Babble: Archived Puzzle for Monday, November 7, 2005

12:01 am

mamabear

was there a sale on T's?????

12:01 am

torgone

This grid needs more t's.

12:03 am

mamabear

OK folks, guess what word is in THIS one that is going to be talked about!!!!!

12:03 am

cybernan

just more consonants!

12:03 am

GreyWoulf

Looks like there was a BOGO sale, period!

12:04 am

mamabear

7 vowels!!!!!! so there should be, what, like 47 words?

12:05 am

mamabear

oops 8 - missed the o

12:06 am

brandyjack

--- Words Total = 122 ---
--- Total Score = 1147 ---

--- Word Sizes ---
4 - 65
5 - 38
6 - 11
7 - 6
8 - 1
9 - 1

--- 1st Letter Count ---
A - 22
D - 2
E - 7
H - 4
I - 3
L - 17
N - 4
O - 4
R - 13
S - 27
T - 18
Z - 1

--- Letter Count ---
A - 124
D - 9
E - 50
H - 13
I - 36
L - 27
N - 79
O - 25
R - 63
S - 92
T - 56
Z - 1

12:06 am

DarleenMB

mamabear, you're in fine fettle tonight! LOL

12:06 am

GreyWoulf

And we stayed up to witness this tunover...

12:06 am

IceBoySF

R8/40 & R9/54

12:07 am

DarleenMB

yeah, aren't we all glad... :-P

12:07 am

mamabear

and the bad word for the day only has 3 letters. so HA

12:08 am

cybernan

a 7/28

12:08 am

harpjane

now I have to stop typing and look for the bad word!

12:09 am

sprite

Morning dear gang!

12:09 am

GreyWoulf

it's a T & A board, harpjane

12:09 am

GreyWoulf

morning sprite!

12:10 am

mamabear

2 bad words harpjane!

12:10 am

harpjane

hee hee hee

12:10 am

sprite

TTTAAANNN - pathetic grid, this one! No creativity at all, lol.

12:11 am

cybernan

Good morning/evening all

12:12 am

GreyWoulf

Hi c-nan!

12:12 am

mamabear

ok.. here's the plan... I get the r8 & 9 and then go to bed........

12:12 am

sprite

Morning GreyWoulf! Well, evening to you. :)
Morning Cybernan.

12:12 am

DarleenMB

well, if I tried that plan I'd be up all nite.

12:12 am

mamabear

hi cybernan & sprite!!!!!
iceboy - too early for r8 clue? Please please please.. this bear needs to hibernate!

12:14 am

sprite

Sounds like a plan, MAMA! I'll help. With hunting or begging, whatever :)

12:14 am

mamabear

hi Darleen!!!!!

12:14 am

GreyWoulf

OK, I have to go take care of the cats and clean the living room before I can come back to do some more.

MAMA - good hunting and see you tomorrow (*hug*)
To everyone else, I'll see you in a short bit or else later

12:14 am

Debs40ish

r/8 40

12:15 am

Debs40ish

r/9 54

12:15 am

DarleenMB

Hi mamabear!

12:15 am

GreyWoulf

BTW, sprite - good morning is appropriate - it's 1 AM here so it fits :D

12:16 am

mamabear

good nite GW... *hugs back* thanks for the good company

12:16 am

sprite

LOL GreyWoulf... you are right, it is all a matter of perspective. A very good morning to you then, and good luck with the domestic chores. Did you enjoy your daughter's visit to the park? And did she?

12:17 am

cybernan

Morning Sprite - still evening here! (10:15 pm)

12:17 am

sprite

Isn't it great, the way we come together from all timezones to get our daily bread?

12:21 am

Debs40ish

n/7 28

12:22 am

sprite

MAMA: to compensate for the 3-letter naughty word at least we have E4/4 :)

12:23 am

sandbox74

just in case someone wants it z6/33

12:24 am

sprite

LOL Sandbox. We all want it :)
And I see the word for when your behind hurts is there again... and still not valid.

12:25 am

DarleenMB

yeah. found the Z happy dance

12:31 am

Gwen

Thanks, Sandbox74! Got the 'z' Haven't seen you on Main Street lately.

12:33 am

mamabear

Glory B!!!!! I got the z and the r 8 & 9... I'm off to catch a few winks.... good nite fellow babblers!! Have fun... *bear hugs to all*....

12:34 am

sandbox74

Gwen: I have been swamped by RL. Been catching up on everything forum by forum but it seems that the Main street fora always gets put off for another day. Maybe during the Christmas vacation, I can finally get back to a semblance of normal.

12:41 am

harpjane

It's not much, but I've got all the d's and o's (um 84 to go.) Oh well, tomorrow's another day.

1:04 am

helenary

is it too early to ask help for the r8 and r9, the latter obviously plural???

1:04 am

sprite

Well, not exactly plural, since they are verb forms. Get again.

1:06 am

sandbox74

helenary: the r8 & 9 maybe words you found yesterday that you find again today

1:18 am

helenary

great clues..eventually got it. thank you.

1:21 am

GreyWoulf

And I'm back...again
I am such a masochist

sprite - re: the park -- yes we both enjoyed ourselves
although if she had her way, we would have brought have the park home in my pockets! :D

1:22 am

cybernan

I have 84 words, which looks like a good place to stop and find my bed for the night -- til tomorrow, if any of you are still around. Must say I'm impressed by those of you who found the z word -- haven't a clue!

1:23 am

Griffums

That's only because we're CRAZIER than you nan

1:23 am

GreyWoulf

we are maybe just a bit MORE CRAZY(*wink*) than you, c-nan

1:24 am

GreyWoulf

Mornin' Griff!

1:24 am

Griffums

Clues in stereo brought to you by the Babble Canids

1:24 am

Griffums

Mornin'? Sez you!

1:25 am

cybernan

Thank you GW - as good as a night cap!

1:26 am

GreyWoulf

Sleep well, c-nan :)

1:26 am

GreyWoulf

Well, it's morning here! by 2 and a half hours :P

1:27 am

Griffums

:) Here it's late, dark, cold. And that's just inside my brain.

1:28 am

GreyWoulf

You definitely have my full respect, Griff
I don't think I would survive up there, though I would love to visit because it is so gorgeous!

1:30 am

Griffums

Well, it's not like I'm writing from an igloo. This is the hard part though - the shock of real transition into winter. We go into that dark night crying like girly men. After awhile the tears freeze and we move into acceptance.

1:33 am

GreyWoulf

That's what I'm talking about -- the transition into the long night -- I am one of those people who visibly reacts to the seasons and length of the days. Every winter I become quieter until the winter solstice. As soon as the days start getting longer again, my personality shifts.

1:33 am

Griffums

Oh. Well then yeah, you'd be toast.

1:33 am

GreyWoulf

lol

1:34 am

Griffums

We play the mind game though - "only six more weeks until the days start getting longer" when actually it's going to be February before we see another day that's as long as today. Denial denial!

1:37 am

GreyWoulf

How's this for a tease? It's been so hot lately that the wife just had to turn on the AC in the bedroom so she can get to sleep :)

1:39 am

Griffums

Urrrgh! My mom flies back (to Reading) this Friday night. Maybe I'll stow away!

1:40 am

GreyWoulf

Well if you do, I'm only about an hour away - you could come by and visit :D

1:41 am

Griffums

:)))

1:43 am

tbear

Morning chaps....tea,toast and......Babble

1:43 am

Griffums

hi tbear!

1:43 am

GreyWoulf

hello tbear

the grid found a bogo sale today :)

1:43 am

aling5

It's our old pal Grover!

1:44 am

GreyWoulf

Hi aling

1:44 am

tbear

Errrr what's a bogo sale Greywoulf?

1:45 am

aling5

Howdee, all!

1:45 am

GreyWoulf

Buy One Get One (usually) free

1:46 am

aling5

Geez, that whole top right corner is useless!

1:46 am

FMitch

Morning all,
overslept aargh, what a way to start the week. Glad you asked that question tbear!

1:47 am

tbear

That's BOGOF Greywoulf......

1:47 am

aling5

i 6/18

1:47 am

FMitch

Hows the grid today?

1:48 am

GreyWoulf

Hi FMitch

It's tricky finding out the differences between here and there (lol) --- the internet connects us but doesn't give us a travel guide

1:49 am

tbear

morning Fmitch.....don't give urself grief over it... ;)

1:49 am

GreyWoulf

tbear - sometimes it's buy one, get one half price, or some other offer -- the only consistent part is the Buy One, Get One part

1:49 am

FMitch

LOL Hi GreyWoulf, v true.

1:49 am

GreyWoulf

the grids another small one
only 122 with lots of little ones

1:51 am

tbear

Yeah,unfortunately that bogof worked with my girls......!!!!

1:58 am

FMitch

Staring at the grid for some reason is not making words magically appear, wonder why? Think I had better come back to this later. Have a good afternoon, evening, day where ever you are.

1:59 am

Griffums

Bye mitch

1:59 am

tbear

Greywoulf yr icon reminds me of the novel by the Horse Whisperer author..

1:59 am

GreyWoulf

It's that kind of board, Fmitch

Have good day and Good Hunting later!

1:59 am

GreyWoulf

Which book is that, tbear?

2:01 am

tbear

can't remember the title but it's about wolves...read too much...all becomes a thread....no fine detail,like titles

2:02 am

tbear

Love to how people come by their handles or nicknames....did you choose yrs?

2:03 am

Griffums

I think you mean The Loop...had to think on it a while because the title had nothing to do with wolves

2:03 am

GreyWoulf

I hear you - I used to work for a book store an dhad to know all the books, but never had time to read for myself as a result
Lately, I have been working to catch up, but I find myself rereading books I have read before because I don't remember the title, just the events within

2:03 am

aling5

Bleah. Gotta call it a night. 50 down, 72 to go! Good night!

2:04 am

Griffums

'Night aling!

2:04 am

tbear

yes Griffums....wasn't great if i remember...but ok

2:04 am

GreyWoulf

Take care aling!
Better luck later!!

2:04 am

Griffums

I have his The Divide on my shelf but haven't read it yet.

2:06 am

tbear

Jus finished another Paul Theroux....Dark Star Safari

2:07 am

tbear

the Divide...latest from that author??

2:07 am

GreyWoulf

As for my handle, it was sort of a mutual choosing
I have always had an interest/fascination with wolves - one of the first books I remember reading is "The Jungle Book"
And when I started studying Wicca, Wolf chose to manifest as one of my totem beasties
As a result, my friends have called me Woulf for the past 15+ years

2:08 am

Griffums

The Divide - from Nicholas Evans, yes. I got it as a light weekend read and then I never got a light weekend. The Theroux book sounds marvelous from the promo copy.

2:11 am

tbear

Marvelous....but frustrating study...makes you wanna go there yourself and get all the do gooders out or turn back time 500 years...also Theroux(whom I've always admired) kinda irratated me (Might just be me at the moment and not him at all) Damn good book as all of his

2:13 am

Griffums

Sounds like a teeth-sinker!

2:15 am

tbear

Thx for that Greywoulf....have to tell you mine...at the grand old age of 16,I was a bit twin set and pearls and fell in love with a boy at school who was a bit hippy..overnight I turned (dress wise) into a hippy and part of this attire was an afghan coat (which stank!!) As soon as he saw me he said,'You look like a bear!!' Forgot that nickname until 3 yrs ago when we met up again and the first thing he said was 'It's Bear'.....

2:17 am

GreyWoulf

Aaaawww! That's sweet!

2:18 am

tbear

Well have done the grand sum of one word so far and that's da4....so that what I'm gunna do da4 off a few more words.........

2:19 am

GreyWoulf

I am at 65 myself

Gonna work for ten more minutes then turn into a pumpkin

2:20 am

tbear

It's so easy to forget the time difference... now at 2 words da4x2

2:21 am

GreyWoulf

I know, part of me wishes that I could sit in this chair all day, just chatting with all my new friends from around the world that this game has introduced me to

2:24 am

tbear

It is something quite unique to Babble,I'm sure,at least for me...people are friends and individuals...and when I log on can't wait to see whose playing....

2:25 am

tbear

Greywoulf....before yr glass slipper falls off....give me a little clue to the z......please

2:25 am

GreyWoulf

It's related to the whole pre-established common interest and mind set deal, I'm sure

2:25 am

GreyWoulf

If you are more crazy than me, you are za****

2:27 am

tbear

yay...found.....thx

2:27 am

GreyWoulf

np

do you want a hint towards the re8/9 combo?

2:28 am

tbear

si'l vous plait

2:30 am

GreyWoulf

at6/18 - to achieve a goal
becomes at7 by adding one letter

put re in front for the re8 & 9

There you go, 4 clues for the price of 2
(a BOGO if you will ;D)

2:31 am

Griffums

Oh oh - I found the fish in the grid!

2:31 am

tbear

you a very nice man....just got 4 from that....big bear hug

2:32 am

tbear

a double Bogof

2:33 am

GreyWoulf

And now I really must go to sleep
am getting up with the little one and while she is well behaved, she is not lenient with her daddy when he has been up all night Babbleing...

Hug back, tbear and then
(*hugs for everyone*)

Good Luck and Good Hunting!

TTFN

2:33 am

Griffums

'Night GW -

2:34 am

tbear

sleep well Greywoulf.....and special bear hug for little one....long may she stay little....

2:36 am

tbear

Griffums,it's just me and thee....at least if you look back on the log,it feels that way

2:37 am

Griffums

Yes, and I'm fading... Thought I could sit down here and just finish it pretty quickly, but with 26 wds to go it feels like they must be 26 impossible words!

2:38 am

tbear

if yiou know which ones...I could lend you my eyes

2:39 am

Griffums

I know which ones but am too tired to work clues, though that ae 7/28 is bugging me, seems like it must be related to 4/4 but I can't come up with the extension.

2:43 am

tbear

Put what you do on a chair,in the past tense

2:45 am

Griffums

Well that was easy - thanks!! Stumbled onto 6 more in the meantime. That's it for me, going to bed and will try to finish tomorrow night before the witching hour.

2:45 am

tbear

sleep well Griffums....

2:46 am

Griffums

Thanks - you have a good day!

2:47 am

tbear

OOoooooooOOOOOOooooooooOOOOOOO ooooooooOOOOOOOOO while there's no-one here...thought I'd see if there is an echo...OOOOoooooOOOOoooo

2:47 am

tbear

And a bit of tap dancing....tra la

2:48 am

fandor

That bored????????

2:48 am

tbear

Not going to attempt a cartwheel...it's been too long...

2:49 am

tbear

fandor....sneaking up on me...that's not fair

2:50 am

fandor

no sneaking, just quiet.

2:50 am

tbear

ok words

2:51 am

tbear

sorry...for making all that noise...just felt like being in a big ampty hall and my inner child was released

2:51 am

fandor

Its all goooood........

2:51 am

tbear

:)

2:53 am

tbear

OOOOOooooooOOOOOOO.....sorry

2:55 am

fandor

What are you sorry for?

2:55 am

tbear

OOOOoooooooing again

2:56 am

fandor

It is all right. I need to get back to work, my lunch break is over now.

2:56 am

tbear

fandor where are you?

2:57 am

fandor

California.

2:57 am

Dianne

tbear - are those good OOOOoooooooooOooooooo's?

2:57 am

tbear

so you're about 4 hours ahead of us

2:58 am

tbear

thx Dianne,I try...what's ur flag?

2:58 am

Dianne

Hong Kong. Actually I think it is around 1am in California right now.

2:59 am

tbear

fandor have a good afternoon and nice to meet you....

2:59 am

fandor

Yes, it is 1:00 am.

2:59 am

tbear

fandor....enjoy your 'LUNCH' and i thought i was mad.....lol

3:02 am

fandor

Thank you. Enjoy the rest of your night.

3:03 am

tbear

Now you're just trying to confuse me...

3:04 am

fandor

I work the night shift. I won't get off until the sun comes up. Some people call it the graveyard shift. So I eat my lunch at 12:30 am

3:05 am

Dianne

fandor - where in CA?

3:05 am

tbear

pass me a sandwich then.....what's in it?

3:05 am

zubie

Hello everyone :) Haven't been here in ten days or so!

3:06 am

fandor

Tonight was chicken and stuffing.

3:06 am

tbear

and what do you do fandor?

3:06 am

fandor

Electrician in a industrial plant.

3:06 am

tbear

Hi Zubie...where have you been?

3:07 am

tbear

My brother's a sparky too

3:07 am

fandor

Gotta go. Enjoy.

3:07 am

zubie

Hi tbear. Was on vacation. I missed babble and that's just after having played for a week! :D

3:08 am

tbear

thx speak again

3:09 am

tbear

Zubie...I know...it really should come with a W.H.O. health warning

3:11 am

zubie

It should! :) How many words in total, today?

3:12 am

tbear

122...1x9 1x8 6x7 11x6 38x5 65x4

3:13 am

jooboz

122

3:15 am

zubie

122 sounds good. :)

3:22 am

tbear

I'm off.....one before I go e4...god of love....adios

3:23 am

zubie

Bye, tbear. :)

3:55 am

judierae

Good morning, night, day, evening ect
everyone

4:01 am

judierae

guess no one is here at this time

4:02 am

Dianne

judierae - Hi - you're not completely alone :)

4:03 am

judierae

oh good, 'cause I was gonna go away and shed a few tears

4:04 am

Dianne

No need for tears - fairly easy puzzle today.

4:05 am

judierae

looks like it....

4:15 am

mandy

this is ugly ain't it!!

4:17 am

Poo's Mom

good morning!

4:23 am

davetins

any clue on sa6/18 and sa7/28 please

4:26 am

Poo's Mom

just starting out, davetins....

4:27 am

davetins

need 5 more so any help needed/

4:27 am

dalmatian5

Does anyone out there have a clue for Na 7/28? I wonder where they find these words!!!!

4:38 am

dalmatian5

davetins - I cannot find any definition for the two Sa words you are looking for. The second one is the plural of the first. There is a 1959 famous movie from India and the title is of a man's name. The Sa is his last name. There is also a gallery of fine woodturning in Bethesda Maryland named Sa-----. I know this probably doesn't help but I cannot even think of a rhyming clue.

4:43 am

davetins

thanks dalmatian, I'm searching for your na7/28 too

4:46 am

hydra

davetins - na7/28 means dressed more smartly than someone else!

4:47 am

periwinkle

Hi everyone!

4:49 am

dalmatian5

Thanks Hydra. Found the Na and that does it for me! Everyone have a great night - day - or whatever time zone you are in!

4:50 am

Eva

Good morning everyone. Almost 6am and dawn just starting to glint through the trees. The week of the time change is always a hard one. Wish they'd stop with this foolishness already. Speaking of wolves, has everyone read the wonderful old book by Farley Mowat - Never Cry Wolf? Beautiful, funny and sad. Was made into a movie, but the book is much better. 68 words and stuck - maybeif I stand on my head for a new perspective?

4:51 am

davetins

TY hrdra, it was driving me mad. Also got the sa6 and 7 ty dalmatian

4:56 am

Eva

Is the s7 related to the s6? Got the 6 but can't find the 7. Probably stariing me right in the face

4:59 am

davetins

plural eva

5:00 am

davetins

start with top s eva

5:02 am

Eva

Okay, I see the problem. I have sh6, not sa6. Will look for it now.

5:05 am

Eva

Thanks dalmatian. Googled the gallery and found the sa6 & 7

5:06 am

davetins

need last one sa5?10 , next to indian garment any help please

5:07 am

Eva

Do you have the shiny fabric?

5:08 am

caitlyn

Any clues please for the ae7/28 and there9/24 thanks

5:09 am

davetins

yes, it's before that eve

5:09 am

Eva

Caitlyn for the ae7 combine the prefix for flying with the past tense of what you do in a chair.

5:10 am

davetins

caitlyn it's your ae4/4 plus what you did in a chair

5:10 am

Eva

Must be missing it too. Haven't gone for the 2nd letter lists yet.

5:11 am

davetins

caitlyn add your at6/18

5:13 am

davetins

and your at7/28

5:13 am

Eva

The second letter list seems to be missing the ae4/4

5:15 am

davetins

It's on mine eva, think flying

5:15 am

Eva

Mea maxima culpa Brandyjack! Of course the error was mine. I chopped it off when copying.

5:15 am

caitlyn

Thanks all of you got them both now xxx

5:19 am

renee.fuzz

hey everyone!! just wondering.. how come "santa" doesn't count?! sighh.. it is enough to shatter a little kid's heart.

5:32 am

Eva

no raita?

5:33 am

Atalante

I think arsole should be allowed for alternate spelling amusement value

5:34 am

renee.fuzz

hahaha. arsole. ;D

5:36 am

Alleyn

Morning. A small one. Phew ................

5:50 am

Jacula

Morning all.

Atalante - LOL. I saw that word, too, but as 'assole'!

Renee.fuzz - Shame about 'Santa' but we did have 'Magi' and 'manger' yesterday. Almost got tinsel today, but not quite.

5:52 am

Jacula

(Maybe we'll get 'presents' and 'turkey' and 'reindeer' on Christmas Day? Mind you, I have been told in no uncertain terms that I'm NOT to play on 25th December.:-/

5:54 am

J40

I won't be given a chance to get anywhere near PC on Xmas day. Kids want new games!

5:55 am

mu

Morning everyone....housework done....now for the seriously fun part of the day

5:57 am

Alleyn

How come I can never get the re words.

6:11 am

Jacula

Just been reading back through the log and had to smile at Mamabear's comment when the grid first came up. 'Was there a sale on 'T's???' she asked. :-)))

6:13 am

lola100

Hi guys! How is everyone this fine morning? :)

6:14 am

Jacula

Hi Lola. Long time no see! I've been mentally gardening. No, not gardening in a mad way - 'thinking' about gardening. Might get out and do some for real if the weather holds. How're you?

6:14 am

Alleyn

77 words and just beginning to struggle

6:15 am

Yoink

Hi guys

6:16 am

Jacula

Hi Yoink!

6:16 am

lola100

Hi jacs! I was away for the weekend :)
lol, that's the only kind of gardening I do!

6:16 am

lola100

Hi yoink :)

6:17 am

Yoink

Hi Jacula, Lola :)

Lots of t's today I see.

6:26 am

Jacula

Did you go anywhere exciting, Lola?

6:29 am

micamonkey

any clues for sh5/14 and sh6/21?

6:32 am

lola100

jacs, I just went to visit a friend, no exotic destination this time I'm afraid :)

6:34 am

zubie

A clue for the z word please?

6:34 am

lola100

za6/33- more crazy?

6:35 am

Yoink

Zubie, za6 meaning more wacky

6:35 am

lola100

sh6/21- add your an4/4 meaning against.

6:36 am

zubie

Thanks lola. Great clue!

6:36 am

broll

mica - sh6, plural. sh7 - think shack, sh....town, slum

6:37 am

Uneaixoise

any hints on the sh5/14? thanks!

6:38 am

Yoink

For the sh5, think of a term for sunglasses and miss off the e

6:39 am

broll

I mean, sh5 - plural and sh6. zeeesh!

6:39 am

micamonkey

thanks broll i got it :D

6:39 am

lola100

*lola slides cup of coffee over to broll* lol!

6:40 am

broll

thx lola, I need that!

6:42 am

Uneaixoise

doh! thanks, yoink, was climbin' in the wrong direction . . .

6:44 am

lola100

Time to pick up small person, be back later :)

6:44 am

Yoink

Bye Lola :)

6:44 am

Jacula

TTFN, Lola.

6:49 am

Yoink

I've gotta go too for now. Bye

6:52 am

Jacula

Bye Yoink.

6:53 am

caitlyn

Can anyone please give a clue for sa6/18 thanks

6:54 am

EvaNadine

gmornin all!

7:00 am

shorty

morning all

7:01 am

shorty

guess everybody left morning evandine

7:02 am

EvaNadine

this usually is one of the slower times...heh

7:03 am

renee.fuzz

i'm here! heheh. ;D even though i should be doing my homework....

7:09 am

Jacula

sa6/18 (plural is the sa7) can be found as the surname of a character in a 1959 film by Ray, part of the Apu Trilogy. If that doesn't help, try thinking Latin 'without' endless Indian garment.

7:12 am

Jacula

Someone's setting off fireworks outside. Now, I ask you, what is the point in daylight??

7:14 am

caitlyn

Thanks Jacula

7:17 am

micamonkey

jacula, Latin 'without' endless Indian garment?
is it the latin word or is it the indian garment?! *confuse*

7:19 am

Vicuna

I think the "without" is more French, and you don't need the whole Indian garment!

7:24 am

Jacula

Sorry, I'm used to doing cryptic crosswords. Maybe my clue was a little too cryptic? Google the film instead.

7:25 am

Atalante

I got it from your Latin clue, Jacula :)

7:26 am

Jacula

Cheers, Atalante.:-)

7:27 am

EvaNadine

45 words to go and starting to noodle...
perhaps its time for a breakfast break.
:)

7:28 am

Jen

Morning everyone! Hope you all had a great weekend!

7:37 am

Jacula

Morning Jen. Hi Evanadine (don't think I said that yet).

I've just finished. Off to get some lunch and then do a little gardening. Will be around on and off if anyone wants any clues.

7:44 am

zubie

77 words and my brain seems to be asleep.

7:45 am

EvaNadine

any hints on my missing H?
ive got both words for body parts and ive got the ghostly one...

7:46 am

Vicuna

ha5/12 - confederation or league - think of the Ha-eatic League in medieval Germany (if I've got my history right)

7:48 am

micamonkey

whats the ghostly HA?

7:48 am

EvaNadine

thanks Vicuna!

7:49 am

EvaNadine

mica -- its what ghosts/spirits do

7:50 am

Vicuna

My pleasure, Evanadine.
Can anyone tell me whether the ae7 builds off the ae4?

7:50 am

sandypops

there is no u so I cant understand what spirits do either apart from make you drunk that is

7:50 am

EvaNadine

cant help ya -- i dont have any of the larger words yet...

7:51 am

EvaNadine

there are alternate spellings.
;)

7:54 am

tbear

vicuna....yes it does

7:54 am

Vicuna

Thanks, tbear. Now I just have to find it!

7:55 am

Jacula

Vicuna - The ae7 does build off the ae4. The word is an acronym and best described by saying ae4 plus past tense of what you do on/in a chair.

7:55 am

tbear

sorry...hi everyone... jacula luv the pic

7:56 am

Vicuna

Thanks, Jacula. I was starting with the wrong a, of course...

7:57 am

micamonkey

any clue for an 7/28
and na 7/28?

im still lost with the sa 7/28 *sigh*

7:58 am

Vicuna

na7/28 - spiffier, especially relating to clothes

7:58 am

Jacula

Thanks tbear - it's the look one of my cats gives me when she wants feeding.:-)

an7 is plural of an6.

7:59 am

Jacula

sa7 is plural of sa6 above it.

7:59 am

Vicuna

sa7/28 - pl of a word that starts like French for "without" and ends like what a pirate says

8:00 am

Jacula

Oh! Don't mention pirates. Now I'm thinking of Johnny Depp. *Sigh* Time to cool off in the garden, methinks. TTFN.

8:01 am

EvaNadine

any hint on the An6 for those of us who dont have it?
hehe

8:02 am

Jacula

Add the pirate word to the an4/4 above it.

8:02 am

EvaNadine

thanks jacula!

8:02 am

Jacula

(It's actually a Javan poison.)

8:03 am

Jacula

Okay. I'm really going now...

Byeee!

8:04 am

EvaNadine

if anyone wants to toss in a clue for the 8 and 9, i wont object.
;)

8:06 am

inga8227

RE8... to accomplish again

8:06 am

Jen

EvaN... just looked that one up myself. Put a re in front of your at6 and at7.

8:07 am

EvaNadine

heh, didnt have the At6/7 yet, but i have all 4 now!
thanks!

8:08 am

micamonkey

bah i give up on the sa word because i tried just about every combination zzz
babble overload

8:09 am

EvaNadine

mica -- kinda sounds like another word for when you really truly mean something...and many people also sign letters this way...

8:11 am

tbear

micamonkey...sa/6 thinks russian royalty but s instead of t

8:11 am

tbear

and sa7 plural

8:14 am

tbear

There is a sn5/12 which is completely silly...sounds like a kids word....s from the top

8:15 am

Smeltzdog

Good morning!

8:16 am

tbear

Smeltzdog you're a hotdog!

8:17 am

micamonkey

argh so much stress on one word lol
im sorry im denser than a rock today
think i better take a break
but thanks all so much

8:17 am

micamonkey

i tried the french word + the greeting... but.. erm no

8:18 am

tbear

micamonkey did you see my message?

8:20 am

micamonkey

yeah i did *sigh* heheh but i thank u for trying to make this dense piece of rock see some light :P

8:21 am

micamonkey

FWAH! i got it! LOL!

8:21 am

Smeltzdog

tbear - what time is it on your side of the pond

8:21 am

tbear

14.21

8:21 am

ExWren

Thanks inga8227 for the re8 clue, it took a while to follow the tiles in the right order but I got there in the end!

8:22 am

Vicuna

Congratulations, mica!

8:22 am

micamonkey

thanks tbear!!!!! *big kiss on your cutie grover lips*

8:22 am

hurshy

morning, folks. just going to pop in whatever words i can see before my first class.

8:23 am

micamonkey

thanks vicuna
105 words... i think im going to quit now before i fry my brain lol
got to save that for the exams

8:23 am

Smeltzdog

top of the morning hursh!

8:23 am

EvaNadine

25 words to go, all 4s and 5s now...

8:24 am

hurshy

thanks, smeltz, same to you!

8:24 am

Smeltzdog

evan - when did you sleep?

8:24 am

hurshy

what're we lookin' at today?

8:25 am

tbear

122 1x9 1x8 6x7 Hiya hurshy

8:25 am

EvaNadine

heh, fell asleep about 11pm my time...up for work by 6!

8:25 am

hurshy

hi tbear!

8:30 am

hurshy

:( won't take santa? sad sad.

8:31 am

lola100

*lola runs in and tackles evanadine while waving at tbear*

8:31 am

saphyre

morning everyone - just stopped by to see what the grid looks like today

8:31 am

EvaNadine

oh my!
*catches breath*
hiya lady!

8:32 am

Smeltzdog

mornin' saph

8:32 am

tbear

Lola!!!!!! Lola!!!!!! my lips are sealed :0

8:34 am

Bubbles

Hi All

8:35 am

zubie

88 words and in need of help and sustenance. ;D

8:35 am

tbear

Hey Bubbles
how are you and the boy?

8:35 am

joelgee

mmmpphh--
coffee. waking up. saying wotcher!

8:35 am

lola100

tbear, I'm sure I have no idea what you are talking about ;)

Hi bubbles :)

8:36 am

lola100

Hi joel :)

8:36 am

Smeltzdog

joel - coffee's good!

8:36 am

tbear

Me neither Lola.......uuummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmm :)

8:36 am

joelgee

mmm. coffee. good. mmph

8:38 am

hurshy

hi joelgee!
can i safely assume that ae7 contains ae4, or not?

8:38 am

hurshy

(question not directed at sleepy joelgee but at all)

8:38 am

lola100

LOL! Be good now tbear :)
How was your weekend then?

8:38 am

pinecone05

yes, you can hurshy

8:39 am

tbear

got down to 51 and think i'm gunna break the habit of a lifetime and look at the lists...dadada da daaaaaa

8:39 am

hurshy

thanks pinecone!
tbear, you never looked at lists? wow.

8:40 am

pinecone05

I need another clue for the na / 7 Spiffier? This one I'm missing in a biggier way.

8:40 am

lola100

*lola thinks about throwing bucket of cold water over joel to wake him up*

8:40 am

EvaNadine

8 Ses and 1 R to go!

8:41 am

tbear

MY weekend was bloody awful but went out and cut down a tree today,which helped direct my frustrations (read...teenagers....shhhh) and HOW was YOUR weekend,sweetheart????

8:41 am

hurshy

na7 - you ever see the kids' movie "the tale of ______ gann"? it's like that, only comparative.

8:41 am

Haz1558

Pinecone, for the na 7 think of an insect beginning gn. Take off the g then add the ti 4/4. It's a comparative adjective.

8:42 am

hurshy

sorry it was the JOURNEY, not the tale

8:42 am

tbear

Hurshy if you looked at where I am in the rankings you wouldn't say WOW.....hahahahaha

8:42 am

joelgee

*lola should really think A LOT about the cold water throwing thing*

8:42 am

hurshy

:) :) tbear!
it's just that you're on so much i assumed...

8:42 am

lola100

It was lovely thanks tbear :)
Sorry I didn't get to meet you...next time?

8:44 am

joelgee

hursh--
no ae words yet.

8:44 am

tbear

Lola that was sneaky.....hold you to that...keep threatening Joelgee with that iced water until he changes that icon of his.....

8:45 am

Bubbles

Hi tbear, were are good thanks. You

Hi lola how are you? good weekend?

8:45 am

lola100

*lola refills joel's coffee cup and flashes him a friendly smile while emptying bucket of water*

8:45 am

hurshy

i know, joelgee, i know. saphyre has coffee.

8:45 am

tbear

Bubbles,I'm ok but Lola's great

8:45 am

pinecone05

Thank you Haz1558...I got it!

8:45 am

joelgee

tbear--
what's wrong with my icon?

8:45 am

zubie

Clue for the as please?

8:46 am

Haz1558

Good, pinecone, glad to be of help.

8:46 am

tbear

It's too serene

8:46 am

Haz1558

I like Joelgee's icon.

8:46 am

joelgee

okay. HAve the ae4. Can't see connection to other ae yet--if there is one.

8:47 am

EvaNadine

joelgee, pull up a chair and youll get it!

8:47 am

hurshy

65 words and finished the an's. back later!

8:47 am

pinecone05

ae word think of what you do in a chair....that was the clue that did it for me

8:47 am

lola100

I had a great weekend thanks bubbles :)

8:47 am

Bubbles

any particular reason why?

8:47 am

tbear

joelgee what actual position are you in right now (I imagine) and past tense it

8:48 am

Bubbles

care to expand on that?

8:49 am

tbear

Bubbles put it this way....I might have to find a buddy to make up the numbers in January when you and Bobsta come down....!!!

8:49 am

zubie

Help!

8:50 am

tbear

zubie ''as" how many??

8:51 am

Bobsta

hee hee, i geddit!!
hiya bubs
hiya tbear
hiya lola

8:52 am

tbear

Bobsta.........nice one eh??

8:52 am

zubie

Huh? tbear?

8:53 am

Bobsta

yep, i always like to hear nice things!

8:53 am

lola100

Hi bobsta! :)

8:53 am

tbear

How many letters and what value?

8:53 am

snowyowl

Lola welcome back. Hope your weekend was all you hoped for & more! You were missed.
Hi all. Unexpected free couple of hours. Thank God for sick lecturers, it meant mum got home early to pick up littlies

8:54 am

lola100

Hi snowy! Weekend was great thanks, missed you guys too :)

8:55 am

EvaNadine

"You have 0word(s) left to find "

what a beautiful sight!
:D

8:55 am

lola100

Woo! Well done evanadine :)

8:56 am

EvaNadine

*grabs the champers and cannonballs into the jaccuzzi*

8:56 am

snowyowl

congrats evanadine! I've only got 115!

8:56 am

tbear

hear hear...

8:57 am

tbear

Off for a little read...see you later

8:57 am

joelgee

okay. less serene.

8:57 am

zubie

as 5/10, tbear. Is there more than one as word? Oh dear. :/

8:58 am

Smeltzdog

evan - its up to you do decide what to fill it with!

8:58 am

tbear

Fabulous Dahling Fabulous...... Looks like that lovely red liquorice sticks with goo in the middle...yum yum

8:59 am

Jen

Whew, done! Have a great rest of the day everyone! :)

9:00 am

lola100

'bye tbear :)

9:01 am

lola100

Woo! Well done jen :)

9:01 am

snowyowl

bye tbear & Jen
joelgee Iliked serene better!

9:07 am

tbear

zubie...tried really tried and no go....Off for sure now BYE

9:08 am

EvaNadine

man, what am i gonna do for the rest of the day?!
hehe

9:10 am

mamabear

We're already in the jacuzzi with champers????
Good morning all!

9:10 am

Smeltzdog

well - mama - she's in there but she hasn't filled it yet!

9:10 am

zubie

Bye tbear. Thanks though.

9:11 am

mamabear

evanadine - you are done already??? how impressive!!!

9:14 am

Haz1558

Zubie, the one as 5/10. Another name for a donkey, followed by two vowels - as in artificial insemination.

9:15 am

zubie

Thanks Haz! Got it! :)

9:16 am

lola100

Thanks Haz! :)

9:16 am

Haz1558

Good!

9:17 am

Smeltzdog

mama - it seems to be an easier board than yesterday!

9:18 am

lianakate

morning, babbs..i only have 60 and ready to give up..ack, ACK..bedspreads and blankets in dryer..scooped all leaves out of pool (i lie, some)..have to go to library and to pharmacist..when will I find time?!!!!! (bitchin)

9:20 am

robert240

anyone have the z?

9:20 am

Haz1558

I have to depart temporarily as well. See you all later.

9:21 am

Haz1558

Robert - the z is a great word. Again a comparative adjective meaning that someone is more quirky than someone else.

9:22 am

robert240

got it, thaks haz

9:23 am

lola100

Hi liana :)
lol, I ask that question every morning but I still seem to babble!

9:24 am

lianakate

scary , isnt it Lola..i just do those i know, monkey a few..and look at the hints..what I dont do is FINISH.

9:26 am

lola100

liana, I think the main thing is to have fun. It's great to finish the puzzle but you can still have fun finding words and chatting :)

9:26 am

mamabear

smeltzie - i was silly last nite and came back on at about 10 minutes before the puzzle closed and started on this one.... so tired today!!!!! how you?

9:26 am

lianakate

I agree, Lola.. :)

9:27 am

torgone

ZZZZzzzzzz . . .

9:28 am

zubie

Hi Torgone! I'm stuck on 90! This is what comes of missing ten babble days! Brain goes into babble sleep!

9:28 am

lianakate

torg!! Wake up~~~ (smacks with wet stonefish)

9:28 am

lola100

Hi torgone! :)
Is it early in your part of the world or are we boring you??

9:29 am

lianakate

shoot, ..i didnt even realize i had gotten the 8 and 9 letter words...what an incentive~

9:29 am

torgone

I was also up for the start of this one last night .. Kind of tired . . . .

9:31 am

lola100

*lola hands torgone a large mug of hot coffee*

9:36 am

zubie

Clue for the other le 6 please? I have the attains knowledge one.

9:38 am

Smeltzdog

hi mama. this is the mrs. the big dog is getting ready for work.

9:38 am

torgone

Don't post words in the log . . . .jk

9:40 am

zubie

Sorry, torgone. Didn't see that. :/

9:40 am

lianakate

torgone, is that Groucho in your icon?..Do you commune with the dead?..lol (i loved groucho)

9:42 am

torgone

It is indeed, my little shrinking violet ..

9:42 am

lianakate

LOL! ..the only thing that is shrinking on me ..is my arse. *say the secret word*

9:43 am

lianakate

I should have smacked you ..with a duck. (grin)

9:44 am

mamabear

good morning MRS. Smeltzie!!!!!

9:45 am

EdtheBabbler

ello ello ello maties

9:46 am

mamabear

g'day EdtheBabbler

9:46 am

Minski

Greetings All!

9:47 am

Smeltzdog

morning minski

9:47 am

lianakate

hi, minski..i suppose you will hop in here and complete the puzzle in no time..(thwaap)

9:47 am

lola100

Hi ed and minski :)

9:48 am

EdtheBabbler

I hope i can find some words to day unlike most days lol

9:48 am

zubie

A clue please?

9:48 am

EvaNadine

ahhh...
just typed out what i have so far of my girls dance routines...
now i have a legible copy for myself of what ive made up, plus i can print copies + give it to them to take home and practice so they have no excuses for forgetting!

:D

9:49 am

lianakate

eva..now you have time to finish my laundry for me..hahaha

9:50 am

lola100

zubie, sorry, don't have that one yet :/

9:50 am

bejay

how many words plse, stuck on 63 cant find anymore,
must be that monday feeling!

9:50 am

EdtheBabbler

WOOT 29 points i got like a 11 point word

9:52 am

bejay

clue then edith!

9:52 am

lola100

bejay- 122 words today :)

Ed- woo! Pace yourself now, lol!

9:52 am

EdtheBabbler

Jez how do u find 63 words omg i find like 4 a day lol

9:53 am

hurshy

zubie - the other le6 is the old-fashioned past tense of the one you already have.
btw, the reason tbear didn't know about the as5 being the only word earlier (and scaring you into thinking there might be more) is because tbear wasn't using the lists!

9:53 am

Minski

Not likely. I haven't finished a puzzle in well over a week. Baby has been rather high maintenance lately. She's cutting a tooth and just got over a cold. That and I'm not really all that good at this. I use A2Z way too much.

9:54 am

lola100

Thanks hurshy, I always forget that one! :)

9:54 am

hurshy

yw lola - i only get those bc i read mostly old books!

9:55 am

bejay

122! have a job finding 2 today,

9:55 am

lianakate

i keep wanting to look for arabic type words ..i guess cause of the dbl ss's and the H..i dunno. Freaking me out..

9:57 am

lola100

Um, I'm probably going to need the fish for this one but I cannot see my last er4. I have the god of love and the times, help please?

9:58 am

zubie

tbear is wonderful - to be able to not use the lists! :) Thanks for the clue, hurshy

9:58 am

hurshy

er4 birds

9:59 am

lianakate

I happen to have that one lola...to er.. a living ..with out the a..also a sound alike to a U word..

9:59 am

zubie

Now the na7. Any clues here? :)

9:59 am

lianakate

you might keep ashes in the sound alike word.

10:00 am

EdtheBabbler

Why am i not ranked yet last rank is like 18 points and right now i got more then that?

10:00 am

hurshy

zubie - do you know the movie "the journey of ______ gann" make it a comparative

10:00 am

lianakate

have you played 3 games this month?..

10:01 am

lola100

Thanks hurshy, monkeyed everything BUT that :)

10:02 am

EdtheBabbler

I havent finished like a puzzle yet but i have played 3 i belive.

10:03 am

zubie

Haha! Absolutely great clue, hurshy! Thanks! :)

10:03 am

EvaNadine

liana -- just did my own laundry yesterday...hehe

10:04 am

hurshy

yw zubie - i was rather proud of that one. :)

10:05 am

torgone

Ed - Stats are updated after the puzzle closes. If this is only your third game, your rank will show up after this one closes.

10:05 am

lianakate

eva..i did my reg laundry..am now doing FALL laundry..ack. curtains etc stuff from summer, and spring use. I HATE HOUSEWORK...

10:07 am

hurshy

zubie - or anyone - have you got the other na's? i've got one of the fours - the plural of little ms. bobbsey.

10:07 am

zubie

It was great, hurshy! I think I'll log on for clues when you're around! ;D

10:08 am

hurshy

oh, duh, nevermind and pass the fish!

10:08 am

lianakate

wow..i dont know that movie..although, i am not a movie aficiando..so, cant compare..comparitivly..lol

10:08 am

bejay

got 3 na,s sounds like what we call my mothers mother

10:08 am

sparbd

hey all
any clues for the 9-letter word?
thankx!

10:09 am

GINGER1

Morning Babalons, how many words today?

10:09 am

hurshy

lianakate - there was an earlier clue for that one, if you know your slang better than you know your movies. if something is nice, you can say it is na***. make that into a comparative.

10:09 am

lianakate

okay..am feeling muy guilty with so much to do around house..I hate cleaning so much..i do it all the time..BUT, i fell behind when in hospital..and a week after that!

10:09 am

EvaNadine

i hate housework too...its why i usually just dont do it...haha

10:09 am

zubie

Hurshy- the other na's are what some call their grandmas! One is the plural of that :)

10:10 am

lianakate

aha..hurshy..i had that one..ty so much..:)

10:12 am

EdtheBabbler

Well i now have 67 points so till next time my friends.

10:14 am

hurshy

i was zipping along so nicely until i got to these re's!

10:14 am

Tban7898

Happy B-day to meee!!!!! Good morning all... Hope you're all doing fine on this lovely day...

let's get down to business. How many words today please.

10:14 am

bejay

got the 7 na stil lcant find the 9

10:14 am

Minski

Could someone please provide me with a clue for the RE8 and the RE9? THanks.

10:15 am

Minski

Tban7898
Happy Birthday!

10:15 am

Lupe613

happy b-day tban.....

10:15 am

hurshy

aha - for the long re's, take your at 6 and 7 and do them again!

10:15 am

Tban7898

thank you Lupe

10:16 am

Mary

Happy Bday, Tban7898. Need a clue for the second na4/4, please?

10:16 am

hurshy

happy birthday and 122 words.

10:16 am

zubie

107 words. Hope to continue later. Seeya everyone!

10:17 am

hurshy

na 4/4 pl of ms. bobbsey

10:17 am

Tban7898

thanks Mary, Hurshy...that's not bad

10:17 am

lola100

Happy birthday tban! :)

'bye zubie :)

10:17 am

marigold

ra/8 & ra/9 to attain again

10:17 am

Minski

THanks muchly hersy! Got 'em!

10:17 am

Tban7898

thanks lola

10:17 am

Mary

ty, hurshy, for the re8 & 9

10:18 am

hurshy

now, does anyone want to give me a clue for that first little re5?

10:18 am

marigold

sorry that should have been re/8 and re/9

10:19 am

hurshy

nevermind - monkeyed my way to being done with the res.

10:22 am

Tban7898

oh i'm sorry i missed u minski..thank you

10:23 am

harpjane

The first ta4/4? At least I think it's the first. I have the one that rhymes with rein.

10:24 am

hurshy

ta 4/4 if you're not early you're ____, rearrange.

10:26 am

harpjane

okie dokey hursh

10:26 am

hurshy

can anyone help me with sa 6/18?

10:31 am

hurshy

don't answer all at once, now. :)

10:33 am

Ouwachita

hurshy...would if I could

10:33 am

ScoutsMom

yeah, I could make something up, but I don't think it'd be helpful.

10:34 am

lola100

hurshy- french for without (four letters) and the stuff we breathe less the middle letter :)

10:34 am

hurshy

yes, it has become clear that nobody here has it yet. :) oh well. i'll just keep monkeying.

10:34 am

Ouwachita

sa6/18....1st part of stuff kids play in...2nd part is first part of a fish in a can

10:34 am

lola100

Hi scouts, how're you doing? :)

10:35 am

Christa

good morning everyone..... bummed that "santa" doesn't work..... hohoho

10:35 am

hurshy

ooh, i motivated people to find it! :)

10:35 am

e_gurl85

good morning all

10:36 am

ScoutsMom

Hi lola--and everyone. Doing well but still trying to get over my weekend.

10:36 am

lola100

Hi christa and e_gurl :)

10:36 am

ruffh2o

good morning, all

10:36 am

e_gurl85

hello lola

10:37 am

ScoutsMom

We need an "h." So close to my name for the ex.

10:37 am

Ouwachita

sa6/18 is all in columns 2 and 3

10:38 am

Lupe613

sa6/18 - google: "Icy wind of deathâ€; a northwest wind of Iran

10:38 am

hurshy

yup yup yup, i got it. now i just need one more sa 5/10 and i'll be done with the sa's.

10:39 am

ts52

za6? Really? Any hints?

10:39 am

lola100

scouts, lol! Mine too!

10:40 am

Ouwachita

za6...crazier

10:40 am

ts52

Wow, thanks Ouwachita

10:41 am

dangus

good clue for ZA/6

10:41 am

Christa

Happy Birthday tban7898... what kind of cake do you like and how many candles should I put on it for you??????

10:42 am

hurshy

yeah, thanks for that z!

10:45 am

lola100

hurshy, I'm also missing an sa5/10. I've got the good person and the indian dress, do you have the same?

10:46 am

hurshy

got 'em all now, lola. the other is sa+pretty flower minus last letter

10:46 am

Atalante

lola - think slinky material

10:47 am

hurshy

ALL done! a new record for speed! thanks for the clues, folkses.

10:48 am

lola100

Hi atalante! Got that thanks, just missed it at the bottom of the list!

Thanks hurshy, you saved me some monkey typing there! :)

10:48 am

hurshy

so - clue requests?

10:48 am

lola100

Woo! Well done hurshy! :)

10:48 am

hurshy

(takes a bow)

10:50 am

smaller

Morning all!
really ra4/4-y here.
Congrats hurshy
Happy Birthday tban!
Been reading the log, good clues everybody!

10:50 am

hurshy

hey smaller! how are you?

10:50 am

lola100

Hi smaller :)

10:53 am

hurshy

hey - i just realized it's the first time in 3 days we got a puzzle with no bad words! (unless some of the words i don't recognize are bad, and i just don't know it)

10:53 am

smaller

Hi Lola, Hi Hurshy,
I'm huddled by my space heater at my desk and cuddled to my coffee cup,
how are you all?!

10:53 am

hurshy

mmmm.... space heater.

10:53 am

Smeltzdog

down to my last three. any help??
as 5/10
in 6/18
re 5/10 (the first one)

thanks!

10:54 am

shorty

clue for an 6/28 please

10:54 am

hurshy

as 5/10 sounds like a paper you write for school

10:54 am

Sign

in 6/18 is part of your shoe

10:55 am

hurshy

in 6/18 the part of your shoe that your foot actually is sitting on

10:55 am

hurshy

re 5/10 take a sailing race and remove two consonants

10:55 am

smaller

hi Shorty!
thanks sign
thanks hurshy

10:56 am

shorty

hi smaller!

10:56 am

hurshy

an 6/18 and 7/28
against arkansas, and plural

10:57 am

lola100

Have to go make dinner now, see you all later :)

10:58 am

hurshy

bye lola

10:58 am

ruffh2o

bye lola

10:59 am

Smeltzdog

hursh - i got the I & R... but i'm still stumped on the A... I have an AN that sounds like the paper... I think. I'm not sure what I'm missing.

10:59 am

Smeltzdog

ooohhh wait a sec...

10:59 am

shorty

against arkansas?

10:59 am

smaller

bye lola!
Hurshy - against arkansas? lol, you are so creative! Weird how it worked

10:59 am

Smeltzdog

got it.

10:59 am

hurshy

like, if it's not a multiple choice question, it's an ____
sounds like that.

11:00 am

smaller

shorty,
think state abbreviation

11:00 am

hurshy

congrats smeltz!!!
and, smaller, well, i had to come up with something!

11:01 am

Smeltzdog

...refresh...

11:01 am

hurshy

lol smeltz

11:02 am

smaller

cute!

11:02 am

Smeltzdog

AND DONE! this is definitely the fastest finishing time I've had. off to work - i'll come back later to help!

11:02 am

hurshy

yeah, this was easier than the last couple

11:05 am

hurshy

you get that an, shorty?

11:06 am

shorty

forget it im still asleep ill try it later

11:07 am

hurshy

shorty, what time zone are you in?

11:08 am

shorty

est but i laid back down after i took small one to school just got up LOL

11:08 am

Ouwachita

any clue on the ae7? plz

11:08 am

sherb

oh no, only 122 words, but 22 of them begin with A - I hate the vowels!!

afternoon all...how is everyone? :)

11:09 am

hurshy

:)
well, this reminds me of a friends anecdote with which i can entertain everyone.
(ae 7 is ae 4 plus past tense of sit)

11:09 am

smaller

hi sherb!
so agree about the vowel aversion

11:09 am

hurshy

so, monica and chandler are secretly dating, and they're making out in the middle of the night in joey and chandler's apartment.
hi sherb!

11:09 am

Ouwachita

thanks hurshy

11:10 am

hurshy

and joey wakes up to go to the bathroom. so to explain monica's presence, they tell him it's 9 AM. and he says, but it's still dark out! (because it's actually like 3 or 4 am). and they tell him, "that's because you usually sleep til noon, silly! this is what 9 looks like!"

11:11 am

sherb

hi smaller :) hi hurshy :)

oh good, I joined just in time for the jokes :)

11:11 am

shorty

lol

11:11 am

Miyavi_fan

Hi everyone :)

11:11 am

Minski

Thanks for the AE clue hursy. I needed it too.

11:11 am

shorty

hi sherb
hi miy

11:12 am

hurshy

so then joey says, "oh. well, guess i'll brush my teeth then. maybe i'll catch that sunrise!"

11:12 am

smaller

hi miya!

11:12 am

Miyavi_fan

Nice icon, Smaller

11:12 am

hurshy

yw all.
hi miya!

11:13 am

Miyavi_fan

Hey Hurshy :) How are you?

11:13 am

hurshy

good. you?

11:13 am

sherb

lol...hi Miyavi, shorty, Minski...and anyone else I missed :)

11:13 am

smaller

thanks miya,
very cold here, but I think I'll change it for something more upbeat, seems rather dreary

11:14 am

Miyavi_fan

Keep up, Sherb! :)

11:15 am

GreyWoulf

Hey all! Just checking in since they are only letting me work a half shift later today..

11:15 am

hurshy

and THEN after a minute they see joey slouched on the toilet, asleep, snoring, with his toothbrush in his mouth.

11:16 am

hurshy

hello GW!

11:16 am

sherb

ok, it's back to a2z for me today...I don't have time for all day noodling...

11:16 am

hurshy

oh, you can do it sherb. it really isn't so hard today.

11:17 am

GreyWoulf

Congrats on finishing hurshy -- just read the log :)

11:17 am

Miyavi_fan

Hi Woulf :) You want to try having GCSE music after school...*shudders*

11:18 am

hurshy

thanks GW.

11:18 am

ruffh2o

hi gw

11:18 am

hurshy

oops, gotta go lunch. i'll probably pop back in at various times today for clue giving purposes.

11:18 am

Minski

Greetings Miy, GW, Sherb.

11:19 am

hurshy

good luck all!

11:19 am

sherb

hi GW :)

just looking for the z word, I came across the word 'zanana' - that would make a good joke, lol

11:19 am

GreyWoulf

Hi ruff!

Miy - I am sorry to say I do not recognise the term

11:19 am

Miyavi_fan

Hey Minski :) How are you today?

11:20 am

GreyWoulf

Hi Minski!

sherb - if you are more crazy you are ZA****

11:20 am

Miyavi_fan

Woulf, just sadistic teachers making "gifted" (hah) students stay behind after school to take a GCSE a year early

11:21 am

smaller

*REFRESH*
gobble gobble
how cute is he, huh?!

11:23 am

Miyavi_fan

Hehehe...personally, Smaller, I find mine very cute too...*cheesy grin*

11:25 am

smaller

Really, miya? Golly, you're so quiet about your zealotness so I would have NEVER known. since you're so shy about that n all.
lol

11:26 am

ScoutsMom

is zealotness a word?

11:27 am

GreyWoulf

it is now! :D

11:27 am

Minski

isn't the word zealocity?

11:27 am

Miyavi_fan

*glares* Smaller, I am choosing to ignore that.

*refreshes* But still...

11:29 am

smaller

thanks GW!!!
no ScoutsMom, I doubt it's a word
I like to think of words as a start and build on them, if it works as a noun on it's own, why not make it nounier,
see, works like a charm

11:30 am

smaller

oops "its" not "it's"
how unbabbley of me

11:31 am

smaller

i am just entertaining the daylights out of myself right now

11:31 am

Miyavi_fan

Smaller, you're like my friends and I on msn. Any typo immediately becomes a new word. Thanks to this, noi, snadwiches and slepe are now words

11:32 am

GreyWoulf

The way I look at it, every word had to come from somewhere -- one of the best examples is "tintinabulation" in Poe's 'The Bells'

11:32 am

smaller

as they should be miya,
i know exactly what they mean
good job

11:32 am

Miyavi_fan

You may be right, Woulf...Tolkien as well. Though personally I think "eleventy" is an invented word too far

11:33 am

Miyavi_fan

Thank you, Smaller! The two of us campaigning against that ignorant belief that words must make sense

11:34 am

GreyWoulf

Miy - eleventy is the venue of children, having used it myself when I was young, adults just stole it

11:34 am

smaller

GW and Miya,
...and I really don't think it's that much of a stretch to put us in the same category as Poe and Tolkien, bet they would have played babble

11:35 am

Miyavi_fan

*sighs* unoriginal adults stealing from children again...
*suddenly remembers that everyone else is an adult*
Uh...I didn't mean that the way it came out...

11:36 am

GreyWoulf

Especially Tolkien!

(Hmmmm.... I wonder if someone will now try to create a Sindarin Babble board?)

11:36 am

Miyavi_fan

You're right Smaller...though maybe they'd be a bit put off by how suggestive the chat gets at times. Particularly when Torgone and Lotti are in, I've noticed...

11:38 am

sherb

made the mistake of starting Babble on an empty stomach...nothing to eat since a croissant for breakfast 9 hours ago...off to make supper...

11:38 am

GreyWoulf

Miy - be careful there.... I have found out the hard way that some of the most restrained appearing personalities are actually quite rowdy behind the scenes ;)

11:38 am

smaller

oh please miya,
cranky geezers are into that sort of thing,
....oh but wait, I like it too.
crap, what does that make me

11:39 am

DirtBikeGirl

Hi Babblers! Just in for my daily fix.

11:39 am

GreyWoulf

smaller - it makes you human

11:40 am

smaller

welcome dbg,
we're pontificatingly babbling

11:40 am

GreyWoulf

DBG -Welcome!

11:40 am

Miyavi_fan

Hey DirtBikeGirl :)

11:41 am

smaller

thanks GW,
they need to start chatting so I can be humanier

11:41 am

boreetos

hmmm. quite curious.

it appears that "nntttnt is not a word.

...:)

11:41 am

Miyavi_fan

Hehehe...and what would "the hard way" entail, Woulf? Or is it one of those things one of my (ahem) tender years should not know? :D

11:42 am

GreyWoulf

Besides, if you are a cranky old geezer, then what would that make ME?!

11:43 am

cybernan

good morning everyone -- Wish I'd studied Latin or Greek instead of French!

11:43 am

smaller

boreetos,
it is a word.
you're just ahead of your time, tolkien and poe would be proud

11:43 am

boreetos

:). thanks smaller.

11:43 am

FMitch

Hi Miy, and all,
just passing through, nightmare day at work and will be burning the midnight oils for some time to come.

11:44 am

smaller

GW-
darn near perfect!

awwwwww

11:44 am

GreyWoulf

Miy - nothing so exciting there -- I have met a couple of SF authors who come across in their writing as very straitlaced and when you talk to them face-to-face they break the ice with a dirty joke!
A disconcerting experience the first time or two that it happens :D

11:44 am

ScoutsMom

cybernan...if you studied french, you know latin well enough to babble, non? it's all relative.

11:44 am

Miyavi_fan

Hey FMitch :) Nightmare day at work? At least adults appear to be civilised enough not to shove you into lockers and shout names at you.
At least I hope so.

11:45 am

Ouwachita

any easy clue on the as5/10...plz

11:45 am

GreyWoulf

thanks, smaller
(*blush*)

11:46 am

ScoutsMom

miyavi--they do. it's just metaphorical bullying instead of literal.

11:46 am

Minski

Miy ~ Adults can be just as bullyish as kids they are just more subtle and mean about it. That said, I still wouldn't go back to highschool for any amount of money.

11:46 am

ruffh2o

I'm stuck on the second na4/4. anybody have a clue?

11:46 am

FMitch

Who said that adults behave any better - sorry to disillusion you.

11:46 am

smaller

as5/10Any of several feather-leaved South American palms, especially Euterpe edulis and E. oleracea, that are important sources of heart of palm.
or sounds like another name for a test

11:47 am

Minski

Does anyone have the NA7/28?
Help please

11:47 am

GreyWoulf

no n's yet, ruff

11:48 am

Minski

2nd na4/4 is the plural of a shortened woman's name

11:48 am

Ouwachita

miski...na7.... think...more tangled

11:48 am

ScoutsMom

minski: it means "more dapper."

11:48 am

Miyavi_fan

Woulf, these authors sound disconceringly like some of my friends at school :D
Everyone else...great, my comforting illusions are now shattered.

11:48 am

Miyavi_fan

SHATTERED I SAY!

11:49 am

ruffh2o

thanks minski. that's my last word. I'm done. I'll be back later to offer hints.

11:49 am

Minski

Thanks Scoutsmom. Got it.

11:49 am

FMitch

Sorry Miy - apoloiges, forget sometimes how young you are.

11:49 am

Minski

THanks O too.

11:49 am

ScoutsMom

Miyavi, I'm sure it's not the first time and it won't be the last. Yep! It's like junior high lasts your entire life.

11:49 am

GreyWoulf

Miy - don't worry, we are here with the glue so you can reassemble your illusions into better and more interesting configurations

11:50 am

FMitch

Gotta go, won't be babbling for a while now unless v lucky. Good luck all.

11:50 am

GreyWoulf

Good luck, FMitch!

11:50 am

ScoutsMom

I could use a push with the an6/18 and an 7/28. Purty please.

11:51 am

Miyavi_fan

FMitch, I'm not sure whether I should take that as a compliment or not :)

11:52 am

GreyWoulf

Miy - ALWAYS take such statements as compliments!

11:52 am

Miyavi_fan

Woah...and goodbye as well, if I can get my priorities right. Woulf, don't worry, I have plenty of naive illusions to be getting on with...
Scoutsmom, I wonder why your words don't inspire much confidence...

11:52 am

mamabear

Hi All!
I'm sneak babbling at work...shhhhh!!!!! How is everybody?

11:53 am

boreetos

hi mamabear!

11:53 am

katmayo

an/ + another name for a beauty queens crown (minus the vowel on the end)

11:53 am

GreyWoulf

Besides, if it isn't meant as a compliment and you respond as if it is -- it really annoys the person trying to take you down ;D

11:53 am

ruffh2o

hi mama...bye mama. I'll be back later. It's a quick one today.

11:53 am

Miyavi_fan

Woulf, you are the wise all-knowing one (another illusion I refuse to drop) so I'll take your word for it.
Uh, by the way...junior high. What? Don't think we have that on the other side of the pond

11:54 am

mamabear

hi boreetos!!
You always make me want mexican food.....

11:54 am

GreyWoulf

HI MAMA (oops...i mean, hi mama)

11:54 am

boreetos

me too, mamabear, me too...

11:54 am

GreyWoulf

bye ruff!

11:55 am

Miyavi_fan

Hey Mama :) How are you today?

11:55 am

FMitch

Take it as a compliment, it was not meant badly Miy. Just on a real downer today and should not be talking it out on others. On that note I will say adieu.

11:55 am

mamabear

Hi Miyavi!!! A tad tired, and wish I wasn't at work but other than that.... ok I guess...

11:56 am

Miyavi_fan

FMitch, you are not leaving until we cheer you up. Who has feathers?!

11:56 am

GreyWoulf

Farewell, FMitch

Hopefully, things will brighten up soon

In the meantime, if you can't vent with your friends, who can you vent with?

11:56 am

ScoutsMom

Thanks...got the an's.
Miy, Junior high is a period of education between elementary and secondary. Typically populated by twelve and thirteen-year-olds who have no idea who they are or what they're about; they're all in the 'awkward' stage and most of them are miserable. It does get better, though...didn't mean to be so dismal.

11:56 am

robert240

anyone ave sa7?

11:57 am

Miyavi_fan

Mama, I know the feeling...just when I thought school was over (maths last lesson, yum) I remembered it was Monday, so I had to stay back another one and a half hours. Urgh...

11:57 am

GreyWoulf

mama - at least you get to work-- my hours at Lenscrafters have been cut to a 4 hr shift today :(

11:58 am

Lupe613

plural of sa6

11:58 am

Miyavi_fan

Hmm...so which years (grades?) are junior high? Here we just have primary and secondary

11:58 am

Minski

I need help with the 1st RE5/10 please.

12:00 pm

cybernan

Good clue on the na, scoutsmom!

12:00 pm

GreyWoulf

for me, junior high was grades 6 - 8

12:01 pm

ScoutsMom

Well, it varies by school system but it's basically thus: elementary is kindergarten through fifth or sixth grade, junior high (or middle school, for some) is sixth (sometimes), seventh, and eighth grades, and high school (or secondary) is ninth through twelfth. usually.

12:01 pm

cybernan

as 5/10, anyone?

12:02 pm

boreetos

Miyavi,
school is California goes like this:
Kindergarten
1st-6th grade: Elementary
7th-8th grade: Junior High/Middle School
9th-12th grade: High School

12:02 pm

Miyavi_fan

So I'm in high school then...gotcha. Thanks!

12:03 pm

EvaNadine

it even varies within my state...
in my county, elementary was K-6, but my friend teaches 6th in another county and its part of the middle school...
too confusing!

and then ive also heard of a few rare systems that include 9th as part of junior high!
*uggles*

12:03 pm

Minski

Miy ~ If you are 13 you are probably in 8th grade or maybe 9th

12:04 pm

smaller

cybernan,
Any of several feather-leaved South American palms, especially Euterpe edulis and E. oleracea, that are important sources of heart of palm. or sounds like another name for test

12:05 pm

Minski

time to feed small one lunch. will be back in a couple of hours as will probably have to hose down the kitchen when she's through. TTFN.

12:06 pm

Miyavi_fan

Thanks Minski :) I have American friends but they just find it amusing that I don't understand. So I'll throw that in their faces tonight :D

12:06 pm

GreyWoulf

Tah tah, Minski

12:06 pm

Miyavi_fan

See you Minski :)

12:06 pm

ScoutsMom

aaah. Is there any bad day a reese's peanut butter cup can't brighten?

12:07 pm

EvaNadine

ScoutsMom -- the white chocolate ones work extra-well!
;)

12:07 pm

Miyavi_fan

*silently confused* Reece's peanut butter cup? Probably best to say nothing...

12:07 pm

Lupe613

ScoutsMom - Thank Goodness for left over halloween candy - I "overbought" Reese's PB cups for a reason!

12:07 pm

GreyWoulf

I had one once, ScoutsMom
But then I had another cup and it was all better :)

12:07 pm

ScoutsMom

miy, in exchange you'll have to enlighten me on being a teenager one of these days. My boyfriend has a 13 YO son whom I'm frightened to meet.

12:08 pm

EvaNadine

miyavi -- google it...
its candy.
a chocolate cup filled with creamy peanut butter!

12:09 pm

ScoutsMom

Lupe--did you try those reese's peanut butter pumpkins? they're as good as the easter eggs. I don't know how they change the formula, but the peanut butter is even better then.

12:09 pm

walnutchen

Morning y'all. got a clue for the other at7? what about the first re5?

12:09 pm

Miyavi_fan

Being a teenager these days...hm...got a spare ten days? The best advice is to probably smile and nod. And don't use words like "cool" and "wicked", that's his job :) Also you may need a text-speak dictionary. God knows I do

12:10 pm

Schroeder

Hi all, trying to get my babble fix in before I leave for my trip!!!

12:10 pm

Lupe613

ScoutsMom - Really??? I missed that - I will have to go check - I may even get them at a discount!! Thanks! I feel guilty already!

12:10 pm

Lupe613

Hello Schroeder!

12:11 pm

GreyWoulf

Hey Schroeder!

Where ya goin?

12:12 pm

Miyavi_fan

Eva, thanks. *hangs head* Why does it never pay to be English? Right now I'm very jealous of anyone American, French or German.

12:13 pm

Lupe613

miya - send me your address - I will ship you some. julianmom212@yahoo.com

12:14 pm

Schroeder

Hi GW your looking good today- I have a dance job at Disneyland no babbling for 1 week. What will I do :(

12:14 pm

joey

I was going to say the same thing - I can send some too.
jklutz1033@aol.com

12:14 pm

Lupe613

OK - I'm jealous of Schroeder! I love Disneyland!

12:14 pm

Miyavi_fan

Don't worry, I'll get one of the ~American division~ friends to send some. Or at least eat some through webcam :)

12:16 pm

GreyWoulf

Miy - no fair, I was gonna offer, but my daughter distracted me :D - anyway my email is in my bio
woulf1@juno.com

12:16 pm

Lupe613

It's no problem - keep my e-mail address if you change your mind.

12:17 pm

Miyavi_fan

Thanks everyone :D

Sorry, is it just me or is it bad taste to close a memorial museum two years after the person died?

12:17 pm

GreyWoulf

Schroeder -- Great gig!! - somehow I think you will manage to survive :) -- but we want pictures!

12:19 pm

GreyWoulf

The rate I'm going, I won't get to a major theme park for another 15 years or so :(

12:19 pm

mamabear

What did I miss? We are all going to Disney World????

12:19 pm

Schroeder

Lupe I do to!! This is when all my years of dance pays off, free trip!!!
GW - I'll be sure someone takes pictures

12:19 pm

GreyWoulf

No MAMA, Schroeder has a dance gig at Disneyland

12:20 pm

DirtBikeGirl

They're advertising BIG CUP Reeses where I live! Same thing, just twice the size. Can't wait!

12:20 pm

walnutchen

2 more then done! Pls help...
sa5 - savior
sa5 - things kids play in
sa5 - things that Indian women wear
sa5 - fabric
sa5 ???!?!?!??!??!?! (help'd be great!)
thanks!

12:21 pm

mamabear

How fun!!! I like to dance!!!! Can I go too?????
GW - you done with the grid today?

12:21 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi everyone! good to see you all...

12:22 pm

smaller

sa5/10
sa + flower - last vowel

12:22 pm

Schroeder

Hi Temple
Oh mamabear I love to dance with you, hop a plane and come on down

12:23 pm

walnutchen

thanks smaller!
finally got that one.. 1 more... the first re5?

12:23 pm

GreyWoulf

DBG - I've had one already -- the chocolate overpowers the filling, in my opinion -- the shell had to be made thicker at the top to maintain structural integrity

12:23 pm

Miyavi_fan

I love to dance but my dancing, er, scares some people.

12:23 pm

GreyWoulf

MAMA - not yet - 21 to go

12:24 pm

72 Temple Owl

walnutchen - thanks for asking - we seem to be missing the same ones!

12:24 pm

joelgee

Good day, all.
A little babbling, a little work, a little computer nonsense, and oh, by the way, finito with a capital FIN.
Let's hear it for me!!!

12:24 pm

mamabear

I am multi-tasking here. reading a few messages and stealing clues in between work!!! And NOW I want mexican food AND peanut butter pumpkins!!!!!!

12:25 pm

mamabear

YEAH JOELGEE.... Oh and btw, you made me laugh so hard yesterday - you were hilarious! Thankx *wink*

12:25 pm

smaller

woohoo joelgee!
so give us a clue about the first re5/10 cuz I don't have it either

12:25 pm

72 Temple Owl

yay JOELGEE!

12:25 pm

GreyWoulf

Hello Temple Owl and joelgee!!

12:25 pm

hurshy

hey all, i'm back! finished this morning so all ready to give any clues you wish.

12:25 pm

Lupe613

Have a great time Schroeder! I've not been there in about 5 years..... Need to save some $$ to take my son again.

12:26 pm

ScoutsMom

You're right, GW. Too much chocolate. I like them when the ratio leans the other direction.

12:26 pm

hurshy

oh, joelgee's done! yay for joelgee!!!

12:26 pm

72 Temple Owl

hey, hurshy!

12:26 pm

Miyavi_fan

Hey Temple, hey Joel :)

12:26 pm

GreyWoulf

welcome back, hurshy

Congrats to joelgee!

12:26 pm

72 Temple Owl

the gang's all here - yay!

12:26 pm

hurshy

hey temple!

12:27 pm

72 Temple Owl

first re5 for me and walnutchen, please?

12:27 pm

hurshy

re5 saling race minus two consonants

12:28 pm

joelgee

a lariat or lasso.
When you have a passel of boats in parade, it's a re*****.
Take out the first consonant and one of the double consonants and voila!

12:28 pm

Lupe613

temple owl - ok you just totally reminded me of the last scene in the movie Grease "the gang's all here!" LOL

12:28 pm

joelgee

It's shown up before as an ri5

12:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

uh oh - not into sailing...: ( may i have a lateral clue? need last re5/10, also

12:28 pm

Miyavi_fan

*wipes eyes* Does anyone else have one of those songs that just makes you cry every time you hear it?

12:29 pm

DirtBikeGirl

Oh man! Was sooooo looking forward to the big Reeses. But I agree, the PB is the whole point of eating them. P.S. Way to go Joelgee!!

12:29 pm

walnutchen

well, it starts with re + 1st letter of alphabet... how can this be so hard?!?

12:29 pm

Lupe613

MANY - Miya

12:29 pm

Schroeder

Way to go joelgee!!!!

12:29 pm

hurshy

re5
re plus "****boy!" (said for a good sports play) only one consonant

12:29 pm

joelgee

We got owls. We got woulves. We got Miyavi fans. Life is good.

12:29 pm

walnutchen

still don't get it.. don't sail either.
last time we went to Hawaii, I spend the snorkeling trip at the back of the boat regurgitating my breakfast...

12:30 pm

hurshy

last re 5/10 pl last re 4/4 (drive a horse with the...)

12:30 pm

Lupe613

Good clue hursy...

12:30 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty! i tried SO many times to make that word...

12:30 pm

walnutchen

finally, hurshy - thanks.

12:30 pm

Miyavi_fan

...And proud, Joel

12:31 pm

hurshy

(bows)

12:31 pm

72 Temple Owl

great clues, all! thanx!

12:31 pm

ScoutsMom

AND we have Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Joel. Lest we forget.

12:31 pm

GreyWoulf

Yes Miy, for me right now it is the song 'Skin' by the country group, Rascal Flatts

12:32 pm

walnutchen

alright... logging off soon - anyone needs any last minute clues? I should get some work done today...

12:32 pm

Miyavi_fan

Lupe, why do they have to do that?! Listening to a dir en grey song right now, Ain't Afraid to Die, and it's just got me in tears

12:32 pm

hurshy

joelgee - why are you a time bomb?

12:32 pm

joelgee

we got lupes. we got bears. we got schroeders. I've lost track.

12:33 pm

joelgee

earlier, someone thought the candle was too serene.

12:33 pm

hurshy

ah, but we need "serenity now!"

12:33 pm

72 Temple Owl

if you need cheering up, i'm going to a concert tonight even i can't believe i'm actually going to...The Knack!!!

MMMMMY SHARONA!

12:33 pm

Miyavi_fan

Woulf, I've reached the point where just the lyrics of this song set me off. "I will never again give out these memories that...keep love away from me forever, so I lie in deep red comforting my pain"...*sobs*

12:34 pm

GreyWoulf

where are they at, Owl?

12:34 pm

Miyavi_fan

Temple, you are immediately the envy of my older sister :)

12:34 pm

ScoutsMom

temple, that's awesome.

12:34 pm

hurshy

GW just reminded me of a joke!

12:35 pm

Schroeder

Wow Temple, I didn't know they still played

12:35 pm

ScoutsMom

hit it, hurshy. i need it.

12:35 pm

joelgee

sa5:
An inlet of the northeast Aegean Sea indenting northwest European Turkey north of Gallipoli.

12:35 pm

72 Temple Owl

miyavi - i cry all the time if the right song sets me off..and you can never know which ...

12:35 pm

joelgee

who has the peanut butter cups?

12:35 pm

Ouwachita

any clues on the le5/12 plzzzzzzz....my last one

12:35 pm

72 Temple Owl

GW they are at world cafe live - have you been? actually got free tickets...

12:35 pm

cybernan

Just been back to the beginning of the log -- some good clues back there!

12:36 pm

hurshy

ok, a kid goes to Harvard. he's the first generation of his family to go to college at all. and his father comes up to visit on parents' weekend, and he's supposed to meet his son in the library.

12:36 pm

cybernan

Congrats! Joelgee. Do you have a clue for the lo's?

12:36 pm

Sign

Ouwachita you put your dog on it

12:36 pm

hurshy

so he asks someone, "where's the library at?"

12:36 pm

Miyavi_fan

Temple, it's usually Dir en Grey or X Japan that set me off, their lyrics are either sad or angry. It's just the lyrics..."the road we walked back then is gone, but I still walk along it anyway" (er...sung in Japanese) is enough to get me going now

12:37 pm

Ouwachita

duh........lol

12:37 pm

Vicuna

le5/12 - what you walk a dog with

12:37 pm

cybernan

lo 5/10 - lo6/18?

12:37 pm

joelgee

the last le5:
more than one le4

12:37 pm

hurshy

and the person says, (snooty voice) "this is harvard. we don't end our sentences with prepositions."

12:37 pm

GreyWoulf

Miy - 'Skin' does it for me because the subjest is a young girl who contracts cancer and has to attend her graduation prom dance after chemo has destroyed her hair. The title comes from the fact that her boyfriend shaves his head so she doesn't feel out of place, but doesn't tell until he picks her up to go
(*sniff* wipes teary eyes)

12:37 pm

hurshy

so the father says, "alright, where's the library at, jacka3?"

12:38 pm

joelgee

the le4 that's a salacious grin

12:38 pm

72 Temple Owl

* snorts water up nose* LOL

12:38 pm

Vicuna

hurshy - I've heard that one, and like it -- but I hate to say that there's just as much "bad" grammar at Ivy Leagues as anywhere else!

12:39 pm

GreyWoulf

LOL, hurshy

12:39 pm

joelgee

okay. Hate to finish and run, but must eat and do work. Anybody need anything quickly?
I'll stop back later.

12:39 pm

hurshy

i know - i went to williams (not in the ivy league, but one of the top colleges in the country). we had bad grammar and very little snootiness, really.

12:39 pm

EasternBlue

hurshy - tee hee hee!!

12:39 pm

Miyavi_fan

*passes tissues to Woulf* Ain't Afraid to Die is about...death ("no!" cries a shocked world) but the way the lyrics are written is just so beautiful, I'm crying before I realize it

12:39 pm

72 Temple Owl

bye joelgee...

12:39 pm

cybernan

joel - lo 5/10?

12:40 pm

EasternBlue

hurshy - my sister & bro-in-law went to Williams...what year?

12:40 pm

hurshy

lo 5/10 lo plus past tense of faster-than-walk

12:40 pm

hurshy

i was class of '99 (but was there two extra years after that working for the college)

12:41 pm

cybernan

TY Hurshy

12:41 pm

joelgee

lo5:
long-range navigational system in which position is determined by an analysis involving the time intervals between pulsed radio signals from two or more pairs of ground stations of known position.
OR
almost a Dr. Seuss character with the last consonant changed

12:41 pm

hurshy

yw cybernan

12:41 pm

EasternBlue

hurshy - you are quite a bit younger than they...beautiful campus from what I remember...I was only 14 when my sister graduated!

12:41 pm

72 Temple Owl

i need 2nd an/10 plus the an4 above it....

12:42 pm

GreyWoulf

Temple - I never get to go to concerts -
1st bec I usually don't have anyone to go with,
and
B. I usually don't have anyone to watch the baby
and
lastly - I refuse to pay over 20 dollars for tickets (I better things to spend my money that last longer)

12:42 pm

efor1124

can someone give me a clue on the n i am missing?
na4/4
na5/10
na4/4

12:42 pm

ScoutsMom

Hurshy, I was going to respond more quickly, but I was busy choking on some leftover pizza and rapidly emailing that joke to my boyfriend, Mr. Ivy League.

12:42 pm

hurshy

an 4/4 not the question, the "an**" (boston accent)

12:43 pm

joelgee

the an4 sounds like answer in Brooklyn or Boston. the an5 is making it plural with a vowel

12:43 pm

EasternBlue

hurshy - are you still in MA? I went to Holy Cross (not far from Williams!)

12:43 pm

hurshy

efor, do you mean you have those or need those?

12:44 pm

72 Temple Owl

efor - for starters, think of the word for grandma...they all play off of that...

12:44 pm

hurshy

i'm in CT now, actually. 2 hours straight south of williamstown.

12:44 pm

efor1124

i have those. sorry! :o)

12:44 pm

Ouwachita

I have them all...anyone want something before I leave?

12:44 pm

EasternBlue

Anywhere near Darien? I used to be a nanny there...

12:45 pm

hurshy

you need na7, then, comes after those.
"the journey of _____ gann", made comparative

12:45 pm

ScoutsMom

My boyfriend grew up in Darien.

12:45 pm

72 Temple Owl

efor - thinkthere's a clue a screen back for the long one...

12:45 pm

joelgee

efor--
we now call that, "pulling a mamabear"

12:45 pm

hurshy

let's see, darien's over near cheshire, isn't it? that's where my parents grew up. i'm further west.

12:45 pm

Miyavi_fan

I'd go to the concerts of my favourite bands, but they refuse to come to England...*sulks* Which is why I'm so jealous of German, French and American people. Dir en Grey will be hitting you soon, but I'll have to carry on waiting...

12:45 pm

Schroeder

GW - I agree with you on the price of tickets these days, it is insane. Fleetwood Mac tickets a few years ago were $250 each for the nose bleed section!

12:46 pm

efor1124

got it. thanks hurshy!

12:46 pm

joelgee

actually, the na7 refers to being more stylish or more dapper.

12:46 pm

ScoutsMom

Schroeder, that's what it's like here, too. I tried to get Rolling Stones tix and they were over $300 apiece. FOr that much, they should be playing in my living room.

12:47 pm

hurshy

well, i know that and you know that, joelgee, but some people were having trouble with the slang.

12:47 pm

joelgee

okay. I'm outta here for now. Last requests?

12:47 pm

ScoutsMom

Cold pint of Stella? Thanks.

12:47 pm

hurshy

some people don't know the movie, though. so far we haven't had anyone who couldn't get it from one or the other of those clues, though.

12:47 pm

joelgee

going

12:48 pm

EasternBlue

not sure about Cheshire...I know it's near Stamford & New Canaan...

12:48 pm

joelgee

going

12:48 pm

hurshy

bye joelgee!

12:48 pm

ScoutsMom

Bye, Joel.

12:48 pm

shorty

hey I dont know if any one is interested but if you go to this site it will tell you if there are sex offenders by you type in your add. it it will show you http://www.familywatchdog.us/

12:48 pm

joelgee

gone

12:49 pm

hurshy

oh, stamford and new canaan are further south, near the coast.

12:49 pm

hurshy

thanks, shorty.

12:49 pm

Schroeder

ScoutsMom I remember paying $25 to see the Stones!!!

12:49 pm

Miyavi_fan

Heh, Shorty...I'd rather not know, I think!
Besides, I already know my maths teacher is...*shudders*

12:50 pm

hurshy

of course "near" is a relative term. if you're from a big state, everything is near everything else in CT!

12:50 pm

EasternBlue

ScoutsMom - have you ever been to Darien? it's nice...not far from the water : )

12:51 pm

shorty

I just got the info from daughter in law and if your like me you want to know

12:52 pm

shorty

no you can actually see how close they are to you

12:52 pm

Miyavi_fan

But is that only for America? Since the URL said us at the end. And last time I looked, I'm uk. (won't stop hoping to wake up in japan, though)

12:52 pm

ScoutsMom

I haven't been yet...not looking forward to the whole "meet the family" scene yet. Especially from what he's told me about it...sounds a bit out of my league.

12:52 pm

mamabear

"pulling a mamabear"???????? *sobbing hysterically that her new friends are talking about her behind her grid*
LOL

12:53 pm

hurshy

mamabear - just look at it as an honor to have something named after you. i'm jealous!

12:53 pm

joelgee

Back again for a sec to say OMIGOD!!
I went to http://www.familywatchdog.us/ and found out that not only is there a registered person in my apt. complex, but it's a guy I say hi to every so often.
What do I do with this info?
It's going to be tough to keep saying hi to each other and looking him in the face.

12:53 pm

Miyavi_fan

Mama, that's a compliment! Or at least I'd take it as a compliment. Then again, I said thank you when someone called me...hm, something bad today

12:53 pm

shorty

oh yeah its probablt just for america sorry non americans

12:53 pm

EasternBlue

ScoutsMom -just use a few Babble words & leave 'em speechless! : )

12:54 pm

Miyavi_fan

Joel, do not invite him back for a drink. You will regret it.

12:54 pm

ScoutsMom

Joel, I'm sorry. That's got to be awkward.

12:55 pm

Miyavi_fan

Don't worry, Shorty, I think it's only me representing non-Americans at the moment :)

12:55 pm

cybernan

Help, Please! - last word & just can't see it..

sa4/4: following the scarf worn around one's waist. I have the one meaning to talk back.

12:55 pm

hurshy

joelgee - well, some people do reform...

12:55 pm

shorty

oymy gosh joel im sorry id just make sure he doesnt go around kids

12:56 pm

hurshy

sa4 chop last letter off following sa5

12:56 pm

GreyWoulf

Joel - as long as he isn't a close friend - I wouldn't change anything about how you interact - just be a little more aware of who else he interacts with

12:56 pm

efor1124

cyber - sa4 - means "without".... i think it's french

12:56 pm

Miyavi_fan

See, Woulf? I said you were the wise, all-knowing one!

12:57 pm

GreyWoulf

brb - baby just handed me a bk to read

12:57 pm

cybernan

I have the fr. without - it's one of the ones following the 2nd sa 4/5 that I'm trying to find.

12:57 pm

ScoutsMom

Eastern, not worried about being smart enough; just worried about my small-town upbrining, Big 12-school education, and the fact that I'm a single mom with a ten-year-old car and dull job--not to mention that I'm 22 years younger than their Incredibly Successful Son.

12:59 pm

hurshy

cybernan clue at 12:56

12:59 pm

ScoutsMom

Not chicken, necessarily; just not looking forward to it.

12:59 pm

72 Temple Owl

i cannot find the first two sa words....help please?

12:59 pm

hurshy

first sa5 - a holy person
first sa4 chop last letter off sa5

1:00 pm

cybernan

Thanks again hurshy -- C'est tout!!!

1:00 pm

Bugzy

Hello fellow Babblers... Hope everyone had a good weekend :)

1:00 pm

EasternBlue

ScoutsMom - small towns are a wonderful thing (I'm from one too)...and the fact that you are raising a son on your own is incredible...if they love him - and he loves you...the rest will sort out...(let us know before you go - we'll give you more of a pep talk!)

1:00 pm

Miyavi_fan

Hey Bugzy, how are you?

1:00 pm

mamabear

Yeah, but hurshy - you have whole BARS named after you!!!!! LOL (and I am jk - I DO consider it a compliment......*blush*)

1:00 pm

hurshy

congrats cybernan!!!!!

hi bugzy!!

1:01 pm

72 Temple Owl

cybernan...remove the last letter from the final sa5/10

1:01 pm

cybernan

Going for a cuppa -- will provide any assistance I can on my return!

1:01 pm

hurshy

oh, mama, the bars aren't named after me, nor the kisses.

1:01 pm

ScoutsMom

cybernan--i didn't get my pint of stella from Joelgee; could you bring me back a little something, please?

1:02 pm

hurshy

but my goal is to have it be "pulling a hurshy" to post a clue request and then immediately find the word.

1:02 pm

Bugzy

Tired, as per usual on a Monday, Miyavi... but hoping the caffiene kicks in soon ... I like the pink hair today, BTW...

1:03 pm

EasternBlue

ScoutsMom -misread that last one...about the car...but being a single mom is still amazing...I don't have kids yet...but I'm amazed at how people do it on their own!

1:03 pm

hurshy

scoutsmom - if they don't like you, challenge them to a babble-off! then when you whomp them, they'll respect you more.

1:03 pm

ScoutsMom

thanks, eastern. you're very kind.

1:03 pm

Miyavi_fan

Thanks :) It's a memorial picture, the guy in my icon has been dead for several years and they closed down his memorial museum in september...grrr...

1:04 pm

72 Temple Owl

* taps hurshy on shoulder* do you have clues for first two sa words?

1:04 pm

EasternBlue

ScoutsMom - we small-town "kids" have to stick together : )

1:04 pm

hurshy

yes, temple - posted 'em for you at 12:59

1:04 pm

joelgee

while it's true some people do reform, I think of that sort of a behaviour as an illness. It was just a shock to see the guy's mug. I just hied him the other day when I was walking the rent check over.

1:05 pm

Miyavi_fan

Joel, that's scary...but just be thankful you aren't a girl :)

1:06 pm

Bugzy

Seems awfully soon to shut down a memorial museum if he died just recently... :(

1:06 pm

hurshy

yeah, i know that's true in a lot of cases, joelgee. but you have to hope he's an exception. and also, i hate to say this, but at least if the offense is against a girlfriend or a wife - well, you don't have to worry as much about them attacking strangers or kids.

1:07 pm

hurshy

scoutsmom- did you see my suggestion at 1:03?

1:09 pm

joelgee

mf--
not concerned for myself, but not all child sex offenders prefer the complementary gender.

1:09 pm

ScoutsMom

hurshy--yes, I saw it! I just had to fax something to my boss really quickly. darn job. gets in the way of my babbling.

1:09 pm

Miyavi_fan

Well, it was several years ago now, but his death made a massive impact. Some more serious fans actually committed suicide when they heard, and over 500,000 people attented the funeral

1:09 pm

Bugzy

Alrighty, time to start begging.... sn5/12? Anyone? Please?

1:09 pm

joelgee

I know. It was just a shock to see the guy's face pop up. That's all.

1:10 pm

Miyavi_fan

Sorry, Joel, I'm stereotyping

1:10 pm

hurshy

jobs are a pain that way, aren't they, scoutsmom?

sn 5/12 sound two cars make when colliding, change 2nd letter

1:11 pm

Bugzy

Thanks hurshy.. what the heck kind of a word is that?!

1:11 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty hurshy - have to go - notice the site is going a little weird...anyone else? double postings - and my laptop is making an ominous noise...

1:11 pm

mummy

how many words today?

1:11 pm

hurshy

oops, gotta go teach my class!

1:11 pm

joelgee

mf--
we all take our universes for granted--until we see otherwise.

1:11 pm

hurshy

dunno bugzy!

1:11 pm

joelgee

okay. really going now.

1:11 pm

Miyavi_fan

Wow...profound :)

1:12 pm

ScoutsMom

nice chatting today, hurshy. enjoy the class.

1:12 pm

GreyWoulf

take care, hurshy!

No problems here, Owl -- maybe your laptop is possessed
See you later, maybe

1:12 pm

hurshy

temple - probably just your computer. try refresh.

122 words today.

1:12 pm

hurshy

bye!

1:12 pm

Miyavi_fan

If I knew, Bugzy, I'd try to help...but I, er, don't.

1:12 pm

Schroeder

Bye Hurshy bye joelgee

1:12 pm

Miyavi_fan

Later Hurshy :)

1:13 pm

Miyavi_fan

AND Joelgee!

1:13 pm

GreyWoulf

bye , joel

1:14 pm

GreyWoulf

baby just climbed into lap with another book...
Mommy is jealous

1:14 pm

Miyavi_fan

See you all later, I'm off to mourn Mr Hideto with friends :'( ...good luck

1:14 pm

efor1124

can anyone give me a hint on the z?

1:15 pm

EasternBlue

efor - wild, wacky, crazy...

1:15 pm

mummy

Thanks, I give up on Heinz beans

1:15 pm

ScoutsMom

Aw, GW. Miss my girl. Now I'm jealous of you, too!

1:15 pm

shorty

hey joel i just seen ther is one on my st i missed it earlier i guess but it just right down the rd GREAT:(

1:15 pm

ScoutsMom

efor, it means "crazier."

1:16 pm

efor1124

duh... ty easternblue!

1:16 pm

ScoutsMom

bye, miyavi_fan. have a grand old day.

1:16 pm

mummy

bye hurshy, another day another babble

1:17 pm

smaller

sa6 and sa7
help please, please
got all the other sa

1:17 pm

e_gurl85

scoutsmom how you doun babble today

1:18 pm

Bugzy

bye Miyavi :)

1:19 pm

ScoutsMom

egurl, i can't stare at that danged mckesson screen all day long, or i will go crazy and take you all with me.

1:19 pm

Bugzy

Any clues for the an6 and an7?
I've monkeyed all kinds of things beginning with the an4/4 and I'm not getting it...

1:19 pm

Schroeder

GW I'm jealous also, my daughter is turning 14 in a couple of weeks.

1:20 pm

cybernan

Back again *as I plunk a pint in front of Scoutsmom*

1:20 pm

mamabear

LUNCHTIME!!! So for a half an hour I don't have to sneak-babble!!!!! This work stuff is such an annoyance... but I guess I should be happy I have a job. So I am......

1:20 pm

ScoutsMom

bugzy, take the an4/4, then add a 2-letter suffix that sounds like what a pirate says. then plural.

1:21 pm

ScoutsMom

thanks, cybernan!

1:21 pm

cybernan

an6 - an7: an + beauty queen's crown minus the final vowel, an 7 is the plural

1:21 pm

mamabear

GW - read the "jealous about your little girl" messages. I have to say I do sometimes miss those days, however, they are replaced by others - last weekend I helped my daughter write an Ethics paper!!!!

1:21 pm

smaller

anyone at all know the
sa6 and sa7?

1:21 pm

Schroeder

Know the feeling mamabear, I'm trying to do payroll at the same time, can't remember if there is 122 words of if someone worked 122 hours....

1:21 pm

ScoutsMom

smaller, do the same for the sa4/4 that's french for "without." add the same pirate-speak suffix.

1:22 pm

mamabear

smaller - all I have is sa 4's..... I'm way behind you people.

1:22 pm

Smeltzdog

*smeltz is upset with mama for her exit last night*

1:23 pm

mamabear

Excuse me?

1:23 pm

Bugzy

Thanks ScoutsMom and Cybernan... coulda sworn I tried that!! :)

1:23 pm

cybernan

sa 6: french without + vowel + consonant

1:24 pm

GreyWoulf

I'm back again
Thanks for all the feedback, folks
Kristianna does love her books :D
esp. Franklin and Clifford

1:24 pm

Bugzy

Anytime anyone is feeling nostagic for those toddler days, just ask me to tell you about our 2 hours (!) at the Sears Portrait Studio this weekend with my 2 year old and 5 year old....

1:25 pm

Smeltzdog

*still sniffling*
well, I looked like a bafoon singing songs as I left and you mozied on out

1:25 pm

cybernan

The one thing I don't miss about the Christmases of yesteryear are the Santa photos!

1:26 pm

Smeltzdog

ok - i'm better now.

1:26 pm

CATHB

good evening all...how is everyone.Is this a small but sensible grid or another sticky one..

1:26 pm

mamabear

You said I should go right, and I did!!!!! I am not bringing up the fact that I was talking to you this morning only to find it was the Mrs.!!!!!

1:27 pm

ScoutsMom

Scout's never had her picture taken with santa. Not sure why, but it never seemed like a priority. but we're getting a "family" pic this year, just the two of us.

1:27 pm

smaller

thanks cybernan and scouts mom!

1:27 pm

cybernan

Cath - a lot of small sticky words

1:27 pm

Smeltzdog

umm...about that...I...umm...have no excuse *sniffle*

1:28 pm

mamabear

just the two of us.... we can make it if we Try-eye... just the two of us..... you and I....... (sorry - just felt a song was in order)

1:28 pm

CATHB

thanks cybernan- only got an hour or so - may not get far

1:28 pm

Smeltzdog

the song was wonderful!

1:28 pm

Smeltzdog

How's it going GW?

1:29 pm

Bugzy

This wasn't Santa photos (my kids are both deathly afraid of the Santas and won't go near them) Just trying to get family photos... It was a nightmare!!

1:29 pm

mamabear

GW is reading a book to his daughter.... what a good Dad!!!!

1:29 pm

Smeltzdog

well...I have to leave but I'll be back later.

Who's keeping the jacuzzi warm tonight?1

1:30 pm

GreyWoulf

So far we haven't had to deal with Santa photos

Honestly, I never had a photo with Santa, so I will not pay for one, though I will let her sit in Santa's knee and ask for gifts when she is old enough to ask to do so

1:30 pm

Schroeder

See ya later smeltdog

1:30 pm

GreyWoulf

Doing well, Smeltz -- 4 to go!

1:31 pm

mamabear

bye smeltzie!!!!! It's Monday.... Monday's your nite, no?

1:31 pm

GreyWoulf

Bye Smeltz!

1:31 pm

ScoutsMom

I haven't really talked to her about santa yet, but i'm uncomfortable telling her that gifts appear from nowhere. I'd much rather she learn about generosity and thanks. Not sure how i'm going to do that just yet, but still...

1:31 pm

cybernan

Bye Smeltz

1:32 pm

mamabear

can someone give me a clue on the ae 7/28? And I double checked - I really DON"T have it yet!!!! LOL

1:32 pm

Smeltzdog

It will be ready at 9:30. Bring 'em if you got 'em

until then...

1:32 pm

GreyWoulf

Being pagan, I have no problem using the magical elves explanation

1:33 pm

mamabear

9:30...... it's a date

1:33 pm

GreyWoulf

MAMA - ae4 + past tense of what you do in a chair

1:33 pm

cybernan

Scoutsmom - The time will come all too quickly when she finds out on her own that Santa is just representative of the concept --- in the meantime, please let her enjoy her childhood illusions!

1:34 pm

Bugzy

I used to work for the mall Santas, GW, and the pictures they try to sell you are a total ripoff!!
And I'm with you Scouts... I feel pretty weird about lying to the boys about Santa... seems kind of bad to teach them to tell the truth, but then tell them that some guy sneaks into the house with presents...

1:34 pm

mamabear

Thanks GW. It never ceases to amaze me how people can find these monkey words!!!!

1:35 pm

DirtBikeGirl

15 to go...

1:35 pm

GreyWoulf

I had a GF once with a 3 yo who heard all about Santa at school and was upset bec her mom was Jewish

We had a Yule tree anyway, and the look of wonder and amazement on her face when she got a gift from Santa is one I will NEVER forget!!

1:35 pm

Haz1558

Scoutsmum - many years ago when our girls were small, we had one present from Santa, but the rest were clearly labelled from Mummy and Daddy. They didn't seem to get too confused.

1:36 pm

GreyWoulf

MAMA - I cannot tell a lie, I got it from

1:37 pm

SueL

HELP

1:37 pm

GreyWoulf

OOps, wrong button

I got the clue from reading tbears posts this morning from after I signed off

Go back and look ---she got a bit silly in the wee hours :D

1:37 pm

mamabear

from??? Tell me GW... the suspense is killing me!!! LOL

1:37 pm

Minski

Our parents always told us that Santa knows that Jewish kids get their big presents on Chanukah so he only gives us stocking stuffers. Made things easy for them. We never decorated for Christmas. We just helped our friends. I've never taken down Christmas decorations in my entire life and from the reports I am not missing anything.

1:39 pm

Tbug

its interesting that holidays kinda involve lies... easter bunny laying eggs... santa... doesn't the word originate from 'holy day'?? not much seems holy about lying! :)

1:39 pm

dangus

Can't go wrong taking lights off the gutters in 3 feet of snow at 10 below zero.

1:39 pm

GreyWoulf

Minski, I keep the decorations subtle myself. Less to have to store :)

1:41 pm

mamabear

Doesn't sound like there are many Christians in the group!

1:41 pm

GreyWoulf

I choose to view the various iconic representation of the holidays, not as lies, but ideals given a physical form that youngsters can aspire to and take inspiration from --
It also makes it easier to explain why ther are so many of them everywhere ;D

1:42 pm

GreyWoulf

Does that concern you, MAMA?

1:42 pm

Bugzy

lol Tbug and dangus :)
My neighbor was putting up his Xmas lights on Sat. 'cause it was warm out! I told him he can't turn them on til after Thanksgiving!!

1:42 pm

cybernan

Hear, hear! GW

1:42 pm

mamabear

Was making an observation. Everyone seems to be focusing on the materialistic aspects of Christmas.

1:43 pm

Faerie

got to step in on that one mammabear. I'm Southern
Baptist through and through

1:43 pm

cybernan

I start decorating Dec. 1 --a little each day, with the tree going up the weekend before Christmas.

1:45 pm

mamabear

anything on the an 7/28 purty please?

1:45 pm

ScoutsMom

I am a Christian, Mamabear, but I think that further illustrates my point that I'm not really willing to lie to my daughter and tell her that gifts appear from nowhere, by magic. I'd rather she learn, again, about generosity and being thoughtful. Seems a more Christian lesson for her to learn than "magic makes toys happen, but only if you're good."

1:45 pm

Minski

I'm missing the 1st RE 5/10.
Can someone please point me in the correct direction?
Thanks.

1:45 pm

Faerie

I try to celebrate the Birth of Christ, nothing aganist
the gift giving and decorating but I try to do it all in the name of Jesus Christ. and that doesn't make me any better or worse than anyone else. It is just how I was brought up we did not have gifts when I was a child

1:46 pm

Minski

AN7/28
against and the british slang for butt minus the last letter

1:46 pm

mamabear

How old is your child, ScoutsMom?

1:47 pm

Tbug

agreed... not thinking Christ would go along with the lies surrounding it nowadays or the commercialism

1:47 pm

ScoutsMom

She'll be 2 and a half by the time Christmas rolls around.

1:47 pm

GreyWoulf

As I've grown older, MAMA, it has saddened me to see the materialistic side of the holiday (esp Xmas) become so overhyped. I remember when Santa didn't arrive in stores until after the Thanksgiving day parade.

1:48 pm

Bugzy

minski - the re5/10 is a lasso, or an old Buick model

1:48 pm

ScoutsMom

Mama, for the an7/28, look at my post at 1:20pm

1:48 pm

EasternBlue

gotta go for now...hope to be back later to finish? the grid!!

1:48 pm

Minski

Enough of this serious stuff. Is Lola here? I think we need to open the bar.

1:48 pm

GreyWoulf

Take care, Eastern

1:49 pm

mamabear

I personally think there is nothing wrong with some "commercialism" if it is kept to people sharing of themselves, their time and gifts to show love. However, the main focus is the birth of Christ. It doesn't have to be all of one and none of the other though.

1:49 pm

Minski

THanks now 19 words left. Just Ss and Ts.

1:49 pm

cybernan

I agree - commercialism has latched on to that jolly we elf and blown gift giving all out of proportion. There are, however, lots of great stories for kids about Father Christmas and St. Nicholas out there on the net.

One idea I like for stressing the 'giving of oneself' part, is the kids to make cupon books, as gifts, with cupons for small tasks they could complete on their own.

1:49 pm

ScoutsMom

I heard that, Minski! I already had a Stella that Cybernan brought me, but so be it! I b'lieve I'll have another.

1:50 pm

Bugzy

Well, I just got that pesky last word, so I'm raising a tall one here... *Cheers*

1:50 pm

robert240

anyone have the ae7?

1:50 pm

mamabear

I agree with Minski.. who's pouring?

1:50 pm

Faerie

A little Christmas "Cheer" never hurt anyone.

1:50 pm

SueL

HOW DO I GET A LIST?

1:50 pm

cybernan

Just read my last post -- good thing we're not being graded for typing skills or spelling here!

1:51 pm

Bugzy

robert - ae7 - ae4 plus past tense of the position you take in a chair

1:52 pm

cybernan

Suel - click on Babblers Anon in the Friends list at the right -- select the general tab and stats.

1:52 pm

robert240

ty cyber

1:53 pm

SueL

THANKS CYBERNAN

1:53 pm

Minski

SueL ~ right click on the babblers anonymous link on the right of the screen. click on open in a new window. click on general and then on the stats link.

1:54 pm

cybernan

I'm off til post time -- good luck everyone.

1:54 pm

GreyWoulf

Hoody Hoo!

Another one finished, and just in time too!
It is time for me and baby to have lunch and then off to work for me :(

1:55 pm

Schroeder

Congrats GW, have a good rest of your day...see you tonight?

1:55 pm

GreyWoulf

So long C-nan

1:56 pm

tbear

Mamabear...look back in log at about 2.45,which was breakfast time for me and tell me if I was being silly... That was some serious fun,whilst no-one was there (think big empty hall) !!Maybe you had to be there!!

1:56 pm

Anj

Evening all :)

1:56 pm

GreyWoulf

I saw tbear! :D

You were very silly!

1:56 pm

Bugzy

Yay GreyWoulf! Have fun at work :)
Hi Anj!

1:57 pm

CATHB

well good eveing Anj...nice to hear from you

1:57 pm

ScoutsMom

What's your poison, Mama?

1:57 pm

mamabear

Congrats GW *HUG*..... have a good day. See ya Cybernan
I have to get back to work too. I will check back later Tbear and see what you registered on the silly scale!!!
Be good all!
later!

1:57 pm

Anj

Hi Bugzy, CathB :)

1:57 pm

GreyWoulf

I will try to stop in tonight, but not til late...
Tonight is family night :)

1:58 pm

Miyavi_fan

Hey, I saw the word congratulations...what are we celebrating?

1:58 pm

mamabear

Scoutsmom - right now my "poison" is WORK!!! Talk to you later.

1:58 pm

CATHB

bye MAMABEAR

1:58 pm

Miyavi_fan

And, scrolling down the chat log...Mama, I'm a Christian :)

1:58 pm

Schroeder

Congrats GW, have a good rest of your day...see you tonight?

1:59 pm

tbear

Greywoulf...I'll get back to YOU when Mamabear's judged me!!!!!hmmmmmm

1:59 pm

dangus

AE7 is going to be the death of me.

1:59 pm

GreyWoulf

Bye MAMA

Miy- I am just logging off myself cos I finished hence the congrats

2:00 pm

Miyavi_fan

Nice one Woulf :) See you later

2:00 pm

mamabear

GW - you have mail!

2:00 pm

Dachef

Evenin' all!

Whats up? Everyone seems to be leaving as I arrive....paranoia sets in...

2:00 pm

CATHB

dangus - earlier posting..ae4/4 plus past tense of what you do on a chair

2:00 pm

tbear

dangus....check the log from 3am

2:01 pm

ScoutsMom

I'm still here, Dachef.

2:01 pm

CATHB

evening Dachef,Myavi

2:01 pm

Miyavi_fan

Dachef, don't worry, I only just got here too. Oooh, sorry, forgot I was in a huff with you for laughing when I tripped over the bin. *ignores*

2:01 pm

Anj

Don't worry Dachef, we will tell you if we're out to get you :)

2:01 pm

Miyavi_fan

Hey Cath, how are you?

2:02 pm

Bugzy

Hi Dachef... we were just opening up the bar, you're just in time!

2:02 pm

Dachef

Hi miy - how's is your head after its encounter with the glass door?

2:02 pm

Miyavi_fan

Hey, Anj! Haven't seen you on here for a while

2:02 pm

CATHB

Fine thanks Miyavi and you

2:02 pm

Dachef

bar? someone mention a bar? where?

2:02 pm

Miyavi_fan

I'm in mourning :( The guy in my icon, Hideto

2:03 pm

GreyWoulf

So long for real now people..
Had to answer the phone -- apparently I am now late for work bec they added hours to the schedule w/o telling me

(*hugs to all who want one*)

TTFN

2:03 pm

Miyavi_fan

Dachef, I prefer to hold my head high and ignore that particular comment. *stalks off*

Hahaha, no bin this time!

*walks into tree*

2:03 pm

Anj

Hey Miy, how are you?
I've been pretty busy since last Wednesday so I had to give the Babbleverse a wide orbit until today.

2:04 pm

redshoe

are there 2 at7/28s? I have the one that adds s to at6/18...any help?

2:04 pm

Bugzy

I think beer seems to be the drink of choice today... Scoutsmom has a Stella, I've got an Anchor Steam... What'll it be for you?

2:04 pm

Miyavi_fan

In mourning but still pretty good...brain is hurting after one and a half hours of GCSE music...sadistic teachers

2:05 pm

Dachef

redshoe - dunno bout two of them, but your post gave me one of them! Cheers! (hic!)

2:05 pm

Haz1558

Yes, there are two. It's an alternative ending - one letter further in the alphabet.

2:05 pm

Anj

90 mins of music hmm? What did they do to you??

2:06 pm

redshoe

haz-got it! ty!

2:06 pm

tbear

ANJ....you're probably very tired after your busy long weekend,if you need any help honey,just shout......

2:06 pm

Haz1558

You're welcome.

2:07 pm

redshoe

dachef-welcome and enjoy your brew

2:07 pm

Miyavi_fan

Ah, trying to teach us how to connect the MIDI leads for Sonar 2 to the keyboards. (does that make any sense?)

2:08 pm

ScoutsMom

thanks, haz.

2:08 pm

Anj

Hey Bear :) Still coming down ;)

Miy, makes sense - interface cables. Didn't think that formed part of any syllabus tho' :/

2:09 pm

dangus

so what does ae4 + what you do in a chair mean?

2:10 pm

Ni

Found a word not even in their dictionnairy
sn 5/18

2:10 pm

tbear

I'm afraid I couldn't resist a little teasing earlier..... Might have even let Bob and Bub in on it....

2:10 pm

Ni

sorry 5/12

2:10 pm

Miyavi_fan

Neither did I, until today...anyway, how are you?

2:11 pm

DirtBikeGirl

And...I'm...DONE! Yippee!

2:11 pm

Haz1558

Dangus - have you got the ae 4/4? If so, add the past tense of 'to sit'.

2:11 pm

lola100

Hi guys! Is the bar open then?? :)

Hey babe (((xxx)))

2:12 pm

dangus

Haz - I got the word, just looking for a definition

2:12 pm

Dachef

Haz - thanks Ive been looking for that for ages. Lnew it was there somewhere from earlier grids, but couldnt quite put my finger on it.

Congrats DBG!!!!!!! ;D

2:12 pm

Miyavi_fan

Hey Lola :)

2:12 pm

Haz1558

Dangus - press the question mark beside the word in the list and it may give you a definition.

2:12 pm

Bugzy

Yay DBG!!
and Hi Lola :)

2:13 pm

Anj

Bear, I would have been up to check your pulse if you hadn't. Be gentle though. :)

Miy, i'm just great thanks. Have my folks with me at the moment so i'm playing the host. How about you, apart from Hideto and glass doors...and bins/trees etc? :)

2:13 pm

tbear

What's that song again ' something in the air '?

2:13 pm

Miyavi_fan

Ooh, and congratulations, DBG :)

2:14 pm

Anj

Congrats DBG :)

Hey babe - how you doing?? (((xx)))

2:14 pm

Dachef

Hi Lola!

And hi to Anj's mum and dad. You poor s*ds.....

2:15 pm

Miyavi_fan

Apart from that, I've got jealousy of all Japanese, French, German and American people at the moment. Yay.

2:16 pm

DirtBikeGirl

Thanks everyone! I can usually only finish these small ones. Work precludes me from finishing the big ones...

2:16 pm

Anj

Dachef, behave lol! They've taken over the place. Mum's even hijacked the Monday night's live game so she can watch Deadenders... :/

2:16 pm

lola100

I'm good :)
Have your folks sampled the amarula yet?

2:17 pm

Dachef

anj - then you'll be pleased to hear that so far the game's crap.

2:17 pm

Ni

How many words today?

2:18 pm

Haz1558

122 words today.

2:19 pm

Anj

Not yet Lo, but they will ;) They have polished off the Angel Delight tho...

Cheers Dachef, sounds like the lassic 0-0 draw then...

2:20 pm

lola100

LOL! Thought they might :)

2:20 pm

Minski

Miy ~ I wouldn't be so quick to envy the French these days. It's like the French Revolution all over again there. The poor are revolting and rioting and burning out cars and warehouses, etc. It's an ugly scene. There has been a travel bulletin posted by our government that Americans shouldn't travel to France until the unrest quiets down.

2:21 pm

Miyavi_fan

Minski, I blame it on Dir en Grey doing a tour there. France will never be the same...

2:21 pm

Anj

Minski, they are being headlined as race riots over here. They firebombed somthing like 1300 cars in a car park last night :/

2:21 pm

Haz1558

The chances are that whole swathes of France are completely unaffected. To see news coverage of Northern Ireland over the past thirty years would make you think it was a war zone. It was in some places but not everywhere by any means.

2:23 pm

Minski

You are probably right about it being racially motivated. I was only paying 1/2 attention to the news last night. Reading a good Clive Cussler book and watching the news doesn't allow for much retention.

2:24 pm

Dachef

media sensationalism! dontcha just love it! two weeks ago we were all going to die of bird flu!!!!

2:24 pm

Anj

Minski - Clive Cussler? which one?? I used to read them all but i've lost touch these last few years. I think Valhalla was the last one I read.

2:26 pm

Minski

**laughing** I just heard a funny sound and went over to see what the baby was into. When she saw me coming she took off like a bat out of hell dragging a roll of scotch tape about 2 feet behind her. She had been playing with it and tried to hide the evidence but it stuck to her hand. She thought she got away scotch free, but was caught sticky handed instead. **still laughing**

2:27 pm

ScoutsMom

minski, that's beautiful.

2:28 pm

Minski

Black Wind. It's a Dirk Pitt novel that came out in 2004. Pretty new.

2:28 pm

hurshy

darn class! made me miss a whole discussion on christmas.

2:28 pm

Bugzy

LOL Minski!

2:29 pm

hurshy

minski - sounds like something my cats would do.

2:29 pm

ScoutsMom

hurshy: first of all, that was either a really short class or i've completely lost all concept of time. second of all, the discussion of christmas ended up with everyone drinking. so you didn't miss much.

2:30 pm

Minski

OK. Back to Babble. I am missing 2 S words.

SN 5/10
SN 5/12

Could someone please point me int he right direction?

2:30 pm

tbear

Minski....lovely image.... Always remember mine sitting in the middle of the bedroom carpet,plastered head to foot in really expensive (treat yourself) face cream. I just couldn't be cross...

2:30 pm

hurshy

it was a 45 minute class, and you probably have lost your conception of time. :)

2:30 pm

Minski

Could I have a Guiness please?

2:31 pm

Haz1558

The two sn words are very similar. One is a type of growl, the other a type of trap.

2:31 pm

ScoutsMom

minski, there are two sn5/10s. One is a tooth-baring thing a wolf or dog does; the other is a trap.

2:31 pm

Ni

sn 5/10 catching something in a net
the other I have it but is it a word...

2:31 pm

hurshy

sn 5/12 two cars colliding, change second letter

2:31 pm

Anj

Cheers Minksi...i'm losing track with all this mix of Kurt Austen/Dirk Pitt malarky now. It's like CCs trying to get others to write for him lol

2:31 pm

ScoutsMom

One guinness, coming up. It's pint night at Elizabeth's House of Babbling Beers.

2:32 pm

tbear

Minske...sn5/12 think pulverised potatoes sn5/10 what you might do with your lip if you're not happy

2:33 pm

hurshy

well, it looks like mamabear is gone, but i just wanted to tell her that 1) i'm a Christian too! and 2) there may be a place for Santa in our thought universe even so - CS Lewis used him in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. perhaps when she comes back she'll read this in the log.

2:34 pm

Dachef

hurshy - when who comes back? Mamabear, Santa or CS Lewis? ;)

2:34 pm

hurshy

only one of those is a girl!

2:34 pm

ScoutsMom

tbear, thanks. I'd been trying to decipher hurshy's clue since the last time it was posted.

2:35 pm

Minski

Ni I agree. I don't think the SN5/12 is a word.

Thanks for hte help all. On to the Ts. Only 6 words left to find. I'm going to finish before hubby gets home!!

2:35 pm

hurshy

yeah, the potato clue is better - i wasn't too happy with the car collision one.

2:35 pm

Dachef

anj - you just missed a cracking goal from Nolan!!

hurshy - how do you know Santa is a man? Could just be a follically challenged woman!

2:35 pm

Anj

Reminds me of a joke:
rich accoutant, poor accoutant and Santa Claus walking down the road - see a Â£50 note. Who picks it up and why?

2:36 pm

Miyavi_fan

I'd say Santa.

2:36 pm

hurshy

well, in "Twas the Night Before Christmas" (the definitive source of all things Santa), he is referred to as a he the whole way through.

2:36 pm

lola100

The rich accountant :)

2:37 pm

Dachef

hurshy - fair enough, I'll give you that one!

anj - and?

2:38 pm

hurshy

to add one more thought to the santa/christmas discussion: there's a difference between a lie and a fairy tale. and kids are pretty good at understanding that.

2:38 pm

hurshy

yeah, what's the answer, anj?

2:39 pm

Anj

Lo got it. It's the rich accountant. The other two are figments of our imagination :)

2:39 pm

Dachef

the santa story is fabulous because it encourages kids to use their imagination - theres not much in this world of constant tv that does that.

2:39 pm

ScoutsMom

c'mon, anj.

2:39 pm

Anj

Dachef, that Spurs goal was never offside...

2:39 pm

SJW

r u there jlw

2:39 pm

groovygranny

Hi all ! how's the babbling going? just got home

2:39 pm

Miyavi_fan

...You mean...Santa isn't real?
*bursts into tears*

2:40 pm

hurshy

now you've done it anj!

2:40 pm

Haz1558

Another thought - if we were all told about Santa and weren't traumatised by discovering the 'truth' why should we think our children are any less able to cope? To me, it's just a benevolent conspiracy.

2:40 pm

ScoutsMom

Okay, I'm sending that joke on to the Boy, but hope no one minds if I change it to a joke about lawyers.

2:40 pm

Miyavi_fan

Hey Groovy :)

Groovy, santa is real, right? RIGHT?!

2:40 pm

Anj

I missed this afternoon's Santa discussion. What's the crack??

2:41 pm

groovygranny

of course !!

2:41 pm

hurshy

hi, groovygranny - nice icon!

2:42 pm

hurshy

anj - "the crack"? what do you mean by "the crack"?

2:42 pm

groovygranny

thanks Hurshy ! im just soo glad to be home .. what a day !!

2:42 pm

lola100

Of course santa is real! And I'm sure he'll bring you lots of pressies miyavi! Er...you have been a good girl haven't you?

2:42 pm

Haz1558

He really means 'craic'

2:42 pm

DirtBikeGirl

Miyavi - Of course Santa is real. How else would Rudolph have gotten so famous if he didn't have a sleigh to guide?!

2:43 pm

Miyavi_fan

Lola, of course. I am the very definition of good. Look up 'good' in the dictionary and there's a picture of me (ew)
*hides gun*

2:44 pm

hurshy

darn, craic isn't in the puzzle so i can't click to look it up.

2:44 pm

Smeltzdog

hursh - I just hopped back on...I thought I would say that I work for a parachurch youth organization. Specifically, I work with 1500 middle school students.

2:44 pm

Anj

hurshy, it just means 'what happened/is happening?'

2:45 pm

Dachef

hurshy - this side of the pond "whats the crack" means whats happening? Comes from the Irish "craic", meaning party.

2:45 pm

hurshy

well, anj, if you mean why did i say "now you've done it!" i just meant you made miyavi cry. if you want the whole background, you'll have to read the log - it's too long.

2:45 pm

groovygranny

ok someone just throw me all the words and i'll go ... or i'll have to have santa put it on my list for what i want LOL

2:45 pm

hurshy

smeltz - which one?

2:45 pm

Miyavi_fan

Dachef, does it?! This side of England, "what's the crack" means..."oooh...drugs..."

2:46 pm

Smeltzdog

so...I'm told that "parachurch" sounds bad so I will change that to say that I work to provide a bridge from unchurched students to the local churches in my community.

I should have just said I work for Youth for Christ.

2:46 pm

groovygranny

Mi that makes sense to me

2:46 pm

hurshy

i like this new slang. i will proceed to use it vigorously.

2:46 pm

Minski

Need help finding my last 2 words. THanks.

ti 5/ 10 (the 2nd one - have plural of ti4/4)
ti 6/ 18

2:47 pm

Miyavi_fan

Smeltz, do you? I was at the CRF last night :)

2:47 pm

groovygranny

Smeltz thats a good thing you do Bravo!

2:47 pm

hurshy

minski - denzel movie remember the ti**** is the pl
also mythical characters.

2:47 pm

Anj

Cheers Hurshy - I will go back and have a nose once i've finished.

Hey Miy, Santa's been ignoring my xmas lists for years now. It's a conspiracy. Just as any tape you leave in a car turns into Queen, any xmas list you make turns into socks on the 25th :/

2:47 pm

Haz1558

Hurshy - guide to usage - craic is an Irish word, pronounced 'crack'. If someone says 'What's the crack?' they mean 'What's gonig on?' Or, 'the crack was great' - means 'We had a great time'

2:47 pm

Smeltzdog

CRF?

2:47 pm

Miyavi_fan

Ah, Groovy, someone can see sense :)

2:48 pm

Miyavi_fan

Christian Rock Festival

2:48 pm

groovygranny

Mi my entire day made no sense so something has to right !?!?!?

2:49 pm

Minski

DONE!
DONE!!

2:49 pm

hurshy

thanks haz!

2:49 pm

Miyavi_fan

Ah, it's been one of those days then?

2:49 pm

hurshy

yay minski!

2:49 pm

groovygranny

Haz i've heard of that before .. remember my friend in Orlando is from Grimsby

2:49 pm

Smeltzdog

well done min!

2:49 pm

groovygranny

< sigh > yes $ 225 later !!

2:49 pm

Miyavi_fan

NIce one Minski!

2:49 pm

Minski

Whoops! What happened there? My post disappeared.

As I was saying..............

DONE!

2:50 pm

DirtBikeGirl

WTG Minski!

2:50 pm

groovygranny

Minski im jealous and broke LOL

2:50 pm

Bugzy

Yay Minski! Another Guinness for you?

2:50 pm

lola100

Woo! Well done minski! :)

2:50 pm

hurshy

smeltz - my sister works with youth at elmbrook church in WI

2:51 pm

groovygranny

I love it Mi .. my friend always says Let me fetch a buggy .......

2:51 pm

Minski

Yes. Another Guinness would hit the spot.

Taking up a collection for GG. Who is in?
**Throws $25 in the hat.**

2:52 pm

groovygranny

Minski you are too sweet !!

2:52 pm

Miyavi_fan

Groovy, you make no sense :) That's why we love you

2:52 pm

groovygranny

awwwww Mi just call me booger I got picked on all day today lol

2:52 pm

DirtBikeGirl

I'm off everyone. Catch you tomorrow!

2:53 pm

hurshy

bye DBG!

2:53 pm

Bugzy

*slides a Guinness down the bar to Minski*
*adds her $25 to the GG collection, too*

2:53 pm

groovygranny

bye DBG ! have a nice one =)

2:53 pm

Miyavi_fan

booger?! What's a booger?!

2:54 pm

hurshy

query: can i tell DBG to have a good craic? would that be proper usage?

2:54 pm

groovygranny

thanks Bugzy .... I had 2 warped rotors in the front of my car which of course is not covered under my warranty !!!

2:54 pm

smaller

Hi all!
Here's a $100 for the collection! Oh, ok here's $200, why be stingy

2:54 pm

Minski

khgfjklb098eqar

Paige says hi. She just climbed into my lap and started pounding on the keyboard.

2:54 pm

groovygranny

Mi.. snot pick yer nose .. you know lol

2:54 pm

groovygranny

Smaller Gracias ! I appreciate it

2:55 pm

groovygranny

Hi Paige !!

2:55 pm

smaller

yw Groovy Granny,
just came in tho, what's the collection for?

2:55 pm

hurshy

haz? can you tell me about my usage question?

2:55 pm

Miyavi_fan

Riiiight...over here they're bogies!

2:55 pm

groovygranny

my $250 car repair

2:56 pm

Bugzy

GG, just remember: you can pick your friends, you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose...

2:56 pm

groovygranny

bogies huh lol I'll have to fetch me a bogie then < g>

2:56 pm

hurshy

(groans at bugzy) old joke!!!!!

2:56 pm

smaller

i'll fix it for you Groovy Granny,
just tell me where you turning signal fluid goes and I can do miracles

2:57 pm

groovygranny

Bugzy I wish you would have told me that before .. i've lost alot of friends thanks to my wandering finger LOL JK !!!

2:57 pm

hurshy

hmm...haz must have left.

2:58 pm

Bugzy

ROFL Groovygranny!!

2:58 pm

Miyavi_fan

Bugzy, of course you can pick your friends nose

2:58 pm

groovygranny

rofl Smaller !!! the only good thing was they gave me a rental, thought i'd be without my car for 3 days .. and I got my car back in 2 hours and they paid for the rental ... works wonders when you cry at the serice center LOL

2:58 pm

groovygranny

Mi come here girl and bring yer nose !!!

2:59 pm

Miyavi_fan

*waves nose in Groovy's face* TA DAA...

2:59 pm

Minski

That totally sucks GG. I have to go in for an oil change and I'm sure I'll end up spending well over $100 before I get out of there. That reminds me. I need to call and make an appointment.

2:59 pm

Smeltzdog

Elmbrook is a pretty good size church.

Well...since I work for a non-profit I have to raise money...Our main banquet is tonight so I have to go. I'll have the jacuzzi ready at 9:30 if anyone wants to join!

3:00 pm

Miyavi_fan

Woah, I've got to go

3:00 pm

smaller

ewwwww!

3:00 pm

groovygranny

nice nose ..... like me?? its a nose job lol

3:00 pm

Anj

'nite Miy. Be nice to your nose...

3:00 pm

hurshy

have fun, smeltz!

i'm with you, smaller!

3:00 pm

groovygranny

Minski i'll say a prayer for your car !!!

3:01 pm

hurshy

bye miyavi!

3:01 pm

groovygranny

well Mi you have a good one !! see ya later

3:01 pm

Bugzy

Bye smeltz, miyavi :)

3:04 pm

smaller

bye smeltz

3:04 pm

groovygranny

bye bye Smeltz !!!

3:04 pm

Dachef

bye Miy and Smeltz and anyone else Ive missed - head down and babbling on......

3:06 pm

groovygranny

Nads is not a word?? lol my son said he pinched his lol

3:07 pm

hurshy

need a clue, dachef?

3:07 pm

hurshy

'course if dachef's head is down, he won't see my question

3:07 pm

smaller

yes dachef,
agree with hurshy
ask for a clue so we can feel useful

3:08 pm

Haz1558

Sorry, was someone looking for me earlier? I was taking a phone call.

3:08 pm

hurshy

somebody poke dachef.

3:09 pm

hurshy

yeah, it was me haz. i wanted to know if you could say, "have a good crack!" to someone who's leaving.

3:09 pm

smaller

by the way hurshy,
you are a gifted clue giver!

3:09 pm

ScoutsMom

ha 5/12 and ha 4/5?

3:09 pm

Haz1558

No - it would be something like 'Hope you have good crack'

3:09 pm

groovygranny

Im watching the Peoples court ........ man is this guy a jerk !!!

3:10 pm

Dachef

ow! Who did that?

Im ok at the mo, cheers Hurshy, 15 to go and monkey-typing through the stats! Will be sure to let you know when I get really stumped!!!

3:10 pm

groovygranny

brb

3:10 pm

hurshy

(blush) any you liked in particular, smaller?

3:10 pm

smaller

ha5/12 kinda like the virus but the second to last letter is different
i'm working on my hurshy-inspired creative clues

3:11 pm

hurshy

ha 4/5 - let's see if this is right - cockney pronunciation of word for ghost (brits?)

3:11 pm

smaller

hurshy-
against arkansas, of course!

3:11 pm

sandy211

Please any clues for the re/8 & re/9

3:12 pm

hurshy

oh, yeah, i almost forgot about that one.

3:12 pm

lola100

Yay! I'm done :)

3:12 pm

hurshy

re8&9 do your at6&7 again!

3:12 pm

Haz1558

re 8 and 9 - to achieve again or reach a goal.

3:13 pm

e_gurl85

sandy do you have at 6/18 well add re infront of it and for the re9 add an s to the end

3:13 pm

hurshy

yay lola!

3:13 pm

sandy211

Many thanks

3:13 pm

smaller

re8, 9 is the at6, again

Woohoo LOLA!

3:13 pm

Bugzy

Yay Lola!!

3:14 pm

hurshy

alt clue for
ha 5/12 ____ brinker and the silver skates plus vowel

3:14 pm

hurshy

i thought of the virus, too, smaller, when i was doing the puzzle myself this morning. i was sad it didn't take it!

3:14 pm

lola100

*lola cracks bottle of champers* Anyone want a drink while I wait for my fella to slowdance me?

3:15 pm

Anj

Woo-hoo! Well done babe :) Fancy a snuggle then?? ;)

3:15 pm

hurshy

haz - care to comment on the accuracy of my 3:11 ha4 clue?

3:15 pm

Dachef

wtg lola!!!!!!! save some of the champers, I'm nearly there! (as the bishop said to the actress)

3:17 pm

lola100

Of course babe :)

lol, okay dachef! :)

3:17 pm

Haz1558

Hurshy - I'm not sure... my cockney isn't great. I'm the other side of the Irish sea!

3:17 pm

hurshy

well, anyway, i know it's SOME kind of british accent.

3:18 pm

Haz1558

Oh, but there are hundreds of them!

3:18 pm

hurshy

to clarify,
ha4 is what a ghost does minus middle letter

3:18 pm

hurshy

yeah, i know. but i can't remember which character in which book i read said it that way!

3:19 pm

dangus

RE 8/40?

3:19 pm

hurshy

ok we JUST gave clues for re8. scroll down.

3:19 pm

Haz1558

re8/40 - reach your goal again.

3:20 pm

hurshy

not to be mean or nothin. (sheepish look)

3:20 pm

smaller

LOL hurshy
accents are always fun when "arse" is a babble word
makes me feel very european when I say it, all day, like i do

3:20 pm

ScoutsMom

you're fine, hurshy. let it go.

3:20 pm

dangus

HAZ - thanks

3:21 pm

hurshy

me too smaller!! we have a lot in common.

3:21 pm

Haz1558

Not every European says the ar word! Some of us are really sophisticated.....

3:21 pm

hurshy

(letting her guilt float away like a balloon)

3:22 pm

saffronharvest

as 5/10?

3:22 pm

hurshy

as 5/10 sounds like a paper you write for school

3:22 pm

smaller

haz-
darn it! so it's really that bad of word that you won't type it out. Is that like "sod"? is that a bad word too?

3:22 pm

Haz1558

As - donkey plus two vowels

3:23 pm

hurshy

and, haz? what do you sophisticated types say?

3:23 pm

Haz1558

It's just not a word that I would use or write myself.

3:23 pm

smaller

Haz, good as5clue!
very hurshyesque

3:23 pm

Haz1558

Much nicer to say posterior - I'm kidding!

3:24 pm

hurshy

:) smaller - it's funny that you think it's hurshyesque when it's nothing like the clue i gave! :)

3:25 pm

Dachef

at the risk of sounding superior, doesnt "arse" sound so much better than "butt"?

3:25 pm

groovygranny

well time to go get dinner started butt I'll be back later lol

3:26 pm

hurshy

i think so, dachef - but then, isn't "arse" a lower class accent pronunciation of the word in the first place?

3:26 pm

ScoutsMom

Or in Scout World, bootybootybootybootybooty!

3:26 pm

groovygranny

hugs xoxoxo

3:27 pm

smaller

bye granny,
get cher arse back soon now ya hear

3:27 pm

hurshy

i guess we'll have to stick with posterior. or bottom.

3:27 pm

hurshy

bye gg!

3:27 pm

smaller

i guess "bottom" is a very polite reference

3:27 pm

hurshy

oh DEAR i have to go shopping or i won't be back in time to make dinner.

3:28 pm

smaller

bye hurshy,

have a booty-ful night
thanks for your help and fun

3:28 pm

Haz1558

Bottom is very acceptable - even Shakespeare used it...

3:29 pm

hurshy

keep the babblefaith, folks!

3:29 pm

hurshy

can't resist - but shakespeare was often crude!

3:29 pm

Dachef

take care hurshy! LOL!

3:29 pm

romulouswylde

hello everyone, how many words today?

3:29 pm

Haz1558

I know - but I thought it was quite funny...

3:30 pm

Haz1558

122 words and I have 120 of them....

3:31 pm

romulouswylde

good luck, got 38, just starting

3:32 pm

Haz1558

121....

3:32 pm

Bugzy

I'm outta here too - Bye everyone :)
And remember the wise words of Sir MixALot - "My anaconda don't want none unless you've got buns, hon."

3:32 pm

Haz1558

DONE!

3:33 pm

Dachef

bye Bugzy!

anyone got a half decent clue for the sa6/18? Im presuming the sa7 is the plural.....

3:34 pm

smaller

dachef-
sa6, "without" "butt" - e

3:34 pm

lola100

dachef- french for nothing (4 letters) and what we breathe without the middle letter. Pluralise for the 7 :)

3:34 pm

pbr

what is a clue for the Za

3:35 pm

CATHB

hi all..back for another hour or so..braved the elements and called round to snowy,finished off making my monster pot of minestrone for tomorrow .

3:35 pm

smaller

pbr-
crazier

3:36 pm

smaller

sorry HAZ,
"bottom" not "butt"
first test and I failed
Congrats on finishing!

3:36 pm

Dachef

thx Lola and Smaller! Got 'im!

Had a karate kid moment and thought it was "sensai", but it wouldne accept it. then i couldnt get it out of my head!

3:36 pm

Haz1558

Thank you!

3:38 pm

Anj

...wax on, wax off :)

3:41 pm

lola100

Hi cathb! How are you tonight?

3:41 pm

EasternBlue

mr miyagi!!!!!!!!

3:41 pm

pbr

smaller, still trying on that z word

3:41 pm

CATHB

i'm fine lola..did you have a good weekend

3:42 pm

Haz1558

pbr - do you remember the actor Billy Z who was in Titanic? Part of his name will give you the start of the word and knowing that it is a comparative adjective should give you the rest.

3:43 pm

lola100

Yes thank you, it was lovely :)

3:43 pm

smaller

pbr-
hmm, try auther Za____ Grey but make it a comparative

3:44 pm

lola100

Hi east! :)

3:44 pm

EasternBlue

Anj! How've you been?
Lola...ditto to you...it's been awhile!

3:45 pm

Anj

Hi Eastern :) I'm fine thanx - how about you??

3:45 pm

EasternBlue

pbr - it's a wild & crazy kinda word...

3:45 pm

pbr

geez louise 'smaller' , I finally got --gosh, how obvious was that one! Thanks gobs! 81 and counting

3:46 pm

smaller

Good job, pbr!

3:46 pm

EasternBlue

Anj - good - bit of a sore neck - I must of slept funny b/c it hurt like a son of a gun yesterday...but better today...

3:46 pm

Dachef

okay, need some help here - am desperate to avoid the a2z tonight! Last 4 words:

as5/10
er4/4 (not the time one or the greek god one. I have a funny feeling Im gonna need the fish after this one)
in6/18
re5/10 (the first one).

any help much appreciated (as always)! I am, as ever, willing to do swopsies....

3:48 pm

lola100

as5/10- donkey (three letters) plus artificial intelligence.

3:48 pm

snowyowl

Hi everybody - nice to see you're back Anj.
Dachef - there's been a report of a ghostly ship off Mumbles head wtih curious Y front style sails -Yours by any chance!

3:48 pm

Haz1558

You'd find an in6/18 in your shoe

3:49 pm

lola100

er4/4- sounds like greek vases.

3:49 pm

CATHB

snowy..i have mother strapped to the lighthouse on the look out!!

3:49 pm

Anj

Eastern, i'm still aching from a mad domestic clean up last Thursday lol.

Hi Snowy - how are you??

3:49 pm

smaller

good clue LOLA!
re5/10 And God _____ Woman, minus the c and change the d to an "a"

3:49 pm

Haz1558

Re plus positional preposition plus vowel.

3:49 pm

lola100

re5/10- you re** a book, take off the last letter and add short thank you.

3:50 pm

EasternBlue

Anj - is that why you didn't babble??

3:50 pm

snowyowl

I'm fine Anj ty & you????????. Cath hope she's got the sou'wester on it's a Thar she blows sort of night down there

3:51 pm

lola100

Hi snowy :)

3:52 pm

Dachef

Lola, Haz, Smaller - nice one! Finished!

Snowy, Cath - you mean the sprit of my underpants lives on?????

3:53 pm

Anj

Easten, no, I was just well short on available time on Thurs & Fri and I was curled up with a good bok over the weekend :)

I'm fine thanks Snowy. Entertaining the folks this week. They've already raided the wine although it means I have a full glass beside me :)

3:53 pm

Haz1558

Congratulations Dachef. I'm heading off now, so goodnight everyone.

3:53 pm

lola100

Woo! Well done dachef! :)
*hands dachef large glass of champers*

3:54 pm

snowyowl

Hi Lola! It's good the gangs All here.
Well Dachef - they are reported to have a wooden spoon motif so could be!

3:54 pm

Dachef

anj - you were curled up with a good bok?!?! How many times do you have to be told to leave those South African mammals lone???

<winks at Lola>

3:54 pm

EasternBlue

Anj - enough wine to share? (*holding glass out hopefully*)
: )

3:54 pm

tbear

Sorry Anj was that a South African bok called 'Angel Delight on Table Top Mountain' by any chance?

3:54 pm

smaller

woohoo for dachef,

are you sure you should be confiding that you sprit in your underpants? how old are you? scoutsmom should be able to help you with that

3:55 pm

Dachef

night Haz, thx again for your help!! :)

3:55 pm

smaller

bye haz!

3:56 pm

snowyowl

Night Haz
smaller LOL!!!!!!

3:57 pm

Dachef

smaller - its a long story - it involves a drunken night out in Mumbles, the involuntary loss of underwear and naked people.

3:58 pm

smaller

oooo pretty icon, Snowy!

3:58 pm

dylan

a list of the a's please

3:58 pm

Anj

*Anj pours out generous measures of Maison Sichel Renaissance to whoever waves a glass*

Dachef, I couldn't resist this one lol

Bear, you should see the laundry pile lol :)

3:58 pm

snowyowl

Don't Dachef I'm too old to be thinking about naked chefs at this time of night!!

3:59 pm

Anj

A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A

3:59 pm

EasternBlue

Dachef - would that result in stumbles in Mumbles? : )

3:59 pm

smaller

Dachef,
blah blah blah til "naked people"
....so go on..... unless Anj and Lola get going and then it's "Dachef, shhhh"

4:00 pm

snowyowl

Thankyou smaller I am still looking for one in flight, but I can wait

4:00 pm

EasternBlue

Anj - you about to sneeze???

4:00 pm

smaller

eastern blue-
lol

4:00 pm

dylan

a list of the d's please

4:00 pm

CATHB

EasternBlue - we have " The Bumbles of Mumbles"....

4:02 pm

EasternBlue

CathB - in the US, we have a "Rudolph" Christmas special with a snow monster named Bumble...any correlation? : )

4:02 pm

TLE

da 4/ 6
da 4/ 6

4:03 pm

EasternBlue

Smaller -every once in a while I can jump in with something...since I'm not 'seeing' most of the words I need (or am still missing), the log is getting more attention!

4:03 pm

CATHB

EasternBlue - could be a distant relative but these are seaside characters

4:03 pm

Dachef

have to go now peeps - have to be in Milton Keynes tomorrow to see a man about a job! Might be moving there soon, so want to have a god luck around.

See you guys all soon!!

4:04 pm

CATHB

all the best Dachef..

4:04 pm

ScoutsMom

good luck, dachef...

4:04 pm

EasternBlue

Bye Dachef...

4:04 pm

smaller

bye Dachef!
Eastern Blue - LOL-i do that too!!!

4:04 pm

ScoutsMom

btw, smaller: thanks for volunteering me to help with various messes--cuz I didn't have enough to deal with as it is!

4:05 pm

snowyowl

Bye Dachef & good luck for tomorrow

4:05 pm

lola100

'bye dachef...and good luck! :)

4:06 pm

Anj

'nite Dachef. Milton Keynes ain't exactly Mecca tho'...

4:06 pm

smaller

Scoutsmom,
Better you than me, girl! I have a 2 year old, yours is older so I'm sure you miss the messes. Right? Right? Only thinking of you and your happiness. I promise.
hehehehe

4:07 pm

Tbug

anyone have a clue for le 5/12?

4:08 pm

ScoutsMom

tbug, it's what you use to walk your dog.

4:08 pm

Tbug

oops.. just got it

4:08 pm

ScoutsMom

No such luck, smaller. Scout is 2 as well.

4:08 pm

Tbug

ty tho scouts! :)

4:09 pm

smaller

Scoutsmom,
well crap!

4:10 pm

ScoutsMom

you said it, smaller.

4:11 pm

smaller

Anj and Lola.....
will you please stop emailing each other and thereby depriving the rest of us of our episodes of "Days of our Babble"

4:12 pm

mab

Waxing your legs, Anj?!! (teasing)

I've used the term 'sit-upon.' As in 'a bee flew up my skirt and stung my sit-upon. A bit quaint. I've also said such things as 'the damn thing bit my arse!' It really depends on the mood, don't you all think?

4:13 pm

smaller

Scoutsmom,
the stench factor is truly amazing. someone so cute and angelic can produce such a take-a-knee, pass-me-a-tissue-b/c-my-eyes-a re-watering, and OMG-i'm-gonna-hurl type of bowel movement

4:14 pm

fit1

Wow. I'm done. But what does that mean in the ranking???? zero, zip, zilch, nada, and nothing.

4:14 pm

mab

Babble has swallowed my previous message. I wonder why? It had the word 'damn' in it....

4:14 pm

smaller

woohoo for fit1!

4:15 pm

ScoutsMom

I know, smaller. She had one yesterday that was pure evil. And did it in the presence of my Gentleman Friend. Thank Heaven he's got a child also.

4:16 pm

Anj

Smaller, what's this 'Days of our Babble' thing?? Have I missed something?? Must admit my mind has been wandering of late. I usually send it off with a map and a pack lunch tho'... :)

Cheers Mab, I think my pegs are way beyong waxing tho' lol :)

4:16 pm

ScoutsMom

mab--it was there. reminded me of the commercial with the "roaming gnome" who sat in the whirlpool at a hotel and said, "one's in danger of getting bubbles up one's whoops-a-daisy!"

4:17 pm

smaller

oooo wow, there's a relationship builder!
my husband and I took pictures of Eion's first poops and we would (sorry all) kiss his cute little sit-upon (liked that one man). Now, no way in hecque!

4:17 pm

mab

Babble has eaten two of my messages. I'm wondering if this will be posted. Hello, hello? Can you hear me?

4:17 pm

Anj

Fit1, want a laugh. I didn't Babble for 4 days running and went UP 14 places in the rankings.
How's that for a result :)

4:17 pm

snowyowl

congrats fit1 - it's the taking part that counts - if we took any notice of the rankings we'd all be in the funny farm. I think its really insulting that I lost 5 days babble last week and jumped about 15 places up the list - I've dropped about 25 since I've been back!!! - But i don't care!!! - well not really

4:18 pm

torgone

There's a lesson to be learned there, Anj.

How many "p" words today?

4:18 pm

CATHB

i went down 300!!!!!

4:18 pm

EasternBlue

mab & ScoutsMom - I love those gnome commercials!

4:19 pm

CATHB

none torgone

4:19 pm

EasternBlue

Anj - I think smaller's reference is to a soap opera called Days of Our Lives...it's on here in the states (tho' I confess I've never seen it!)

4:19 pm

snowyowl

Cath!!!! - Lay off the paracetemol!!

4:20 pm

Anj

Evening Torgone :) I know, it's a bit scary but I miss all the banter and get Babble-withdrawal if i'm away for too long :/

4:20 pm

ScoutsMom

torgone, don't believe her. there are 42 P words, and if you don't get them you'll go to the very bottom of the rankings.

4:20 pm

smaller

Anj-
yes, Eastern Blue is right. Only soap I could think of. Must just be a US thing.

4:21 pm

mab

Oh dear, just refreshed and all is intact. Sorry to be repetitive.

T'is Torgone's birthday tomorrow. Hope you had a lovely evening out yesterday, Torgone. Happy Birthday, once again.

4:21 pm

EasternBlue

I think "ptttt" is a valid word....

4:21 pm

Anj

Cheers Eastern. I was thinking 'All My Circuits' off Futurama for some reason...

4:21 pm

smaller

Scoutsmom,
Play nice!!!

4:21 pm

torgone

Thanks, mab! It was quite nice.

4:22 pm

ScoutsMom

In the immortal words of my girl, NO! NO! NO!

4:22 pm

EasternBlue

Anj - that might be a play on "all my children" (another US soap)...

4:22 pm

Anj

Happy Birthday for tomorrow Torgone :)

4:22 pm

tbear

any excuse for a new icon...

4:22 pm

ScoutsMom

Happy birthday, Torgone. Everyone else have a good evening as well. holla.

4:22 pm

snowyowl

Happy Birthday Torgone - My son will be honoured that he shares a birthday with Groucho - Come to think of it his wife calls him Groucho - or would that be Grouchy?

4:23 pm

snowyowl

Nos da scoutsmom

4:23 pm

smaller

Scoutsmom,
Hey, you'll be gettin' the better part of my hand on your backside if you don't simmer down, Missy!
how's that?

4:24 pm

tbear

Yeah Anj..bet you really missed us!! Nothing quite like a good bok to completely distract one!!

4:24 pm

EasternBlue

bye ScoutsMom

Torgone - Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you...happy birthday dear Torgone...happy birthday to you!

4:25 pm

Anj

Well Bear, I always get lost between the covers... ;)

4:25 pm

lola100

smaller- we used to get DOOL in sa! Do you want me to come back from the dead and tempt Anj away from his new wife who was once my best friend then??

4:25 pm

CATHB

snowy a rendition of penblwydd hapus i think

4:26 pm

lola100

Happy birthday torgone :)

4:26 pm

Anj

CathB, that sounds painful...

4:26 pm

snowyowl

I cannot possibly type that much Welsh Cath!!!

4:26 pm

torgone

Thank you all! When you get to be ***My Age*** birthday's aren't as much of a whoop-de-doo as they used to be.

4:26 pm

snowyowl

Torgone when you get to mine you're just amazed you are still here!

4:28 pm

Poo's Mom

Torgone, we're still too young to be old farts!

4:28 pm

smaller

sure lola!
but back up a bit and have somebody off you first, preferably over/because of Anj,
places everyone.
and ACTION!

4:29 pm

torgone

How about a "Middle-Aged Trouser Cough" heading towards Old Fartdom?

4:29 pm

snowyowl

OOPs torgone just checked your bio - only 3 years difference!

4:29 pm

mab

I am beginning to identify with that feeling SnowyOwl.

It is so very nice to have you back Anj and Lola and everyone. I can't tell you how much you've been missed. Despite Anj's hairy pegs.

4:30 pm

Anj

....i'm not sure I like this script...
*Anj bounds over scenery, sweeps Lola up in his arms, and pegs it off the studio set towards the nearest exit*

4:31 pm

CATHB

and before you say it snowy..."i'm 8 days younger than you"

4:31 pm

tbear

and the closest pub

4:31 pm

mab

Torgone, you will know that you are olderish the first time someone unrelated to you calls you 'pops.' (Just ignore them)

4:31 pm

lola100

Thanks mab, but I was only gone 3 days! And his legs are lovely :)

4:32 pm

mab

How nice Lola!

4:33 pm

smaller

Anj-
NO EXIT!!! Sheesh, you people!

4:33 pm

lola100

smaller- how about I just get him drunk and take advantage of him in the jacuzzi?

4:33 pm

Anj

Why thank you Mab. I shall try not skip the Babbleverse too often in future :)

4:33 pm

Poo's Mom

mab - LOL... I've had my fill of being called ma'am!

4:33 pm

torgone

What is age anyway? Just a number. You're only as old as your feet.

4:34 pm

Anj

Torg, I still go with 'you're only as old as the woman you feel' :)

4:34 pm

Poo's Mom

Ok, can't argue with that one Torgone

4:34 pm

tbear

Lola...your first two champagne flutes on me...refresh

4:34 pm

snowyowl

That makes me 0 then anj!

4:35 pm

smaller

Lola,
that's good, but I think you two have already done that storyline, but who cares! go with that, yes
think of it as a b-day present for Torgone

4:35 pm

pbr

stuck on the 2 In's -- i have the 6 one

4:36 pm

TLE

Hello, I am kink of ne to this, but could I please have a clue for
re 8/ 40
re 9/ 54

4:36 pm

Anj

Smaller, it might give Torgone a coronary...trust me on this ;)

4:36 pm

TLE

Oh my... I meant I am kind of new to this

4:37 pm

lola100

Aw, thanks tbear :)

4:37 pm

Anj

TLE, put an re in fron your at6/18 and at7/28 :)
The at words mean 'to get' as in status or grade

4:37 pm

tbear

TLE (kinky) hahhahahahahaha re8 and re9 to achieve again and plural

4:37 pm

mab

TLE: I liked your original message. Do you have the at 5 and 6? Re them.

4:37 pm

Anj

Bear, does Chris serve champagne??

4:38 pm

boreetos

hey kids. how's it going?

4:38 pm

snowyowl

Welcome TLe - I could hear strains of Waterloo Sunset for a moment

4:38 pm

tbear

Sweetheart we'll take our own...he'll only have cheap cr/4

4:38 pm

smaller

Anj,
He knows his limits, he'll cover his eyes. It was only self-serving gesture on my part anyway.

4:38 pm

TLE

I have 5/re

4:38 pm

Anj

Greeetings Boreetos :)

4:39 pm

EasternBlue

Evenin' boreetos....

4:39 pm

torgone

Yeah. Watching some other bloke having a good time. Happy birthday to me...

4:39 pm

smaller

welcome back boreetos

4:39 pm

boreetos

you know, I feel like the only one that doesn't change their icon... maybe I should update the plate.

4:41 pm

lola100

Hey boreetos! :)

torgone- lol, but I did think the same thing!

4:41 pm

TLE

My original message must have been a freudiant slip..joking

4:41 pm

tbear

torgone...a lil birthday pressie for you...refresh

4:41 pm

CATHB

well saying goodnight all...early start in the morning so time for bed....see you tomorrow

4:41 pm

smaller

LOL, TLE

4:42 pm

EasternBlue

well all...I'm heading for home...may be back on after dinner! In case I'm not - have a good night!
: )

4:42 pm

lola100

'bye cathb :)

4:42 pm

boreetos

bye eb.
torgone, really your birthday?

4:44 pm

torgone

Thank you tbear.
Tomorrow actually, boreetos.

4:44 pm

mab

'Night Eastern, Cath.

I'm sure someone can be scraped up for you Torgone. Honestly.

4:44 pm

groovygranny

Happy Birthday Tor!! this icon is for you !!!

4:44 pm

boreetos

well, happy early birthday torgone!

4:44 pm

tbear

torgone you'd better be quick,it's going going .....gone

4:45 pm

TLE

Thank you for the clues! It took me a while to catch up, you all talk so fast, but I got the words. Thank you!

4:46 pm

groovygranny

just waiting on them to finish eating so I can do the dishes , thought i'd come babble for a few

4:47 pm

torgone

Thank you, boreetos!
mab, "scraped up" may be the most appropriately turned phrase of the day.

4:47 pm

Tbug

five words to go... some are sa's ...
sa 6 and 7

4:48 pm

snowyowl

night Cath & Eastern
Hi groovy

4:48 pm

Anj

Bear, is there an offie near the Coach then???

'nite CathB :)

4:48 pm

groovygranny

Hey Snowy how 's things?

4:49 pm

boreetos

hey Anj, your icon looks like a kitten drinking from a toilet.

4:49 pm

mab

Tbug: sa7, a french 'without' plus a british sit-upon less an e.

4:49 pm

smaller

Torgone,
pressie in your inbox!

4:49 pm

snowyowl

Ok thanks - no littlies tomorrow!!!!! Late get up in the morning - HOORAY

4:51 pm

torgone

boreetos, I thought it was one of those anatomical cross-section diagrams at first.

4:51 pm

smaller

GroovyG,
funny icon!!! love it!

4:51 pm

mab

Teasing, Torgone! You know, ha-ha?

4:51 pm

Anj

Boreetos, it's checking out the Cat Bath, as invented by the dog which is sneaking up behind it out of shot...

4:52 pm

boreetos

tor, yeah I can see that.

4:52 pm

groovygranny

thanks Smaller I knew it was Tor's bday so I thought it was appropiate =)

4:53 pm

groovygranny

Hi Boreetos nice to met you !

Tbear how are you ?

4:54 pm

tbear

As many offies as you need Anj.........talking offies...I'm off to play scrabble,catch you later..

4:54 pm

torgone

No problem, mab. :)

4:54 pm

boreetos

greeting and salutations groovygranny.

4:54 pm

groovygranny

Hi Mab Hi Anj .......... im slow today so you have to excuse me

4:54 pm

tbear

Fine and Dandy groovygranny hope ur good too....

4:54 pm

Anj

'bye Bear :)

4:55 pm

groovygranny

yeah kinds sorta maybe lol

4:55 pm

Poo's Mom

I am done! yah!

4:55 pm

snowyowl

bye tbear

4:56 pm

mab

Be of good cheer, Torgone, you are still younger than I am, and I am quite a hot ticket (said with all due humble-ness).

4:56 pm

groovygranny

congrats Poo ! I've yet to finish one since I began babble 3 weeks ago ... that will be my goal

4:56 pm

snowyowl

congrats Poo's mom

4:57 pm

lola100

'bye tbear :)

4:57 pm

mab

a demain, tbear. Well done poo's mom.

4:57 pm

groovygranny

bye bye Tbear !

4:58 pm

Anj

Well done Poos Mom :)

4:58 pm

boreetos

alright back to worrk with me. Have a great afternoon/evening/night everyone. See you tomorrow.

4:59 pm

torgone

Thanks, mab. I'll bet you are!

4:59 pm

Poo's Mom

Thanks everyone~ Groovy just keep plugging away... Poo and I have finished a few in our first 3 weeks....We didn't get to finish at all last night - 11 hour power outage :(

4:59 pm

mab

Bye Bor

4:59 pm

Anj

'bye Boreetos :)

4:59 pm

Poo's Mom

Now I can go to the financial aid seminar and actually pay attention!

5:00 pm

snowyowl

bye boreetos

5:00 pm

groovygranny

oh wow long time without power ! glad it's back on for you

5:01 pm

torgone

Adios boreetos! Vaya con salsa!

5:01 pm

mab

Clue for the other AT7 that does not mean to accomplish? Please.

5:01 pm

smaller

bye boreetos!

5:01 pm

smaller

mab, same base word, different last letter

5:02 pm

Anj

Mab, ever read any of the Wheel of Time books? Robert Jordan?? Women who can channel, but blokes can't because there's at7 on the Source (sounds like) :)

5:03 pm

torgone

mab, bash at6/18 with a ta5/10

5:04 pm

Poo's Mom

Yeah, Groovy - that's rural PA for you! At least it was not cold.

5:04 pm

mamabear

Happy Birthday Eve, Torgone!!!!!!!!! Stand still while we line up for the spanking ritual.

5:06 pm

mab

Got it, thank you very much.

GG, did you have a nice birthday?

5:06 pm

torgone

No weapons please!!!

5:07 pm

smaller

Poo's Mom...
LOVE the quote in your bio!!!!

5:08 pm

Poo's Mom

Thanks Smaller... used to have the bumpersticker til my car got hit!

5:08 pm

groovygranny

it's not my birthday Mab ...... I quit having them lol

5:09 pm

groovygranny

I threw the icon up for Torgone since it's his birthday today

5:09 pm

mab

Sorry, I thought it was your birthday yesterday. I think my age is showing - I'm becoming forgetful!

5:10 pm

groovygranny

Mab me too ! don't feel bad =)

5:10 pm

smaller

Poo's Mom,
it just became my mantra

5:11 pm

Poo's Mom

:)

5:12 pm

groovygranny

brb time for a quick smoke

5:12 pm

Poo's Mom

ok got to run now - have a good evening all! catch you tomorrow!

5:13 pm

mamabear

torgone - what, pray tell, is the ta 5/10 I need to bash against that at 6/18???

5:14 pm

mamabear

I thought his birthday was tomorrow????? I hope the singing telegram doesn't arrive on the wrong day!! *shhhhh!!!! don't tell him*

5:15 pm

torgone

the ta5 starts the way the at6 ends. def."To affect with a tinge of something reprehensible"

5:15 pm

periwinkle

I need help with the 2nd D word, I have the one that means to sprint. Clues please. I hope it is not an obvious one :)

5:16 pm

torgone

It is tomorrow, Mammabear.

5:16 pm

torgone

periwinkle, swap the last two letters.

5:17 pm

smaller

periwinkle,
same letters, different order

5:17 pm

mamabear

in that case, I am running off the wrong at, which I don't have yet..... oh well. thanks anyway.. thought I would try and slip in a couple words before I leave work....

5:18 pm

smaller

mammabear....
gives us time for the spanking ritual line-up,
hey we could make it a babble convention at the same time!!!

5:19 pm

periwinkle

Mammabear, torgone and smaller, thanks, found the 2nd D word. Still have lots to look for. Having trouble with the A's.

5:20 pm

Anj

hmmm, stuck on the na7. The hippo of inspiration is not stirring in the mudbath of my mind...

5:21 pm

torgone

To be a better Rasta, your dreds must be na7.

5:21 pm

mamabear

OR
Neat, trim, and smart; dapper

5:22 pm

smaller

periwinkle,
so sorry about the a's. quite mean today, and about 1/5 of all the words. not nice. fire at will with questions

5:23 pm

markbowers7

well...it is MY birthday today...

5:23 pm

markbowers7

and i have just over 50% of the words so far...

5:23 pm

smaller

Happy Birthday, MARK!!!!

5:24 pm

markbowers7

thanx

5:24 pm

Anj

...got it :) Cheers

5:24 pm

mamabear

Happy Birthday Mark!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!

5:25 pm

mab

Aww, most happy of birthdays markbower!

5:25 pm

markbowers7

thank you MAMA BEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!

5:26 pm

mamabear

How about one for the road??? Like maybe a er 4/4 (have the 2 obvious ones)

5:26 pm

Anj

Happy Birthday too yoooooo!

5:26 pm

Queenruejean

A very happy birthday, Mark! *sings* Put another candle on my birthday cake, and when you do, a wish I'll make, put another candle on my birthday cake, I'm another year older today. Happy birthday to you, I'm another year older today!

5:27 pm

markbowers7

it has been a happy birthday - went hiking with some buddies on Saturday (absolutely gorgeous), ate pizza, had italian pastries for dessert...fun time

5:28 pm

mamabear

I like your icon Anj - it makes my eyes twirl around in their sockets

5:28 pm

markbowers7

the other er4/4 rhymes with urns

5:29 pm

lola100

Happy birthday mark :)

5:29 pm

mamabear

thanks Mark - but I have that one and the one(s) on the side of my head

5:29 pm

Anj

Thanx Mamabear. I think it's an abstract...

5:30 pm

Queenruejean

No, Mama, you need to remove the A from "that one." :)

5:30 pm

markbowers7

there's the er4/4 = multiple epochs

5:31 pm

markbowers7

i need to go have dinner....bye all!

5:31 pm

mamabear

bye mark!

5:32 pm

smaller

bye mark,
have a great birthday!

5:33 pm

mamabear

thanks for the er! leaving work now - see y'all later.

5:35 pm

Queenruejean

Safe trip home, Mama!

5:36 pm

torgone

Bye guys! Also leaving for home. Thanks for all the nice words. See me later.

5:36 pm

Anj

Woo! I'm all done :)
Just watch me plummet in the rankings tomorrow...

5:37 pm

smaller

bye torgone and mammabear!

5:37 pm

periwinkle

Can't find any of the i words, help please

5:37 pm

lola100

'bye torgone :)

Woo! Well done babe! :) xxx

5:38 pm

mab

later mb and tor.

Babble will make you pay for that completion Anj. He is a jealous god. (Well done anyway)

5:39 pm

LUCKY

Hi all, how are "we"' doing tonight?
Does anyone have an s-list at hand?

5:40 pm

lola100

peri- in4/4, quaint hotels?

5:41 pm

periwinkle

thanks, lola, just found that one, clue for the other i word please

5:41 pm

joey

peri - in 6 what you stand on in your shoes

5:41 pm

periwinkle

joey, thanks, found the 2nd i word.

5:42 pm

The Happy 1

hi all
sum1 help me with
ra5/10
sn5/10
thx

5:42 pm

joey

you are vw. glad to be able to help

5:43 pm

joey

sn 5/10 what you use to catch small animals...........

or sn plus the you form of the verb to be

5:44 pm

lola100

in4/4- opposite of out and first two letters of another word for street.

5:44 pm

Anj

Thanx babe :)

Well, gotta split or I will:
a) be disinherited
b) risk losing my wine stash
c) risk losing my whisky
d) rosk getting an ASBO from the neighbours as my folks are howling with laughter at Family Guy
e) all four of the above

5:44 pm

The Happy 1

joey
huh!

5:44 pm

lola100

Hi lucky :)
The full second letter list is at babblers anon.

5:45 pm

Queenruejean

SN/5, also what the small animal might do when caught in the first SN/5.

5:46 pm

joey

happy - was that a question that you didn't understand the clues and need more help?

5:46 pm

lola100

Cheers babe, say hi to the folks for me :) xxx

5:47 pm

snowyowl

Night anj & welcome home again - sweet dreams

5:47 pm

The Happy 1

joey
yep

5:50 pm

Anj

'nite babe, I will :) xxx
'nite Snowy
'nite All - back in Babbleland tomorrow...

5:51 pm

hurshy

ra 5/10 is plural of prev ra4 (is that really the one you need, happy?)

5:51 pm

Queenruejean

Happy,
Ra5/10 Plural of Ra4/4 or more than one downpour.
Sn5/10 to trap or a trap OR a type of drum
Sn5/10 to growl, bare teeth. OR tangle, as in hair.

5:51 pm

joey

sn 5/10, use the sn plus I am, you... he is, she is........

5:52 pm

hurshy

happy, where do you live?

5:52 pm

hurshy

and, howdy all. i'm back again.

5:52 pm

joelgee

Hi. Thought I'd pop in for a moment.
Anj, Hi.
How's everybody doing?

5:53 pm

joey

hurshy, glad to see you...... happy monday........ or not.........

5:53 pm

Queenruejean

Howdy, Hurshy!

5:53 pm

hurshy

i just popped in too joelgee. great minds think alike.

5:53 pm

hurshy

you too, joey. it's always a happy day in babbleland.

5:54 pm

joelgee

hurshy--
Hi.

5:54 pm

hurshy

hi QRJ!

5:54 pm

mab

Good evening Joel. You are a handsome devil.

5:54 pm

The Happy 1

sorry folks am a bit slow 2 nite thnx 4 help. think ive missed 1 sumwhere

5:54 pm

joelgee

Am I the gorilla your dreams?

5:54 pm

Queenruejean

You're right, Hurshy. Always a happy day in Babbleland. Even when I'm beating my head against an imaginary wall in frustration! :)

5:55 pm

The Happy 1

hurshy
in the bonnie land

5:55 pm

kristin

Can anyone help with clues for the last na4/4 and na7/28?

5:55 pm

hurshy

whatcha need, QRJ
(hi anj, lola, snowy)

5:55 pm

Queenruejean

Oh, Joelgee! Groan! Love the pun. I have a stuffed gorilla named Gorilla My Dreams. :)

5:56 pm

hurshy

ooh, kristin's here too!
na 4/4 plural of ms. bobbsey
na 7 "the journey of _____ gann", comparative
OR more stylish, more dapper

5:56 pm

Queenruejean

Doing okay today, Hurshy. No imaginary walls. :) Just saying it's good even then.

5:57 pm

hurshy

qrj - good to hear

happy - forgive me, is that...scotland, then?

5:57 pm

joelgee

na4
A variation on the spelling of an Indian bread (pl)
na7
to be more stylish

5:58 pm

The Happy 1

that is correct

5:58 pm

evanonut

any tips on the ae7?

5:58 pm

hurshy

ae7 is ae4 plus past tense of sit

5:59 pm

joelgee

Where have all the Brits gone, long time passing?

5:59 pm

DirtBikeGirl

OK everyone...this is off topic, but I need someone who knows German to tell me how to pronounce the last name of Koch. I immediately thought of the vast language base here and hope someone can help. I narrate books onto tape for free distribution to the blind and I have to narrate this tomorrow and want to have the correct pronunciation. Also, if anyone knows French, the correct pronunciation for Villemin (also a last name). THANK YOU!

5:59 pm

lola100

Right fellow babblers, my midnight (self-imposed) curfew has arrived so I must say goodnight. Good luck and see you all tomorrow :)

5:59 pm

joelgee

ae7
take your ae4 + past tense of sit

5:59 pm

hurshy

what's lola and anj's flag?

5:59 pm

nordina

hello all!!!

6:00 pm

joey

that is so neat, DBG. I used to read for the blind over a radio station, very rewarding.

6:00 pm

joelgee

good evening, DBG

6:00 pm

hurshy

bye lola!
hi nordina!

6:00 pm

kristin

Thanks Joelgee and Hurshy, got them now :)

6:00 pm

lola100

hurshy- my flag??

6:01 pm

evanonut

tx

6:01 pm

DirtBikeGirl

Hey Joelgee!

6:01 pm

hurshy

i mean, what country is it?

6:01 pm

joelgee

'nite, lola

6:02 pm

lola100

hurshy- do-oh, sorry, late here! It's the english flag :)

6:02 pm

hurshy

former mayor ed koch was just ... forget my linguistics...well, it rhymed with botch. but i don't know if that's an american corruption.

6:02 pm

evanonut

could have sworn i had tried that one

6:02 pm

Setian

DirtBikeGirl:
Villemin: vee-ya-meen
Koch: coke

6:02 pm

hurshy

OH! cannot believe i didn't know that. just so used to seeing the GB flag.

6:03 pm

mab

'Night lola, Anj. Welcome all.

DBG: Mayor Koch pronounced his name with a ch as in 'catch.' I know others who pronouse it 'cook.'

6:03 pm

ExWren

How is it going? I've been out all evening, it's choir practice on a Monday evening, then I have to watch the recording of Coronation Street, so now I'm back to finish off, I only have about 23 to find.

6:05 pm

hurshy

hello, ex wren. may i go for a ride on your icon?

6:05 pm

mab

That sounds very do-able, ExWren, even with this sticky grid.

6:06 pm

mab

Oh yes, I meant to comment on your icon -- it''s very nice.

6:06 pm

hurshy

(can't wait for permission)
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEE!

6:06 pm

ExWren

I rode on it two weeks ago and it's amazing. I'm not keen on heights, but the wheel moves so slowly, you are not aware of it

6:07 pm

The Happy 1

callin it a nite now
c ya
-x-

6:16 pm

DirtBikeGirl

Thanks everyone for your pronunciation help! The book I'm narrating is by a College Professor. He loves to pull in examples from history and uses many words I've never heard of. This week we have scrofula, salubrious, dynamism, palimpsest, and phthisic. At least these I can look up in the dictionary. I'm really enjoying learning all the new words. Maybe one day I can use them on Babble!

6:17 pm

ExWren

I hope not!

6:18 pm

harpjane

SA 5/10? not the heavenly one or the material.

6:18 pm

DirtBikeGirl

LOL ExWren!

6:20 pm

aknitter

hj -- sa 5/10 think indian style dress (strange spelling)

6:23 pm

harpjane

thank you ak, now I just need the other asa 5/10? Not the Indian style dress, the heavenly one, or the material!

6:23 pm

hurshy

or sa 5/10 add a pretty flower minus last letter

6:25 pm

hurshy

qviet group.

6:26 pm

aknitter

za 6/33 any one? my knowledge of the z vocabulary seems limited!

6:26 pm

hurshy

za6 - more crazy

6:27 pm

aknitter

TY, should have known that z one, everyone keeps telling me i am crazy

6:28 pm

hurshy

:)

6:28 pm

hurshy

was it thoreau who said, "a lunatic is just a minority of one"?

6:28 pm

DirtBikeGirl

Joey, Yeah, I'm having a blast narrating. I had to audition, but if I didn't make it I was going to try and read for the blind over the radio as well. Luckily I passed the audition. Last week I got to read with a Scottish brogue!!! Usually I get in trouble when I try my accents...

6:32 pm

hurshy

she rides dirt bikes, she reads for the blind, she can do a scottish brogue...she's superdirtbikegirl!!!!

6:33 pm

snowyowl

Whew! all done - Goodnight, Good Luck and Happy Babbling to you all. Sweet dreams if it's your time to sleep. Til tomorow x

6:33 pm

hurshy

'night snowy!

6:33 pm

kristin

Hurshy, how about the sa6/18 and 7/28, not seeing them.

6:34 pm

hurshy

prev sa4 plus abbr for arkansas

6:35 pm

kristin

Thank you!!!!!

6:36 pm

hurshy

yw!

6:38 pm

DirtBikeGirl

LOL Hurshy! I started trying accents as a kid (drove my parents nuts), and my Grandma was blind and received books on tape, hence my desire to narrate.

6:38 pm

hurshy

you can change your handle to superdirtbikegirl now. if you want. no charge.

6:44 pm

harpjane

TI 5/18?

6:45 pm

hurshy

ti 6/18 denzel movie "remember the ti****"
OR group of mythical strong men

6:45 pm

DirtBikeGirl

Hmmmm, SuperDirtBikeGirl... I like it!!!

6:45 pm

hurshy

me too! it has a nice ring to it.

6:47 pm

DirtBikeGirl

Then I could get someone to take a picture of me doing the Superman trick for my buddy icon!

6:48 pm

hurshy

there's a superman trick? what is it?

6:49 pm

harpjane

Gee whiz, discovering that there is not a ti 5/18 has opened up a whole new world for me! thank you for enlightening me. I have to learn to read my own writing, I guess.

6:50 pm

hurshy

harpjane - i find it works nicely to copy and paste the word list into my word processing program, avoiding handwriting issues.

6:51 pm

kristin

Hurshy I am done and I owe you many thanks (as usual) for your help! Since I still have 2 hours to go at work, I'll pop in and out to help with clues.

6:51 pm

DirtBikeGirl

Think of Superman flying with both arms outstretched. You just hold on to the handlebars, kick your feet out behind you and that's it! Of course I've never done one... I need a quicker bike... Getting one this Spring though as I LOVE jumping.

6:51 pm

harpjane

hurshy, actually I did copy & paste it. Technically, it was my own typing that I couldn't read! Go figure. It had to do with how my columns were set. Live and learn. Anyway I'm done now!

6:51 pm

Kristin43

I cut & paste my list into Notepad. Used to erase as I got words. Got too confusing. Now I type the words in as I go.

6:52 pm

hurshy

harpjane - congrats!!
SDBG - sounds cool!!

6:53 pm

hurshy

i just toggle back and forth between the list window and the babble window. come to think of it, i should just print out the list in future.

6:54 pm

hurshy

oh, congrats kristin!!!!! missed your post there.

6:54 pm

kataroo

hello babble folk

6:54 pm

hurshy

kataroo, hello!

6:54 pm

DirtBikeGirl

Yeah Harpjane!!!!

6:55 pm

hurshy

yeah, there is no way there could be a 5/18 - that would be nine points, and there aren't enough in reach of the t.

6:56 pm

DirtBikeGirl

Well everyone, I'm off. It's been fun, and thanks again to everyone for your pronunciation help!

6:56 pm

~Monica

how many words is there?

6:56 pm

hurshy

oh, i'm wrong. sort of. there could be a 5/20 if tinaz were a word. but not a 5/18

6:57 pm

hurshy

there are 122 words.
bye SDBG!!!

6:58 pm

hurshy

raise your hand if you think i have too much free time

6:59 pm

kataroo

*raises hand...how do you do it?!

6:59 pm

harpjane

Believe me, I tried tinaz! Sound like it could be a type of wine?

7:00 pm

hurshy

do what? oh, have so much free time? well, i only work part time, and i don't have kids

harpjane - like shiraz?

7:00 pm

kataroo

living in the south is not good for babbling...
or should i say 'aint' good for babbling?

7:01 pm

hurshy

why, how does living in the south affect it?

7:01 pm

kristin

kataroo i agree, that is a word, but so is tasso (spicey sausage) but it won't accept that either!

7:02 pm

hurshy

oooooooooh, because you have different words?

7:02 pm

kataroo

my vocabulary is chock full of words not in the dictionary that are used on a daily basis by even the most educated folk down yonder

7:02 pm

raseboys

in 6/18?

7:02 pm

hurshy

wow, i knew there were some things, like y'all, but i didn't know there were that many.

7:02 pm

hurshy

in 6/18 part of shoe that foot actually sits on

7:04 pm

kataroo

one problem is that i live in the lowcountry of south carolina, so gullah (a slave language) words are used instead of regular words at times, and gullah isn't in the dictionary

7:04 pm

raseboys

thx hurshy

7:05 pm

hurshy

how much i don't know!

7:05 pm

kristin

where are you from hurshy?

7:06 pm

hurshy

new england. but, i do have one word most people don't have. in rhode island, where i grew up, we call a drinking fountain a bubbler.

7:07 pm

hurshy

apparently they use that word in milwaukee too. go figure.

7:07 pm

kataroo

they call them bubblers in canada too! confused the mess out of me the first couple of times i was told a bubbler was down the hall and around the corner

7:07 pm

hurshy

when i asked for them in college (just in massachusetts!), they thought i wanted champagne!

7:07 pm

kristin

good ole water fountain here in the south

7:07 pm

faeriekae

Hello All

7:08 pm

hurshy

hi, faeriekae! good to see you again!

7:09 pm

hurshy

of course, i make up my own words, too, so i have others that people don't generally use.

7:09 pm

faeriekae

hurshy!! not much time for babble tonight just stopped in to see how everyone else is doing. Sounds like a lively crowd this evening

7:10 pm

hurshy

not really, faeriekae - at the moment, the chat is fairly slow! comparatively.

7:10 pm

kristin

apparently babble makes up a few words too hurshy LOL

7:10 pm

kataroo

made up words are the best kind, especially when the people with you understand what you're saying. i love verbifying nouns (as i just demonstrated)

7:11 pm

hurshy

look - there's over half an hour of chat in this one page.

kristin - agree! LOL

7:11 pm

hurshy

yes, i asked my eye doctor, whose husband is also an eye doctor, whether he optometrizes there with her. :)

7:12 pm

kataroo

heehee...oh words. gotta love 'em.

7:12 pm

faeriekae

Creating new words is good for the brain (squeeze)

7:12 pm

hurshy

yup. most of mine have to do with my cats, though, i guess.

7:14 pm

kristin

Kitties? How many hurshy?

7:14 pm

hurshy

i have 3.

7:15 pm

kristin

Details....

7:15 pm

kataroo

my roomies and i had a cat, but Kerri's boyfriend took him back home

7:16 pm

hurshy

all short haired. one male orange striped with a crook in his tail - the most domesticated animal on earth.
one female grey striped - very playful.
one female solid grey - shy but very affectionate.

7:16 pm

kristin

I'm sorry kat

7:16 pm

hurshy

mean old kerri's boyfriend!

7:16 pm

kataroo

i miss madison, he was a crazy cat

7:17 pm

hurshy

*sympathy*

7:17 pm

kataroo

i'm sure he's happier though in a big house in the country than in our small little apartment in the city

7:17 pm

kristin

i've had 2 littermates (boy and girl - 2 years old) but my little boy kitty died earlier this spring - heartbroken. Girl kitty (Tess) was heart broken so I went to the pound and got a kitten. Adult, Tess, white and black, and baby, Sace, black and white.

7:17 pm

hurshy

(looks on the bright side with kat)

7:18 pm

hurshy

oh, kristin, so sorry! hope tess feeling better with new playmate...

7:18 pm

kristin

hey you've got to like a guy who likes cats

7:19 pm

kataroo

i didn't realize how cute cats really are until i cohabited with one

7:19 pm

hurshy

which guy who likes cats? kerri's boyfriend, you mean?

7:19 pm

myownvenus

any clue for the re9 Please :)

7:19 pm

kristin

They are great buddies now and I got lucky and found another lap cat

7:20 pm

hurshy

yeah, people don't realize that cats are not all they are stereotyped to be until they live with them. really, they are a lot like kids - of course they act differently around the people they know.

7:20 pm

kristin

Kerris boyfriend, not many guys would offer to take a cat, at least not that I know!

7:20 pm

hurshy

re 9 is pl of re 8, which is to do at6 over again!

7:21 pm

raseboys

need help on two of the three an's between the copper coins and saturns rings...

7:21 pm

kataroo

madison and i had a little bit of a rivalry...he wasn't allowed in my room, and so he would always run in as soon as the door was open, even though he knew he wasn't supposed to be there

7:21 pm

hurshy

hmmm...guess that's true kristin, never thought about it. my husband loves our cats.

7:21 pm

LUCKY

I guess the grid got stuck for a whil so .... hello all again
is everybody happy today?
SA 7/28 is not yet mentionned in the log as far as I could see . Any babble superstars would share a clue perhaps?????

7:22 pm

hurshy

raseboys - i have all the words but haven't looked at the definitions! i'll check and get back to you.

7:22 pm

hurshy

sa 7/28 is pl of sa 6/18, which is sa4 plus what a pirate says

7:24 pm

hurshy

raseboys - nothing between those. maybe you need the ones after saturn's rings. change your consonant in the rings to the consonant immediately following.

7:24 pm

kataroo

i think the girls above me are doing step aerobics or something. i had no idea people could be so incredibly loud!

7:25 pm

hurshy

(laughs at kat) you obviously haven't lived at a boys' boarding school!

7:25 pm

kataroo

lol, that would be anatomically correct for me not to have...

7:26 pm

raseboys

ok, that means I am missing the one between the rings and the pilaster, plus another that I need to figure out.

7:26 pm

hurshy

well, me too, but my husband and i live and teach at one now.

7:26 pm

myownvenus

got it - thanks

7:27 pm

kataroo

oh goodness, props to you! i can't even imagine what that's like. we have the citadel here and those boys are crazy enough, and that's when they're just around town!

7:27 pm

hurshy

there aren't any between the rings and the pilaster either! oh, do you mean the fives? just plural, but not anglo type plural. antenna type plural.

7:28 pm

pinecone05

was there a clue for the as 5 /10 in the log? I saw it mentioned a couple of times but can't find an answer

7:28 pm

hurshy

it's interesting, to say the least, kat. i'll say this much for them, though - they're not screechy, unlike teenage girls.

7:28 pm

raseboys

OK, getting closer... I got one, now just need the an 5 between the pilaster and the opposer.

7:29 pm

hurshy

well the pilaster has two with same first four letters

7:29 pm

kataroo

as 5/10: another word for rear plus 2 vowels

7:30 pm

hurshy

alt clue
as 5 sounds like a paper you write for school

7:30 pm

pinecone05

thank you kataroo!

7:30 pm

kristin

good clue Kat, i was trying to come up with something

7:30 pm

kataroo

true...i live with girls which i never thought would be possible for me, but when i lived in traditional dorms i spent all my time hanging out with the boys because they weren't as ridiculous as the girls!

7:31 pm

raseboys

as 5/10 - backside, plus first two letters of "don't say **nt, or your mother will ***nt..."

7:31 pm

hurshy

hmm. the rear/donkey plus vowels clue seems to be much more popular than my school paper one.

7:32 pm

kataroo

i have an unhealthy appreciation for words that start with those first 3 letters...i blame it on shakespeare's wordplay in a midsummer night's dream

7:32 pm

raseboys

got all the an's, thx hurshy

7:32 pm

hurshy

you get your an5, raseboys?
(laughs at kat)

7:33 pm

hurshy

oh, posts crossed in cyberspace

7:35 pm

hurshy

gee, thought mamabear would pop back on when she got home from work. either it's a REALLY long drive or she is doing something other than babbling (gasp)

7:36 pm

kataroo

i must say, i only discovered babble like 4 or 5 days ago and i'm incredibly addicted already. i'm absolutely terrible at it, but i love it!

7:36 pm

hurshy

kat - i've only been doing it for... a week and a half? two weeks? and i'm addicted too, as you can see.

7:37 pm

ExWren

I am desperate- I've been working on two an's for the past half hour. I think it is the 2ns 4/4 and the 5/10 next to it but I could be wrong. Please help, my time is running out

7:37 pm

hurshy

i guess the really old hands must get annoyed with all the chatter, since i don't see many of the names at the top of the rankings in the chat.

7:38 pm

kataroo

how are you so good after a week and a half?!

7:38 pm

hurshy

always been good at boggle

7:38 pm

kataroo

i'm ranked in the mid 6oos....

7:38 pm

hurshy

2nd an 4/4 is woman's name

7:39 pm

hurshy

3rd an4/4 is opposite of question, in a boston accent

7:39 pm

kataroo

woohoo! my man's calling me

7:40 pm

ExWren

No, I've got that one

7:40 pm

hurshy

4th an 4/4 change consonant in 3rd to consonant immediately following

7:40 pm

mamabear

hi

7:40 pm

raseboys

2nd Le 5/10 and le 5/12?

7:41 pm

Jacula

No. 50 on th rankings (was 49 yesterday!) here for a short while to help out with clues. Hiya!

7:41 pm

hurshy

mamabear!!!!!

7:41 pm

mamabear

how was your day hurshy???

7:41 pm

hurshy

le 5/10 old fasioned past tense of le 4 preceding

7:42 pm

Jacula

Hello Mamabear. Your comment when this grid first came up about a sale on 'T's' made me laugh.:-)

7:42 pm

hurshy

that's even funny secondhand.
hi jacula!
(hugs mamabear)

7:42 pm

mab

May I please have clues for two so5's? I have the reddish brown word, but have been monkey typing for at least an hour for the other two. I'd be grateful.

7:42 pm

hurshy

le 5/12 walk your dog on a ....

7:43 pm

Jacula

There was also a 'bogof' sale on 'A's' too - 4 of them. But we don't mind those, do we?

7:43 pm

mamabear

My first thought was "I stayed up til midnite for THIS?"

7:44 pm

hurshy

my day was good, mamabear. i wrote some responses to your santa discussion while you weren't here this afternoon, hoping you'd go back and see them.

7:44 pm

scootermom

oh my gosh -- has anyone else experienced this? I typed in a word and it says I've used it and I haven't!!

7:44 pm

hurshy

so 5 like a plant or a type of mare, but reduce double consonant to single

7:44 pm

mamabear

I'll go back and see if I can find them, hurshy...

7:44 pm

hurshy

scootermom, try refresh

7:45 pm

hurshy

last so 5/10 pl of prev so4

7:45 pm

scootermom

thank you -- that worked!!

7:46 pm

mab

That is the so that I have. I'm beginning to think the other two do not exist.

7:46 pm

hurshy

first so5 pl of prev so4

7:47 pm

hurshy

did ex wren get the an's?
did raseboys get the le's?

7:47 pm

hurshy

with no icon, my clues can be easy to overlook

7:48 pm

hurshy

jacula - what's "bogof"?

7:48 pm

hurshy

FISH! realized as soon as i hit post.

7:50 pm

mab

Thanks, hurshy; how silly of me not to check for a plural. Now. The other? I'm sorry, I don't usually beg to brazenly.

7:50 pm

ExWren

No hurshey, I'm still missing the an5/10, but I'm going to give up - it's 1.50am here and well past my bedtime!

7:50 pm

hurshy

mab - the first one's def had "grayish-brown" in it, so i foolishly assumed that was the one you had.

7:51 pm

hurshy

mab - also plural

7:51 pm

hurshy

(distressed for ex wren and at own clue inefficacy)

7:53 pm

mab

ExWren are you still there? I believe your missing an5's may be plurals or fours.

7:53 pm

kataroo

no worries hurshy, your clues help me all the time :D

7:53 pm

Jacula

Hi Hurshy. 'Bogof' is 'Buy One Get One Free'.

7:54 pm

hurshy

yeah, i know, but thanks jacula (see post immediately following query)

7:54 pm

hurshy

(relieved by kataroo's encouragement)

7:55 pm

mamabear

I found the further chat on Santa, et al...... now back to our regularly scheduled program..

7:55 pm

hurshy

it was a ways back, huh?

7:55 pm

raseboys

got the le's, thanks.

7:56 pm

Jacula

Oh yea! Sorry, Hurshy. My man came down looking for me nd now he's nicked my pillow to cuddle up to. Got distracted. LOL.

7:56 pm

ExWren

Oh, I hate this game, just got the an's, and found I still need at10 to finish

7:57 pm

Jacula

Anyway, is Ex-Wren still here? I'd like to help with the an5, if I knew which one it was.

7:57 pm

hurshy

at10?
at 5/10 you mean?
at plus road paving substance

7:57 pm

mab

My, how I got tangled in those so's. Apparently we have two so words in color. I have them all now. Thank you, hurshy.

I know how you feel re ExWren, however, she is very decisive. When she's done, she's done. A quality I would like to develop.

7:58 pm

hurshy

or a "t" worth 10?

7:58 pm

mamabear

Yes it was wwaaaaayyyy back. I only have 68 words and I think that might be it for tonite. ....

7:58 pm

hurshy

mab - you're welcome, and looks like you were wrong about ex wren! LOL

7:58 pm

Jacula

at5 - think roses. Clue given you before is easiest though. Also, Persian poet and mystic whose masterpiece, Conference of the Birds, is an allegorical survey of Sufism.

7:58 pm

torgone

Hi.

7:59 pm

Jacula

Evening, Torgone.:-)

7:59 pm

hurshy

hello torgone.
(pause for awe directed at jacula)

7:59 pm

torgone

Heya Jacula. How's it going?

7:59 pm

mamabear

Heye torgone

8:00 pm

kataroo

i'm missing an n, though i don't know which...i have 2 na 4/4s and the na 5/10...i need one more n though

8:00 pm

torgone

She is awesome, isn't she hurshy?

8:00 pm

ExWren

Sorry folks, I am sleep deprived, it is an at7/28 that I need now

8:01 pm

mab

Well! Babble wins again, hurshy.

Hello Torgone. Are you feeling better about your birthday? I sensed some regret yesterday and earlier. Is that too personal?

8:01 pm

hurshy

most t 5/10s are plurals.
others are to mar something
and mythical strong man

8:01 pm

Jacula

I was done hours ago, Torgone, if you'll pardon the expression. LOL. Was off on Eastofthe Web, playing wordgames. But it's lonely there, so I came back here.

8:01 pm

kataroo

plural of the at 6/18 before it

8:01 pm

hurshy

at 7/28 change last letter of other at7/28!

8:01 pm

ExWren

got that one, there is another

8:02 pm

Jacula

Ex-Wren - were you asking for an 'at5/10' or a 't5/10'?

8:02 pm

hurshy

ex wren! ex wren! i did it!!! got the clue you need, i mean.

8:02 pm

torgone

Not really, mab. Just the usual "Blah blah pity me I'm getting old blah blah blah." I think I'm over that now.

8:03 pm

hurshy

na 7 comparative form of "the journey of ______ gann"
alt clue: more stylish, more dapper

8:03 pm

mab

ExWren, use one of your ta5's for an ending. The one that means spoiled or tampered with.

8:04 pm

hurshy

ex wren!!! clue at 8:01!!!!!!! (desperate to redeem self)

8:04 pm

kataroo

sweet! thanks...that was super. reminds me of babes in toyland with drew barrymore when they sing the song about cincinatti

8:04 pm

Jacula

That ta5/10 - might be how a Cockney would say, 'It isn't!'

8:05 pm

kataroo

or an 80s song, ta***ed love...

8:05 pm

hurshy

i don't think anyone actually asked for any t5's, just we couldn't figure out ex wren's request at first.

8:05 pm

Jacula

Jacula goes from one side of log to the other, dressed in old music hall gear, singing 'Fings ain't wot they used to be...'

8:06 pm

kataroo

wow...i only have...hmm- 41 words to find. i think this is the closest i've got to finishing! :D

8:06 pm

torgone

Thanks kataroo. Now I've got that rattling around my head . .

8:06 pm

ExWren

Bless you Bless You Bless you all, I CAN sleep now
Goodnight all, see you tomorrow

8:06 pm

kataroo

sometimes i feel i've got to
*
*
run away...

8:06 pm

hurshy

ex wreeeeeeeeeeen! don't fall asleep now!

(is entertained by jacula's performance)

8:07 pm

hurshy

whew. relief.

8:07 pm

Jacula

Ex-Wren. Have you got the word yet? It rhymes with the stuff you take from a tin, put on a brush or roller, and decorate your house with. You might also get artistic with it.

8:07 pm

hurshy

bye ex wren! sleep the sleep of the just.

8:07 pm

torgone

I think the ta5 clue was in reference to the at7, which ends like the aforementioned ta5 . . Or something . .

8:08 pm

kataroo

shameless plug in 3...2...1

torgone, for something really catchy to get stuck in your head you should check out www.danceforbaumer.com

8:08 pm

hurshy

yeah i think everyone is set now.

8:08 pm

Jacula

zzzzz well, Ex-Wren. xx

8:08 pm

mab

Oh, good, Torgone. Birthdays can prompt a bit of life review and melancholy. It has been my observation that most people so afflicted are quite accomplished. I think that raising a family, for example, is an enormous thing to have done.

8:08 pm

ExWren

Look, I said sorry, I was confused, I'll try better in the morning

8:09 pm

mamabear

Everyone but the bear.....

8:09 pm

hurshy

nobody blaming you, ex wren!

8:09 pm

mab

You are wonderful ExWren. No worries. Sticky, dreadful puzzle today. Sleep well.

8:10 pm

hurshy

mamabear, i only meant as far as clues that had been requested - not people being done. :)

8:10 pm

lizmac

very short of a/4 words....any clues?

8:10 pm

mamabear

JK!

8:11 pm

Jacula

It's stuck in my head now, too...

'Sometimes I feel I've got to
Run away I've got to
Get away
From the pain that you drive into the heart of me
The love we share
Seems to go nowhere
And I've lost my light
For I toss and turn I can't sleep at night

(chorus)
Once I ran to you (I ran)
Now I'll run from you
This*Babble* love you've given
I give you all a girl could give you
Take my tears and that's not nearly all
Oh...*Babble* love
*Babble* love...'

LOL.

8:12 pm

evanonut

hey mab, i dread my birthdays, but that's just because bad things tend to happen on that day.

8:12 pm

kataroo

i repeat my shameless plug...
www.danceforbaumer.com

get a new song in your head! :D

8:12 pm

kataroo

i need my last 6 letter word...

8:13 pm

hurshy

(laughs at jacula)
ae 4 ____plane
ai 4 a plus opposite of outs
an 4 add donkey minus letter
an 4 also's
an 4 woman's name
an 4 opposite of question, boston accent
an 4 change vowel of next word
an 4 against
ar 4 length times width

8:13 pm

torgone

*looking for Flock of Seagulls songs to drive away the dreaded Soft Cell . .*

8:14 pm

hurshy

which, kat?

8:14 pm

kataroo

i have:
an
2 at's
in
2 le's
sa
sh
ti
za

8:15 pm

kataroo

i dont have this fun list that has everything broken down by first 2 letters, # of letters in a word and the score

8:15 pm

Jacula

I think a bit of Motorhead would drive it all away.... Playing 'Ace of Spades' NOW! ROFLOL.

8:15 pm

ohromujici

Hi everyone.

8:15 pm

hurshy

za - wackier, crazier
others, need lengths, points

8:16 pm

mamabear

good evening ohro!!!

8:16 pm

hurshy

OH, kat! go to babblers anonymous link on right side of page, under general, first post.

8:16 pm

kataroo

i have the za

8:16 pm

KoasterKing

hi!

8:16 pm

ohromujici

Hi Mamma. You are looking fabulous as ever.

8:17 pm

hurshy

hi ohro, koasterking. don't b'lieve we've met.
(shakes hands)

8:17 pm

Jacula

Kataroo - if you look on the right of your screen you will see a box with green lettering in it. It's called 'Friends of Babble'. The last on that list is 'Babblers Anonymous' forgive Jamies for not including the possessive apostrophe at the end of Babblers. The stats for each day's puzzle are to be found in there.

8:17 pm

torgone

Actually, mab, I kind of like where I am now. My kids are maturing, I can look back on a lot of lessons learned, I live in a nice place, i'm fairly healthy.....be nice to have more money though...

8:18 pm

kataroo

thanks!

8:18 pm

hurshy

lizmac - my list help you?

8:19 pm

Jacula

Torgone. Happy birthday for yesterday! Which milestone was it? I'd like the body I had at 18 or even at 30, but I prefer the peace of mind and confidence I have now I'm 48!

8:19 pm

kataroo

ok, i'm missing the lo 6/18

8:19 pm

ohromujici

Hi Hurshy, Kosterking. How are you all tonight? I just got home from bowling and am now ready to spend the rest of the night on my other passion (babble). : )

8:20 pm

hurshy

kat -

pl of lo5

8:20 pm

raseboys

lo 6/18 plural of lo 5/10

8:20 pm

mamabear

And you also, ohro!

8:20 pm

Jacula

lo6/18 is the plural of the lo5/10 above it.

8:20 pm

hurshy

oooh, bowling! lucky.

8:20 pm

pinecone05

plural of lo 5 / 10

8:20 pm

KoasterKing

i like rollercoasters. ever been to magic mountain in Valencia, CA (Near LA)?

8:20 pm

kataroo

thanks!

8:20 pm

hurshy

we are a helpful bunch

8:21 pm

KoasterKing

i am not very good at babble

8:21 pm

mamabear

Clue please on the 3 at's that aren't the 2 that mean to get....

8:21 pm

mab

That's good to hear. But what would you do with more money? I suppose that you want to travel -- isn't that what most say? Or maybe to send your son to a good military school somewhere in the Balkans?

8:22 pm

torgone

It's actually tomorrow, Jac. We celebrated yesterday. And I'm just ahead of you at 49. Er, will be in about six hours ..

8:22 pm

hurshy

at plus road paving substance

and plural
(amused at koasterking's humility)

8:22 pm

ohromujici

Yeah, I just go bowling so that I have an excuse to drink beer for 3 hours. : )

There, there, Kosterking. It will come with time. This is definitely something that you get better at with each puzzle.

8:23 pm

hurshy

(likes mild coasters, has never been to CA)
(likes bowling, not beer)

8:23 pm

mamabear

thanks! and what would be the second at 7/28???

8:23 pm

mab

MB: the at's fall into two categories, I think; the one that has to do with achievment and the one that is related to things rose-scented. Which do you need?

8:24 pm

hurshy

mama - change last letter of other at 7/28

8:25 pm

mamabear

thanks dahling!

8:25 pm

raseboys

the two na's that aren't grannies?

8:25 pm

KoasterKing

can someone give me a word? or a good, long and detailed clue?

8:25 pm

hurshy

oh, welcome of course. (never been a dahling. trying it on for size. liking it.)

8:26 pm

hurshy

na 4 pl of ms. bobbsey
na 7 more dapper, more jaunty or "the journey of ____ gann" made comparative

8:27 pm

hurshy

koasterking - we NEVER post words themselves. (as phoebe once said on friends, you NEVER run on a barge) for clues, scroll back through the log, or ask for specific ones you want, and we'll happily oblige.

8:27 pm

Jacula

There's only one 'na' that doesn't have something to do with grannies or a childish way of saying bananas.

8:27 pm

mamabear

and we ALWAYS cross at the light

8:28 pm

lizmac

Thanks,still a few to go + r's & l's !!!!! Keep 'em coming PLEASE.

8:28 pm

hurshy

only two lights in my town, mama!

8:28 pm

Jacula

Lizmac - you'll have to be a little more specific than that if you want clues.

8:29 pm

mamabear

a small town girl!

8:29 pm

hurshy

lizmac - as alex trebek would say, "be more specific."

8:29 pm

Jacula

Hurshy - SNAP! LOL.

8:29 pm

hurshy

yup.

8:30 pm

hurshy

jacula - did you just turn out my lights?!!!!!

8:30 pm

KoasterKing

this stuff helps me improve my college english scores, i got an A this quarter ;-)

8:31 pm

hurshy

ah, a youngun. all watch language.

8:31 pm

raseboys

hurshy comes through again!

8:31 pm

hurshy

(bows)

8:32 pm

Smeltzdog

__________________
l ________________ l
l l_______________ l l
l l
l l
l l
l__________________l

Jacuzz i open!

8:32 pm

mamabear

can i bother someone for the sa 7/28 please?

8:32 pm

torgone

This game will definitely improve your recognition of arcane, obscure, and obsolete words.

8:32 pm

Jacula

In truth, saying we *never* post words in the log isn't quite true. Even up to the last two minutes, we'll give the words more cryptically, but in the last 30 secs., we have been known to scream , 'It's SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOC IOUS!' Or words to that effect.

8:32 pm

hurshy

sa 7/28 pl prev sa6
(jumps in jacuzzi)

8:33 pm

hurshy

oh.... never been here then! :) interesting.

8:33 pm

ohromujici

Can I join you smeltz?

8:33 pm

Smeltzdog

that was supposed to be a jacuzzi...it looked better when I made it

8:34 pm

Jacula

Sorry Hurshy. Just put lights out in utility. Was working reverse way Sat and Sun night, whilst trying to watch fireworks. Every time we put the lights out we switched the fireworks outside off!:-/

8:34 pm

mab

Well done KoasterKing. When I saw your name the only image that sprang to mind was the things one places one's drink on so as not to make a ring. Funny. (peculiar funny, not ha ha)

8:34 pm

kataroo

jacuzzi?

8:34 pm

mamabear

I've been waiting....
*SPLASH*..... hey, what you got in here?

8:35 pm

raseboys

Why isn't Mr. Claus a valid word?

8:35 pm

hurshy

kat - we pretend to sit in a jacuzzi, drink champagne, and hit ourselves with fish - don't tell me you didn't notice?

8:35 pm

hurshy

we're all sad about that, raseboys.

8:35 pm

kataroo

the fish? yes
jacuzzi? i'm noticing now!

can i be scandalous and skinnydip?

8:35 pm

mamabear

raseboys - see thread of messages this afternoon on the whole "Santa" issue!!!! LOL

8:35 pm

Smeltzdog

eggs...sunny side up!

8:36 pm

mamabear

Is that some kind of yolk?

8:36 pm

hurshy

ewww, slimy

8:36 pm

hurshy

oh no, kat! smeltz is a boy!

8:37 pm

Jacula

Kat - it gets a little weird in here sometimes, but no weirder than any other internet place where folks with imagination(s) congregate. Just be thankful you weren't here for the Graet Food Fight of 2005. LOL.

8:37 pm

Smeltzdog

tater tots?

8:37 pm

hurshy

tee hee at mama.

8:37 pm

Jacula

*Or even the 'Great* Food Fight.

8:37 pm

torgone

It shirr is, Mama.

8:37 pm

hurshy

i want jacuzzi full of strawberry mousse.

8:37 pm

mab

I was impressed, Mr. dog, by your attempt to make a drawing. Punctuation at its finest.

8:38 pm

pinecone05

can I have a clue for the first re 5 / 10?

8:38 pm

kataroo

oh phooey...gender is no issue. *strips down and hops in!*

8:38 pm

raseboys

what was the consensus on santa?

8:38 pm

hurshy

first time i've heard smeltz called mr. dog! LOL!!!

8:39 pm

hurshy

re 5/10 sailing race minus two consonants

8:39 pm

mamabear

hurshy - strawberry mousse is on Fridays.

8:39 pm

Jacula

The strawberry mousse bath is only allowable if it also has chocolate sauce on top.

8:39 pm

hurshy

santa consensus: babble no takey. sad sad babblers.

8:39 pm

LUCKY

Three times in a row... the log gets stuck or I am getting too slow ... anyway HELLO ALL ..
Hurshy - na 7/28 dapper? what do you mean?

8:40 pm

torgone

re5 = lasso, lariat

8:40 pm

mamabear

Torgone - Eggsactly my point!

8:40 pm

hurshy

mmm, well call it friday and pile on the chocolate sauce, then!!!!

8:40 pm

Jacula

1st re5/10 - another word for lariat or lasso.

8:41 pm

torgone

Well, omelet that one go..

8:41 pm

hurshy

lucky - well, how about this:
cinci____, ohio. made comparative

8:41 pm

pinecone05

thank you hershy and torgone and Jacula...I got it.

8:42 pm

Smeltzdog

*Mr Dog puts on his "I can't see nude people glasses"...trips over the hose and runs away*

8:42 pm

mamabear

Was that supoached to be funny?

8:42 pm

mab

I have never taken to Mr. Claus. He seems fickle and judgmental to me. As to his name in the puzzle, I say definitely proper noun. If we don't get Moses, does anyone actually believe we would get Santa?

8:42 pm

hurshy

torgone - don't let it go so over easily

8:43 pm

Smeltzdog

hursh and mama...funny

8:43 pm

hurshy

mab very funny (assuming joking)

8:43 pm

Jacula

Who's in the nude, apart from Hurshy?

8:44 pm

torgone

It dozen matter.

8:44 pm

hurshy

(shocked)
KAT is nude
I am in a burka.

8:44 pm

kataroo

i'm a moron and missing the last os 4/4

8:44 pm

Smeltzdog

Ms. kataroo

8:44 pm

kataroo

me!

8:44 pm

ohromujici

lol hurshy.

8:44 pm

mamabear

It wouldn't matter to someone who leads such a shelltered life.

8:45 pm

hurshy

os 4/4 t*** * ball to your kid and he'll catch it

8:45 pm

kataroo

another one

8:45 pm

hurshy

if not, send him to baseball camp.

8:45 pm

shorty

hey hursy just got on and just saw ur clues 4 an thanks

8:46 pm

LUCKY

TNX Hurshy!! Only 20 words to go ... My best babble night ever! Can I twist your arm again? an 6/18??

8:46 pm

hurshy

os 4/4 r****io, on will and grace

8:46 pm

kataroo

the other os, por favor!

rofl on the baseball camp...'there's no crying in baseball!"

8:46 pm

Jacula

mab - assuming you are in a thoughtful mood, yes Santa (anagram of Satan) is as fickle nd judgemental as that chap whose name rhymes with a popular pet that's not a cat. But, hey, we only get one life, or one life as the people we are now, so ... enjoy.

8:46 pm

Smeltzdog

*the dog is making a telephone out of cans and string to talk to his friends in the jacuzzi.*

8:46 pm

mamabear

Hi shorty!!!!!!

8:47 pm

hurshy

an 6/18, against arkansas.

8:47 pm

kataroo

thank yoU!

8:47 pm

shorty

hi mama

8:47 pm

shorty

how are you ?

8:47 pm

hurshy

yw shorty!

(juxtaposition of internet chat and can phones funny!!!)

8:48 pm

LUCKY

Hurhy pleeeez I'm living in Holland remember..
Next to Arkansas is....???

8:48 pm

Jacula

Hello shorty! Now I've got the Rod Stewart & The Fces track, 'Cut Across Shorty' in my head. No bad thing though!

8:49 pm

mamabear

Lucky - LOL!!!!!

8:49 pm

hurshy

no, no, against as in opposed to (as in an4).
and arkansas - take first two letters.

8:49 pm

Smeltzdog

LOL

8:49 pm

torgone

opposed to the gas argon

8:49 pm

shorty

LOL

8:49 pm

mamabear

Torgone - it's your turn.... *wink*

8:50 pm

hurshy

go torgone! torgone, argon

8:50 pm

mab

Jacula: I certainly take no issue with those who admire the morbidly obese old fellow. I simply offer as perfectly useless information that I do not like him. Now the elves, they are another matter entirely. And the reindeer, I'm crazy about the reindeer.

8:50 pm

torgone

Oh sorry . . . . .Uh, . .what the shell?

8:51 pm

hurshy

see - i was right! mab is joking!

8:51 pm

kataroo

i <3 santa...but not before thanksgiving! damn corporate america...

8:51 pm

mamabear

I thought either you forgot or were scrambling for one.

8:52 pm

torgone

Well, albumen when I can think of another egg pun.

8:53 pm

LUCKY

MAMABEAR HI LOL HELLP Hurshy is giving clues that are more difficult than the grid .... or I am babbbbbleblind.
Hursh no harml lets jump in the jaccuzi and drown our sorrows!

8:53 pm

Smeltzdog

*bubbles in jacuzzi*

8:53 pm

hurshy

i think this pun thing should be ova.

8:53 pm

Jacula

Mab - my kids, having been told to 'yell like hell' should ANY stranger appear in their bedrooms at night, got worried about Santa, when they got old enough to rationise it... 'Some old bloke with a beard, who laughs like a 'perv', is going to come into our rooms???'

8:53 pm

Smeltzdog

I eggree

8:54 pm

torgone

What are you, chicken?

8:54 pm

hurshy

ok lucky, i'll try again

an plus kind of crown minus last letter

8:54 pm

Jacula

Hurshy - eggsactly! So it should!

8:54 pm

Jacula

A yolk's a yolk, but it's all gone to cock now!

8:54 pm

hurshy

well, i wasn't hatched yesterday, if that's what you mean?

8:55 pm

hurshy

here's my leg - don't pullet anymore.

8:55 pm

torgone

an6/18 = "A Virulent poison prepared in Java from the gum resin of one species of the upas tree"

8:56 pm

Jacula

We won't, if you keep your capon!

8:56 pm

hurshy

i'm sure lucky'll get it right away now....

8:57 pm

hurshy

i'm getting a henache

8:57 pm

LUCKY

Hush not your fault at all but I'm just too thick today to catch on ;) I need a stiff drink... that 'll do it

8:57 pm

hurshy

these puns are so cheep.

8:58 pm

hurshy

LUCKY - you see the new clue at 8:54, though?

8:58 pm

kataroo

i'm missing ha 5/12

8:58 pm

Jacula

an6/18 - good clue I saw for this earlier was 'against' plus a word pirates say. Set me off thinking about Johnny Depp. *Sigh.* Should have thought more Long John Silver though, 'A* Jim Lad!'

8:58 pm

hurshy

or maybe i'm just feeling peckish.

8:58 pm

shorty

thanks 4 the clue torgone

8:59 pm

Jacula

Now you're just sounding cornfed! Your cluck might run out soon!

8:59 pm

torgone

That's a jo-I say that's a joke, son! I made a funny boy. Why ain't ya laughin? I keep pitchin' em, and you keep missin'

8:59 pm

Smeltzdog

hello...ello...ello...ello

8:59 pm

hurshy

ha 5/12 dutch boy's name plus vowel (it is dutch, right?)

8:59 pm

torgone

(refresh)

8:59 pm

NUCMED

how about any na clues?

9:00 pm

kataroo

the other one

9:00 pm

hurshy

torgone, i laughed at exactly 8:56.

9:01 pm

mab

Well, torgone of the dubious clues, are you finished with today's puzzle? Did you get all your M's? Hmmmm?

9:01 pm

kataroo

ack! laguna beach is on, then ms. 17
i love my mtv...be back in an hour!

9:01 pm

hurshy

there is only one ha 5/12.
there's ha 5/14, plural of ha4

9:01 pm

Jacula

ChikenLiken?

9:01 pm

Badina

how many words?

9:01 pm

kataroo

darn it, i messed up my first word chart

9:01 pm

LUCKY

Hursh - Get out the bottle, invite the media, live it up........ I've got it!!!! a crown for you!

9:02 pm

hurshy

122 words

9:02 pm

kataroo

*sigh, i'll figure it out after i finish corrupting my mind with bad reality tv about spoiled teenagers. peace!

9:02 pm

torgone

But hurshy, I didn't post at 8:56 . . . . Oh, I get it.

9:02 pm

ajschuring

Good evening everyone. This puzzle has me crying "fowl". Does anyone have a clue for ae7 please? Its my last one and I don't see it.

"

9:02 pm

Smeltzdog

na words...think small

9:02 pm

hurshy

hooray, lucky!

9:02 pm

Jacula

122 words (1147 points) today.

9:03 pm

hurshy

ae 7 add past tense of sit to ae4

9:03 pm

mamabear

Hey Foghorn!!!!!
My computer fried up on me. Had to rebird. And I think these yolks are getting too cornish.

9:03 pm

Smeltzdog

are the nudies gone?

*jumps back into jacuzzi*

9:03 pm

NUCMED

thanks smeltz

9:04 pm

hurshy

yes, kat went to watch mtv. that must be where she gets her shocking jacuzzi habits.

9:04 pm

Jacula

ae7 - your ae4/4 word plus past tense of what you did in your chair.

9:04 pm

mamabear

you sayin we're supposed to wear clothes in the jacuzzi??? oh.......

9:04 pm

hurshy

gratuitous:
the sky is falling, the sky is falling!

9:05 pm

ajschuring

A big ty Hursh I am now done and I can chill out too

9:05 pm

Smeltzdog

mama, hursh and torghorn - only one more pun a piece.

9:05 pm

hurshy

but what if i crack open a double yolk?

9:05 pm

mamabear

Smeltzie - who made you pun police?

9:05 pm

Smeltzdog

Bears never wear clothes...any way you're still orange.

9:05 pm

Badina

thanks zac

9:05 pm

hurshy

ajs, join us in jacuzzi

9:06 pm

Jacula

Sits back in Jaculacuzzi for a while. Not clothed, but the bubbles hide it.

9:06 pm

hurshy

fur better than clothes, mama!

9:07 pm

ajschuring

Dont have to ask me twice Thanks water feels good

9:07 pm

mamabear

BEAR JOKE! BEAR JOKE! ANYONE UP FOR A BEAR JOKE?

9:07 pm

LUCKY

An 7 and at 7 my last 7 letter words... I am cooking my brain! Mama, Hursh could you be extra nice today?

9:07 pm

hurshy

ajs - you think it's nice now try rubbing up against mama's fur.

yes bear joke please!

9:08 pm

mamabear

How did you know I am still orange??? You peckin?

9:08 pm

LUCKY

BEAR WITH ME ON THE GRID MAMA ... i'LL SPARE SOME HONEY!!

9:08 pm

Jacula

Only if it's not about the bear found wandering the streets who turned out to be a bear bum! LOL.

9:08 pm

hurshy

an 7 pl an 6
at 7 change last letter of OTHER at 7

9:09 pm

mamabear

What do you call a bear's toupee?

9:10 pm

hurshy

(chorus)
"i don't know, what do you call a bear's toupee?"

9:10 pm

EvaNadine

hola all!

9:10 pm

Jacula

A honeycomb over? Dunno!

9:11 pm

mab

I've lost track of the chat. Do I understand correctly that Mr. Dog has been in the Jacuzzi all this time with his bun on? How inconsiderate to future bathers who will be picking soggy crumbs out of the water for hours. Really, some weiners.

9:11 pm

Jacula

More stats, for those who need them...

A - 22
D - 2
E - 7
H - 4
I - 3
L - 17
N - 4
O - 4
R - 13
S - 27
T - 18

9:11 pm

mamabear

A Bear Skin Rug!!!!!!! *OMG - who's throwing all those fish at me? as mamabear dodges flying creatures of the deep*

9:11 pm

Smeltzdog

I have new and improved buns thank you!

9:12 pm

shorty

LOL MAMA

9:12 pm

hurshy

LOL at mama, jacula.

hi evanadine.

mab - it's a MAGIC jacuzzi. no crumbs.

9:12 pm

ajschuring

good for you Smeltz. We all would like to have new and improved buns

9:12 pm

mamabear

hi evanadine!!!!!! We are all telling yolks. Are you sunny side up for it???

9:12 pm

Jacula

Mamabear definitely deserves a cooked kipper, a floppy haddock and a few frozen fish fingers around the bonce for that joke!

9:13 pm

mab

(throws soggy bit of bun at MB) Oh, my! Very amusing, MB. Really.

9:13 pm

mamabear

mmmmm... yummy....

9:14 pm

hurshy

it's no use throwing food at mamabear.

9:14 pm

mamabear

back to babbleonia.... I only have 2 so's - how sod!!!! I have the fish and the owie..... clues please?

9:15 pm

Jacula

Hurshy - yea. I've guessed that. Just like me, she loves fish.

9:15 pm

Smeltzdog

you're right hursh

*throws mab at mama*

9:15 pm

EvaNadine

*trying to come up with appropriate egg-related joke*

9:15 pm

hurshy

mama
2 other so 4's.
both change last letter of owie.

9:16 pm

Jacula

Mama - soddish is NOT in this grid! LOL.

9:16 pm

LUCKY

Hursh ....... *yogi scratches head and looses toupee in the magic jaccuzi, the orange fur then gets STUCK again in the drain... the sun is HOT... poor cooked bearbrain*

9:16 pm

Smeltzdog

mama - think mushroom for one

think about the cartoon explorer

9:17 pm

hurshy

so 5's. two are plurals. one is like a plant or a kind of mare but with double consonant reduced to single

9:17 pm

ajschuring

mama change the last letter of your boo-boo

9:17 pm

hurshy

lucky, if my dad were telling that story, it would end with "gangrene sets in, off comes the leg"

9:17 pm

Jacula

Evanadine - you might not get this, cos it's prob. a very football related UK joke...

The think it's all OVA? It is now! (Best posted at moment of grid changeover.)

9:18 pm

Smeltzdog

Lucky - the jacuzzi is always on Indiana time...it's magic!
(10:17)

9:18 pm

mab

Ok Now you''ve gone too far, mystery meat! Just because your clothing is made of dough is no reason to get violent with me (stabs dog with fork to check for done-ness)

9:19 pm

LUCKY

Hursh -- am I ever lucky to have FOUR legs ...

9:19 pm

mamabear

mushroom? cartoon character? mare? plant?
nada

9:19 pm

hurshy

'cause...you're a mouse?

9:20 pm

EvaNadine

ok guys, omelette you all continue with your yolks...

9:20 pm

hurshy

s plus sounds like exam taken out loud

9:20 pm

Smeltzdog

there's an "s" that rhymes with the spanish speaking explorer cartoon

9:21 pm

hurshy

you get all the others mama?

9:21 pm

LUCKY

Smeltzdog bears cannot tell the time.... nor can mice for that matter 4:19 .... Need my winter nap soon.

9:22 pm

mamabear

yes I got all the others. but I'm a quart low on the spanish speaking cartoon explorers...

9:22 pm

Smeltzdog

maimed mr dog goes back inside to the cans to talk.

*tap, tap, tap*
hello?

9:22 pm

LUCKY

Hursh Mice and bears have four legs and so do I ... for real .... try to figure that one out ...... no clues attached!

9:22 pm

hurshy

tv on downstairs.
commercial on.
snippet overheard "bayer helped save his life"
babblehead heard "bear helped save his life"

9:22 pm

Smeltzdog

change the last letter of owie

9:23 pm

EvaNadine

man, my egg joke musta been rotten....yall didnt crack up...
im just a shell of my former self now!

9:23 pm

mab

Sorry, eva, 'omelette' and 'yolks' have already been used; I'm afraid you will not be going home with a new washer/dryer.

Actually, the egg theme was fairly exhausted and they'd begun to peck at chicken puns. it all just escalates.

9:23 pm

hurshy

mama

see 9:20 clue

9:24 pm

Jacula

I am planning to hibernate until Dec 25th. Will come out of sleepy state for about three days and then not emerge until my daughter's 19th birthday (March 26th). Will then sleep again, unless the snowdrops and crocuses are out, until my own birthday (April 22nd).

9:24 pm

hurshy

puzzling.
lucky on crutches?

9:24 pm

EvaNadine

well, cluck you all then!
i laid a good one!

9:25 pm

LUCKY

HOORAY HURSH.... YOUR ARE FAR FROM HIBERNATING!

9:25 pm

torgone

Jac, your birthday is the same as my son's (Earth day)

9:25 pm

hurshy

(pleased grin)

9:26 pm

Jacula

Evanadine! We'll not have that kind of 'language' here! LOL.

9:26 pm

EvaNadine

and really, doesnt my icon win all in that case?
hehe
:D

9:26 pm

LUCKY

no grin Hursh this calls for LOL!

9:27 pm

hurshy

mamaaaaaa!
did you get it?
agree evanadine icon fitting.
lucky, haven't stopped LOL for hours.

9:27 pm

Jacula

Torgone - I'm now playing Donovan's 'I'm An Earth Sign, Mama' track from 'Cosmic Wheels'. *Grins* Failing that, listen to 'Venus' by Shocking Blue.

9:27 pm

mab

Oh! That 'c' word! Really eva!

Torgone -- six degrees of seperation....Or is it eight?

9:28 pm

hurshy

ooh, are we gonna play the kevin bacon game?

9:28 pm

torgone

Seems like 180 sometimes.

9:30 pm

EvaNadine

sorry all, guess im just a bad egg tonight...
i should be scrambled and fried!

9:30 pm

Smeltzdog

any more help mama?

9:30 pm

Jacula

180? Now I'm hearing that darts commentator from the 70s yelling the darts score.

9:31 pm

hurshy

mamabear has disappeared. probably that phone contraption i keep hearing about.

9:31 pm

shorty

clue for in 4/4 have the rooms one please and ty

9:31 pm

Jacula

Evanadine - you could be coddled, you know.x

9:32 pm

hurshy

in 4/4 if you're making progress, you're making in*****.
cut off last 3 letters.

9:32 pm

mamabear

*mamabear enters room very sheepishly* it is a so 5/10 I am missing ... I guess that would be what you all call "pulling a mamabear" right????? *face is redder than Rudolph's nose*

9:32 pm

hurshy

hmm, maybe too hard.

STAR TREK CLUE!

in 4/4 plus ensign laren

9:33 pm

Jacula

Shorty - it's a regular grid word is the 'in' one... definition is: A small, usually ornamented box that is hung from the waist sash of a Japanese kimono and has compartments for holding small objects such as cosmetics, perfumes, or medicines.

9:33 pm

hurshy

not a star trek fan?

in 4/4 you press your clothes with an _____, unscramble

no egg pun intended

9:34 pm

hurshy

mama

see 9:20 clue

9:34 pm

shorty

thank you got it

9:34 pm

LUCKY

*And meanwhile, while the bears -- but one -- were in a deep unconsious sleep, the mouse was speechless and clueless as how to tell a *tail* .... oh deer oh deer ...
got all the aminals mixed up... glad the cat is not in!

9:34 pm

hurshy

shorty, just curious, which clue?

9:34 pm

ajschuring

mama don't fret we all have our days. Did you get the plurals and the reddish horse

9:34 pm

mamabear

I was gone because my computer does not like me

9:34 pm

Smeltzdog

mama - one is a pl.
the other rhymes with the hard white stuff people collect from the ocean.

9:35 pm

shorty

your unscramble clue

9:35 pm

Jacula

so5/10 - a spelling of a plant that is thought of as a weed, but has a consonant missing. It's cropped up in grids before. Comes in mostly red or white.

9:36 pm

hurshy

9:20 clue so perfect. know mama will get it.

9:40 pm

mamabear

thank u *humbly lowers head in paws - that took WAY too long* Maybe I need to go hibernate.

9:40 pm

LUCKY

18 ... and counting

9:40 pm

shorty

where did everybody go

9:40 pm

mab

I think I've discerned your problem, Mamabear: you have a cub draped over your head covering one eye. Just give your head a good shake and things should become clearer.

9:41 pm

mamabear

mab - that's not a cub, that's my paw!!!!

9:41 pm

hurshy

mab so funny

9:41 pm

shorty

nevermind i was really quiet 4 a while

9:42 pm

shorty

it*

9:42 pm

mab

Oh well that's even easier to correct!

9:42 pm

mamabear

I was thinking real hard and everyone was holding their breath!!!! Who's still in the jacuzzi with me?

9:43 pm

hurshy

me in my burka, smeltz i think...ajs?

9:43 pm

mamabear

I'm not even going to mention that I need 7 le's and 6 ta's....... not on your life!

9:44 pm

mab

Mr. mystery meat should be done to a turn by now.. Watch out for floating bread crumbs mamabear.

Did you get the so5's? I had a hard time with them too.

9:44 pm

LUCKY

I need AN dip ... maybe 7 of them??? ... Hursh I'm working on your clues

9:44 pm

Jacula

Mab - that reminds me of a cartoon I taped for my kids back in the 80s. It was entitled something like 'Mama and the 3 Bearcubs'. She was trying to hibernate, but they, being typical kids, wanted to be awake for Christmas. The tale of them waking her up etc., has never lost its charm for my 2 kids, now aged 18 and 21... they stlil insist on viewing that damned video in the run up to Christmas.

9:44 pm

ajschuring

I'm here Mama. But I should get out because I am starting to wrinkle. Dang hate when that happens!!

9:44 pm

Smeltzdog

mr dog *still talking through can from inside* would like to be but is fragile and maimed because of mab's anger issues.

9:46 pm

Jacula

ajschuring - it's really not the best idea to sit in the bath and try to be on the net, even with a wireless pc.

9:46 pm

hurshy

hurshy would like to see all finish puzzle, but is eggzausted and pruny and needs to dry off and go to bed. must say goodnight and see everyone tomorrow.

9:47 pm

hurshy

sniff...sniff...smell of sulfur fills the air

9:47 pm

Smeltzdog

me too...how much left mama?

9:47 pm

shorty

ahhhh nite hurshy

9:47 pm

LUCKY

big bear hug Hursh -- G'nite!

9:47 pm

Jacula

Night Hurshy.

9:47 pm

mab

I think that's sweet, Jacula. You gave them a wonderful memory and a family tradition.

My anger issues! Recall smelly dog, that you were the one who threw me to the bears. I'm willing to let the whole thing go if in future you keep your greasy hands off!

9:47 pm

ajschuring

Good night Hursh Sleep Well
Jac I thought this Jacuzzi was safe? Oops

9:48 pm

mamabear

29 .... this one aint gonna make it.

9:48 pm

hurshy

night shorty, lucky, mama, jacula, mab, smeltz, ajs, eva, torgone (am i on a waltons episode?)

9:48 pm

shorty

how many words do you have MAMA

9:48 pm

Smeltzdog

Does anyone else see anger issues? Who would want to hurt a poor little hotdog?

9:48 pm

LUCKY

MAMA Can I help?

9:48 pm

mab

Good night hurshy -- you must be exhausted from all the vigorous clueing today. And thank you!

9:48 pm

jfarrance

any hints on the za?

9:48 pm

Jacula

Smell of sulphur? Is that eggs, a fart, or a volcanic state?

9:49 pm

mamabear

G'nite hurshy!!!! Thanks for the help & laughs!!!!! Sleep well and sweet dreeeemmmmmmmmmzzzzzzzz

9:49 pm

hurshy

next time throw me instead smeltz.

9:49 pm

Smeltzdog

see yo tomorrow hursh!

9:49 pm

hurshy

jac - it was my rotten egg pun from prev post

9:49 pm

shorty

za means crazier

9:50 pm

Jacula

za word means - 'madder', more nutty. Think 70s.

9:50 pm

hurshy

i have no anger issues and am not too heavy.

9:50 pm

hurshy

not meaning to say mab is heavy - don't want to be on receiving end of anger issues

9:50 pm

jfarrance

zank you

9:50 pm

mamabear

THanks for the offer Lucky but I think I'm gonna just let this one be soft boiled..... too tired.....

9:51 pm

shorty

MAMA do u have 29 to go?

9:51 pm

Smeltzdog

better leave now hursh...the heat from mab is toasting my bun!

9:52 pm

hurshy

:)
good advice, smeltz.
'night.

9:52 pm

Jacula

Mama - remember Eden Kane? Your 'z' word at the tart, rhymes with his surname.

9:52 pm

mamabear

yes I do. pathetic I know.... didn't have much time during the day to babble (they insist I work at work) and didn't get home until 7 ish.... then there was the eggpisode of yolks.... you get the picture

9:53 pm

Jacula

*or even at the start!

9:54 pm

ajschuring

(drying off) Well if nobody needs anything I think I am off to bed. Good night everyone . Have a good evening.

9:54 pm

mamabear

thank you for the clue jacula, but itwasn't me who needed the z!!!!!

9:54 pm

shorty

night!

9:54 pm

Jacula

Mama - a6/33 - more Edenlike (think of his surname!)

9:54 pm

Smeltzdog

and the trend begins...I am off in 5 minutes.

9:55 pm

mab

Good night ajschuring.

9:55 pm

Jacula

Ditto.

9:56 pm

mamabear

'nite aj!

9:56 pm

ajschuring

see you all tomorrow

9:56 pm

mab

Me three. I believe we've lost Torgone altogether. night all.

9:56 pm

mamabear

Smeltzie - you need help cleaning up before I go?????

9:57 pm

Smeltzdog

too tired to clean tonight...must sleepy

'night y'all

9:58 pm

torgone

"Looks like it's just you and me, lamp post." *mock punches lamppost in the chin - globe falls off lamppost - smashes on torgone's head*

9:58 pm

mamabear

me too....
g'nite all who are left...

9:59 pm

shorty

nite MAMA

9:59 pm

mamabear

where you been chicken big? Hanging out in the coop?

9:59 pm

nava

i need a "z" word! i'm not getting your previous clues. help!

9:59 pm

shorty

hey torgone im still here but u probably dont care

9:59 pm

Smeltzdog

mama - don't start again...you'll never leave!

10:00 pm

mamabear

I can take a hint....*sniff*

10:00 pm

Smeltzdog

*leaves and takes mama with him*

10:01 pm

torgone

I'm here; I care; I just didn't feel funny for a while there.

10:01 pm

shorty

za means Ludicrously comical; clownish

10:02 pm

mamabear

how can it shorty? Babbles starts with a B!!!!
ok I'm gone... and torgone... come closer.... hmmm....you feel kinda funny to me!!!!
OK I'M GONE

10:02 pm

lianakate

is there fighting in the log????..gosh!

10:02 pm

torgone

Sleep tight, Mamabear . .

10:03 pm

mamabear

you too, ya big lug!

10:03 pm

shorty

lol mama

10:04 pm

lianakate

i just popped in to see if there was a clue or two i could glom onto..

10:04 pm

torgone

Hi liana!
Sweet dreams Mamabear!

10:05 pm

ruffh2o

nite, all

10:05 pm

lianakate

Hi, tor! I too am ready for bed..have a follow up appt with the damn surgeon tomorrow...YUCK.. be well, all.

10:05 pm

torgone

What seek ye, lianakate?

10:06 pm

lianakate

too many to get into, tor..Usually i come in the morning..find what i can see, monkey awhile..and thats it..:)

10:06 pm

torgone

Good luck, liana. Hope all will be well and good for you.

10:07 pm

lianakate

41 words is waaaaaaaaaaaay too many ..ack.

10:07 pm

Jacula

Back in a bit. Need to get other half up for work!

10:07 pm

lianakate

thanks, Tor..I do appreciate the well wishes.. :) ..g'night all

10:10 pm

nava

shorty, you gave me a definition. where am i suppose to look that up?

10:11 pm

shorty

google

10:11 pm

shorty

think of a word for crazy

10:12 pm

NUCMED

help with na7?

10:12 pm

shorty

funny ha ha!!CRAZY

10:12 pm

nava

okay, thanks

10:13 pm

shorty

SORRY I DONT HAVE ANY N WORDS

10:14 pm

torgone

na7/28 - If you want to be a better Rasta, you have to make your dreadlocks na7/28.

10:14 pm

NUCMED

how about re8?

10:15 pm

shorty

no sorry just ra ra ro

10:15 pm

torgone

re8 - achieve again

10:16 pm

ruffh2o

sha-n*-n*

10:16 pm

kataroo

hello again everyone

10:17 pm

ruffh2o

a yellow fruit with a slippery peel - lose the "ba"

10:19 pm

shorty

ruff whts that clue for please

10:19 pm

JBsAnno

G'night, everyone, see u on the puzzle tomorrow. 71 words but have to be up at 5am, and need more sleep!
*off to continue dreaming about finishing a puzzle someday...*

10:19 pm

lottijw

Hey Torgone, how are you honey? ;)
Hi Everyone.

10:19 pm

nava

shorty, i'm new at the game. i put in zanie, zani, zanni...nothing

10:19 pm

kataroo

only 15 words left! eep!

10:19 pm

ruffh2o

na4 & na5

10:20 pm

LUCKY

Hi does anyone have a clue for the as 5/10 please???

10:20 pm

nyxori

hi all! any clues for the second ta 4/4 or the at 7/28 that doesn't mean 'to accomplish'?

10:20 pm

torgone

lotti luv!!! I was JUST about to toddle off. What brings you here this time of night?

10:20 pm

kataroo

rear end + 2 vowels

10:20 pm

shorty

oh ty already had it and was trying to firgure it out LOL

10:21 pm

torgone

/morning?

10:21 pm

ruffh2o

at7/28 - same as the other one, change the last letter

10:22 pm

nava

kataroo, how do you know you lnly have 15 words left? how we find out how many possible

10:22 pm

lottijw

I can`t sleep. It`s 4.30am here!!! I can only use the pc cos hubby had to go to work early.

10:22 pm

kataroo

122 in tonight's puzzle

10:23 pm

nava

someone, please...a "z" word!! nothing is working here

10:23 pm

nava

how did you know that?

10:23 pm

kataroo

in the box on the left hand of the screen that says "friends of babbler", the link babblers anonymous will take you to a site where you can get stats

as far as the z, think 'more crazy'

10:24 pm

ruffh2o

z:
Ludicrously comical; clownish.
Comical because of incongruity or strangeness; bizarre.

10:24 pm

nyxori

thanks ruffh20!

10:24 pm

NUCMED

LUCKY - as 5/10 -
A name given to either of the projecting ends of Saturn's ring

10:25 pm

JBsAnno

Okay, still lurking (this is hard to resist, you all know)
Nava, you almost had it in the list of what you've already typed, just add another consonant to the end of one of those 3 words, then go crazy!

10:26 pm

LUCKY

Tnx Kataroo got the as ... 15 and counting!
Would you also have a clue to the 2nd le 6/18 pleez?

10:27 pm

kataroo

past tense of the le 6/18 before it

10:28 pm

kataroo

i'm missing one more sa 4/4

10:28 pm

kataroo

the very first sa

10:28 pm

kataroo

nm, got it

10:29 pm

shorty

nava did u get the z word yet

10:29 pm

LUCKY

sa 4/4 the holy one without the last letter.

10:30 pm

nava

no shorty

10:30 pm

shorty

za + vowel+ ier

10:31 pm

nava

awesome! now i understand all the clues. i'll get the hang of this game

10:32 pm

shorty

cool

10:32 pm

LUCKY

nava watch it its addicting!!!

10:32 pm

zubie

122 words whoopee :)

10:32 pm

shorty

did you just start playing reasantly

10:33 pm

LUCKY

Anyone... I need the last two at's at 5/10 and at 6/18 any easy clues pleez?

10:33 pm

shorty

ive only been playing for a couple of weeks and boy is it ADDICTING let that be a WARNING

10:35 pm

torgone

at5/10 = A fragrant essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers

10:35 pm

shorty

at 6/18 To gain as an objective; achieve

10:35 pm

lottijw

Are you still there Torgone?

10:36 pm

ruffh2o

congrats zubie

10:36 pm

torgone

Barely, my little cabbage flower.

10:36 pm

lottijw

That answered my question!!

10:37 pm

lottijw

Have you still got the energy to rub my back??? ;)

10:38 pm

shorty

ah ty torgone 4 clue

10:38 pm

torgone

Always, luv! Assume the position..

10:38 pm

kataroo

i need an sn 5/10 and 5/12, i already have the 5/10 drum

10:39 pm

lottijw

Ooooo Great!!!

10:39 pm

shorty

can i join ;)

10:39 pm

kataroo

wait, i just need sn 5/12

10:39 pm

ruffh2o

change the last letter of your sn*** drum

10:40 pm

kataroo

what i have left...
an 5/ 10
an 5/ 10
an 5/ 10
le 5/ 10
le 5/ 10
le 5/ 10
ra 5/ 10
sa 5/ 10
ta 5/ 10
ta 5/ 10
ta 5/ 10

10:41 pm

ruffh2o

kat - put your dog on a le***

10:41 pm

torgone

sn5/12 - rhymes with what you might do to a pumpkin.

10:41 pm

kataroo

got it, thanks!

10:42 pm

kataroo

i have the le 5/10s for what you put a dog on, what you would do against a wall, and why you go to school

10:42 pm

torgone

Got the warmed oil right here. You ready?

10:42 pm

ruffh2o

take the le against a wall, and change the last letter

10:43 pm

LUCKY

Torgone the at 5/10 clue is chinese to me! have u got another?

10:43 pm

ruffh2o

le** jet, plural

10:43 pm

kataroo

sweet...just one last le to go

10:43 pm

lottijw

Ready and willing honey!!!!

10:44 pm

ruffh2o

at5 - Persian poet and mystic whose masterpiece, Conference of the Birds, is an allegorical survey of Sufism.

10:45 pm

torgone

lucky - think of a freshly blacktopped road, or an old-timey word for a sailor.

10:46 pm

onyx

any clues for the pesky n in the middle of the puzzle?

10:47 pm

nava

yeah, just a few times. what do you guys mean when you say, 5/10 or 6/18

10:48 pm

lottijw

Oh yeah...thats just the spot! Carry on you`re amazing :)

10:48 pm

shorty

5/1st letter is how mny in yhe word 2nd is how many points

10:48 pm

Jacula

The next time a man talks to me like mine has just done - after I've made his breakfast toast, his lunch and his snacks and his flask with the day's caffeine fix in it - he willfind all his posessions out front in black plastic bin liners. All said, jokingly, was, 'Soldier! Those boots won't pass muster!' I was told, to 'Go To Bed!'

Passed this way once before. Am not going this way again!

10:48 pm

LUCKY

Torgone blacktopped road as in what is on the wheels of your car?

10:48 pm

kataroo

you tell 'em jac!

10:48 pm

kataroo

8 words left!

10:49 pm

torgone

Our shorthand - a5/10 or an5/10 means: Word starts with a ( or an), has 5 letters, is worth 10 points.

10:49 pm

ruffh2o

keep 'em in line, jac

10:49 pm

kataroo

please help with the last 3 an 5/10s!!!

10:49 pm

Jacula

Yea, will do, Kat. A pretty upset now though.

10:50 pm

LUCKY

Kataroo pleez an EASY clue to the at 5/10 and the at 6/18... cannot get the clues I have sofar.

10:50 pm

kataroo

don't worry jac, boys have no brains...if i didn't love my boy so much i'd hate him sometimes

10:50 pm

nava

thanks

10:50 pm

torgone

Forgot you're not US, lucky. Do you know of the LaBrea *** Pits?

10:51 pm

onyx

hey jacula, thats why babble is good, so much easier to untwist the words than to sort out other stuff

10:51 pm

kataroo

at 5/10: original video game system double the 2nd letter, subtract the last vowel

10:51 pm

LUCKY

No Torgone sorry... feel daft!

10:52 pm

kataroo

at 6/18 is plural of the 5/10

10:52 pm

Jacula

onyx - you're not wrong there!

10:52 pm

ruffh2o

at + first part of ta* & feather

10:52 pm

zubie

Does anyone else's screen show 1+ hours left before the puzzle closes? Or has my screen gone funny?

10:53 pm

torgone

How about this: A larger version of the rodent in your icon, spelled backwards. a t + _ _ _

10:53 pm

shorty

yes

10:53 pm

onyx

that's what mine says, but it is an hour before it closes

10:53 pm

shorty

i dont know the time zone its in

10:54 pm

lottijw

Lucky it ends in two vowels, keep monkey typing you should find it!
Morning Jacula (very early one that is).....Tell him that 69 of his is hanging by a thread. Thats younger men for you!!!

10:54 pm

kataroo

did that help lucky?

10:54 pm

zubie

At this time, it usually shows "10 minutes left" before it closes.

10:54 pm

Jacula

Having said that, Onyx, I do take things head on these days. But sometimes, I flag, can't even find a gag. Life's a shit and love's sometimes a miss-hit.

10:55 pm

ruffh2o

lucky - first four letters are the same as all of the other at's

10:56 pm

shorty

LUCKY did u get it yet

10:56 pm

LUCKY

Torgone thanks from a rusty american in Holland ...
the at 5/10 is down. at 6/18 = at + to acheive still cooking brains

10:56 pm

Jacula

Hiya Lotti. BIG Hug and THANK YOU for that.

10:56 pm

zubie

Oh! I figured it out! Duh! Daylight saving is over, right? And I haven't been here for ten days. Ah! Mystery solved! I hadn't noticed the switch yesterday when I logged in again. :D

10:56 pm

ruffh2o

(passes zubie the haddock)

10:57 pm

LUCKY

Yes shorty the at 5/10 i did. at 6/18 not yet.

10:57 pm

kataroo

5 more words!

10:57 pm

lottijw

Sorry Lucky i was still looking at the as5/10 derrr!!!! I shouldn`t be up at this ungodly hour!

10:58 pm

shorty

To gain as an objective;

10:58 pm

LUCKY

Kataroo ... you're going to beat me to this ... I have 13 words left... any cheerleaders along the way?

10:58 pm

torgone

There are 2 at6/18's lucky. One is the plural of the 5/10 you just got. Other is "to achieve, to get to"

10:58 pm

nyxori

can anyone help me with clues for two an 510's please?

10:58 pm

kataroo

i need either the 2nd or 3rd sa 5/10

10:59 pm

lottijw

Jacula how about baking some bread, beat your dough while thinking about what you could have done or said!!!

10:59 pm

ruffh2o

ruff jumps up & down, cheering, "go lucky!"
with a poodle in each hand...closest thing that I could find to a pompom.

10:59 pm

kataroo

ack! i got it

11:00 pm

shorty

sa = holy person
sa =shiny material

11:00 pm

Jacula

Lotti - I'm a great cook, but the one thing I can't do successfully, is knead dough. Dunno why!

11:00 pm

ruffh2o

poodles wriggle out of ruffs hands, and run out of the room

11:00 pm

torgone

Sometimes, a friendly punch in the throat is the way to go.

11:00 pm

nyxori

shorty, what's the third sa 5/10?

11:00 pm

kataroo

throat punch!

11:01 pm

Jacula

Torgone - is there such a thing as a friendly punch in the nadgers?

11:01 pm

LUCKY

Guys and Dolls Now I know why my brain is cooked I have the to gain one I NEED THE OTHER AT 6/18!

11:01 pm

torgone

Which do you have, lucky?

11:02 pm

shorty

hmmmmmmm i dont have that one darn i thought i had them all

11:02 pm

ruffh2o

add an 's' to one of your other at5

11:02 pm

nyxori

lucky - if you're against the letter after q...

11:02 pm

kataroo

one is the singluar of the at 7

11:02 pm

LUCKY

A'S ALL DONE! 12 AMD COUNTING!

11:02 pm

kataroo

i have 4 a's left

11:03 pm

lottijw

Then this would be the best loaf yet if you beat it enough!! Torgone are you getting aggressive? cos you`re rubbing harder!!!

11:03 pm

ruffh2o

go lucky! go lucky!

11:03 pm

kataroo

3 an 5's and an an 4

11:04 pm

LUCKY

Ruff kataroo needs a's and I am not good at clues can you help

11:05 pm

torgone

It's called deep tissue massage, luv. Bite the pillow if you have to.

11:05 pm

kataroo

2 an 5's and an an4

11:06 pm

shorty

well nite all good luck!!!!

11:06 pm

Jacula

1st an5/10 - plural of an4 above it. Copper oin once used in India.

11:06 pm

lottijw

OMG It`s fantastic!!!

11:06 pm

kataroo

i need the an 4 btw. the 2nd (an 5 and an 6)

11:06 pm

torgone

Friendly punch in the nadgers? If recovery time is less than an hour, I'd say that's friendly.

11:06 pm

lottijw

Goodnight Shorty :)

11:08 pm

torgone

Make that two minutes . .

11:09 pm

Jacula

Blinking heck, Torgone! An hour? You must be either a very forgiving person an something else.. LOL.

11:09 pm

LUCKY

Torgone pleez the lo 5/10, lo 6/18 and lo 4/4

11:10 pm

kataroo

2 more an 5's and i'll have completed my first puzzle!

11:10 pm

kataroo

one more left!

11:10 pm

torgone

Wasn't thinking for a sec there, Jac.

11:11 pm

Jacula

Can't concentrate right now - got other one of pair of bluebottles (blowflies) circulating in house buzzing around me right now. We killled its partner on Friday.

11:12 pm

torgone

lo5 & lo6 are a LOng RANge direction finding device.

11:12 pm

LUCKY

10 to go

11:13 pm

torgone

Still too much clothing in the way, lotti. I need a blank canvas...

11:13 pm

kataroo

I FINISHED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

that was a lot more anti-climatic than i expected it to be...

11:13 pm

lottijw

Eeeew I hate those Jac. I saw a wasp yesterday, i can`t believe they`re still around.

11:14 pm

LUCKY

9

11:14 pm

Jacula

J takes a whack at bluebottle, but not too high. Does not wantto give comedy value by breaking light fittings, smashing house to bits etc.

11:15 pm

lottijw

*sliding gown onto the floor* There you go Torgone, is that better? :)

11:15 pm

LUCKY

Congrat kataroo you beat me to it !!!!

11:16 pm

kataroo

thanks lucky :D you're almost there!

11:16 pm

lottijw

Kataroo unfortunatley you have to make your own firework noises, but congrats anyway :o)

11:17 pm

Jacula

Kataroo - CONGRATS! Just ignore all the sexual stuff that seems to be going on... just when me and my 'uvver 'arf have fallen out for a while!

11:17 pm

kataroo

hahaha...sexual posting is always appreciated, you crazy kids

11:18 pm

lottijw

I know you Jac....the making up is the best part eh!!!

11:19 pm

torgone

It's me birthday present! Now we're talking . . . .Hooooooooow's that, lotti?

11:19 pm

Jacula

Eh? Did you say somewthing Lotti??? ROFLOL.

Hmmm. Yea, even if he had turned me into hedgehog.

11:19 pm

LUCKY

Kataroo can u spare any clues on the r's
I need only ra 4/4 2x and ra 4/5.

11:20 pm

lottijw

Better than you could ever imagine honey........... I told you that your hands are magic ;)

11:22 pm

Jacula

ra4/4 - Indian Queen or wife of a raja.

11:22 pm

shorty

hi peps im back couldnt sleep

11:23 pm

Jacula

ra4/4 - something often forecast in UK weather reports/

11:24 pm

lottijw

Jac, he`ll phone you later saying how sorry he is, telling you how much he luuurves you!!! You`ll cook a delicious evening meal as usual sparing enough time when he gets home to bounce on the bails and work up an appetite.....now tell me if i`m wrong LOL

11:24 pm

LUCKY

Tnx Jacula that one i've got outside my window!

11:25 pm

Jacula

ra4/4 - plural of word for skatefish.

11:26 pm

Jacula

Am wondering has Lucky got a precipitation or an Indian woman outide the window? LOL.

11:28 pm

Jacula

Lotti - you may prob be correct.

11:28 pm

lottijw

LOL Jac you`re a star!!!

11:30 pm

lottijw

Torgone, you`re heavy breathing........are you starting to nod off at the side of me?!!!

11:32 pm

LUCKY

The wet stuff jacula! the other clues I don't get need only the ra 4/4 1x

11:33 pm

Jacula

ra4/5 - a skin condition you might come out with if you're allergic to something. However, if you just went off and did something without your friends' and familys' approval, they might describe you as ra**.

11:34 pm

lottijw

Lucky r*** and rave, to shout in temper

11:34 pm

torgone

Just working into some new areas luv . .

11:35 pm

torgone

I'm sensing some tension right . . . . . . .here . . . . . .

11:36 pm

lottijw

Oh wow, i`m so relaxed it`s making me sleepy! You`re my hero :)

11:37 pm

lottijw

Thats naughty finding that bit, you just wanted me to jump up starkers didn`t you!!!!!

11:37 pm

LUCKY

R's down 1 O left os 4/4?

11:38 pm

torgone

Total relaxation is the journey and the destination . . Breathe deep . . .

11:40 pm

torgone

Both os4's have to do with *bones*

11:41 pm

LUCKY

5!! sa 5/10 last two and last sa 4/4 pleez time is running out!

11:42 pm

shorty

do you have the shiny material one

11:42 pm

nyxori

i'm missing 2 an 5/10's and an sa 5/10....does anyone have any good clues?

11:43 pm

lottijw

Shorty, I thought you`d gone!

11:43 pm

shorty

came back couldnt sleep:)

11:44 pm

LUCKY

Yes shorty

11:44 pm

lottijw

I know the feeling, although i`m about ready for an hour now!

11:45 pm

mab

one an5/10 is a woman's name.

11:45 pm

shorty

a holy person

11:46 pm

LUCKY

4 only last two sa 5/10's

11:47 pm

mab

plural the woman's name.

the other anxxx the question, but drop last three lettes and add a old english ending

11:48 pm

LUCKY

1 sa5/10

11:48 pm

nyxori

old english ending?

11:48 pm

lottijw

Torgone i`m getting tempted to roll over.......... do you promise to keep your eyes shut?

11:48 pm

LUCKY

plus last ta 5/10 and last ta 4/4

11:49 pm

mab

sa4 to talk back insulantly

11:49 pm

LUCKY

mab I'm in holland insulantly means what???

11:49 pm

mab

sa 4 Eric saxx, the composer. past tense sit plus i.

11:50 pm

torgone

All over is the only way I go, luv.

11:50 pm

mab

another word for donkey but put an s in the front.

11:50 pm

lottijw

Ok here goes!!!!!!

11:51 pm

torgone

Heaven!

11:51 pm

mab

old english ending=ae

11:52 pm

nyxori

thanks, mab!

11:53 pm

mab

last ta5, plural of ta4, a root.

11:54 pm

Poirot

don't know what clue some one was giving to Holland - but the word is insolently

11:54 pm

wilson27fan

wow this is what u call finishing in the nick of time :))
122 FINALLY

11:54 pm

shorty

WTG wilson

11:54 pm

nyxori

lucky, re: sa 5/10 - do you have holy person and shiny material?

11:54 pm

mab

ta4: add people all in a row to ta but drop w. Then add s for the five.

11:56 pm

mab

Thanks Poirot, but I was in a hurry.

11:58 pm

LUCKY

Torgone HELP DON'T GET THE CLUES

11:59 pm

mab

Torgone! Lotti!

11:59 pm

yergo

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