Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, February 17, 2021

12:01 am

Rainiqui

ti 7

12:01 am

Rainiqui

fi 7

12:03 am

grannyrose

top row done....loll

12:07 am

dcseain

co7

12:09 am

grannyrose

is7 and is8

12:09 am

grannyrose

inch

12:09 am

grannyrose

sowwy. free clue

12:10 am

Rainiqui

okees, tanks !

12:10 am

grannyrose

2nd row done

12:11 am

dcseain

i'm off to bed. very tired. Happy Baabling, yall!

12:11 am

grannyrose

sweet dreams Seain

12:18 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:20 am

Gadget

Can't get those long I words!

12:21 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs ni 8 and 9

12:23 am

dizgrannie

nbt/nbs, thnxRain

12:24 am

Rainiqui

I kept staring and staring, I can't believe I didn't get it sooner. You're welcome Diz.

12:27 am

dizgrannie

to 6/7

12:42 am

joym999

grannyrose - got a clue for those IS words?

12:49 am

Cosmo Kramer

i + you are ** far away from me + it's difficult to *e*** new tricks to an old dog
and plural

12:49 am

joym999

thx cosmo

1:02 am

dizgrannie

FWs, last word (thnx to morewords) co 6/27 - an ancient roman measurement

1:02 am

dizgrannie

double cons on the end

1:03 am

dizgrannie

sorry double VOWEL on the end

1:07 am

joym999

the CO6 27 would be a really delicious soup if those double vowels were a different vowel

1:08 am

joym999

And that's fireworks for me! I had an easy time tonight for a change.

1:29 am

ItalianGreyhound

just back after 3 days of no power and single digits here in Texas. Power came on 5 minutes ago. Was sleeping in 38 degree room!

1:32 am

SummerBreeze44

Haven't spoken with you before, but so happy for you that you have your power back. I feel so bad for all of you.

1:34 am

ItalianGreyhound

Thanks - it has been rough. No hotels available, no option but to hunker down with no heat. Got down to 3 last night.

1:35 am

SummerBreeze44

It seems like the world has gone crazy and Mother Nature is mad as hell.

1:36 am

ItalianGreyhound

Will be 65 by Sunday, thank god. Lots of people here still without power, and mine will probably go off sometime again.

3:34 am

crosshair

This grid is going smooth as silk for me--for a change, but I must head to work, and the rest will have to wait. Have a good day my Babble friends.

4:48 am

PMS

sl

7:28 am

BzznBea

Good morning, popsicles.

7:32 am

MollyL

Hello, busiest of Beas.

7:33 am

BzznBea

Today is a slow day. =)

7:37 am

MollyL

Slow days are necessary now and again. They let the body battery re-charge

7:40 am

dauber

Normally I wish my fellow Catholics a happy Spot-the-Catholic Day, but today, with so many people staying home because of the pandemic, and so many stranded at home due to the weather, today ain't the best day to play.

7:42 am

bojazz

Episcopalians also receive imposition of ashes today...

7:42 am

dauber

Ah, that's right! I knew someone else did too.

7:42 am

BzznBea

We lived across the street from a Catholic church. We had to learn the Holy Days so we would be able to get out of our drive to get to work. Ash Wednesday was the worst.

7:43 am

dauber

higilists

7:43 am

dauber

D'OH!!

7:43 am

dauber

Sorry, gave away a word!

7:44 am

dauber

*heh heh heh*

7:45 am

MollyL

I can barely say this without laughing. Some Catholic Churches are doing drive-by ashes.

7:46 am

BzznBea

It is rather funny.

7:47 am

dauber

If someone's not paying attention when you say "drive-by ashes" out loud, they'll think you mean mooning.

7:51 am

dauber

Just now occurred to me there are no Es in this one.

7:54 am

MollyL

I wonder if you can get drive-by confession too

7:58 am

BzznBea

Found some sqaush in the grid.

7:59 am

MollyL

Is it a support squash?

7:59 am

BzznBea

No. Too small.

8:00 am

BzznBea

Large zucchini reminds me of my dream last night.

8:01 am

MollyL

Oh that sounds like a field day for Freud

8:02 am

BzznBea

Could be. Or it could be just another one of those crazy pandemic dreams.

8:05 am

MollyL

Lots of interesting interpretations in the dream dictionaries about dreaming of zucchini

8:07 am

BzznBea

I'm sure. These were mutant zucchinis that were actually moving on their own.

8:08 am

BzznBea

You know, I may never eat zucchini again.

8:08 am

MollyL

Ooo, sounds like Attack of The Killer Tomatoes

8:09 am

Judi

Good morning, all. I'm having a tough time coming up with squash puns. Not an easy subject.

8:10 am

Judi

Just can't think of acorn-y enough pun.

8:11 am

BzznBea

I should have quashed the urge to mention them.

8:11 am

BzznBea

8 left...time for oatmeal.

8:13 am

Retired PJs

Many churches are doing "drive-by" ashes, as well as drive-by communion. We're adapting to the current reality. Nothing funny about it, if you understand the rituals.

8:18 am

Judi

I have heard that pastors / priests are going to administer ashes via Q-tips. I like that idea. I thought an alternative could be makeup sponges.

8:20 am

Judi

27 left. Doubt I'll be able to finish this today. See y'all tomorrow!

8:30 am

hokie carla

not a good thing when I can't even find a word in the first tile

8:32 am

MLFAN17

i found both of them

8:32 am

hokie carla

do not like these i's being the only vowels up there

8:33 am

penquis

think gerund...

8:33 am

penquis

hello all...

8:34 am

hokie carla

thanks, pen. hadn't seen that. was too busy complaining about the i's to notice the ng. :D

8:34 am

hokie carla

still working on coffee

8:34 am

bichon

is 7/36, pls

8:35 am

hokie carla

1st col gray!

8:36 am

penquis

don't have it bichon....

8:37 am

MLFAN17

i havent gotten all the words for the m yet

8:37 am

penquis

is 7....is + word that sounds like a pin....

8:37 am

bichon

ty pen

8:37 am

BzznBea

is7 ends with the instrument used to report rpms

8:37 am

penquis

put a vowel after the is ....sorry...

8:38 am

bichon

ty pen

8:38 am

penquis

yw...

8:39 am

MLFAN17

ty for the is7

8:39 am

penquis

yw...

8:40 am

hokie carla

had to look up RPMs. could not remember which meter that was.

8:40 am

hokie carla

2nd row gray!

8:40 am

MollyL

Having spent a great deal of my life as a practicing Catholic, I do understand the rituals. Which is why I find the drive-by thing funny

8:41 am

BzznBea

I just finished the bottom row.

8:42 am

MLFAN17

last column greyed lol

8:43 am

hokie carla

the methodist church I grew up in did not do ashes or even ash wed service, but they do now. I rem. at college seeing people with ashes on their foreheads and I was like what is going on? all these people have dirt on their faces.

8:43 am

hokie carla

last column gray!

8:43 am

rururocks

do they have drive by confessionals too?

8:44 am

hokie carla

oh, found a bird

8:44 am

BzznBea

Did you find the squash?

8:44 am

MLFAN17

stats bzz?

8:44 am

hokie carla

not that I know of

8:46 am

hokie carla

top row gray!

8:52 am

MollyL

Ru, I asked about drive-by confession too

8:53 am

rururocks

well.. it kind of follows logic

8:53 am

MollyL

I'm not seeing any of the squash names I am familiar with. Unless it is one of those latin names

8:54 am

hokie carla

yeah, we never got the stats for that

8:54 am

hokie carla

19 left here. may have reached my (phantom) limit

8:54 am

phaeton

hello...ni8/45?

8:55 am

BzznBea

ni8 is spectics

8:55 am

hokie carla

hmm, hadn't noticed there was a 9

8:55 am

BzznBea

Or one who believes in nothing

8:55 am

hurshy

a person who believes in destroying everything

8:55 am

penquis

anarchist....pl....

8:55 am

hokie carla

oh, skeptics. I was like what's a spectic

8:55 am

phaeton

ty

8:55 am

hokie carla

one who doesn't believe in ghosts?

8:56 am

hurshy

y'all need to get sorted on the diff between ni9 and anarchists and agnostics lol

8:56 am

BzznBea

the squash is si6/7

8:56 am

hokie carla

thanks, found it

8:56 am

hokie carla

the ni, not the squash

8:56 am

BzznBea

Agnostics is the correct term.

8:59 am

hurshy

anyone have either word from the left i ?

8:59 am

BzznBea

is7.36 and an 8

8:59 am

BzznBea

and 8

8:59 am

hokie carla

hmm, went to a squash glossary and didn't find an si

9:00 am

hurshy

thanks bea

9:00 am

rururocks

thank you bea

9:00 am

hurshy

top two rows grey!

9:00 am

hokie carla

well there was a silk melon, aka chinese okra, but no other si squash

9:01 am

rururocks

I know my squashes but that one isn't ringing a bell

9:01 am

hokie carla

still need 4 other S + the squashes. the S is the worst today.

9:02 am

hurshy

aaaaaargh i hate when i my bel vita breaks off in my tea

9:02 am

hokie carla

hmm, I would dip a bel vita in coffee if I could eat it, but tea?

9:02 am

BzznBea

It is a word for summer sqaush like patty pan

9:02 am

hurshy

it's fab

9:03 am

hokie carla

i've never even heard of patty pan

9:03 am

hokie carla

all I know about summer squash is straightneck and crookneck

9:03 am

hurshy

i've heard of patty pan squash but then i like to read old books

9:04 am

BzznBea

You need to try patty pan.

9:04 am

LuvWordGames

si 6/21 Bart ***pson + sign on the dotted ***e

9:04 am

BzznBea

Patty pan is gaining popularity again.

9:04 am

hokie carla

not even sure where to find that

9:04 am

hokie carla

thanks, luv. got it! and thanks, bea.

9:05 am

penquis

ty luv...

9:05 am

BzznBea

I bet you can get patty pan from your Farmer's Market.

9:05 am

BzznBea

Speaking of market...Getting there before this next round of storms.

9:06 am

rururocks

how do you prepare patty pans?

9:06 am

hokie carla

I think I'd have to go downtown to find a farmer's market. though, there is a farm nearby that has a farmstand I go shop at during the summer. will have to rem. that.

9:07 am

hokie carla

13 left - FF, SSSS, TT, CCC, TT

9:07 am

MollyL

Patty pan, patty pan, vegetarian man. Bake me a sqaush as fast as you can.

9:08 am

hokie carla

12!

9:08 am

rururocks

8

9:09 am

hokie carla

well, I don't ever expect to catch you, ru ;)

9:10 am

periwinkle

back from getting the 2nd vaccine. it is also Marigold's birthday

9:10 am

rururocks

that's terrific peri.. happy for you

9:10 am

zoozzoom

Happy Birthday, Marigold!

9:11 am

hokie carla

nice peri.

9:11 am

hurshy

congrats peri

9:11 am

penquis

that's great, Peri....i get my first shot on Saturday...

9:11 am

hokie carla

bottom row gray! 10 left

9:12 am

hurshy

6 left here, 3 of those from 4th row T

9:12 am

hokie carla

made it to 8, ru!

9:12 am

rururocks

2

9:12 am

hokie carla

darn it

9:13 am

hokie carla

do you have the thing in your throat, hurshy?

9:13 am

hurshy

no, i had them removed haha

9:14 am

hokie carla

haha

9:17 am

hurshy

well, i'm stuck, i'm going to do work

9:18 am

periwinkle

not seeing the is7/8

9:18 am

hokie carla

also stuck - 2 4s, 3 5s, 2 6s, 1 7 - FF SSS TT C

9:18 am

periwinkle

70 left

9:18 am

hokie carla

did you see the clues peri?

9:19 am

periwinkle

the ones about squashes yes. and I googled types of squashes and that did not help

9:19 am

hokie carla

thta's for si6/7, not is7/8. there were different clues for that.

9:20 am

periwinkle

found the si6/7 ty

9:22 am

rururocks

all of us were pumpkin Google for ideas

9:22 am

rururocks

I tried to put that delicataly

9:22 am

hokie carla

still stuck, just tried all possible 4's and nothing

9:24 am

hokie carla

if you put brandy in a snifter, isn't it going to snift?

9:24 am

periwinkle

still need is7/8 hungry bbs

9:25 am

hokie carla

think I will take a break too.

9:27 am

mkg

I also still need is 7/8. Clues welcome please.

9:29 am

MollyL

This could be a long haul

9:30 am

MLFAN17

dont have th 8/9 either

9:30 am

MLFAN17

what does it begin with?

9:30 am

mkg

I also need th 8/9.

9:30 am

penquis

ni

9:31 am

mkg

Ni???????

9:31 am

bmb444

silt

9:31 am

penquis

yes NI

9:32 am

MLFAN17

is the 9 a pl?

9:32 am

mkg

Ok

9:32 am

penquis

ends with what you make when you have to jot down what groceries you need....

9:32 am

penquis

yes, ni 8/9....

9:32 am

penquis

now there are only two ways to get there... ;o)

9:33 am

periwinkle

thanks got the is7/8 from earlier clue

9:33 am

mkg

Ty got it. Great clue

9:33 am

penquis

yw...

9:33 am

mkg

Peri what time was earlier clue? I cant find one.....

9:33 am

penquis

i am heading out....bbl to find the last 17....

9:34 am

MLFAN17

ty and morewords

9:35 am

MLFAN17

mkg is 7 ends ends in stom*** and them pl for the8

9:37 am

mkg

Mlfan, ty...not getting the stom though.......i can only think of stomp......or stomp.......hmmm.

9:38 am

MLFAN17

no the end of the word

9:38 am

MLFAN17

stom***

9:39 am

MLFAN17

stom***e

9:39 am

mkg

Ok got the end. But there is a middle i am not getting is + ??? +ending+plural

9:39 am

MLFAN17

vowels cons

9:39 am

MollyL

Gee, could it be a vowel?

9:44 am

mkg

Got them from morewords. Ty anywya

10:01 am

cybernan

good morning everyone :-)

10:03 am

cybernan

is 7-8: lonely pushpin(s)

10:13 am

dauber

I was wondering what would be a conceivable hint for that is7-8. Thanks, Nan!

10:13 am

hokie carla

inconceivable!

10:15 am

MollyL

You Keep Using That Word, I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means

10:16 am

hokie carla

:D

10:17 am

cybernan

If I remember my physical geography proberly, it's a line on a weather map

10:18 am

kittychan

inconceivable!

10:18 am

cybernan

*keep in mind that it was 60 years ago that I took that course to fill requirements at university

10:21 am

MollyL

Another one using that word but I do not think it means what she thinks it means

10:22 am

cybernan

what word are you talking about molly?

10:22 am

cybernan

oh - inconceivable!

10:22 am

MollyL

It's a Princess Bride joke Nan. I doubt you have seen the movie.

10:23 am

cybernan

no I haven't

10:23 am

rururocks

one of anne Hathaway's lines?

10:24 am

cybernan

so in the movie it means something other than unbelievable?

10:24 am

cybernan

or incomprehensible?

10:24 am

MollyL

Y'all have to excuse Ru. He is Princess Bride impaired.

10:25 am

rururocks

HAHAHA

10:25 am

rururocks

yeah and for the rest of my life too

10:25 am

MollyL

He has seen The Princess Diaries so many times he is unable to get past the word Princess

10:28 am

rururocks

I don't watch princess anything .. I was married to one for 30 years.

10:30 am

MollyL

You have done your time in the Princess world

10:31 am

origami

He can't even play Mario. It's sad.

10:31 am

rururocks

LOL.. never have ori

10:34 am

hokie carla

Oh, thank you, Mario! But our princess is in another castle!

10:36 am

cybernan

*!*~*!* hagd everyone

10:36 am

MollyL

Ru can't even watch Grace Kelly movies. He breaks out in hives if he does.

10:37 am

origami

Not to mention all of those Disney princesses.

10:43 am

dauber

So...any clues for the missing C I have??? It's either a co5 or co7, and it's not the co7 that means what someone does with a loan.

10:44 am

hokie carla

I am also missing one C

10:45 am

hokie carla

I have one co5 that is a plural and the co7 you mentioned

10:45 am

dauber

Actually, it theoretically could be a ca5 or ca7 but I doubt it.

10:45 am

MollyL

A five is the plural of a seven?

10:45 am

hokie carla

no

10:46 am

dauber

Does that co5 plural have to do with $$$$?

10:46 am

hokie carla

yes

10:46 am

dauber

d'oh! :(

10:47 am

hokie carla

ok, so now what is my missing C?

10:47 am

dauber

Probably the same one I'm missing!

10:48 am

hokie carla

oh, I thought your d'oh meant it was the plural 5

10:49 am

dauber

Naaah, I had that one.

10:49 am

dauber

Is it considered bad manners to run down the stats for a letter??

10:49 am

moolingwa

hey hoke, daubie

10:50 am

hokie carla

moo! well, dauber, a lot of people do it. I wouldn't now because moo doesn't like to be spoiled in chat and he just started, but he is good at looking away.

10:50 am

dauber

'mornin'

10:51 am

hokie carla

dauber, what is your other missing letter? I assume since you have the c narrowed down to 5 or 7 that means you only have one other.

10:51 am

moolingwa

*looks away*

10:51 am

MollyL

A lot of people do it but just as many people don't care for it

10:52 am

hokie carla

yep, that.

10:52 am

dauber

LOOK AWAY!!!!

10:52 am

dauber

My Cs: seven 4s, one 5, one 6, one 7

10:52 am

hokie carla

yep, same

10:53 am

dauber

And I know the missing C is either a 5 or a 7.

10:53 am

hokie carla

but how do you know that?

10:53 am

hokie carla

FTR, I am missing one 7, so it could be

10:53 am

dauber

I only have one other word on another letter.

10:54 am

dauber

The two words I'm missing are a 5 and a 7.

10:54 am

hokie carla

ok, what's the other letter??

10:54 am

dauber

S

10:54 am

dauber

The middle one.

10:54 am

hokie carla

oh, yeah, I'm missing 3 of those so that doesn't help

10:54 am

MollyL

Oh dear God, you two are missing co6. It ends in a double vowel

10:54 am

hokie carla

LOL, but dauber said 5 or 7!!!

10:55 am

dauber

OH...yeah, it IS a 6...

10:55 am

dauber

My fault! I saw "6 7/8" and all those numbers got scrambled up!

10:55 am

MollyL

Yeah, I know

10:55 am

hokie carla

ok, that's bad manners. :D

10:55 am

dauber

Okay, now for that s7. :)

10:55 am

hokie carla

got it, thanks, molly

10:56 am

dauber

oops...s5.

10:56 am

hokie carla

4th col gray!

10:56 am

dauber

Thank you, Molly!

10:56 am

hokie carla

all the s5's I have appear to be plurals

10:56 am

moolingwa

1st and 5th grey :)

10:57 am

hokie carla

7 left here, moo. I think molly needs a stat report. FF SSS TT

10:57 am

moolingwa

32 left here

10:58 am

moolingwa

14x4, 8x5, 5x6, 4x7 and 1x8

10:58 am

hokie carla

2x4, 3x5, 1x6, 1x7

10:59 am

dauber

My missing s5 is probably *not* a plural -- all the s4s I have that can be made plural are pluralized.

10:59 am

hokie carla

I'm assuming my 4s have 5s with them but I sure can't see them

10:59 am

hokie carla

I'm probably missing it too, dauber

11:01 am

moolingwa

20 to go

11:01 am

hokie carla

still 7 ;)

11:02 am

moolingwa

14

11:02 am

hokie carla

you guessed it, 7

11:03 am

moolingwa

13

11:07 am

hokie carla

ha! 5

11:07 am

moolingwa

still 13 :)

11:09 am

hokie carla

so I probably have a 4/5 set, the elusive s5, and a 6/7 set left.

11:09 am

moolingwa

11 to go

11:09 am

hokie carla

or those are just red herrings

11:10 am

moolingwa

C, D, F, F, I, I, S, S, S, T, T

11:10 am

hokie carla

thought for sure I just found it with socta, which is not a word. Is there a word similar? or did I just make that up

11:11 am

hokie carla

FF S TT

11:11 am

moolingwa

scoter

11:11 am

Sugrraleona

ni5?

11:11 am

moolingwa

and scrota

11:11 am

moolingwa

scoter is a type of sea duck

11:11 am

hokie carla

so we are playing the same grid today :D

11:11 am

moolingwa

scrota...well that's the plural of scotum :)

11:12 am

hokie carla

ni5 is a word for nil/nothing. usually see a different ending, one who is that, which happens to be the 8/9

11:13 am

Sugrraleona

ty got it :)

11:13 am

hokie carla

you can abscond but not scond

11:14 am

dauber

I so wanted to give a clue about that word that it's a pretty significant word in The Big Lebowsky.

11:14 am

moolingwa

my girlfriend gave up her toe!

11:14 am

hokie carla

the only word I can think of significant in there is abide

11:14 am

moolingwa

nice marmot

11:15 am

hokie carla

have only seen that twice

11:15 am

dauber

The n8 and n9 are both semi-prominent parts of the movie. :)

11:15 am

moolingwa

no idea how many times I've seen it

11:15 am

hokie carla

watched it fairly recently

11:16 am

moolingwa

9 to go

11:16 am

hokie carla

still 5

11:16 am

dauber

I saw it once, liked it for its overall goofiness, then watched it again with my wife, who didn't understand it at all.

11:17 am

hokie carla

ooh, found the Fs. 3 left!

11:17 am

MollyL

I'm not a Bib Lebowski fan

11:17 am

moolingwa

fantastic

11:18 am

hokie carla

is that a knockoff movie?

11:18 am

MollyL

Or a Big Lebowski fan

11:18 am

moolingwa

It's when boss baby does a satire of Big Liebowski

11:18 am

dauber

I watched it mainly to see what the big deal is. Not the greatest thing in the world but I enjoyed it. Made me understand why a friend of mine is often called "The Dude."

11:18 am

MollyL

Not a knockoff, crappy typing

11:18 am

hokie carla

It's no Raising Arizona

11:18 am

moolingwa

Or my name's not Nathan Arizona

11:18 am

dauber

OMG, I finally found that s5!!

11:19 am

hokie carla

mr. homie has said he knew I was the one when I knew all the lines to Raising Arizona

11:19 am

hokie carla

well done, dauber!

11:19 am

moolingwa

heh

11:19 am

MollyL

Oh yeah, Raising Arizona, there's an Academy Award winner...not

11:19 am

moolingwa

I like a lot of the Coen brothers movies

11:20 am

hokie carla

so my T's are a 6/7 set possibly

11:20 am

dauber

Man, I want to give a hint for my last word, but it's so weird...probably better off just typing "s" and then four random letters from the grid!

11:21 am

moolingwa

which t?

11:21 am

hokie carla

4th row T

11:21 am

hokie carla

dauber, can I have the stat only? moo, look away.

11:21 am

moolingwa

okay

11:22 am

dauber

ha!!

11:22 am

dauber

si5

11:22 am

MollyL

Carla you and Hurshy must be related. You are the only two people I know who have memorized entire movie scripts

11:22 am

hokie carla

it just happens when you watch them many times

11:23 am

moolingwa

ah, found my i's

11:23 am

moolingwa

7 to go... 1x4, 1x5, 3x6 and 2x7

11:24 am

moolingwa

found my f's

11:26 am

hokie carla

making lunch right now so still 3 :D

11:26 am

moolingwa

5 to go...but I'm at 6s and 7s

11:27 am

hokie carla

one 5, one 6, one 7. haven't had a chance to monkey the 5

11:29 am

bichon

ni 8/45, pls

11:30 am

dauber

bichon - think of that group of people in The Big Lebowski. :)

11:31 am

moolingwa

someone who believes in anarchy

11:33 am

bichon

ty mool, dauber

11:34 am

hokie carla

what is that point total on the si5?

11:35 am

moolingwa

I assume the 5/14 is the one you're looking for

11:35 am

hokie carla

I assume so as well, thanks

11:37 am

hokie carla

got it, thx. now just the T6/7

11:37 am

dauber

I concur; si5/14

11:37 am

moolingwa

I think I'm missing those too

11:38 am

moolingwa

found my last s's....3 to go

11:39 am

hokie carla

I'm assuming TO, there aren't any sneaky TS are there?

11:42 am

hokie carla

found them. tada!!

11:43 am

hokie carla

have definitely seen it here before but not in my vocab

11:44 am

moolingwa

:)

11:44 am

moolingwa

trying to find my final c

11:45 am

hokie carla

had to get a clue for that. obscure.

11:47 am

MollyL

It is official. No one proofreads anything anymore. Our local weather station has had a blurb up all day that has "wit" for "with"

11:48 am

hokie carla

it's so annoying

11:48 am

moolingwa

or is it anoying?

11:49 am

hokie carla

I've read a couple of cozy mysteries that are self-published on Kindle that I thought about offering to proofread their next book, it was so, so bad.

11:49 am

hokie carla

moo, that's a bit creepy, are you tracking my keystrokes? I accidentally typed anoying first and had to fix.

11:50 am

moolingwa

sorry there's no one here named "moo"

11:50 am

hokie carla

ha!

11:51 am

moolingwa

dangsineun amugeosdo jeungmyeonghal su eopsseupnida

11:59 am

KnightTime

is that korean?

12:00 pm

moolingwa

yes

12:00 pm

sammysmom

stuck on the i 7 and 8 ??

12:01 pm

KnightTime

I don't know it - but I worked with a korean fellow a few years back who would right english equivalent so we could learn to speak some of the words. That looked familiar.

12:04 pm

KnightTime

he would also *write

12:17 pm

MollyL

â€Ždangsineun means you are my teacher/friend in Korean. I don't know about the rest of it. The rest of it looks like the cat walked on the keyboard.

12:21 pm

MollyL

Nope, the rest of it is Korean as well. People like to show off when they know a phrase in another language. Good call Knight.

12:25 pm

hokie carla

at first I thought it was gibberish, then I thought maybe Russian without the right keyboard thinking he was pretending to be a Russian bot.

12:30 pm

origami

Knight: what does "right english equivalent" mean? I am unfamiliar with that term.

12:33 pm

MollyL

Origami, Knight corrected. He meant write the English equivalent

12:34 pm

origami

Oh, thank you, Molly. Makes sense now :D

12:41 pm

Myriam

Hi Origami

12:49 pm

hokie carla

it helps to write right English

12:51 pm

MollyL

Punctuation makes a difference.
It's time to eat Grandma.
It's time to eat, Grandma.

12:54 pm

HarryHood

hello! jut getting started.

12:59 pm

hokie carla

harry!

12:59 pm

HarryHood

hi carla

1:06 pm

HarryHood

first pass. 30 left

1:07 pm

HarryHood

wow - ty for the lebowski clue! nbs :)

1:09 pm

MollyL

*Guessed that Harry was a Big Lebowski fan

1:10 pm

HarryHood

only seen a couple times. can't recite lines like some.

1:10 pm

HarryHood

but I'm a big Aimee Mann fan, and she plays the ni8 in the diner who cuts of her toe

1:11 pm

HarryHood

I will be spending the remainder of today looking for the word "quisling" in this grid.

1:15 pm

HarryHood

outer rows and columns greyed! 16 to go

1:22 pm

HarryHood

need a break . bbl!

1:27 pm

MollyL

Oh thanks Harry. Now I have that weird "Voices Carry" in my head.

1:29 pm

hokie carla

oh hush, even downtown (mondegreen for me)

1:29 pm

hokie carla

I mean, voices do carry even downtown

1:30 pm

hokie carla

and TIL aimee mann was in 'til tuesday

1:31 pm

MollyL

Do you sing Jimi Hendrix "Excuse me while I kiss this guy?" It's hush, hush, keep it down now, voices carry

1:32 pm

hokie carla

I did not ever have a problem with the Hendrix one and I struggle to understand how people heard that

1:33 pm

MollyL

I have never heard the term mondegreen.

1:34 pm

MollyL

I never got how There's a bad moon on the rise became there's a bathroom on the right. But Fogerty is hard to understand.

1:37 pm

hokie carla

that one I don't get either

1:38 pm

hokie carla

mondegreen came from an old song where they laid him on the green and everyone thought it was lady mondegreen. or something like that, but you've probably already googled it.

1:39 pm

hokie carla

I totally get the Blinded by the Night one, it sounds so much like revved up like a douche no one knows what it could really be.

1:39 pm

MollyL

But if mondegreen comes from "laid him on the green" being heard as Lady Mondegreen, it's like the kid who thought Gods name is Howard. Our Father, who art in Heaven, Howard be thy name.

1:40 pm

hokie carla

mondegreen was coined in 1954 per wiki ,and I've known it at least that long. (hardy har)

1:40 pm

MollyL

Not much difference between douche and deuce. Unless you are into cars, you wouldn't know (little deuce coupe)

1:43 pm

MollyL

I hung out with car guys when I was a kid. I had to explain the Springsteen lyric "I got a 69 Chevy with a 396 fuelie heads and a hurst on the floor" tp a friend of mine who was clueless

1:46 pm

moolingwa

finally back, and immediately find my two final ts

1:46 pm

hokie carla

there was a recent Taylor Swift one that I didn't hear at all but supposedly her mom thought she was saying it. now I have to find that.

1:46 pm

hokie carla

just had to clear out the brain, moo

1:46 pm

moolingwa

yeah, a few calls will do that :)

1:47 pm

moolingwa

just the c to go

1:47 pm

hokie carla

okay, the taylor swift one is: actual lyric "I got a long list of ex-lovers" and people hear something about Starbucks lovers. that one's baffling to me.

1:49 pm

hokie carla

alright, I'm off to Lowe's. let us know, moo, when you find the c.

1:49 pm

hokie carla

and don't ask dauber, he will lead you down the wrong path.

1:49 pm

moolingwa

sure, will show up in the paint isle in your Lowes

1:50 pm

moolingwa

aisle

1:50 pm

moolingwa

unless there's an island in the middle of a bit paint puddle

1:54 pm

harpjane

found a fish

2:11 pm

player girl

I cannot get that is combo, I even used every possible configuration on Morewords. Can anyone give more of a clue?

2:14 pm

moolingwa

for which one player?

2:15 pm

MollyL

is + vowel + at****ed you will find a document for your signature

2:15 pm

moolingwa

yeah, that's a weird word

2:16 pm

MollyL

Do you know about typing is----- into morewords to get all possible words?

2:16 pm

ChampFit

Thanks Molly. Stupid word!

2:17 pm

MollyL

Champ! How did you survive the freakishly weird Texas weather?

2:18 pm

ChampFit

Still in it. Power just restored after 2 days, but not sure how long it'll last. Luckily, my mom lives 5 mins away and has a generator. Going to stay here again tonight just in case. Thanks for asking.

2:19 pm

MollyL

Someone posted earlier that they were 3 days without power. That's the contents of the fridge if you don't have a generator. Glad you have somewhere with power to stay.

2:20 pm

ChampFit

Yes, it was cold enough to see my breath in the house. We had no power, but we had water. Mom's water is off due to some burst pipes, but we're using pool water for the toilets. And brining water in large coolers for drinking. It's like camping! 5 adults and 4 dogs.

2:21 pm

ChampFit

Overshare, I know!

2:22 pm

ChampFit

Weird watching Ash Wednesday mass on the internet, which just came on about an hour before that.

2:26 pm

72 Temple Owl

if you went in person, they would sprinkle you with ashes/

2:26 pm

MollyL

People were talking earlier about drive-by ash distribution. It made me laugh.

2:27 pm

ChampFit

I know, TO. I was supposed to be sprinkling this a.m., but they canceled all but the live video. Leaving to go get my car. Back to find my last 37 later.

2:27 pm

72 Temple Owl

yes, heard that. one chirch decided to do the traditional, using qtips.

2:35 pm

origami

Interesting. In the Lutheran Church it is ash on the forehead. I had never heard of sprinkling with ash. Or is that a pandemic alternative?

3:04 pm

MollyL

The Catholic Church is ashes on the forehead as well. I think the sprinkling is a COVID thing

3:05 pm

MollyL

We are so touch paranoid these days

3:06 pm

MollyL

I never thought I would live to see entire societies turned into germaphobes

3:16 pm

bichon

si 6/21, pls

3:17 pm

72 Temple Owl

it's said that the sprinkling is standard in europe

3:18 pm

72 Temple Owl

dear god, if i get one more customer service agent based in india, i will go mad

3:18 pm

MollyL

The first part sounds like Conway, the comedian who worked with Harvey Korman on The Carol Burnett Show. The second part is the first three in a ____ of credit you get from Visa

3:19 pm

72 Temple Owl

they suggested tyring the chat since voice was not understandable. but chat is as bad, thesyntax of written english is unintelligiable

3:19 pm

MollyL

What is up with that? Is India like the Mecca for low paid customer service reps?

3:19 pm

72 Temple Owl

apparently

3:21 pm

72 Temple Owl

except for fios. theirs is in the phillpines. lat time i called, a rooster crowed incessantly in the background. it wa hysterical.

3:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

i feel so bad... how do i say "your accent is so thick i cannot understand a word you are saying" nicely?

3:22 pm

bichon

ty Molly

3:27 pm

Nef

Hi, everyone.
TO, I've politely asked for an American speaker when neither one of us seemed to understand the other. (& so far when I've asked, I get another person within a minute or so).

3:31 pm

HarryHood

hi! 8 to go

3:32 pm

HarryHood

finc

3:32 pm

HarryHood

sorry :)

3:39 pm

HarryHood

listing 7.

3:42 pm

HarryHood

done! last word ended with a double vowel! ugh.

3:42 pm

HarryHood

bye all.

3:45 pm

moolingwa

congrats HH

3:46 pm

moolingwa

apparently I had the same last word

4:42 pm

JaxH66

Could I have a clue for the 8/9 combo please?

4:51 pm

Cordelia

Jax, a person who thinks life is meaningless and then the plural.

4:59 pm

JaxH66

Thanks

4:59 pm

Cordelia

yw

5:30 pm

AtlKru

anyone know the clue for ni 8/45 or ni 9/60?

5:31 pm

origami

just clued at 4:51, Atkru

5:37 pm

AtlKru

ty

5:39 pm

AtlKru

got it

5:41 pm

origami

:D

6:18 pm

Uneaixoise

Tx origami!

7:21 pm

hoyamd

FW with those I words

8:01 pm

stidmama

coft

8:01 pm

stidmama

oops....

8:24 pm

Uneaixoise

Second co6/27?

8:29 pm

Uneaixoise

First one ends in double vowel.....

8:39 pm

stidmama

is that the one like a counter-password for spies?

8:40 pm

stidmama

if so, it sounds like a math thing to do with the pythagorean theorem and has a 7/40 to follow

8:55 pm

Uneaixoise

Could you simplify that please?

8:58 pm

Uneaixoise

Got it!!

9:17 pm

Uneaixoise

Si6/21 please?

9:18 pm

Uneaixoise

Nm! Fw!!

11:41 pm

Jacula

si7/32 is plural.

11:43 pm

Jacula

Waiting for the flip when I will turn chat off so I see no clues.x

11:43 pm

cybernan

hi everyone === PJ time :)

11:44 pm

Jacula

My favourite thing is to whizz through the grid as fast as I can to see how many words I can find on first pass before the Babble servers blips at 11am or real life comes calling.

11:45 pm

Jacula

Hi cybernan.x

11:46 pm

Cosmo Kramer

148 - next grid size

11:47 pm

Jacula

240 is my guess. Mind you, it could be a disappointing 80. :(

11:49 pm

Jacula

If anyone wants a clue for this grid, speak now or forever hold your peace.

11:56 pm

grannyrose

*burp*

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