Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, July 16, 2021

12:01 am

chj

lab

12:01 am

chj

sorry la8

12:02 am

hokie carla

le7

12:03 am

hokie carla

cr8

12:03 am

dizgrannie

lu 7

12:03 am

hokie carla

to7x2

12:04 am

chj

la8x2

12:07 am

justafreep

lu7 x 2

12:08 am

justafreep

le7 x 2

12:14 am

broll

sh 9

12:15 am

justafreep

th7

12:15 am

justafreep

sh7

12:16 am

justafreep

oh. sh7 x 3

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:21 am

mich_pdx

thanks, as always, Lickety!

12:22 am

hokie carla

ca7

12:22 am

chj

ro7

12:25 am

justafreep

re7 x 2

12:29 am

hokie carla

not sure if un9 was called

12:30 am

justafreep

it wasn't. Thanks!

12:30 am

justafreep

un7

12:31 am

hokie carla

oh, 2 types of relatives in the grid

12:36 am

justafreep

cl7/8

1:03 am

hokie carla

ch8 if not called

6:03 am

ItalianGreyhound

this is a diabolical grid

6:05 am

Uneaixoise

Indeed.....still 100 to go....

6:05 am

BzznBea

Just starting here.

6:06 am

ItalianGreyhound

ran thru once, listed up and still slogging away

6:06 am

MollyL

It's Mephistophelian
: D

6:07 am

BzznBea

NIce word, Molly.

6:07 am

ItalianGreyhound

that word hurts my head

6:07 am

MollyL

Meanwhile, it is going to be another "feels like 100 degree" day here. This is getting old.

6:11 am

BzznBea

A scorcher, for sure. Need to water againtoday.

6:14 am

ItalianGreyhound

the vile C word continues to show up in grids shouldn't some words not be allowed just for the sake of the game?

6:16 am

mattygroves

Aaaah - the C word (and other 'offensive' words) conversation rears its head again. My view (which I've expressed before) is that they ARE words, but stripped of meaning when in a wordgame word list - they only have power if we give them that power and if we use them in context. Removing them from a word list (or a dictionary) doesn't remove them from the language

6:16 am

BzznBea

Ah, yes...Many could argue for their own exemptions. Then we wouldn't have a game at all.

6:17 am

BzznBea

I think Matty has that on cut and paste. =)

6:17 am

mattygroves

I really should ;)

6:17 am

ItalianGreyhound

Ok, then, is the vile N word allowed in the grid?

6:18 am

mattygroves

Yes, I think it is

6:18 am

ItalianGreyhound

I don't think so

6:18 am

mattygroves

Yep, it is.

6:18 am

ItalianGreyhound

okay. Live and learn

6:19 am

mattygroves

I just tried it and it said 'does not exist in the puzzle'

6:19 am

mattygroves

In the UK, the C word, whilst certainly VERY rude isn't considered AS awful as it is in the US (though you certainly wouldn't want your kids saying it and you probably shouldn't use it at work)

6:20 am

BzznBea

I hear that word all the time from my neighbors as the talk to each other, call to one another, etc.

6:21 am

mattygroves

I love the story of AOL - apparently, back in the early days of the internet, AOL had a naughty word filter. It meant no-one from Scunthorpe could use the service

6:21 am

mattygroves

Allegedly

6:22 am

Soodle

The vile F word appeared a couple of months ago. I would be happy if Dr God put in some sort of algorithim which prevented these words cropping up.

6:22 am

ItalianGreyhound

slippery slope I guess

6:24 am

mattygroves

I have quite the potty mouth on occasion so I really don't get offended by the words in a word list. Also, one person's deeply offensive word (and this can vary by where you live, how you were brought up etc) is another's mild expletive. I mean, it was a fairly big deal when the Original Series Star Trek episode (The City on the Edge of Forever), in 1966, had the dialogue 'let's get the hell out of here'

6:25 am

ItalianGreyhound

hard to believe the C word is used much by this community

6:25 am

Soodle

I'm Irish. I can swear for 10 minutes solid without once repeating myself.

6:25 am

ItalianGreyhound

LoL !

6:26 am

mattygroves

There's someone in our local pub who uses the C word regularly, to the point Jeff (my OH) wrote a song about it (to the tune of Supercalifragulisticexpialadocious)

6:27 am

BzznBea

I learned to curse at the knee of my maternal grandmother. She could make a sailor blush. Every time we left her house, my mom would remind me those words were off limits.

6:32 am

ItalianGreyhound

Green

6:32 am

ItalianGreyhound

green Marvel character in the grid

6:44 am

ItalianGreyhound

trudging slowly thru the Cs, even with the list

6:53 am

mattygroves

The CHs are killing me

6:53 am

mattygroves

They're a C.....

6:54 am

ItalianGreyhound

egads!

6:55 am

BzznBea

phantom = chortle

6:55 am

ItalianGreyhound

yes, they are raising my CH 6/24 !

6:57 am

ItalianGreyhound

OK, Matty - do you cH 7/40 ? (says its British)

6:57 am

Scrabbler

Hm, what is this word?

6:59 am

ItalianGreyhound

C plus opposite of gatherer

6:59 am

BzznBea

Hello, scrabs

6:59 am

Scrabbler

TY. Hi Bea. How is your mother?

7:02 am

BzznBea

She is well. Trip to the pulminologist yesterday. She doesn't need O2 all the time now. Just when she is short of breath through the day and when she naps and at night. I also asked the right questions about COPD flare ups and we now have a solid plan.

7:02 am

Scrabbler

Excellent.

7:02 am

BzznBea

Her "baby" sister was here last weekend. They had so much fun.

7:06 am

mattygroves

I do have the British word, yes

7:06 am

ItalianGreyhound

Is it a commonly used word, Matty?

7:08 am

Scrabbler

Nice, Bea.

7:10 am

BzznBea

Oh look...I get to wear the tiara again today. My last name is in the grid.

7:13 am

dan2bit

morning all!

7:14 am

Scrabbler

Hi Dan.

7:16 am

dan2bit

Scrabbs! how are things

7:21 am

Scrabbler

I returned a week ago from my beloved Adirondack Mtns where we hiked and kayaked for a week. My head is still there.

7:22 am

Scrabbler

Are you going to Delaware this summer?

7:24 am

MollyL

All hail Queen Bea!

7:27 am

BzznBea

And now the Queen must go out an annoint her parched subjects...146 left...

7:27 am

Scrabbler

Bye Bea

7:29 am

dan2bit

we will go to Delaware in August, but in a set of nearby houses per family, not one Big House as we have in past years

7:30 am

Scrabbler

Wise plan. This delta variant is ruthless and spreading rapidly.

7:30 am

dan2bit

the Bidens have a house there, so hoping our vacations don't overlap with POTUS ;-)

7:30 am

Scrabbler

Say hello to Major for me.

7:32 am

MollyL

House? More like a mansion.

7:33 am

MollyL

They were just there at the beginning of July so good chance they won't be there when you are.

7:44 am

mattygroves

I'm missing two CH7/36s. Should they be obvious to me?

7:45 am

Scrabbler

I will look with you.

7:46 am

penquis

i have one....it was not obvious to me....want a clue?

7:46 am

welki

hi,babblers

7:46 am

penquis

hi welki...

7:46 am

Scrabbler

Hi new entrants.

7:46 am

penquis

hi scrabs...

7:49 am

penquis

found the other...they are very similar....

7:51 am

mattygroves

Yes please!

7:51 am

penquis

drop a letter from the stuff you put into a pool.....

7:51 am

penquis

then take that word and change the middle consonant....

7:52 am

penquis

that will give you both words...

7:53 am

Scrabbler

TY, penquis. You gave me 4 words.

7:53 am

mattygroves

That did it, thanks!

7:53 am

penquis

cool....yw...

8:06 am

cybernan

good morning all - 297 to go :)

8:06 am

Scrabbler

Dive in, nan. I need 148 and cannot see them.

8:07 am

penquis

hi, nan...down to 109 here and it's already slow going...

8:09 am

Scrabbler

I passed halfway so I am done. I ne4 to go into town to shop. Enjoy the day.

8:10 am

penquis

you, too, scrabs....bye...

8:18 am

hokie carla

90 left for here - stayed up too late at the flip

8:19 am

hokie carla

but I found a 9 before it was called so I got that going for me, which is nice

8:19 am

penquis

hi carla....found one 9....

8:20 am

hokie carla

woot

8:21 am

penquis

you motivated me....found the other 9... ;o)

8:22 am

hokie carla

nice. I don't even remember what it was.

8:25 am

hokie carla

just found a bunch of small T's I know I entered last night

8:25 am

penquis

it's happened to me before...

8:28 am

hokie carla

I learned a new word (to me) yesterday on a podcast and it is in the grid!

8:30 am

penquis

how cool is that!

8:32 am

hokie carla

pretty cool, I though

8:33 am

hokie carla

thought

8:33 am

hokie carla

it is re6/21 and the guy explained what it meant and that he's not pronouncing it wrong because it is so similar to re5 people kept writing in to him to tell him to stop saying it wrong.

8:36 am

penquis

guess it's not one i have yet...

8:37 am

penquis

found one....

8:37 am

cybernan

you know it though pen

8:38 am

penquis

don't think i have seen that one before....other than at the end of an 8 letter word not in the grid....

8:39 am

cybernan

re 6 of the past?

8:39 am

hokie carla

yes

8:40 am

penquis

ah, ok...was wondering what word he was accused of mispronouncing...

8:40 am

cybernan

can't find a v word and there are 6 of them!

8:40 am

penquis

i have five and they were all words i knew...

8:40 am

cybernan

oh - just found the fabric

8:41 am

hokie carla

I have 4, made up one

8:41 am

MLFAN17

i just found one and its a 4

8:41 am

hokie carla

one is a fabric, nan

8:41 am

hokie carla

ha

8:41 am

penquis

did you know that there is a de word like that re word?

8:42 am

hokie carla

yes, I monkeyed that last night after finding the other

8:42 am

penquis

sorry...gratuitous cluing... :o|

8:42 am

cybernan

ty pen

8:42 am

penquis

yw...

8:42 am

hokie carla

where's amelu today, she gets a tiara

8:43 am

penquis

hah...

8:44 am

cybernan

and a ve 6 that is similar to a french verb

8:44 am

penquis

yes, that was my last V word....

8:44 am

hokie carla

I assume that's the v I made up

8:44 am

hokie carla

still need 2

8:44 am

cybernan

still missing 3

8:45 am

MLFAN17

is the 4th column u a un word?

8:45 am

penquis

one is probably a ve 4/8....

8:45 am

hokie carla

I have 4 and they are all un

8:46 am

penquis

yes, MLF....all five start with UN....

8:46 am

Shirlockc

i meant to ask, what's the tiara for?

8:46 am

hokie carla

I have 1 ve4/8, are there others?

8:47 am

penquis

no....but there are two VE words that are alt spellings of the VE 4/8....

8:47 am

hokie carla

if your name's in the grid it's your special day, so you get a tiara

8:47 am

MLFAN17

i only have 1 v word and it is a 4

8:47 am

Shirlockc

you and me both mlf

8:47 am

penquis

there are two ve 4 words...

8:48 am

Shirlockc

gotcha hokie

8:48 am

hokie carla

that was them, thanks, pen

8:48 am

hokie carla

ve5/6

8:48 am

penquis

yw...

8:48 am

MLFAN17

ty got un6

8:49 am

hokie carla

phantom toucan

8:49 am

cybernan

v's done

8:49 am

penquis

cool...

8:49 am

cybernan

ty pen

8:49 am

BzznBea

That and chortle were my phantoms today.

8:49 am

penquis

mine was derelict....

8:49 am

hokie carla

now if I could find 4 c's I'd gray first column

8:50 am

hokie carla

bea, I tried chortle a couple times

8:50 am

penquis

just found my last C...

8:50 am

hokie carla

and derelict

8:50 am

hokie carla

from both c's? need 4 + 13

8:51 am

penquis

oh no...meant the first column C words...

8:51 am

cybernan

still to find the 9 -- is it part of an 8-9 or 7-9 combo?

8:51 am

penquis

i also need 13 from the last column C....

8:51 am

MLFAN17

hokie did u get the 8?

8:51 am

hokie carla

one is un9, so something that's not

8:51 am

hokie carla

I have 4 8's

8:51 am

penquis

there is a un 9....not part of a combo....

8:52 am

penquis

and sh 9...

8:52 am

hokie carla

pen, I have 3 ci and the rest cr from first col. any cw or anything?

8:53 am

BzznBea

Break is up...back later. There is birthday cake in the pb today...

8:53 am

MLFAN17

not that i have seen

8:53 am

hokie carla

well, didn't have the 6 that went with the 8 from there

8:53 am

hokie carla

bye bea

8:53 am

penquis

no cy or cw....

8:53 am

MLFAN17

i was going to ask that instead

8:53 am

hokie carla

phantom cruet also

8:54 am

penquis

i need some coffee....down to 87 here...

8:54 am

hokie carla

77 here and slow

8:54 am

Shirlockc

is it me or is this a tough grid?

8:54 am

cybernan

guess I don't have the root for the un 9 yet

8:55 am

hokie carla

think medical setting nan

8:55 am

penquis

the root is an ordinary word...

8:55 am

hokie carla

or someone who can't have kids

8:56 am

cybernan

ty carla

8:56 am

hokie carla

np

9:01 am

rururocks

wouldn't a big deer be kind of elky?

9:01 am

hokie carla

I sure thought so

9:02 am

cybernan

hange first vowel ru

9:04 am

rururocks

we're executing vowels now?

9:04 am

cybernan

*change

9:04 am

cybernan

stilll not seeing properly - got scar tissue from the eye surgery and have to wait until september before it can be removed.

9:04 am

Shirlockc

let noose the dogs of war

9:05 am

rururocks

i'm just stretching for jokes nan.. i'm knot making fun of you

9:06 am

Shirlockc

we've done it now, let the puns e-rope

9:07 am

cybernan

knew that ru

9:07 am

rururocks

we just about gallows anything in the chat these days

9:07 am

cybernan

just warning there will probably be lots of typos from this direction

9:08 am

rururocks

i suspect this is going to be a difficult grid

9:08 am

rururocks

ah.. i'll have that surgery too before too long nan and you can let me have it then :D

9:08 am

hokie carla

well, it's fairly easy for the first 200

9:10 am

MollyL

Says she who was blurting with the flippers this morning

9:11 am

hokie carla

well, I very rarely find the ones they call

9:12 am

Shirlockc

my brain is not working well this AM, i'm not getting anywhere fast on this grid

9:12 am

penquis

it's not just you, shirl.....

9:12 am

hurshy

thats ok shirl, slow and steady is good too

9:12 am

cybernan

ntpn - italian city

9:13 am

hurshy

Turin

9:13 am

cybernan

gold star for hurshy

9:14 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! a painful chronic disease of the gut

9:14 am

hokie carla

is elven not used all over LOTR, or is it elvish? like the bread, etc

9:14 am

penquis

elfin?

9:14 am

hurshy

enable just doesn't care about LotR i think

9:14 am

hokie carla

probably

9:15 am

hokie carla

but you know it was a bunch of nerds who made the list

9:15 am

hokie carla

so they should have cared

9:15 am

cybernan

crohn's

9:15 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

9:16 am

hokie carla

I missed hurshy's post and just thought nan was randomly typing stuff

9:19 am

MollyL

Emlaut...just randomly typing

9:19 am

hokie carla

umlaut

9:19 am

MollyL

Imlaut

9:20 am

hokie carla

ablaut

9:20 am

MollyL

Amulet

9:20 am

rururocks

chlorine is a phantom today

9:20 am

penquis

sauerkraut....

9:20 am

hokie carla

NTPN - former NFL coach

9:21 am

hurshy

you can get a ch7 that looks somewhat similar tho ruru

9:21 am

penquis

shula

9:21 am

hokie carla

âœ…âœ…âœ…

9:21 am

Shirlockc

i'm only at 131 and stumped, really not with it this AM

9:21 am

rururocks

have that one

9:21 am

penquis

and one that looks similar to the one you have....

9:22 am

MLFAN17

ty got the un9

9:22 am

penquis

cool!

9:22 am

MLFAN17

saw cl4 in chat

9:22 am

HarryHood

hello all. just starting out

9:22 am

hokie carla

we don't care about 4s being in chat (we = me)

9:22 am

hokie carla

harry!

9:23 am

MLFAN17

hi harry

9:23 am

penquis

name that academy and emmy award winning actor....

9:23 am

penquis

hi harry...

9:23 am

HarryHood

good morning.

9:24 am

car.eeyore

Happy Friday everyone!

9:24 am

penquis

hi car...

9:24 am

HarryHood

hi car

9:24 am

hokie carla

hey car!

9:28 am

MollyL

DeNiro

9:28 am

hokie carla

well, I'm going to have to break and come back later for 62

9:28 am

car.eeyore

Nice!

9:28 am

car.eeyore

Enjoy the day!

9:28 am

penquis

see you later, carla....

9:29 am

HarryHood

bye carla

9:29 am

cybernan

just over half way - time for breakfast

9:29 am

rururocks

we will all finish while you're gone hokie

9:29 am

rururocks

:D

9:29 am

car.eeyore

Ill take a plate cybernan

9:30 am

MollyL

Wow, not even a lousy ding for the correct answer

9:30 am

car.eeyore

I gave you a "Nice"!

9:30 am

rururocks

i was impressed molly

9:30 am

rururocks

i didn't know deNiro got an emmy

9:30 am

HarryHood

yes, a "nice" beats a "ding"

9:30 am

MollyL

I though Car's nice was to Carla. Thank you Car.

9:31 am

car.eeyore

I was looking and didn't even think of it. Well done

9:31 am

penquis

Deniro wasn't the one i was looking for.....did he win an Emmy?

9:31 am

HarryHood

wow!

9:31 am

HarryHood

I don't see Aiello - he's my favorite

9:32 am

car.eeyore

Sheen?

9:32 am

MollyL

The list I'm looking at says DeNiro was nominated for Emmys but never won one.

9:32 am

penquis

nope....think more recent....

9:33 am

HarryHood

would pen ask a Q putting ppl in the pb?

9:33 am

hurshy

sh5 counts, ergo cannot be used as a NTPN

9:33 am

penquis

my actor won both the Emmy and the Oscar....

9:33 am

car.eeyore

Sheen?

9:33 am

car.eeyore

Oh darn..OK...

9:33 am

MollyL

Malek

9:33 am

penquis

nope.....this would not put anyone in the PB....

9:34 am

penquis

ding, ding ding!

9:34 am

rururocks

charlie never won an oscar

9:34 am

HarryHood

???

9:34 am

Shirlockc

i think they martin might have?

9:34 am

car.eeyore

I thought he had for that war movie he was in.

9:34 am

MollyL

He played Freddy Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody

9:34 am

penquis

Malek is correct...

9:34 am

HarryHood

aah - he was good

9:34 am

car.eeyore

Excellent!

9:35 am

MollyL

Which Sheen are you talking about Car, Charlie or Martin?

9:35 am

penquis

And he was in Mr. Robot on TV....

9:35 am

car.eeyore

Charlie

9:35 am

car.eeyore

I thought the war movie and Two and a Half Men.

9:35 am

penquis

PB is getting crowded... ;o)

9:36 am

MollyL

Puts crab dip and bagel chips in the PB

9:36 am

penquis

well i should go to the bagel shop before they run out....bbl to find my last 78....

9:37 am

car.eeyore

Enjoy!

9:37 am

HarryHood

bye pen

9:37 am

car.eeyore

ty molly

9:37 am

rururocks

schmear the competition pen

9:38 am

Shirlockc

get a dozen for me, pen

9:43 am

MLFAN17

just found a la6/8

9:43 am

Shirlockc

2 la8, mlf

9:44 am

rururocks

i'm not finding that un9

9:44 am

MLFAN17

ruru un and st7

9:44 am

MLFAN17

shirl are they both le 6/7

9:44 am

Shirlockc

not clean ruru -- think what you did last year with the virus

9:45 am

rururocks

got it.. thanks

9:45 am

MLFAN17

yw

9:45 am

Shirlockc

the la i have is a group, la6 /8 /8

9:45 am

car.eeyore

ty

9:45 am

MLFAN17

duh found it ty

9:45 am

MLFAN17

hi car

9:46 am

hurshy

d'you ever have days where you slept a long time but you just can't seem to stop feeling sleepy?

9:46 am

MLFAN17

100 found

9:46 am

HarryHood

all the time hursh

9:46 am

MLFAN17

yes hurshy

9:46 am

car.eeyore

Almost every day

9:47 am

Shirlockc

phantom: machete

9:47 am

car.eeyore

I never awake feeling "rested"

9:47 am

MLFAN17

me either

9:48 am

MLFAN17

i wanted to stay in bed this AM at least another 2 hrs

9:48 am

hurshy

this is like, any second i could just fall back asleep and i really have to fight it

9:49 am

car.eeyore

I hate that. I think it means you awoke during your "deep sleep" so you feel fuzzy and sleepy.

9:49 am

MLFAN17

hurshy do you have anything to do today?

9:49 am

HarryHood

124 for later. bye!

9:49 am

car.eeyore

have a great day

9:49 am

hurshy

not really

9:50 am

MLFAN17

then go back to sleep lol

9:50 am

hurshy

yeah

9:50 am

car.eeyore

Just an hour may reset you for the day and you will feel better.

9:51 am

MLFAN17

or take a two hr nap

9:51 am

hurshy

it doesn't matter, i'll be depressed either way

9:52 am

MLFAN17

nods head.. i understand that

10:02 am

MLFAN17

help with the dh words pls?

10:03 am

mattygroves

d + pit in the ground is one

10:03 am

rururocks

i have two d + not cold and a vowel

10:04 am

MLFAN17

ty matty and hello

10:04 am

rururocks

and matty's clue

10:04 am

rururocks

dh5 was dfilled up

10:04 am

MLFAN17

oh sorry i got rurus cl4

10:05 am

MLFAN17

ruru dfiled?

10:05 am

rururocks

dfilled :D

10:05 am

MLFAN17

got it

10:05 am

MLFAN17

ty both

10:07 am

origami

Good morning.

10:07 am

MLFAN17

good morning origami

10:08 am

rururocks

:D hi ori

10:08 am

mattygroves

There are a lot of ridiculous words in this grid, I think - words I've never heard of - not even in Babble (or I've just forgotten them)

10:08 am

rururocks

you're up early :D

10:09 am

origami

I got a scam call that woke me up before 7.

10:10 am

MLFAN17

origami ughh

10:13 am

rururocks

really scam about what?

10:13 am

MollyL

When I see "origami ughh" it looks like someone commenting on Origami, not her early phone call. I was like "who is being mean to poor, broken armed Origami" at first

10:17 am

origami

My phone showed "Scam Likely" as the number, so I didn't answer it.

10:18 am

origami

My arm is healing up

10:20 am

MollyL

Well you better come up with some other injury then so you can keep getting the pity meals and wine
: D

10:22 am

origami

Next time I'll go for something that will put me out of commission longer - broken leg maybe :D

10:23 am

penquis

good choice...then people will also offer to run your errands....

10:24 am

origami

:D

10:27 am

welki

hi all - is matty still around?

10:28 am

mattygroves

Yeppety yep

10:28 am

mattygroves

I'm here

10:29 am

welki

yay! matty, i'm trying to order a copy of my husbands UK birth certificate and the site i'm at looks a little wonky. if i paste a tiny url here, could you please take a look and see if it's the "real" deal?

10:30 am

mattygroves

Yes, of course!

10:30 am

mattygroves

Can you also tell me what the actual address of the url is (i.e. just type 'home office' or whatever)

10:30 am

welki

thanks!!

https://tinyurl.com/5eh3us9r

10:31 am

welki

general register office in southport

10:31 am

rururocks

gosh.. i was just trying to be a nice person and help someone living off of cottage cheese :d

10:33 am

origami

It definitely helped!

10:33 am

mattygroves

Yep, that's kosher. I clicked the link and then in another window looked for it via gov.uk (the first port of call when searching for that kind of thing) and was taken to gro.gov.uk (the General Register Office)

10:33 am

mattygroves

It's for real

10:33 am

welki

thanks so much - i really appreciate you having a look

10:34 am

mattygroves

It was my pleasure!

10:37 am

marksdolly

hi Welki!!

10:43 am

periwinkle

hello help with un9 or sh9 please

10:44 am

marksdolly

Sh 9 is where you might park a boat

10:44 am

ursh

the un refers to unclean medical equipment

10:44 am

periwinkle

ty marksdolly

10:44 am

marksdolly

UN 9 is something not fertile or clean

10:45 am

periwinkle

ty again

10:45 am

marksdolly

yw :)

10:49 am

rururocks

wow.. closed out the c's.. brutal

10:50 am

periwinkle

wd ruru

10:51 am

penquis

congrats, ru....still missing 13 Cs from the right column....they are more than brutal!

10:51 am

marksdolly

well done rur!

10:52 am

rururocks

there are some words I have surely never seen before

10:53 am

penquis

well that's discouraging....

10:53 am

mattygroves

Morewords has definitely been my friend here

10:53 am

welki

thanks again, matty - ordered :)

10:54 am

rururocks

at least you don't have a bagel with your c's penq :D

10:54 am

mattygroves

Glad you got it sorted. Now you just have to wait (and wait...and wait, I'd guess)

10:54 am

penquis

true....and i did close out the other C....

10:55 am

welki

yep - 14 pounds for regular mail, or 38 for priority - my guess is that they'd probably take the same amount of time, so 14 it is! (24CAD or 66CAD)

10:56 am

penquis

already ate my bagel sandwich....;o)

10:57 am

mattygroves

Ouch. I should look up to see how much it would cost to get my NY birth certificate sent here. I suspect it isn't cheap (happily, I have a certified copy)

10:59 am

mattygroves

Online orders cost $15 for each certificate, plus an $8.30 processing fee for each order. That's from NYC (as I was born in Queens) but before postage or whatever (it says it's an online service), love that processing fee - almost as much as the 'actual' fee

11:00 am

mattygroves

Hah! When you click the 'order online' from the NYC government website, it takes you to a private company. Gotta love capitalism

11:01 am

welki

great - will probably cost 100 bucks before you're through

11:08 am

MLFAN17

ty for the sh9

11:09 am

MLFAN17

hi welk

11:11 am

hurshy

phantom: chortle

11:12 am

mattygroves

They're not quoting me a shipping fee, weirdly. I'm not going any further - I hit the credit card info and as I don't actually need to order a birth certificate I'm not going any further. It'll have to remain a mystery

11:22 am

hurshy

maybe there isn't one

11:23 am

mattygroves

I'd be surprised if they'd be willing to ship to the UK for free - they talk about shipping fees in the verbiage but when I got to the payment info, it told me no shipping fee. Hmmmmm....

11:24 am

mattygroves

I suppose stranger things have happened, but they're a private company. Tis surely strange!

11:24 am

hurshy

i mean it's just a piece of paper, right?

11:25 am

hurshy

i recently ordered something that didn't say a shipping fee and the total was saying "estimated cost" so that seemed suspicious, but when i did the online chat the help people said if it didn't say a shipping fee then there wasn't one

11:30 am

mattygroves

Presumably! At least I'm not looking up the cost to send bees or bugs to the UK from the US. Having said I wasn't looking for it, I did find it:

11:30 am

mattygroves

Restrictions

A consignment of live bees must contain only queen bees and their attendant workers; colonies are not permitted. Each consignment must be accompanied by an import license issued by the Dept. of Agriculture (DEFRA) and a health certificate issued by the country of origin.

Caterpillars, cockroaches, crickets, destroyers of noxious pests, earthworms, fish fry and eggs, flies of the family Drosophilidae, leeches, lugworms, maggots, mealworms, pupae and chrysalides, rag worms, silkworms, spiders, and stick insects are admissible only for biomedical research (see license requirement for bees).

11:31 am

mattygroves

So, people of Babble, please don't send me any cockroaches - they're only allowed for biomedical research.

11:31 am

hurshy

interestic

11:33 am

hurshy

note: we have a couple of those nasty dh words

11:35 am

MollyL

*Cancels cockroach order for Matty

11:36 am

cybernan

hi again - grocery run under my belt :)

11:37 am

MollyL

I love how some words in these grids prompt people to become the town crier. "Volcano alert", "Hawaiian goose alert" , "lw words"

11:40 am

hurshy

and when you say "love" do you mean that sincerely or sarcastically in this case?

11:47 am

cybernan

ty hurshy

11:47 am

mattygroves

I feel my new profession should be 'Destroyer of Noxious Pests'. But then I couldn't be shipped.

11:50 am

cybernan

have the currency but cannot find another from that top e -- stats please?

11:55 am

therealblah

ea 4/6

11:56 am

cybernan

duh - ty blah

11:56 am

therealblah

tricky little one :)

12:16 pm

cybernan

ntpn - theres not a more congenial spot

12:20 pm

cybernan

coulee isn't accepted?!

12:21 pm

periwinkle

the O is not next to the C

12:21 pm

periwinkle

help with ch8 pls

12:22 pm

origami

I just got that peri. Extend the ch6/24

12:22 pm

periwinkle

I do not have ch624

12:23 pm

maccafixx

ch 6/24 plus scientific ending

12:23 pm

maccafixx

I need the ch 7/40

12:23 pm

cybernan

oh - a phantom

12:24 pm

origami

Peri - it means irritable

12:25 pm

cybernan

ch 7/40 ends with the guy who shoots animals for food

12:25 pm

MollyL

Oh here is a word for you. If it's a gaggle of geese, a swarm of bees and a murder of crows...what is a group of jellyfish? A fluther. And yes, you can also say a smack of jellyfish, but I like fluther better.

12:26 pm

cybernan

ty for that ch 6-8

12:26 pm

periwinkle

ty for ch6/8

12:26 pm

maccafixx

ty cybernate!

12:26 pm

cybernan

btw, the ntpn was Camelot

12:31 pm

hurshy

are there any sn words?

12:32 pm

MollyL

Go fish

12:39 pm

hurshy

oh i will fish for sh9 since i have not found that yet

12:42 pm

hurshy

got it!

12:44 pm

MollyL

And fish was such an appropriate word

1:04 pm

hokie carla

rehi - lunch break here

1:04 pm

hurshy

hi hokie

1:05 pm

hokie carla

howdy hurshy

1:05 pm

hurshy

how many do you have left

1:05 pm

hokie carla

61 still

1:05 pm

hurshy

45 here

1:06 pm

hokie carla

but my crowning achievement was calling a 9 last night before anyone else, so I can quit whenever today. LOL

1:06 pm

hurshy

when cnan did that NTPN of "camelot" it made me think of something funny

1:06 pm

hurshy

nobody would say "you put the ca5 in camelot"

1:07 pm

hurshy

and then i started trying to think of other ones people would not say

1:07 pm

hurshy

like "you put the should in shoulder"

1:07 pm

hokie carla

oh, so these are not movie things but things you are thinking

1:07 pm

joym999

Hi all. I just started the grid...working on those 43 Ts.

1:07 pm

hurshy

yes

1:08 pm

hurshy

funny things nobody would ever say

1:08 pm

hurshy

hi joy :)

1:08 pm

hurshy

i have 39 of those 43

1:08 pm

hokie carla

hey joy. 38 T's here and 14 on the bottom. so need 5 and 4

1:09 pm

joym999

Found my first 7!

1:09 pm

BzznBea

I would say you put the ca5 in ca5toe.

1:09 pm

hokie carla

sweet. still need 11 7s!

1:09 pm

hurshy

but see the camelot and shoulder ones are funny because they are not etymologically related at all

1:09 pm

BzznBea

chore

1:10 pm

hurshy

you put the mint in badminton

1:10 pm

BzznBea

And there you go...I need to get back to those...

1:11 pm

hurshy

you put the buck in buckle

1:11 pm

hokie carla

I am decluttering since we are talking about putting the house on the market. so I'm going to have to pack up most of my sewing room since it looks like a hoarder lives there.

1:12 pm

hurshy

if you sell it where will you move to

1:12 pm

BzznBea

You think yours is bad! No comparison.

1:12 pm

hokie carla

that's the million dollar question, hurshy

1:13 pm

BzznBea

I think I have left frozen foods in the shopping bags...must attend...

1:13 pm

hurshy

:O

1:13 pm

hokie carla

maybe boone, nc, area, but then we have to get a winter house at the beach

1:13 pm

hokie carla

bye bea

1:14 pm

hurshy

I JUST REMEMBERED A WORD THEY USE IN THE SENATE

1:14 pm

hokie carla

OMG

1:14 pm

hurshy

cl7 and 8 for my last 8!

1:14 pm

hurshy

that was very satisfying

1:15 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I heard about those earlier but haven't found - that is the senate word?

1:15 pm

hurshy

yeah

1:16 pm

hurshy

it's when they try to limit the debate on something by calling for a vote

1:17 pm

hurshy

one of those "things they taught you in HS that you basically forgot about until it came up in babble" kind of words

1:17 pm

hokie carla

hmm, I don't recall that. dummy hint?

1:17 pm

hurshy

after a breakup people often say they want cl7, change the middle letter of that

1:18 pm

hokie carla

got 'em, thanks

1:21 pm

hurshy

you put the to4 in tourniquet

1:29 pm

BzznBea

It is hot!

1:39 pm

BzznBea

Carla, have you done any ro6.27ing in your sewing?

2:00 pm

Uneaixoise

Un7/36 please?

2:01 pm

hurshy

hmm i guess i need that one

2:01 pm

hurshy

that sheep must feel hot as it is as yet un7

2:01 pm

BzznBea

unshorn

2:02 pm

BzznBea

Oh, my heavens! I'm so sorry!

2:02 pm

hurshy

lol

2:07 pm

hurshy

you put the fig in figure

2:09 pm

BzznBea

Finally got a damn 9!

2:12 pm

cybernan

back for the 3rd stab at this thing

2:13 pm

MollyL

Stab it Nan! Stab it hard!

2:15 pm

hurshy

anyone happen to have le6?

2:16 pm

cybernan

looking for it now hurshy

2:16 pm

cybernan

also the 4/9

2:16 pm

BzznBea

le6 - kind or generous

2:16 pm

BzznBea

le4.9 uses the 5 pt tile

2:17 pm

cybernan

ty bea

2:17 pm

BzznBea

Nan, how is your husband?

2:19 pm

cybernan

not good, bea. The kind of cancer he has can't be treated with the newer drugs. He starts chemo some time in the next 2 weeks, but the prognosis isn't as good as we had hoped.

2:19 pm

hurshy

sorry to hear that nan. all my best to both of you. :(

2:20 pm

cybernan

just trying really hard to keep my chin up and stay positive for him.

2:20 pm

BzznBea

I'm sorry to hear that. I will keep the both of you in my prayers.

2:21 pm

origami

I am sorry, nan. That is so difficult.

2:21 pm

cybernan

thanks hurshy, bea and ori

2:21 pm

BzznBea

How are you healing, ori?

2:22 pm

origami

Healing well, Bea. Thank you.

2:22 pm

Uneaixoise

Tx for un7!!

2:24 pm

MollyL

Joining in with the collective soul to send good thoughts your way Nan.

2:24 pm

BzznBea

Took you that long to find it? =)

2:24 pm

cybernan

ty molly

2:28 pm

MollyL

Well Bea, your clue for un7 was rather vague and cryptic
: D

2:29 pm

BzznBea

I thought so...LOL!

2:29 pm

MollyL

I thought since you were wearing the tiara today you were just blurting at will. Queens will do that.

2:30 pm

cybernan

lo 6/27 please?

2:30 pm

hurshy

rhymes with ro6/27

2:30 pm

BzznBea

I'm not just wearing the tiara today. I get to wear the crown.

2:30 pm

hurshy

oh no, is your head lying uneasy?

2:31 pm

BzznBea

My name is in the grid and I it's my birthday.

2:31 pm

cybernan

ty hurshy

2:32 pm

cybernan

happy birthday to you happy birthday to you :)

2:32 pm

origami

Happy birthday, Bea! Took me a bit to find your royalness in the grid :D

2:32 pm

BzznBea

=) Thanks, ori.

2:33 pm

Scrabbler

Back for more searching. Happy Birthday, Bea!

2:33 pm

BzznBea

I have twice passed up the opportunity to not cook dinner today. I'm ridiculous.

2:34 pm

BzznBea

Thanks, Scrabs.

2:34 pm

hurshy

why did you do that bea?

2:34 pm

Scrabbler

Do you enjoy cooking?

2:34 pm

MollyL

Aw, it's Bea's birthday? Happy Birthday Bea. Cake and ice cream in the PB

2:34 pm

Scrabbler

lire

2:35 pm

Scrabbler

Free clue. YW.

2:36 pm

hurshy

some pretty ridic words in the Ts

2:38 pm

BzznBea

I do like to cook, but I do not like to go out more. Does that make sense?

2:39 pm

MollyL

Order in then. Best of both worlds.

2:39 pm

Scrabbler

Yes, it makes sense. I would eat outdoors only at a restaurant anyway.

2:39 pm

hurshy

not an option if you live in the sticks

2:40 pm

MollyL

Well then send Mr. Bea out to pick something up.

2:40 pm

joym999

We've been eating indoors at restaurants recently, but our area has an 80% vaccination rate. Still, it's little unnerving. I'm getting on a plane for the first time in a couple of years tomorrow and I'm definitely nervous about it.

2:41 pm

hurshy

where are you heading?

2:41 pm

BzznBea

I would order in, but Mr. Bea had to take our neurotic cat to the behaviorist today. Late appt an hour away. Won't be home until after 7.

2:41 pm

Scrabbler

joy, wear 2 masks and safety glasses to protect your eyes.

2:41 pm

MollyL

Ah, it's a shame there isn't some nice restaurant on his way home.

2:42 pm

hurshy

*makes note to pick up safety glasses for upcoming flight

2:42 pm

joym999

ty for the advice scrabbler

2:42 pm

BzznBea

joy, Mr. Bea has flown twice this summer and my elderly aunt (ha! She is only 10 years older than me!) flew here. No problems.

2:43 pm

MollyL

I'm surprised people are not investing in hazmat suits.

2:43 pm

joym999

yeh, they say flying's not that dangerous because the air is filtered. It just feels dangerous because there are so many people so close together.

2:44 pm

BzznBea

I decided it would be best to go out to eat tomorrow late afternoon before the Saturday evening rush. My mom is always at the fore front of my choices.

2:44 pm

Scrabbler

This delta variant has brought us Act 2 of the pandemic.

2:51 pm

hurshy

in which Lady Macbeth says, "a little water clears us of this deed"

2:52 pm

Scrabbler

Haha. Shakespeare was always beyond my understanding.

2:52 pm

joym999

this grid, like so many others, has a phantom author. someday the word will actually be in the grid, and I will probably miss it.

2:53 pm

hurshy

well that part shouldn't be, scrabs. she's saying if they just wash the blood off from murdering people, then, nobody will know they are guilty.

2:53 pm

cybernan

any idea how well the pfizer does in protecting against the delta variant, scrabs?

2:54 pm

hurshy

of course that was before forensic teams and DNA analysis

2:54 pm

Scrabbler

Very well, nan. Almost 100% of hospitalized patients are unvaccinated. Immunized folks could get infected, perhaps without any symptoms.

2:55 pm

cybernan

ok - good to know

2:55 pm

hurshy

what i have read is that the delta is more contagious but no more deadly than earlier variants, and that the vaccines (western ones that is) are pretty effective against all variants thus far, and that more than 99% of the people who died of COVID in June were unvaccinated

2:56 pm

cybernan

hope the antibodies hold up through the chemo my husband is facing

2:56 pm

Scrabbler

Pfizer and Moderna give excellent protection. J & J less so. People still need to be smart--masks when indoors, keep distant.

2:56 pm

Scrabbler

Yes, nan.

2:57 pm

hurshy

scrabbler my shoulder isn't better

2:57 pm

hurshy

i think i may need to wear my arm in a sling or something to force myself to not use it at all

2:57 pm

Scrabbler

How long has it been hurting?

2:57 pm

hurshy

it has been hurting for like... over a month

2:57 pm

hurshy

i just keep re-aggravating it doing the slightest things

2:58 pm

Scrabbler

Go see an orthopedist. Then you will probably be sent to PT.

2:58 pm

joym999

if you're vaccinated then you are in no more danger of getting covid than you were of getting the flu in the past...but probably in the past we weren't as careful as we should have been about the flu, considering how many people died of it.

2:59 pm

Gillie

If it's anything like my shoulder, you need to be doing gentle exercises to get it back into shape.

2:59 pm

Scrabbler

I expect to see many masked people from Oct-April in the future. All of us, especially kids, will be healthier.

3:00 pm

hurshy

it's so funny, when i sometimes saw my students un-masked, the bottom halves of their faces sometimes looked so different from how i had imagined they looked

3:00 pm

Scrabbler

Yes, I find that with kids too.

3:02 pm

BzznBea

Hurshy, go to the dr! I was suffering with pain in my hip for over a year. Kept me awake at night. Ortho gave me a cortisone shot and some exercises and it is so much better!

3:03 pm

hurshy

well i have to find out how to go about doing that on medicaid then

3:04 pm

joym999

my neighbor who I know really well knocked on my door last year and I didn't recognize him because his hair was much longer and his mask was covering most of his face.

3:04 pm

hurshy

which i also have to find out about eye doctor

3:04 pm

zoozzoom

Cortisone seems to be very good. Has helped me twice with shoulder pain.

3:04 pm

cybernan

ro /36 please?

3:04 pm

hurshy

it's french, mostly vowels

3:04 pm

hurshy

like the sea guy Jacques

3:05 pm

hurshy

but with different consonants

3:05 pm

BzznBea

clue for the ch8, please?

3:05 pm

hurshy

it is an adj meaning angry

3:06 pm

hurshy

from the ancient theory of humours

3:06 pm

cybernan

ty hurshy -- missed that and it is a word I know

3:06 pm

zoozzoom

Sounds like the stuff they put in swimming pools to kill the germs lol

3:06 pm

hurshy

no zooz those are 7s

3:07 pm

zoozzoom

No it is a CH 8 actually.

3:07 pm

hurshy

well i don't really get how you think ch8 sounds like the pool stuff but ok

3:08 pm

zoozzoom

Because I do.

3:08 pm

hurshy

yeah that's why i said "but ok" lol

3:09 pm

hurshy

there are, though, as it happens, two ch7s which sound EVEN MORE like it lol

3:10 pm

BzznBea

I got it. Thanks to you both. That was my last 8. Fifty left and I'm calling it good. I've got a daughter, granddaughter and her friend coming on Sunday. Need to get some things done.

3:10 pm

zoozzoom

Welcome, Bea.

3:10 pm

origami

Have a wonderful birthday, Bea.

3:11 pm

MLFAN17

does it end like that word?

3:11 pm

Scrabbler

Bye, birthday girl.

3:11 pm

zoozzoom

Oh I did not know. Happy Birthday, Bea! ðŸŽ‰ðŸŽ‚

3:16 pm

MLFAN17

is it spelled close to wht you clean water with?

3:18 pm

origami

the ch8 builds off the ch 6 before the 6/24 before that. Think of an infectious disease.

3:18 pm

origami

*builds off the ch 6/24

3:19 pm

Scrabbler

I am missing ch 6/24

3:19 pm

cybernan

c + pit + most of frozen water

3:20 pm

cybernan

drop the a from the infectious disease scrabs

3:20 pm

Scrabbler

TY, I found ch6 and 8.

3:23 pm

hurshy

i have sometimes thought it was nicer when we didn't know as much about medicine and disease

3:23 pm

MLFAN17

still not getting ch8 and i used morewords

3:23 pm

hurshy

like someone would be "in a decline" instead of having whatever awful sounding disease

3:23 pm

Scrabbler

But in those days people knew a lot about suffering and death.

3:23 pm

cybernan

c + pit + consonant + most of frozen water

3:23 pm

hurshy

i'd rather just be in a decline, thank you, that sounds more poetic

3:24 pm

MLFAN17

okay got it that time ty

3:24 pm

Scrabbler

MLFAN--ch6/24 = c + ho in the ground + first 3 letters of tiny white grain.

3:24 pm

Scrabbler

*ho4

3:25 pm

Scrabbler

That's ch8. Remove the last 2 letters for ch6/24.

3:25 pm

MLFAN17

ty scrab

3:26 pm

MLFAN17

role

3:26 pm

MLFAN17

oos

3:26 pm

Scrabbler

teel

3:26 pm

cybernan

th 7/32 please? don't have either

3:26 pm

Scrabbler

Let's just toss out all of the 4's, MLFAN.

3:30 pm

cybernan

li

3:30 pm

Scrabbler

I don't have it, nan.

3:33 pm

cybernan

this grid is brutal

3:34 pm

Scrabbler

I just want to get to < 100 to find and I cannot see any words.

3:35 pm

cybernan

16 left but taking a lunch break

3:38 pm

dcseain

i laughed out loud at the th7.32 i just found.

3:38 pm

dcseain

(that was i hint)

3:39 pm

dcseain

(a hint even)

3:39 pm

Scrabbler

Hi Seain. I am thinking.

3:39 pm

periwinkle

hi Seain I am thinking too. hmmm

3:39 pm

periwinkle

hi all

3:39 pm

dcseain

the laugh is at the end, but you will find it.

3:39 pm

dcseain

hello, scrabbler and periwinkle :)

3:40 pm

hurshy

so i've been soliciting more "you put the ____ in ______" in a group of friends and my favorite so far is "you put the sexy in dyslexia"

3:41 pm

dcseain

Hah!

3:47 pm

dcseain

extend a form of 'you' for that th7.32. Unusual, 'funny' ending.

3:50 pm

Scrabbler

Aha, I found it on the word list. Odd word.

3:50 pm

dcseain

yes, rather odd, indeed.

3:50 pm

periwinkle

I found a the7/32 ty

3:51 pm

dcseain

huh. it's a hormone found in the urine of pregnant women.

3:51 pm

Scrabbler

New word for me.

3:51 pm

Uneaixoise

Tx for ch8!

3:51 pm

periwinkle

me too

3:52 pm

Jeanius421

you put the Rapist in therapist

3:54 pm

dcseain

thanks for pointing out the ch8, une :)

3:56 pm

dcseain

the un7.32 i just monkeyed is odd also, if differently so than the th7.32

3:57 pm

dcseain

phantom leukemia; arguably the best kind.

4:11 pm

Scrabbler

99 left and I am done. See you tomorrow.

4:26 pm

cybernan

bye scrabs

4:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

TU6BPLS?

4:30 pm

mkg

Hi ALL

4:30 pm

72 Temple Owl

TU 6 PLS?

4:31 pm

hurshy

there's a soup one, and there's a past tense one

4:32 pm

72 Temple Owl

Ty

4:37 pm

cybernan

tu 6/21 please?

4:39 pm

cybernan

ty hurshy

4:39 pm

cybernan

should look before I ask :)

4:44 pm

mkg

Hi all. Please help with the U words for the U fourth column. Ty.

4:46 pm

Jeanius421

one is your male relative

4:47 pm

mkg

Ty. How did i miss that one? Ty

4:47 pm

Jeanius421

un7/36 no haircut

4:47 pm

72 Temple Owl

C

4:47 pm

Jeanius421

un6/27 is not taken off

4:48 pm

72 Temple Owl

Mcannot find the th 7 hormone beyond 1st four letters

4:48 pm

mkg

Ty got two from that. Ty.

4:48 pm

mkg

If any stats and c lues are available for the 9s would love them. Ty.

4:49 pm

Jeanius421

sh9/60

4:50 pm

mkg

Ty. Any clues? Ty

4:50 pm

mkg

Is it two words or one?

4:51 pm

Jeanius421

I don't have it yet :-(

4:51 pm

72 Temple Owl

I guess seain is gone

4:52 pm

mkg

Ok ty anyway

4:52 pm

Shirlockc

i think the sh9 is 2 words, sh5 + a 4, both common words

4:52 pm

MollyL

You are standing on the beach, your toes are getting wet, you are on the sh9

4:53 pm

mkg

There are 8 sh 5 words i have so far. And more for sure to come.

4:53 pm

periwinkle

le6/24 please

4:53 pm

Jeanius421

ty Molly great clue

4:53 pm

Gillie

ty molly

4:53 pm

mkg

Just got two more sh 5s.

4:54 pm

Gillie

le6 would be merriment if you swapped the third letter for a different consonant

4:55 pm

Shirlockc

i finally broke 100, i have 99 left lol

4:55 pm

mkg

So is the 9 from that beach word? Do we know?

4:55 pm

mkg

Oh i got it. Ty. Ty.

4:55 pm

Jeanius421

yes

4:55 pm

mkg

Great clues. Ty.

4:59 pm

cybernan

ed 6/24 please?

5:00 pm

Gillie

Like a beautiful garden

5:00 pm

mkg

I dont have ed 6. Sorry

5:01 pm

cybernan

nm - found

5:01 pm

cybernan

ty gillie

5:04 pm

mkg

I got ed 6. Fantastic clue. Think of. Biblical garden and add ending to be like.

5:04 pm

cybernan

le 6 please?

5:05 pm

Gillie

Like a word meaning merriment, but replace the third letter

5:06 pm

periwinkle

ty Gillie for le6

5:07 pm

cybernan

ty gillie

5:11 pm

72 Temple Owl

le6,24 PLS?

5:11 pm

72 Temple Owl

SHELVED

5:11 pm

rururocks

just clued TO look below

5:12 pm

cybernan

th 7/32 please?

5:14 pm

hurshy

one is the king james still 4 + artist maya ____

5:14 pm

hurshy

*style, not still

5:14 pm

hurshy

the other starts the same but ends with the most popular acronym on the internet

5:16 pm

cybernan

sorry = those clues are going right over my head

5:16 pm

cybernan

also need the to 6-7, but don't see ru's clues

5:16 pm

cybernan

king james style? doesn't mean anything to me

5:17 pm

Gillie

The th7/32 both start with the old-fashioned "you"

5:17 pm

origami

I think ru meant the le6 was clued below

5:17 pm

72 Temple Owl

THANKS

5:18 pm

cybernan

tried adding last part of maya's surname, but tht didn't work

5:19 pm

cybernan

no idea what the most popular anacronym is

5:19 pm

Gillie

It's for laughter

5:21 pm

cybernan

ty gillie

5:21 pm

Gillie

Maya is an architect who designed the Vietnam Veteran's Monument in Washington

5:21 pm

hurshy

i failed to consider that there are two of those pronouns... th4 and th4... lol

5:21 pm

cybernan

oh was thinking of the poet --- no idea who the architect is

5:22 pm

hurshy

she got a B on that design at Yale Architecture School and then it beat out the design her professor submitted, bwahahahahahaha

5:22 pm

cybernan

monkeyed it - ty

5:23 pm

cybernan

don't follow architects and what they do - especially if they are non-local

5:24 pm

rururocks

*looks in the cave Nan is living in*

5:25 pm

Gillie

I'm sure she's better known in the US - the Veteran's Monument is quite famous

5:25 pm

Gillie

I had to Google her

5:27 pm

cybernan

wouldn't know who designed any monuments for that matter, never mind ones that are 4000 miles or more from here

5:30 pm

cybernan

as Gillies said, she probably is famous in the states, but it's not like she's an I.M. Pei or a Christopher Wren

5:31 pm

cybernan

looking for the to 6 that follows ripped -- any clues please?

5:34 pm

cybernan

*!*~*!* a lot of strange words

5:34 pm

dcseain

congrats, Nan!

5:34 pm

cybernan

thanks for the help everyone :)

5:47 pm

hurshy

she is nearly up there with Pei, Wren, and Wright i think

5:47 pm

ItalianGreyhound

need to spice up my diet

5:48 pm

dcseain

lockdown diet not like normal, yeah.

5:48 pm

hurshy

may i recommend thyme?

5:49 pm

rururocks

only if there is a marjoram of error hurshy

5:49 pm

ItalianGreyhound

if it doesn't take too much Thyme

5:50 pm

rururocks

oregano over this punning again

5:51 pm

dcseain

chervil is a very underrated herb IMHO

5:51 pm

rururocks

and all that Chive.. dude

5:52 pm

origami

More sage punning

5:52 pm

ItalianGreyhound

working on it ...

5:53 pm

dcseain

i have a shaker of dried chipotle.

5:55 pm

ItalianGreyhound

save me Frenchy

5:57 pm

ItalianGreyhound

she channels Julia Child

5:58 pm

ItalianGreyhound

did I mention this grid is diabolic

6:16 pm

dcseain

grid fra diavolo!

6:23 pm

MollyL

Yes, mentioned several times

6:23 pm

ItalianGreyhound

I completed it, because I am the Devil

6:23 pm

ItalianGreyhound

or maybe just bored

6:37 pm

ItalianGreyhound

is AL 4/10 a drinker?

6:40 pm

periwinkle

to6/21 please

6:44 pm

joym999

there's a married couple in this grid.

6:46 pm

periwinkle

nm

6:47 pm

FrenchToast

Happy Friday

6:47 pm

MollyL

Peri gets it right after the blurt

6:47 pm

FrenchToast

was someone calling me

6:59 pm

periwinkle

first re7 pls. my last word

7:00 pm

penquis

compound word....starts with color....

7:01 pm

periwinkle

ty pen

7:01 pm

penquis

yw...

7:17 pm

penquis

anyone around?

7:18 pm

Lizlin

Good morning all

7:18 pm

penquis

hi liz...

7:18 pm

Lizlin

Hi Pen

7:18 pm

FrenchToast

I"m still here

7:19 pm

penquis

hi FT....anyone have the last ch 7?

7:19 pm

FrenchToast

I do not, I just started

7:19 pm

Lizlin

ch7 - like the swimming pool chemical but lose a consonant

7:20 pm

penquis

i have that one....it's the one after that i don't have....ch 7/40....

7:20 pm

Lizlin

Sorry! ch 7 - c + big game killer

7:21 pm

penquis

ty....didn't know that was a word...

7:21 pm

Lizlin

yw

7:22 pm

Lizlin

UK word - to me it means when someone just goes on and on and on about something

7:22 pm

penquis

ah, ok....

7:23 pm

Lizlin

Can you help with either of the th 7/32s please?

7:24 pm

penquis

sorry, i don't have them....

7:24 pm

penquis

i still have 50 left....

7:25 pm

Lizlin

No worries - think we're going to go for a walk on the beach then I'll try to finish this later. Have a good day everyone.

7:27 pm

penquis

bye liz...

7:29 pm

hokie carla

52 left here

7:31 pm

hokie carla

I have probably stopped and started too many times and now won't see anything new

7:31 pm

dan2bit

one th7/32 ends like your handle, Liz

7:31 pm

eieios

are the 9's pl or past tense?

7:32 pm

hokie carla

I just have un9 and it is not

7:32 pm

dan2bit

one of the 9's is neither. compound word

7:32 pm

dan2bit

sh9

7:32 pm

penquis

neither are pt......

7:33 pm

eieios

thx. still monkeying thru my first pass.

7:33 pm

eieios

struggling with the u's anyway.

7:33 pm

penquis

yw....they are both more ordinary....

7:36 pm

eieios

i think that nasty c word should have an -ster ending. lol

7:37 pm

penquis

um....there are a lot of nasty C words tonight... LOL

7:37 pm

eieios

gor the sh9.

7:39 pm

penquis

great!

7:52 pm

eieios

i am guessing the un9 is un + a 7 letter word i don't have yet....

7:52 pm

penquis

yes....

7:53 pm

penquis

an ordinary word but twisted here....

7:53 pm

eieios

can i have the stats for the 7?

7:55 pm

penquis

st 7/28...

7:56 pm

eieios

thx, got them both.

7:56 pm

penquis

yw...

7:57 pm

eieios

clues or stats for bottom row e?

7:58 pm

penquis

en 5/10....

7:58 pm

penquis

el 5/10....

8:00 pm

eieios

got the el. can't believe i didnt see that.

8:01 pm

penquis

the other is to register for something....

8:01 pm

penquis

like a course...

8:01 pm

eieios

swear i tried that. must have mistyped it.

8:01 pm

eieios

thx.

8:02 pm

penquis

yw...

8:02 pm

eieios

struggling with the v's as well.

8:03 pm

penquis

three are related...one pl and one an alt spelling...you can start by finding a four....

8:04 pm

eieios

i have the "shape"and the fabric.

8:04 pm

eieios

a 4/7 and a 6/30

8:06 pm

penquis

you need ve 4/8....

8:06 pm

penquis

it comes after the ve 4/7....

8:09 pm

eieios

got them. thx.

8:09 pm

penquis

yw...

8:09 pm

eieios

haven't seen that w/o the s before.

8:14 pm

penquis

do you have either of the th 7/32 words?

8:16 pm

eieios

no. still looking

8:17 pm

MelJewell

rn

8:18 pm

eieios

is that a clue, mel?

8:18 pm

penquis

well i went through the list and i still ahve 8 to find...

8:19 pm

eieios

i still have 109,so you are way ahead of me!

8:19 pm

eieios

i haven't listed yet though

8:20 pm

penquis

LOL....well i did start this morning....

8:25 pm

eieios

i always start too late and then end up celebrating alone... not as much fun.

8:25 pm

eieios

trying to get under a hundred before i list.

8:26 pm

penquis

i think i got down to 65 this morning....listed tonight because of the time....

8:34 pm

origami

I still have 81 left

8:34 pm

penquis

can someone please clue the ro 7/36?

8:34 pm

eieios

don't have it.

8:34 pm

penquis

hi ori...

8:35 pm

penquis

ty for checking...

8:35 pm

origami

Hiya, pen.

8:36 pm

eieios

i was asking last night what other word games y'all play....

8:36 pm

origami

WWF and Serpentine

8:37 pm

penquis

i have played Serpentine....but usually I just play Spelling Bee at the NY TImes puzzle page....i subscribe....

8:37 pm

eieios

is serpentine online as well?

8:37 pm

penquis

i do play WWF through their app....

8:37 pm

origami

Oh, yes. The puzzle and Spelling Bee also, here.

8:37 pm

origami

Yes, serpentine is online.

8:39 pm

MelJewell

ur

8:42 pm

eieios

first ch5/14?

8:43 pm

origami

A set of vows/rules/beliefs.

8:43 pm

penquis

like a pie graph used in a meeting...but change the vowel....

8:43 pm

origami

Oh, sorry. I misread.

8:44 pm

grannyrose

good clue penguis. cooee and g'day from me

8:44 pm

penquis

ty.....and hi....

8:44 pm

eieios

geez, thoughti tried that....

8:44 pm

penquis

stuck with 5 left....

8:45 pm

penquis

anyone here have the th 7/32 words?

8:46 pm

origami

They both start with the biblical you.

8:47 pm

penquis

ty....

8:47 pm

grannyrose

both start with the old fashioned word for you, th4. then add most of a chain for one.

8:47 pm

penquis

yes, that is the one i have just found...ty....

8:48 pm

grannyrose

and for the other abbreviation used when texting for being highly amused

8:48 pm

eieios

thx, granny!

8:48 pm

Aleksiaa

Hello from Adelaide, australia

8:49 pm

penquis

ty....got them both....

8:49 pm

grannyrose

yw.

8:49 pm

penquis

hi alek....

8:49 pm

eieios

ch7/36 first one?

8:49 pm

grannyrose

g'day alek. happy covid week from melbourne.

8:50 pm

eieios

also missing the ch6/30....

8:50 pm

penquis

just add a letter to the other word....

8:50 pm

penquis

th 6/27 anyone?

8:51 pm

grannyrose

ch7. ch + slightly bitter fruit used in most italian/greek dishes, change last consonant

8:52 pm

grannyrose

past tense of th4 before it

8:52 pm

penquis

i think she asked for ch 6....

8:52 pm

penquis

ty, rose...

8:53 pm

grannyrose

pen, just after you greeted alek, ei asked for ch7

8:53 pm

penquis

ro 7/36?....

8:53 pm

eieios

sorry, granny. no idea, what that fruit s....

8:53 pm

grannyrose

small, green or black

8:54 pm

penquis

sorry, just saw her mention the ch 6/3o....

8:54 pm

grannyrose

can be stuffed, put into brine, oil.

8:54 pm

eieios

olive? all i can think of is clamata....

8:55 pm

grannyrose

yes ei, now change the last consonant

8:55 pm

grannyrose

ch + vowel + toe the ****, behave

8:56 pm

eieios

wow. got it. swear i tried that based on the other words..... these big puzzles you just have to try everything twice.

8:56 pm

grannyrose

ro7, french sounding word. ro + y**etide, christmas + french water

8:57 pm

eieios

thx!

8:57 pm

penquis

ty, rose....

8:57 pm

grannyrose

yw ei. twas a little difficult to clue

8:57 pm

grannyrose

yw pen

8:58 pm

penquis

i am done....

8:59 pm

eieios

now if i only new what french water was.... lol

8:59 pm

grannyrose

WTG PENQUIS !!!

8:59 pm

penquis

this was a tough one for me....

8:59 pm

penquis

just type french water in your browser.... ;o)

8:59 pm

penquis

ty...

8:59 pm

grannyrose

quite a few new words in it, pen.

8:59 pm

origami

Congratulations, pen. This one is a toughie.

9:00 pm

penquis

ty, ori....some odd words here....

9:01 pm

grannyrose

if you have google it has an app for translation. it's almost correct most times. it has trouble with Thai as we found out.

9:01 pm

eieios

thx. got it.

9:01 pm

eieios

now about that ch6/30. ;-)

9:01 pm

origami

Well, I'm leaving this one undone. See y'all.

9:02 pm

penquis

bye ori....

9:02 pm

penquis

ch 6...just add a letter to the previous word....

9:02 pm

grannyrose

ei, add the sometimes vowel to ch5 before it.

9:03 pm

grannyrose

see you again soon origami. take care of you please. xx

9:03 pm

penquis

well i am heading out....goodnight all....and thanks for the help....

9:03 pm

eieios

thx everyone. gn ori amd pen

9:03 pm

grannyrose

sweet dreams dear pen. as always my pleasure to assist.

9:04 pm

penquis

ty... ;o)

9:15 pm

eieios

cr6/21?

9:21 pm

Uneaixoise

Person born in Louisiana......or......type of cuisine

9:21 pm

eieios

thx, une!

9:22 pm

eieios

would have thought that was a proper noun

9:22 pm

Uneaixoise

Cr6/30?

9:23 pm

eieios

bend down.

9:23 pm

eieios

cr + a boo-boo.

9:24 pm

Uneaixoise

Thanks!!

9:24 pm

eieios

yW!

9:29 pm

eieios

ed6/24?

9:40 pm

grannyrose

ed6, means relating to where Adam and Eve lived. start with that place name + saint n**cholas, another name for santa.

9:41 pm

eieios

thx!

9:41 pm

eieios

how about er 6/21?

9:41 pm

grannyrose

er6. sexy.

9:42 pm

eieios

man, i am blind today....

9:43 pm

grannyrose

babble blindness gets to us all.

9:45 pm

eieios

le 6/21?

9:48 pm

grannyrose

no le 6/21. do you mean le 6/24

9:48 pm

eieios

yes....

9:48 pm

grannyrose

or li 6/21

9:48 pm

eieios

le6/24

9:48 pm

grannyrose

le6/24. le + egg of louse + sometimes vowel

9:52 pm

eieios

hmmm, egg of a louse. let me monkey that.

9:53 pm

eieios

got it.

9:55 pm

grannyrose

a lot of people use that term to refer to the lice when it is the egg to which that term refers. back in the day i was school pediculosis nurse, among other positions. still gives me the shudders and itches just thinking about it.

10:00 pm

eieios

lce are gross. i feel very fortunate that none of my four kids ever came home with it.

10:03 pm

eieios

i'm done thru l and still have 50 words to go. ugh!

10:04 pm

grannyrose

ditto here although we did have scabies just the once. and of course "the worms". ugh....how i made it through those years without going completely bonkers i'll never know.

10:05 pm

grannyrose

well done ei. it is a rather large grid with some odd words n it.

10:05 pm

eieios

we hand hand, foot and mouth here. and constant strep. my hubs is the only one who still has his tonsils in our house....

10:06 pm

eieios

had mine out at 31. it was no joke, bu the kids breezed thru it.

10:06 pm

grannyrose

*giggle* and years later, when i was in my 50's, my ENT doc discovered my tonsils had grown back.

10:07 pm

eieios

what?! that is crazy!

10:08 pm

grannyrose

bbl, lunch is ready. i know, right? apparently enough tissue was left behind for them to grow back. all those years i thought i just had a scratchy throat, i probably had tonsillitis.

10:09 pm

eieios

enjoy your lunch. i am going to try and muscle thru....

10:09 pm

grannyrose

will be about 20 minutes to scoff it. will check in to see how you are going. xx

10:14 pm

moolingwa

95 left for me

10:20 pm

hokie carla

I went to the list with 52 and still struggling

10:21 pm

moolingwa

yeah, big board

10:21 pm

hokie carla

I have had too many starts and stops, can't see anything new

10:23 pm

moolingwa

I started about 40 minutes ago

10:23 pm

hokie carla

I started last night at the flip

10:24 pm

moolingwa

that bodes well

10:25 pm

hokie carla

I almost just said forget it, but I really wanted to know what I am missing

10:26 pm

hokie carla

ordered a laptop for the youngest to take to college and it came today and there's something wrong with the wifi out of the box, so have been trying to get that straightened out. so frustrating.

10:27 pm

eieios

38 left for me, but hubs started a movie, so i may be done for tonight.

10:28 pm

hokie carla

that's a valiant effort, ei

10:28 pm

eieios

stuck on ma5/14

10:28 pm

moolingwa

down to 84

10:28 pm

hokie carla

I just skipped that one

10:30 pm

grannyrose

ma5/14. big ma*, burger + first part of nor right

10:30 pm

grannyrose

and back.

10:30 pm

grannyrose

*not*

10:31 pm

moolingwa

or burger plus french pronoun :)

10:31 pm

moolingwa

or is it a definitive...

10:31 pm

grannyrose

good clue mool. but i think ei is frech challenged... loll

10:32 pm

hokie carla

I am french challenged as well, but I know pepe ** pew

10:32 pm

grannyrose

very good carla

10:32 pm

eieios

thx to both of you. got it.

10:34 pm

moolingwa

olea

10:34 pm

moolingwa

oops

10:34 pm

grannyrose

oh lordy, i am so over-due for my nails to be done. normally just belt out the words, but my nails keep clipping the wrong letters or missing then totally.

10:34 pm

hokie carla

it's never one we need

10:35 pm

grannyrose

yeah, mool. couldn't you be a little more original and helpful....loll

10:36 pm

eieios

ou6/30?

10:37 pm

moolingwa

exclaimed in pain

10:37 pm

grannyrose

past tense

10:37 pm

hokie carla

past tense of an interjection

10:37 pm

eieios

seriously? dumb

10:38 pm

hokie carla

agreed

10:42 pm

hokie carla

well, 17 left after going through the list. that's ridiculous.

10:42 pm

moolingwa

sounds ominous

10:43 pm

hokie carla

something -ous for sure

10:43 pm

eieios

not thru the list yet. on the st's

10:50 pm

eieios

te5/16?

10:51 pm

grannyrose

te5/16 te + most of earlier exclamation, made when hurt

10:51 pm

hokie carla

what you do to students but change middle letter

10:51 pm

grannyrose

lose the first letter

10:52 pm

eieios

thx

10:54 pm

eieios

th6/27?

10:55 pm

hurshy

past tense of the second king james or shakesperean pronoun

10:55 pm

hurshy

a candidate for stupidest word in enable, and that's really saying something

10:55 pm

hokie carla

you have got to be kidding me

10:56 pm

moolingwa

yeah, that's a weird 'un

10:56 pm

grannyrose

nope. ain't enable wonderful?

10:56 pm

moolingwa

65 to go

10:56 pm

grannyrose

g'day hurshy

10:56 pm

eieios

that is bbbbaaaaadddd.

10:56 pm

hurshy

g'day rose

10:56 pm

eieios

15 to go.

10:57 pm

hokie carla

13 here but falling asleep

10:57 pm

grannyrose

*pokes carla* WAKE UP !!

10:58 pm

hokie carla

midnight here and I was up til like 2:30 last night

10:58 pm

grannyrose

* tickle tickle tickle*

10:59 pm

grannyrose

*uses cold water spray bottle* *squirt, squirt* sorry about your glasses.

11:00 pm

hokie carla

haha

11:00 pm

eieios

10

11:02 pm

grannyrose

watching brain-dead australian drivers on hubby's laptop. it's a wonder they can even breathe.

11:03 pm

eieios

to6/21?

11:04 pm

grannyrose

to + most of what you use to draw a straight line + vowel

11:04 pm

grannyrose

the t07/32 has latin plural

11:05 pm

eieios

thx

11:06 pm

eieios

5

11:10 pm

eieios

ul5/14, my last word.

11:10 pm

moolingwa

kin

11:11 pm

grannyrose

ul5. ul. + actress Stone, lose one of the double consonants.

11:11 pm

moolingwa

oh ul5..sorry

11:11 pm

eieios

FW!

11:12 pm

hokie carla

well done

11:12 pm

grannyrose

WTG EIEIOS !!!

11:12 pm

eieios

thxfor the help. i will clue for a bit if needed....

11:12 pm

hokie carla

3 t's left here

11:12 pm

eieios

th's?

11:12 pm

moolingwa

50 left here

11:13 pm

hokie carla

yep, those 2 7s that people have been talking about all day, but i'm just going to look them up

11:14 pm

hokie carla

now I get an earlier hint

11:14 pm

eieios

you want clues?

11:14 pm

moolingwa

the th7?

11:14 pm

eieios

yep.

11:14 pm

hokie carla

tu6 left now I think

11:15 pm

grannyrose

carla, large soup pot

11:15 pm

hokie carla

could've sworn I tried that this morning sometime

11:16 pm

hokie carla

thx

11:16 pm

hokie carla

boy that was a chore. yeah, I said it. 45 min left, big deal .

11:16 pm

hokie carla

if someone hasn't found chore yet, there you go

11:16 pm

eieios

weirdest thing is no real phantoms today.

11:17 pm

eieios

if no clues neede, i am going to watch my movie.

11:17 pm

grannyrose

oh i don't know. past tense of re4/4 drove me insane. kept thinking oh there it is....not

11:18 pm

hokie carla

I had some, like chortle

11:18 pm

eieios

night all! see you tmrw!

11:18 pm

grannyrose

sweet dreams ei. xx

11:25 pm

grannyrose

you done, carla?

11:27 pm

grannyrose

WTG HOKIE CARLA !!! just in case

11:30 pm

moolingwa

still 45 here :)

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