnrick

sorry are you asking for a clue joanne?

7:36 pm

Enomis65

you have to get them to walk - mine walks well if he sees food ahead of him :)

7:36 pm

Joanne123

my brat like's to run like he can

7:36 pm

Joanne123

i thought about my treadmill

7:36 pm

Enomis65

yes it is a good idea

7:37 pm

Joanne123

where are u??

7:37 pm

Enomis65

me?

7:37 pm

Joanne123

yes

7:37 pm

Enomis65

ottawa Canada - you?

7:38 pm

Joanne123

brampton ont

7:38 pm

jmcnrick

help with the second na 4/4 pleas

7:39 pm

Joanne123

n and vowels

7:39 pm

jmcnrick

ty joanne

7:40 pm

Enomis65

I always miss this na - thanks joanne

7:40 pm

Joanne123

yvw and so do i ..hehe but not this time

7:41 pm

Joanne123

so eno when he went for cutting it seemed like was releaved..no snorting??

7:41 pm

Joanne123

yvw jmc

7:42 pm

Joanne123

eno sorry

7:43 pm

Enomis65

yes he is breathing fine now - he took a needle and retrieved some of the stuff from the lump and told me it was fat

7:43 pm

Enomis65

he still snores though...

7:43 pm

Joanne123

he's older..so is he good for an operation?? i don't know

7:44 pm

Joanne123

ohhh they cut my baby

7:44 pm

Enomis65

he did not operate on him, he said there was no point...

7:44 pm

Enomis65

poor baby

7:45 pm

Joanne123

he didn't til i guess it started growing again

7:45 pm

Enomis65

poor him, hope he feels better soon

7:46 pm

Joanne123

well i guess i have to get him into surgery ...again

7:46 pm

Enomis65

good luck

7:46 pm

Joanne123

ty

7:46 pm

jmcnrick

poor puppy

7:46 pm

Joanne123

he is like our child

7:47 pm

Enomis65

I know the feeling

7:47 pm

Joanne123

our good child

7:47 pm

Enomis65

this grid is so brutal!

7:47 pm

jmcnrick

my cat is not my good child

7:47 pm

jmcnrick

29 left

7:47 pm

jmcnrick

want clues eno?

7:47 pm

Joanne123

awww come on jmc

7:48 pm

Enomis65

I need 70 of them! :)

7:48 pm

jmcnrick

what joanne

7:48 pm

Enomis65

I am brain dead but i'll take a clue for the 7 and 8...

7:48 pm

Joanne123

i hated cats before my daughter brought hers home and changed my tune

7:49 pm

jmcnrick

I love my cat, but she is not good

7:49 pm

Joanne123

lol what is he/she doing

7:50 pm

Joanne123

damn dog eating shiat ..so what is worse

7:50 pm

jmcnrick

the usual cat stuff sitting on my laptop

7:50 pm

Joanne123

awwwww meany

7:51 pm

Joanne123

what else

7:51 pm

Joanne123

you better have good cause

7:51 pm

jmcnrick

hmm?

7:51 pm

Enomis65

ok that's it, can't see straight anymore, goodnight all see you tomorrow!

7:52 pm

Joanne123

and labtop is love

7:52 pm

Enomis65

going to play farmville for a while, mindless, no words!

7:52 pm

Joanne123

nite eno!!!!

7:52 pm

jesdraggon

ooh, if i remember to reload so the words i found at work add in, i suddenly double my word count! heeehee

7:52 pm

jmcnrick

bye eno

7:52 pm

jesdraggon

g'night, eno

7:52 pm

jmcnrick

good job jes

7:52 pm

Joanne123

wtg jes

7:52 pm

jmcnrick

*giggle*

7:52 pm

jmcnrick

my son never sits on my laptop

7:53 pm

jesdraggon

suddenly i'm more than half way! this grid looks a lot less evil now...

7:53 pm

Joanne123

lmao who said jes was done

7:54 pm

jesdraggon

me? done? hahahahahaha!

7:54 pm

jmcnrick

I was commenting on her doubling her words in a stroke

7:54 pm

Joanne123

brat

7:54 pm

phandmd

coming up for air and a clue; MU 6/24 pls

7:55 pm

Joanne123

are we talking golf or babble

7:55 pm

Joanne123

jmc???

7:56 pm

jmcnrick

yes jes?

7:56 pm

lbdawger

mu6 Mu + **p dance + **e Jane run

7:57 pm

lbdawger

back in an hour, going to go watch Bones.

7:57 pm

jillibus

mu + the police ****red the criminal

7:57 pm

jillibus

hello all

7:57 pm

jmcnrick

I just finished watching it lbd

7:58 pm

MPittore

hi jilli and jmc et al

7:58 pm

jmcnrick

hi MP

7:58 pm

MPittore

grid not bad 18 left

7:58 pm

jmcnrick

go MP go

7:59 pm

jmcnrick

hi jill!

7:59 pm

phandmd

I am having trouble with both those clues...

7:59 pm

jmcnrick

both what clues phand

7:59 pm

phandmd

MU 6

7:59 pm

MPittore

neat icon jilli

8:00 pm

jmcnrick

try dog+ detectives crack the c***!

8:00 pm

phandmd

that did the trick, thanks

8:01 pm

jmcnrick

yw

8:02 pm

Joanne123

ib ty for mu

8:02 pm

MPittore

*yum, smack, as eating apple pie my merman just brought to me*

8:03 pm

jillibus

Thanks, MPitt

8:03 pm

phandmd

did anyone else think PO 8/45 was a ridiculous word?

8:03 pm

Joanne123

how's weather jill??

8:03 pm

jmcnrick

pretty much phand

8:03 pm

jillibus

yep!

8:04 pm

phandmd

glad I am not the only one

8:04 pm

Joanne123

i would if i knew it phand

8:04 pm

jillibus

weather here is cold but clear -- well, cloudy -- no snow

8:04 pm

phandmd

do you have the 4/5 above it

8:04 pm

phandmd

add a comparitive ending to it

8:04 pm

jmcnrick

po4 (nasty videos) made into an adverb and then taken to the extreme

8:05 pm

jillibus

not an adverb -- an adjective!

8:05 pm

Joanne123

woo hoo

8:05 pm

Joanne123

jmc ty

8:06 pm

jmcnrick

your welcom

8:06 pm

jmcnrick

or you are welcom

8:06 pm

jmcnrick

welcome

8:06 pm

Bugsaw

hello everyone. How is the grid?

8:06 pm

jmcnrick

shoot

8:06 pm

jmcnrick

yw

8:06 pm

Joanne123

lmao

8:06 pm

jillibus

adjectives modify verbs and usually end in ly (see -- Usually is an adverb here)

8:06 pm

jmcnrick

hi bugs

8:07 pm

jillibus

hi bugs -- I almost picked that icon!

8:07 pm

Joanne123

i got it first time but liking it

8:07 pm

MPittore

Wow bugs beautiful icon...mesmerizing even!

8:08 pm

jmcnrick

so is it an adverb or an adjective?

8:08 pm

Bugsaw

and I almost picked yours jilli! LOL

8:08 pm

jillibus

bugs -- no, I hadn't clicked on it yet -- not the same as the one I almost picked -- as you said, beautiful!

8:09 pm

jillibus

the po8 is an adjective

8:09 pm

phandmd

can I have a clue for the PR 6/27?

8:09 pm

Bugsaw

HI jmc and MPitt. I can't stay long. Must make Christmas cookies tonight to get in the spirit

8:09 pm

jmcnrick

o thanks for the reminder it is time to make my bourbon balls

8:09 pm

jmcnrick

pr+the racist radio guy who got fired multiple times

8:10 pm

Joanne123

like phone company i thin

8:10 pm

jillibus

pr6/27 -- a type of camping stove

8:10 pm

MPittore

these small grids are nice when holidays are nearing...helps keep the stress levels down *grin*

8:10 pm

Bugsaw

We always have rum balls covered in chocolate shot. I had to go to 3 stores to find chocolate shot. (Hope I haven't said anything that will send me to the PB)

8:11 pm

jillibus

I've always made hard sauce for the plum pudding, but not this year -- new kind of Xmas dinner planned :(

8:11 pm

jmcnrick

chocolate shot?

8:11 pm

phandmd

thanks again

8:11 pm

welki

sprinkles

8:11 pm

jmcnrick

ah!

8:12 pm

Bugsaw

little tiny bits of chocolate in a log roll kind of shape. I have always called it that...

8:12 pm

welki

canadian is my second language, i can translate to american :)

8:12 pm

Bugsaw

No plum pudding this year jilli, or just no hard sauce ?

8:13 pm

jillibus

still trying to think of a diff clue for mu6

8:13 pm

jmcnrick

ty I had the same problem earlier with the stove thing

8:13 pm

Bugsaw

We call coloured tiny bits sprinkles, jmc

8:13 pm

jillibus

dessert being provided by others :(

8:14 pm

Joanne123

think man's facial haor growth

8:14 pm

jmcnrick

no sprinkles I know

8:14 pm

welki

chocolate sprinkles are sometimes called jimmies, colored ones always sprinkles

8:14 pm

Joanne123

sorry hair

8:15 pm

jmcnrick

sorry no, sprinkles I know

8:15 pm

Joanne123

sorry think my comp is slow.....

8:15 pm

welki

me too, maybe it's an east coast thing

8:15 pm

Joanne123

i'm in ontario

8:16 pm

MPittore

California or Canada Joanne

8:16 pm

Joanne123

canada

8:16 pm

Bugsaw

thanks welki. I always wondered what jimmies were.

8:17 pm

jillibus

where in Ontario, joanne?

8:17 pm

jmcnrick

I never learned the word jimmies until I moved up here from Texas

8:17 pm

Bugsaw

They do have a different language back there in the east.

8:17 pm

jillibus

anyone remember millions and trillions?

8:18 pm

Joanne123

toronto

8:18 pm

Bugsaw

not me jilli

8:19 pm

Bugsaw

what are they?

8:19 pm

MPittore

still not getting the pr + radio guy got fired now on sat. radio with sidekick Robin...know who he is but can't put it together...

8:19 pm

jillibus

I wonder if they were just a NY thing -- they're those little tiny multicoloured sugar balls -- there were choc candies with them sprinkled on top, yum

8:19 pm

jmcnrick

it was satellite radio **** in the Morning

8:20 pm

jmcnrick

he made a remark about nappy haired basketball players

8:20 pm

jmcnrick

no they are all over the country with different names

8:20 pm

welki

sno-caps?

8:20 pm

jillibus

pr6/27 -- pr** and proper + you and me

8:21 pm

Bugsaw

I still use those thot they were sprinkles. I make an almond based cookie, dip half of it in chocolate and sprinkle millions and trillions on the chocolate. I like the new name

8:21 pm

MPittore

ty *light bulb goes off* now I got it

8:21 pm

jmcnrick

wtg MP

8:22 pm

welki

how about those big silver balls grandmothers put on cookies ... never knew if i was supposed to eat them or if they were ball bearings

8:22 pm

MPittore

I was thinking about one of the other real pieces of work that had a radio show!

8:22 pm

jmcnrick

there are plenty of them MP

8:23 pm

jillibus

I think of sprinkles as like little rods

8:23 pm

MPittore

yep, anything goes these days it seems in the USA

8:23 pm

Bugsaw

They still make those too welki but don't bite them or you will break a tooth!

8:24 pm

welki

dragees ... silver dragees

8:24 pm

Uneaixoise

jilli, i thought of you today -- check out my icon :-)

8:24 pm

welki

but i know they had another name. probably, 'breakyourtoothdeb'

8:24 pm

phandmd

finis! anyone want clues?

8:25 pm

origami

any clues for the last fe 4,8?

8:25 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo phand!

8:25 pm

Uneaixoise

congrats, phand!

8:25 pm

jillibus

oh une, what a beautiful sweetie!

8:25 pm

jesdraggon

yay, phand!

8:25 pm

Uneaixoise

my last fe4 is fe + not them

8:25 pm

Minveryork

fe4/8 is like game show family Fe**,change last letter

8:26 pm

phandmd

thankx, Une, I was going for a harder to say clue than that

8:26 pm

Uneaixoise

i agree, jilli! :-)

8:26 pm

phandmd

you make it sound easy!

8:26 pm

Pinikula

evening all...

8:26 pm

origami

ty une!

8:26 pm

welki

how is it that you managed to hand him over, une? i don't think i could have!

8:26 pm

jmcnrick

pini!

8:26 pm

Pinikula

hi jmc ;)

8:27 pm

Uneaixoise

welki, it wasn't easy but it was so good to know that she was going to a family and not just to another rescue :-)

8:27 pm

welki

there is a neapolitan mastiff at my favorite rescue. henry. i cannot go there until they find him a home :)

8:27 pm

jillibus

welki -- I remember silver dragees -- toothbreakers, unless you just sucked them :)

8:27 pm

Uneaixoise

aaawww, welki

8:28 pm

jillibus

has someone posted a huge picture? Chat is very jerky now and that's usually a symptom.

8:28 pm

jmcnrick

18 left

8:28 pm

Pinikula

* gulp * 64 to go here

8:28 pm

welki

i was like this with an irish setter they had there (george). actually, i'm like this with just about any dog, cat or bird i see *lol*

8:28 pm

Uneaixoise

yes, jilli, check out origami's mega-pic :-)

8:28 pm

origami

foir

8:28 pm

origami

oops ... sorry

8:29 pm

Pinikula

too bad it wasn't a word, origami!

8:29 pm

welki

holy mackaloney, that's a BIG dog!

8:29 pm

Pinikula

3 more and I can list!

8:29 pm

jillibus

origami -- it's you -- please see my bio for an easy way to resize pics

8:29 pm

jmcnrick

go pini go

8:29 pm

Uneaixoise

welki, the lady I handed her over to for the next leg of the journey has SEVEN rescues and an assortment of cats! LOL

8:29 pm

jmcnrick

17

8:29 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, pini!

8:29 pm

origami

That's my foxhound mix ... I have a coonhound also. Love the hounds except they run off the minute they get some blue sky

8:30 pm

Pinikula

hey une! :)

8:30 pm

welki

we sure love our companions :)

8:30 pm

Uneaixoise

we sure do, welki!!!

8:30 pm

Pinikula

yes, we do!

8:31 pm

phandmd

daughter needs help with studying AP Bio so I better get. Happy babbling all

8:31 pm

jesdraggon

bye, phand

8:31 pm

Pinikula

enjoy, phan!

8:31 pm

rururocks

I am gonna love mine

8:31 pm

jmcnrick

bye phand

8:31 pm

jillibus

origami -- while you're at it, you can get your flag etc if you go to your My Account and check the little box, upper right

8:31 pm

Uneaixoise

AP bio -- AACCKK!!

8:31 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, ruru!

8:31 pm

Uneaixoise

ruru, each pic is even more adorable than the last!!

8:32 pm

Pinikula

is that a new pic of Little D, ru?

8:32 pm

rururocks

what a gorgeous dog in your icon une

8:32 pm

rururocks

that's him pini

8:32 pm

Uneaixoise

:-D

8:32 pm

Pinikula

he's definitely a keeper, ru!!!

8:32 pm

rururocks

new one later tonite

8:32 pm

Uneaixoise

cool!

8:33 pm

Pinikula

woot woot!

8:33 pm

Pinikula

or would that be "woof woof"?

8:34 pm

rururocks

squeak squeak would be more like it

8:34 pm

Pinikula

* giggle *

8:34 pm

MPittore

li5/10 (first one) and li6/18

8:34 pm

rururocks

great danes are such beautiful dogs

8:35 pm

jesdraggon

li5 is a flower, mpit

8:35 pm

jmcnrick

li+the lost tzarina was ****tasia

8:35 pm

Uneaixoise

i agree, ruru, and I had no idea that's what they looked like as puppies :-)

8:35 pm

Pinikula

thx jmc!

8:36 pm

Pinikula

nbt and 1/2-way....off to list I go!! :)

8:36 pm

jmcnrick

yw

8:36 pm

Uneaixoise

git 'r dun, pini!!!!!

8:36 pm

Pinikula

imma goin'!

8:36 pm

Uneaixoise

:-D

8:36 pm

Bugsaw

32 left so off to bake for a while. Have fun everyone

8:36 pm

rururocks

(chokes on dust)

8:37 pm

jesdraggon

bye, bugsaw

8:37 pm

jmcnrick

14 left

8:37 pm

Uneaixoise

later, bugsaw!

8:37 pm

jmcnrick

bye bugs

8:37 pm

Uneaixoise

go, jmc!!

8:37 pm

jmcnrick

hurry up pini!

8:37 pm

rururocks

later betty crocker

8:37 pm

Pinikula

50

8:38 pm

rururocks

50??

8:38 pm

Pinikula

50 more words to find?

8:38 pm

jmcnrick

go pini go

8:38 pm

rururocks

whoa...that's a lot of gittin'

8:39 pm

Pinikula

got that right!

8:39 pm

rururocks

and dunin'

8:39 pm

rururocks

(orders a sasparilla while waiting for pini)

8:40 pm

torgone

Heyas kids ..

8:40 pm

rururocks

hey BGH

8:40 pm

welki

jilli? still here? i said dragees before, but only because i couldn't remember the name i knew them by .. nonpareils! (or something like that)

8:40 pm

Pinikula

hi tor

8:41 pm

jmcnrick

nonpareils that's right!

8:41 pm

jesdraggon

hi tor :)

8:41 pm

Pinikula

39

8:42 pm

jmcnrick

go pini go

8:42 pm

torgone

whee ..Fireworks to see me off ..

8:43 pm

Uneaixoise

dragees are "Jordan almonds"

8:43 pm

Uneaixoise

congrats, tor!!

8:43 pm

Pinikula

wtg tor!

8:43 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hooo torg!

8:43 pm

jmcnrick

have a great trip!

8:43 pm

MPittore

ty jesdrag

8:43 pm

Pinikula

OMG! there are a million P's!!!

8:45 pm

rururocks

*pini exagerates a bit*

8:45 pm

jesdraggon

wow. did you all know that pokemon is satan's tool to lure children into summoning demons?

8:45 pm

Pinikula

* blink * moi?

8:46 pm

jmcnrick

only 23 pini

8:46 pm

origami

Hey Jilli ... OK, updated profile. But, I'm pretty boring :-) I'll have to spend a little more time. Make it spectacular like an online dating profile!

8:46 pm

jmcnrick

I was recently told that sponge bob is gay and it luring children into a gay life

8:46 pm

jesdraggon

sponge bob's not gay, just idiotic

8:47 pm

Pinikula

27 now

8:47 pm

jesdraggon

ok, my bf says "he's an idiotic homo. not that there's anything wrong with that."

8:47 pm

jmcnrick

he has a squirrel girl friend

8:47 pm

jmcnrick

9

8:47 pm

Uneaixoise

jes LOL!!

8:48 pm

rururocks

well... he does have square pants

8:48 pm

jmcnrick

last an please

8:48 pm

MPittore

no4/4

8:49 pm

jmcnrick

n+petroleum

8:49 pm

Pinikula

rhymes with aluminum f***

8:49 pm

Uneaixoise

an + abbrev for continent below USA

8:49 pm

Uneaixoise

fo7 please?

8:50 pm

Minveryork

The an 4/4 word is anagram of an 4/4 word jmcnrick

8:50 pm

rururocks

more henry winkler une.. without the n

8:50 pm

MPittore

ty jmc 11 to go

8:50 pm

jmcnrick

ty min

8:50 pm

jmcnrick

hi min

8:50 pm

jmcnrick

7

8:50 pm

Minveryork

yw

8:50 pm

jillibus

origami -- good that you got your flag, but please will you resize your picture? Just scroll down my profile for an easy way.

8:50 pm

torgone

Gogo jmc ..

8:51 pm

Uneaixoise

aaahhh, thanks, ruru!

8:51 pm

MPittore

pr6/21 pr5/14 (second one), pr5/12

8:51 pm

Minveryork

Hello jmcnrick. Was not going to babble today, but I couldn't resist with such a small grid. I'm almost done

8:51 pm

jmcnrick

6

8:51 pm

jillibus

hi min :) Interesting stars!

8:52 pm

Minveryork

A pr 6/21 is someone who works in a catholic church.

8:52 pm

torgone

Ok I'm off now .. See you kids in a week or so ..

8:52 pm

Minveryork

Go jmcnrick go!

8:52 pm

Uneaixoise

bye, tor!!

8:52 pm

jmcnrick

bye travel sa4

8:52 pm

Pinikula

did I miss the clue for that fo7?

8:52 pm

Pinikula

safe journey, tor!!!!!

8:52 pm

torgone

Thanks ..

8:52 pm

Minveryork

Hi jillibus! How are you? Did you finish the puzzle yet?

8:52 pm

origami

I think I need to upload a better photo! Didn't resize well.

8:52 pm

jmcnrick

most like a muppet bear wokka wokka

8:52 pm

MPittore

pls oragami...the chat is jittering and jumping all over

8:52 pm

torgone

Wokka wokka!

8:52 pm

Pinikula

brb (koda calls)

8:52 pm

jillibus

Oh yes, min, earlier today

8:53 pm

Minveryork

pr 5/14: the man the Trifioso always refers to I think

8:53 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations on your early finish jillibus! Hooray!

8:55 pm

Uneaixoise

FIREWORDS and I'm off to watch Mentalist! byeee *poof*

8:55 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations Uneaixoise on fireworks! Way to go!

8:55 pm

jillibus

Bye une!

8:56 pm

jmcnrick

bye une

8:56 pm

MPittore

ty min for the church one I don't know who the Trifioso refers to though

8:56 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye Uneaixoise! I'll see you tomorrow in the log!

8:57 pm

jesdraggon

bye, une

8:57 pm

jmcnrick

4

8:59 pm

jmcnrick

2

8:59 pm

jesdraggon

gogogo, jam!

8:59 pm

jmcnrick

1

9:00 pm

jmcnrick

but I will wait until pini comes back

9:01 pm

jesdraggon

down to 11

9:01 pm

jmcnrick

go jes go

9:02 pm

jillibus

I have to get some supper -- sorry I haven't been helping much with clues but have also been chatting on MSN

9:02 pm

jmcnrick

bye jill

9:03 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye jillibus! I will see you tomorrow in the chat!

9:03 pm

jillibus

back later -- and YAY jmc in advance!

9:06 pm

jmcnrick

ty jill

9:07 pm

Good Enough

aaahhhhh......f i r e w o r k s...

9:07 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations Good Enough on fireworks! Hooray!

9:08 pm

MPittore

se 6/33

9:08 pm

lbdawger

whooo hoooo Good Enough!!

9:09 pm

lbdawger

se6 is an alternate spelling of what an epileptic might experience. petit or grand mal...se6

9:09 pm

origami

su clue?

9:10 pm

Good Enough

thanks. not excited tonight, just relieved. no not relieved, just satisfied. aaaahhhh, i can go to bed.

9:10 pm

lbdawger

japanese wrestler, origami

9:10 pm

origami

ty! thought I tried the wrestler

9:10 pm

MPittore

ty dawg got it

9:11 pm

Minveryork

That su 4/6 word is a su** wrestler origami.

9:12 pm

Minveryork

S's Stomped! 9 left

9:12 pm

lbdawger

go min!

9:12 pm

MPittore

or4/9

9:12 pm

Minveryork

T's Toppled! 8 left

9:13 pm

lbdawger

a type of pasta, looks like rice

9:13 pm

jmcnrick

go min go

9:13 pm

MPittore

ty dawg

9:13 pm

lbdawger

yw

9:14 pm

Minveryork

That or 4/9 word is a kind of white rice MPittore.

9:15 pm

MPittore

pr5/14 (second one), pr5/12

9:15 pm

MPittore

ty min still working on the two pr's

9:15 pm

lbdawger

change the last letter to another vowel, for the pr5.14

9:16 pm

lbdawger

first pr5.12 is plural of pulling something apart, second one is soemthing that happens before

9:16 pm

Minveryork

pr 5/14 means first and pr 5/12 is pr 6/21 minus the last letter MPittore.

9:17 pm

jmcnrick

pini?

9:17 pm

Minveryork

M's Mashed! 7 left

9:18 pm

MPittore

Min I don't see a pr6/21?

9:18 pm

MPittore

oops hust saw it

9:19 pm

MPittore

but it's the second pr 5/12 that I need just after the pr6/27

9:20 pm

jmcnrick

it is before MP

9:20 pm

lbdawger

Pr + 3rd vowel + either **

9:20 pm

Minveryork

pr5/12:pr6/27 word comes pr*** to the pr5/12 word that you need MPittore.

9:21 pm

MPittore

duh, slapping self on cheek I got it ty min, dawg, and jmc...it takes a village! LOL 3 left

9:22 pm

Minveryork

Go MPittore go!

9:22 pm

jmcnrick

lol MP

9:22 pm

lbdawger

go MP!

9:22 pm

Minveryork

P

9:23 pm

origami

9 left ... clues for the zo's anyone?

9:23 pm

Minveryork

P's Pummeled! 4 left

9:23 pm

MPittore

second ro4/4, ro5/12, sa 4/7 for fireworks

9:23 pm

lbdawger

go min, go origami!

9:23 pm

lbdawger

zo + bunch of vowels

9:24 pm

jmcnrick

go ori go

9:24 pm

MPittore

got ro 4/4

9:24 pm

Minveryork

zo 4/9 is zo plus two more vowels. zo 5/20 is zo 4/9 plus an upright consonant and A zo 4/9 word rhymes with actress L*** Singer origami.

9:24 pm

jesdraggon

how fishy are the fo5 words?

9:25 pm

jmcnrick

moderately jes

9:25 pm

lbdawger

minnowy, jes

9:26 pm

jmcnrick

only would be really fishy if you worked at the Folger

9:26 pm

Minveryork

Phantom words for me tonight are mirror & promise.

9:26 pm

jesdraggon

found one that means a collection of writing

9:27 pm

jesdraggon

and fetus, minver :)

9:27 pm

lbdawger

change the last letter to another vowel, jes

9:27 pm

jesdraggon

ah, thanks!

9:27 pm

jmcnrick

my phantom was iron

9:28 pm

jesdraggon

fo7 please?

9:28 pm

lbdawger

superlative of the bear on the muppets

9:29 pm

rururocks

more henry winkler jes.. less the n

9:29 pm

MPittore

down to last two...ro5/12, sa 4/7 for fireworks

9:29 pm

Minveryork

fo7/60 is fo + high point tile plus a superlative ending

9:29 pm

lbdawger

Juliet's counterpart

9:29 pm

rururocks

very secure is sa 4 mp

9:29 pm

jmcnrick

wokka wokka

9:30 pm

lbdawger

lol, jmc

9:30 pm

jmcnrick

(never get tired of that)

9:30 pm

MPittore

ty ruru

9:30 pm

Minveryork

sa4/7:when you're not in danger you're sa** MPittore

9:30 pm

rururocks

I thought ro5 was juliet's cabana boy?

9:30 pm

jmcnrick

go MP go

9:30 pm

origami

ty min ... can't get the zo 4/9

9:30 pm

jesdraggon

thanks, min

9:30 pm

jmcnrick

no he's MY cabana boy

9:30 pm

Minveryork

yw

9:30 pm

Minveryork

R's Rendered! 4 left

9:30 pm

Minveryork

*3 left

9:30 pm

jesdraggon

na6?

9:30 pm

jmcnrick

go min go

9:31 pm

Minveryork

zo 4/9 is zo plus abbreviation for the smallest state.

9:31 pm

lbdawger

zo + to **ch his own, and the last one is japanese for flip flops

9:31 pm

lbdawger

na6, sick to your stomach...

9:31 pm

MPittore

ro5/12

9:31 pm

rururocks

sick feeeling jes

9:31 pm

rururocks

na6 is feeling sickly

9:31 pm

regis

please help with the po8

9:31 pm

jesdraggon

heh. excellent. thanks, ruru

9:32 pm

rururocks

the most of larry flynt regis

9:32 pm

Minveryork

N's Nuked! 2 left

9:32 pm

lbdawger

superlative of the naughty po word

9:32 pm

lbdawger

go Min!

9:32 pm

rururocks

pork?

9:32 pm

Minveryork

The po 8/45 is po 4/5 plus a superlative ending regis.

9:32 pm

jesdraggon

n's nuked.

9:32 pm

jesdraggon

3 p's and an s left

9:32 pm

rururocks

go jes go..

9:32 pm

jmcnrick

nasty videos regis

9:33 pm

Minveryork

Nice jesdraggon!

9:33 pm

regis

thank you all done

9:33 pm

rururocks

regis did nasty videos.. how gross

9:33 pm

lbdawger

whoooohooooo regis!!

9:33 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hooo regis

9:33 pm

rururocks

you would think the millionaire show would keep him busy enough

9:34 pm

lbdawger

ru, your little furball is adorable!

9:34 pm

regis

good night

9:34 pm

rururocks

thank you LBD.. he is cute

9:34 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations regis on finishing the puzzle!Hooray

9:34 pm

jmcnrick

bye regis

9:34 pm

rururocks

nite regis

9:34 pm

lbdawger

nightnight, regis

9:34 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye regis!I will see you tomorrow in the chat log

9:34 pm

jesdraggon

g'night, regis

9:35 pm

Minveryork

I am done! I have fireworks! fo5/16 was my last word

9:36 pm

jesdraggon

yay, min!

9:36 pm

lbdawger

whoooooo hoooooo MIN!!!

9:36 pm

Minveryork

I can stay here to clue for 10 more minutes if needed

9:36 pm

MPittore

F I R E W O R K S !!!!!!!

9:36 pm

rururocks

YAY minver

9:36 pm

rururocks

Yeah MP

9:36 pm

lbdawger

whoooooohooooooo MP!!!

9:37 pm

MPittore

ty to everyone!

9:37 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations MPittore on fireworks! Good for you

9:37 pm

jesdraggon

pr6,27?

9:38 pm

lbdawger

Pr4.6 + them, not **

9:38 pm

Minveryork

The pr 6/27 is pr 4/6 plus not them but ** jesdraggon

9:38 pm

jmcnrick

whooo hooo MP

9:39 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hooo min!

9:39 pm

jmcnrick

(worried about koda)

9:39 pm

jmcnrick

pini!?!?!?

9:39 pm

jesdraggon

thanks :)

9:39 pm

lbdawger

is something wrong with koda?

9:40 pm

jmcnrick

pini went to walk koda forever ago!

9:40 pm

MPittore

whoop whoop I am dancing like no one is looking! OvO

9:40 pm

jmcnrick

wtg MP

9:40 pm

lbdawger

I bet she's working on her scrapbook.

9:40 pm

jmcnrick

ah I bet you are right!

9:41 pm

jmcnrick

well I aint staying up all night

9:41 pm

MPittore

well off to search for an icon after I look up theme...

9:41 pm

jmcnrick

fireworks!

9:41 pm

MPittore

BIG yeah jmc

9:41 pm

lbdawger

did you make your booze balls, jmc?

9:41 pm

jesdraggon

pr5,14, and pr6,24?

9:41 pm

lbdawger

whooooo hoooooo JMC!!!

9:41 pm

jmcnrick

MP I really liked your star icon

9:42 pm

jmcnrick

no I have all the stuff -- that is what I want to go do

9:42 pm

lbdawger

put a vowel after the pr** and proper then plural, jes

9:42 pm

jmcnrick

but now I am thinking I will wait until Saturday

9:42 pm

MPittore

thank you...I thought it was pretty symbolic

9:42 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations jmcnrick on fireworks! Good for you

9:42 pm

jmcnrick

time consuming to roll all those little balls

9:42 pm

Minveryork

Tomorrow's icon theme is take a word from the grid.

9:43 pm

lbdawger

just make a couple big ones you can nibble on all day! lol

9:43 pm

jmcnrick

okay I am off

9:43 pm

Minveryork

pr 5/14: I am in the pr*** of my life&plural jesdraggon

9:43 pm

lbdawger

night night, jmc

9:43 pm

jmcnrick

if pini comes back tell her :-P

9:43 pm

MPittore

min does that mean this grid or tomorrows

9:44 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye jmcnrick! I will see you tomorrow in the log!

9:44 pm

jesdraggon

sorry, meant the ones after what you get when you win a contest

9:44 pm

lbdawger

from tomorrow's grid, MP

9:44 pm

lbdawger

pr + the last part of rhyming verses

9:45 pm

jillibus

Excuse me, but tomorrow's theme is Hanukkah, or Chanukah, which begins at sundown.

9:46 pm

Minveryork

Tomorrow's grid Mpittore. You pick a word from the grid as your icon to give others an icon clue.We can never get Friday's icon clue the day before since we have to wait for grid which will be at flip time 12:00.

9:46 pm

jillibus

To check themes, go to Sprite's link: http://tinyurl.com/6z7unz

9:47 pm

jillibus

Min that's usually the case, but this Friday is different.

9:48 pm

Minveryork

I will still do an icon clue since it is Friday and that is what the theme usually is for Friday. Especially if it's a big grid, I am sure people will need some icon clues.

9:49 pm

jillibus

I'm not Jewish, but I thought it would be good to honour that date.

9:49 pm

jillibus

So that's why I suggested the theme.

9:50 pm

jesdraggon

se6,33?

9:50 pm

jesdraggon

last word

9:50 pm

lbdawger

alternate spelling of having the shakes like a grand mal se6

9:51 pm

jesdraggon

ah, thanks!

9:51 pm

Minveryork

I'm not Jewish either, but many people are so that is a good idea jillibus. I got company so I may not even babble tomorrow, but I certainly hope to. Can't miss a day without Babble!

9:51 pm

MPittore

I think I will go with jilli on this, I like her thought to honor the date...I will find a good icon! If tomorrow changes I will find another...it's all ok! Hugs and brb!

9:51 pm

lbdawger

whoooooo hoooooooo JES!!!

9:51 pm

Minveryork

An se6/33 sounds like what people with epilepsy have

9:51 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations jesdraggon on fireworks! Good for U

9:51 pm

rururocks

just checking if my icon worked

9:52 pm

harpjane

hello 90 to go

9:52 pm

lbdawger

groan, yes it worked, ru

9:52 pm

lbdawger

hi harp!

9:52 pm

jillibus

Ye Gods and Little Fishes, ruru -- it worked!

9:52 pm

shorty

LOL ruru

9:53 pm

Minveryork

Hi harpjane! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

9:53 pm

rururocks

that's as close as I can get jilli...lol

9:53 pm

jillibus

Off to have supper -- back soon

9:53 pm

Nef

Hello Fellow Babblers. How's it going tonight?

9:53 pm

joey

jilibus, i know that saying - do you know the origin?

9:53 pm

joey

thanks

9:53 pm

lbdawger

later, Jilli, Hi Nef, Hi Joey

9:54 pm

rururocks

through the fire...

9:54 pm

joey

hi lbdawger and everyone else. since jili left, does anyone know the origin of ye gods and little fishes?

9:54 pm

harpjane

very funny ruru

9:54 pm

Minveryork

Hello Nef! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle!

9:55 pm

rururocks

no.. joey .. but I hate those stupid metal fishes on the backs of cars

9:55 pm

joey

i know what you mean, ruru,

9:55 pm

Nef

Hi lbd, Joey, Min, Harpjane and ruru +

9:56 pm

rururocks

hi nef

9:56 pm

lbdawger

i like the ones with legs on them (the fishes)

9:57 pm

rururocks

now THAT would be funny lbd

9:57 pm

lbdawger

apparently the saying is an Americanism of a British declaration to the Gods. where the little fishes came from know one seems to know

9:57 pm

harpjane

is the po8 a compound word?

9:57 pm

rururocks

nope

9:58 pm

lbdawger

no, it's an extention of the po4 before it, harp, think superlative

9:58 pm

rururocks

the most of sex videos a very dumb word

9:58 pm

harpjane

lol

9:58 pm

rururocks

extention?

9:58 pm

Minveryork

po 8/45 is po 4/5 plus a superlative ending harpjane.

9:59 pm

lbdawger

well, it is...kinda

9:59 pm

joey

From Wikipedia I can help a bit, but the mists of word history obscure its early story. Itâ€™s an elaboration of the older ye gods!, an exclamation that dates back at least to the seventeenth century in Britain, a way of calling on higher powers in a mock-heroic way without actually bringing the wrath of the Church down on you for blasphemy.

However, ye gods and little fishes is characteristically American, an example of the embellishment and ornamentation that was common in the inflated language of the nineteenth century. Iâ€™ve found several examples from the 1850s, which suggest that by then it was well known. A good one appears in Early Indiana Trials and Sketches by Oliver Hampton Smith, of 1858: â€œMr. Tylerâ€™s friends in their great devotion to their great chief, have compared him to Napoleon. â€˜Ye gods and little fishes!â€™ John Tyler and Napoleon Bonaparte!â€.

But why the little fishes? Sorry, Iâ€™ve no idea, except there may be a disguised Biblical reference in there somewhere, perhaps to the story of the feeding of the five thousand in St Matthewâ€™s Gospel. My suspicion is that it was a catchphrase from a play or popular song that is now lost to us.

10:02 pm

lbdawger

okie dokie, off to my pillows. see you all tomorrow!

10:03 pm

MPittore

ruru...I can't see your icon...when I click on it and the big one comes up it is still your cute new pup

10:04 pm

MPittore

not that that is a bad thing *smile*

10:04 pm

wildcat17

m6 please

10:05 pm

MPittore

ruru can you see my new one "menorrah moose"?

10:06 pm

rururocks

yes

10:06 pm

rururocks

can you see my new icon now?

10:07 pm

MPittore

mp the one from earlier today shows..I've refreshed so much I should slap myself LOL

10:07 pm

Minveryork

mu6/24 is mu+anagram of pull up a chair & take a ****

10:08 pm

rururocks

I did this icon to drive jilli nuts..lol

10:08 pm

wildcat17

tyvm and firewords

10:09 pm

rururocks

yay wildie

10:09 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations wildcat17 on fireworks!Good for you

10:09 pm

Minveryork

Goodnight to my fellow babblers!I'll see you tomorrow

10:09 pm

rururocks

nigh nigh minver

10:10 pm

MPittore

ROFL...It shows your humorous chaka khan but I want to see your new picture...looks like it may be another of your new baby!

10:15 pm

harpjane

mu6?

10:17 pm

MPittore

well, I have to go to bed...have to get up very early and go on a shopping/lunch date with my mom. Hugs and *poof*

10:29 pm

kje

i just remembered I hadn't finished this (oops)

10:41 pm

kje

po8?

10:45 pm

jillibus

po8 -- adjectival superlative form of smutty

10:48 pm

kje

ty jilli

10:48 pm

kje

never heard that

10:53 pm

jillibus

who did?

10:53 pm

kje

probably no one

10:53 pm

kje

how about fo7?

10:53 pm

jillibus

except enable

10:54 pm

kje

nm

10:54 pm

kje

figured it out by the points

10:54 pm

jillibus

fo7 -- similar ending -- f+ the Wizard of ** etc

10:55 pm

jillibus

clever you

10:55 pm

kje

occasionally the old brain works jilli ; )

10:55 pm

Bugsaw

Thank you jilli. Your clue just gave me firewords!

10:56 pm

kje

yayayay bugs!!!

10:56 pm

Bugsaw

how many more for you kje?

10:56 pm

jillibus

YAY bugs!!!

10:56 pm

kje

at least your last was a challenge, bug... mine was as4 LOLOL

10:57 pm

kje

just finished bug

10:57 pm

Bugsaw

I get so frustrated when I can't find a 4. I can sympathize

10:57 pm

jillibus

so a fishy triumph, kje???

10:57 pm

Bugsaw

good for you to be done too.

10:57 pm

kje

fish fireworks....

10:57 pm

jillibus

YAY kje!!!

10:57 pm

kje

are you done jilli?

10:58 pm

jillibus

oh yes, this afternoon.

10:58 pm

kje

btw, I am listening to obama's speach, so may pop out

10:58 pm

jillibus

I want to hear that too, hoping it will be on CNN at 10 pm here.

10:58 pm

jillibus

ugh -- flip time!

10:59 pm

Bugsaw

I am off to to change my icon and make another batch of cookies. Thanks for all your support jilli. bye

10:59 pm

kje

here jilli - link with the full thing

10:59 pm

kje

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/opin
ion/11fri1.html?_r=1

10:59 pm

jillibus

so I may be a wee bit distracted then

11:04 pm

jillibus

wow, kje, that's a great editorial

11:08 pm

kje

the speach can be heard if you click on the pic of obama jilli

11:08 pm

kje

OK, off to bed with me... morning will come

11:09 pm

jillibus

I'm listening now -- thanks kje

11:41 pm

jillibus

darn -- the last bit was cut off!

11:49 pm

Locks99

need help with em4/8 and po8/45

11:50 pm

lizmac

PO8....most PO4/5

11:51 pm

helensgirlkid

em 8 - em + *riday - + s

11:51 pm

lizmac

EM4/8 count the letter values

11:51 pm

Locks99

thanks liz

11:51 pm

Locks99

and helen

11:56 pm

cybernan

hello everyone :)

11:57 pm

cybernan

Are Fridays still icon clues days?

11:57 pm

rururocks

(still thursday here)

11:57 pm

cybernan

I know that ruru!!!

11:58 pm

rururocks

lol

11:58 pm

jillibus

This Friday this theme is Hanukkah (Chanukah) which starts at sundown. My suggestion.

11:58 pm

rururocks

I have an icon for the day jilli

11:58 pm

cybernan

Wasn't looking for cute -- was looking for an answer

11:59 pm

jillibus

Did you see the answer, nan?

12:00 am

cybernan

about today yes -- but I was asking in general

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