12:01 am
Jacula
Oh good, a nice big grid. *Dives into it.*
12:02 am
Cosmo Kramer
te7x2
12:10 am
SueMagee
Te7 x 3
12:14 am
cybernan
hello everyone :)
12:14 am
SueMagee
Pa7 and hi, nan.
12:19 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:20 am
mich_pdx
grazie mille, Lickety!
12:26 am
dizgrannie
nbt/nbs...qu 8
12:26 am
dizgrannie
its a french dumpling
12:27 am
SueMagee
Thanks, diz.
12:28 am
mich_pdx
yes, ty! Q's - quenched
12:36 am
cybernan
too tired to do any more -- see you tomorrow :)
12:38 am
cybernan
just found the co 7 - nice close for me
12:40 am
mich_pdx
Good night, Nan. I'm not far behind :)
12:43 am
dizgrannie
bottom row cleared
12:52 am
ursh
i cant find the 4th column O ??
12:53 am
ursh
aaahh darn tx diz
12:55 am
Jacula
197 found after first pass. 5 0 left for later. Happy Babbling all! x
12:58 am
Jacula
Make that 49. BBL.
6:13 am
mael
I'm in the grid! yay
6:42 am
BzznBea
*shining up the tiara for mael*
6:54 am
aslindy
hello all
6:55 am
BzznBea
Good morning, lindy.
6:56 am
aslindy
how's it going?
6:57 am
BzznBea
Life is good. Hope all is well with you.
6:57 am
Aloyisius
a mini tiara for "aloy"? hi all
6:57 am
aslindy
excellent here, thanks!
6:58 am
BzznBea
Certainly! Hello, aloy.
7:03 am
BzznBea
I am sometimes amazed at the words I know.
7:05 am
aslindy
I am sometimes amazed at the words I get by typo
7:10 am
Aloyisius
well, first pass done and I haven't found an 8.. maybe another coffa cuppee and some b'fast will help. brb
7:19 am
Uneaixoise
Qu8.....french dumpling
7:19 am
BzznBea
Clue blurt?
7:19 am
Uneaixoise
Hey, Aloy
7:20 am
Uneaixoise
Howdy, Bea :-)
7:20 am
BzznBea
Good morning, Une.
7:20 am
aslindy
can't believe I got that one. thanks!
7:20 am
BzznBea
You were about 1 minute short on that clue for me.
7:24 am
MollyL
I see we are flirting with blurting today
7:25 am
Uneaixoise
Hee hee
7:29 am
MollyL
I don't know, People Magazine, I can think of sexier men alive than Paul Rudd. Lame.
7:32 am
BzznBea
Time to start the taxi. Almost half way.
7:33 am
Uneaixoise
Idris Elba and Hugh Jackman were my faves!!
7:35 am
MollyL
Idris Elba has got it all over Paul Rudd
7:38 am
Aloyisius
googled it.. ty Une!
7:38 am
mael
wait, they picked paul rudd this year?
7:39 am
hokie carla
LOL. I love Paul Rudd but there are sexier men for sure.
7:42 am
Judi
Good morning, all. LOL Paul Rudd. If you're into that everyman dad bod type.
7:44 am
MollyL
People really fumbles some years. Like John Legend? (2019) I like his music, but he isn't even close to the sexiest man alive.
7:44 am
hokie carla
some people find a guy who can sing like that sexy
7:45 am
mael
but but but they were gonna pick chris evans this year? right? because chris evans is... decidedly sexier than paul rudd? taking nothing away from paul rudd, understand
7:45 am
MollyL
And Judi, I love "everyman dad bod type"
7:45 am
hokie carla
I recently rewatched Clueless. remember that time Paul Rudd was a college student who falls in love with his high schooler step sister?
7:45 am
mael
I mean, I wish every dad had paul rudd's bod, but ya know
7:46 am
Judi
Chris Evans is cute, but he always looks a little chubby to me. I know he's buff, but he just has that look.
7:46 am
mael
I love Clueless but you had to be there, it is a 90s explosion
7:46 am
mael
chubby? my friend, we have different definitions of chubby
7:46 am
hokie carla
I love it too
7:46 am
Judi
Clueless = cult classic (chick flick).
7:46 am
MollyL
Chris Evans does nothing for me.
7:47 am
hokie carla
chris evans also not really my thang, but I don't think chubby either
7:47 am
mael
Chris Evans is in fact who I have a standing hall pass from my husband for. lol.
7:49 am
Judi
<<< Still thinks Harrison Ford is hot.
7:49 am
mael
but it might be a masshole thing
7:49 am
hokie carla
as Capt. American or himself, mael?
7:49 am
mael
I'll take either as long as he has a beard
7:50 am
Judi
OOPS. Got my Chrises mixed up. I was thinking of Chris Pratt. I take it all back.
7:50 am
mael
THERE YA GO JUDI
7:50 am
hokie carla
we just watched the first Indiana Jones the other night, judi.
7:50 am
mael
Chris Pratt is at the bottom of the Official Chris Scale
7:50 am
hokie carla
Chris Pratt was chubby once upon a time but then got all buff.
7:50 am
Judi
Agrees that Chris Evans is WAY hotter than Paul Rudd.
7:51 am
hokie carla
oh, I see an old sportscaster
7:53 am
mael
I don't know if you've seen Defending Jacob, the miniseries. It is a) very good, b) is very easy on the eyes, and c) has scenes filmed in our town's grocery store
7:53 am
hokie carla
never heard of it
7:54 am
hokie carla
well, I have to get ready for pickleball. TTFN
7:54 am
Aloyisius
have fun, hokie.. I'm a pickleballer too!
7:55 am
mael
a who in the what where?
7:55 am
welki
'morning, all (kudos to paul rudd - who could have dressed up as antman, but instead, took his daughter (she was 'the wasp') trick or treating and he was dressed up as weird al
8:11 am
mael
I monkeyed the french dumplings but have no idea what they might be
8:13 am
welki
i did, too - looks like gefilte fish dressed up for a party
8:13 am
welki
monkeyed - and then googled
8:14 am
mael
I do like gefilte fish
8:14 am
mael
ohh but I see they are poached, that's a little weird
8:14 am
welki
me, too - a little beet horseradish on the side :)
8:15 am
Aloyisius
time to poof: Happy Babbling to all!
8:16 am
welki
hi/bye, aloy
8:52 am
penquis
hello all...
8:54 am
penquis
hi welki...
8:54 am
penquis
have there been any MLF sightings?....haven't seen her in a while...
8:55 am
welki
i haven't seen her either - i hope she's okay
8:55 am
penquis
me, too...
8:56 am
HarryHood
wasn't there a rap artist named Flava Flave?
8:57 am
welki
hi harry - i think you're right
8:57 am
HarryHood
hi welki!
8:57 am
penquis
no idea...
8:58 am
welki
i think i heard him on howard stern a million years ago
8:58 am
HarryHood
yes! he cofounded Public Enemy
9:00 am
HarryHood
sounds right welki.
9:01 am
HarryHood
I had a job delivering fish in the mid 80s. The truck had an AM radio, and I'd listen to the stern show on WNBC 660 the whole time. Back then he used to play music (if you can call 80s music "music")
9:02 am
welki
during the imus wars
9:02 am
HarryHood
yes. later he picked fights with opie and anthony
9:02 am
HarryHood
but he sure loved "eee vincent"
9:03 am
welki
people can say what they will about him, but the guy's got longevity
9:03 am
HarryHood
the king of all media
9:06 am
HarryHood
90 to go! bbl
9:08 am
Kaplan the Magne
#name that nasally sports caster of the 70s H Holy Cow!
9:09 am
rururocks
name that weirdo tv host that had a terrible work environment
9:16 am
HarryHood
name that harry belafonte banana boat word
9:17 am
HarryHood
though I'm sure it's been cancelled.
9:17 am
rururocks
a few players have recently disappeared. Haz, MLF, Moolingwa, french toast,
9:18 am
penquis
i think mool decided he was spending too much time here...
9:19 am
HarryHood
why? he always finished in just a few minutes! ::)
9:19 am
penquis
gotta go....bbl to finish....bye all....
9:20 am
HarryHood
classtime. later
9:25 am
MollyL
In answer to Harry...DAY me say DAY me say DAY me say DAYO
9:53 am
mattygroves
I am not doing well on today's grid. Ah well. That's your public service announcement for this Wednesday :)
9:59 am
rururocks
it's a cranky grid for sure
10:11 am
MollyL
Reading back in chat, do we need to start putting pictures on Babble milk cartons?
: D
10:19 am
rururocks
maybe..
10:19 am
Sophie512
Hello all. I'll aim for 1/2 today.
10:20 am
rururocks
wtg sophie.. low expectations :D
10:22 am
MollyL
Garth Brooks...I do grids with low expectations, I work too hard don't get no vacations...
10:22 am
Sophie512
Yep. Because I have so much other stuff to do today that does NOT frustrate me! :)
10:34 am
rururocks
well off to work.. good luck everyone. it's a tough grid.. with a few weirdo words
10:44 am
HarryHood
remember that weird al song: yoda, yoyoyoyoyoda
10:48 am
periwinkle
no Harry
10:48 am
periwinkle
hi all
10:48 am
periwinkle
help with bottom O please
10:49 am
HarryHood
which bottom O
10:49 am
periwinkle
bottom O fourth column
10:49 am
HarryHood
pejorative
10:49 am
HarryHood
four letter
10:49 am
HarryHood
the song was a takeoff on Lola by the kinks
10:50 am
periwinkle
ty Harry and I think it was in a recent grid too
10:50 am
HarryHood
I think you are right
10:53 am
HarryHood
70 to go. this is tough.
10:58 am
HarryHood
I give up. bye for now!
11:19 am
cybernan
good morning :)
11:22 am
cybernan
guess I arrived just as everyone was leaving
11:25 am
Sophie512
hi Nan
11:25 am
cybernan
hi sophie
11:35 am
Sophie512
thinking yall IS a word
11:37 am
cybernan
only in certain states :)
11:55 am
zoozzoom
I think it is Yáll.
11:56 am
Sophie512
plural possessive is all ya'lls
11:58 am
Sophie512
I grew up saying you guys. Tried it when I started teaching in the south.Ok. All you guys line up. Only the boys lined up. I've learned a lot!
12:00 pm
bichon
In NYC it was youse
12:07 pm
MollyL
I read a book once and in it there was a letter that started "Dear All Y'All"
12:08 pm
Sophie512
hahaha
12:10 pm
hokie carla
I say y'all and you guys for collective groups of males and females
12:11 pm
zoozzoom
I say all of you :D
12:14 pm
Sophie512
I got half. I'm happy.
12:15 pm
MollyL
I thought you Brits said "you lot"
: D
12:16 pm
hokie carla
me too!
12:18 pm
cybernan
first pa 5/14 please?
12:18 pm
zoozzoom
That would be the politicians who would use that term.
12:19 pm
zoozzoom
A bit like row row your boat, Nan.
12:20 pm
cybernan
tried everything similar to an oar that I could think of
12:20 pm
zoozzoom
What you do with it.
12:20 pm
cybernan
oh - it took this time - ty
12:22 pm
cybernan
*!*~*!* a lot of words I've never seen before kept the monkeys busy. losing interest in this game because of it.
12:22 pm
cybernan
hagd everyone :)
12:23 pm
zoozzoom
You too, Nan!
12:49 pm
MollyL
Politicians, hmm. I saw it on a show where a Brit director said "you lot go downstage right and you lot go downstage left"
12:57 pm
hokie carla
I've seen it in Harry Potter movies too, zooz isn't fooling us.
1:03 pm
MollyL
Oh OF COURSE that pa word has nothing to do with boats or rowing. And OF COURSE it is a Scot word. That means lumpfish or lump sucker. How gross.
1:05 pm
hokie carla
I'm no longer surprised when I check a def. and it says "chiefly Scot"
1:06 pm
hokie carla
in fact, I am now surprised if it doesn't say that
1:06 pm
MollyL
The Enable Word Nerds = Angus, Alistair and Dougal
1:10 pm
MollyL
Two US cities in the grid today. Too bad they dobn't count.
1:11 pm
hokie carla
Dalles? 😜
1:11 pm
hokie carla
ha, that's a real word
1:11 pm
hokie carla
and I was just making a bad spelling joke
1:12 pm
MollyL
Selma and Tampa
1:12 pm
hokie carla
oh, I did see selma earlier
1:16 pm
MollyL
I guess you didn't make the connection when I mentioned US cites
1:17 pm
MollyL
You were perhaps thinking of Hyuck
1:17 pm
hokie carla
couldn't remember what I'd seen earlier that might've been a city
1:23 pm
hokie carla
oh, I see a famous b&w photographer
1:42 pm
hurshy
ansel adams
1:43 pm
hokie carla
✅✅✅
1:52 pm
MollyL
Hurshy wins three check marks
1:53 pm
hurshy
roughly equivalent to three dings
1:53 pm
hokie carla
that's right
2:15 pm
hurshy
phantom: anodyne
2:31 pm
Sophie512
hey, didn't need anything new on my 15 year old xterra..... the new battery wasn't hooked in properly.....no charge
2:34 pm
hokie carla
awesome
2:35 pm
hokie carla
I was noping hurshy's phantom. because it's not a word I'm seeing. because I don't know it.
2:44 pm
MollyL
Um, the whole idea of a phantom is that it is an "almost" word in the grid. First column A down and then up left, almost.
3:08 pm
hurshy
yes but she's just saying it can't even be a phantom for her, because she didn't know such a word existed
3:09 pm
hurshy
she is subtly suggesting that i am a nerd
3:18 pm
wvteach
stats for bottom row O pls
3:19 pm
hurshy
left has 2 od4, right has 1 of4
3:21 pm
wvteach
needed the right and i think it was just in grid yesterday - duh
3:26 pm
hurshy
well i didn't know you could spell the alpine singing another way... how funny
3:27 pm
joym999
today hard this grid is
3:27 pm
hurshy
are you saying it that way because Yoda is in the grid?
3:29 pm
hurshy
anyone know what the other 8 is besides the al8 ?
3:30 pm
joym999
and also because I can't find anything
3:44 pm
joym999
The other 8 is QU.
3:45 pm
hurshy
oho, interesting!
3:49 pm
hurshy
had to morewords it
3:49 pm
hurshy
but thanks :)
3:50 pm
joym999
It's a food; I recognized it because I happen to see a recipe for it recently, but it's a pretty obscure dish.
3:50 pm
hurshy
funny that the 8s are both french
3:50 pm
joym999
I don't have the AL8 but thanks for the clue!
3:52 pm
hurshy
it's pretty much as obscure as the qu
3:52 pm
hurshy
i don't even know why it happened to pop into my head
3:53 pm
joym999
not seeing anything
3:54 pm
hurshy
it's a kind of lace, named for the place it is originally from
3:54 pm
hurshy
the singular is 7, then plural for 8
3:56 pm
joym999
just looked it up...I wouldn't have found that in a zillion years
3:57 pm
hurshy
yeah, like i said, i have no idea why it occurred to me. i mean i know i've just read it somewhere but the fact that my brain dug it out is crazy
4:36 pm
BzznBea
I have had the same feeling today, hurshy.
4:37 pm
BzznBea
I'm still puzzling over the al8
4:42 pm
BzznBea
Found it! Thanks!
5:02 pm
periwinkle
hi all. the qu8 is a food? not seeing it
5:02 pm
BzznBea
It's a French dumpling.
5:03 pm
hurshy
and it ends with the french word for "she"
5:03 pm
joym999
not really a dumpling. It's chopped meat or fish covered with bread crumbs. I saw a recipe recently
5:03 pm
periwinkle
got it ty both and my scrabble dictionary
5:03 pm
BzznBea
I'm off to fix the fam some food.
5:04 pm
periwinkle
scrabble dictionary calls it a type of dumpling
5:04 pm
BzznBea
Leaving 72 in Judi's bucket. Been a busy day at the hive...
5:05 pm
joym999
I've seen it described as a dumpling too but in my culinary opinion it is not.
5:07 pm
NANCY
need another clue for the al 7 please
5:07 pm
joym999
ends in opposite of pro
5:09 pm
joym999
This grid is too hard for me; I'm going to list
5:11 pm
NANCY
TY joy got it
5:14 pm
joym999
Holy Hallelujah how did I miss those AM words?
5:35 pm
penquis
hello....
5:36 pm
joym999
hi penquis
5:36 pm
joym999
I've been working and babbling both all day, neither very well. How are you doing?
5:37 pm
penquis
hi...doing ok here....
5:38 pm
penquis
haven't done a whole lot today other than getting a massage and going to the post office...
5:39 pm
penquis
just found out that another French city is acceptable here....
5:53 pm
joym999
I can't find the CO7
5:53 pm
penquis
irish girl?
5:53 pm
Sophie512
girls name
5:56 pm
penquis
just found a new word...pa 7/36....just guessed and it turned out to be a word...
6:00 pm
Sophie512
I'll take a clue on that one please, pen
6:01 pm
penquis
start with the inside part of your hand...
6:01 pm
penquis
add a common ending...
6:01 pm
Sophie512
got it, thanks
6:24 pm
Sophie512
73, stick a fork in me......I'm done
6:25 pm
penquis
i listed... ;o)
6:25 pm
joym999
is the NO6,7 a combo? Are they regular words?
6:26 pm
penquis
don't have them yet....will look....
6:31 pm
penquis
found it....includes the high point letter....the seven is a pl....
6:31 pm
penquis
not regular words...
6:32 pm
penquis
execution by drowning...
6:32 pm
penquis
helps if you know French...
6:40 pm
hurshy
i think you saying the high point letter might mislead people into thinking it has the Q
6:40 pm
hurshy
it does not
6:43 pm
hokie carla
ha! I tried noquee, noquea several times because that's the only way it can have a plural.
6:43 pm
penquis
sorry, you are right...
6:44 pm
penquis
shouldn't clue when i am tired...
6:44 pm
hokie carla
next highest is F or V and it can't be either of those
6:45 pm
HarryHood
phew done. I listed my last sixty something.
6:45 pm
hokie carla
did you sleep any better last night, pen?
6:45 pm
hokie carla
77 left here. just half-assing it.
6:45 pm
penquis
i did....dk why i am tired tonight....delayed effect, i guess...
6:45 pm
hokie carla
yep, it'll catch up to you
6:46 pm
HarryHood
there's some virus going around here. well some OTHER virus.
6:46 pm
HarryHood
I've been so out of it the last few days.
6:47 pm
hokie carla
my youngest kid was sick last week at college and covid, strep, RSV, and flu were all negative.
6:47 pm
penquis
bummer, harry....i get my vaccine booster tomorrow....that will probably wipe me out, too....
6:48 pm
HarryHood
yes - my oldest at school has been sick as well
6:48 pm
hokie carla
I felt really bad overnight after mine, pen, but I forgot to over hydrate beforehand
6:48 pm
HarryHood
I got my booster a few weeks ago - was OK for me.
6:49 pm
HarryHood
my wife got hers and her flu shot at once - she was wiped out.
6:49 pm
penquis
last time, i was just tired the next day....
6:49 pm
hokie carla
so what is the NO6 points?
6:50 pm
HarryHood
and pl for the 7.
6:50 pm
MollyL
It is ridiculous that someone can't get sick without being tested for four or five things they don't have.
6:51 pm
HarryHood
it might be a summer drink
6:52 pm
MollyL
*Listens to the insurance companies racking up their cash
6:52 pm
hokie carla
lol, he also did it wrong - went to one of the testing sites on campus for the people that have to do surveillance testing when he was supposed to make an appt at health services, so he ended up doing that after. and then he told me what all they tested for. I was surprised.
6:52 pm
penquis
execution by drowning....doesn't that sound awful?
6:52 pm
hokie carla
thanks, harry. that did it.
6:54 pm
HarryHood
good night all! and stay healthy :)
6:54 pm
penquis
goodnight, harry...
6:54 pm
MollyL
I';n sure it is not just your son that is happening to Carla
6:55 pm
MollyL
We have become a health paranoid society
6:58 pm
penquis
is the qu 8 a compound word?....recognizable?
6:59 pm
hokie carla
well they have to test for covid since he's in a dorm, and I'm glad they tested for strep. flu and RSV not a whole lot they would do.
7:00 pm
joym999
not a compound, not really recognizable unless you really know your french cooking.
7:01 pm
hokie carla
well now I know what my missing Q should be
7:01 pm
joym999
clue for SO6,21?
7:01 pm
joym999
there's a few clues in the chat for the QU8
7:02 pm
penquis
i am looking for the so 6 right now....
7:03 pm
penquis
so 6....serious...
7:03 pm
penquis
it's a little twisty...
7:05 pm
joym999
you don't think of words that end in those letters
7:07 pm
hokie carla
funny, I was about to say I was looking to end with that all day
7:11 pm
joym999
FW, finally
7:11 pm
eieios
congrats, joy!
7:11 pm
eieios
81 left forme....
7:12 pm
hokie carla
71 here. not sure how there are still 10 T's to find.
7:12 pm
penquis
congrats....ten left here...
7:18 pm
penquis
i am done....i monkeyed the qu 8 word...
7:20 pm
joym999
ty, I can stick around a little longer if anyone needs clues
7:22 pm
hokie carla
not me, thanks. will just leave a bunch in the bucket tonight.
7:23 pm
penquis
heading out....goodnight all....
7:27 pm
MollyL
That's funny. The qu8 word was mentioned several times today.
8:01 pm
mkg
Hi all. Clues for any 7s or 8s please. With stats. Ty
8:10 pm
mkg
Also need Y words please. And the 4th column O word. Ty.
8:13 pm
mkg
Got a y word finally. And got two 7 letter words. But would love clue for the 8 and for the 4th column o word. Ty.
8:29 pm
Uneaixoise
AL7 French lace and AL8 plural
8:31 pm
Uneaixoise
Of4/9 contemptuous word for white person
8:32 pm
Uneaixoise
Yo5 to sing like Swiss mountaineer
8:33 pm
Uneaixoise
Ya4/5 rhymes with person with no hair
8:35 pm
Uneaixoise
Qu8 Google traditional French dumpling
8:40 pm
eieios
co7? or sn7?
8:41 pm
eieios
nvm, have the co.
8:41 pm
eieios
and the sn.
8:41 pm
Uneaixoise
Sn5/10 past tense
8:42 pm
eieios
i am missing a bunch of a's.
8:45 pm
Uneaixoise
See 8:29 AL7 and 8
9:09 pm
Sophie512
still have 59 left, but I'm ok with that.....anyone need a clue?
10:07 pm
mkg
Ty une! Wow. Never heard that word for white folks. Have to google the lace and other qu 8. Ty
10:10 pm
MollyL
Une is all about that dumpling today
: D
10:10 pm
mkg
I get french dumplings as quora! Help! That is not in grid.
10:13 pm
mkg
Finally found it way down the list of what i got from google. But cant add s to end for the 8. Just have the 7. Darn.
10:13 pm
mkg
Oh sorry i do have the 8. Dont have the 7.
10:14 pm
mkg
Searching for the al 7 8 but dont see that either.
10:15 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
hi all, wading in
10:16 pm
grannyrose
mkg, are you still here?
10:17 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
nbt woot
10:18 pm
grannyrose
al 7, al*, beer drink + i*, not out + pros and ***s.
10:39 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
2/3 d--- i mean completed, woot
11:26 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
conking out, night all