Babble: Archived Puzzle for Tuesday, December 27, 2005

12:00 am

harpjane

Hello.

12:07 am

chic

Hello, Harpjane. How's it going?

12:07 am

onyx

a real puzzle today, hey

12:08 am

harpjane

It's going good. I thought I was all by myself for a minute there!

12:09 am

chic

Do we know what the icon is for today?

12:10 am

onyx

i was here late to get "yesterday's " puzzle done, but it is still yesterday for me, and i was babbling to myself on the log

12:11 am

harpjane

I think it's general holiday icons today.

12:14 am

Q

ooh, i8/55 :)

12:17 am

mab

M 8/50

12:17 am

jeffer

QueQue are you there - from Rhodesia?

12:20 am

mab

A 7/36

12:21 am

Marolan

Any idea how many words were shooting for today?

12:21 am

onyx

148

12:21 am

chic

148 words today

12:21 am

Marolan

thanks!

12:33 am

onyx

spam isn't a real word??? i know it's a product......

12:35 am

harpjane

It stands for SPiced hAM, I'm told.

12:35 am

onyx

yum

12:37 am

EvaNadine

im 8/55

12:43 am

Cathyar

how long does it usually take for the stats to show?

12:44 am

brandyjack

About 2 minutes, but you may have to hit refresh.

12:45 am

mab

Cathyar, do you mean on Babs Anon? Brandyjack usually posts them in the morning.

12:46 am

mab

And sometimes, earlier.

12:50 am

harpjane

The stats are already up on babblers anonymous.

12:52 am

brandyjack

If they aren't posted at Babbler's Anon in the first 30 minutes, it means they'll be there about 6-8 hours later. The stats here on Babble itself are usually there within the first 5 minutes. But you may have to hit F5 to get them to come up if you were here before they were available.

12:53 am

onyx

a few days ago i tried to use cooie, which used to be an accepted word, but it woud not take it, any one know why?

12:58 am

Debs40ish

so/7 32

12:59 am

mtnjock

po 6 - convicted felon gets

1:02 am

brandyjack

Sure that's not a pa6?

1:02 am

brandyjack

Especially since my stats say there are no po6's?

1:06 am

mtnjock

lol brandy... my bad

1:10 am

harpjane

Silly me. I thought there was some sort of tradition where convicted felons were given po4 (a flower)!

1:11 am

brandyjack

po4/7 is something like a nosegay isn't it? As well as a flower itself.

1:12 am

mab

I was thinking the same thing, harpjane. Silly us.

1:12 am

harpjane

Well, it would be a nice gesture to give them something!

1:13 am

brandyjack

what's wrong with 5 lashes?

1:14 am

mab

I agree, harpjane. Such a kind gesture could completely turn one's life around.

1:15 am

onyx

flowers for felons?

1:15 am

mab

The definition says a bouquet, although, brandyjack, I've always thought of it as a single flower.

1:15 am

mab

The FFF program.

1:15 am

mtnjock

no, its a 5$ cab voucher and a trip to denny's .... hint don't eat at Denny's in Memphis at 10 o'clock

1:16 am

mtnjock

and nothing wrong with 5 lashes, as long as there is a reason for it

1:17 am

onyx

flowers and lashes, sounds positively s&m

1:18 am

mab

And as there can be no reason for such violence....

1:19 am

mtnjock

s & m ???? stand and model?

1:23 am

mtnjock

LOL ... that sure quieted others down....

1:24 am

onyx

just looking for words

1:25 am

mtnjock

lol... no looking for a job, but babbling into future

1:26 am

onyx

jobs are hard to come by in these parts

1:27 am

mtnjock

where you at?

1:27 am

onyx

ca

1:27 am

mab

I'm sleepy, in addition to the fact I haven't felt chatty lately. I am now picturing felons leaving prison with bouquets of roses and a sash that reads 'paid my debt to society.'

1:28 am

onyx

a leather sash with metal studs.....

1:28 am

mtnjock

tn here, and LOL @ mab

1:28 am

onyx

i'm in a wierd mood

1:29 am

mtnjock

sf there, onyx?

1:29 am

brandyjack

Looks like there is a word in here for Miyavi. An5/12

1:29 am

onyx

how'd ya guess?

1:30 am

mtnjock

been to the castro before

1:31 am

mtnjock

brandy I totally got that!!!!!!!!!!!!

1:31 am

harpjane

well, I'm off. If I dream about felons with lashes, sashes, and boquets, I have no one to blame but myself....

1:32 am

mtnjock

LOL @ harpjane

1:32 am

onyx

i got the two 8 and i didn't even know it i was still looking for them

1:32 am

mab

Yeah, but I think Miy is obsessed with the real thing.

1:32 am

mtnjock

it could be a drag show, you may never know....

1:33 am

mtnjock

well, give some hints for the 2 8's then, cause I need to accomplish something tonight

1:33 am

mab

'Night Harpjane.

1:34 am

mtnjock

she is, but she is the most intelligent 13 yo I have ever met

1:34 am

mab

Im8: limited in some way.

Ma8: alone. very alone.

1:34 am

brandyjack

how about dui and alone on a desert island

1:35 am

onyx

dreaming of felons in sashes with flowers?

1:35 am

mab

She is an old soul, our Miyavi.

1:36 am

mab

'warm woolen mittens and whiskers on kittens...'

1:37 am

sprite

Morning all!

1:37 am

onyx

sprite!

1:37 am

brandyjack

DUI = im8/55
Alone on a desert Island =Ma8/50 = cause you got shipwrecked.

1:37 am

mab

Greetings, Sprite!

1:37 am

mtnjock

thank you for the clues, and yes, she is sooooo much more older than her age. Miy should be in college now, the math problems we have solved here, would get her into major universities here... She is a frickin genius. but don't tell her... LOL

1:39 am

mtnjock

LOL brandy, I got it from your first clue... it is the I in DUI in TN

1:39 am

mtnjock

I should say DWI

1:40 am

mtnjock

greetings sprite!

1:40 am

mtnjock

onyx, don't dream too long of that... it could get scary

1:41 am

mab

Ap7: a chef my be this.

So7: ????? don't see it yet.

1:41 am

brandyjack

here it's Driving Under the Influence, not Driving While Im8/55.

1:43 am

mtnjock

state by state difference here... its either a DUI or DWI (or BWI Boating While Intoxicated) in some states.... LOL

1:43 am

sprite

Intoxicated? :)

1:43 am

mab

'felons in sashes enduring no lashes, these are a few of my favorite things'.....

1:44 am

sprite

I first found the word and only then understood the clues, LOL!
Not a common abbrev. in dutch, that DUI.

1:44 am

onyx

lol

1:44 am

mtnjock

IM8 sprite, Drive While IM8********* (drugs or alcohol)... still trying that ap7.....

1:45 am

sprite

Hi onyx! Nice to see you again :)

1:46 am

onyx

likewise

1:46 am

sprite

Ap7: WSWC (wearing something while cooking) so your Xmas clothes stay presentable?

1:46 am

mtnjock

mab... don't go with the wiskers on felons and warm woolen ......... LOL can't finish this poem....

1:47 am

brandyjack

ap7 is a garment worn while cooking. Although french maids outfits include a lacy one too.

1:47 am

onyx

or feolns in leather ones

1:47 am

sprite

felons with talons... this is getting scary

1:48 am

mtnjock

got it.... and onyx, I have yet to see a felon in one of THOSE!

1:48 am

brandyjack

And of course mama's boys tend to hang onto the ap5/12 strings.....

1:48 am

onyx

i don't think i'd want to

1:49 am

mab

This word seems to have captured your imagination, brandyjack.

1:50 am

sprite

Most look better without. Though some can benefit from any garment at all.

1:50 am

mab

Brandyjack are you wearing a French maid's costume right now? Tell the truth.

1:50 am

mtnjock

onyx, would like to continue the reparte, but would feel that the convo might offend... IM me at mtnjock@yahoo.com, you are funny, but I wish not to offend

1:50 am

brandyjack

Got confused. Thought they were looking for the Ap7, but's it's that dratted so7 that's got me stumped too...

1:51 am

mtnjock

brandy, the ap7 is what they want to know if you are wearing... LOL

1:52 am

onyx

i was afraid to take it any farther, was sure i might offend, having fun with the theme tho and mab helping propel the theme

1:52 am

brandyjack

I only wish...........

1:52 am

Frances

brandyjack

type of voice

1:52 am

mab

You know, mtn, you began this line of silliness with you po6 (which doesn't exist, everyone).

1:53 am

mtnjock

onyx, mab, you have my IM on yahoo, so IM me, lets continue, and she is sooooooo humorous...

1:54 am

judierae

so =another word for immunity

1:54 am

mtnjock

MAB, lol..... we need to start a 2nd chat room, just for those of us that need to make adult comments and jokes, I have been on PG 13 since I realized how old MIY was ...

1:55 am

mab

I love being a propellant.

1:55 am

sprite

I have been playing with that voice for some time, couldn't make it stick... never thought it would take that final letter. I expected an O.

1:56 am

sprite

Sam is even younger. It's all in the game ;)

1:56 am

mab

A good policy, mtn. We have other young ones as well.

1:56 am

brandyjack

Ya, me too.

1:57 am

Frances

Then there are those young at heart .......63 going on 20

1:57 am

mtnjock

I didn't realize it from the start, but as the 'champers' were being passed, I was IM'd by a babbler on yahoo (who was swift enough to find me on yahoo as the same ID) what it meant, I began to cull the adult references

1:58 am

sprite

Like us, lol... but we don't need to be pg'ed.

1:58 am

mtnjock

p.s. sam is sweet and good at giving clues, how smart is the next generation?

2:00 am

sprite

It never stops amazing me how much smarter those kids are at that age than I remember being or seeing when I was that young.

2:00 am

mab

Not too many, really.

2:00 am

onyx

i too but it is late at night here, and i figured the young ones are asleep, but duh, it isn't night everywhere this game is played i can't im, ( blush, blush) the computer isn't set up to do it

2:00 am

mtnjock

ahhh being a baritone, I never thought that the plural of the female ranges would be here... thanks!

2:02 am

mab

No, i take that back. There are many many brilliant kids out there, but proper schooling is often lacking, and there are so many submental distractions too.

2:03 am

mtnjock

I didn't know Miy was 13 until she reveiled it. I was helping her with problems I helped college level football players with at Purdue!!!!! and worse yet, she understood the transitions!

2:03 am

mtnjock

Algebra problems that is!

2:04 am

sprite

I wouldn't want to be a kid in this time. There is expected so much from them, and yet I feel most are the wrong things... I am ever so grateful we managed to find a real good school for ours, a bit old fashioned about manners and what they teach, and young in methods and such.

2:05 am

mtnjock

There is a serious problem with how we educate the young here in USA. Unless you can afford to send your kids to the best schools, its pretty much home schooling along with public schooling. Thank gosh my dad kept giving me books with a science slant that got me excited.

2:05 am

sprite

LOL @ mtnjock... of COURSE algebra problems. Never thought otherwise until I read your last post.

2:06 am

mtnjock

she speaks french and german to both of us my friend. and its usually in code so we know its personal!

2:08 am

mtnjock

nothing wrong with manners, I grew up with them, think kids need them instilled by their parents more often (biased). Miss (or Mrs.) so and so (first name only appropriate if they allow it), etc. etc. too many times these little things lead to not understanding authority.

2:08 am

mab

Darvin is on the verge of being banned in u.s. public schools, and our president (who is solidly behind this idea) doesn't believe in global warming.

2:08 am

sprite

She's so sweet.
Hey... looks I'm in the grid today!

2:09 am

mtnjock

Sprite, did you see the babble chat where I helped her solve the math problem while in study hall? Talk about cracking me up... I asked her, are you in a test right now?

2:10 am

onyx

can't believe i didn't see that one, thanx s6

2:10 am

mab

I, ha ha, meant Darwin. I think good manners are terribly important to impart to kids, gently. It would be a better world if everyone went to finishing school.

2:11 am

mtnjock

LOL, I swear DR God does that for regulars, he had my dog in the grid the last month... beau... when no one could find it, I would say, 'whats my dog's name?' as the clue (had his pic in as my icon then)

2:11 am

sprite

She's a very smart kid, which means she won't be having an easy time... but in a way she is also surprisingly mature. Always glad to see her around. Yes, I saw that chat. Impressive - from both of you ;)

2:11 am

onyx

global warming, no such thing.... sure, i got flowers on my tomatoe plants and i'm still picking them green to ripen inside, and it is december!!

2:12 am

mtnjock

LOL, impressive was her ability to play hockey and get hurt, do her work (excellently, btw) and babble.

2:14 am

mtnjock

Before the job change I offerred to bring her (MIY) over to the USA as an au pair (sp) for ScoutsMom and get a taste of the US, but she is in school 24/7. I couldn't do it reliably now, but, OMG, she is amazing.... I would expect to see her in the news before 20.

2:14 am

sprite

About those manners: I couldn't agree more! My kids address their teachers with Mr or Mrs. I know in english there is only 'you', but in Dutch we have different words. One for people you know very well, or what a grownup would use to talk to a kid, and one that expresses respect. I am just glad my kids are taught that respect doesn't hurt.

2:15 am

mab

And, Miy feels things deeply. I hope she can hold onto her sense of her identity as time goes on.

2:15 am

mtnjock

LOL @ onyx, I come from farm country in IN. Worked in Oakland... and you don't think blooms in DEC isn't odd?

2:17 am

onyx

of course it is for tomatoes any way, there are some things that can grow around here in december, but not sposed to be tomatoes

2:18 am

mtnjock

Sprite, my Grandmother was french, which is where I learned what little I knew of the language and culture. She insisted on table settings, respectful greetings, but it was never an imposition, but a respect for those who were joining us. family settings weren't as formal, but just a different set of respectful customs...

2:19 am

onyx

nightall, i'm saving some for tomorrow

2:19 am

sprite

That's just it. I strongly feel it is a gift to kids, to teach them manners and instill in them respect for other people AND themselves. I feel a lot of problems in our world are related to lack of respect.

2:19 am

sprite

Sweet dreams, onyx :)

2:20 am

mab

I so agree mtn and Sprite. A sense of etiquette in general truly stands one in good stead socially, and all other ways. It's simply thinking of others, rather than being selfish.

2:21 am

mtnjock

MIY is very intuitive and thoughtful. She is one of the special ones that are sent to us every generation (and yes, I really mean that). She will do something special! I have listened to the music (miyavi) that she loves and I have to say, its very intricate (I played cello for 12 years and 2 years of music theory), just not something I would listen to regularly. Anyone who would take the time to translate lyrics to understand what the song says (japanese music vs. italian operas) is amazing at 13!

2:23 am

mab

So true.

Mtn, are you saying you don't play cello anymore? I adore the cello (and besides, yoyo ma is hot).

2:24 am

mtnjock

ettiquette and manners show that you respect your host, yourself and your family. My Grandmother and Mother always got ticked at me for peppering my food before I tasted it. Until I started cooking for my Mother's catering co. how rude it was to assume that the very rich and thought out dish in front of you tasted, before you seasoned it, was an insult to the cook, host and yourself.

2:24 am

sprite

My son is someone who has been 'different' from the very start. He feels things deeply and has his own way of reacting to everything around him. I want him to keep that unique individuality. But what mother would I be if I didn't teach him how to act like society wants? I want him to be able to be part of most social circles. And if he can, he can choose to be the odd one out whenever he wishes... but then it is his choice. I want him to have that freedom.

2:24 am

mtnjock

Ya, yoyo is pretty cool to talk to as well, but only met him twice. sold my cello to pay for my engineering degree.

2:26 am

sprite

Oh mtn, so true! I really hate it when people start pouring salt over my cooking before they even tasted it :)

2:27 am

mtnjock

Sprite, I have always been odd man out. I played football in highschool and college, but was a nerd. The best thing I learned from my folks was a sense of self. I may not have been the most popular, but I was the one people looked to, to accomplish the hard problems. I knew who I was. The best gift you can give your child is teaching them, that it ok to be them.

2:28 am

mab

how maupaussant (sp) to sell the cello for the tuition.

You met Yoyo Ma? How interesting. I love the recordings he's done of tango music, Brazilian music, the Silk Road Ensemble, etc.

2:29 am

mtnjock

twice in the midwest championships ... before he went pro.

2:29 am

mtnjock

let me point out, I was TOTALLY in a different division, but hearing him play was a treat, back in the late 80's

2:30 am

mtnjock

don't know the mausapaunt word, but it financed my senior year in computer eng. at Purdue.

2:30 am

sprite

I agree, mtn. That's what he is saying himself now too (he's 9 years old), that he feels okay being him, but also is glad to be able to adapt if he wants to.

2:32 am

mtnjock

If anything I have differently in my childhood (child #11 of 12) would be to have parents that respected my space, but did wonderfully odd things, like show up to concerts or football games, but they had to work. I think that too much attention is as bad as too less

2:33 am

sprite

I think no kids wants to be smothered ;)

2:33 am

sprite

*remove one S to your liking from last post*

2:33 am

mtnjock

I strived for my parents to pay some attention to me (over excelled), cause the rest of my siblings were always having drama. it helped me in some ways...

2:34 am

mab

de maupausant was the one who wrote those stories of irony -- like the woman who sold her beautiful hair in order to buy her husband a watch chain. Meanwhile, the man sells his watch in order to by his wife tortoise shell combs for her beautiful hair.

Oh, nevermind....

2:34 am

mtnjock

mab... les miserables?

2:34 am

sprite

Good old Guy. Your comment didn't go wasted, mab :D

2:35 am

mtnjock

oh, wait, she sold her hair to feed her daughter, ...

2:35 am

mab

Victor Hugo wrote Les Mis.

2:36 am

mtnjock

and thanks for the update... you should get on ScoutsMom's recommended reading list... Its incredible.

2:36 am

mtnjock

VH wrote that? Wow, I didn't know it. I have seen it twice though.

2:39 am

mab

He wrote Les Miserables I, the novel. I've never seen the stage adaptation. Is it a movie yet?

2:39 am

mtnjock

The most wonderful thing I learned from my parents was that if you treat someone as an adult and talk to them (from the beginning ) as such, they will ack like one. If you talk to them as less than on (or down to them) you will insult them and teach them that it is ok to do so. I have a cousin as old as I. My mother talks to all children, adults and the aged with the same voice, logic and concern. She is a wonderful person and my guide... (LOL... feeling mystical right now)

2:40 am

sprite

In case anyone is interested, we are looking for 1574 points today, with an average length of 4.62. Some mild surprises, but no real un-words. I bid you farewell for now, with thanks for a most interesting chat-and-babble experience :D

2:40 am

mab

As long as Andrew Lloyd Webber didn't write the score, I'd like to see it.

2:41 am

mtnjock

There are 3, but non as good as the Andrew Llyod Webber adaptation for the stage. The Musical brings out the feeling that the movies lack, the musical draws the crowd in. I have not liked any of the movies done on it. But RENT the movie is worth seeing, over the top theatrics, but genuine.

2:42 am

mab

Oh, Sprite, I'm not at all focused - not that I would actually come close to finishing anyway in this amount of time. Well Done!!!! Have a great day!!!

2:42 am

mtnjock

sprite, chat me up anytime at mtnjock@yahoo.com, as well as anyone here. Good day

2:43 am

mtnjock

LOL @ Mab, you sound like my Charles... ALW is written for the masses and the royalties, but it makes for interesting intertainment. my favorite musical of all is Chess

2:45 am

mab

I'm squeamish re ALW. His scores are redundant. Anything from Cats makes me want to become violent and start smashing things.

2:49 am

mab

He's no Sondheim.

Night mtn. I should sleep or something. If you hang on a bit the Brits will be coming on line.

2:49 am

mtnjock

LOL... at 9 I was impressed with CATS, at 36 I see the re-use of thems and arpeggios and segments that makes me appreciate great and original scores and music ... I used to worship ALW, but then grew up. ;)

2:50 am

mtnjock

Its the Lyrics and Message of Chess that captures me. You should look it up

2:50 am

Frances

Somw of the Brits are already here

2:50 am

mtnjock

Nite Mab, and thanks... I like your dredel... (spelling)

2:51 am

mtnjock

welcome frances

2:55 am

mtnjock

I hope you enjoy your babble

2:59 am

Frances

mtnjock
Thank you. I've been lurking around for about two hours just enjoying the chat. Have to agree with your comments about MIY she has such humour for a youngun.

3:02 am

mtnjock

tell me about it. she has passed on more spirit (for lack of a better word) than some friends here. I was thinking of getting her some chocolates and philosophy books for the holidays. Like someone said, she is an old soul, and would probably get them.

3:02 am

mtnjock

where in Great Brit. are you?

3:05 am

mtnjock

I am about to go to bed, but I have both eights, if anyone wants clues

3:05 am

mtnjock

and the 7's

3:06 am

Frances

mtnjock
I live in a place called Woodford Green which is in the county of Essex. It is about 15 miles to the east of London and it has just started to snow.

3:08 am

mtnjock

thats cool, I live in Memphis, TN but grew up across the country from the Mojavi desert to Richland, VA, but spent most of my time in South Bend IN (home of Notre Dame University)... I miss snow... but not on a regular basis

3:12 am

mtnjock

going to bed frances, have a good night.

Everyone else, babble well, and I will be back soon.

3:12 am

Frances

mtnjock
Spent all of my working life in the airline business (mostly for the wonderful, now gone PanAm) so was able to get to the states on a regular basis. Never made it to Memphis though.

3:13 am

mtnjock

thats cool about working for airlines, up until last week I worked for FedEx as a computer engineer. Airline companies are really taxing on their employees.

3:15 am

Frances

mtnjock
They are but they gave me the opportunity to fly all over the world. Wouldn't have missed that for anything. Wonderful education for my son

3:17 am

mtnjock

same here, why I picked them over Martin Marrietta. A chance to fly anywhere and be useful. They stopped expanding and I had no reason to be there. But 11 years is a good run. I hope that you have found something fulfilling.

3:19 am

Frances

mtnjock
I've now retired. So spend my days looking after my three year old granddaughter and her dog. She is an absolute joy and is the best thing that has ever happened to me.

3:19 am

Frances

mtnjock
Spend my evenings quilting and babbling

3:22 am

mtnjock

Frances, my mom crouches and knits, and sews, and caters food for Notre Dame, she is over 60, I am 36. I grew up appreciating the fact that family is more than the atomic on, but the one that one creates and grows on. I was raised for 3 years (blessed years) with my grand mother in the house. She taught me so much about how to be an adult. My mother carries on that tradition with spending so much time with her grand kids.

3:25 am

mtnjock

people laugh that she can crouche a baby blanket on a flight from memphis to SBN (South Bend National) let alone during 2 movies while bored... LOL... quilting is an art, my mom thinks of comfort. Difference, but still special for the time and effort put into it. I don't know what time it takes to make a quilt, but doing stain glass, we often refer to quilt designs for inspiration.

3:26 am

Frances

mtnjock
My daughter in law is Swedish so Ellie, who is just three, is growing up bi-lingual. She is try to teach me Swedish. They are in Sweden now visiting other grandparents for Christmas and new year so I'm dog sitting.

3:28 am

mtnjock

but you are apart of the family unit. Most grand parents in the US are left out, and then put into homes for someone else to care about. It is sweet that your family wants you to be about of that childs life intricatly. My 70 father taught himself Calculus to help me while in college... I will never forget that.

3:29 am

Frances

mtnjock
I design and make entirely by hand, silk quilts. Used to do it quite a lot on long haul flight when you could take scissors. A lot of people actually make quilts called stained glass

3:31 am

mtnjock

I have heard of that. Never seen those designs yet, but Darleen used to do stained glass and now does beads had mentioned that as well. I usually stick with the Frank Llyod Wright geodesic designs I grew up around. I would love to see some though...

3:33 am

mtnjock

Frances, btw, my name is Steve, I feel that you should know that. mtnjock has been a screen name of mine since 1990, an attestament to my love of scouting and camping, and being in the woods.

3:33 am

Frances

mtnjock
I just think that as I see Ellie for most of the year then it is no harship to miss maybe four weeks of the year when she is able to see her Swedish family. I like to think that I am helping her to grow up as a great person.

3:36 am

Frances

Thank you Steve. Nice to get to know you. Perhaps I should now let you get some shuteye. The dog wants to walk and it is now blowing a blizzard!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope to talk with you some more. Nite

3:37 am

mtnjock

That is sweet and totally wonderful. Being there for Ellie and trying to learn swedish (totally incredible, btw) you are being the best booshie (polish for not litteral but social grandmother) you could be.

3:38 am

mtnjock

Do you get lake effect snow there (or is it called something else?)

3:39 am

mtnjock

Good Night Mrs. Frances. I hope that you will share some of your quilting designs (stained glass) with me sometime

3:41 am

Frances

Lake effect snow is new to me. Perhaps we call it something else. It is smowing so hard thaat I can't see the trees in the garden!!!!!!!!!!

4:00 am

speedfreak sam

apparently SPAM isn't a word - how come???

4:00 am

miametro

i thought that too! cheeky monkeys

4:07 am

mrpresident

Hi speed, Hi Mia! HI EVERYONE!

4:14 am

miametro

morning mr. president :) i'm really not feeling this puzzle today, i don't know why. i've only found 51 words!

4:15 am

mrpresident

haven't got nearly enough either.... this one is difficult!!
lots of monkey typing tonight!!

4:15 am

miametro

any clues for the so 7?

4:18 am

mrpresident

I just got it!!!

like someone who sings a high note with a changed vowel at the end

4:19 am

miametro

thanks :) i've got the 7's and 8's now, and all the v's. hehe.

4:20 am

mrpresident

can you please give me clues for the other 7 and 8?

4:21 am

speedfreak sam

bye all!

4:21 am

miametro

driving whilst im****** and stuck on a desert island

4:22 am

miametro

the other 7 is ap 5, past tense. something your mum wears in the kitchen.

4:25 am

mrpresident

driving whilst im???

I don't get that... sorry

4:25 am

Linda0

why dosen't it like spam?

4:26 am

Frances

mrpresident
You can't see very well if your vision is im------

4:26 am

miametro

sometimes you can be visually im****** if something gets in your way and you can't see.

4:28 am

mrpresident

thanks mia

4:37 am

rosalind230

morning all we have lots of snow in england. how many words today please.

4:38 am

Linda0

no snow in swindon, how much have you got Rosalind?

4:38 am

trishtrash

148 rosalind :)

4:40 am

rosalind230

Thanks Trishtrash. Is it snowing where you live?

4:40 am

trishtrash

Bah, no. Nice and frosty though :)
How much snow have you got?

4:42 am

rosalind230

A Good few inches I live in Hasting East Sussex

4:43 am

trishtrash

Nice... I'm in the West Midlands. Was in Wales until last night, and thought we'd see snow there before anyone else, but was wrong. It was ridiculously mild!

4:47 am

trishtrash

62 words left... time to take a break, good luck everyone.

4:53 am

hydra

Hi Frances. I was in Woodford Green at a party the other day. Small world! Been lurking for half an hour but hi, everyone. Any clues for the last two pa words please?

4:56 am

Frances

'morning hydra. Should be renamed Woodford White this morning!

4:57 am

hydra

I'm in Uxbridge. It snowed about half an hour ago but it's melting now, worse luck. The robin keeps reminding me to put more crumbs out.

4:58 am

Frances

The dog keeps asking to go for a walk. Puts his nose outside and changes his mind.

4:59 am

hydra

Don't blame him! Think I'll stay in all day and eat the leftover chocs and biccies! Then I'll join a gym. (Hollow laugh.)

5:00 am

Frances

He knows that I still have turkey left for him so he refuses to eat anything else right now

5:01 am

hydra

We chucked the turkey out for the foxes last night. Nothing left, not even the bones. Mind you, the cat looks suspiciously plump.

5:03 am

Frances

We have foxes here in the garden. The dog thinks it is only his territory and chases them into the garden next door and then goes to play with them there

5:08 am

hydra

117 words. Still stuck on those last two pa's though.

5:18 am

hydra

144 words now. Just four to find. Anyone got a clue for
the final two pa words?

5:19 am

PRing

try a western friend

5:24 am

davetins

pa is a dog disease and the plural

5:26 am

davetins

Pa5/18 and pa6/30, must have a high value letter in??

5:35 am

hydra

Thanks, folks. I guessed it from the dog virus.

5:36 am

hydra

I'm missing one word so I shall have to count everything now.

5:38 am

hydra

Got it. It was an m. I'm all finished now. Whoopee!

5:40 am

mrpresident

hydra gets

*~*~*~FIREWORKS!~*~*~*

5:48 am

mrpresident

any hint for ca/5 please

5:49 am

mrpresident

got it

5:50 am

karenth

hi

5:55 am

mrpresident

hi karenth

6:00 am

mrpresident

I am suffering with the 5 letter words... sucky suck sucker!!!

6:01 am

hydra

Thanks for the fireworks, Mr President! Sorry, had to
disappear to take a phone call. Bye, all!

6:02 am

hydra

Hang on, maybe I can dispense a few clues before I go. Anyone need anything?

6:03 am

mrpresident

yes please...
am/6

6:04 am

hydra

The fluid that surrounds a fetus, minus the 'tic' and plus the last letter of an onion!

6:06 am

mrpresident

thank you!
and please

both do5/12 's

6:07 am

hydra

In fact, it's the 'thin, tough, membranous sac' itself, that the fetus lives in.

6:08 am

hydra

If you give blood, you're a blood do----. If you are the person the blood is given to, you're the do---!

6:09 am

mrpresident

biggest DUH!! moment....

thank you very much!

6:10 am

mrpresident

I can't find the ir/5 or ir/6 to save a seal!!

6:11 am

Chessy

ir/6 past tense of ir4/4. ir/5 just knock off last letter of ir/6...

6:11 am

mrpresident

just got it
it helps to have the ir/4 first

LOL

6:12 am

mrpresident

I am slow on the uptake tonight.... too much party food and over indulgence etc...

NO EXCUSE! but it helps me geel better about this grid

6:13 am

hydra

Can someone explain what LOL stands for? I always thought it was 'Lots Of Love', then someone said it meant a wry laugh. (But that would be WL!)

6:13 am

trishtrash

Laughing Out Loud, Hydra

6:13 am

Chessy

Laugh Out Loud :)

6:14 am

Karys

Hydra....LOL....laugh out loud !!...hello everyone....Merry Christmas

6:14 am

hydra

Oh! Daylight dawns. I must have given people a lot more laughs than love in my texts and emails.

6:15 am

mrpresident

I am having heaps of issues with the 5's tonight...

ma5/22
ma6/21

6:16 am

hydra

ma5/22. There was a soul singer called M----- Gaye. Think of a shorter version.

6:16 am

Karys

sorry....only just started here !!!

6:16 am

mrpresident

hydra.... got to love the LOL :D

you have me ROFLMAO

6:17 am

Frances

mrpresident
ma6/21 dark red colour

6:17 am

hydra

Ma 6/21 is a colour. It's also a loud kind of alarm firework that the navy set off.

6:18 am

mrpresident

thank you all!!

6:18 am

hydra

You've got me stumped now, Mr P. I'll be working on ROFLMAO all day!

6:19 am

Chessy

hydra, - when you've worked it out, then you'll do it :)

6:19 am

mrpresident

rolling on the floor laughing my ass off!

6:20 am

hydra

Well, I hope it's something good, or I'll cry :(

6:20 am

hydra

Oops! My message got there after yours. All is explained and I can now pour some brandy into my coffee.

6:20 am

trishtrash

LOLs @ Hydra :)

rofl ... rolling on the floor laughing
roflmao ... rolling on the floor laughing my ass off
lolol ... laughing out loud *out loud* (because most lol's are really 'heh')

6:22 am

hydra

Love your icon, trishtrash :))

6:22 am

mrpresident

hydra... I am onto the white rum... *raises glass in salute*

6:22 am

roncook

hi every body.
need a clue for ma 5/14

6:22 am

hydra

Cheers, me dears!

6:23 am

trishtrash

thank you Hydra... not many people know Neil Gaiman's Sandman comics.... this is the 'chibbi' version of Dream. He's such a cute little Endless :)

6:24 am

hydra

I don't know them but will investigate now.
Roncook, ma5/14 is a woman's name. Rhymes with Amy.

6:26 am

roncook

ta hydra

6:27 am

hydra

trishtrash, do you believe in synchronicity? I've just Googled Neil Gaiman and found a site about him called The Dreaming. I have this week purchased a painting called The Dreaming. Spooky!

6:27 am

mrpresident

can you help with

no 5/ 10
no 6/ 18
thanks in advance!

6:28 am

trishtrash

That's really quite cool, Hydra ... what's your painting of/like ? & who's it by?

6:32 am

hydra

no5/10 is a type of water wheel. No6/18 is 'a gabbro in which the pyroxene is principally orthopyroxene.' (Yes, really.)
Trishtrash, the artist is Ulrich Osterloh. He's a young German painter who takes his inspiration from spiritual sources such as the Kabbalah. I think his website is osterlohart.gb. Something like that, anyway. There are repros of all his work on the website. Hope you like them.

6:34 am

hydra

It's www.osterlohart.de. I just Googled it.

6:35 am

trishtrash

Gosh, Hydra, so colourful ! I really like 'fields' :)
*goes back to poke around the site a bit more*

6:36 am

mrpresident

thanks again hydra!!

6:37 am

hydra

Did you find 'The Dreaming'? It's on the 3rd page of the Absolute Arts site.

6:37 am

hydra

Must go now. I'm actually going to do SOME WORK!!!!

6:38 am

mrpresident

bye hydra... have a good day

6:39 am

trishtrash

Oh, yes... what a peaceful painting! Thanks for the link ... bye!

6:41 am

hydra

Just before I go, I must tell you that I met Ulrich cos he was selling his London flat and i was looking for one to buy. The walls were lined with his paintings and even tho i didn't buy the flat, we became good friends. Cosmic, eh?

6:42 am

trishtrash

Wow, bet the paintings made an impact when you walked in :)

6:44 am

hydra

They really did. I was transfixed and wanted to buy them all. They are priced at £200 upwards, the most expensive being about £2,000 I think. Compared to other artists, they're quite reasonable. I think he will really take off and then I shall have to lock it to the wall and insure it! Bye! See you tomorrow :)

6:45 am

mrpresident

I have issues with the or's.... any help please?

6:46 am

trishtrash

MrP.. one's an anagram of your od 4/5 (the one with the r in it, obviously, heh)

6:52 am

mrpresident

got the 4

any help with the or5?

then it is off to bed for me!

6:54 am

trishtrash

o + re4/5

6:57 am

mrpresident

thank you again!!

I am off to sleep... see you later everyone... have a nice day!!

6:58 am

trishtrash

Have a good one MrP :)

7:30 am

Jacula

Afternoon all. I hope everyone had a great Christmas? I see our top Babbler is featured in today's grid.

7:34 am

trishtrash

Hi Jacula.... the log's quiet as mice this afternoon. I'm not really here, myself, just babbling between making lunch.

7:35 am

Jacula

Hi, Trishtrash. I'm not really here either. LOL.

7:39 am

speedfreak sam

HELLO!

7:40 am

trishtrash

*grins*
Well, that just means we're all there, right?
Hiya Sam

7:40 am

Jacula

Hiya Speedy. How was your Christmas?

7:42 am

speedfreak sam

GREAT! how was your's???

7:42 am

speedfreak sam

sorry youre's

7:43 am

speedfreak sam

I CAN'T SPELL!

7:46 am

speedfreak sam

bye everyone
off to the ice rink!

7:48 am

72 Temple Owl

bye, sam! glad your holiday was good!

hi, jacs!

7:48 am

Jacula

Speedy - Good, thanks. Have fun skating.

7:49 am

Jacula

Hi Temple. How are you doing? I seem to have hit a wall with just 7 words left to find. Am *supposed* to be making Scotch eggs, jelly etc.

7:51 am

72 Temple Owl

i'm doing well, jacs. i have my dad here with me and he is a late sleeper, so i have taken advantage to babble...i have thrown off some of the "shoulds" this year and i do feel a little less stressed...

7:52 am

Jacula

Temple - throwing off the 'shoulds' is a very good idea.

7:54 am

72 Temple Owl

jacs - when my hubby of 25 yrs left, all bets were off, to my mind...so i try to be who i am now - when i can find that person!

7:56 am

Jacula

Temple - I know exactly what you mean. (Truly. Been there... got the t-shirt etc.) You do get through to the other side in the end.xx

7:57 am

spellit

Just popped out to get my paper. Can't believe the people with trolley loads of food!

7:57 am

72 Temple Owl

thanks jacs. i am seeing that. and in the new year i may even try to meet someone- it's been three years - but maybe again, not. not much out there...

8:01 am

Marc Freeman

good morning, anyone have a clue for pa6/24 but not the one that lets convicts out of jail or another word for excuse me.

8:02 am

Jacula

Temple - I know you may have been told this many times before but when the time is right it will happen. Don't try to force it (new love) as that can only lead to more disappointment and disillusionment. Look upon each new thing done, or new person met, as a step up the ladder of healing. When the right person comes along, if they do, you will KNOW it's right. Either way, you will find a new contentment through just being yourself. I hope that made some kind of sense?

8:02 am

Jacula

Hello Spellit and Marc.

8:02 am

72 Temple Owl

indeed it does. thanks, jac....

8:03 am

72 Temple Owl

hi spellit and marc

8:04 am

Frances

Marc Freeman
pa6/24 if you are playing tennis with another on the same side of the net you could be said to be pa*****

8:05 am

Jacula

Marc - pa6/24 - Certainly; surely; truly; verily; -- originally an oath. Originally from the French for 'by God' (par Dieu). Has several spellings and this is one of them. (Sounds sort of Indian.)

8:05 am

spellit

Hi Jacula and Temple Owl

8:07 am

Marc Freeman

Jacula are you saying that the first four letter of pa6/24 are the same for both pa6/24?

8:08 am

Frances

Marc Freeman
pa6/24 x 3

8:08 am

Jacula

Marc - Yes, they are. The word you are seeking ends with 2 vowels.

8:09 am

Jacula

Marc - Same as the pa6/24 for what helps you to get out of prison, not the pa6/24 that means 'coupled'.

8:10 am

Marc Freeman

thanks Jacula got it.

8:12 am

Jacula

I'm stuck on the 2nd pr5/14 and the 2nd sp6/24 (the one that is not our top Babbler). Think I'll have to come back to them later.

8:14 am

trishtrash

Jacula... the pr5/14 is a word for a verse with an 'r' inserted after the p.

8:15 am

Jacula

Trishtrash - Thanks, but I have that one. It's the 2nd one I am missing.

8:15 am

trishtrash

... ah, my bad... there are two meaning 'foremost', they have different vowels on the end.

8:16 am

Marc Freeman

Sorry need anothe clue on the last pr5/14 have all the other p's

8:16 am

Jacula

I have the 'most excellent' and the 'preface'.

8:16 am

72 Temple Owl

jacs- i don't have that one yet, either...sorry!

8:17 am

Haz1558

pr 5/12 - term for lying down

8:17 am

Jacula

I am a twit! I do have the other word for 'excellence' (the ballet one). I'd written it in the wrong place on my paper list. It's the 2nd pr4/6 I'm looking for.

8:19 am

trishtrash

'pr4/6 and proper'

8:19 am

72 Temple Owl

the one that goes with proper? or the one that goes with cattle?

8:20 am

Jacula

The one that goes with 'proper'. Thanks both! *Slaps self with a fish.*

8:20 am

Marc Freeman

Jacula there are three pr5/6 the 2nd one is another word for proper as in pr** and proper the 3rd 4/6 is to poke someone with a stick to move them along.

Haz I have the pr5/12 need the pr5/14 before it

8:21 am

Jacula

That just leaves the elusive sp6/24 (not the 'sp' that you are if you are not killed when others are).

8:23 am

72 Temple Owl

now you've done it, jacs! that is a union fish and it gets time and a half if used during holiday period...

8:23 am

trishtrash

sp6/24 to put something on bread?

8:24 am

Marc Freeman

I still need a clue for the last pr5/14 anyone it is driving me nuts and I know it is obvios

8:28 am

Jacula

I need that fish again (time and a half or not)! I'd got the buttering bread word. Had written it in the wrong place AGAIN.

8:28 am

Haz1558

pr5/14 - insert r into word for verse that rhymes

8:29 am

Jacula

Marc - the last pr5/14 is an introduction or a preface. Think of a verse (a 'po') and insert the appropriate consonant as the 2nd letter.

8:32 am

Jacula

I'm all done. Would have been done sooner if I'd written my list out more carefully. *Mutter, mutter, mutter.*

I'm off to do some jobs but will pop in every now and then to see if anyone needs clues. The fish can now go back to its snooze!

8:32 am

trishtrash

congrats Jac :)

8:33 am

72 Temple Owl

bye, jacs! care to share clues for the too long so's? or will i want the fish?

8:34 am

Marc Freeman

Seeya congrats Jacula and thanks Haz still confused with what you mean by verse that rhymes I come up with prose but that doesn't work.

8:34 am

Haz1558

What does a poet write?

8:34 am

Munner

Is this a small puzzle again today?

8:35 am

trishtrash

singular of 'poetry', Marc, does that help?

8:35 am

Haz1558

148 words today

8:38 am

Marc Freeman

thanks Haz I knew it was obvious just couldn't get the noggen thinking.

8:39 am

Haz1558

I'm glad you got there in the end.

8:45 am

Frances

72 Temple Owl
so6/27 enjoying autonomy

8:46 am

Frances

72 Temple Owl
so7/32 think of high female voices

8:55 am

roncook

any help on the first 6/21 between the two 6/24s

8:56 am

Frances

When you hurt your ankle

9:01 am

roncook

ta francis now what about so6/27 the autonomy clue did,nt help

9:02 am

trishtrash

roncook .... it sounds like a monarch or a coin

9:02 am

Frances

so6/27 think of a country with a king but spell diff

9:04 am

lshult

Hi everyone

9:04 am

roncook

ta all l was looking at sop,got one of those coins on my finger!

9:04 am

Jacula

Ron - anagram of 'navros'.

9:07 am

scarydeb

thanx jacula - i've been evesdropping on roncooks struggle and I couldn't get any of the other clues either

9:09 am

Marc Freeman

Need a clue on or5/12

9:09 am

trishtrash

o + re4/5

9:11 am

Marc Freeman

Thanks got it right after I asked for it.

9:12 am

lshult

anyone have a clue for the ad6/21?

9:12 am

Marc Freeman

for the so6/27 is the king and the autonomy clues for the same word? Both are confusing me but more if they are the same word.

9:13 am

DarleenMB

marc ... think so***** nation and yes, they're for the same word.

9:14 am

roncook

ta folks got them all at last phewee !

9:15 am

Marc Freeman

thanks Darleen it is spelled funny

9:16 am

DarleenMB

yeah I had the same problem. Finally monkey typed correctly!

9:16 am

Haz1558

ad 6/21 - means skilful. Or a plus French for right

9:17 am

roncook

ishutt dextrous skillful

9:19 am

lshult

ty, how about the ae5?

9:19 am

Haz1558

It's the old English version of airy

9:20 am

lshult

got it, ta

9:27 am

lshult

just missing 1 more a, am6?

9:28 am

Marc Freeman

roncook, did you ever get a clue for the first so6/21 because I could use one and I never saw that you got one?

9:29 am

misstearweus

ishult, think fluids around fetus

9:30 am

Marc Freeman

Got the so6/21 thanks

9:32 am

Marc Freeman

Can't believe it down to 8 r's hopefully I can do it without your help.

9:38 am

Marc Freeman

Last three

9:38 am

MaisieB

any clues for the no's I can only find the one thats a kind of lump

9:39 am

FMitch

WTG Marc - any chance of a clue for the ma5/14 please

9:40 am

rosalind230

Al Jolson song

9:41 am

Marc Freeman

down to one and it is driving me crazy but I am going to persevere.

9:42 am

Marc Freeman

the al jolson clue is a great one for ma5/14 think of your parent not your dad spelled different

9:43 am

FMitch

rosalind, Marc
I was so far off base on that one - thanks!

9:44 am

Marc Freeman

Done!!!!!!!!!! I am here for a little bit and will check in from time to time.

9:44 am

trishtrash

maisie....

no 4/4 – french for black
no 4/4 – anagram of the above 4/4
no 4/10 – no + what we breathe, backwards
no 6/18 – no + ri 4/4

9:45 am

FMitch

Woohoo Marc - well done!!!

9:45 am

trishtrash

excuse the mess... copying and pasting turned my hyphens into a??'s

9:47 am

MaisieB

trishtrash tyvm I thought no one was speaking to me for a while there..

9:47 am

spellit

Done for today at last - feet up now and tax my brain wiith sudoku.

9:49 am

trishtrash

lol, sorry, Maisie, it took me a moment to type up... it's easy to miss a question in the log too.. I wouldn't take it personally :)

9:50 am

FMitch

Sorry Maise, wasn't ignoring intentionally, just got 22 left to find so tend to get a bit focused - esp with this darn grid which looked like it was going to be a fun quick one and turned out to be a bit of a pain!!!

spellit - I did soduku before I found babble!

9:50 am

MaisieB

trishtrash I got them all - what strange words though Spelling fine

9:52 am

spellit

Fmitch - I am afraid I am now hooked on both. There are worse things to get hooked on I guess!

9:53 am

trishtrash

Glad to be of help, Maisie. Yeah, I learn a new word - or twenty - every time I start a new grid, heh.

9:54 am

rosalind230

where do you play sodoku

9:55 am

FMitch

LOL spellit -so true! and you can do it online too!!!

9:56 am

MaisieB

Seems we all like the same sort of things - I like sudoku too. Has anyone found Tsunami puzzles yet, you have to colour in squares to make pictures but have to work out which squares first and it's not always that easy.

9:57 am

Haz1558

Maisie - there's a great website called conceptis puzzles which allow you to do all sorts of things online.

9:57 am

FMitch

Argh, no Masie!!!! babble is enough for me esp with soduku in the background but must say not heard of the one you mention.

9:58 am

MaisieB

FMitch you can buy the books in W H Smith

9:58 am

rosalind230

any clues for the last 3 ma words please

10:01 am

FMitch

Rosalind - think being on a desert island or a shade of red and that will give you the ma6/27 and extend for the 8/50

10:03 am

FMitch

rats, gotta go, back in a while.

10:03 am

rosalind230

thanks FMITCH got them now

10:26 am

trishtrash

I'm done... which is something of a miracle since I haven't sat down here for ten minutes straight today.

Anyone want a clue before I go?

10:27 am

Bamis7

how do you know how many words there actually are in the puzzle?

10:27 am

trishtrash

148

10:28 am

trishtrash

sorry bamis, misread you
the 'profiled' players get stats which include the total

10:28 am

Bamis7

how did you know that? where do I find that each day? (so I know when I can quit the puzzle)

10:28 am

Bamis7

ok ty

10:29 am

trishtrash

If you check the log, someone has usually asked/posted the total already... if not, just ask :)

10:32 am

Viviyan

Bamis7 - if you look to the right under "friends of babble", click on the "Babblers Anonymous" link, then click on general, then click on "stats puzzle" and it will give you the total and the list

10:32 am

Jacula

TODAY'S STATS FOR THE NON-PROS:

--- Words Total = 148 ---
--- Total Score = 1574 ---

--- Word Sizes ---
4 - 82
5 - 46
6 - 16
7 - 2
8 - 2

--- 1st Letter Count ---
A - 19
C - 2
D - 14
E - 3
I - 9
M - 15
N - 14
O - 7
P - 25
R - 18
S - 14
T - 4

10:32 am

trishtrash

okay, good luck & good day everyone
*goes and is gone*

10:33 am

rosalind230

You cangoto babblers anonomous down side of grid that tell you how many words also give list of words

10:33 am

Jacula

And v-4

10:33 am

harpjane

You can also get stats by going to Babbler's Anonymous. Click the link on the right of the screen, then go to General messages. That's available to pros and non pros.

10:34 am

Jacula

I'll do that again so there's no confusion.
TODAY'S STATS:

--- Words Total = 148 ---
--- Total Score = 1574 ---

--- Word Sizes ---
4 - 82
5 - 46
6 - 16
7 - 2
8 - 2

--- 1st Letter Count ---
A - 19
C - 2
D - 14
E - 3
I - 9
M - 15
N - 14
O - 7
P - 25
R - 18
S - 14
T - 4
V - 4

10:34 am

harpjane

You're so v4, you probably think this song is about you...

10:34 am

Jacula

LOL Jane. I hope you were just singing the Carly song and not making a comment!:-)

10:35 am

Jacula

(Though v4/9 & v5/20 could well apply to me!:-))))

10:36 am

gramma

Merry everything , everyone! I've been silently plugging along. Now I've finished and was wondering if any clues were needed before I get on w/my life.

10:39 am

harpjane

Pa 6/24 me, but could someone help me with the pa 5 & 6 words? I only have one.

10:40 am

gramma

take your pa4/5 and add a vowel

10:42 am

Jera

*thinks harpjane is so clever*

Greetings, all!

10:43 am

harpjane

Yes, Jera, I'm pretty full of myself this morning!

10:44 am

Jera

I'm still in shock I've gotten this much time to Babble... usually our family holidays are planed to the minute with zero free time...

10:45 am

gramma

the other pa5 is a dog virus and it's plural is your pa6

10:45 am

lshult

Hi everyone.
I trust you have all sufficiantly recovered from your seasonal excesses?!?
Oh, by the way, can I get some help with the ai5?

10:46 am

Jera

This year there's been a lot of wandering around doing whatever you want... I want to hide in th study & play Babble (there are 7 cousins under the age of ten running wild in the house)!

10:46 am

Krys10

if a friend told you off, he/she ai5 grievances

10:47 am

gramma

ai past tense of what you breathe

10:47 am

Gwen

ai5/12 what you did to the dirty linen

10:47 am

lshult

it's always the obvious, ty

10:47 am

harpjane

What a group! I have all the pa's now! ty

10:48 am

gramma

yw, harpjane

10:49 am

doxy1lover

good morning all.

10:49 am

gramma

see you all tomorrow....happy babbling ^_^

10:50 am

EvaNadine

afternoon all!
forgot that i was up late last night + already started todays puzzle...just 75 words left to go!
:)

10:51 am

sherb

afternoon folks :)

10:57 am

EvaNadine

any hints on the 7s?

10:57 am

grant

Is the z ever used?

10:58 am

lshult

don't think my brain is functioning today, can't find either do5/12?

10:58 am

doxy1lover

ishult, think of someone who gives blood, two variations

10:59 am

sherb

grant - if you check the stats at Babblers Anon (link in the right of the screen) they'll tell you how many times each letter is used, either to start a word, or in words :)

PS, z is used once today

11:00 am

FMitch

if you give it your are the do5 and if you receive it you are the other do.
Hi all, back again and finally finished.

11:01 am

lshult

thanks, I'm struggling with some real easy ones today!

11:01 am

sherb

hi FMitch :) ...just started, and I can see I'm going to be using all the aids today...

11:02 am

FMitch

Ishult - it's not you it's today's grid. I found it real hard work, took me twice as long as this number of words would usually do.

11:02 am

misstearweus

any help with dr 4/5?

11:02 am

mo

all i need is the 2nd or 3rd pa6/24 ...(i have the forgive one) ..if anyone could help please,thankyou

11:03 am

FMitch

Sherb - I wish I hadn't started to be honest

11:03 am

doxy1lover

miss, the dr4 ends with a double vowel (same one)

11:04 am

misstearweus

thnx!

11:04 am

sherb

the last two puzzles have been so short, I was looking forward to somethng to get my teeth into, but I don't have so much time today...

11:04 am

doxy1lover

yw

11:05 am

renfield

my brain ran away from home and joined a wild herd of dust bunnies......

11:06 am

doxy1lover

LOL ren

11:06 am

sherb

hi ren! lol :D

11:07 am

FMitch

mo
you need the 1st & 2nd you have the third. the 2nd is the same as the 3rd except for the last 2 letters - change to 2x a vowel.

11:08 am

renfield

hey hey - shreb & doxy - and all - just took a break to see if i want to play tonight....or work....

11:08 am

doxy1lover

eh, skip the work

11:09 am

sherb

work... play... work... play... I wonder... ;)

11:09 am

renfield

lol doxy.....

11:10 am

mo

FMitch I found it just as your clue came up but thank you very much all the same....CHEERS!

11:12 am

FMitch

You're welcome mo.

11:12 am

sherb

hi mo ...your icon always makes me smile :)

11:13 am

renfield

sherb - did you start your book last nite?

11:15 am

sherb

ren - I did, but I was tired, so I only managed two chapters ...I can tell I'm going to like Janet Evanovich, though ...very easy to read, and I like her characters ... :)

11:17 am

mo

sherb glad it "amuses" you i am computer iliterate thats why it never changes... my hubby put that one on!!!

11:19 am

sherb

mo - sorry, I meant it always makes me smile with pleasure, not amusement ...reminds me of some of our family photos ...happy memories of innocent times :)

11:21 am

joey

Sherb, are you going to be another Lulu pretender???

11:21 am

mo

sherb sorry i didnt mean it to sound like that .. i knew what you meant .... wrong choice of word on my part.

11:23 am

EvaNadine

any hints on the 7s?

11:24 am

renfield

harp - i really didn't say a word...honet - i didn't 8)

11:24 am

sherb

mo - I'm smiling :)

joey - is Lulu an Evanovich character? I've only just started One for the Money, and I haven't come across her yet.

11:25 am

renfield

i guess i'll re-read 1 for the money so i can be up to date on granny

11:26 am

joey

Sherb

yes, she is, when you find her no matter what she is doing she makes you laugh. and the mental images will have you smiling.

11:27 am

joey

my 81 year old mother just read 1 - 11 in about 3 weeks. she isn't as enamored as I am but she did ok.

11:27 am

Haz1558

ap7/36 - description of when one wears ap5/12

11:28 am

Haz1558

so7/32 different vowel ending to high female voice

11:28 am

sherb

I'm going to have to read more quickly so I can chat with you guys about the books...

11:28 am

Ouwachita

1 to go...last pr5/12....any help???

11:29 am

EvaNadine

thanks haz!

11:29 am

Haz1558

pr 5/12 - lying down

11:30 am

Ouwachita

haz...sorry, I need the pr5/12 before that one

11:31 am

Haz1558

pr5/14 - put an r in the word that poets write

11:31 am

Mary

Need help with the last 3 pa's - pa5/12, pa5/18 & pa6/30, please?

11:31 am

sherb

I like to collect things, and I had to stop myself buying all eleven books the other day... just in case I didn't like them... needn't have worried... but I'll buy the others online rather than from the bookstore...

11:31 am

Ouwachita

mary...think dog disease

11:32 am

Haz1558

Sorry pr 5/12 add ir4/4 minus the r

11:32 am

Mary

sorry, just got the pa5/18 & pa6/30. Just need the pa5/12

11:32 am

renfield

sherb - can you purchase from half.com? they carry used and new books...

11:33 am

Ouwachita

haz....thanks, I finally got it

11:33 am

Haz1558

Good, hope I didn't confuse you too much.

11:34 am

EvaNadine

any hints for the Es that arent creepy?

11:34 am

mo

Mary pa5 is your pa4/5 plus a vowel

11:35 am

sherb

ren - hadn't heard of half.com, but I'm just looking at it now, and those prices are LOW!!! just going to check out the shipping costs...

11:35 am

Mary

Thanx, mo, got it.

11:36 am

mo

yw Mary

11:38 am

lshult

can't get the ma5/14

11:39 am

MaisieB

Ishult mother for example

11:39 am

scarydeb

ishult Al Jolson song

11:41 am

lshult

AHHHH!!!
Every one I've had problems with has been easy.
If you listen really carefully you will hear the sound of me bashing my head against the computer screen!!**??!!

11:43 am

jaydee

Hi Ishult, how r u?

11:44 am

lshult

gettin over a rotten cold, which only partly explains the problems I'm having with todays grid.
How about you.

11:45 am

sherb

*returns from the other room to see what the banging sound is* ...lshult, you'll do yourself an injury...

11:45 am

jaydee

Fine thanks,but cold. warmer outside than in!

11:47 am

lshult

Pretty cold down here in the south (after dark that is, during the day the sun was blazing). What part of this wonderful country do you reside?

11:49 am

jaydee

Ra'anana. home to many Anglo Saxons.Been here 23 years.(like it and think i'll stay!)

11:52 am

lshult

might have guessed.
10 years a kibbutznik on Ketura myself (although 13 years a kibbuznik in total)

11:54 am

speedfreak sam

jaydee ... I've got a pretty strong feeling that we might be related ... very closely ... see if you can guess who I am

11:55 am

jaydee

Don't know your kibbutz, but have hiked down in the negev quite a few times. Love it. Best part of the country.

11:56 am

jaydee

Hi David n Sam. what a nice surprise!!!I know who introduced you to Babble.

11:57 am

lshult

go further south, into the southern Arava to find me. 50km before Eilat

11:58 am

speedfreak sam

'fraid to say that Babble has become something of an obsession ... don't think we're that good at it, but with scrabble word book in hand we normally get a decent score

11:59 am

jaydee

I have 7 P's to find then im done for today.Yes, i'm addicted and not sufficiently employed.

12:00 pm

speedfreak sam

we'll race you to the end ... we're 9 words short of finishing ... mainly p's as well.

12:03 pm

jaydee

OK. but excuse me you said you wernt very good???? Dont believe that

12:15 pm

sherb

done the P's... what a pa4... time for a break, back later...

12:16 pm

joey

I give up - I am at my last two and just can't do it. Help please on the last two Pa's on the list - 5/18 and 6/30.

thanks

12:18 pm

joey

never mind, she says sheepishly.

found them and done.......

12:18 pm

LeslieAnn

congrats, joey!

12:18 pm

grant

joey- ***for the course + the democratic right to ****-te

12:19 pm

speedfreak sam

Joey we'll do a swap ... the two pa's you need are a dog virus and its plural. We're after our last two ma5/22 and mi5/22

12:19 pm

joey

great clue, grant. ty

12:21 pm

joey

ma think Billy Crystal - you look Ma...... starts with the first three letters of a planet, then add two almost last letters of the alphabet, in order.....

12:21 pm

joey

mi first three letters of what you look in, last consonent, first vowel.............

12:23 pm

speedfreak sam

thanks Joey ... you're a gem ... god only know what either of those words mean ... will look them up later
Anyway, can now get on with a normal life.

12:24 pm

joey

yeah, I didn't think definitions would do it.

you are welcome. I too can get back to work.

12:24 pm

speedfreak sam

Joyce ... bye for now ... after many hours of futile struggle we've finally finished. Enjoy the rest of Hannukah - we're off to watch the telly. Love. David & Sam.

12:26 pm

jaydee

bye ive one more to go .love 2 all

12:26 pm

Babs1

hi all...seems to be some of you leaving us in the dust...any help on the ne 5/20?

12:27 pm

Babs1

never mind *slaps face with fish*

12:28 pm

scarydeb

babs1 agitated

12:32 pm

Babs1

hmm...how about that pesky os 5/12...I hope it's not a fish smacker too!

12:32 pm

Cinderella

Please... anyone have a clue for the first ra 5/12? After ra 4/4.

12:33 pm

Babs1

cinderella...just add an e

12:33 pm

joey

ne 5/20 - first three letters of what you have in your body and the last two are close to the end of the alphabet in order.

12:35 pm

joey

reason you can't find os is because there isn't any - pass the fish please.

12:35 pm

Babs1

everytime I ask for help, I figure it out myself....i think I'm on to something here...lol

12:36 pm

joey

anyone need anything?

12:36 pm

Babs1

Thanks, joey...I meant oa and did find it!

12:37 pm

harpjane

Babs-that's a common occurence--I think it has to do with how the brain processes information! Happens to me all the time!

12:38 pm

Cinderella

Thanks Babs, I still can't see it though!

12:39 pm

joey

Cinderalla - try ra then the past tense of "being introduced to someone for the first time"

or I *** her on the corner....

12:40 pm

pbr

OK -- I am stuck ma5/22,6/21 and 8/50 Help! pls

12:40 pm

chic

Good day, All, a clue for
im 4/6 (first 0ne)
ma 5/22
please....

12:40 pm

joey

ma 6 and 8 - color and being stranded. ( two definitions, same word)

12:41 pm

Babs1

sorry cinderella my hint should have been to add an e to the ra 4/5!

12:41 pm

Cinderella

Joey and Babs--- I got it. Thanks so much! :)

12:42 pm

dcseain

im4/6 muslim religious leader

12:42 pm

joey

ma 5/22 - clue at 12:21

12:44 pm

macuser

anyone have a clue for dr5/12? I have the one for the worker bee

12:45 pm

chic

Great, thanx, joey!

12:45 pm

Jera

Could I have some help with the long s's? so7 & so6, please...

12:45 pm

renfield

hey babs1 - did you cook your latkes last night?

12:45 pm

LeslieAnn

macuser, down the dr***

12:46 pm

chic

Jera, so7 popular HBO show with different vowel on the end..

12:46 pm

shalee

in a sink, water goes down the dr5/12

12:47 pm

macuser

thank you Leslie! that was so obvious, i missed it

12:47 pm

pbr

joey -- got the 5/22 -- still trying to figure out the ma6 and 8 clue

12:47 pm

Jera

ty, chic... how's about the so6??

12:47 pm

LeslieAnn

no problem, i was missing the one you had so everybody wins :)

12:48 pm

joey

ma start with the first 3 letters of a planet, then a double consonent.... you should get it from there, if not come on back

12:48 pm

Jera

pbr... when you are left stranded on a desert island, & past tense for the 8

12:49 pm

joey

meant....... DOUBLE VOWEL.. throw me the fish.......

12:49 pm

macuser

even trade then Leslie :)

12:49 pm

chic

jera, like the King's title but with a different spelling at the end

12:50 pm

Jera

King's title??

12:53 pm

pbr

Jera -- took a while -- thx for the clues..need to leave for a while, I'll be back!!!

12:53 pm

harpjane

no 6?

12:55 pm

chic

jera, so6 + consonant + I didn't walk, I ***

12:55 pm

joey

no 6 - no plus a ri 4/4

12:55 pm

chic

Harp, no +ri 4/4

12:56 pm

chic

just 2 to go..
am 4/6
re 5/12
please

12:56 pm

Jera

The so6 is what I'm looking for, chic... got the 7 clue, tyvm...

12:57 pm

harpjane

OK, guess I have to work on the r's then!

12:57 pm

Jera

am4/6 = lots of power to your music/electronics

12:58 pm

chic

tu, jera..get the so6 yet?

12:58 pm

joey

no 6 - no plus last 4 of I w.... a letter.

12:58 pm

macuser

mi5/22 ?

12:59 pm

dsp0705

first re 5/12 anyone?

12:59 pm

dsp0705

oops, I mean first ra5/12

12:59 pm

macuser

never mind - i found it

1:00 pm

joey

take the ending vowel off your next re

1:00 pm

joey

I am gone - have a great rest of the day, or night.....

1:01 pm

Jera

No, chic... wandered off to look for n's.. can you give me a bit more?

1:02 pm

chic

thx, joey, I'm done...

1:03 pm

chic

Ok, jera,
so + fifth to the last letter of alphabet + the country next to Iraq

1:05 pm

chic

fish! drop the i in the country..

1:05 pm

movieman

Hi, everybody....it's the movieman here!!!!

Ne1 care to help me with my last v?

I already have the one that means conceited, and the one that's short for a bloodsucker and its plural, so what on earth is the other.....

Gracias.....

1:06 pm

LeslieAnn

movieman, change the last letter in the one that's "you're so va**

1:06 pm

Jera

*light bulb!*

Now the king makes sense... tyvm!!

1:06 pm

chic

movieman, v+ what we breathe

1:06 pm

dsp0705

movieman - v + what you breathe

1:08 pm

chic

Movieman, I have a question for you...
Have you heard if they are making a Silver Surfer movie? and is Vin Diesel in it?

1:09 pm

dsp0705

first ra5/12 anyone yet?

1:09 pm

Kelstar

trying to find last word.. OR 5/12. any clues?

1:10 pm

movieman

Hang on, chic, I'll just check the imdb....

Be back in a mo.....

1:10 pm

faeriekae

Hello all....just stepped for a couple of minutes to make sure everyone had a nice Christmas???????

1:11 pm

macuser

Kelstar
o + re4

1:11 pm

chic

ra + I'm glad I +++ you...
o+ I **** a good book this week..

1:11 pm

movieman

Chic, have just checked the imdb, and there's no news as yet on a possible 'Silver Surfer' movie....

1:12 pm

dsp0705

thanks chic!

1:13 pm

Kelstar

Thanks, macuser!

1:13 pm

chic

thx, mm, I thought I heard a buzz about it somewhere...I'm off for some lunch before I vaporize...

1:13 pm

macuser

You're welcome, Kelstar :)

1:15 pm

harpjane

I need one of the first do 4/5?
i have fish, and coin. what am I missing?

1:18 pm

mab

hj: having finished, you are do4.

1:19 pm

harpjane

mab, i forgot to mention, I already have that one too! Do you have the others?

1:20 pm

jaydee

totally stuck on middle pr12.help please

1:20 pm

mab

Let's see.. there is the persosn who gets things accomplished - do4

1:22 pm

mab

Leslie: to primp?

1:22 pm

LeslieAnn

what?

1:22 pm

harpjane

ty mab. That was it!

1:23 pm

mab

Sorry, meant jaydee.

1:23 pm

mtnjock

or to lie flat, you are in the pr**** position

1:24 pm

LeslieAnn

that's ok, as i'm still in my pajamas i wondered if you were being psychic :)

1:25 pm

mab

Oooo, I wish I was.

1:25 pm

jaydee

mab got that one and the lying down one. is there another?

1:27 pm

mab

There is a 14, meaning the best or first, and then there are three others that I don't have.

1:32 pm

jaydee

mab , there are 3 pr 14's and 3 pr 12's, I am missing the middle 12, which I guess you hav'nt got yet either.I am about to give up in disgust with ONE word left!

1:33 pm

LeslieAnn

wait jaydee think i got it: pr + an electrically charged atom (I think - my chemistry knowledge is a bit rusty)

1:35 pm

mab

Congratulations jaydee!!!!

Thanks, Leslie Ann - got all my pr5s now.

1:36 pm

jaydee

Leslie Ann, got it thanks to you, very grateful. thank u thank u. can go and have a drink now.

1:39 pm

LeslieAnn

you're welcome :)

1:42 pm

Jera

I need help with the first ra5/12, please (the one after water from the sky)...

1:46 pm

mab

Do you have the ra5 that is like the noodles but with a different consonant on the end? Rhymes with the playright David Ma, Glengarry Glen Ross.

1:49 pm

Jera

I have all the r's except the first ra5/12

1:50 pm

Jera

That was it, ty mab

1:53 pm

Cathy

hi all. hope everyone enjoyed their holidays! I'm so enjoying my little vacation, and getting to Babble during the day for a change :)

1:56 pm

dsp0705

ma 5/14 anyone?

1:56 pm

faeriekae

Cathy-Happy Holidays glad your able to enjoy your vacation. My time off was great but back to work today but another long weekend coming up (*^_^*)

1:57 pm

mrpresident

dsp ma4/5 plural

2:02 pm

dsp0705

I don't seem to be able to pluralize any of my ma4/5's

2:02 pm

misstearweus

Hi gang! 3 left! Any help with na 4/4?

2:03 pm

LeslieAnn

dsp, try some variations on "mom" (think ma + mama *** and change last vowel)

2:04 pm

misstearweus

nevermind! got it!

2:05 pm

harpjane

Could I get a clue for the first pr 5/12?

2:06 pm

mrpresident

sorry dsp... DUH moment... wrong word

2:06 pm

LeslieAnn

to pr*** in front of a mirror

2:06 pm

dsp0705

Thanks Leslie :)

2:07 pm

mrpresident

harp... is it what birds do to their feathers to clean them?

2:07 pm

dsp0705

Thats ok, I have lots of duh moments

2:08 pm

harpjane

That was it! Thanks. I often forget to look down!

2:10 pm

misstearweus

Yahoo! Done! and for the first time no a2z help. I'm learning, I'm really learning!

2:10 pm

babsmgl

how many words?

2:11 pm

misstearweus

148

2:11 pm

Jera

I could use some help wiht the ae5, please...

2:11 pm

misstearweus

Jera, ae Old english spelling of airy

2:11 pm

mrpresident

misstearweus gets

*~*~*~FIREWORKS!~*~*~*

2:12 pm

misstearweus

thank you, thank you... took just over 4.5 hours on an off today, but I resisted. I am thankful for all the clues I got from the board.

2:13 pm

Jera

ty, misstearweus... happy dance of doneness for you!!

2:13 pm

misstearweus

sorry, on AND off today...I'm at work today.

2:14 pm

mab

Yey, Misstearweus!!!!

2:16 pm

misstearweus

since I feel like I'm the only employee at CDC today, I'll hang around for a while in case anyone needs any clues.

2:18 pm

mrpresident

misstearweus... I'll get my long list of 5's ready for you to give me clues LOL

2:18 pm

Jera

I have 31 to go, so I will probably be giving a shout out or two for help...

2:19 pm

mrpresident

can't complain... only have 24 to get
once my Mother in Law gets out of bed, she is slaving away at this board to help me finish it.

2:20 pm

misstearweus

bring it on! I can tell you I labored through the p's forever!

2:20 pm

mrpresident

ad6/21 is eluding me... please help

2:21 pm

misstearweus

a + french for right

2:26 pm

mrpresident

had to really stretch my french then....

2:27 pm

misstearweus

Pardonnez-moi, je parle francais

2:28 pm

misstearweus

the clue was one I saw earlier that go me through the same clutch

2:30 pm

Jera

Since we are complaining about the pa's I might as well finish them off... I need one more pa6/24... I have the two-by-two, excuse me & plural of the disease (I think)... help?

2:32 pm

LeslieAnn

jera think of the excuse me in a different way... if it is getting off death row, what you would call that person who got off

2:33 pm

Jera

Excellent clue, Leslie, tyvm!

2:34 pm

LeslieAnn

you're welcome

2:35 pm

harpjane

Anyone have a clue for the last sp6/24?

I have the one that refers to the aforementioned prisoner, who was sp 6/24, when the governor gave him the pa 6/24.

2:35 pm

Cathy

misstearweus -- just got back to the log, and saw your comment about CDC. I worked there in the Parasitology Lab YEARS ago ... in fact, before you were even born! YIKES, I feel old right now!

2:36 pm

Jera

harpjane, you do this with butter on bread

2:36 pm

misstearweus

ooohh...a lab worker...we got jokes for the lab workers!

2:37 pm

misstearweus

Cathy, were you on the 1600 campus?

2:38 pm

Cathy

I'm sure you do ... and the parasitology lab is probably a prime target!! I'm not even sure I know what the 1600 campus is ... there was only one building then, but it was right near Emory -- can't recall the street. We were down in the basement. I do remember that!

2:39 pm

Jera

21 to go... I need a little break...back soon...

2:39 pm

misstearweus

IN THE BASEMENT...the punchline of many jokes lol! Yes, you were at Clifton Road. Its like Fort Knox now. I work at a different campus not far from there. Hate having to visit, its like trying to get into Cuba.

2:41 pm

Cathy

Clifton Rd -- that's it. And I'm sure the basement is still as undesirable a location as ever ... but what a fitting place to keep all the parasites :)

2:43 pm

gem_gem

hi all howz it going?

2:43 pm

Cathy

hi gem ... having a nice relaxing time today ... how about you?

2:44 pm

gem_gem

yep me 2 just upgraded account

2:46 pm

Cathy

great! Welcome to the Pro level. Wish I could tell you it makes you smarter in solving the grids, but I haven't found that to be the case :)

2:46 pm

Babbler

hello : )

congrats on going Pro, gem_gem! : )

2:47 pm

mab

And you have access to the Pro Lounge. You're in it right now. Nice, yes?

2:47 pm

Cathy

Hi Babbler !!

2:47 pm

gem_gem

thanks babbler! And cathy you know miyavi_fan?

2:48 pm

mab

Babs! Hi!

2:48 pm

gem_gem

yep mab

2:48 pm

Cathy

Yes, I've seen her on the log quite frequently

2:48 pm

JJ555

anyone with a clue for ma 5/22?

2:48 pm

sherb

evening all :) ...back to find another 83...

2:49 pm

Babbler

Hi Cathy, Mab, Sherb : )

2:50 pm

mab

I hope, sherb, that you are not going to be negative about it. (ha ha ha -- I crack myself up)

2:50 pm

Babbler

JJ - do you know the old b&w with James Stewart about the giant invisible rabbit who was his friend? The ma5/22 rhymes with the rabbit's (and film's) name... : )

2:50 pm

gem_gem

lol well when she got it, it didn't make her any smarter ........only joking. And yes I can compare because i have known her since I was 5!

2:52 pm

sherb

lol mab :D ... hi Babs :)

gem - welcome to Pro :)

2:52 pm

harpjane

Cathy used a woooord, Cathy used a woooord....
hee hee hee hee hee!

2:53 pm

gem_gem

lol its like i have moved away sherb everyone keeps saying that!

2:53 pm

Cathy

gem -- well, then she and I have that in common, 'cuz it didn't make me any smarter either :) lol

2:53 pm

Babbler

what word, harp?? when??? (only half way here....) : )

2:53 pm

gem_gem

and it doesn't seem to be making me any smarter!

2:54 pm

sherb

yeah, gem, now all you need is a humourous profile... ;)

2:54 pm

Cathy

I did ??? Must be one I don't have then ... see, told you I wasn't any smarter :)

2:55 pm

gem_gem

and the removals van to turn up....

2:55 pm

gem_gem

oooo don't cry cathy i've got chocolate

2:56 pm

lilspotteddog

I'm a newbie. Any hints at using this? I don't know the abbreviations yet. I've been working for a bout an hour now and have only 63 words. Clue me in to the stats example

2:57 pm

Jera

63 words in an hour is excellent for a newbie!!

2:58 pm

gem_gem

wel done lilspotteddog and welcome!

2:58 pm

sherb

hi lilspotteddog :) for example, pr5/12 means a 5 letter word beginning with pr and worth 12 points. See 'Babble Rules' at the top of the page for the points scoring.

Also, you can get a stats at the Babblers Anon site - link on the right - have fun :)

2:59 pm

Babbler

Hi lilspottedogg : )
All is explained in Babble Rules, at the top of the page. ad6/21 for example will mean begins is ad, there are 6 letters, with a total score of 21.
You will find stats in Babblers Anonymous, in the Friends of Babble panel on the right.
63 words in one hour is very good going!!
Welcome to Babble! : )

2:59 pm

misstearweus

Ok, I'm off! I'm going to slip out the door and head home. Cheers everyone!

3:00 pm

Babbler

....begins WITH.... : /

3:00 pm

Jera

Need help with last do5/12... well, it might not be the last... I have the one where something is do4/5 to... help?

3:00 pm

Babbler

b'bye Misstear : )

3:00 pm

sherb

bye misst :)

3:00 pm

lilspotteddog

thanx all. i will go back to rules. My mom called when I was jsut starting, so I bet she is logged on too! She can't afford to let me get ahead of her on a word puzzle!

3:01 pm

mab

pr4/6, for example, means the word begins with pr, is 4 letters long, and worth 6 points.

If you click on Babblers Anon at the right, you can go to the stats, which list the words in the grid by the first two letters. If you copy this to notepad or some such thing, you can refer to it frequently. It's enormously helpful.

3:01 pm

Babbler

who's your Mom, lils?

3:02 pm

granadan

No=w aint that what babble is all about. Nice family and friend wrecking
*lovingly polishes beretta and aims it for best pal who got a higher score yesterday....*

3:02 pm

faeriekae

Babbler "runs and knocks Babs down and givers her the biggest Christmas hug ever (*^_^*)

3:03 pm

gem_gem

xmas hugs all round! :D

3:03 pm

Babbler

*Babs dusts fairy dust off her..... then changes her mind cos it sooooo finishes her outfit!!* lol!
Hi Faerikae!!!! How lovely to be knocked down by a hug of my making! How are you? :D

3:04 pm

Jera

Need help with last do5/12... well, it might not be the last... I have the one where something is do4/5 to... help?

3:04 pm

Babbler

Jera - do5 - someone who gives something, eg blood?

3:06 pm

Jera

ty... I was ending it wrong... trying to misspell it for some time now, LOL

3:06 pm

faeriekae

I'm great, so nice to be back among the Babble crowd and glad you like the faerie dust it looks great on you

3:06 pm

evanonut

* glides into the room smiling *
hello everyone

3:07 pm

Babbler

*Babs marvels at the olympic finish*

Hi evanonut! How are you? :D

3:07 pm

granadan

thats a kebab! >g<

3:07 pm

faeriekae

Evanonut - Hi *faerie dust for you*

3:08 pm

granadan

*sneezes*

3:08 pm

evanonut

just lovely babs - couldn't be happier, what with that dreadfully expensive time of year finally over.

3:09 pm

Babbler

I can't find so7/32..... *pout*..... any clues pls anyone?
: (

3:09 pm

faeriekae

Grandan - the Faerie Dust shouldn't make you sneeze it should make you laugh and it also makes you very smart.......(smile)

3:09 pm

evanonut

gah! * rubs face * - ouch, think i got some in my eye, but thanks faer, i'm sure it looks great.

3:09 pm

Jera

Popular HBO show with different vowel ending, Babbler...

3:10 pm

mab

Greetings evanout. I too am glad it's over.

3:10 pm

CATHB

good evening all...hope you have all had a good day ..anyone braved the sales today

3:10 pm

sherb

Babs - so7 - multiple female opera singers :)

3:11 pm

Babbler

oooooh! I got it from popular HBO show. I love that show! thx guys : )

3:11 pm

faeriekae

Evanonut - sorry about your eye *wonders if it will make eyes sparkle* going to mirror to check it out

3:11 pm

sherb

hi evanonut... I've just started reading One for the Money... loving it :D

3:11 pm

granadan

Its Christmas and Im doing the bah humbug thing. Ive dropped icing into the keyboard and am not sure hwether Ill get electrocuted if I try to retrieve it with my tongue (too small gap for fingers)

3:11 pm

Jera

need help with ma5/14, please...

3:12 pm

granadan

get stuck in the m--- then past tense it.

3:12 pm

harpjane

Reminds me of a sign in the science department at our university:
"WARNING! DO NOT LOOK INTO LASER WITH OTHER GOOD EYE!"

3:12 pm

granadan

sorry - thats an mi not ma....

3:12 pm

faeriekae

LOL

3:13 pm

Babbler

ma5/14 - sounds like another word for mother...

3:14 pm

harpjane

Um, it's not over evan, my first credit card bill arrived today!

3:14 pm

mab

Jera: two-letter name for mother, plus do re **, plus e.

3:14 pm

granadan

try sort of a slang for female parent

3:14 pm

Jera

ty, Babbler...

3:16 pm

evanonut

good girl sherb, sorry for jumping in and back out again, but hubby decided to take me to supper!

3:17 pm

Cathy

Yeah! "0 words left to find" is a wonderful phrase, isn't it?

3:17 pm

Babbler

so6/27 pls, anyone? ty : )

3:18 pm

JJ555

anyone with a clue for no 6/18?

3:18 pm

faeriekae

A so**** nation

3:18 pm

Frances

so6/27 think of a gold coin and tinker with the spelling

3:19 pm

mab

Hurrah Cathy!!!!

3:19 pm

sherb

evano - I need to read a few of the books so I can trade stories with you and joey and ren... they keep talking about characters I haven't got to yet...

3:19 pm

CATHB

well done Cathy

3:19 pm

Babbler

:D:D:D Frances! ty

3:20 pm

Jera

8 left... p's & o's!!

3:21 pm

Babbler

68 left..... minding my p's and q's....

(soz Jera, I couldn't resist!) lol ; )

3:21 pm

Frances

Babbler
You're welcome

3:21 pm

Cathy

JJ - your no6 is no + an r 4/4 that means ritual ...

3:21 pm

granadan

JERA DO YOU HAVE THE DOGGY DISEASE P?

(Sorry caps loc)

3:22 pm

JJ555

thanks Cathy!

3:23 pm

Babbler

I don't. what doggy disease?

3:23 pm

granadan

think of a common canine disease you vaccinate against begginning with p.

3:24 pm

Jera

Yes, i am down to pr's... need help with od's, please... I have the smell... need other od4/5 & od5/12...

3:24 pm

Babbler

don't have a dog..... only disease I know is rabies.... : /

3:25 pm

miametro

i still have 73 words to find. argh! how's everyone tonight?

3:25 pm

faeriekae

Ok - almost time to go home I will have my 11 hrs in, in about 25 mins so I'm logging out for now and cleaning off my desk. I'll check back in a little later from home. Bye

3:26 pm

Babbler

b'bye Faerikae. Safe journey home and see you later.
: )

3:27 pm

CATHB

Jera the od5 is a type of greek theatre

3:27 pm

granadan

Its also a childs viral illness with red cheeks and hands. Looks a little like measkles. Its the shortened bit you want, you can leave off the virus as in p----virus.

3:28 pm

Babbler

are there od5 cinemas in the States?

3:28 pm

CATHB

Jera and the od4 is a small building of ancient Greece and Rome used for public performances of music and poetry.

3:29 pm

Cathy

Babbler - yes, we have od5 movie theatres here in FL

3:29 pm

Babbler

granadan, I'm in a muddle - which p word is this virus a clue for? :/

3:31 pm

CATHB

babbler its the pa5/18

3:31 pm

Jera

Thanks, got 'em... now to the pr's!!

3:32 pm

Jera

Oops, forgot the or4/5...

3:32 pm

Cathy

Babbler -- it's also the pa 6 30 (plural) -- last 2 pa words

3:32 pm

CATHB

can anyone help with th pa4/6..i seem to have tried every combination and am now wordblind (it is probably som easy i will kick myself)

3:33 pm

sherb

Cath - pa4/6 - wild cat :)

3:33 pm

cybernan

Hello Everyone -- I trust that all of you enjoyed your holidays and that Santa was good to you. We saw our family off this morning -- hope they have a better trip home than they did coming out!

3:34 pm

Babbler

hi cybernan :D

3:34 pm

sherb

Jera - or4/5 - add an active verb :)

3:34 pm

Jera

NOW... on to the pr's!!

3:34 pm

Doll414

Cath - what cowboys call each other minus the last three letters

3:34 pm

Cathy

CathB -- drop last 2 vowels from the pa 6/24

3:35 pm

Jera

ty sherb, but I got it...

3:35 pm

sherb

hi nan :)

3:35 pm

Jera

Whoo-hoo... 4 to go!!

*crawls panting through the dust towards finish line*

3:35 pm

Cathy

Hi cybernan -- hope your holidays were good too.

3:36 pm

cybernan

How many of you wonder why spam isn't a word -- maybe we should inform the spam creators!

3:36 pm

Babbler

time for a tea break.... brb

c'mon Jera!!!!!! :D

3:37 pm

granadan

Jera
pa 5/18 and pa 6/30

3:37 pm

oldhousejunky

agree cyber

3:37 pm

Cathy

cybernan -- I know... thought that was odd it wouldn't accept it

3:37 pm

CATHB

thank you sherb,doll and cathy..i thought is had looked in that direction but as usual missed it

3:38 pm

CATHB

i quite agree with you cybernan

3:39 pm

miametro

wow, went from 73 to find to 58 to find in the space of a couple of minutes. quite nice :)

3:42 pm

Cathy

Well, I've got some gift cards burning a hole in my pocket, so think I'll make a little trip to the bookstore. Everyone have a great evening, and see you tomorrow!

3:43 pm

sherb

bye Cathy :)

3:44 pm

CATHB

goodnight cathy

3:44 pm

miametro

any clues for the ee 5/10?

3:45 pm

granadan

spooky

3:45 pm

sherb

mia - ee5/10 - strange or scary :)

3:45 pm

miametro

thank you :) 46 to find..

3:46 pm

smaller

happy holidays all!!!

something weird - i was gone for 3 days and my ranking went up
rather ee5/10 - thanks for the clue!

3:46 pm

Babbler

hi Smaller! yes, that's one of the mysteries of Babble.. : )

3:47 pm

smaller

hi babbler! thanks for the post! missed you!

3:48 pm

sherb

hi smaller - welcome back :D

3:48 pm

Babbler

:D:D did you?? *pr5/14*

3:49 pm

Babbler

ooops!! *pr5/12* !!

3:49 pm

smaller

hi sherb!
is that your picture?

3:50 pm

sherb

smaller - I wish! ...no, it's Sophia Loren, with a little treatment... :D

3:50 pm

smaller

yep babs!
and you can pr5/12 or 5/14, whatever you would like.

3:52 pm

smaller

Sherb-
so how do you make someone purple? didn't anj do that the other day? that's pretty cool. i'm technologically ignorant. took me an hour just to find the speaker holes

3:57 pm

sherb

smaller - luckily, there's software that makes it simple... I use a program called Photoshop Elements - a cutdown version of a professional program... it lets you crop images, apply effects, change colours etc... hours of fun, in fact :D

if you don't want to buy the software, computer magazines often have free discs, so you could just look for one with a photo editor program

3:57 pm

cybernan

Finished yet, Jera?

3:59 pm

miametro

any clues for the ma 5/ 22
and the
mi 5/ 22?

4:00 pm

smaller

sherb-
what line of work are you in?

4:00 pm

sherb

I just changed back to the original image...

4:02 pm

sherb

smaller - I work for a government agency, in the education field

4:03 pm

smaller

wow!

you're hot, sherb!
(see, right there was me starting a babble rumor of that your icon is a picture of you) FYI: I'll be continuing with it as I pop in and out.

so can i load the program near the speaker holes. i only know where the speaker holes are.

4:03 pm

CATHB

mi5/22- The common title of honor in Persia

4:04 pm

smaller

miametro-
sorry I don't have those. i only have 40 words so far

4:05 pm

smaller

41.
thanks CathB

4:05 pm

renfield

hey smaller- like i missed your wave this morning..... can't seem to stay awake.....zzzzzzzzzzzzz

4:05 pm

granadan

if you break down the points totals on those two, it only really gives you one option for each.... havent a clue what they mean.

4:05 pm

miametro

i have 114 so if you need any help smaller let me know :)

4:06 pm

granadan

ma is slang for marvellous

4:06 pm

sherb

lol smaller :D

there are other holes in your PC... maybe I can arrange for you to go on a course...

4:06 pm

CATHB

ma5/22.ma8(a 3 letter word to spoil)..add last 2 letters of a 4 letter word for dark blue

4:06 pm

smaller

Hi Ren!!!!! Is Tinkerbell here, maybe she'll share some of her mocha to wake you up!

Thanks miametro! I should probably shut up and work on the grid then so I can ask stuff.

4:07 pm

granadan

the mi - wot cathb said!

4:07 pm

CATHB

opps

4:07 pm

renfield

tink - ohhhh tinker shro - where are you????...zzzzz

4:07 pm

miametro

thanks cathb :)

4:08 pm

CATHB

having probs with keyboard..something is sticking..makes for interesting words if i dont check

4:08 pm

sherb

hi ren :) how was your family gathering last night?

4:10 pm

smaller

sherb - just guide me and put everything in reference to the speaker holes. like ok the cd thingamajig is NNE of the speakerhole about 3 clicks, etc.

cathb - no don't change a thing! it's fun!

4:11 pm

smaller

hey everyone-
isn't sherb just so pretty!

4:11 pm

renfield

hey shro -it was very nice - however - i ate to much and had to use a pair of pliers this morning to zip up my levis....no more fried food.....8)

4:12 pm

smaller

ren-
you and sherb could be twins! post your picture again from the other day. do people say you look like sophia loren?

4:12 pm

Narnia_fan

Hello everyone!

4:12 pm

renfield

cath - we like those words - sticky words.....

4:12 pm

sherb

smaller - so, after you got the speakers fixed up, did you play Darleen's Do Wop Christmas card?

4:13 pm

renfield

no smaller - no one has ever said that to me.....8(
sherb - that's a good picture!!!

4:14 pm

renfield

hi narnia fan - how's it going?

4:15 pm

Sherry

Hi folks!
57 left! :)

4:15 pm

smaller

Hi Narnia fan!!!

ren- liar!

4:15 pm

renfield

hi sherry -

4:16 pm

sherb

yeah, I liked it ren...

funny, some days I look like Audrey Hepburn, and others I look like Elizabeth Taylor, and others...

4:17 pm

miametro

31 to go and i've resorted to a2z which always feels a bit like cheating, really..

4:17 pm

CATHB

yet anothert blind spot...the lat pr5/14 - can anyone help please

4:17 pm

Babbler

Hi Ren, Narnia_fan (hilary!!), Sherry : )

4:17 pm

renfield

people only say - girl - you need to comb your hair.

4:18 pm

Sherry

Miametro: he he he! exactly my feeling! but sometimes I really want to be done so what the heck! :)

4:18 pm

renfield

oh sherb - all the classic bone structures! suck in those cheeks girl!

4:18 pm

smaller

Hi babs! Welcome back!

Cool picture Miametro!

Sherb - good memory! Yep! that's what motivated me to hook 'em up

4:19 pm

lilspotteddog

are there 230 wordsin this puzzle?

4:19 pm

renfield

hi babbler - did you draw your pix?

4:19 pm

Babbler

CathB - I'm looking for the same pr5/14.... : /
let me know if you find it, pls?

4:20 pm

Sherry

Nope Lils! 148.

4:20 pm

CATHB

148 today lilspotteddog

4:20 pm

miametro

thanks smaller :)
sorry i can't help cathb, i'm missing a few of the pr's. i only have "to pr*** a charger" Or, "in his pr***"

4:20 pm

smaller

148 - lilspotteddog

4:21 pm

Babbler

hi Ren!! Nooooo! lol! I got this from Google. I'm on my sister's laptop and I'm not very good with it. I much prefer my pc.... : ) How are you?

4:21 pm

sherb

pr5/14 - there's 3 of em... 2 that are variants of first, and one that like verse with an extra R in it...

4:22 pm

smaller

pr5/14 - don't forget the ballerina one!

4:22 pm

miametro

do you have the pr*** donna?

4:23 pm

renfield

i'm a little sleepy- i was suppose to have to day off, however - needs must! so i came in.... 8)

4:24 pm

CATHB

i have the first 2 (same first 4 letters but diff ending) its the last one i am stuck on (after the pr4/6)

4:24 pm

smaller

ren-
good for you! you're such a trooper.

.....ok I'm only saying that b/c i'm just selfish and I'm glad you're here.

4:25 pm

Babbler

:(.... awww, you're back at work, Ren?? Poor you. I know what you mean. (((huggies))) Needs must.

4:26 pm

renfield

aw....geeee smaller -warm fuzzies...

4:26 pm

smaller

: )

4:27 pm

miametro

any clues for: pa 6/ 24
pa 5/ 12

pr 5/ 12
pr 4/ 5?

4:28 pm

Babbler

CathB - that elusive pr5/14?.... try an everyday word for a verse, and drop an R after the first letter....
(tip - go up the grid)

4:28 pm

smaller

pa6/24 - another way to say "excuse me"- "pa***** me"
or governor grants it to stop execution

4:29 pm

Babbler

thanks Sherb, for the pr5/14 clue : D

4:30 pm

miametro

i have that pa 6/24, and the one that means matched together.

4:30 pm

sherb

y/w Babs :)

4:30 pm

Babbler

mia - pr5/12 - "primp and pr***"

4:30 pm

sherb

mia - pa6/24 - add a double vowel to your pa4/6

4:31 pm

miametro

got that one, thanks babbler! it's always the last few that hurt the most, heh, my brain is tiiiiiiired

4:32 pm

miametro

ah, thank you sherb!

4:32 pm

CATHB

got it,many thanks babbler...i am struggling now..up to o early this morning for the Sales..have to brave it all again tomorrow with daughter

4:32 pm

Babbler

tell me about it, Mia! I haven't got your pa5/12 unfortunately.... : /

4:33 pm

CATHB

10 left to go..need a cup of tea to revive the flagging brain

4:34 pm

Babbler

did you find any good bargains, CathB? I had a look round today, and I think there was better stock BEFORE Christmas than there is now....! (says she who bought a really pretty dress today! lol!)

4:35 pm

smaller

babs and cathb-

wow I admire you ladies. i like people but these days through the first of the year, people are just frenzied while shopping. i must admit that this people-person stays home

4:37 pm

Babbler

I know what you mean, Smaller. I have never been to the shops on the first day of the sales before, but it was later in the afternoon, and my sister was free, so we decided to have a look. We only went to a small shopping centre, not the centre of town, which would have been heaving!!!

4:37 pm

smaller

ramit should be a word.
as in "if plug doesn't fit in the speaker hole, ramit in."

4:37 pm

sherb

so smaller, what line of work are you in?

4:37 pm

CATHB

I had bought a jumper for the said daughter in Next b4 xmas but could not return it today (no refunds until 29th).Husband had a watch and I bought some xmas decs but all the sale stuff seems to be old stock from previous sales.Then hit M&S but again husband had more bargains than me.We only went to a small retail park today.so hitting town tomorrow

4:38 pm

smaller

babs-
oh good! b/c i was really worried for your safety there for a bit. you live in a really populated area right?

4:38 pm

smaller

sherb-
computers.

4:39 pm

smaller

hahahahahahaha

i'm in sales, actually. I sell plants.

4:39 pm

sherb

yeah, right

4:39 pm

Babbler

I noticed that about Next too, Cath. But I did buy that gorgeous red vase! I needed one and it was perfect. Other than that, there wasn't much, was there? I'm staying away from town for a few weeks!!
Yes, Smaller, I am in Manchester, which is pretty big!!

4:40 pm

smaller

et tu, sherby?!!!!

4:41 pm

Babbler

do you know what, Cath? I was very impressed with BHS!! I live in London, and my nearest store is in Croydon, which never really did it for me. The one in Manchester is fab!!!!!

4:41 pm

smaller

sherb-
just b/c you're hot, doesn't mean that you can be rude

4:41 pm

sherb

I answered that one earlier...

4:41 pm

Babbler

lol Smaller!!! you can talk!! what's your excuse? eh?

4:42 pm

miametro

honestly, one of our own TOP players is in the board and i've only just seen it!

4:42 pm

Jera

I have 2 more.. a pr4/5 (one of the first 2) & a pr5/14 (the last one)... help?!

4:42 pm

smaller

babbler,
the town I live in has 500 people! : )

4:43 pm

Babbler

500!! wow!! Whereabouts are you, Smaller?

4:43 pm

CATHB

babblerI go to manchester quite often for meetings with work but have never had time to shop.However was there last week and had an hour ot 2 b4 a meeting so a collegue took me on a whistle stop tour of the shops....I could not get over Primark - makes our store look like a jumble sale

4:44 pm

Babbler

How many people in London, Sherb? About 6 million? Something like that, isn't it?

4:44 pm

sherb

Jera - pr4/5 is probably the one that sounds like the front of a ship (add two vowels), and the pr5/14 is probably the one that's like a verse, but with an R in it

4:45 pm

Jera

Got the 4, hurrah for monkey-typing!!

4:45 pm

smaller

babs-big ole Montana!
talk?

4:45 pm

Babbler

The Primark in Manchester is the best I've seen. I've seen a couple of stores in London and they look like jumble sales too! I couldn't understand my sisters going on about it until I came home and saw it for myself!! Definitely going there before I go back!! :D

4:45 pm

sherb

yeah, about 5.999m too many, Babs, lol ;D

4:45 pm

renfield

houston has about 1.6 +million ( don't abou that + though)

4:46 pm

Jera

Like a verse, sherb??

4:46 pm

Babbler

Sherb..... so why am I STILL single....???? (lol)

4:46 pm

miametro

15 words to find. GAH.

4:46 pm

smaller

ooo purple again!

4:47 pm

Babbler

forget I said anything, Smaller, I got carried away with my wacky sense of humour..... cup of tea, darling?? :D

4:47 pm

Jera

Got it, yay!

*happy dance of doneness!!!*

4:47 pm

sherb

Jera - another word for verse, begins with a P, stick an R in it... sounds strange...

4:48 pm

Babbler

*claps for Jera!!* :D

4:48 pm

CATHB

They are opening a new Primark in Swansea...they have taken over Littlewoods and are converting it.will be open in march.there are currently 3 floors therethere so I am hoping it will resemble the Manchesters store

4:49 pm

smaller

ok babs!

woohoo for jera!

4:49 pm

Sherry

Congrats Jera! :)

4:49 pm

whereami

i've yet to finish a puzzle, my brain has been on vacation

4:50 pm

Babbler

Cath - I read about that.... Primark are opening new stores. I hope I get one closer to me!!! (fingers crossed!) They are the only retailer to do well this year.

4:50 pm

smaller

whereami,
mine too, maybe they are together!

4:50 pm

miametro

any clues on the do 5/ 12?

4:50 pm

miametro

10 words. -goes crazy-

4:51 pm

whereami

hope I didn'tleave it somewhere

4:51 pm

Babbler

mia - do5 - someone who gives something, eg a blood do***

4:51 pm

smaller

do5/12 a person who gives, ie blood, organs, money

4:51 pm

sherb

mia - do5/12 - there's two, different last letters

4:52 pm

smaller

whereami,
mine just flat out left me. is yours young and built like a brickhouse and has a strong jawline. my brain would leave me for that.

4:53 pm

Mubner

Any clues out there for that nasty pa 5/12 and that elusive no 4/4 (I got the genre no 4/4)....

4:53 pm

smaller

mubner-
no4/4 switch the last two letters of your genre

4:54 pm

whereami

smaller, fat chance

4:55 pm

smaller

whereami,
so let's back track, when was the last time you know for sure that you used it?

4:55 pm

miametro

i have the blood giving one, it's the other one i can't get

4:55 pm

whereami

148 words in there????? I have 46

4:55 pm

whereami

smaller, I really can't remember

4:56 pm

sherb

mia - do5 - one gives, one receives - change the last two letters

4:56 pm

smaller

well, whereami,
you are certainly aptly named

4:56 pm

Babbler

mia - the last two letters are the same...

4:56 pm

smaller

Sherb! thanks!

4:57 pm

renfield

are we talking about brains again?

4:57 pm

miametro

ahhh, thank you sherb :)
and now, with 8 words left to find i think i'm going to go to bed before my brain starts leaking out of my ears! goodnight everyone, thanks for all your help :)

4:57 pm

whereami

renfeld.. what is a brain?

4:57 pm

smaller

i don't know, ren.

poor whereami

4:58 pm

renfield

whereami - .....a what?

4:58 pm

whereami

time for a break, need to go feed horses

4:58 pm

Babbler

mia, we'll help you!! there's only 8 left!!! stay!

4:58 pm

Mubner

Smaller, thanks, wish I'd have thought of that..

4:58 pm

smaller

bye whereami,
don't forget to come back in. and don't forget why you went outside.

4:58 pm

CATHB

miametro...cant give up now i only have 6 to find and eylids are closing.

4:59 pm

miametro

i'm knackered, hehe. and well, if i can't get them on my own then i'll live, it's okay. hollow victory and all, lol. Quite happy i managed to get this close to be honest, especially since i've only been playing a few weeks :)

4:59 pm

smaller

mubner,
babble is tricky tricky!

4:59 pm

whereami

I'll try... what was I going to do?

5:00 pm

smaller

whereami,

you were staying to babble. that's what you were doing. always trust us, we're your friends

5:00 pm

smaller

whereami,
and you were going to make some tea for us.
yep. that's what you were doing

5:01 pm

smaller

woohoo for mia!

5:01 pm

sherb

and bake some cookies... :D

5:01 pm

Babbler

whereami, you were going to email me a complete list of today's words, that's what you were going to do...

5:02 pm

Babbler

whereami, you were going to massage my feet, and then my shoulders, that's what you were going to do...

5:02 pm

renfield

whereami....and a wire transfer - you were going to wire transfer us all money....lots of money...

5:03 pm

smaller

whereami,
so hop to it, you're busy!

5:03 pm

renfield

....and then...and then you were going to come work the rest of the week for me.....

5:04 pm

Babbler

can I have american express travellers cheques, whereami? thanks muchly

5:05 pm

Krys10

testing icon, sorry

5:05 pm

Babbler

then you were going to go to the sales and find me the perfect black trousers and the perfect jeans.... for half price......

5:06 pm

sherb

hi Krys10... or 8...

5:06 pm

Babbler

Hi Krys10!! Not seen you in a while! Merry Christmas! : D

5:07 pm

smaller

lol sherb!

5:07 pm

faeriekae

whereami-this is just * faerie dust * you will seem ** &^% a little sleepy but *"''.>%* but you will stay *&>/~ and finish

5:07 pm

evanonut

i have returned...

5:07 pm

sherb

hi evano :) how was supper?

5:07 pm

Krys10

Merry Christmas! I'm dropping for a short visit after a long Babble vacation. Why is it that you guys see my scrabble letter and I see my old Puss n Boots icon?

5:08 pm

renfield

o need a new pair of pliers.....8(

5:08 pm

evanonut

with a full tummy...* burp * - er excuse me

5:08 pm

smaller

Hi Faeiouandsometimesy!

Hi evanonut!

5:08 pm

JJ555

anyone have a clue for ad 6/21?

5:08 pm

evanonut

excellent prime rib - Excellent

5:08 pm

Babbler

hi again evanonut : )

5:08 pm

granadan

dexterous or deft

5:08 pm

renfield

hi evanonut!!!!

5:09 pm

evanonut

SMALLLLLLLLLLER!

5:09 pm

Babbler

evanonut!! you mean pr5/14, surely??

5:09 pm

evanonut

renny babsy and all...

5:09 pm

faeriekae

Hi Smaller (hugs) *remembers knocking Babs to the floor earlier* sheepish grin*

5:09 pm

granadan

or even, a + french word for right (direction)

5:10 pm

Jessie1

What's up smaller, are you working?

5:11 pm

CATHB

ok folks..last cry for help.1 left to find and its the last sp6/24..need to get to bed !!!

5:11 pm

evanonut

babble while at work? i'm drooling at the idea

5:12 pm

Babbler

sp6/24 - another word for margerine..

5:12 pm

smaller

oops! ....um...hi jessie1.

5:13 pm

sherb

Cath - sp6/24 - sp**** betting, sandwich sp****...

5:13 pm

Babbler

hi Jessie : )

5:13 pm

granadan

ty sherb!

5:14 pm

sherb

ooh, Jessie - are you smaller's boss?

5:14 pm

Babbler

whereami!!! have you seen Jessie's profile?? You'll know where you are when you do....!!! lol!

*cheeky Babs runs away before anyone can throw anything at her!!*

5:14 pm

CATHB

thak you babbler and sherb..can now got to bed a happy bunny..see you all tomorrow..goodnight

5:14 pm

renfield

smaller's not here.....

5:14 pm

smaller

jessie1,
sherb needed some help with her computer, so I've been giving my innate expertise. pro bono. it's the season of giving. just doing my good deed for mankind. well, sherbkind

5:15 pm

smaller

thanks ren!

sherb- he likes to think so

5:15 pm

Babbler

congrats CathB!!! sleep well and see you tomorrow. Happy shopping, by the way! : )

5:15 pm

evanonut

smaller. lula don't know nothing about computers. silly girl.

5:15 pm

Sherry

Congrats Cathb!

5:16 pm

smaller

evano,
shhhh, don't give away anything, 1 for the money is supposed to be in today!

5:16 pm

KRISTINAROSE333

Krys - Refresh

5:16 pm

renfield

ok cathb - now sleep - then shop!!!!!!

5:16 pm

sherb

I was just interested in buying some plants... can you advise me on what would grow well in London? ...and how to transport it from Montana?...

5:16 pm

evanonut

oh - wait, repeat?

5:17 pm

smaller

LOL sherb!!!!

See Jessie1. Slaving away here!

5:18 pm

evanonut

oh dear, my strawberry margarita is not sitting very well.

5:18 pm

Babbler

pa5/12 pls, anyone? ty

5:18 pm

Jessie1

How is everybody doing. Is anyone off for the week? I'm not:-{

5:19 pm

Babbler

it wants to cross its legs and sit like a lady, evanonut!!
; )

5:19 pm

renfield

i was - then i'm not -unless we can find whereami i to fulfull the order....8)

5:19 pm

Mapella

Hi all - I'm new to this. How do you all know what words you are looking for?

5:19 pm

JJ555

anyone have a clue for an 5/12?
and thanks granadan for ad 6/21!

5:19 pm

smaller

work work work work

5:19 pm

sherb

off til next Tuesday, Jessie... big Babble smile :D

5:19 pm

Babs1

hey, babbler...lazy clue for you
A garment consisting of a rectangular piece of printed cloth worn especially in Polynesia by men and women as a wraparound skirt.

5:20 pm

evanonut

gee babs, i think if it manages to cross it's legs i may cast it up!

5:20 pm

smaller

sherb,
again, don't be mean! man, movie stars get away with everything! huh, ren?!

5:21 pm

sherb

say, Jessie, tell us something about smaller... she's a little shy with us...

5:21 pm

oldhousejunky

JJ - ad 6/21 skillful and adept

5:21 pm

Babbler

Hi Mapella : )
Well, you could ask us who are Pro and have access to some stats. Or, you could go to Babblers Anonymous, (in Friends of Babble panel on the right of your screen). Click on General, then Stats. Don't forget to have a look at Babble Rules at the top of the page, to help work out scores etc.
Welcome to Babble! : )

5:21 pm

granadan

an 5/12. start with word for a beast, remove the al from the end and add a single vowel

5:21 pm

evanonut

smaller and shy in the same sentence?

5:21 pm

faeriekae

Mapella - Welcome! Babbler or someone else will have to explain the game but lots of fun and most are addicted players or Babblers or a little of both.

5:22 pm

JJ555

thanks again!

5:22 pm

renfield

sure smaller - we get to breeze right thrhough customs...people want us to wear their clothes.... of course i don;t don't what we're suppose to do w/ ours if we do......

5:23 pm

smaller

my tepid hot cocoa just came out my nose

5:23 pm

Babbler

*hands Smaller a box of Kleenex*

5:23 pm

evanonut

* hands smaller a napkin *

5:23 pm

Babbler

uh?? tepid hot???? lol!

5:23 pm

evanonut

clean up dearie, that was gross

5:23 pm

sherb

LOL ren !!! :D

5:24 pm

smaller

thanks babs!

sherb and evano - yous funny

5:24 pm

Babbler

HI Babs1 !! Thanks for the clue..... but I can't see it... any more clues for me?
How are you, btw? Did you have a good Christmas / Holiday?

5:25 pm

smaller

sherb -
I have droplets on my monitor thingy. is that bad?

5:25 pm

sherb

smaller - what have you done with Jessie? ...we don't seem to be getting a response here...

5:25 pm

Jessie1

I'll tell you about smaller, she is a cookie chick. She likes to give other people nicknames and then continually adds more names to you. She doesn't like to work while she is babbling and thinks she should be paid for words over 7 letters.

So you ask me about smaller, I'll tell you about smaller.

5:26 pm

renfield

oh jessie - jessie doodle - where are you????

5:26 pm

smaller

ren and sherb-
hot people don't need clothes. probably gets chilly though for you.

5:26 pm

evanonut

jessie, was that the gauntlet is just saw hitting the ground?

5:26 pm

granadan

less to i4/4 I suppose...

5:27 pm

Babbler

*sulky wulky pout pout*....
Smaller hasn't added to my name.... : (

5:27 pm

sherb

Jessie - interesting, thank you... tell us more about the nicknames...

5:27 pm

smaller

jessie,
shouldn't you be changing your icon?

5:27 pm

renfield

like i'm so cool - i was asked to play the ice berg in the titanic movie....

5:27 pm

smaller

babs,
babs doesn't count?

5:28 pm

evanonut

rennie, is that cool...or cold?

5:28 pm

renfield

jessie - you want some new firends????

5:28 pm

Babbler

lol Ren!! well if you were the iceberg, I'd have been the bit of cardboard at the back, holding you in place... that's how cool I am!!! :D

5:28 pm

smaller

shhh jessie!

sherb-stop encouraging him!

5:28 pm

renfield

LOL evanonut.....

5:29 pm

Babbler

no Smaller.... .I want Babsy Wabsy.... : )

5:29 pm

Jessie1

I'm always open to new friends

5:29 pm

renfield

ok babbler - we're 2 very cool chicks!!!

5:29 pm

smaller

LOL ren and evanonut.

oh this place is a hoot.
well, except for jessie and sherb

5:29 pm

evanonut

babs, how about babby poo poo head?

5:30 pm

Babbler

shurrup evanonut.... NO WAY!! lol

5:30 pm

smaller

babbler,
but it takes so long to type babsy wabsy

5:30 pm

Babbler

actually, that's a good point, evanonut, I forgot about the 'quality' of Smaller's nicknames.... lol!! : D

5:30 pm

evanonut

hey poo poo head, er, i mean babs

5:31 pm

JJ555

anyone for im 6/24 or im 8/55?

5:31 pm

smaller

LOL
now you're catching on, babbler!

5:31 pm

Babbler

*sniffs* I shall not answer to poo poo head.... : /

5:32 pm

sherb

...the nicknames, Jessie...

5:32 pm

Jessie1

smaller, how many people do you call poopoohead?

5:32 pm

evanonut

just checking babs * wink, wink - tosses some stolen fairy dust at babs *

5:32 pm

smaller

Jessie,
Ren wrote "firends" not "friends" so that means she wants to torch your rear. It's babble lingo.

5:33 pm

Niamh

JJ555, they mean to hinder... they are related

5:33 pm

Babbler

*Babs stands under the fairy dust shower*

ooooooooh!!!!! :D

5:33 pm

Jessie1

She started with Poopoohead and then mr poopoohead and then I forgot the rest.

smaller, what are the rest?

5:33 pm

JJ555

got them thanks! .....been a long day :)

5:33 pm

renfield

hey i'm deslex... i have an excuse....

5:34 pm

renfield

sorry jj - i just started the grid....

5:34 pm

Krys10

Thanks KristinaRose - needed to empty cache

5:34 pm

faeriekae

Ok! You can play with faerie dust but don't get it in your eye (someone was whinning earlier)

5:34 pm

sherb

smaller - what are the rest? if poopoohead is the limit of your inventiveness, we have little to fear...

5:35 pm

evanonut

* twiddles thumbs and looks innocent *

5:35 pm

Babbler

's'alright, Faerikae, I am used to wearing glittery eyeshadow, so I know how what to do! ; )

5:35 pm

faeriekae

Poo Poo Head *oh no* I mean Babbler, I sweetie are you doing this evening (as shes standing under the shower of dust)

5:35 pm

renfield

evanonut - did you get faerie dust in your eye?

5:36 pm

evanonut

just a little bit earlier, but it's done wonders for my vision.

5:36 pm

Babbler

did someone just call me poo poo head?? *sniffs* :/

5:36 pm

renfield

did we lose jessie?

5:37 pm

faeriekae

Glittery Eye Shadow, Oh how pretty.....Now thats a real woman...I love shimmery........shinnnney....g littter

5:37 pm

Babbler

Jessie knows where he is at all times..... says so in his profile...... :D

5:37 pm

smaller

well, then i need some fairy dust
b/c it's hard to see through all the poo poo

5:37 pm

Jessie1

Jessie is still here.

5:37 pm

smaller

lol babsy wabsy!

5:38 pm

renfield

i wear black pearl so when i cry - i look like alice cooper!!!

5:38 pm

faeriekae

evanonut-you look so pretty with faerie dust covering you *wink* stand next to Babbler and let me take a picture

5:38 pm

smaller

sherb!!!!!! *gasp of indignation*

5:38 pm

Jessie1

Why did the worm cross the road?

5:39 pm

Babbler

oooh! I love having my picture taken!!!
*rushes up and stands ready for pic* *big smile!!* :D

5:39 pm

renfield

ok jessie - why did the worm cross the road?

5:39 pm

smaller

Jessie is always there.

Policeman! That was another name. And something with an R.

5:39 pm

Mapella

Thank you Babbler and Faeriekae - I'll remember where to look for next time but I'd better go to bed or I'll never catch the train to work in the morning!

5:40 pm

sherb

Jessie - you're clearly a very understanding boss... I wouldn't take kindly to being called poopoohead...

5:40 pm

evanonut

* sniff * did babs just pose without me?

5:40 pm

Babbler

are you in the UK, Mapella?

5:40 pm

Sherry

Bye Mapella! :)

5:40 pm

Mapella

Yes - on the South coast

5:40 pm

JJ555

got the do 5/12 that means "giver", but anyone have a clue for the other do 5/12?

5:40 pm

Jessie1

...because the chicken ate him.

5:40 pm

smaller

Sherb,
are you trying to get me FIRED?! Hey everyone, sherby's got a 'tude today.

5:40 pm

renfield

r???? like rumplestilskin

5:41 pm

faeriekae

Got the photo with both of you and WOW looking good.

5:41 pm

Babbler

c'mon, evanonut, time for a pic of both of us!!!
*poses with evan, arms over each others shoulders, big grins!!* :D

5:41 pm

renfield

sherb started ready evanovich last nite !!!!

5:41 pm

smaller

probably ren,
but maybe something ruder.

5:41 pm

evanonut

oh babs, you exude fairy dust, ah...ah...achoo!

5:41 pm

Babbler

wrap up warm, Mapella, it's gonna be a cold on tonight!! Sleep well..... and nice to meet you : )

5:42 pm

Jessie1

Poopoo head is better then the alternative S---heat...

5:42 pm

sherb

smaller - I'm just praising your boss... the man's a saint! :D

5:42 pm

Mapella

Nite Sherry :) Nite all o/

5:42 pm

Jessie1

typo again.. S---head...

5:42 pm

Babbler

oh evanonut..... I know!!..... I just can't help it..... it's my angelic nature you see..... *sparkle sparke*

5:42 pm

renfield

nite map!!!

5:42 pm

smaller

sherb-
evanonut got snot droplets on my monitor thingy! now what do i do. it's mixing with my tepid hot cocoa

5:43 pm

evanonut

s'okay, blows nose, i'be vine!

5:43 pm

faeriekae

Now it looks like I'll have to fly around the room and sprinkle everyone with a bit of faerie dust.....Evanonut do you mind.....Hand it over

5:43 pm

Sherry

9 words to go...j'en ai un peu marre là!!! mdr!

5:43 pm

KRISTINAROSE333

I'm sorry to telll you Sherb.... But Jessie1 is my BOSS...

5:43 pm

renfield

santa clause let babbler send him a list, sherb, yoink, and i only got 2 presents....

5:43 pm

Babbler

JJ - do5 - like your do5 giver word, but change last two letters for two vowels (both the same)

5:44 pm

evanonut

* gladly give up bag *

5:44 pm

smaller

lol evano!

jessie1 - i would never!.....to your face!

5:44 pm

JJ555

thanks babbler!

5:44 pm

faeriekae

evanonut: ty

5:45 pm

Sherry

ae 5/10 and ae 4/4 (except the plane/chocolate one), please :)

5:45 pm

Babbler

time for more tea......... don't say anything funny till I come back... lol!!! (Ren, I still haven't sent my list to Santa yet.... must do that soon! lol!)

5:45 pm

sherb

KristinaRose - whaaatt? is this some parallel universe? is smaller masquerading as you? what's going on? explain please...

5:46 pm

smaller

sherb-
That's right. Kristinarose works for jessie now b/c you got me FIRED! yeah, sleep well on that thought!

5:46 pm

renfield

ok babbler - will you add something else for me?????

5:46 pm

smaller

kidding, Sherb!!!!
Me, Jessie and Kristinarose aren't even in the same state.

5:47 pm

renfield

we are all in the state of....seomthing....now what was it???? was it an in word????

5:47 pm

smaller

Sherb,
clarification. Jessie and KristinaRose do actually work together. Jessie's just mean. Poor KristinaRose

5:48 pm

sherb

*gets out atlas...Montana...California.. .?...*

5:49 pm

faeriekae

Oh gotta go all my guy just called and he is stopping by. And guess what?????????? He's my Boss *LOL*

5:49 pm

JJ555

anyone have a clue for ma 5/22?

5:49 pm

cybernan

any clues for or 5/12?

5:50 pm

smaller

been fun all!

i'm outie. since sherb got me fired today. hope kristina rose doesn't mind all those "extra" things jessie will make her do. the desk isn't as cushiony as it looks

5:50 pm

Jessie1

smaller, you think I am mean? you are talking poopoo behind my back in front of me.

5:51 pm

renfield

leave the bag behind faerie...evanonut will take good care of it.....

5:51 pm

renfield

wave when you go by smaller.....8)... a nice wave....

5:51 pm

evanonut

* wink wink to ren *

5:52 pm

Jessie1

If that's the way everybody feels about me, I am going to quit selling plants in Montana. Just for that I'm moving to California...

5:52 pm

sherb

Jessie - make sure smaller wipes that computer screen before she leaves...

5:52 pm

Niamh

ma 5/22, sounds like a guys name... this is where the points came in handy for me

5:52 pm

Sherry

JJ: slang for ma***ous, wonderful, great

5:53 pm

faeriekae

rushes to Ren with bag of faerie dust * you give it to Evanonut if you feel it's safe Bye

5:53 pm

Niamh

or 5/12, take and re 4/5 and slap an o on the front

5:53 pm

Jessie1

Shreb, you think she's been correcting her typos with Whiteout?

5:54 pm

cybernan

Thank you!

5:54 pm

smaller

i heard that! heehee
night all!

5:54 pm

JJ555

thanks!

5:54 pm

renfield

what the heck!!! i've got the POWER now babies!!!!

5:55 pm

sherb

and so what are you going to do with it, ren?

5:55 pm

cybernan

ae 4/4 - (first one) -- a long, long time

5:55 pm

evanonut

* looks as bag, sneaks a pinch of fairy dust and tries snorting it * - oooooooh
* eye roll into back of head * THUD!

5:56 pm

cybernan

ae 5/10: eagle's nest

5:56 pm

Sherry

Thanx cybernan! do you happen to have a clue for ae 5/10 as well?

5:56 pm

sherb

nite smaller :) don't forget to pick up the paper on your way home...Situations Vacant is usually at the back...

see you soon :D

5:56 pm

renfield

ummmmm.... well...since i really don't know what to do w/ it...ummm - guess i'll give it to evanonut....????

5:57 pm

evanonut

HUH? who's there?

5:57 pm

sherb

*looks to evanonut*

5:57 pm

evanonut

ooooooooooooh, faaaaaaaaaaaaairy duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuussssssssssst.

5:58 pm

Sherry

Got it cybernan! :)

5:58 pm

pbr

good evening! any clues for the mi5/22? pls

5:58 pm

renfield

that's the wrong way to use it evanonut!!!! sprinkle it on us so we can have glittering thoughts and faces...

5:59 pm

evanonut

grabs fist full and blast sherb in the face - fairy dust!

5:59 pm

Sherry

Pbr: The common title of honor in Persia, prefixed to the surname of an individual. When appended to the surname, it signifies Prince.

5:59 pm

cybernan

mi 5/22 -- uses that dreaded letter

5:59 pm

sherb

hi pbr - mi5/22 - a prince in Persia (the only word to use the Z...)

5:59 pm

renfield

evanonut the whirlwind of power!!!

6:00 pm

evanonut

ooooh, sherb, my how you glitter.
* turns on fan and sprinkles fairy dust in front of it *

6:00 pm

Richplaydo

how about so6 and so7? those two are either beasts of a couple of words, or i am blind!

6:00 pm

cybernan

pa 6/24? -- have forgive

6:00 pm

sherb

ooh, mouthful of fairy dust... yum, tasty... :D

6:00 pm

renfield

my hair!!!! oh look at it glitter!!!

6:01 pm

evanonut

i feel an urge to flit my nonexistent wings and fly about.

6:01 pm

sherb

hi Rich - so7 is multiple female opera singers, and so6 sounds like a monarch or a coin ;)

6:03 pm

sherb

well, folks, it's just passed midnight our time, and I have family arriving tomorrow, so I'm going to say goodnight...

thanks for all the laughs... and hope to see you all again soon...

6:03 pm

JJ555

anyone have a clue for od 5/12?

6:04 pm

evanonut

bye now sherbsy

6:04 pm

pbr

cybernan and Sherry -- somehow I got it with your clues --never heard of the word. thx...onward

6:04 pm

renfield

nite sherb - enjoy your family - and don't wash off the glittery faerie dust - very becomming!!!

6:05 pm

evanonut

mmm, fairy dust makes wonderful tea.

6:05 pm

cybernan

od 5/12 - there used to be a group of plush theatres with this name

6:06 pm

Sherry

My last word: am 6/21! Any clues, please?

6:06 pm

cybernan

nite sherb

6:06 pm

Sherry

Bye Sherb! :)

6:08 pm

Babbler

na4/4 pls anyone? I've tried every combo... :'( ty

6:09 pm

evanonut

hey babulous, try some fairy dust

6:09 pm

Sherry

yesss! got it!
I'm done! :)

6:09 pm

SueL

na 44 is all vowels

6:10 pm

Babbler

*claps for Sherry!!* :D

what was the am6?

6:10 pm

Babbler

phew! thx guys.. .finally got the na4/4! took aaaages! lol!

6:11 pm

renfield

thanks suel - good clue!!!

6:11 pm

SueL

y/w

6:11 pm

Sherry

babbler: you know that thing they put in suntan to make it smell sweet? a flower or something: mo***? take the second syllable sort of...

6:11 pm

cybernan

pa 6/24? -- have forgive

6:12 pm

Sherry

babbler: ma***** 5...

6:12 pm

Sherry

the band :)

6:13 pm

Babbler

*puzzled and intrigued by Sherry's clues.....*

6:13 pm

renfield

me too - i want to know the band....

6:13 pm

Babbler

ok.... got the band....where do I go now, Sherry? : )

6:13 pm

Sherry

'This love has taken it's toll on me she said goodbye so many times befooooore..' sort of...

6:14 pm

Sherry

well that's it! you got it!

6:14 pm

mab

ma5 - Ike's wife? (pres eisenhower)

6:15 pm

Babbler

Sherry!!!! you mean your last word was ma6, not am6???? I've already got that! LOL!! :D:D

6:16 pm

Sherry

ola...toffee brains..

6:16 pm

renfield

mab!!!!!!!!!!! hey!!!!!!!!1

6:16 pm

renfield

there's that brain word again.....

6:16 pm

JJ555

anyone have a clue for oa 5/12?

6:16 pm

Sherry

am 6/21: am + last syllable of that thing that makes you cry when you peel it!

6:16 pm

Babbler

so go on, while you're here and we're on the topic.... any clues for the am6, Sherry ma cherie? :D:D

6:17 pm

Babbler

JJ - think boats..... a past tense word....

6:17 pm

Babbler

great clue, Sherry!!!!!! I'd never have got that! ty :D

6:17 pm

Sherry

jj: think of cambridge/oxford boat races: the thing they use to move them boats..+ past participle ending

6:17 pm

JJ555

thanks again babbler!

6:18 pm

mab

I'm sorry. I just woke up from a long nap. I don't even know what is being sought. Just tell me to shut up.

am6 is related to where a fetus floats around.

6:18 pm

Sherry

je t'en prie babbler :)

6:18 pm

Babbler

my pleasure, JJ!
btw, whereabouts are you?

6:19 pm

Babbler

wozzat mean, Sherry?? tell me tell me! :D

6:19 pm

JJ555

in the states, Connecticut to be exact

6:19 pm

Sherry

mab: so you're sorta ma 8/55 right? lol!

6:19 pm

Sherry

it means 'you're welcome', babbler

6:19 pm

Babbler

ahaaa, just wanted to place you, JJ. Pleasure to make your acquaintance! : )

6:20 pm

JJ555

and you as well Babbler

6:20 pm

Babbler

je t'en prie..... hmmmm..... I like that!! I'll try and remember it for future. :D

6:21 pm

mab

I wish I ma8 somewhere warm.

6:23 pm

JJ555

anyone for the other pa 6/24? Got the one that means "to forgive"

6:24 pm

pbr

ok--may i have a clue for no4/5--i am sure it is right in front of my eyes and fingers.

6:24 pm

Babbler

JJ - either 'coupled'..... or drop the last two letters of forgive, and add two vowels, both the same...

6:25 pm

SueL

pa 6 use the same first four letter of the other 6
then add two of the same vowel

6:25 pm

Babbler

pbr - start with what you call when you move your head up and down to say 'yes'... .then add a vowel

6:26 pm

Sherry

I'm gone folks! It's 1h30 here!
See ya tomorrow! A demain!
:)

6:26 pm

Babbler

a demain, Sherry!! sweet dreams! :D

6:27 pm

renfield

later sherry

6:27 pm

cybernan

Bon nuit, Sherry

6:27 pm

mab

a demain, Sherry!

6:28 pm

SueL

i need two more can someone please give me a clue for
ad 6 21 and ae 5 10 please.....

6:29 pm

Babbler

a + dr5/12
ae5 - eagle's nest

6:30 pm

mab

Sue: ad is a plus the French for 'right.'

Ae5 is a roost for birds.

6:31 pm

pbr

babbler -- my mistake i have the no4/5 -- i am missing one darn ni4/4, i have the one that builds the 5 and 6

6:32 pm

Babbler

stuck on a do4/5..... got the person, and finished.... what's missing? it's in the first three... ty

6:32 pm

SueL

thank you mab and babler

6:32 pm

Babbler

pbr..... here's the fish....... it's an alt spelling of night.... lol! :D

6:33 pm

cybernan

Babbler -- french right minus the r

6:33 pm

cybernan

pr 5/14 ( last one, after poke)?

6:34 pm

Babbler

ty sooooo much, cybernan! :D my shoulders thank you too.

6:34 pm

Babbler

cyber - think of another word for verse that begins with P, then drop the R after the first letter. Looks weird....

6:37 pm

cybernan

Are we looking at the same word, Babbler?.......

pr 5/14 (after poke and before horizontal)

6:39 pm

Babbler

yes, cyber...... : /

a four letter word, beginning with P that means verse, then drop the R in where I said...

6:42 pm

cybernan

ty, TY, Babbler -- thought I was to drop an r, not add one! Got it now.

6:42 pm

Babs1

good evening all babblers on deck! Quick request before dinner time...do 5/12 and ar 5/16 before I have a canniption fit or something similar! :/

6:43 pm

Babbler

I finished!!!! :D

hang on Babs1, let me just get some clues for you

6:43 pm

Babbler

ar5/16 - plural of word before

6:44 pm

Babs1

ren..you there? made latkes with some sour cream...and haroset---yumm! Thanks for the inspiration and recipe additions....you ate 2 much? uh-oh! :)

6:44 pm

mab

One do5 is one who gives, the other is the one who receives. First three letters the same.

6:44 pm

Babbler

do5/12 - either someone who gives, eg blood do***
or someone who receives, in which case, drop the last two letters of the other do5 and add two vowels, both the same.

6:44 pm

mab

Hurrah Babbler!!!

6:45 pm

renfield

way to go babbler!!! i still have a gazillion to go !

6:47 pm

renfield

yes babs1 - i ate way toooo much....i love sour cream and i just kept eating....

6:47 pm

Babs1

Thanks, Babbler and mab! usually try plurals...so silly and did have the d's covered...thought I was still missing one...must be time for leftover latkes, etc!

6:47 pm

pbr

temporarily giving up on the no4/4 BUT any clues for Pa 5/12,5/18,6/30 pls

6:48 pm

Babbler

my pleasure, Babs1 : )

any more clues before I go?

6:48 pm

renfield

yep babs1- they can sit rather heavy on the brain.... i've been zoned since about 9 last night......

6:49 pm

renfield

babbler - so7

6:49 pm

cybernan

pbr -- do you have no 4/4 that is Ruth's mother-in-law minus the middle consonant?

6:49 pm

Babbler

pbr - no4/4 , think film genre, then swap last two letters

6:50 pm

Babbler

Ren - so7 - popular show on HBO, but change last letter.

6:50 pm

Babs1

ok...howzabout od 5/12?

6:50 pm

cybernan

ra 5/12 (first one, following what falls on my head)? --please

6:51 pm

renfield

ok - thanks - 8)

6:52 pm

Babbler

pbr: pa5/12 - like pa4/5, add a hoop on the end (polynesian garment)
pa5/18 - a doggy virus (looks like P + ar4/7)
pa6/30 - plural

6:52 pm

Siamese Lady

dutchoven - you there?

6:53 pm

Babbler

Babs1 - od5/12 - greek theatre. (or a chain of cinemas in the UK, and in Florida too, apparently)

6:54 pm

Babbler

cyber - ra5/12 - ra + hail fellow well ***

6:54 pm

Babbler

oooooh!! that was a clue-fest, wasn't it? lol! :D

6:54 pm

pbr

babbler -- finally got the no4/4 thx

6:54 pm

whereami

ok now where was I

6:55 pm

renfield

yes babbler! that's entertainment!!!

6:55 pm

Babs1

ty babbler...amazing what goes by us (or me) !

6:55 pm

Babbler

LOL whereami!!! did you see all our posts when you said that earlier?? :D

6:56 pm

renfield

us is the correct word!!!

6:56 pm

cybernan

Just monkey typed my way across the finish line!!! -- thanks for all the help.

6:56 pm

renfield

ok nan!!!

6:56 pm

Babbler

*claps for cybernan!!* :D

6:57 pm

whereami

yeah but I really had to go feed, water and blanket 11 horses

6:57 pm

Babbler

time for me to say goodnight and God bless.
see you all tomorrow! :D (((xx)))

6:57 pm

pbr

babbler -- thx again for the pa#s now on to the pr's. Let's see how i do

6:57 pm

mab

Brava cybernan!!!!

6:57 pm

whereami

now I need to cook supper

6:57 pm

renfield

night (((babbler)))

6:57 pm

whereami

night

6:58 pm

renfield

for all of us whereami???

6:58 pm

cybernan

Good night, Babbler -- see you tomorrow.

6:58 pm

whereami

you might wish

6:58 pm

mab

Good night dear Babbler. Have delicious dreams.

7:05 pm

mab

I'm enjoying your icon, Ren. It is a menorah and a grapefruit? I like how you are lighting the candles one by one.

7:07 pm

pbr

how 'bout the pr5/12 before the last pr4/5 -- maybe it is the second pr5/12

7:07 pm

renfield

oh wow - thanks mab! i didn't know if it was that clear - i'm on a very small notebook so i don't always see what i want to see. 8)

7:08 pm

aknitter

good evening all. any clues for the ap's? they are probably laughing at me that i can't find them but .... i can't!!

7:08 pm

mab

I can even see the hebrew chanukah at the top. I am on a notebook too.

7:08 pm

Babs1

loosing brain cycles to the first two pr 4/5's feel like I've monkey typed all possibilities...awaiting rescue and a fish slap!

7:09 pm

cybernan

Do the colours of the candles hold any significance, Ren?

7:09 pm

Babs1

aknitter...put your ap*** before you go the kitchen...don't want you messing up your pretty clothes, now! Then you will be ap*****

7:10 pm

cybernan

pr 4/6 (here's the fish) - baby carriage
pr 4/6: pr + 2 vowels

7:10 pm

renfield

no nan - just wanted something colorful -we have all colors, blue, white, blue & white - or just white, i'm actually using hand dipped sage candles this year.

7:10 pm

mab

The ap's are related. Ap5 - what you wear over your clothes whilst cooking, and ap7 what you are once you've put on your ap5.

7:11 pm

Babs1

thanks, cybernan --I need the pr 4/5's though, not 6's...

7:11 pm

aknitter

ty babs no wonder i couldn't find them, kitchen? what's that? cook is a four letter word LOL

7:11 pm

renfield

yep - mab - i must have my color toned down...or maybe it's the lighting - i can see it now as well... 8)

7:12 pm

cybernan

pr 4/5 -- both end in vowels (second one ends in a double vowel)

7:13 pm

renfield

brb - need to get something...8)

7:15 pm

Babs1

cybernan...sorry...I realize the double vowel one was a 4/5...but I don't see how you can get another pr 4/5 ending in a vowel...hmm

7:16 pm

Babs1

oops, got it! *slapping self upside the head!*

7:16 pm

cybernan

pr 4/5: pr + much *** about nothing, drop the middle consonant

pr 4/5: a lot of people go on a shopping sp*** on boxing day ( drop the s)

7:16 pm

Frances

Babs1
pr4/5 sounds a bit like the front of a boat

7:17 pm

pbr

how #bout the second pr512

7:18 pm

cybernan

Speaking of shopping, I finally bit the bullet, braved the mob, went out and bought a pre-lit Christmas tree today --------no more stringing lights ----Yay!

7:19 pm

cybernan

pr 5/12: pr +first person, singular + opposite of off

7:21 pm

mab

Christmas trees come pre-strung with lights now? That's a stroke of genius!

7:22 pm

pbr

cybernan -- thx bunches -- on to the r's

7:23 pm

cybernan

One of those things I wish I'd thought of, Mab!

7:24 pm

mab

Are the lights more or less disposable, or do you take them off the tree when the season is over?

7:27 pm

cybernan

Permanent lights, all you have to do is unplug each section of the tree (comes in 3 sections), pull the sections apart and put it in the box! -- lights stay on the branches ready for the next year.

7:28 pm

Babs1

whittling down to 4 now...so 6/27?

7:28 pm

mamabear

good evening!!!! how is everyone???

7:28 pm

cybernan

so 6/27: sounds like a British coin

7:29 pm

dcseain

Hi, All. I'm at a total loss for the OO5.

7:29 pm

Babs1

thanks, cybernan..had just got it!

hi (((mamabear)))!

7:29 pm

mab

Hi MamaBear!

7:29 pm

cybernan

Hi Mamabear -- doing great -- kids went home this morning and have word of their safe arrival -- finished the puzzle in under 4 hours (great for me)

7:30 pm

dcseain

Ah, found it!

7:31 pm

mamabear

glad they got home safely!!!! holidays left me with an awful sore throat and such. came home early from work yesterday and stayed home sick today...... cough . wheeze.....

7:32 pm

cybernan

oo5: rhymes with ho*** (one of Mohammed's virgins)

7:32 pm

Alien

hi everyone

7:33 pm

periwinkle

Hi, Mamabear, Sorry you are not feeling well. Hope you feel better soon. Want me to send you some Vitamin C through cyberspace?

7:33 pm

mamabear

hi alien!

7:34 pm

Babs1

sending get well wishes mammabear!

7:35 pm

cybernan

Oh mamabear, sorry to hear you're feeling low *getting out the lemons, honey, rum and boiling the water*

7:35 pm

mamabear

thanks Babs1 & Peri - vitamin C would be lovely.... been taking so much stuff... leaves me dizzy...

7:36 pm

mab

Sorry you are not feeling well MB. I do think you should stay away from work until you're fully well. Let those slavedrivers get a sense of how much they need you.

7:36 pm

cybernan

Hi alien

7:36 pm

mamabear

heavy on the rum part, cybernan!!!

7:37 pm

mamabear

I think you are right mab, I think it is partly because of the long hours that had me run down and left me vulnerable ..... and now I won't even get paid for today because I had no time left in vacation or sick days for the year....

7:38 pm

Babs1

any hints pretty please for last two sp 5/12's *clinking drinks with mamabear--recovering from cold here too*

7:39 pm

mamabear

I think one of them is going on a shopping sp***

7:40 pm

cybernan

great icon, mamabear!

7:40 pm

Babs1

ty mammabear, I thought I had typed that one in hours ago...just gobbled some Mannabears in your honor...yummy!

7:40 pm

mamabear

thank you cybernan!!!

7:41 pm

mab

The other sp5 is the sp6 that is the name of the top player of this game less the final vowel.

7:41 pm

cybernan

Babs1 -- you find the other sp5 on a sailing ship... bowsp***

7:43 pm

cybernan

Time for me to leave you and produce supper -- back at the flip!

7:43 pm

mamabear

been playing off and on today while napping, or trying to anyway. Have 11 words left... will be the highlight of my day if I finish - taking my mind off how I feel...

7:44 pm

Babs1

Thanks, mab and cybernan!! I finished!! yay team of boggle addicts and afficionados and learned who the top player is...don't pay much attention to the rankings..

7:44 pm

mamabear

have a good dinner, cybernan!!!! take care.

7:44 pm

mab

Applause for Babs1!!!!!

7:45 pm

pbr

only 10 more to go -- how 'bout the last sp6/21? pls

7:46 pm

cybernan

Yay, Babs1

C ya!

7:46 pm

dcseain

sp6/21 - hurt your ankle

7:47 pm

mab

Sp6 is an elfan creature, or the name of the top player of this game.

7:49 pm

periwinkle

may I have a clue for the or5

7:49 pm

pbr

mab -- the top player was the clue that I caught -- thx -- only a few more to go

7:52 pm

pbr

I am done!!! It has been great being off work and being able to work on the puzzles -- actually I am in England and my body is still on Wisconsin time!!

7:53 pm

mab

Hurrah for the jet-lagged pbr!!!!!

7:56 pm

Babs1

o+what you do with a book

7:56 pm

periwinkle

Babs1, thanks so much

7:59 pm

mamabear

finished...... whoo-hoo, so now my day isn't a TOTAL waste of a calendar square!!!!!

8:00 pm

mab

Yey for MamaBear!!!!!!!!

8:00 pm

renfield

hey hey mama b !!!

8:02 pm

pbr

congrats mamabear!

8:03 pm

Nonny

Hi all! Getting a late start today. Any help w/the so 7/32?

8:03 pm

renfield

when i see that po word - i start singing that song from a big hand for a little lady....8)

8:03 pm

mamabear

Thanks mab, renfield & pbr!!! pbr - I always think of peanut butter when I see your name!

8:03 pm

renfield

hey pbr - how's your trip so far?

8:04 pm

mamabear

so 7 - the highest voice in a four part choir, with a different vowel at the end

8:04 pm

renfield

me too mama b - that's a warm fuzzy feeling!!! thanks prb for making me smile!!!

8:05 pm

Nonny

Thanx Mamabear. Only 12 more to go..........

8:06 pm

mamabear

you're welcome, Nonny. You have plenty of time to finish!

8:09 pm

pbr

renfield -- so far so good. I haven't done the touristy things yet -- tomorrow it is off shopping to find souvenirs, celebrate a birthday with a family friend -- Thursday is the day for London, and then Friday back home. What is funny (to me), is there was snow here today -- it was unnverving to the people here, all 1/4 quarter inch of it. I left 8 inches behind.

8:09 pm

dcseain

Might i get a clue for the 3rd pa6/24?

8:11 pm

mamabear

pa 6/24 ... if you bump into someone, you might say "oops, pa**** me!!!!"

8:11 pm

pbr

pa6/24..excuse me, pa**** me!

8:11 pm

Dippnall

3rd pa6/24 - to excuse

8:11 pm

renfield

amazing pbr! where are you going shopping - and at what time???

8:12 pm

dcseain

Thanks. Great clues, but it seems I've got that one. Must be the 2nd i'm missing. sorry about that.

8:12 pm

pbr

Renfield -- time and place to be determined by my friends I am staying with!!

8:13 pm

mamabear

same word but with a double vowel at the end instead of the on

8:13 pm

pbr

same first four letters you already have then two same vowels on end for pa6/24

8:14 pm

renfield

only 70 words to go!!!!

8:14 pm

dcseain

ah, got it. Thanks!

8:15 pm

mamabear

you can do it, ren!!!!!!!!

8:16 pm

renfield

i think i can - i think i can.....

8:17 pm

mamabear

I think I'm going to go take a hot shower ... maybe the steam will be good for my throat so I can stop this incessant coughing and try to get some sleep.... good nite all!!! Sleep well and sweet dreams!!!!

8:17 pm

HeroineCat

how many words today?

8:18 pm

mamabear

148

8:19 pm

HeroineCat

thanks, mamabear

8:19 pm

mab

Mama: boil chopped garlic cloves and then put a towel over your head and breath in the steam. I guarantee it will help.

8:19 pm

renfield

sleep well mama -

8:20 pm

mamabear

thanks for the tip, mab!!! Will have to get some garlic and try that..but not tonite....

8:20 pm

mamabear

thanks renfield - you too!!!!! (((((((renfield & mab)))))))

8:22 pm

mab

Well, rest is the key thing. Rest well Mama.

8:22 pm

renfield

mab - do you have the so 6???

8:23 pm

Nonny

Stuck on the last three pa 5/12, 5/18 & 6/30. Any help out there?

8:24 pm

mab

Yes Ren; that's the one that sounds like a british coin or a ruler, but is spelled phonetically.

8:25 pm

renfield

pa 6 = pa 4 make it past tense
then take that workd and add a loop on the end
then the last is the a canine disease

8:25 pm

aknitter

nonny -- do you have the pa 5/18 that is the dog virus?

8:26 pm

aknitter

is there a clue for the do 5/12, not the one that would be to give

8:27 pm

mab

Same word aknitter, but the receiver.

8:28 pm

Nonny

Don't think I know the dog virus. Or else I do and I'm too tired to figure it out.

8:28 pm

aknitter

ty mab, perhaps some on could do 5 me a few brain cells

8:28 pm

renfield

hola mab - mucho gracias!

8:28 pm

aknitter

well nonny if you had the virus you;d be tired, i'll try to think of a better clue

8:29 pm

mrpresident

ah... everyone is here... HI ALL!

8:29 pm

aknitter

nonny -- the first half of the pa word ... golfers play this on a hole. the 2nd half to cast a ballot without the last letter

8:30 pm

aknitter

last letters, sorry

8:30 pm

mab

The dog virus sounds like something neutral in kosher terms. Use the first three letters of pa4 and end with a victory letter and a hoop. Add s for the 6.

8:30 pm

renfield

hey mrp

8:32 pm

mrpresident

thep's are really something!! struggling with them

8:33 pm

pbr

since it is 2:30am here in jolly ole London, guess I had better get some shuteye. Peace and good to all

8:33 pm

Nonny

Thanx Mab & Aknitter. Down to the pa 5/12. Then I'm DONE!!! HELP PLEASE???

8:34 pm

mab

Good night pbr. Have a wonderful London day tomorrow.

8:34 pm

renfield

peace out pbr = enjoy your trip!!!!

8:36 pm

Nonny

FOUND IT!!! And all by myself!!! YEA ME!! I'm done and out of here. (Unless anyone needs a bit of help?)

8:37 pm

mrpresident

nonny gets

*~*~*~FIREWORKS!~*~*~*

8:37 pm

Nonny

WOW!!! I GET FIREWORKS!!! THEY'RE LOVELY!!!!

8:38 pm

renfield

way to go nonny!!!

8:38 pm

mab

Yey Nonny!!!! (sorry I didn't see your request for your last word)

8:39 pm

aknitter

ma8 ??? pleading and begging???

8:40 pm

mab

Stranded on a desert island!

8:40 pm

Cathyar

knitter...if yer stuck on a deserted island...like Gilligan...you are ma8!

8:40 pm

Nonny

You've been abandoned on an island. Or else it's a pt of a pretty dark red.

8:41 pm

renfield

ok mab! great!

8:41 pm

aknitter

ty, found it. i always seem to miss the endings .. s, ed, er

8:41 pm

Cathyar

then lose the past tense & you'll have the ma4

8:42 pm

Nonny

Is Dutchoven on tonight???? Maybe just reading and not writing???

8:42 pm

renfield

ok cath!!

8:42 pm

Cathyar

hmm...i'm missing one of the 7 letter words tho...not even sure where to start with it :(

8:43 pm

dcseain

Cathyr, female opera singers must be dressed to protect their costumes in the kitchen.

8:44 pm

Cathyar

got the ap5.....

8:44 pm

renfield

dc - good clues!!!

8:46 pm

Cathyar

tks DC...got the ap5 and the ap3...not sure what the other 7 letter one even starts with.

8:46 pm

Cathyar

not so good on the O-words either.

8:47 pm

Cathyar

ugh...still have 61 words... "zzzzz"

8:47 pm

renfield

cath - there are 2 clues in dc's answer - the ap is past tense 8)

8:48 pm

mab

The other 7, Cathy, is so - pretend it means plural opera singers.

8:49 pm

dcseain

Sorry, Cathy, i didn't mean to be so obscure. :)

8:51 pm

Cathyar

AHHH!!! Now I got it!!! Thanks!!! lol... dc...was stuck on the kitchen splatter protector part of your clue!!!

8:57 pm

mab

Does anyone have a clue for the va5 please? Making me crazier.

8:58 pm

renfield

plural of va 4 - sorta like what dracula is w/o the ire

8:58 pm

torgone

Theda Bara(s)

8:59 pm

renfield

ohhhh good torg!!!

8:59 pm

mab

Geeeeeez. Thanks Torgone, you lovely man.

8:59 pm

Jen

Plural of the va4/9.... if you ever heard of the Brit band Transvision va... (add an S)

9:01 pm

torgone

Gosh, thanks and yw!

9:04 pm

mab

I tried the va4 with the i, the o -- the s? nah.

9:05 pm

torgone

One gentle tap from the gefilte of plurals coming up ..

9:05 pm

renfield

va 4 = what dracula, is take away the last 3 letters of
va***** and for va 5 make it plural

9:06 pm

mab

gefilte?

9:06 pm

renfield

get ready torg.....

9:06 pm

torgone

Lox, nova...?

9:07 pm

mab

Are you trying to be more yiddishkite for Chanukah?

9:08 pm

renfield

anj needs to add gefilte fish to the list of fishes....

9:09 pm

mab

I'm starving.

9:09 pm

renfield

i love lox - but patooie on gefilte fish!!!!

9:10 pm

renfield

i could sure go for a bagel, cream cheese and lox...

9:10 pm

mab

I like just a bit of it, several months apart.

9:12 pm

renfield

lox mab or gefilte fish?

9:12 pm

mab

gefilte just a bit, lox anytime.

9:13 pm

runningforhome

Hey all... Babble got all crazy-fancy while I was away (and by 'away' I mean 'away from Babble', not anything exciting like 'away in Europe')!

At any rate, I have nearly a month off work to visit my fiance, and he will have to work at some point, so you'll probably see more of me again.

9:13 pm

renfield

OK - good answer!

9:14 pm

mab

I'd really like some chicken soup with matzos, right now.

9:14 pm

renfield

ok rfh - 8)

9:14 pm

torgone

I've got some cream cheese in the fridge right now . . . .but no bagels.

9:15 pm

renfield

stop mab - you're making me crazy - torg - you got any chicken soup???

9:16 pm

torgone

I can whip up a mean pot of chicken soup! I have some homemade broth in the freezer ..

9:17 pm

mab

One year I went to a seder where the matsoa balls were so dense that when you stuck it with your spoon, or tried to, it would go flying across the table.

My hostess said, I like my naedeles firm. (like rocks, they were)

9:17 pm

renfield

let's go mab - i've got some matso mix here....

9:18 pm

mab

We'll be right over torgone. Start defrosting.

9:18 pm

renfield

LOL mab!!!!... how about some chicken pate????

9:19 pm

mab

I rarely meet a pate I don't like. And I love chopped chicken liver, which is essentially pate.

9:21 pm

renfield

ok and pate to go w/ that torg.....

9:23 pm

renfield

where's bab1? she needs to get in on this as well!!!

9:29 pm

mab

Arg. Do5? The one that has nothing to do with giving or receiving?

9:31 pm

renfield

do you have the 2nd do 4 after the giver? if so - make it plural

9:31 pm

mab

No wonder I have no self-esteem. Thanks Ren.

9:32 pm

renfield

lol mab - you're loaded w/ self esteem - it's the little ssss's that get us

9:33 pm

mab

I don't know yet what that word means, but I'm sure it is what I am.

9:35 pm

renfield

it's a small african village... but it sure is a good word - i feel like a do** somedays!!! 8)

9:35 pm

mab

Oh yes. It's Afrikaans for small town. I'm such a small town.

9:36 pm

renfield

it's like when we're feeling really small.....

9:36 pm

mab

As in 'let's get small?' I'm in.

9:37 pm

renfield

wasn't that one of george carlin's routines? let's get small - we could say let's get do**

9:37 pm

renfield

LOL mab - we thought the same thing...

9:38 pm

mab

A psychic connection!

9:39 pm

renfield

we're so colorful!!!

9:40 pm

mab

colorful in fact (but not showy) and in personality!

9:41 pm

renfield

right!!! eye appealing colorful!!

9:42 pm

mab

Ok I need two for fives to finish. Going to check all fours for pluralization potential.

9:43 pm

mab

Delightfully colorful.

9:44 pm

renfield

deliciously colorful!!!!

9:45 pm

mab

delovely.

9:47 pm

renfield

delectably ( i can't think of any more)

9:47 pm

Cathyar

lol...lovely pattern everyone!!!! :)

9:48 pm

renfield

yes cath - torg's tom servo even matches the lovely blend of colors!!!

9:54 pm

Dianne

ren and mab - I've been reading the log for clues and
all I got ws very, very hungry! I want that bagel so badly.

9:54 pm

torgone

I can be as festive as the next guy.

9:56 pm

renfield

lol dianne - so do i
torg - red goes w/ everything!

9:57 pm

mab

It is not miami, mirvy, miops, etc. What is the other mi5????? I have the past tense of mi4/5.

9:58 pm

renfield

do you have the mi 5w/ the z?

9:58 pm

Narnia_fan

Hi guys

9:59 pm

renfield

hi narnia!

10:00 pm

mab

Hi Narnia!

Thanks Ren. Wouldn't have tried that necessarily. Tried MIRVS. Got it now.

10:00 pm

Dianne

Mi5 - think unleaven bread for the ending.

10:01 pm

renfield

Great!!!!!!!!!!

10:01 pm

Dianne

Any clue for the Pa 5/12?

10:02 pm

renfield

take pa 5/14 and change the last letter to a loop

10:03 pm

mab

A princely title of honor in Persia! I overlook the silliest things. How obvious.

10:03 pm

Dianne

ren - I must have tried every other combo but that one.
Thanks for the help.

10:04 pm

renfield

i mean - sure mab - it's like we go there everyday!!! 8)

10:04 pm

torgone

Seriously, mab. How could you NOT know that????

10:04 pm

renfield

y/w - i got it earlier from babbler

10:05 pm

mab

I've led a sheltered life, Torgone.

10:07 pm

mab

For my last word, I think I'll have a peek at the value.

10:12 pm

oldhousejunky

getting tired and cross eyed !!! need help on seonds pr 5/12 and last pr 5/12......clues very welcome :-)

10:12 pm

JoJoFunLvg

OK, back on, after Xmas. Not doing so well tonite, but enjoying trying.

10:14 pm

mab

I think you need pr plus the electronically charged atom? And the last pr12 is the state of lying down.

10:15 pm

mab

Hi Jojo and Oldhouse!

10:16 pm

renfield

hey joj and oh -

10:16 pm

renfield

how's seattle jo? i wondered where you were.

10:16 pm

JoJoFunLvg

Hi Mab, hope you had a great Xmas. Was your Xmas good? Ours was great.

10:17 pm

oldhousejunky

thanks

10:18 pm

mab

I'm doing Chanukah, and it's nice. I'm glad you had a good xmas.

10:18 pm

JoJoFunLvg

Ren ~ yes Seattle is good, a bit rainy, as always, but today was really a warm day. Hope it doesn't cold down, because the streets here would be hard to drive.

10:20 pm

JoJoFunLvg

Mab, What is Chanukah????

10:21 pm

renfield

ok mab and dianne - i'm missing a pr 5
not the one where oy look in a mirror and fix youself, not the ballerina, not the cut of meat or minister, not the mix od poetry and not he one lying down...????

10:23 pm

renfield

ok - like i found it!!!!!

10:24 pm

Dianne

ren - glad you got it - need anything else?

10:24 pm

mab

It is the Jewish festival where we light the eight candles of the menorah. Tonight is the third candle (see Ren's icon). It's called the festival of miracles because back in biblical times a wee bit of lamp oil lasted eight nights. Chanukah is a minor holiday for us - not like Christmas is for you.

10:25 pm

renfield

dianne -i finished before midnite cst for once!!!

10:26 pm

Dianne

ren - congratulations :)

10:29 pm

mab

Oh, well done Ren!!!!

I'm still looking for my last pr5/14 which is the one right before lying down....

10:30 pm

oldhousejunky

mab - you mean the one that sounds like poem with r??

10:30 pm

renfield

jojo - the jewish calendar is based on the lunar cycle rather than the solar so our holidays (and holy days) do not fall on the same day each year of the gregorian calendar. this year, it happened to coincide w/ the christmas holidays.

10:31 pm

Dianne

Pr5 - add the last 3 letter of what Barret Browning wrote.

10:31 pm

JoJoFunLvg

I grew up with Jewish neighbors, they were wonderful, I will remember them always. They are all probably gone by now. But, they are remembered in my heart. We were always invited to their Hanaka (sp?) but I never heard of Chanukah. But, best wishes for your holiday. Enjoy

10:32 pm

mab

Thank you oldhousejunky and Dianne! Done and done.

10:33 pm

renfield

hey mab's doing the doneness dance!!!!

10:33 pm

mab

Oh, that's lovely Jojo. Chanukah is spelled lots of different ways, probably the same thing you are remembering.

10:35 pm

tbear

Hello lovely babblers...missed you tons...just back from holiday,visiting family in spain. What the basis for todays iconery...very pretty but...??

10:35 pm

mab

I should be dancing -- there is New Orleans jazz playing on the radio. I love that song 'Do you Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans'. I still feel such sadness for the people down there.

10:37 pm

renfield

hi tbear - babbler said it was seasonal/ chanukah/ free choice - mab and i are celebrating chanukah. how was spain?

10:38 pm

mab

Welcome back from sunny Spain, tbear!!! We missed you! The theme for the time being is general holiday seasonry. Your icon is very pretty.

10:38 pm

harpjane

Greetings.

10:38 pm

renfield

look at you harp! you are sooo cute!!!

10:39 pm

mab

Hello Harpjane Jetson!

10:40 pm

JoJoFunLvg

I guess, now, by looking at all Chanukah, I guess as a child, I remembered it as Hanaka, but I guess it was misspelled. They always gave us kids Xmas gifts, and even hired us to do chores at their bakery in Seattle. I will always remember them, they all were such good, honest and loving people. Best to you Mab, Happy Chanukah.

10:42 pm

renfield

jojo - how are you feeling?

10:42 pm

mab

Thank you so much Jojo.

10:46 pm

GreyWoulf

Hi Everyone -- sorry I haven't been able to chat -- been busy working on the grid -- only go on about an hour and a half ago and only have 5 to go :)

Need clues for

ca5/12
ma5/14
no5/10 & 6/18
so6/27

10:47 pm

JoJoFunLvg

mab: You have no idea how much my jewish neighbors meant to me while growing up. Now, I am probably telling my age, so now no one will respond to me. But, what they did for me and my family was back in the 50's and 60's. OK, I understand if no one wants to chat with a 60 year old woman. But, Mab, I really loved my Jewish neighbors, forever. I will never forget them.

10:48 pm

renfield

ca 5= ca4 insert r before the last vowel

10:48 pm

GreyWoulf

I promised this evening to Kirsten and she generously let me Babble while she was cooking dinner -- and when she saw how well I was doing let me keep going ;)

10:48 pm

mab

I think I'll take a little look at ebay. I've been coveting a silver dreidel, but since one of my cats is going to need an expenive treatment (for hyperthyroidism) I shouldn't spend. I'll just look.

10:50 pm

lshult

Same here 8 to go including:
pa6/24 (one next to excuse me)
Pa5/12
pa5/18
pa6/30

10:50 pm

renfield

jojo - girl - you get back here - there is no age here - we're in babbleonia!!!!

10:50 pm

JoJoFunLvg

Ren: As soon as I got back from all the Xmas thing with the family, the next day my BP dropped from 185/101 to today 131/77. So I am good. My whole perception on BP is anything under 150 and under 90, I am good. Not stroke material. Thx for asking.

10:51 pm

tbear

how's this one...til I get organised. Spain was gr8,weather mixed but beautifully sunny on xmas day,good to see my ma,bro,niece and nephew.unfortunately spent xmas eve and xmas day ill with a 24 hr tummy bug,which my eldest got on xmas nite...not so gr8,but bearable...home now and able to babble....Yay!!

10:51 pm

mab

Oh, Jojo, age is nothing. I turned 51 a couple of weeks ago. I think we have quite a spectrum here and everyone chats with everyone else.

10:51 pm

GreyWoulf

lshult --

pa6/24 -- change last two of excuse me to double vowel

10:52 pm

renfield

ma = al jolson's song about his mother - i of the niddle consonents or it was a broadwau play, and a movie w/ the 3rd vowel inserted before the last vowel

10:52 pm

GreyWoulf

thanks ren

10:53 pm

renfield

y/w wolfie
great to have you back tbear!!

10:53 pm

lshult

ty, got all the p's now

10:53 pm

mab

Chag sameach, Ishult.

Hi GW.

10:53 pm

GreyWoulf

pa5/12 -- pa + *** Speedwagon (rock group)

10:55 pm

renfield

no 5 = no 4 + 1st vowel

10:55 pm

runningforhome

Pfft, what a ripoff, 'voip' isn't a word! Hasn't Babble ever seen a robot destroy things with its eye lasers!?

10:56 pm

lshult

last sp6/21?

10:56 pm

GreyWoulf

running --LOL

10:56 pm

renfield

no 6 = no 4 + cross consonent + 2nd vowel

10:56 pm

GreyWoulf

lshult -- last sp6 == a pixie

10:56 pm

mab

Ish -- is that Garfield at the temple wall? I didn't know he was Jewish.

10:57 pm

lshult

Chanuka sameach to you and everyone else Mab

10:57 pm

tbear

Mab...my beautiful Arlene (named after Garfields girlfriend) lived til 20 with hyperthyroidism...kept her on pills three times a day for 5 yrs,white fish and loadsa love....At the same time as I was,and am, hypothyroid....we shared lifes sweet ups and downs...ha ha

10:57 pm

mab

Oh no. I see it is print now. I crack myself up. Again.

10:59 pm

lshult

Last 2
Re 5 & 6?

11:00 pm

renfield

mab will you give wolfie the so 6 clue

i think it was something like this - phonically sounds like monetary or royalty

11:00 pm

GreyWoulf

re5 -- add consonant to the re4
re6 -- add vowel to the 5

11:00 pm

tbear

hey talking of age...I'm half of ninety on Friday.....and loving it....jo jo there are no age issues in Babble

11:01 pm

mab

tbear, my vet recommended having Malka's thyroid zapped with Iodine-131. It is a permanent cure for 99 percent of cats. Only the tumor tissue is destroyed, so in most cases no thyroid supplements are necessary.

Malka is so sensitive to meds, I was pleased to find out about the tx.

11:02 pm

lshult

Thanks guys, Finished
Got to run, theres work to be done.
Have a great day
Later

11:02 pm

renfield

jojo - just go w/ the flow, talk the talk, walk the walk...suck in your cheeks and laugh as you go down the babbleonian runway...

11:02 pm

renfield

later ish

11:02 pm

GreyWoulf

YW - Have a great day, lshult!

11:03 pm

mab

Ishult, we hardly knew yee. Bye.

11:05 pm

JoJoFunLvg

tbear: You are still a kid. Live your life to the fullest. The alternative is much harsher.

11:06 pm

mab

GW, did you get the so6? It sounds like a British coin or a ruler, but is spelled phonetically.

11:06 pm

GreyWoulf

Finished!!!!

Thanks for the help!!!

(*Hugs*)

11:06 pm

renfield

ok wolfie - here's the def mab gave me on eo 6 = the one that sounds like a british coin or a ruler, but is spelled phonetically.

11:07 pm

renfield

ok - well i'll take that hug and give you 3 back for each of you at the gw house - soon it'll be 4 hugs!!!

11:08 pm

mab

Well done GW.

Sorry got caught up with chat and missed request for so6, but obviously you found it. Yay!

11:08 pm

GreyWoulf

Thanks ren!

11:09 pm

renfield

now wolfie - go spend time w/ your wife....8)

11:09 pm

JoJoFunLvg

Ren: Thx. Will try to walk the walk, and talk the talk, hard for me tho, I am sort of anxious. But thx for asking about my BP.

11:10 pm

GreyWoulf

mab -- not to worry -- It has been veerry hard restraining my self from joining in -- lots of great topics :D

11:11 pm

GreyWoulf

I will, Ren -- thanks again!

See everyone tomorrow!

(*Hugs for all*)

(*Extra hugs for mab, ren and JoJo*)

TTFN

11:12 pm

mab

Ok. Bye Woulfe!

11:13 pm

renfield

jojo - don't be anxious - i'm the only one allowed to be anxious!!!! i think most of us get anxious when we visit our families espcially at holidays. i once spent a weekend at my in-laws - and it was a week to long...

11:13 pm

tbear

Mab...all the best to you and malka with the zap. Have spent a large chunk of my holiday feeding the street cats in the village where my mother lives...altho they are periodically chucked a bag of leftover paella poor things don't last long as they all have cat flu and ......whatever else. They are all dob tailed and a mixture of siamese and Heinz 57....the prettiest one I called The Lone Ranger,siamese with a chocolate covered eye mask...so sweet.

11:14 pm

JoJoFunLvg

GreyWolfe: Thx for including me in your XT hugs. Have a great day tomorrow.

11:15 pm

tbear

GreyWoulf...have had my reading glasses improved so will make a better assessment of peoples ages next time we're us. have a lovely time with yr wife :)

11:16 pm

JoJoFunLvg

Ren: I've have tried all my life to not be anxious, but I have concluded that, anxious is part of my life and I have to deal with it. So, I do, the best way I can.

11:18 pm

mab

Oh how sweet and sad, tbear. I get very emotional around stray cats, or stray anything.

I hope that this will go well for Malka. She is relatively young at 11 for hyperthyroidism, so it makes the decision to go for the expensive one-time tx easier to make.

11:18 pm

renfield

jojo - grey wolf lives noblesse oblige...he is all our babbleonian gentleman

11:20 pm

JoJoFunLvg

Everyone: Yes GreyWolf is a gentleman. Thx Ren, for reminding me.

11:24 pm

renfield

jojo - i'm pretty hyper - like i am so hyper people still tell me to sit down and sit on my hands...if i can't move - i get anxious..... so the doctor gave me some medication adn told me to play this game...i rearly take the medicine....

11:25 pm

renfield

how about rarely???? also - i can't type a hangfire w/ out light or my computer glasses...

11:29 pm

renfield

i get emotional about stray anythings as welll mab...so does my mom - when i go over to her house, her stray cats have me trained to feed them...they sit on the big pail of food and talk to me until i get out the food and fill their bowls.

11:29 pm

JoJoFunLvg

I guess I am chatting with the same kind of people I am, fancy that. OK, we are all hyper, and anxious. Man, I wish I could change who I am. My BP would enjoy that. But, that isn't going to happen, so ~~ guess I will just have to live with it, unless anyone out there can directly me somewhere else. Done Yoga, didn't do anything for me.

11:30 pm

renfield

then do babble....do you work full time jojo?

11:32 pm

JoJoFunLvg

Ren: I am an older gal ~ 60. I am retired. Been there, done that, and bought a tee-shirt.

11:33 pm

renfield

ok - so what do you do during the day? do you babble? exercise? what, what , what??? we have an inquiring mind....8)

11:37 pm

JoJoFunLvg

Ren: I am not a obese older woman. I work out 3 days a week at our health club, and on the other 2 days (during the week) I walk briskly 1.5 miles in the AM. So, I am not a woman that is not active. I garden in the spring and summer and fall. My yard is beautiful. I just have high BP.

11:41 pm

mab

That is very good Jojo, all that activity. I do yoga, but I really should get out and walk, too.

I am also highly anxious, but I hide it very very well. That's probably not healthy.

11:41 pm

renfield

jojo - what do you have in your garden? herbs? roses?my mom and i have green thumbs. i love roses, and have herbs and wild iris from louisiana grwoing as well as strawberrys. i also havea pineapple tree i started from chopping off the top of a pinapple..i'll take a oicture and post it one day.

11:43 pm

Babs1

just checking in...see you're all talking about anxiety, bp, and hypothroidism...wondering what you're doing with Malka? couldn't quite gather what intervention you're choosing? So many people default to drugs and surgery when there are other options..

11:43 pm

renfield

jojo - you can also tell me to put a lid on it or take a time out and sit on my hands.... hahahaha

11:45 pm

Blaze

Hello to all... I am here for the new puzzle and do not dare start this one....will hang in and so some computer clean up.... while I wait

11:46 pm

lilspotteddog

argh! this is driving me crazy! How long have you all been doing this? Did any of you get all the words the first time? And, how do you know how many words there are in each puzzle? And how do you know how many words there are that begin with the various letter combinations. . . .

11:46 pm

JoJoFunLvg

Ren: No I have no Herbs, I have flowers. Mostly Glads and Dahlias. I love working in my yard, and I work hard. Still have to dig some of my bulbs up, and will do. Do it every year, and loving it. Nice to chat with you.

11:47 pm

renfield

hi babs1and blaze - meet jojo - she's in seattle. we're just waiting on the new grid as well...

11:47 pm

Babs1

Welcome lils...sounds like you might be doing this for the first time? There's 148 words today and lots of help on the board for hints...and if you upgrade to pro you get to see statistics that help loads!

11:47 pm

cybernan

Hi Everyone -- nice to see all of you back for the flip!

11:47 pm

mab

Babss1, Malka is my little tabby cat. The iodine-131 tx involves one injection and the cat does not become ill or suffer any adverse effects. I do believe, however, that she may glow for a few days.

Hyperthyroidism in cats is very common and, unlike in people, indicates a tumor in the thyroid, non-malignant.

I love to garden too, although I've never had a lot of space to do so. I love flowers and herbs.

11:48 pm

Blaze

lil spot.... you are very new.... first when you are a pro babbler it is in the stats panel...... although there is alink to the Babanon site... that will take you to the stats and all the info about the grid.... words, words per tile etx....
Hang in there it takes practice and time that is why it is so addictive..... any more questions just keep asking...

11:48 pm

Babs1

jojo...I used to live in Redmond, WA...kinda miss Seattle area, but not as much as I miss California. What's weather like in Seattle this week? Have you lived there long?

11:49 pm

cybernan

welcome lils.......another tip:

Look under friends of babbl, click on babblers anon, general, brandyjack (stats) and you will find a 2 letter word list that is posted anywhere from 10 minutes to 4 hours after the start of the new game.

11:50 pm

cybernan

Hi Blaze -- how was your Christmas?

11:51 pm

JoJoFunLvg

Mab: Not good to hide your anxiety. I did it for years and now I have high BP. Yoga, (they didn't have that in my day) may have you relax enough to not have anxiety. Try it. Don't listen to me, all I tell you is what I have experienced but not what is right for you.

11:51 pm

Babs1

oh..Mab...a fur kid, I see..so the iodine will shut down her thyroid?

11:52 pm

renfield

did anyone here besides me cry during charlie and the cholcate factory???

11:52 pm

Blaze

cybernan.... the christmas holiday was great all is well here.....
Mab..... try karate... it gets your anxiety out in a healthy way... or tai chi.....

11:53 pm

renfield

heng this deslex - chocolate factory

11:53 pm

JoJoFunLvg

Babs1: Well the weather has been rain (as you experienced while living in Redmond) but I have lived here for ~~ Oh, Oh, have to tell me age ~~ 60 years. Born and raised here. It is beautiful country here, will never leave it.

11:55 pm

jaydee

Morning all, just waiting to see how big the new puzzle is.Re. the previous conversation, I do Tai
Chi, its a life changer and saver.Highly recomend it.

11:55 pm

Babs1

jojo...what part of Seattle do you live in? I can definitely agree it's beautiful country!! Especially on those sparkling sunny days!

11:56 pm

renfield

ok -like i'm realy sleepy - catch you catz tomorrow...

11:56 pm

Babs1

hmm.. ren...can't remember crying for Charlie movie. My favorite movie of late is Narnia---a definite must see--so magical, and I know you probably won't see it for awhile ren, until it's rentable.

11:56 pm

cybernan

Is there anyone still scrambling to finish and needing a clue?

11:57 pm

cybernan

Pleasant dreams, Ren

11:57 pm

tbear

JoJo and Renfield....there is only one cure for anxiety,stress,family tension,money troubles,health issues etcetcetc......GET CATS...they are the best company and stress relievers....one of mine is currently sitting on my chest and purring for England

11:57 pm

JoJoFunLvg

Babs1: Live east of Renton. Our kids went to Issaquah schools, so we are really east. Lived here for 34 years. Old timers. HA

11:59 pm

Babs1

gardening in Seattle is great...I used to love walking out in the garden each morning in the Spring seeing what nature was returning to life! So much more seasonal than other places I've lived..

12:00 am

lilspotteddog

yes yes yes clues but how do I tell you what i need?

View Word List Tuesday, December 27, 2005

FINAL SCORES

ENTIRE CHAT LOG