Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, March 29, 2006

12:01 am

rebekb

Hi flippers!

12:01 am

stidmama

Well Kevin? Did you do it?

12:01 am

stidmama

Hi Rebekb!

12:01 am

LeslieAnn

flip!

12:02 am

andy12489

hi

12:02 am

rebekb

Hi stidmama!

12:02 am

NatLT

hi leslie!!!

12:03 am

LeslieAnn

baby sable!!

12:03 am

NatLT

yes it it :D

12:03 am

LeslieAnn

...had some help with nick on that one :)

12:04 am

LeslieAnn

271 words!! to start or not to start...

12:04 am

stidmama

I got an mo 7! [surprised look]

12:04 am

NatLT

hi nick

12:05 am

cybernan

Hello everyone :)

12:06 am

stidmama

hello cybernan!

12:06 am

cybernan

271 will keep us going for a while!

12:06 am

tbear

hey cybernan..... :)

12:07 am

stidmama

271 seems like an awfully big number... I might go back to my 100-word limit on this one!

12:08 am

andy12489

stid I won't evn have time for 100 but will try

12:08 am

chic

M 7/32 & M 7/36

12:09 am

stidmama

I'm only going to try for 40 right now andy, shall we try for another 15 within the next 20 minutes? I have 25 already...

12:10 am

rebekb

me too, right at 25

12:10 am

andy12489

I am at 15 stid but yes will get to 40

12:10 am

NatLT

I feel pretty good I have 21, I am never that fast

12:11 am

stidmama

Good for you, Nat!

12:12 am

tbear

dr6/27 (extension of dr5) is silly....doesn't look right

12:13 am

andy12489

which dr tbear
to leak saliva?

12:14 am

tbear

no......dr5 with a double consonant at the end....think it means dregs/rubbish!!

12:15 am

tbear

and of course dr6=dr5 plus an ending dr6/27

12:16 am

stidmama

Tx tbear... that would have escaped me!

12:16 am

stidmama

andy, I am at 44, but not tired yet. Will keep playing for a while longer, but I know my back won't thank me!

12:16 am

tbear

stidmama......you're a gardener like moi!!

12:17 am

andy12489

stid you are gr8t
25 now

12:17 am

stidmama

oh tbear, I don't know if I am as good as you... I follow the logic of "if it grows it was meant to be" and enjoy the surprises each season brings.

12:18 am

stidmama

aw, shucks andy! I play this game like I run... great starts, but not much staying power!

12:19 am

andy12489

well I run the same way that is why I don't like it
I was always top for sprints and bottom for longer runs

12:19 am

getup

same here, lol

12:20 am

stidmama

hello again, getup!

12:20 am

cybernan

sy 7/36

12:20 am

tbear

Well my horticultural theory is that plants want to grow.....so it sounds about the same as you...!! Gardening is not a lucrative business in these winter months...but that's fine,gives me time to Babble

12:20 am

rebekb

Found 11 m double vowel words so far...

12:20 am

andy12489

242 wordsl left oooh scary
no like this

12:21 am

Eren

m 7/36
p 6/27

12:21 am

tbear

So many 'new' people.....and boys too!!

12:22 am

NatLT

yay, welcome one and everyone!!!

12:23 am

NatLT

39 words so far :D

12:23 am

tbear

Absolutely Nat :)

12:23 am

stidmama

it's okay andy, we won't let the mean grid eat you up!

12:24 am

andy12489

thanks
but I simply won't have time - have a 6 hour drive and a few meetings

12:24 am

andy12489

30 now will stick to 40

12:25 am

stidmama

I understand... :-(
Hope you'll drive safely and be successful at whatever you're meeting about.

12:26 am

tbear

ok being a bear....I had to find y4....not as cuddly but....

12:26 am

andy12489

thanks
well it is about $250 K investment so I do hope it will work

12:26 am

mrpresident

d9/60

12:26 am

tbear

HEY mrp.......:))))))

12:26 am

mrpresident

m9/66

12:27 am

mrpresident

t9/66

hey tbear!!!!!

12:28 am

tbear

mrp....as I have a wee hangover (midweek!!!) I'm only finding 4 letter word LOL

12:28 am

getup

t 8/45

12:29 am

mrpresident

oh dear!! hangover midweek!!
don't worry tbear... these words work off the 4's with a loch**** monster at the end!

12:30 am

stidmama

andy, the ice cream has worn off, and I am falling asleep at the desk. I got to 61 words... but mostly by monkeytyping... my brains hurt!

12:30 am

tbear

Mrp...last week I pinched melon cat....just to wind you up and it backfired as you had left.....is it pets day...so many tiddly poms around?

12:30 am

andy12489

good night stidmama
34 here and will stay to 40

12:31 am

mrpresident

tbear, it must be! can't believe the cuteness in here!

12:31 am

NatLT

I am loving the cutness in here!

12:31 am

tbear

Right off to find a piccy of one of mine

12:32 am

stidmama

good night, morning, afternoon, evening all! It's good to know that -- somewhere in this big world -- someone will keep the torch of Babbling alive!

12:32 am

NatLT

got that m 9/66

12:32 am

mrpresident

oh it is pet phobia day today... what does that entail??

12:33 am

NatLT

well, my phobia is that my pet just died and I don't want it to happen again, so I am leaving my pet's pic up

12:34 am

mrpresident

Nat, I feel for you! My gorgeous pet cat died at the hand of my vet in November!! Very sad... :'(

12:35 am

NatLT

it is the worst

12:36 am

rebekb

r8/45

12:36 am

mrpresident

so7/32 and so8/45 - like the fish in the can with an 'o'

12:37 am

andy12489

god night gang got my 40

12:38 am

tbear

Ok mrp refresh for a fur ball

12:38 am

mrpresident

re7/28 & re8/40 - youthful complexion cream?

12:38 am

rebekb

g'night andy!

12:39 am

mrpresident

what a cute furball!!! huggabug!!

12:39 am

tbear

bye andy....good luck with da business

12:39 am

NatLT

night andy

12:41 am

tbear

mrp...he's my silly boy...completely nuts, year and a half old and still behaves like a tiny kitten...love 'im,hate'im kinda thing.......claw trail marks up my leg...

12:41 am

mrpresident

LOL tbear!! I have a 9 year old cat like that... spooked the other day and nearly ripped my toe off in the process of freaking out!!

12:43 am

Eren

droid should be a word here. sheesh

12:44 am

tbear

They're great aren't they....Ollie still takes off vertically if I ssssssshhhhhhhh him. Still miss my Arlene tho......20 years!! Best relationship I ever had. :)

12:45 am

tbear

sy5/16.....

12:45 am

chic

Hi mrp and tbear!
I couldn't find a pic of my pet phobia-overflowing toilets!

12:45 am

mrpresident

io6 & io7 - used as an antiseptic?

12:46 am

mrpresident

Hi Chic!!!!

12:47 am

mrpresident

Chic, I walk around the house closing the 3 toilets we have cause I am terrified the dog will fall in and drown!!

12:47 am

tbear

is that what todays icon os ...pet phobias....thought it was pets!!lol

12:47 am

cybernan

Good night all :)

12:48 am

mrpresident

tbear, by bad, I thought so too but it was yesterday I think...

12:48 am

tbear

How vile is it when you catch the cat drinking from the loo with cute bum in the air......yuk!!

12:48 am

mrpresident

Nite nan!! have a good sleep!

12:48 am

tbear

Nite cybernan....sweet dreams :)

12:48 am

chic

'nite cnan!

12:53 am

tbear

Talking cats....mine's telling me it's time to go back to bed for a cuddle....and being such a self sacrificing person...just has to be done..catch you soon guys..xxx

12:53 am

getup

and i've hit the wall, g'night all

12:53 am

tbear

get down getup :) sleep well

12:55 am

mrpresident

nite guys!! sweet dreams!

12:57 am

chic

ti 8/45- it's a neat one!

12:59 am

rebekb

got it chic -- there's a d and r 8/45 just like it

1:00 am

Eren

a neat one LOL

1:01 am

dalmatian5

tr 7/28

1:02 am

Eren

tr 8/ 45

1:02 am

rebekb

tr 8/45 also

1:06 am

epsurreal

I'm not getting the re8 that's similar to the ti8, etc. any clues?

1:08 am

justafreep

I dont think it's RE

1:09 am

ca$hmyre

clue on the tr 8/45?

1:09 am

rebekb

haven't seen an re8 only an ri8 -- builds off a 4 letter word

1:09 am

epsurreal

ok I just got the ri8...thank you.

1:09 am

ca$hmyre

epsurreal, think of fruit

1:11 am

chic

How about the d 8; which d? left right or middle?

1:12 am

epsurreal

middle d, chic

1:16 am

chic

Got a di 9/60; still not the 8....

1:17 am

rebekb

I got the di8 but not the 9!

1:17 am

chic

got it! and it's time to toddle off; 120 words is a good start. 'Nite All, happy babbling!

1:18 am

mrpresident

nite chic!!

1:18 am

NatLT

night chic

1:18 am

NatLT

I'm off too
night all

1:18 am

chic

Oh yea, thanx for all the clues (and fish)!

1:18 am

mrpresident

di8 is - in awful danger!! + the loch**** monster

1:19 am

rebekb

I'm at 95, I think I'll stop too, night all!

1:19 am

Eren

the di 9 is the opposite of the ti 8

1:21 am

mrpresident

bye reb,
bye nat

1:21 am

rebekb

thanks got it! Now I must go to sleep....

1:23 am

mrpresident

es8/40 brand name for petrol + n4 sort of word meaning dark

1:26 am

justafreep

wow, mr. president. they're clapping for you on both sides of the aisle

1:26 am

mrpresident

thank you, thank you!

1:27 am

justafreep

I must call it a n4 sorta word.

1:27 am

mrpresident

LOL... my clues are usually more clueless!

1:30 am

mrpresident

mo7/36 is an anagram of the other mo7/36 .... COOL!

1:31 am

mrpresident

and to elaborate... to be more 'down in the chops' than usual! is one of the mo7's and the other is a brazilian gold coin

1:32 am

mrpresident

mo7/32 to be more of an orbiting satellite than usual

1:35 am

mrpresident

tr8/45 - to be more fashionable

1:36 am

mrpresident

ok, exhausted!! someone else take over here cause I have dinner to cook!!

btw xe7 = xe + beautiful smelling flowers

2:55 am

spellit

As a Star Wars fan I really want "droid"

3:09 am

ruthy

can anyone please give me a clue for the di 6/24

3:12 am

trishtrash

Sounds like a woman's name, plural, but change the second vowel, Ruthy.

3:12 am

trishtrash

nm, that's the 6/21, sorry.

3:27 am

davetins

ruthy, di6/24 made of two 3 letter words, 2nd one what you use to catch little fish

3:30 am

ruthy

ty davetins

3:46 am

trishtrash

yes, thanks davetins... didn't have that either, haven't long got here. Nice grid, though, isn't it? :)

4:09 am

santa1563

i could only find one word with the x...is there another?

4:11 am

gelababe

could I have a clue for your x word. Think there is only one today

4:13 am

Lbeelar

How many words please - no brandy jack

4:13 am

trishtrash

271 today

4:14 am

Lbeelar

Thankyou

4:14 am

santa1563

its an insecticide..thats all i know

4:15 am

trishtrash

gelababe ...xe7/48 xe + flowers

4:16 am

gelababe

Thanks trish

4:17 am

santa1563

i guess im the newb here...but what did that mean? i have no earthly idea

4:19 am

trishtrash

santa .... xe = first two letters 7/36 = number of letters & points ... and then I gave a clue (xe + flowers)

4:19 am

trishtrash

You can heck out Angelsong's Babble page (one of the links on the right) for informal babble info :)

4:19 am

santa1563

cool thanks

4:49 am

Jera

Good morning!

Is anyone else watching the eclipse??

4:50 am

Haz1558

Good morning, Jera. As usual there are too many clouds in the sky to see anything, but it is getting darker.

4:51 am

michaelden

hi ya gelababe - I'm on 75

4:51 am

Jera

Well, we're not actually getting it IRL in the states, I'm watching live on-line. My son keeps insisting it's a crescent mo4/5...

5:00 am

ruthy

thats me finished .bye all

5:14 am

gelababe

75 found or 75 to find?

5:18 am

michaelden

77 found - trying to get the bigger words first today

5:22 am

gelababe

I have 72 found. Work is getting in the way!

5:22 am

gelababe

Any clues on the 9 letter words

5:25 am

trishtrash

di9/60... state of being filthy (begins with di4/5 ends with ne4/4)
mo9/66... state of being unhappy ... ends the same way.

5:26 am

amandacath

Afternoon Babbelistas! This one looks much more to my liking. How many wordies today?

5:26 am

davetins

te9/66 water temperature +ne4/4

5:26 am

trishtrash

hi amanda :) 271

5:27 am

trishtrash

ty davetins :)

5:27 am

gelababe

Thanks, I don't have ne yet though

5:27 am

amandacath

Hi Trish! Ahhh - and it's rainy outside too. Perfect!

5:28 am

trishtrash

just look for the popular 'ne' ending, and that's your ne4/4 word :)

5:49 am

movieman

Hiya, everyone!!!!!

Now, about my icon.......

I'm not actually frightened of them myself, but I wonder if anyone else is.......

5:52 am

cliffopa

my nieces are afraid of one of my cats (the one i'm using for an icon today) - his name is Beethoven. they say he looks mad.

5:54 am

amandacath

Hi musicmom, hi cliff! Cliff, mad as in crazy or angry?

5:55 am

cliffopa

they think he looks angry 'cause his face is all squished up.

5:55 am

amandacath

Sorry, wrong MM - hi movieman, not musicmom - unless musicmom's here too, then hi

5:56 am

movieman

Hiya, amanda.....

So, does my icon scare you......?

5:58 am

amandacath

nahh - spiders don't bother me much. I'm more a snakeophobe. Theme of the day is scary things, I take it? anybody put a picture of W up yet? That would be mine if I were pro

6:01 am

movieman

Actually, amanda, the theme is "our pet phobias", but I couldn't think of anything that scares me, so I chose something that may scare somebody else!!!!!

6:01 am

Jera

It's actually phobias: unnatural fear of something not really dangerous...

6:02 am

cliffopa

i lived on a poultry farm 20+ years ago - talk about spiders. some were as big as a kitten!

6:04 am

amandacath

Oh. Then I guess I'd save Georgie-Boy for another day, since I don't think that's an unnatural fear and he _is_ really dangerous. Crowds are my pet phobia, but a picture of a bunch of people wouldn't say too much, would it.

I broke 100 all on my own! going to cruise the log for some more...

6:08 am

Angelsong

hi, all. I've been lurking for a while. di6/24, following the two di5/12's?

di9?

6:09 am

Haz1558

di 9 is the quality of being filthy. The di 6 is a combination of a quick insertion into water and what you use to catch a small fish.

6:10 am

amandacath

Hi angel!

6:10 am

capone

morning all. hope you enjoyed yesterdays late night intrusion from TSM, Amerine and myself.

big puzzle today

6:10 am

cliffopa

great clues haz

6:11 am

Angelsong

hi, amandacath. I've only got 93 words to find.

6:11 am

cliffopa

capone - that was rather entertaining

6:11 am

Haz1558

Thanks, cliffopa - glad if they helped.

6:12 am

capone

after staying up so late, i woke up in a puddle of dr/5 this morning

:/

6:12 am

Haz1558

Capone - I suppose I'll have to scroll back to yesterday's log. Or is it something that should have been kept private?

6:13 am

cliffopa

as long as it was your dr5 and not someone elses...

6:15 am

capone

no, it was funny. i checked way past my normal time and saw the controversy brewing about TSM and I (long distance relationship to make a long story short), so the three of us had to jump on. Am (TSM's older sis) hasnt had the time to really "play" babble yet, but after all the fun in chat log, I think she's hooked.

6:16 am

Haz1558

If I get this grid finished in good time, I'll have a look. Is it a grizzly I see before me?

6:16 am

capone

so in the future when I'm being an ass about not spending time w/her and she gets her feelings hurt, it's all in playful fun. She's in IL I'm in FL (for now). End of story.

6:17 am

Haz1558

Reading the story of your and TSM's spats makes my almost 24 year marriage seem very dull - but give me dull! I'm too old for all the drama.

6:19 am

cliffopa

i agree with you haz. no more drama. of course, if your other half won't cooperate - then what?

6:21 am

Jacula

Hello everyone. I see Mordor isn't allowed. No surprises there, then.:-/

6:21 am

Haz1558

I suppose you keep the drama as undramatic as possible.

6:21 am

Haz1558

Hello Jacula.

6:22 am

cliffopa

my latest solution is to play babble and ignore the drama. it works.

6:23 am

amandacath

Hi Jac, Haz!

6:23 am

Jacula

Hi Haz. What letter will you be typing today for hubby - how to clear foot rot in sheep or something equally gruesome?:-)

6:23 am

Haz1558

amanda - how is the grid suiting you today?

6:25 am

capone

lol, agreed, too much drama makes baby jesus cry.

6:25 am

Jacula

I've got 103 words left to find and am loving this grid. Thing is, now I've 'smoothed out' some of those 'ir' words I am reminded of what I *should* be doing.

6:25 am

cliffopa

my progress on this grid is depressing. i've never attempted one with this many words.

6:25 am

Haz1558

You can laugh, but some of the stuff I've churned out over the years has been unbelievable! He does tend to specialise in dairy work so I'm well used to all the talk of mastitis etc. The funniest ones are the certificates to explain why a bull is infertile!

6:26 am

movieman

I've just "checked" mrp's list, and I've discovered that there's a 7 letter word beginning with "yp"........

Now, you don't seriously mean to tell me that one ISN'T made up.......

6:27 am

amandacath

lovely, thanks haz! This is much more to my taste!

6:27 am

Jacula

Haz - now those would be worth reading!

6:28 am

Haz1558

How cynical of you, movieman! - I mean, our initial reaction to seeing xy9 would be disbelief but it's a normal word.

6:28 am

Jacula

Movieman - it's mustard gas.

6:29 am

Haz1558

Jacula - those certificates are done for insurance companies. Farmers buy bulls on the strength of them being fertile. If they prove to be useless, they have them destroyed and the insurance company has to pay out.

6:30 am

movieman

Thanx, jac.......

6:30 am

Jacula

Haz - It's a good thing that doesn't apply for humans!:-(

6:31 am

Jacula

y/w, Movieman.

6:31 am

cliffopa

i was just going to say that jacula

6:31 am

Jacula

LOL, Cliffopa.

6:31 am

Haz1558

You're right!

6:35 am

amandacath

Anyone got the other mo7/36? MrPres says both are anagrams of the other - I've got the state of mind one, she says the other is a brazilian coin, but I can't make it work...

6:36 am

bluephlox

how many words are there today?

6:37 am

Haz1558

The other mo7/36 is French for me. followed by do4/5

6:37 am

capone

500

6:37 am

bluephlox

WOW, this is my first huge board

6:37 am

Haz1558

Behave Capone - there's only 271

6:38 am

cliffopa

please, if there were 500 i'd shoot myself now and get it over with quickly!

6:38 am

Jacula

Capone! *Raps knuckles.*
271 words today.

6:38 am

Uneaixoise

thanks, haz!

6:38 am

capone

might as well be 500 for me, i'll get about 100 between work and walking the drama llama

6:38 am

bluephlox

that was a mean trick, thanks for setting it straight

6:39 am

Haz1558

Good morning, uneaixoise!

6:39 am

capone

do me a favor, make tomorrow spider day for avatars

6:39 am

movieman

The di6/24 plz.....

6:39 am

amandacath

Got it - thanks Haz. BRB, gotta run to the store...

6:39 am

Uneaixoise

good morning!

6:39 am

movieman

That's a great idea, capone, then I won't have to change my icon.....!!!!!!

6:39 am

cliffopa

i'm hoping it isn't busy at the office today so i can sneak some babble time in at work.

6:40 am

Haz1558

di6/24 - quick insertion into water of tool used to catch small fish

6:40 am

capone

lol. TSM loves teh spiders

6:40 am

movieman

Damn, I already had the di6/24, but thanx anyway haz.....

6:42 am

Jacula

Thanks, Haz. I didn't have that di6/24.

6:43 am

movieman

Gotta go, it's lunchtime.....

Be back soon.....

6:44 am

Haz1558

Breaking for lunch - see you later.

6:45 am

Jacula

Ditto.

6:47 am

JoyLee

any clue for mo7/36. the second one?

6:48 am

Jacula

2nd mo7 is more mo4/6.

6:48 am

Jacula

Oops!

6:49 am

amandacath

I'm back - did I miss anything?

6:50 am

Jacula

Amanda - I'm off to lunch and Movieman and Haz ditto. Just going to put up stats for non-pro's and then will bbl.

6:51 am

faeriekae

*walks in grumbling* stupid coffe maker, coffee all over my counter and down the cabinets and on the floor...I did not wake up this morning just so I could clean the kitchen first thing. there....HI EVERYONE :)

6:51 am

Jera

Morning, faerie... poor thing!

6:51 am

capone

FAERIE!

6:52 am

faeriekae

Hi Jera thanks....
Hi Capone *wink* had fun last night how about you :)

6:52 am

Jacula

TODAY'S STATS:

271 words total

4-letter words 106
5-letter words 85
6-letter words 50
7-letter words 19
8-letter words 8
9-letter words 3

1st letter count:
D - 47
E - 11
I - 23
L - 15
M - 25
N - 16
O - 13
P - 20
R - 38
S - 25
T - 31
X - 1
Y - 6

6:53 am

amandacath

hugs faerie, and coffee coming thru the aether

6:53 am

capone

oh yea....was a blast

those two hens (TSM and Am) kept me up past midnight with all their cackling on the phone.

6:53 am

capone

oh and apparently I ate our baby

6:54 am

faeriekae

Thank you Amanda - I like hugs...

6:54 am

faeriekae

Capone - The dingo ate your baby!

6:55 am

capone

oreo isn't in the puzzle?

6:56 am

faeriekae

OMG is Dingo a word today....looks at grid nope..don't have a "g"

6:57 am

faeriekae

Capone it is very possible that you did...

7:00 am

gelababe

Hi everyone. any clues for the ey words?

7:00 am

faeriekae

Refresh new icon

7:01 am

amandacath

Faerie - you're afraid of disney figures?

7:03 am

faeriekae

Amanda - I have an extreme phobia ... so disney is as close as I ever want to be to one of these rodents.

7:03 am

amandacath

Ahhh - i get it

7:03 am

capone

Faerie

7:04 am

faeriekae

Capone - why did you eat your baby?

7:04 am

capone

Faerie

7:06 am

Haz1558

Back from lunch - hello to all who have come in while I was away.

7:06 am

faeriekae

Hi Haz :)

7:06 am

capone

Faerie

7:07 am

faeriekae

Capone

7:07 am

capone

MOUSE!!!!

7:08 am

faeriekae

WHERE?

7:09 am

faeriekae

Capone turn your cats loose.

7:09 am

capone

OMWTFBBQ!!! ITS UNDER YOUR COMPUTER CHAIR!

7:10 am

faeriekae

*standing of desk trying to type*

7:11 am

Jen

Morning everyone!

7:11 am

amandacath

Hi Jen!

7:11 am

Jera

Greetings, all... I have returned after throwing half the people out of my house (the littlest littlie is staying home today).

7:11 am

faeriekae

Good Morning Jen:)

7:12 am

capone

morning Jen and Jera

7:12 am

faeriekae

Jera - my sister Linda has a terrible phobia of chickens and roosters also....She doesn't even like feathers.

7:12 am

capone

50 down, time to get some work done.

bbl

7:13 am

Jera

{{{JEN}}}

You have inspired me to create an icon for my Final Four local team... but I'm not using it today... my phobia is an interesting one (or at least amusing).

7:13 am

72 Temple Owl

hi everyone! trying to get a leg up on this one - it's long!

7:13 am

capone

um.....yea

sorry for the spoiler

7:13 am

shorty

ok my phobia is Ticks and theres no way I'm putting one of those NASTY things up so I can see it

7:13 am

amandacath

Mornin, TO!

I'm stuck on the tr7/28 - probably something completely obvious. Any help?

7:14 am

Jera

Any particular reason, faeriekae? I don't much care for any birds IRL. Birdwatching with binoculars is about as close as I care to get to the feathered fiends.

7:14 am

Jen

Hey faerie, amanda, Jera, cap! :)

Bye cap!

7:14 am

faeriekae

{{{Shorty}}} - I don't blame you.

7:14 am

capone

shorty!

so you didn't like the Tick tv show/cartoon?

7:14 am

shorty

and hello to everyone!!!

7:15 am

shorty

LOL capone

7:15 am

Jen

morning shorty!

7:15 am

Haz1558

Hi shorty - is the dog okay?

7:15 am

Jera

3 more words to go before I am halfway & can cheat, er, I mean look at bj's list...

7:16 am

faeriekae

Jera - we grew up on a farm so maybe so got pecked by one not sure...the thing we me and mice....probably came from playing in the corn crib...not sure...I just know that if you put a mouse and chicken in the room with the two of us we would both die togather.

7:16 am

shorty

yes she is fine ty for asking

7:16 am

gelababe

Haz - what is your pic? can't make it out

7:17 am

Jera

I was spurred in the face by a rooster when I was 5 while I was feeding the filthy beasts... we had a farm & that was my job. Guess what we had for Sunday dinner the next week? I watched the execution... ah, memories...

7:17 am

Jera

I'm not afraid of mice as both my cats are champion mousers!

7:18 am

Haz1558

It's to represent my fear of heights. It's Carrick-a-rede rope bridge on the North Antrim coast. Used by fishermen and mad tourists to access a small offshore island.

7:18 am

faeriekae

LOL Jera - I was attacked by a chicken when I was small she latched onto the back of my leg and tore her spur on in my leg...same thing...Sunday dinner.

7:19 am

Haz1558

Shorty - glad to hear she's fine.

7:19 am

faeriekae

lol Haz - It looked like an elephant to me...but now I see it...fear of heights is no fun...no fears are funny tho.

7:20 am

gelababe

ah, good choice. I dont much like heights myself

7:20 am

Haz1558

My feeling is that if you get too close to the edge you will be 'drawn down'. I never get too close to the edge, just in case!

7:21 am

Jen

Heights I don't mind... unless it's on a bridge! So Haz, your icon is perfect for me!!

7:22 am

shorty

ty Haz

7:22 am

Haz1558

It's a rope bridge, water hundreds of feet below, the thing sways in the wind, and people queue to go across!

7:23 am

Babbler

just popped in to say hi and good luck!!! Big grid!! : o !

: D

7:24 am

faeriekae

Hi Babbler :)

7:24 am

Babbler

Haz, are you afraid of heights then? I am!! Mine's a man standing on the edge of a cliff. ... !!

7:25 am

amandacath

Did anyone get to see the eclipse? It's cloudy here, so no chance

7:25 am

Haz1558

Babbler - I have to look away from your icon - he's going to fall any minute...

7:26 am

amandacath

hi babbler!

7:26 am

Jen

From what I could understand, up here in DC, we were too far north to see the eclipse. :(

7:26 am

Babbler

amandacath, the UK wasn't in the eclipse's path, but I knew it was happening this morning. (slept through it, however, lol!) : )

7:26 am

faeriekae

Amanda - I didn't see it. Was cloudy here also.

7:26 am

Atalante

hi everyone!

7:27 am

amandacath

Hi Atalante!

7:27 am

faeriekae

Morning Ata - yuck slugs...

7:27 am

Babbler

Haz, it's a good 'un, isn't it? ; )

you're not wrong about feeling like you might be pulled over the edge - the head is the heaviest part of our bodies, and if we lean too far forward, we might well topple... : /

7:27 am

Haz1558

Hello Atalante - a slug, ugh!

7:28 am

faeriekae

getting out the salt for Ata. lol

7:28 am

Haz1558

Babbler - so I'm not just imagining it? I'll still stay right back, just in case.

7:29 am

david.m1fcf

Lots of eclipse pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/t ags/solareclipse/ - While the UK did not get a total eclipse, we did get some of it, take a look at the BBC News site, they have pictures all over the UK of the eclipse

7:29 am

amandacath

eewww - slugs are gross! especially when you step on one barefoot!

7:29 am

Atalante

I hate slugs! and I agree amanda - stepping on them barefoot is one of the horridest things ever!

7:30 am

faeriekae

bbl - going to shower.

7:32 am

Praes

bumper u lurking?

7:33 am

Jera

Haz's icon is a bridge? I thought it was a stone elephant. It's fun to be half-blind!

7:33 am

Jera

Jen, I watched the eclipse on-line, a live webcast from Turkey. It was awesome!

7:34 am

Haz1558

Jera - it's only when Faerie mentioned it that I could see the elephant in the background! It's a bridge!

7:34 am

72 Temple Owl

te 9 and te5/14 before it, please?

7:34 am

Babbler

thanks David. I saw that we'd be under a shadow or whatever it's called. I'll go have a look... : )

7:34 am

Jen

Neat Jera! I haven't seen a full one since I was in 1st or 2nd grade... we all made eclipse watching boxes. cool.

7:35 am

Jera

te9 = the state of being te5/14... add the scottish lake monster

7:35 am

amandacath

TO - the te5 is water temperature, the 9 is the state of it

7:35 am

Jera

I'm sorry, my 9 clue didn't help much... te5/14 = room temp water

7:38 am

72 Temple Owl

and the t's ar slain - thank you all! : D

7:38 am

amandacath

TO - can you give me the tr 7/28?

7:42 am

Jera

Yippee... halfway!

7:42 am

72 Temple Owl

tr7/28: chemical compound with 3 double bonds

7:43 am

Angelsong

mo9?

7:44 am

Angelsong

never mind. got the mo9

7:44 am

Babbler

might pop back later.... : D good luck with the monster grid, everybody! xxx

7:44 am

amandacath

oh, that. well, at least i know what it begins with...

mo9: state of being during PMS?

7:46 am

knutmeg

271 words?! I shoulda started 8 hours ago... >.< Good morning, all!

7:47 am

amandacath

ah, got the tr7

7:51 am

Jera

Morning, knutmeg!

7:52 am

Jera

There are (at least) 2 mo9's... one is how you feel, one involves a celestial body

7:55 am

Jen

Whew! Those T's were terrible!!

7:59 am

amandacath

Jera, those mo's are 7s not 9s, aren't they?

7:59 am

72 Temple Owl

jen: the s's are not much better : (

8:00 am

Jen

TO, I'm starting to notice that! Without a darned A, this is hard!

8:00 am

Jera

You are right amandacath, sorry about that... thansk for catching my mistake!

8:00 am

movieman

I'm back, everyone!!!!!

8:00 am

ExWren

Yes jen, the t's were bad and I have yet to find three of them, but I have just got to my pet hate, (if only I could have found an icon to depict them), it is the re's!

8:00 am

Uneaixoise

there's an mo9/66 related to feelings

8:01 am

Jera

wb, movieman!

8:01 am

Jen

Ah yes, the re's... those are my phobia!! Maybe I should have made an icon with re on it! LOL

8:04 am

hurshy

*yawn* morning/afternoon folks

8:05 am

movieman

The 1st do5/16 plz.....

8:05 am

amandacath

hi hursy! nice icon

8:06 am

hurshy

oh, you think? i was afraid it was unreadable, so tiny.

8:06 am

amandacath

i was just able to make it out

8:07 am

scatty

hi, can i have a clue for di6/24 please

8:07 am

hurshy

me too - but then, i knew what it said - so it's good to know someone else got it too

8:07 am

movieman

What about my icon, hursh.....?

Does it worry you at all.......?

8:07 am

Vicuna

My phobia is getting my eyes poked out -- there's no way I was posting a picture of that!

8:07 am

ExWren

How about this one then jen?

8:08 am

amandacath

scatty - the di6/24 is what you might use to get guppies out of the aquarium

8:08 am

Haz1558

di6/24 - quick insertion of something used to catch small fish

8:08 am

hurshy

no, yours is ok movieman.

8:08 am

ExWren

Don't you come near me movieman!

8:09 am

Haz1558

do 5/16 Make the vowel double, then add adverb ending

8:09 am

Jen

perfect exwren! :)

8:09 am

hurshy

of course it did say "pet phobias" so i could post a picture of a backhoe - my cat marty is horribly afraid of them.

8:10 am

Uneaixoise

Jen, here's a tribute to your phobia (refresh)! :-)

8:10 am

ExWren

OK. Now I have to fight my phobia

8:10 am

movieman

At last, I've found someone who's an arachnophobe!!!!!!

*LAUGHS EVILLY, A LA VINCENT PRICE*

8:10 am

Jen

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! Running away from all the R's!!!!!!

8:11 am

hurshy

personally, i'm MUCH more afraid of weird things like that TM word we had a few days ago than i am of R's.

8:14 am

Angelsong

cllue for the first do5?

THere is a nifty yp word today.

8:14 am

movieman

Could anyone inform me as to the whereabouts of the enable word list?

I've tried the link on Angelsong's page, but it doesn't take me to it......

8:15 am

amandacath

Angel - 1st do5 I've got it "Tom Do***" - don't know if it's actually the first one though

8:15 am

Haz1558

do5 - repeat the vowel, then add adverb ending

8:15 am

Angelsong

movieman, there is a link to the enable list on the resource page...

8:18 am

movieman

Angel, that's where I'm trying to get to it from, but I keep getting a screen that says "Firefox can't find the file at /gj_babble_db.txt."

What is going on......

8:18 am

capone

Faerie! Refresh for my new avatar.

8:19 am

Angelsong

movieman...the link for the enable list on the resource page does work for me.

8:20 am

scatty

still cannot get the di 6/24, the way my brain is working today i need a really easy clue

8:20 am

hurshy

anyone else find it ominous that mordor is in the puzzle?

8:20 am

movieman

So how come it doesn't work for me, then....?

Without the list I'm at a loss, because I rely on it to help me with m,y last few words.....

8:20 am

Uneaixoise

movieman, you can't access Brandyjack's list??

8:21 am

Vicuna

and Mordred, if that's your fanatasy of choice

8:21 am

amandacath

Works for me too, MovieMan - try copying the link into a new browser window maybe?

8:21 am

movieman

No, une, I can't access the Enable word list......

8:22 am

ExWren

movieman, what about Lickety-splits list? That's where I went to this morning

8:22 am

Haz1558

di6 - first three letters to put something in water quickly - last three letters - fish** stockings.

8:22 am

scatty

im on the list now, had no trouble getting into it

8:22 am

Angelsong

movieman, try clearing your cache

8:23 am

amandacath

won't take endor either - poor ewoks

8:23 am

Jen

Or sodor... poor Thomas the Tank Engine!

8:23 am

scatty

thanks Haz, i must have monkeyed typed every way but that

8:24 am

Haz1558

Glad you've got it, scatty.

8:24 am

movieman

Howsabout if someone posts the address for the Enable list, then I'll see if that works.....?

8:25 am

movieman

Is there a definition for that 1st do5/16?

8:25 am

amandacath

Here you go:
http://www.photosphere.us/ gj_babble_db.txt

8:25 am

Jacula

Hi all. I'm back again.

ExWren - I've made you an icon. REFRESH to see it.:-))

8:26 am

movieman

Just tried the address, and I still can't access it.....

8:26 am

scatty

hi jacula

8:26 am

amandacath

I had the enable list on my hard drive until Angel gave us the link to it - don't remember where I got it though, but it wasn't difficult to find

8:27 am

gelababe

anyone have a clue for do 5/6?

8:27 am

Jen

Hey Jac!

movieman, did you make sure you took out all extraneous spaces?

8:27 am

EvaNadine

wow movieman, great minds think alike when it comes to icons.
;)

8:28 am

movieman

Jen - I certainly did.....

8:29 am

scatty

getta - put ie on the end of 4/6

8:29 am

Angelsong

http://www.photosphere.us/gj_b abble_db.txt

8:30 am

movieman

I've managed to access the list at last, but only by using AOL, instead of Firefox......

Which means I'll have to stay online for as long as it takes me to finish the puzzle.....bloody hell!!!!!

8:30 am

capone

is Faerie still on?

8:31 am

amandacath

MovieMan - you can download it here:
http://personal.riveruse rs.com/~thegrendel/software.ht ml

8:32 am

Haz1558

I've finished and am heading off for a walk with the dog, making sure I keep away from sheer drops, slugs, birds, spiders and snakes. The last one is easy, as we have none on the island of Ireland. The rest will demand concentration!

8:33 am

amandacath

do 5/16 - A kind of litter suspended from men's shoulders, for carrying persons or things; a palanquin

Indian, looks like

8:34 am

movieman

Thanx for that link, amanda......

It's solved all my problems.....

8:34 am

amandacath

I think Faerie went to take a shower, capone, but I'm sure she'll be back

8:34 am

amandacath

Anything to help, MM

8:35 am

capone

do/5 also the name of the former head coach of UGA, Vince Do***, minus the E

8:36 am

capone

any hints on the x? i'm sure i see it i just can't see it....

8:37 am

amandacath

capone - xe + ValDay presents

8:38 am

capone

close enough to what I had..lol

tyvm

8:39 am

amandacath

ywvm

8:39 am

ExWren

xe+nice smelling flowers

8:42 am

capone

ok, sh!t can be a word, but not doody?

8:47 am

Angelsong

clues for the first do5/18?

8:48 am

abe79

do 5/18 like a room in college housing

8:48 am

capone

add the sometimes vowel to the do/4 12 to get do/5 18

8:48 am

amandacath

do5/18 = like the end of the world

8:51 am

Jera

Help please, with the es8??

8:52 am

amandacath

Jera - a mineral made from a brand of petrol?

8:53 am

michaelden

es8 /40 - popular fuel brand used after dark

8:54 am

Jera

tyvm!

9:03 am

hardcore

# of words today ?

9:04 am

michaelden

271 total

9:05 am

hardcore

thaink you michaelden ;)

9:06 am

Jen

Woot! DOne with the R's! I have conquered my fear! :)

9:07 am

Jacula

TODAY'S STATS:

271 words total

4-letter words 106
5-letter words 85
6-letter words 50
7-letter words 19
8-letter words 8
9-letter words 3

1st letter count:
D - 47
E - 11
I - 23
L - 15
M - 25
N - 16
O - 13
P - 20
R - 38
S - 25
T - 31
X - 1
Y - 6

9:10 am

Angelsong

clues for the last do5/16?

9:11 am

Jacula

Angel - grand old lady.

9:11 am

Jacula

Sorry ! Old man!

9:13 am

Angelsong

Jacs: grand old man for the do5/16? I don't get it at all.

9:13 am

spellit

Wow! I've finished - 3873 pts today

9:13 am

Angelsong

Jacs, got it! I'm used to seeing the feminine form of that word.

9:13 am

Uneaixoise

kudos, spellit!

9:14 am

Jacula

Angel - do + Chinese currency.

9:14 am

Jen

WTG spellit!

9:14 am

Jacula

Well done, Spellit.

9:14 am

Jacula

Angel. Me, too, hence my original mistake.

9:15 am

spellit

Cup of tea called for I think or something stronger maybe

9:15 am

amandacath

WTG spellit. Thx for the do - needed it too

9:22 am

amandacath

What 8s am I missing?
di8/45
es8/40
ri8/45
ti8/45
tr8/45

9:22 am

Angelsong

in7?

9:23 am

spellit

mi 8 missing

9:24 am

spellit

mi8/45 builds from the mi4 amanda

9:25 am

amandacath

Aha - got that one, thx spellit

9:28 am

Jacula

Angel - in7 - a writer, one who in6/21s.

9:30 am

Haz1558

amandacath - you're also missing so8/45

9:31 am

Guarana

Can I ask a technique question of you guys? When working from the list, di* words for example, do you start with the small words or big words first?

9:31 am

Haz1558

Also re8/40

9:32 am

gelababe

can I have another clue for mi 8

9:32 am

hurshy

i think we all do it differently. when i have used the list extensively, which i haven't lately, i do the short words first bc they are easier to monkey, then i know what the longer ones come in between.

9:32 am

Haz1558

Guarana - I do as many words as I can myself, consult the list and then fill in alphabetically, without regard for length of word. Others will do it differently.

9:32 am

amandacath

gela - state of being mucky

9:32 am

michaelden

re8 /40 is plural of re7 /28 - a face cream ingredient

9:33 am

movieman

Hmmm.....odin isn't acceptable.....

That's bad news for the inhabitants of Valhalla, then....

9:33 am

Angelsong

guarana: I usually start with what I can see first. then, if I work with a list, I fill in what's missing. But others may use a different approach. Do whatever works best for you.

9:33 am

hurshy

proper name, of course, movieman

9:34 am

hurshy

ooh, ooh, i greyed a box!

9:34 am

spellit

No "droid" either nor "drey" squirrels nest

9:34 am

movieman

I know, hursh.....

Just thought I'd liven things up a bit.....LOL

9:35 am

michaelden

gelababe - I'm on 96 but struggling with the mi8 same as you

9:35 am

hurshy

ok, so i need so8 and es8...

9:35 am

amandacath

yay - got the re7&8 - thought that would a trademarked name or something. Guess not!

9:35 am

gelababe

on 112 - still don't get mi though.

9:35 am

Haz1558

The mi 8 ends in the monstrous ne4/4

9:36 am

hurshy

star trek fans: mi8 starts with the name of a young girl whose name was the title of the classic episode in which she appeared, featuring purple blotches who appeared on any kid who finally reached their long-delayed puberty

9:36 am

Jacula

Guarana - I find as many words as I can throughout the day, regardless of length or starting letter, and then consult the lists to fill in the gaps at the end of the day. There are clues on the log in between times, of course. Once stumped, I'll ask for clues before I'll use a dictionary. But that's just my way of doing things. As the others said, do whatever works best for you.

9:36 am

hurshy

wow, excuse my poor grammar, too much of a hurry

9:37 am

michaelden

THX HAZ

9:37 am

Haz1558

You're welcome, michaeleden.

9:38 am

hurshy

i got mo9, do either of the other 9's end the same?

9:38 am

amandacath

hurshy - I need the so8 too. The es8: name of petroleum brand + not-daytime.

I hate that episode - Kirk and his icky penchant for little girls

9:38 am

Haz1558

One does.

9:39 am

Haz1558

Correction, there are two others.

9:39 am

hurshy

amanda - he didn't actually DO anything to her - just made yeoman rand jealous

9:39 am

hurshy

so haz, you are saying all 3 nines end the same way?

9:40 am

Haz1558

Yes. All end in the same way.

9:40 am

Angelsong

so8: think fish in a can, crowded together, but change the first vowel.

9:40 am

Guarana

thanks! I'm going to stick with my "by the list method" for the reason you all suggested: it works best for me :)

9:40 am

amandacath

Yeah, I know, but I still find it pretty slimy.

9:41 am

gabumper

praes r u here

9:41 am

editer

But it's comforting to know that, if there is life out there, it consists largely of young babes in skimpy costumes!

9:41 am

hurshy

ty amanda and angel

for the record, miri's costume was not at all skimpy

9:44 am

amandacath

Thx Angel! Finished the 8s.

For you maybe, editer. I'm just glad they got rid of Deanna's galactic cheerleader outfit. I don't want to have to wear that when we finally get there!

9:44 am

Jen

Can someone help me with the ni7?

9:44 am

hurshy

ok, why isn't deodor a word? deodorant needs to have something to do!

9:45 am

Jacula

Hurshy - I've been thinking the same.:-)

9:45 am

amandacath

Sorry jen, I'm stll working on the in7 writer one. doesn't seem to pop out at me...

9:46 am

hurshy

only one sad x and i can't get it

9:46 am

Jacula

in7 - in + di4/5.

9:46 am

ch1212

Good morning, all. hurshy, I like your sign! You too, jacula. My phobia is bees, of course -- this is an Africanized Killer bee. I actually have studied them in a fruitless effort to desensitize myself. Ah, well. One more reason to live in very cold climates :)

9:46 am

amandacath

xe + flowers

9:46 am

Jacula

* + one last letter.

9:46 am

michaelden

hurshy - the xe clues are in the previous messages

9:47 am

hurshy

oh, just want to know how long it is.

9:47 am

Jacula

Hi ch1212.

9:48 am

amandacath

Thx Jac - didn't know that word

9:49 am

amandacath

Sorry Hursh - didn't mean to spoil the fun

9:49 am

Jacula

Jen - xe7/48.

9:49 am

Jen

ni7 plz?????

9:49 am

Jacula

*Sorry. Meant the xe length for Hurshy.

9:50 am

ch1212

just scanned the last few minutes of the log. Hurshy, love the Star Trek clue. Can you name the famous movie the actress who played Mi** was in, and her very famous costar? :)

9:50 am

hurshy

xe7 - well no wonder i didn't have it!!!

9:50 am

Angelsong

ri8? it's my last 8...amanda, can you help?

9:51 am

hurshy

amanda - THANKS for spoiling the fun, i wouldn't have got it.

ch1212 - i can if i cheat and look in IMDB... :)

9:51 am

amandacath

Angel - state of being mature

9:51 am

hurshy

ri8 fruit hopefully has this quality

9:51 am

Jacula

Angel - ri8. You squeeze fruits to test for ri8 before buying them. (Or at least you do when the greengrocer isn't looking!)

9:52 am

ch1212

No cheating! Besides the classic episode, it's really the only other thing she's known for. And the only reason I saw the movie was because she was in it. (ANYTHING ST related, at the time.)

9:53 am

hurshy

ch1212 - i'm 28, so only watched classic trek in reruns - if the movie is from the time trek originally aired, i prob wouldn't have seen it

9:53 am

Angelsong

8's and 9s are done, as are all D's. have 3 more 7's to find...

9:54 am

ch1212

Oh, okay... Kim Darby co-starred with John Wayne in 1969's True Grit.

9:54 am

Jera

Well, I'm taking a break with 80 left... got a fierce slepp deprivation headache from getting up so early this morning after a late night... later, all!

9:54 am

hurshy

thanks for the trivia, ch1212!!

i have 2 more 9's and 11 more 7's :(

9:55 am

Jen

seriously guys, I really am not seeing the ni7...

9:55 am

Angelsong

ch1212: Kim Darby was Miri???

9:55 am

hurshy

jen - would that i could help you!

9:55 am

amandacath

ch1212 - I cheated at checked imdb - she's actually done quite a lot of stuff. One of those "fill-in" actors, looks like. Always around, but never made it big

9:56 am

Jacula

Jen - Sorry, haven't got the ni7 yet.

9:56 am

ch1212

yes indeed angelsong. 1969 was also the year I actually met WILLIAM SHATNER when he was doing a promo in Hawaii -- I was living there, and was chairperson of the Star Trek Association of Frantic Fans, in our letter-writing effort to save the 3rd season.

9:57 am

hurshy

wow, ch1212, what is it like to be such an important part of history?????

9:57 am

editer

Unfair! If I nod twice, doesn't that mean I 'renod'?

9:57 am

hurshy

and anyone with kids knows you often have to retidy

9:57 am

ch1212

And well before the days of ST paraphenalia going mass market, I had a friend whose cousin worked on the set, and I got an ORIGINAL uniform patch. !!

9:57 am

amandacath

and if i put the pigs back in, then i repen them

9:58 am

hurshy

omigosh, you are the luckiest person in the world!!

9:58 am

amandacath

oooooohhhh - jealous, ch1212!

9:58 am

hurshy

if i stumble again, don't i retrip?

9:59 am

ch1212

LOL hurshy, though in Star Trek land, it is very important history. The series (and spinoffs) have certainly influenced not only science, but philosophy and culture.

9:59 am

hurshy

ch1212 - i was NOT being sarcastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !

10:00 am

amandacath

I keep trying to tell my mom that, ch1212, but she's not buying.

10:00 am

hurshy

i keep wanting to put in soldier

10:01 am

ch1212

I agree, hurshy -- I know you are a serious fan too. I'm not as involved as I once was - haven't been to a convention in some time. But I have met Gene Roddenberry, Majel Barret, Leonard Nimoy and once I saw Walter Koenig from a distance. :)

10:01 am

capone

Just got done with a 4 disc box set called Star Trek: Borg Fan Collective.

Some of the better Borg focused eps in chronological order from Enterprise, TNG and Voyager.

10:02 am

Jacula

Hurshy - If you take a personal pronoun out of that military man you have an so 6/21.

10:02 am

hurshy

i have only met nichelle nichols, i am a sad sad girl.

i would like a Q collection if they have one!

10:02 am

ch1212

capone, I'll have to look for that. The Borg were arguably the most inventive, ingenious villians ever created in the ST universe. I actually had nightmares when they first debuted.

10:02 am

hurshy

i know jac, i have that one.

10:02 am

capone

Other than TNG and the movies, I'm not a huge Trekkie. I'm more of a Highlander/Batman guy.

10:03 am

amandacath

anybody know how many points the ni7 has? Maybe that will help. I can tell you it's NOT "more like ni5/10" - I've tried it over and over

10:03 am

capone

Yea, they need a Q set!

10:03 am

ch1212

oooh, jealous,hurshy! Nichelle was my hero as a young woman. I seriously considered NASA because of her. And I adore Q.

10:03 am

Jen

amanda, it's ni7/28

10:04 am

hurshy

i really think Q is right, jean luc DOES get too uptight around him.

10:04 am

amandacath

ugh - well, it narrows it down, at least

10:04 am

ch1212

Capone, I was late coming to the Highlander movies, but then finally 'got it' and own the set. Wonderful. And Burton's original Batman is a masterpiece.

10:05 am

ch1212

Oh, indeed -- that's why Q and Jean Luc play so well together. In many respects they are the antithesis of each other.

10:05 am

Jen

YESSSSSSS! I finally found it!!!!! It's similar in sound to the ni6 just after it, but it uses 2 vowels instead of the sometimes vowel.

10:06 am

ch1212

Okay, now I've started on ST... I better stop right now or I won't get any babbling done on the grid, only in the log :D

10:06 am

hurshy

but it's weird, bc while picard IS sort of a stiff person, he is never as stiff as when Q comes around.

10:07 am

hurshy

ooh, thanks jen

10:08 am

amandacath

Well, got them - what on earth do they mean? Hotels maybe?

10:09 am

capone

I actually like the latest Batman better than the Burton versions. I'm such a Bat-geek, I bought a 2 disc set of some 1943 B&W serials. Setting was in LA and B&R were working for the US government to foil the "Jap Threat". A lot of racist remarks in that 17 episode series that wouldn't fly these days.

Highlander 1 was awesome. They should have made the sequels prequels and the Adrian Paul version should have been set in the same timeline leading up to HL 1.

10:11 am

movieman

Adding to the discussion, even though I have all 10 Star Trek movies on Special Edition DVD, I still cosider myself more of a Star WARS fan......

10:11 am

ch1212

capone, I have to agree on Highlander 1 -- best by far. My beloved and I went to see the latest Batman, and I thought it was as good as the first Burton. Love the dark character development -- he does everything for a reason.

10:11 am

Jacula

Amanda - I've just found them, too. They are night clubs.

10:13 am

hurshy

every time i think i can't get anymore i see a really easy word...

10:13 am

ch1212

okay, I'm getting sidetracked again, but movieman, I have to confess -- when the original Star Wars came out, I was such a science (and science fiction) snob that I wasn't going to go... I mean, explosion sounds in space? Beautiful damsels? Give me a break. Then I went, and within 10 minutes I was cheering. Humility never felt so good.

10:13 am

movieman

I've just found the first two so words, and I really should have seen them before.....

Bugger.......LOL

10:13 am

capone

Yea, Burtons Bat was awesome (esp compared to the Silver flicks), but the current Bat will be the best IMO if they continue following the "Year One" storyline. Don't be shocked to see Ras Al Ghul turn up again, he was immortal after all.

10:14 am

Jacula

LOL, Movieman.

10:14 am

hurshy

i get so annoyed with people who don't even know the difference between star trek and star wars. this is what i tell them: star WARS is a long time AGO in a galaxy far far AWAY, and star TREK is in the FUTURE in OUR galaxy.

10:15 am

btwrt

it's true, that IS a big difference, hurshy

10:16 am

hurshy

hey buttwart!!! :)

10:16 am

ch1212

thanks for the heads up, capone. hurshy, I like that explanation!

10:16 am

capone

I loved the episode of the original ST when Darth Vader got caught in the Enterprises lavatory with a cardboard tube and a tribble.

10:16 am

amandacath

Wow - this is Geek Central Station, isn't it. I feel right at home!

10:17 am

hurshy

capone!!! lol

10:17 am

caitlyn

Hi all........

10:17 am

btwrt

:( hurshy ... you cut me deep, you cut me real deep just now

10:17 am

capone

what?

10:18 am

hurshy

you had to know i was gonna do it... :)

10:18 am

btwrt

if i KNEW, i might have said something else, so as to distract you from doing it ;)

10:18 am

ch1212

LOL capone -- :D
:D

10:19 am

amandacath

Hi Caitlyn!

10:19 am

hurshy

i thought you were going to embrace it, anyway?

10:20 am

btwrt

oh whoops, i did say that. ok nm ;)

10:20 am

btwrt

i just finished sudoku - an actual medium today

10:21 am

hurshy

i have not got to sudoku yet, too many babble words!

10:21 am

hurshy

OK i canNOT find the other two nines.... what do they start with, i have the mo.

10:22 am

capone

Well hursh, ST could be set in the same universe as SW.

Kinda like the original version of "Highlander 2: The Quickening" (before it was "fixed" and repackaged as "The Renegade Version").

ST crew travels from the past into the future and is immortal, then when only one remains they turn mortal until more people from the past enter the future and the game begins anew.

Um, yea....

10:22 am

ch1212

husrhy, there's a d9, m9, t9

10:23 am

amandacath

hursh, the 9s are di, mo, and te - all states of being something

10:23 am

ARB

Any hints on the di 6/24?

10:23 am

caitlyn

hurshy there is a te9

10:23 am

hurshy

wow - you have a vivid imagination! BUT, the other difference i tell people is that star wars FEELS very different bc it is this tiny band of good guys against this huge evil empire, whereas in star trek the good and evil forces are more evenly matched, being modelled after the cold war.

10:24 am

Amerine

Hi all! And whoa, that is a SPIDER! creepy....

10:24 am

amandacath

the d6/24 you might use to get guppies out of the aquarium...

10:24 am

hurshy

ah, thanks to the 9 cluers :)

10:24 am

131313

why isnt the plural of the mo animal a word?

10:25 am

amandacath

Shall we bring Firefly and Battlestar Galactica into the conversation?

10:25 am

hurshy

because the proper plural IS mo5

10:25 am

ch1212

131313, because it's like the word fish -- both singular and plural

10:25 am

ToeSockMonkey

Hello all :) so theme for icons is what we are afraid of huh? refresh if you can't see mine :)

10:26 am

hurshy

woohoo, done with 8's and 9's! not close on 7's though.

10:26 am

131313

hm. bummer

10:26 am

tmcs

Amandacath!! YES! We are HUGE galactica fans at my house. What's not to love? The show, sci-fi or not rocks.

10:26 am

capone

Ooops, my bad.

Actaully the scenario I explained was the H2RV fix. The original H2 was set up as immortals came from a planet called Zeist. And when they were exiled to Earth they became immortals....

10:27 am

Atalante

just been reading back in the log - there is a Q box set ... I've got it :)

10:27 am

caitlyn

Hi TSM I have the same phobia but couldnt stand to put a picture of them up !! How was scan last night?

10:27 am

capone

Really Ata? I'll have to look for it.

10:27 am

hurshy

ooh, ata, buy it for my bday? :)

10:28 am

capone

TSM!!!

Since Faerie isn't here to see the icon I put up for her, I'll switch tou yours.

10:28 am

Amerine

The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout... Down came the rain, and washed the spider out... Up came the sun and dried up all the rain... And the itsy bitsy spider climbed up the spout again...
...and onto my face while I was sleeping.
Spiders freak me out! :(

10:28 am

Atalante

its called the Q Continuum

10:28 am

Atalante

and it's fab, of course!

10:29 am

tmcs

How many words today? I can't use the links at work!

10:29 am

hurshy

on DVD, ata? amazon not finding it :(

10:29 am

capone

new avatar, refresh

10:30 am

movieman

TSM, Capone......

Great minds think alike.......

10:31 am

amandacath

I would have been happiest if they'd just left Highlander alone. I don't like ANY of them except the 1st one, movies or TV.

Battlestar is great - a bit wierd, but that's the fun. I'm really interested to see how it all comes together!

I'm a huge original StarWars fan, and was painfully disappointed with all three new ones (don't get me started)

10:31 am

hurshy

oh, found it, diff title, not yet relased... wonder if diff in britain??

10:31 am

Atalante

I don't think its on DVD, I've got it in a v cool video box set thing from many years ago!

10:32 am

hurshy

well they are doing it on DVD comes out june 6
there is a time travel set too...looking at it...

10:32 am

capone

Yea, but I'm not scared of spiders.

I put this just for her.

10:33 am

Atalante

oh cool! now ... to buy it again on dvd or not? *ponders*

10:33 am

gelababe

highlander 1 was brilliant. THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!

10:34 am

movieman

Has anyone else realised that all the letters are in the grid for the word "SPIDERS"......LOL

10:34 am

capone

Highlander TV show was entertaining (mainly because I like the flashback stuff). It really sucked until about 1/2 through the 2nd season and really got better by midway through the 4th. The 6th season aside from the first and last 2 episodes sucked too.

10:35 am

hurshy

time travel set has some from each series (except enterprise, which is too bad bc the temporal cold war was SO COOL and by the way did anyone else get shivers in the finale of that when they had all the captains take a bit of the space: the final frontier...thought that was really one of the awesomest moments in trek, ever)

10:35 am

movieman

Gelababe - and the Highlander 1 soundtrack wasn't bad either, especially the contribution from Queen.....

10:35 am

hurshy

$400 for entire 7 seasons of TNG

10:35 am

gelababe

flashbacks were pretty cool. A story within a story but the movie was best.

10:36 am

gelababe

yeah, singing it in my head now....*Who wants to live forever....*

10:36 am

Guarana

I've never watched the Highlanded TV show.. thought it looked too hokey, or something. Only liked the first movie.
Saw Firefly mentioned below. Is there no Firefly love? I would like to declare my undying love to Joss right here. I hope they consider another movie.

10:36 am

capone

wow thats cheap for ST TNG.

I paid $150 per for the Highlander series on VHS, but swung the DVD versions for $225 for all 6.

10:37 am

Guarana

has anyone in the US (since we were the last to get it) watching the new Dr. Who? I love the eigth doctor... nearly my favorite ever.

10:39 am

capone

Ok, now I am PISSED.

Just checked http://www.legendaryheroes.com and saw they dropped the HL series down another $30....

lol

10:40 am

movieman

Finally, I have finished....

*AWAITS APPLAUSE*

Anyway, gotta go now, thanx for all the clues, and I'll see you all on the morrow......

Byyyyyeeeeee!!!! !!

10:40 am

Guarana

congrats movieman!

10:40 am

caitlyn

Well done movieman bye!!!!

10:40 am

tmcs

Hello? Could someone tell me how many words there are today?

10:41 am

cybik

Firefly is -great-! :D I've only seen about half of the series but I'm loving it.
The new Doctor who is fab, too - although since I'm in the UK I saw it a few months ago..

10:41 am

ARB

Please - Help!! Any hints on the di 6/24

10:41 am

caitlyn

271 words today

10:41 am

Guarana

271 words

10:41 am

ch1212

271 words, tmcs.

10:42 am

hardcore

i am watching Dr. Who I love that show

10:42 am

Jen

Okay, gotta insert my opinion about Firefly... fan-freakin'-tastic series... I wish it would have caught on more. And Serenity was a wonderful movie as well!

10:42 am

gelababe

well done movie man

10:42 am

Guarana

cybik- do you like the ninth doctor as well?

10:42 am

tmcs

Thank you!! My students and I work on this during my planning period. I have group of about ten kids who come in during their lunches and we work on it togther. The school has blocked most of the links, so we can't access the clues.

10:42 am

hardcore

Firefly rocks!!!!!!!

10:43 am

caitlyn

di6/24 di + cons + something used in fishing

10:44 am

Guarana

Jen - my hatred of FOX knows no bounds after the treatment of Firefly, Wonderfalls and Arrested Development, to name a few. *sigh*

10:44 am

faeriekae

Hi all - just stepping in for a few more words before I go back outside....

10:45 am

cybik

From what I've seen the ninth doctor seems good. I prefer Chris Eccleston, though.

(Not least because his name contains a type of cake)

10:45 am

amandacath

Firefly was great and what Fox had against it is utterly beyond me. Another movie would be great, but ONLY if it's a prequel - no Wash and Shepherd, no me!

10:45 am

tmcs

Cons?

And, I LOVED Wonderfalls! They have it on DVD now. Got it for Christmas. If you liked that, you might like Showtime's Dead Like Me. Another great show that got shot down.

10:46 am

capone

I guess I'll have to check out Firefly and Serenity. Not a big TV watcher so I missed the series. How do the bridge the gap between Episode 6 and teh Dark Empire storyline?

10:46 am

Jacula

TODAY'S STATS:

271 words total
3873 points

4-letter words 106
5-letter words 85
6-letter words 50
7-letter words 19
8-letter words 8
9-letter words 3

1st letter count:
D - 47
E - 11
I - 23
L - 15
M - 25
N - 16
O - 13
P - 20
R - 38
S - 25
T - 31
X - 1
Y - 6

10:46 am

Angelsong

e mail, faerie...

10:47 am

tmcs

Jacula, you are my new best friend!!!

10:47 am

hurshy

ugh, i am so depressed.

10:47 am

caitlyn

tmcs cons=consonant

10:47 am

Jacula

(That'll be the last time I post the stats today.)

10:47 am

amandacath

Oooh - what's Wonderfalls? Not being in the US, I'm not up on TV stuff. If it's in the same sentence as Firefly and AD, it's got to be good!

10:47 am

faeriekae

Thanks Angel - brb

10:47 am

capone

Faerie! You missed my icon I posted for you!

10:47 am

Jacula

y/w tmcs.

10:47 am

hippielunatic

Thanks, Jacula!

10:49 am

amandacath

...or: If Fox cancelled it, it's got to be good

10:50 am

Guarana

Wonderfalls was a quirky show about a slacker 20-somehting who starts getting advice from inanimate objects. Kind of in the same vane as Joan of Arcadia, if you saw that, but not so oure or inoccent. Like I said, quirky.

10:50 am

Guarana

oure = pure

10:50 am

capone

TSM, boo bear, honey buns....

SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS! SPIDERS!

10:52 am

amandacath

hmmmm - we'll see what the internet has to offer in the way of Wonderfalls. My newest TV-diversion is Deadwood.

10:52 am

Guarana

Oh, and Wonderfalls was produced by one of the same guys that produced Firefly.

10:52 am

Jen

love Deadwood as well Amanda. I also like Rome.

10:53 am

capone

Deadwood is ok. I'm more of a Sopranos guy.

10:53 am

amandacath

I'm in the middle of Rome as well. HBO productions are so well done.

10:54 am

Jen

A while ago, we rented the 1st season of Sopranos to see what the hubbub was about and we were hooked! Now we have to get HBO, LOL. Came for the Sopranos, stayed for Deadwood and Rome.

10:54 am

ARB

Caitlyn -- I must be dense -- I still don't get it -- still looking for the d1 6/24

10:55 am

amandacath

Ok, I'm off for a while. Am cat- and apt.-sitting for friends, so I'd better get over there and feed the beast. Will log back on as soon as I've settled in over there. See ya later!

10:56 am

tmcs

don't feel bad, ARB, can't get it either.

10:56 am

Jen

see ya amanda!

10:56 am

bunnyvicious

Oooh, big un' today!
Goood morning!

10:56 am

capone

Seasons 1 and 2 of the Sopranos were awesome, Season 3 and 4, bleh. It started picking up a bit last year with the whole "separation" drama and so far the new season is starting to a slow boil that hopefully will provide some good whackings by seasons end.

10:57 am

caitlyn

ARB di.. 1st part of the word you might go for a di. when its hot 2nd part you are using the inter ...

10:57 am

Jen

cap, I'm just gonna be really po'd if they pull a Bobby Ewing-dream thing with this!

Howdy bunny!

10:58 am

caitlyn

Hi bunny..how are the children now ?

10:59 am

capone

Well, I doubt they will seeing as how Ep 3 finished on a somewhat positive note.

10:59 am

Angelsong

Bunny, how's the little one's tummy?

11:00 am

Jen

Need to run to the store for dinner... BBL

11:00 am

capone

But I was thinking the same thing Jen.

Gandolfini and I are from the same town in Jersey.

11:00 am

bunnyvicious

Chopper was the last one to get the bug yesterday, it was Poopoopalooza, but I think it's passed. It's a shame my washer is still broken..had to use the hose in the front yard. Bet the crazy neighbor stays away now, LOL!

11:01 am

ARB

Caitlin - Thank you Thank you Thank you!

11:01 am

bunnyvicious

Angel, thank's for the advice, we lived on applesauce and warm tea yesterday, and she loved it!

11:01 am

tmcs

ARB-- I'm jealous. Still can't figure it out.

11:01 am

caitlyn

Shame he isnt there bunny LOL

11:01 am

Angelsong

Bunny, did any of the tips I gave you help?

11:02 am

caitlyn

YW ARB

11:03 am

Angelsong

probably helped calm her insides down a lot, Bunny :)

11:04 am

Angelsong

main thing to guard against is dehydration.

11:04 am

bunnyvicious

I got worried, she had a low grade fever the whole time and you can't ever get in to the doctor the day they are sick. She's up to full speed today, and then some!

11:06 am

Angelsong

bunny, I am so glad she's better. Glad the tips helped too.

11:06 am

Charm

morning, veryone!

11:07 am

caitlyn

Morning Charm

11:07 am

hardcore

Morning

11:08 am

KevinE

52 words....about 1 a minute whilst reinstalling windows and retoxifying myself...;P

11:10 am

Angelsong

bunny, did you try the jello trick?

11:11 am

bunnyvicious

Yeah, after the hot tea. She sipped a little, but wanted to stick to the tea. I mixed a bit of the lemon jello into the tea, she was a happy camper then.

11:11 am

caitlyn

Kevin only 219 words to go then

11:12 am

Charm

Any clues on the NI7/28?

11:12 am

KevinE

make that 214. Just gained 5 by trying plurals. Now I'll try them all backwards.

11:13 am

faeriekae

Angel - I have to get back to you in a little while John just called and needs me to give him a lift. Plus I just screwed up my computer *well I lost my home page* I'll give you a call as soon as I get back.

11:13 am

stidmama

good morning, all! I got to 76 words at the flip -- back for more punishment... has anyone finished yet?

11:14 am

caitlyn

Hi stidmama yes i have finished

11:14 am

faeriekae

bbl

11:16 am

stidmama

YAY caitlyn! Well, at least we know it's possible!

11:18 am

musicmom

Hello. What are the chances of finishing in about 3 hours today? Should I start?

11:19 am

bunnyvicious

MM, I think you can do it!

11:19 am

caitlyn

Hi musicmom youshould be able to complete in that time lol

11:19 am

stidmama

good morning musicmom

11:19 am

Charm

MusicMom - I've been at it for just three hours and need only one more. Definitely do-able.

11:19 am

musicmom

Thanks. I think I'll try. I was just looking the grid over. OWWWW there are spiders in the log. ICK!

11:20 am

Angelsong

I'm tangled up in the M's. does the MO4 for celestial body come immediately after the MO5 describing the emotional state?

11:20 am

stidmama

There's my water for tea. BRB!

11:21 am

musicmom

Thanks Charm. Hi Stid.

11:22 am

ExWren

Depends if you have the stamina MM. I've been working on and off all day, and still only have 88 words!
I'm working on the deadly r's at the moment

11:22 am

Haz1558

There's another mo4/5 and 5/12 in between

11:23 am

musicmom

I figure if I can get the phone to not ring I should be okay. Last night was ridiculous.

11:23 am

GeezingSlaw

newbie here ... how do u know how many total words there are ??? thx

11:23 am

Charm

Have a nice afternoon, all. Time to go pick up the baby from school. Good luck with the grid....

11:24 am

caitlyn

I hated the do words today!!!

11:24 am

musicmom

bye charm

11:24 am

Haz1558

To find out the word total for the day, access stats through Angelsong's babble resource page, under Friends of babble.

11:24 am

stidmama

bye charm

11:24 am

ExWren

Geez, it's 271 words

11:25 am

Deutsch

Hi Everybody!

11:25 am

caitlyn

Welcome Geezing

11:26 am

musicmom

Hi Duestch --- Welcome Geezing.

11:26 am

Jen

Howdy, back from the store for tortillas. :)

11:26 am

stidmama

hi Deutsch, Geezing

11:27 am

musicmom

Hi Jen. Greg just called and said he thought we should get pizza tonight. Music to my ears.

11:27 am

GeezingSlaw

Thanks .. got it!!

11:27 am

Guarana

oh caitlyn! I'm glad to read you're hating the do words, too. I'm tearing my hair out over them right now!

11:28 am

Deutsch

Hi Jen, I'm trying to come up with an artichoke, chicken thing for dinner.

11:28 am

musicmom

Hi Haz - missed you coming in.

11:29 am

musicmom

Mmmmmm Deustch. That sounds yummy.

11:29 am

ToeSockMonkey

Ok sorry I am back now. I had an issue with a patient.... passed out on me! lol backity

11:29 am

phated

Oh, dear... this is really causing me grief today...

11:29 am

Angelsong

finally got all of the M's....

11:29 am

ca$hmyre

good morning!

11:29 am

Jen

Hi MM and Deutch! we had pizza on Saturday night... I am making a chicken and mushroom quesadilla tonight... although I have no idea what I should do for a veggie. Maybe just a salad.

11:30 am

caitlyn

Got to go ....hubby cooking !!!!!!!!!! Catch you tomorrow happy babbling all....bye

11:30 am

musicmom

carrot and celery sticks.

11:30 am

Deutsch

Hi TSM!
MM, not sure how I'm going to put them together yet. suggestions are good :)

11:30 am

stidmama

bye caitlyn, hi TSM

11:30 am

ToeSockMonkey

Put the lime in the coconut!

11:30 am

bunnyvicious

OK Cait...YP?? What in the world starts with yp?!?!? especially with 7 letters.

11:31 am

musicmom

Hi TSM.

11:31 am

Deutsch

bye caitlyn

11:31 am

bunnyvicious

Bye Cait!

11:31 am

musicmom

Is it a fresh artichoke? I've only ever cooked with the canned hearts.

11:31 am

ch1212

bye cait

11:32 am

ToeSockMonkey

((((((( all ))))))))

11:32 am

Amerine

Hi TSM

11:32 am

Deutsch

Musicmom, I'm using the canned hearts.

11:33 am

ch1212

Hi TSM - did your patient revive okay?

11:33 am

capone

Glad you could join us again TSM. I've been lonely today.

11:33 am

Jen

Hi TSM!

Deutsch, I'd just saute them together with a little olive oil.

11:34 am

musicmom

Deutsch - are you familiar with the hot artichoke heart dip that you serve with crackers. has parmesan in it? If so, cube your chicken and brown it, stir into that dip recipe. Serve with rice or pasta.

11:34 am

Deutsch

Jen, I was thinking of baking, but sauteing sounds better, maybe with garlic?

11:35 am

Jen

garlic and maybe a bit of oregano or basil...

11:35 am

Deutsch

There's an idea, Musicmom. I'll be back while I look up that recipe!

11:36 am

ch1212

oh musicmom, that sounds so good! I'm going to try that too.

11:36 am

hurshy

:( all gone milk duds

11:36 am

musicmom

Glad I could help. I love to cook!

11:37 am

Deutsch

both ideas sound good. can you tell I just started cooking?

11:37 am

boreetos

morning all.

11:37 am

stidmama

hurshy, sorry bout the milk duds. Would some good swiss chocolate help?

11:38 am

Deutsch

Hi boreetos!

11:38 am

musicmom

Here hurshy have some Dove Dark chocolate eggs. --- every one can have some too.
Love your icon.

11:38 am

hurshy

mayyyyyybe stidmama :) i do love the duds though

11:38 am

stidmama

morning boreetos!

11:38 am

hurshy

ty ty all

11:38 am

bunnyvicious

I have never had artichoke...

11:38 am

hurshy

atalante still here?

11:38 am

boreetos

you guys are completely speaking my language right now.

11:39 am

capone

consider yourself fortunate

11:39 am

Angelsong

a simple clue for the ni7 and ni6 followiiiing it, please?

11:39 am

hurshy

boreetos afraid of chocolate?

11:39 am

ch1212

Deutsch, I wouldn't be able to tell anything. I am over 50 and just didn't start cooking until very recently. It's been a joke in my family. I mean, I can cook macaroni and cheese, hamburger and heat stuff up in the microwave, but now I'm learning to COOK, and am actually having fun. My beloved is a wonderful cook and he's teaching me.

11:39 am

musicmom

Can't have a fellow babbler chocolate-less

11:39 am

Haz1558

I've had artichoke once - can't recommend it...

11:39 am

stidmama

cocoa, choco, chocolate... mmmmph (burp)

11:39 am

musicmom

mmmmmm LOVE artichoke hearts.

11:40 am

Jen

I love to cook too... Deutsch, 2 good websites are www.foodtv.con and www.epicurious.com (that one has basically all the recipes from Bon Appetit and Gourmet)

11:40 am

musicmom

LOL Hurshy

11:40 am

capone

/puke

11:40 am

Deutsch

same thing here, ch. someone always did the cooking, now I'm learning.
bunny, artichoke is very yummy. So is Hearts of Palm.

11:40 am

musicmom

also allrecipes.com

11:40 am

boreetos

afraid?! Quite the contrary. chocolate and I are the best of friends. My life would be far less without it. :)

11:40 am

hurshy

atalaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaante!?

11:41 am

hurshy

but today is phoooooooooooobia day, boreetos!

11:41 am

stidmama

I set myself a limit of 100 to do (mostly) by myself... one to go, then I can start looking at the list!

11:41 am

musicmom

Okay I have got to focus on the grid or I am not going to be able to finish.

11:41 am

Haz1558

The ni 7 and ni 6 are two variants of the same word. It looks like the sort of place you could get food at all times.

11:41 am

hurshy

hurshy scared to eat artichoke, choke right in the name

11:42 am

stidmama

but we all know that boreetos is most scared of a world without chocolate... so his icon still works!

11:42 am

hurshy

i was hoping to get 200 without the list...revising to maybe 171 so 100 left? 2 more to that goal.

11:42 am

capone

please stop. i'm getting sick

11:43 am

hurshy

ooh, got one AND it greyed a box!

11:43 am

ToeSockMonkey

Yes my patient is ok now. She doesnt like the site of blood and she had a cut on her hand... tis all :)

11:43 am

amandacath

I'm back!

11:43 am

boreetos

when I was a kid, I ate more artichokes than I care to remember. And what we did was to steam them and then rip the leaves off and dip them in Mayonaise, then scrape the little buggers against your teeth. that's so gross. I don't mind the hearts on pizza or something, but otherwise, I'm out.

11:43 am

Jen

Over artichokes cap?

11:43 am

ToeSockMonkey

So lets see what everyones phobias are....

11:44 am

Deutsch

Thanks, fabulous cooks. I've bookmarked the pages.

11:44 am

musicmom

ARTICHOKE ARTICHOKE ARTICHOKE ARTICHOKE
ARTICHOKE ARTICHOKE ARTICHOKE ARTICHOKE
ARTICHOKE ARTICHOKE ARTICHOKE ARTICHOKE
ARTICHOKE ARTICHOKE ARTICHOKE ARTICHOKE
<EG>

11:44 am

ToeSockMonkey

stidmama you are afraid of doggies?

11:44 am

hurshy

tsm refresh

11:44 am

ToeSockMonkey

I <3 artichokes!

11:45 am

hurshy

tsm worth much more than 3 artichokes

11:45 am

stidmama

sorry, couldn't find a good hamster until this morning... refresh!

11:46 am

ToeSockMonkey

I did refresh :)

11:46 am

boreetos

tsm, is your icon from your ultrasound?

11:47 am

ToeSockMonkey

That is what my one was yesterday but today its a spider.... LOL

11:48 am

boreetos

sorry, I haven't refreshed. I wasn;t trying to imply that the spider was from- Oh nevermind, you know what I meant. :)

11:48 am

stidmama

101 words! off to get the cheat sheet!

11:49 am

ToeSockMonkey

either way it was funny hun ;)

capone you around hun?

11:49 am

Deutsch

Okay, I can't be phobic about my little zebra, so I've changed. refresh

11:49 am

boreetos

oh hey look, a spider! I like spiders. I have a plethora of origami spiders. And scarabs too.

11:49 am

hurshy

come on everybody it's the hamster dance!

stare around and feel the groove!

11:50 am

musicmom

EWWWWW I hate hamsters, gerbils, squirrels - if it's a rodent it should die!

11:51 am

hurshy

but...but...they have fur!

11:51 am

capone

I don't like artichokes. Nasty.

Since we are talking about A foods, I love anchovies!

11:51 am

musicmom

I hate rodents so much that we have two pet snakes.

11:51 am

hurshy

aha, 100 to go, i feel free to get the list now

11:52 am

capone

RODENTS! RODENTS! RODENTS! RODENTS! RODENTS! RODENTS! RODENTS! RODENTS! RODENTS! RODENTS! RODENTS! RODENTS! RODENTS! RODENTS! RODENTS! RODENTS! RODENTS! RODENTS! RODENTS! RODENTS! RODENTS! RODENTS! RODENTS! RODENTS! RODENTS!

11:52 am

musicmom

I like anchovies

11:52 am

bunnyvicious

Yuuummm, anchovies!

11:52 am

musicmom

... and arugula

11:52 am

Deutsch

Sadly, I have yet to acquire a taste for anchovies.

11:52 am

musicmom

BBBLLLTTTTT - Capone!

11:53 am

Angelsong

clues for the last ni6?

11:53 am

capone

Apricots are good too

11:53 am

amandacath

I think 200's a good time to go to the list. I love staying at other people's houses. Especially when there's beer in the fridge and a wall of DVDs to choose from!

11:53 am

hurshy

apples!!!

11:53 am

musicmom

apples

11:53 am

capone

/pokes TSM! hey!

11:54 am

Jen

I like anchovies if they are used subtly as a flavoring... none on my pizza thank you!

11:54 am

hurshy

200 amandacath? sigh, then i need 29 more.

11:54 am

musicmom

jinx - you owe me a soda

11:54 am

hurshy

ANGEL FOOD CAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11:54 am

hurshy

i owe YOU a soda? but i said it first, i think you should owe me the soda

11:54 am

capone

aw man nothing better than a white pizza with spinach, garlic, sun dried tomatoes and a few finely sliced anchovies!

11:55 am

musicmom

appetizers:-p

11:55 am

musicmom

Yeah but I was typing it and I said Jinx first.

11:55 am

hurshy

alfredo sauce!!!!

11:55 am

hurshy

pllllt

11:55 am

musicmom

Capone - that sounds delicious

11:56 am

hurshy

99 bottles of words on the wall...

11:56 am

ExWren

No wonder I hate the re's. I've spent more than 30 minutes looking for two of the little buggers, only to find another R lurking in the top right, which I swear wasn't there before

11:56 am

Angelsong

clues for the last ni6?

11:56 am

72 Temple Owl

hello everyone!
may i have help for the second do4/5 please? or maybe it's the third - i can't tell there are several in a row!!!

11:56 am

bunnyvicious

Angel, ni6 - bug egg + get *** of the hamster!!!

11:56 am

capone

mordor is also missing? 8(

11:57 am

musicmom

angel I don't have an n words. I have to get busy.

11:57 am

boreetos

hi TO!

11:57 am

hurshy

take one down, pass it around, 98 bottles of words on the wall

11:57 am

capone

TO

I a +do/4 5 TSM

11:58 am

Jen

TO, there is an extint bird, a person who is active is a do..., and the Nike slogan Just do..., like a barbie do.. (only remove one of the double letters)

11:58 am

Deutsch

Hi temple!

11:59 am

bunnyvicious

Capone, there is one very like Mordor, frenchish....

11:59 am

hurshy

amandacath saved me just in time, 10 more and i'll have 200 pre-list

11:59 am

musicmom

Jen - there's no K today. A person who is active is a dorK. All should be lumps like me.

12:00 pm

72 Temple Owl

thanks jen! that slogan will do4/5 for me every time!
: D now the last dy6 and the first or seocond dy4?

12:00 pm

Jen

LOL MM

12:00 pm

boreetos

lol mm.

and on that note, I''ve got to get back to work. see you kids at lunch.

12:01 pm

72 Temple Owl

bye boreetos!

12:01 pm

stidmama

okay, to clear it up, I'm not actually phobic of hamsters, but telephones. I am, however, very allergic to hamsters. :-)

12:01 pm

stidmama

bye boreetos!

12:01 pm

hurshy

TELEphones?

12:01 pm

musicmom

bye boreetos

12:02 pm

capone

and no Mordred!?!?!

or Endor!?!!?! how can there be no Endor after our Star Trek talk earlier?

12:02 pm

stidmama

yeah, so? I bet lots of us geekly types are scared of telephones!

12:03 pm

musicmom

I'm not afraid of the telephone but I truly hate it. A necessary evil!

12:03 pm

hurshy

did not know people were scared of telephones - ok, never call stidmama

12:03 pm

amandacath

TO- the first two dy4's are one (1) who does the other (2) - possibly to hair

12:04 pm

capone

I'm only scared of telephones when TSM and Amerine are tag teaming me...

Um, that didn't sound too sexual did it?

12:04 pm

amandacath

sure it did, capone - but it's a free country, and as long as you're all consenting adults...!

12:05 pm

musicmom

LOL Amanda

12:05 pm

Jen

By-damn! I am DONE!!!!

12:06 pm

musicmom

Bravo Jen!

12:06 pm

capone

JEN!!

You just gave away a word!

12:06 pm

72 Temple Owl

yay jen!

12:06 pm

stidmama

YAY Jen!

12:06 pm

amandacath

WOOHOO for Jen!

12:07 pm

Deutsch

Jen, woot!

12:07 pm

Guarana

grr... I've been looking for do 4/ 7 for the last hour before I realized I already have it... :(

12:07 pm

Jen

Whoops cap!

Thanks guys!

Deutsch, you still around? Here is a link to a very tasty looking chicken and artichoke recipe:
http://www.epicurious. com/recipes/recipe_views/views /1462

12:08 pm

hurshy

dietiny: after you go on a diet, you get tiny

12:08 pm

amandacath

ummm - what's the Hannukah top-like toy called?

12:08 pm

hurshy

dreidel

12:09 pm

bunnyvicious

dreidle, dreidle, I made you out of clay....

12:09 pm

Jen

amanda, I think it's spelled dreidl.

12:09 pm

musicmom

amanda it starts with a dr ends with dle

12:09 pm

redguy

I think i am out of ideas. 76 Words 807 Points.

12:09 pm

michaelden

i can't see sy4 /6 pls help

12:09 pm

amandacath

that's why I couldn't make it work - letters are in the wrong place.

12:09 pm

hurshy

oh, we not know how to spell it!

12:09 pm

musicmom

hahaha I was afraid to type it because it might have been in the grid.

12:10 pm

stidmama

redguy, have you looked at angelsong's page?

12:10 pm

Deutsch

Jen, wow, that does look good. I may have to go get some mushrooms, now!

12:11 pm

hurshy

eight-a more words to 200!!

12:11 pm

amandacath

michael - there's an sy4/6 that sounds like a trig thing

12:11 pm

Jen

in a pinch, you could probably just use the canned mushrooms.

12:11 pm

redguy

I have not. I'll give it a gander.

12:12 pm

michaelden

thank you - i thought i'd tried it already

12:13 pm

Deutsch

Thanks, Jen, I think I do have canned mushrooms. BRB have to check LOL

12:13 pm

72 Temple Owl

hmmmm ...i have no phobias to chat about....how can i get clues for the first and last dy words?

12:13 pm

hurshy

please clue for the yp that was mentioned earlier?

12:13 pm

capone

any clues for the 9's?

12:14 pm

zion

hello ppl ....i just found a word thats in the dictionary but is not accepting it why ?

12:14 pm

capone

yp = mustard gas

12:14 pm

Jera

I need help with the ni7, please?

12:14 pm

Haz1558

The first dy word is someone who colours hair, the last dy word (dy6 )- add no4/5

12:14 pm

amandacath

TO - the first dy is one who does the second

the yp is an element

the 9's all end the same

12:14 pm

hurshy

yes capone! mo9 - tsm may experience this due to pregnancy hormones
di9 - her house will be in this state when she has an infant to care for
te9 - the water she bathes the baby in might have this amount of warmness

12:15 pm

bunnyvicious

yp + 2nd vowel + alt spelling for opp of wrong

12:15 pm

Haz1558

ni 7 - first three letters young louse, follow it with eagle's nest minus y.

12:16 pm

Vicuna

zion, the dictionary used by the Babble word list has various disagreements with any other dictionary you happen to use. Annoying, but a fact of life in Babbledom.

12:16 pm

bunnyvicious

dy 4/7 - someone who colors hair
dy 6/30 - dy + lymph ****

12:16 pm

amandacath

oooh Jera, that's ni7 is an ugly one - we tried for ages earlier until we finally got it. Sounds like somewhere you might spend the dark hours - there's an ni6 var. of it as well

12:16 pm

Jera

tyvm!! Only 50 more to go!

12:16 pm

hurshy

ok on the other y, the y on the right, i have bigfoot, what is the other?

12:17 pm

Jen

it's an informal word for "night club"

12:17 pm

zion

ok vicuna but it is a simple word ( droid) ???

12:17 pm

bunnyvicious

di 9 - add Loch **** monster onto the 7 before it
mo 9 - same

12:17 pm

Haz1558

yi 4/7

12:18 pm

Jen

there is a yi4 that is like the thing that goes tweet tweet only change the first letter.

12:18 pm

hurshy

ty haz, another grey box!!

12:19 pm

amandacath

that's just the way it is, zion. Goth and mosh are also not Babble-accepted, among manifold others

12:19 pm

72 Temple Owl

thanks amanda, haz, bunny! that dy 4 always seems to hide from me!

12:19 pm

ch1212

Clearly Dr. God has never been to the U.S. South, where the term "Lo**y, Lo**y but it's mighty hot out today" :)

12:20 pm

Jen

Does anyone need anything before I go?

12:20 pm

Vicuna

Yeah, I know, zion, that one bugs me, too. Either the Babble disctionary thinks it's an abbreviation for android, or it thinks it's just a made-up word from sci-fi, or it's just plain ignorant. Who knows why? In time you will become resigned and stoic. Or else you will become a seething inferno of anger and frustration.

12:20 pm

hurshy

a million dollars would be good, jen :)

12:20 pm

Deutsch

Jen, the x word? Please?

12:21 pm

amandacath

how bout the dr5/14 and the dr5/12 between the unwetting-machine and the bee?

12:21 pm

musicmom

Wow thanks for all the clues gang. scooping them up as they come through.

12:21 pm

hurshy

seething inferno, seething inferno!

12:21 pm

Jen

Sadly hurshy, last night's lotto only netted me $2. ;)

12:21 pm

Jen

xe + smelly flowers

12:21 pm

capone

thx for the 9's tips hursh

But you still never answered my Vader on the Enterprise question

12:22 pm

Deutsch

unwetting machine! LOL

12:22 pm

Haz1558

dr 5/14 is what your clothes are after they come out of the machine

12:22 pm

Deutsch

thanks, Jen!

12:22 pm

hurshy

IN the lavatory no less

12:22 pm

Haz1558

dr5/12 - is French for right, often in English preceded by a to mean skilful.

12:22 pm

bunnyvicious

dr 5/12 is like the star wars clone without the d at the end, add a cross

12:22 pm

amandacath

glad to make you smile

12:23 pm

Jen

dr5/12: french for right, also means a "legal right"

12:24 pm

amandacath

thx all - should have seen those. After not being able to get dreidl in (or however one chooses to spell it) I wasn't seeing anything

12:24 pm

hurshy

whichever i comes off the box with only one in it would be lovely for it would give me 200 words and another grey

12:25 pm

Haz1558

id 5/14

12:26 pm

Jen

hurshy, I think that one is id4, uses the sometimes vowel.

12:27 pm

hurshy

nope that can come off i above - however, i didn't have it, didn't know could be spelled that way! so thanks!

12:27 pm

Jen

OKay, I am heading out now... have a great rest of the day everyone! :)

12:27 pm

bunnyvicious

it's the id 5/14, first four letters spelt just like the village id**t

12:27 pm

Haz1558

id5/14 - turn of speech

12:27 pm

bunnyvicious

Bye Jen

12:28 pm

hurshy

yay!!

12:28 pm

musicmom

bye jen.

12:28 pm

ch1212

think of Id*** of the King, classic

12:28 pm

stidmama

bye Jen! thanks for all the help!

12:28 pm

hurshy

69 words left to find!!! woohoo!!!

12:28 pm

Haz1558

Bye Jen.

12:28 pm

musicmom

brb

12:29 pm

stidmama

Way to go hurshy -- I still have 150 to go, but not worried yet!

12:29 pm

amandacath

bye jen!

12:29 pm

hurshy

shall i get the list now? or hope the adrenaline gets me a bunch more?

12:30 pm

bunnyvicious

I resorted to the list pretty early on, my brain is malfunctioning today.

12:30 pm

amandacath

see how far the adrenaline takes you!

12:31 pm

Haz1558

I would get the list, but then I believe in pain-free childbirth as well.

12:31 pm

bunnyvicious

LOL

12:32 pm

musicmom

I'm all about the list.

12:32 pm

hurshy

oh i would want to be 100% UNconscious for THAT if i were to be in that situation

12:32 pm

musicmom

You and me both Haz!

12:32 pm

cybernan

Good Morning everyone :)

12:32 pm

musicmom

morning nan

12:33 pm

Haz1558

Hello cybernan!

12:33 pm

bunnyvicious

morning

12:33 pm

cybernan

pain-free childbirth, Haz? -- didn't know there was such a thing!

12:33 pm

Deutsch

Hi nan!

12:34 pm

Vicuna

Pain-free childbirth is easy enough... it's the pain-free child-rearing they haven't figured out yet.

12:34 pm

Haz1558

Well, the birth can be pain-free, but once the epideural wears off.....

12:34 pm

bunnyvicious

Sure, it's called using a surrogate.

12:34 pm

guigrrl

pain-free childbirth -- i'll believe it when i experience it!

12:34 pm

stidmama

morning' nan!

12:34 pm

guigrrl

LOL bunny

12:34 pm

amandacath

hi nan! en6/21? - can anybody help?

12:35 pm

misstearweus

LOL, Bunny! Hi gang. been playing stealth and reading the log. almost coughed up my cookie on that one...

12:35 pm

Haz1558

en6/21 - add di4/4 French for 'said'

12:35 pm

cybernan

any help with the di's (first two guesses on which ones don't count)....
6/24, 8/45, 9/60

12:35 pm

musicmom

Is there such a thing as pain free child rearing?

12:36 pm

amandacath

argh! there's an in- like that one too! I submit a motion: those are not words!

12:36 pm

hurshy

ooh, now i only need 2 more E's

12:36 pm

Deutsch

Hi Misstearweus!

12:36 pm

Haz1558

No, musicmom, there's always a certain amount of pain involved I think.

12:36 pm

bunnyvicious

en 6/21 - get in writing, compose ... or... en + mix up the letters for what you go on when trying to lose weight

12:36 pm

Vicuna

In the words of the Dread Pirate Roberts, "Life IS pain."

12:37 pm

Haz1558

Cybernan - put your monstrous ne4/4 to good use in your di 8 and 9. One to indicate how bad something is, the other to indicate how filty something is.

12:37 pm

bunnyvicious

di 6/24 - French Onion *** for chips + you catch butterflys with it

12:37 pm

musicmom

Yep that's what I thought Haz<shrug>

12:37 pm

hurshy

you mocked me once, never do it again! i died that day. and you can die too for all i care.

12:38 pm

bunnyvicious

di 8/45 - drop the vowel from the di 4/5 before it and add on the Loch**** monster

12:40 pm

hurshy

no petri/petrie dish? thought it had to be spelled one of those ways...

12:40 pm

Vicuna

It's another one like droid, hurshy. I don't know why, but it never accepts it.

12:40 pm

bunnyvicious

not there, dunno why...

12:40 pm

Luther F.

come on i know oreo is a word- how could something so good not be real!

12:41 pm

cybernan

Thankyou, all -- got all three :)

12:41 pm

hurshy

in case anyone is wondering, my adrenaline has got me one more word so far...

12:41 pm

bunnyvicious

it's proper, course so is Toledo

12:41 pm

Vicuna

Luther, at least THAT one has a reasonable explanation: proper noun, brand name...

12:41 pm

hurshy

no, not even, for it was with a clue

12:41 pm

amandacath

i need the ey where eagles DON'T live

12:41 pm

capone

and drood isn't on there either!

TSM and I play Drood's on WoW!

12:41 pm

misstearweus

HI Deutsch! I've been around playing silent for the last week. I've been so busy at work, I usually just have a few minutes here and there to indulge. Tried Soduku for the first time...not my game. I'll stick to letters.

12:42 pm

amandacath

good for you hursh!

12:42 pm

Haz1558

Then you need the ey that repeats the r

12:42 pm

Praes

ATL in da house!

12:42 pm

misstearweus

HI Praes! I'm in ATL too!

12:42 pm

hurshy

besides those two ey's what else comes off that e?

12:43 pm

amandacath

that was it Haz - thx

12:43 pm

bunnyvicious

ei 5/12

12:43 pm

Haz1558

Yet another ey - ey4/6

12:44 pm

Haz1558

Cancel that.

12:44 pm

Praes

I used to live there up till 1 1/2 years ago. My son has a severe case of asthma and had to move to the coast.
Forest Park, Morrow , riverdale area

12:44 pm

bunnyvicious

oops, sorry, that can come off the other as well

12:44 pm

Haz1558

Bunny's right - it's the ei5

12:45 pm

Haz1558

Oh, Bunny's wrong - are we doing a good job of confusing everybody?

12:45 pm

hurshy

no, you're right bunny, it comes off the FIRST one it can come off left to right top to bottom - NONE come off that bottom E - of course i can't find it, stooopid me

12:45 pm

misstearweus

I've been blessed to know nothing of allergies.
I moved here 13 years ago...still nothing. BUT all my friends suffer miserably. I can understand.

12:45 pm

hurshy

wait, i was assuming the third letter was D, so i could be wrong then

12:46 pm

musicmom

Wooohooo I finally found over 100 words.

12:46 pm

Praes

i lived there for 15 years

12:46 pm

bunnyvicious

I wonder how that is determined, which one it originates from?

12:46 pm

hurshy

in any case, i do need that ei5, it's one of 2 i need

12:46 pm

bunnyvicious

You're right Hursh, it does.

12:46 pm

stidmama

good for you musicmom!

12:47 pm

misstearweus

go musicmom! I'm dangling pitifully at 49...

12:47 pm

hurshy

bunny, like i said, a word comes off the FIRST one it can come from, left to right, top to bottom

12:47 pm

Praes

61 for me

12:47 pm

hurshy

so after all that confusion, can i have a CLUE for the ei5?

12:47 pm

bunnyvicious

ahh, useful information, TY

12:48 pm

Haz1558

ei plus french for back

12:48 pm

Tigereye

Hi all :) A nicer size grid today

12:48 pm

hurshy

hooray for taking french

12:49 pm

amandacath

the ei is greek, philosophy I think, but i may be wrong

12:49 pm

bunnyvicious

You had the first three letters right, ei* + when starnded, you send out an S**

12:49 pm

misstearweus

Hi there Tiger.

12:49 pm

Haz1558

Or ei plus not a full measure of medicine.

12:49 pm

bunnyvicious

I need to learn a few more languages...

12:50 pm

bunnyvicious

Hi Tiger

12:50 pm

hurshy

ok so besides the 4/5 chem combo, the en6 and the en8, what else comes from the bottom left E?

12:50 pm

cybernan

a clue for dy 6, please?

12:50 pm

hurshy

sorry meant to say es8

12:50 pm

Deutsch

back in a bit

12:51 pm

bunnyvicious

the other ey

12:51 pm

Haz1558

The ey 4/6

12:51 pm

Tigereye

I have an Ey4/6 from the bottom e I think

12:51 pm

amandacath

hursh - shakesperean peepers?

12:51 pm

bunnyvicious

dy 6 - dy + lymph ****

12:51 pm

hurshy

ty tigereye, done with e's!

12:51 pm

Haz1558

dy6/30 add no4/5 (as in lymph)

12:52 pm

hurshy

65 to go. i am def getting list now.

12:53 pm

bunnyvicious

Ya'll give such eloquent clues.

12:53 pm

Haz1558

In the words of a great English philosopher ' you know it makes sense.'

12:53 pm

cybernan

Do you have the es 8, Hurshy?

12:53 pm

Angelsong

cllues for the sl's? need all three of them.

12:55 pm

Haz1558

sl5/16 - add circular vowel, sometimes vowel and Eisenhower's first initial

12:55 pm

hurshy

oh i was WONDERING if there were any sl's

12:55 pm

cybernan

Thanks, Bunny & Haz

12:56 pm

hurshy

yes i have es8

12:56 pm

Haz1558

sl5/16 - first three letters to mean wily, like a fox, then start of green vegetable (small and round). Pluralise for the 6

12:56 pm

amandacath

me too, hursh. Thought I'd tried everything and since nothing worked, I decided there weren't any. Hm. guess I was wrong

12:56 pm

bunnyvicious

sl 5/16 - def. A system of manual training developed in Sweden, based on the use of tools in woodworking...or... sl + opp of girl (b**) + cons
sl 5/16 - def. A covered passage, especially one between the transept and chapter house of a cathedral...or...sl + sometimes vowel + round veggie minus a
sl 6 - past tense
sl 6/

12:58 pm

bunnyvicious

I better get to cleaning up after my two little whirlwinds, see ya'll tomorrow.

12:58 pm

Haz1558

Bye bunny, have a good day!

12:58 pm

musicmom

bye bunny

12:58 pm

cybernan

Bye Bunny

12:59 pm

stidmama

bye bunny

1:00 pm

hurshy

aw, no doody?

1:01 pm

Praes

bumper u lurking?

1:04 pm

hurshy

done with D's!

1:05 pm

lynxxx

would some-one kindly let me know how many Ds there are. thanx.

1:06 pm

Haz1558

I make it 47.

1:07 pm

hurshy

47 D's

1:08 pm

stidmama

I filled in all the di combos! now for the do...

1:08 pm

cybernan

Have one d left -- do 5/16 between finished and the word usually associated with the gl word that rhymes -- an clues?

1:08 pm

misstearweus

47 D's sounds like a crazy bra size...

1:09 pm

Haz1558

do5/16 - the most senior man in a group

1:09 pm

hurshy

cnan, if you like andy griffith, it's a song they sang one time with those hicks from up in the hills...

1:10 pm

Haz1558

Sorry, cybernan - it's an earlier one you need. Repeat the vowel then add an adverb ending.

1:10 pm

amandacath

*sings* Hang down your head, hmmm hmmmm hmm

1:11 pm

hurshy

good song, ain't it?

1:12 pm

amandacath

Sure is - gonna go see what kind of CDs my friends have here...

1:13 pm

cybernan

Hang down your head and cry ..... we've had that one before, I think -- thank you!

1:14 pm

cybernan

I'm curious, Hurshy -- what is your phobia?

1:14 pm

Haz1558

I'm going to head off - happy babbling!

1:14 pm

hurshy

omg, i am SOOOO sorry i was talking all about mi4 in our ST discussion not realizing it was a word all by itself!!!

1:15 pm

hurshy

i am so scared of my phobia i am scared of the word. my husband and i call them BCs.

1:15 pm

Yvo

hello all
can i have a clue for yp?is there a word ?

1:15 pm

stidmama

bye haz

1:15 pm

amandacath

bit o' Johnny Cash, anyone?

And don't worry, Hursh - I had it earlier, and if the others didn't see it, their own fault!

1:15 pm

cybernan

Still no wiser, Hurshy!!!!

1:16 pm

musicmom

brb

1:16 pm

amandacath

Yvo - it's an element or mineral or something like that. Wie geht's?

1:17 pm

hurshy

well, a hint is this: BC stands for Bad Creature

1:17 pm

hurshy

now, may i have a hint for first mo7?

1:17 pm

mab

like a clown, hurshy?

1:18 pm

hurshy

clowns are fine and dandy with me - my friend darren is scared of 'em though

1:18 pm

Yvo

danke sehr gut

1:19 pm

amandacath

mo7 - french my + do4/5

1:19 pm

capone

Oh, no I never got over those blues eyes
I see them every where
I miss those arms that held me
When all the love was there

I wonder if she's sorry
For leavin' what we'd begun
There's someone for me somewhere
And I still miss someone

1:19 pm

hurshy

tyvm amanda

1:20 pm

mab

How about clowns with legless reptiles that have forked tongues? Sorry.

1:20 pm

cybernan

Well, my BC is that big fat June bug ---- jump 10 feet when they come zooming in on our deck on a summer evening!

1:20 pm

hurshy

now THOSE i would NOT like!!!!! ding ding ding

1:20 pm

amandacath

ywvm hursh

get rhythm
when you get the blues
dum dum de dum dum

1:21 pm

kristinc

hello kids! Home from work today-yippee!

Any help on the first di 5/12 and 6/21?

1:21 pm

musicmom

Hurshy they are great pets!

1:22 pm

mab

Actually, rodents scare me more than clowns, in most cases. Sharks also.

1:22 pm

amandacath

hi kirsten! like a woman's name with a diff. vowel in the middle

1:22 pm

hurshy

GREAT PETS? FUR makes a great pet.

1:22 pm

Guarana

Does anyone have a clue for yo 4/ 7?

1:23 pm

amandacath

LOL hursh!

1:23 pm

musicmom

Rodents scare me more than anything. Fur on a cat is good though. I have two of those too.

1:23 pm

hurshy

done through M and 38 to go!

1:23 pm

mab

or mimes.

1:23 pm

mab

guns.

1:23 pm

hurshy

nothing can be truly cute unless it has fur. that is why i don't think babies are cute.

1:24 pm

capone

The beast in me Is caged by frail and fragile bars Restless by day And by night rants and rages at the stars God help the beast in me
The beast in me Has had to learn to live with pain And how to shelter from the rain And in the twinkling of an eye Might have to be restrained God help the beast in me

1:24 pm

stidmama

My back tells me I've been sitting too long. I have 152 words... not bad for me! Back later today.

1:24 pm

musicmom

Bye stid.

1:24 pm

amandacath

you've pulled ahead of me Hurshy! I've got 40 to go. And I just can't see the ni4/5 - there's only so many letter combos....

1:25 pm

hurshy

that is the very one i am about to look for

1:25 pm

hurshy

got it in 3 - add dead princess

1:25 pm

ch1212

guarana, in the days of yo**

1:25 pm

kristinc

thanks Amanda, still not seeing it but with this grid, I still have time! ;)

1:26 pm

Angelsong

7 words left to find. I may yet survive.

1:26 pm

ch1212

ooops, sorry --- take that clue and change the last letter to the 4th letter.

1:26 pm

amandacath

got it - sounds like "get down to the ni***- gritty" - it's not really a word, I'm sure

1:26 pm

capone

c'mon Amanda! Waiting for more Cash!

1:26 pm

mab

mimes with guns and/or sharks.

1:27 pm

Lupe613

ni+ prince charle's ex - lady __

1:27 pm

Vicuna

I dunno, hurshy, I think baby sea turtles are about the cutest thing there is, and babies WITH fur are considerably scarier than those without!

1:28 pm

amandacath

thought you might be, capone - right now the Blue-Eyes one is on, so I can't quote - oh wait it just ended....

1:28 pm

musicmom

HOLY COW look at all those mo words.

1:28 pm

amandacath

an old cowboy went out one dark and windy day....

1:28 pm

ch1212

mab, is that like the song Cows with Guns? Led by Cow se Tung

1:29 pm

hurshy

done with N's!

1:30 pm

ch1212

amandacath, ... and all at once a might herd or redeyed cows he saw...

1:31 pm

mapendo

help with anything X???

1:31 pm

amandacath

...ghostriders innnnn the skyeyeyey

1:31 pm

hurshy

i have none of the 3 OR's! any help?

1:32 pm

wassup

Hi everyone. loving the conversation. I'm new to babble and totally obsessed. i'm amazed. I only have 70 words and i'm topped out! how many are there total?

1:32 pm

hurshy

271 today
i got or 4 and 5

1:33 pm

musicmom

Brace yourself wassup - 271

1:33 pm

amandacath

me neither Hurshy. This is wierd - are you sure you're not me?

1:33 pm

ch1212

hurshy, the or 4/5 is what monks call the annual book that lists everyone in the monastery. The plural is there too.

1:33 pm

wassup

holy cow. i thought i was doing pretty well!

1:33 pm

hurshy

or 4 add hair**, 5 pl, need the 7

1:34 pm

Angelsong

te5/12's (the first two te's), please??

1:34 pm

Guarana

ch1212- the yo4/7 clue... it's still not working for me. I took the "days of yo4/6" and replaced the last letter with the fourth letter of the alphabet.
What I think it should be, rhymes with the past tense of to rid, but that doesn't work either.

1:34 pm

hurshy

or7 so8 without s

1:35 pm

amandacath

you're great hursh! what about the last two od's?

1:36 pm

Angelsong

found the te5's..never mind :)

1:36 pm

hurshy

like the id's

1:37 pm

amandacath

yay, o's slain!

1:37 pm

amandacath

...and there's nothin short of dyin...

1:38 pm

kristinc

es 8/40? Anyone, please?

1:38 pm

hurshy

ugh, py6's????

1:39 pm

misstearweus

say it again Hurshy, say it again...oh the misery...

1:39 pm

musicmom

Scooobyyy dooobbbyyy I finished the M words

1:40 pm

hurshy

es 8/40 the 19th letter of the alphabet (as pronounced), vowel, misspelling of not day

1:40 pm

amandacath

oh the circle
wont be broken
by and by lord by and by

1:40 pm

kristinc

thanks hurshy!

1:41 pm

hurshy

in the not-sweet py and py

1:41 pm

Vicuna

py6 - steel tower for power lines

1:41 pm

amandacath

oh so right! I'm dying over the pys too

1:42 pm

Praes

bumper?

1:42 pm

lnelson

has anyone finished yet?

1:42 pm

hurshy

isn't that the py5, vi?

1:42 pm

amandacath

got one! py + girl's name

1:43 pm

Vicuna

Yeah, right. So I can spell better than I can count...

1:43 pm

hurshy

of course people have finished, the puzzle's been open for almost 15 hours!

1:43 pm

musicmom

Grat clue amanda.

1:43 pm

hurshy

again, not me, but people.

1:43 pm

hurshy

i've heard of pillory... but not that... lol

1:44 pm

misstearweus

I still don't have 100 words...I'm feeling not so smiley about this grid today... too many i's I think.

1:46 pm

hurshy

agh, going to morewords if there isn't a clue in like 10 seconds

1:46 pm

misstearweus

lol

1:46 pm

amandacath

I'm going to a2z....

1:47 pm

hurshy

got it! py +os4

1:48 pm

hurshy

that just leaves R, S, and T

1:48 pm

amandacath

yay - p's taken care of - omg, r's come next..

1:48 pm

musicmom

Why am I always two letters behind you guys?

1:50 pm

cybernan

lol -- I'm with you, Musicmom

1:50 pm

amandacath

I'm on the re's now - you'll have time to catch up MM

1:50 pm

musicmom

I'm just starting the od words nan - how about you?

1:51 pm

misstearweus

92 ladies, 92...you still have a straggler your lapping right now...so no worries.

1:52 pm

misstearweus

how funny, right after my post I find mo5/12

1:52 pm

Luther F.

8-)

1:52 pm

musicmom

Miss you are in a great position - you will be able to get tons of clues.

1:53 pm

hurshy

i need the 5/12 that goes right before or after the place where cowboys show off their stuff

1:53 pm

Angelsong

Finished...whew! I made it.

1:53 pm

misstearweus

In the words of Priness Lae, "that is my only hope Obi-wan-kinobe"

1:53 pm

musicmom

BRAVO Angel!

1:54 pm

hurshy

congrats angel!

1:54 pm

amandacath

Yay Angel!!!!!
You're ahead of me Hursh - I'm still on the re'a

1:54 pm

kristinc

hooray Angel!

1:55 pm

Tigereye

Miss I still need 171, ao you're doing far better than me

1:55 pm

amandacath

there's a music ro5/12 - not exactly sure what it is

1:55 pm

Angelsong

defintion of the ro5/12 for hurshy is: A musical composition built on the alternation of a principal recurring theme and contrasting episodes.

1:55 pm

hurshy

ah, ty, done with R's!

1:56 pm

Tigereye

Or can I not count and you're going the other way? We can work together when they all disappear coz they're done

1:56 pm

musicmom

Angel - those are fun to play.

1:56 pm

lnelson

r + purchased apartment - c

1:57 pm

UnLogikal

do the letters have to be connected? or can they just be any word made of any of the letters?

1:57 pm

hurshy

ok i also need the se6 that comes right before or right after a kid in their last year of hs

1:57 pm

musicmom

Un - they have to touch. there are directions up at the top of the page.

1:57 pm

lnelson

they have to be connected. there's 271 words today.

1:57 pm

cybernan

unlogikal -- they have to be connected as in Boggle.

1:57 pm

hurshy

letters must be connected, diagonally is ok, cannot reuse same square within word

1:58 pm

UnLogikal

ok thanks, first time playing

1:59 pm

musicmom

I can see none of the or words - are they obvious?

1:59 pm

hurshy

no mm they are not
or + hair**, then pl
or7 = so8 without s

1:59 pm

Praes

mm judge yells this when things get out of hand

2:00 pm

Angelsong

lickety's list was heaven-sent for this grid.

2:00 pm

Praes

forget that wrong stuff

2:01 pm

Vicuna

se6/18 - (I counted carefully this time) some kind of currency, sounds like not congress but se---, but ends like letters 2-4 of pitiful (okay, lame clue. I totally ran out of steam at the end)

2:01 pm

hurshy

lovely, vi, i won't even tell you that i just more-worded it

2:02 pm

Vicuna

Awww, man, I can't get anything right today! :)

2:03 pm

musicmom

I'm not getting them . Do you have definitions? sorry to be a pain.

2:03 pm

hurshy

it's my fault, i didn't wait for a clue long enough

2:03 pm

UnLogikal

woot, 8 words lol

2:03 pm

amandacath

Vi, I got it immediately from your clue! Thx!

2:04 pm

Vicuna

Phew, amandacath! Now I haven't lived in vain!

2:04 pm

musicmom

Vi - I got it from that too. Thanks.

2:04 pm

Angelsong

se6/18: first part of "the House of Representatives and the Se****, (firts three letters of the SE) = last part of the spelling for an italian pasta that begins with the last letter of the alphabet.

2:05 pm

hurshy

ok, i will wait if you can give me either the last so7 or the so6 right after

2:05 pm

musicmom

Got the or 4 and 5.

2:06 pm

Vicuna

Nope, not I. I shot my bolt!

2:06 pm

hurshy

should be easy, i know the first 4 letters :(

2:06 pm

Angelsong

so7: SO4/5 + part of the last name of a famous escape artist, Harry........

2:07 pm

hurshy

yay, and i monkeyed the 6!

2:08 pm

Angelsong

hurshy, did you get the 7?

2:08 pm

hurshy

and sy7? (we came so close to having syndrome!)

2:09 pm

amandacath

i've caught up hursh - i'm on the sy7 as well

2:09 pm

hurshy

yes angel, hence the "yay"!

2:10 pm

musicmom

Bummer gotta go. Sarah has to go to the library for homework purposes:-(( I hope to be back for my last 89 later - but we have ceramics tonight too.

2:10 pm

hurshy

i have 5 t's after that, how about you amanda?

2:10 pm

Angelsong

sy+ a vowel + an n4/4.. is the Sy7

2:11 pm

hurshy

excellente

2:11 pm

amandacath

oh, I'm afraid I've prob'ly got more that that - haven't counted yet. And I'm also missing a couple of y's

2:11 pm

Angelsong

maybe I'm better at giving clues than I thought :)

2:12 pm

hurshy

stupid te 5/12's. i have the one that is te4 insert vowel in middle, what is the other of the first 2?

2:17 pm

hurshy

ok, that is THE stupidest word ever

2:17 pm

Angelsong

Y clues: Abominable snowman; y=third vowel + two letter abbr found on a street sign (consonants); not here but over yo**** - last two letters; same letters again, but replace the last consonant with a vowel; the past: days of yo** ; yp*****, mustard gas.

2:17 pm

amandacath

i cheated - same beginning as the other one + drivers liscense

2:18 pm

hurshy

i cheated too... on my last word now

2:19 pm

Angelsong

( the second y clue shoud be y +.... not "y ="

2:19 pm

hurshy

bdee bdee bdee that's all folks!!

2:19 pm

kristinc

A well deserved congrats to Hurshy!

2:20 pm

hurshy

ah, thanks kristinc

2:20 pm

amandacath

yay hursh! My list is not agreeing with the number of words I have - will have to go back and see what I missed

2:21 pm

hurshy

that's where it helps to be a pro, amandacath, you know what letter the word you don't have starts with

2:21 pm

shorty

how do you cheat?

2:21 pm

cybernan

Finally worked my way through the list -- 30 to go, but after lunch -- back later :)

2:22 pm

hurshy

by using a site like morewords.com or a2z

2:23 pm

shorty

well then I cheat daily

2:24 pm

hurshy

:) that's ok shorty, we all like to play different ways :)

2:24 pm

amandacath

D$)§(§ - I've checked off everything on the list, but only have 268 - that's three I'm missing somewhere. This is the tedious part....

2:24 pm

stidmama

just sat back down...

YAY hurshy!

2:24 pm

kristinc

od 6/24? (I'm stuck!)

2:25 pm

shorty

phew I thought maybe we weren't allowed to cheat !!!

2:26 pm

ch1212

od 6/24 is past tense of your od 4/5 (strange, huh?)

2:26 pm

stidmama

shorty, when I tutor kids, I encourage them to
"use their resources" when studying at home... we don't all have to start with the same head-knowledge as long as we end up with a satisfactory result!

2:26 pm

hurshy

od 6/24 is past tense

2:27 pm

kristinc

okay, well then I'm having some computer issues. Let me do a quick restart b/c it won't take that. Thanks!

2:27 pm

stidmama

I could use some help on my last do:
one of the first 4/5s. I have the one that accomplishes things, the state of being complete, and what barbies are...

2:28 pm

hurshy

nike slogan: just do4

2:28 pm

shorty

cool!

2:28 pm

stidmama

thanks hurshy, I knew it was something simple!

2:28 pm

stidmama

on to the drs...

2:29 pm

cybernan

You finished, Hurshy --- congratulations!!!! -- it is a tough one.

2:30 pm

stidmama

had those... also the dys and the ei. en 4/4 anyone?

2:32 pm

amandacath

Whew! Found them - I hadn't checked them off after all. Well, I'm outta here - going to so scan the DVDs to see what's on offer.

See you all tomorrow!

2:33 pm

hurshy

en 4/4 is lo4/4 backwards

2:33 pm

stidmama

nevermind, monkeytyped it.

YAY Amandacath! bye

2:33 pm

hurshy

congrats, amanda!!!

what's your icon, shorty?

2:36 pm

cliffopa

hello - back from work to torture myself with babble

2:37 pm

stidmama

hello cliffopa

2:38 pm

hurshy

the united states does not torture... call it... persuasive interrogation

2:38 pm

NatLT

I think we should have gotten this grid on a weekend, no way am I gonna have time to finish it

2:40 pm

shorty

oh sorry its a shit-zu from yesterday

2:40 pm

cliffopa

i agree - i wish it was the weekend already.

2:41 pm

hurshy

shoot, i forgot my sarcasm symbol.

everyone, my sister and i decided that since tone is so hard to judge in e-communication, we need a symbol indicating that sarcasm follows. we thought | would be good since it doesn't really get used for anything.

so... | the US doesn't torture.

2:41 pm

shorty

cause my pet phobia is ticks and I cant look at them

2:41 pm

ch1212

good one, hurshy. Could I have a clue for the tr7 that comes right before the one who makes an effort? And please, NOT the chemical compound clue -- I'm just not getting it. Thank-you so much!

2:42 pm

hurshy

oh, like me shorty, except not ticks! lol though, i thought that the white fur on the head was shiny silver or something, i was looking at it all wrong

2:43 pm

hurshy

tr7 is plural. tr6 is 3 prefix plus direction from ohio to maine

2:44 pm

shorty

theres a direction word from Ohio to Maine

2:44 pm

ch1212

thx, hurshy -- we've had that combo many times before and I always seem to miss it.

2:45 pm

stidmama

I've stalled out again... back later, all!

2:46 pm

hurshy

was that a question, shorty? it's an abbreviation...

2:46 pm

NatLT

it's an abbriviation

2:46 pm

cliffopa

bye stidmama

2:46 pm

shorty

a question

2:46 pm

adavant

shorty..yes the direction is downer..lol

2:48 pm

hurshy

if you are going somewhere between north and east you are going..., well there are two MORE directions between that and north and between that and east... if that makes any sense...

2:49 pm

misstearweus

scrolling back I see a clue for yp...haven't been to Jack's list yet. Are you serious?

2:49 pm

hurshy

sadly, yes. but yp isn't as bad as tm, right?

2:50 pm

ch1212

Clue for the o7 please?

2:51 pm

hurshy

on7 or or7?

2:52 pm

ch1212

sorry, on7/28

2:52 pm

shorty

hmmm scratching head looking for word

2:53 pm

hurshy

that's the word that is i think a misspelling (like a southern pronunciation?).... um, starts with the first number, then tr5/10 - t

2:54 pm

hurshy

shorty...it's a weird one...the ending is also like the end of a woman's name marl***

2:55 pm

ch1212

Ah, got it -- we've had that one too, and this time I actually remembered the gist of it, but (obviously) not the correct spelling. Thanks!

2:55 pm

boreetos

hi kids.

2:56 pm

cliffopa

hi boreetos

2:56 pm

boreetos

How is Lodi not a word? I was stuck there once.

2:56 pm

cybernan

clue for the xe, please?

2:58 pm

ch1212

cybernan, xe + beautiful flowers

2:58 pm

boreetos

xebirdsofparadise?

2:59 pm

cybernan

Thank you

2:59 pm

ch1212

LOL boreetos

3:02 pm

dbr

thanks a ton. I am working some stuff out now!

3:02 pm

cybernan

py 6 (don't have either)?

3:03 pm

hurshy

you don't have them bc they're stooopid

py + a girl's name
py + os4

3:03 pm

ch1212

one of the py is like the villians on Battlestar Galatica with p instead of a c

3:05 pm

BaileyBrat

hey everyone

3:05 pm

sandr

evening all - stuggling around 299 words

could i get a clue for the dy6/30 please

3:06 pm

boreetos

hi bb.

3:06 pm

sandr

whoops 229 i meant!

3:06 pm

hurshy

lol sandr

3:06 pm

shorty

Oh Btw I got it finally ty

3:06 pm

BaileyBrat

has finger1 been on???

3:06 pm

hurshy

dy + no 4/5

3:07 pm

cybernan

Thankyou Hurshy -- you're right -- will have to look up the defs if there are any!

3:07 pm

ch1212

9 words left and I need a break. later ...

3:07 pm

shorty

hurshy where did you get your sign thats what I need I just NOW read it

3:07 pm

boreetos

bye ch. I'm out too, see you all in few hours.

3:08 pm

sandr

thanks hurshy

3:08 pm

hurshy

i just made it myself shorty :)

3:08 pm

shorty

oh

3:09 pm

hurshy

however, as i am leaving soon, you may take it if you wish. just right-click on it, do save image as... save it to your computer, and then put it up as your icon.

3:09 pm

dbr

i don't understand all the lingo of this chat...

3:10 pm

shorty

ok Tyvm

3:11 pm

sandr

has anyone got a clue for any of the sl's please i havent any

3:11 pm

Ouwachita

any clue on the ni7/28?

3:14 pm

Vicuna

ni7/28 - start with the mispelling for nocturnal period, and add a french ending for a shop that sells it, as in patiss---- or charcut----

3:15 pm

Lupe613

Nice clue Vicuna!

3:15 pm

Uneaixoise

thanks, vicuna!

3:16 pm

cliffopa

uni - love your skunk icon

3:16 pm

Uneaixoise

:-D

3:17 pm

shorty

what dont you understand dbr?

3:19 pm

sandr

probally dont understand what all us lunatics r talking about shorty

3:20 pm

shorty

probably LOL

3:24 pm

snowyowl

Hi all - I've started yet another grid I can't finish. I never learn! Got 187 words to do & it 10.20pm! LOL another long night.

3:26 pm

cybernan

do all the sl's start with the same three letters?

3:26 pm

sandr

hiya snowy n bye snowy im calling it a day on 233,my brain just cannot take anymore.nite all :-)

3:27 pm

chic

Hi ya Kids. How's it going?

3:27 pm

snowyowl

sweet dreams sandr

3:27 pm

snowyowl

hi chic -

3:27 pm

Uneaixoise

no, cybernan

3:28 pm

chic

Hey Snowy!

3:29 pm

Jera

I need help with the pe6/21 & the last pe4/5, please?

3:29 pm

macuser

Any clue for do6/24? It's my last word and I've monkey-typed it to death

3:30 pm

Jera

do6/24 is like the do5 right below, but spell ending with 2 vowels instead of the sometimes vowel.

3:30 pm

macuser

pe6/21
more of the pe4/5 above it

3:30 pm

Uneaixoise

sounds like do5/18 but different ending

3:31 pm

macuser

pe4/5
mexican money

3:31 pm

Jera

I have the spanish money right above... must be out of order...

3:32 pm

macuser

Great clue, Une! Got it! Thanks! :)

3:32 pm

cybernan

defeated by the sl 6 -- help, please!!

3:33 pm

Jera

I figured it out, thanks!

3:33 pm

Uneaixoise

plural of sl5

3:33 pm

shorty

dangit rodie isn't a word

3:34 pm

macuser

And thank you for the clue too, Jera

3:34 pm

Jera

I try, but I'm slow...

3:34 pm

cybernan

oh -- it was a plural -- got it!

3:36 pm

macuser

Anyone need a clue before I go?

3:38 pm

cliffopa

how about en 6/21?

3:38 pm

macuser

Okay... good luck and happy babbling! :) Bye

3:38 pm

macuser

en + di4/5

3:39 pm

cliffopa

ty macuser

3:40 pm

macuser

You're welcome! Okay, I'm really leaving now... bye

3:40 pm

Ouwachita

di6/24 plz?????

3:40 pm

Jera

I need either the first or sedond ro5/12, please

3:40 pm

Jera

I have the one that rhymes with the John Wayne movie (I think that was it)

3:41 pm

Jera

di6/24 = put in water = way to fish (not pole)

3:42 pm

Vicuna

ro5/12 - piece of music, sounds circular

3:43 pm

Jera

I think that's the one I have...

3:43 pm

Guarana

has anyone got a clue for sy5/16?

3:43 pm

Vicuna

Oh, John Wayne threw me off. The other is something where cowboys show off their skills...

3:43 pm

Ouwachita

ro5/12 is a whole group of horses and bulls, etc.

3:44 pm

Vicuna

sy5/16 - a council of church officials

3:44 pm

Ouwachita

jera...your di6/24 clue didnt help me

3:44 pm

cybernan

last two in 5's?

3:45 pm

ToeSockMonkey

Back...again

3:45 pm

cliffopa

ey 5/14's?

3:45 pm

cybernan

The Calgary Stampede is one big ro 5/12

3:46 pm

Guarana

ty, Vicuna!

3:46 pm

Jera

I ahve been wanting to input the cowboy show all day but didn't see it in the grid... must be there, though! Thansk!

3:47 pm

Ouwachita

2 to go...di6/24 and one of the no4/4...plz help...I have work to do...lol

3:47 pm

Jera

okay... 3 letter word for quickly in the water, + what you can use to catch fish with (not a pole)

3:48 pm

jeffer

one ey 5/14 is eagle's nest

3:48 pm

cybernan

ey 5/14: eagle's nest
ey 5/14: iclandic currency - change last 2 letters of above

3:48 pm

Ouwachita

ty jera...sometimes I am thick

3:49 pm

Jera

No prob, Ouwa... it was hard to explain without giving it away!

3:49 pm

cybernan

di 6/24: depression+what you catch fish or butterflies in.

3:50 pm

Ouwachita

last one then...no4/4 and not the one on my face...plz?

3:50 pm

cybernan

in 5/12 and in 5/10 (last two in's)?

3:50 pm

ToeSockMonkey

74 words and still growning! lol

3:50 pm

jasonsewall

how many today?

3:50 pm

ToeSockMonkey

Jera, you are afraid of chickens?

3:51 pm

NatLT

271

3:51 pm

Vicuna

no4/4 - everyone's favorite seaweed sushi wrapper

3:52 pm

Ouwachita

ty vicuna...I thought I had already tried that one...anyone need a clue before I go??

3:53 pm

cybernan

yes please -- last two in's

3:54 pm

Deutsch

Hi everyone! back for more; I only have 124

3:54 pm

Ouwachita

last 2 in's...one is a lemur of madagascar and the other is a type of gas

3:55 pm

Tigereye

Also back, 138 left to find

3:55 pm

cybernan

can you give break down clues ouwe?

3:56 pm

ToeSockMonkey

stuck at 86 lol

3:57 pm

Ouwachita

lemur...in + not wet (variant spelling)
gas....in + an oak in reverse minus last vowel

3:57 pm

cliffopa

cybernan - took me awhile, but thanks for the ey clues. i kept looking at the wrong ey.

3:59 pm

Deutsch

TSM, you just did 12 in a short time. Wow!

3:59 pm

cybernan

Thanks ouwa -- you can pass the fish for the last one!

4:00 pm

cybernan

so 7/32 (last one)?

4:01 pm

ToeSockMonkey

I know! i twas crazy! It was like I had magic eyes for about 5 mins lol

4:01 pm

Ouwachita

so7/32...rhymes with the famous escape artist Harry

4:02 pm

cybernan

Thanks again ouwa

4:03 pm

cybernan

mi 8?

4:03 pm

travelgirl

ok, what the heck is the definition for so7? google, once again, has no idea...

4:04 pm

Ouwachita

mi8...just add Eliott from the untouchables to the end of the word just before it

4:06 pm

travelgirl

add mi8 to that growing list of "unknown" to google

4:07 pm

jeffer

great clue ouwachita ! ty

4:07 pm

cybernan

TY ouwa -- also gave me the mo 9 -- a tofer!!

4:07 pm

Atalante

urf. If I had known how little time I would have for babble today, I would never have started this!

4:08 pm

jeffer

te 9 evades me help please?

4:08 pm

ToeSockMonkey

ROFL travelgirl that is funny :) I totally hear ya though...

4:09 pm

zion

hi all....di 5 / 12 ?

4:09 pm

ToeSockMonkey

Yeah who has the 9 letter word clues?? :)

4:09 pm

Ouwachita

te9...add Elliott to the end of the word just before it

4:10 pm

jeffer

mo 9 depends on how you feel ...

4:10 pm

ToeSockMonkey

di 5/12 - add 'r' to the end of di 4/5

4:10 pm

DCGrendel

246!!!

4:10 pm

cybernan

di 5/12: eats
di 5/12: eater

4:11 pm

Ouwachita

bye all...work calls

4:11 pm

ToeSockMonkey

92 and brain dead lol

4:11 pm

jeffer

ouwa thanks, again. should have seen that te 9

4:11 pm

ToeSockMonkey

179 left to find!? OMG! Crazy!

4:12 pm

zion

not that di 5/12 sorry

4:12 pm

misstearweus

I'm with you TSM! I have 115 words. I have take home work today...

4:13 pm

cybernan

first mo 7/36?

4:13 pm

kwieci

sorry hate to interrupt but question about the icelandic currency which was ey 5/14

4:13 pm

kwieci

could someone give me another clue

4:14 pm

jeffer

kwieci do you have the eagle nest?

4:15 pm

oggy

mo7/36 same letters as the 2nd mo7/36 just rearrange the letters

4:15 pm

misstearweus

kwie...start with ey on the right side of grid. go left. and use two of the same consanants.

4:18 pm

cybernan

thanks oggie, that's a new one!

4:18 pm

kwieci

THANKS

4:20 pm

cybernan

e5 : same first 3 letters as eagle's nest + 1st person singular pronoun + repeat of third letter.

4:21 pm

cybernan

ti 6/21 ( 2nd one, between the prong and the prongs)?

4:22 pm

oggy

same as 4/4 before it add id

4:23 pm

jeffer

re 8/40 please?

4:24 pm

cybernan

thanks oggie -- monkey typed all around that one.

4:24 pm

kwieci

i got both thank you very much

4:29 pm

walnutchen

1st di5/12 please?

4:29 pm

xena

there's a tr8. any clues for this one?

4:30 pm

walnutchen

xena: more tr5/12 before it

4:30 pm

cybernan

tr 6/24 following in tune with fashion ?

4:31 pm

oggy

tr8/45 think of fashion

4:33 pm

xena

thanks for the clues. don't know what it is yet.

4:34 pm

Guarana

anyone have a clue for oo5/10, please?

4:34 pm

xena

thanks all. just got it!!

4:35 pm

oggy

re8/40 re+ a metal + engine lubrication minus the i sorry not good at giving clues

4:35 pm

cybernan

tr 6/24, please?

4:36 pm

xena

means timid

4:36 pm

oggy

luke warm + r as 2nd letter

4:36 pm

vpchat

actually, that was very helpful, oggy

4:37 pm

Guarana

oggy- that was a good clue for re8/40- for me at least. ty!

4:37 pm

Munner

Hooray for oggy!

4:38 pm

cliffopa

on 7/28?

4:38 pm

cybernan

di 5/12: to expire + french negative

4:38 pm

oggy

im finished, but my bed is calling me soon. glad i can help.

4:39 pm

cybernan

oggy -- a clue for the tr 6/24 before you go please?

4:40 pm

walnutchen

got it. thanks cybernan!

4:40 pm

stidmama

I'm back for more punishment. The teen stayed home today, but is better enough that he goes back to school tomorrow! (reaching for chocolate) I am tired!

4:41 pm

oggy

i gave it at post 4.36. luke warm + r as 2nd letter

4:41 pm

Tigereye

Tr 6/24 an intr**** explorer, brave fearless

4:41 pm

Munner

cliff on 7 = on + more of one of the Great Lakes

4:42 pm

cliffopa

thanks munner

4:42 pm

cybernan

Thankyou Tiger, Oggie and everyone else who helped me limp across the finish line ----------Yay!!!!

4:43 pm

Munner

Finally hit 136 - halfway! I'm going to the list.

4:43 pm

jeffer

es 8/40 please?

4:43 pm

DCGrendel

271!

4:43 pm

DCGrendel

time for bed now that i'm done.

4:44 pm

jeffer

oggy i had found it - but good clue on the re 8

4:44 pm

cybernan

es 8/40: tony the tiger's gas + not day

4:45 pm

stidmama

nan, thanks -- and YAY!

4:45 pm

jeffer

cybernan thanks for the es 8!!

4:45 pm

vpchat

very clever, cybernan

4:46 pm

stidmama

good job, Munner!

4:46 pm

boreetos

hi kids.

4:46 pm

cybernan

brb - tea time!

4:47 pm

boreetos

wow, cyber, that really is a grrrrrrrrrrreat clue.

4:47 pm

stidmama

hi again boreetos

4:48 pm

walnutchen

don't get the es8 clue??? walnutchen = slow.. anyone care to elaborate?

4:48 pm

boreetos

hi stidmama, your name always reminds me of that affliction where you recieve Christ's wounds, stigmata, is that intentional?

4:49 pm

jeffer

two odd ones
xe 7/48
yp 7/40
any clue, please?

4:49 pm

boreetos

there's a gas company whos mascot looks just like Tony the tiger, take that and then add the opposite of day.

4:50 pm

oggy

xe + flowers for valentines

4:50 pm

lbetterman

es8 also known as a cinnamon stone

4:50 pm

walnutchen

thanks boreetos!

4:50 pm

stidmama

Actually, it's a combination of our last name's first four letters and my official job title.... if stidhat ever plays this again, that's my spouse (and it's his fault I found this site!)

4:51 pm

Jera

Well, phooey... I gotta scoot with 3 words to go... but only spaces for 2 on my list from bj... *sigh*

Later, all! Keep the grid warm for me!

4:51 pm

stidmama

see ya Jera

4:51 pm

boreetos

i see, so his title is "hat"?

4:52 pm

boreetos

bye jera.

4:52 pm

jeffer

ta oggy

4:53 pm

suki

mo 9 does anyone know this?

4:53 pm

Guarana

od4/7, please?

4:54 pm

BryanC

yp7 = mustard gas

4:54 pm

stidmama

giggle, no, it's a left-over from college days when computers were large with terminals all over campus... and usernames were assigned rather than chosen!

4:54 pm

ch1212

suky, the mo 9 is the monster of being mo 5/18

4:56 pm

boreetos

gotcha, thanks for the info. :)

I'm still going to think about stigmata though.

4:56 pm

cybernan

mo 9: change the sometimes vowel on the mo 5/10 and add Scotland's lake monster

4:57 pm

jeffer

bryanC thank you

4:58 pm

cybernan

od 4/7: od + sometimes vowel + consonant

4:58 pm

oggy

nite all, be back 2morrow. ttfn.

4:58 pm

cybernan

es 8: the gas company that puts a tiger in your tank + Loch monster

4:58 pm

cliffopa

nite oggy

4:58 pm

stidmama

g'night oggy!

4:59 pm

cybernan

scrap that -- getting confused.........

es: company that puts a tiger in your tank + not day

4:59 pm

cybernan

goodnight oggy -- sleep well!

5:00 pm

Guarana

ty, cybernan! I don't know why, but my brain doesn't like me to switch directions. i.e. if the letters are going down, I never see the up letters, if that makes sense! *groan*

5:01 pm

cybernan

anyone else want a clue before I leave?

5:01 pm

Judi

Hiyo, puzzled ones.

5:01 pm

walnutchen

1st re6/18 please?

5:01 pm

Guarana

do you have time for 150+ clues? *grin*

5:02 pm

boreetos

te9?

5:02 pm

cybernan

re 6/18: re + fork prong

5:02 pm

boreetos

nevermind, i found it!

5:02 pm

ch1212

boreetos, when you bath a child you want to use te*** water, so then attach the Scotland monster.

5:02 pm

walnutchen

te9 = te5/14 before it + the Loch_ _ _ _ monster!

5:03 pm

cybernan

te 9: quality of being luke warm or te 5/14 + scotland's monster loch

5:03 pm

ch1212

clue please for pe6/21 (the one after the Mexican coin) ?

5:04 pm

Ellocin

200 words to go....*sigh*

5:04 pm

boreetos

thanks guys, I appreciate it anyhoo.

how about the di9?

5:04 pm

cybernan

pe 6/21: more pe 4/5

5:05 pm

cliffopa

my son wants me to play myst (or something like that) and i want to keep babbling. now he's mad at me. i'm testy. this grid is making me crazy.

5:05 pm

cybernan

pe 6/21 comes before the mexican coin

5:06 pm

Guarana

di9 would be a reason to wash clothes. di4/5+vowel+Loch**** monster

5:08 pm

vpchat

or 7/32 anyone?

5:08 pm

boreetos

thanks! I'm out kids! I'll see you all tomorrow. BYE!

5:08 pm

cybernan

anyone else?

5:08 pm

cybernan

bye boreetos -- did you finish?

5:08 pm

stidmama

don't be discouraged Ellocin, it's a strange grid, what with no a or u...

5:09 pm

ch1212

thanks, cybernan -- didn't realize I got them mixed up. Got it --

5:09 pm

stidmama

bye boreetos!

5:09 pm

Jacula

Good evening all. I'm back to find my last 5 words. 'Re's', of course!

5:09 pm

walnutchen

id 5/14?
dr 5/12? (need 1 of the first 3).

5:09 pm

stidmama

Hello Jacula!

5:10 pm

cybernan

See you later if you're in at the flip -- happy babbling :)

5:11 pm

Ellocin

thanks stidmama, trying not to let it get to me...

easier said then done.

5:11 pm

cybernan

no id 5/14 -- both id 5's are plurals

5:11 pm

ch1212

okay, help please on the te 5/12's that come right before what the shepherd does with flocks by night :) I have one of them, but don't know how to say which one, so please clues for both? Thanks!

5:11 pm

getup

id 5/14 - a word that doesn't translate well into another language

5:12 pm

cybernan

dr 5: less wet (or more dr*)

5:12 pm

getup

natural to a native speaker of a tongue

5:12 pm

mab

vp: or plus di5/12.

5:12 pm

Guarana

te 5/12- do you have the word that's like a singer?

5:13 pm

Guarana

sorry, that's not before... :(

5:13 pm

cybernan

first id 5: a saying that is peculiar to a specific language

5:14 pm

suki

thank you! for mo9!!

5:14 pm

ch1212

I have the one that's defined as 'tithe'... I need the other te 5/12 --

5:15 pm

walnutchen

got the id. thanks cybernan & getup!

5:18 pm

Jacula

Okay. I'm finished. Can give clues now, if anyone wants them.

5:19 pm

getup

no problem

5:19 pm

stidmama

YAY Jacula!

and since you offered, lo 5/12 please!

5:19 pm

ch1212

jacula! Please and help on that missing te 5/12 noted right below.

5:20 pm

musicmom

I'm looking for the same te that ch is. And, I know everyone is going to scream, but I can't find the yp

5:20 pm

ch1212

musicmom, if you have an overactive child he/she is hy***, correct? drop the h and use another word for correct.

5:21 pm

Jacula

Stidmama - lo5/12 , toiletted.

5:22 pm

stidmama

Good thing I watch a lot of old BBC reruns! That is just too obscure!

5:22 pm

Jacula

ch1212 - te5/12 is a lizard. It contains a double vowel.

5:23 pm

getup

heh, the bbc reference made that one

5:23 pm

Atalante

a clue for the dy 6/ 30 please!

5:23 pm

musicmom

Got the lo and te - thanks. Still working on that yp. Good clue - I'm just slow tonight.

5:23 pm

Jacula

yp7/40 is mustard gas.

5:24 pm

ch1212

THANK you Jacula -- that one was nigh impossible!

5:24 pm

Guarana

Jacula - thanks for the te clue. as someone said below.. that's the stupidest word ever.

5:25 pm

musicmom

jac - thanks for the def. I got it!

5:25 pm

Jacula

Atalante - dy6/30 - An electrode used in certain electron tubes to provide secondary emission.

5:25 pm

ch1212

yp = y + miles p** hour + ri 4/4

5:27 pm

Atalante

thanks Jac! stupid word!

5:27 pm

Jacula

Atalante - if you divide the dy word into 2 halves it sounds somewhat like a 'noisy poem'.

5:31 pm

Jacula

Everyone sorted for the moment?

5:32 pm

periwinkle

Hi, Everyone!!!

5:32 pm

NatLT

hi peri

5:33 pm

musicmom

Yes thanks Jac. I'm headed out with the girls. Still have 10 to find later.

5:33 pm

ch1212

Gosh I hope we don't have nightmares tonight from all our icons... my Killer Bee is bad enough, but the cockroaches, slugs, rodents, high places, flying, etc. are starting to bug me... even mab's mime! :)

5:33 pm

periwinkle

Hi Nat

5:33 pm

cliffopa

hi peri

5:33 pm

NatLT

that's why I didn't change my icon, I think sabie gets two days

5:34 pm

Jacula

Hi Peri & Nat.

5:34 pm

ExWren

I give in. There is no way that I am able to finish tonight.
"You have 100 word(s) left to find" ouch!!
It's too steep a hill to climb

5:34 pm

ch1212

perwinkle, NAlt - thanks for the uplift! Bye musicmom, have fun. I'm right behind you. See all tomorrow!

5:34 pm

Jacula

I don't think my icon will give anybody nightmares... or will it?

5:35 pm

NatLT

lol jac, I amnot sure, it's possible

5:35 pm

Jacula

ExWren - I made this icon for you earlier.

5:35 pm

ExWren

If I had found one like that, jac, it would have been mine

5:36 pm

walnutchen

ro 5/10?

5:36 pm

Jacula

ExWren - I made it for you. Shall I e-mail it to you?

5:36 pm

stidmama

hi periwinkle, bye musicmom!

5:37 pm

ExWren

yes please jac, my e-mail address is on my profile.

5:38 pm

Jacula

Okay, ExWren. I'll send it in a minute.

5:39 pm

NatLT

I hate Y words

5:39 pm

Jacula

Walnutchen - which ro5/10? The flowers or the one that sounds similar to a farmyard bird?

5:39 pm

NatLT

I only have one, and I only got it from a clue

5:39 pm

ExWren

I'm going to bed now, this grid has worn me out. See you in the morning

5:40 pm

NatLT

sleep tight wren

5:40 pm

walnutchen

farmyard bird, jacula. thanks. got it.

5:41 pm

walnutchen

first in6/21? last in5/12?

5:43 pm

jeffer

anyone got a clue for the first 2 di/ 's ?

5:44 pm

stidmama

good night, wren

5:44 pm

Jacula

Goonight Wren.

5:44 pm

walnutchen

jeffers: di + (se4/4 - s)

5:45 pm

Jacula

in6/21 (1st) - a writer.

5:45 pm

jeffer

in words incomplete word for "lazy" ( - ent), plus plural

5:45 pm

Jacula

Last in5/12 - a large Madagascan lemur.

5:46 pm

Jacula

*goonight??? I mean GOODnight! Poor Wren, I hope she doesn't have nightmares!

5:46 pm

jeffer

walnutchen good, ty

5:50 pm

NatLT

90 words so far, but I gotta go to class, chat at ya'll later :)

5:50 pm

cliffopa

bye Nat

5:53 pm

blue snork shado

hi

5:54 pm

walnutchen

mo 7/36? (first one)

5:54 pm

Jacula

1st mo7/36 - A former Portuguese or Brazilian gold coin that was also current in England in the early 18th century.

5:55 pm

Aloyisius

Hi all,
Whew! One tough puzzle today. I enjoyed the challenge, and I wish you all Happy Babbling! I have a few minutes before I need to log off - any clues needed?

5:55 pm

walnutchen

thansk ajcula.. finally got thru the mo's...

5:56 pm

chic

Hello, can I get a clue for the no 5/14, please?

5:56 pm

Jacula

I'm okay thanks, Aloyisius. Only here to give clues myself.

5:57 pm

Aloyisius

no 5/14 = an alternate spelling for being snoopy

5:57 pm

chic

never mind , I found it...

5:57 pm

Jacula

no5/14 - rather too interested in other people's affairs.

5:57 pm

chic

thanx...

5:58 pm

Aloyisius

Hi Jacula... thanks for your good clues; they have helped a lot. (-:

5:58 pm

blue snork shado

hi periwinkle

5:58 pm

Jacula

y/w, Aloyisius.

5:59 pm

faeriekae

Hi All - I'm back for more punishment. Working on those awful re words.

6:01 pm

stidmama

YAY Aloyisius!

help on the py 6/27s? please?

6:02 pm

Jacula

1st py6/27 is the tube at the lower end of your stomach.

6:02 pm

walnutchen

py6/27: py+ girl's name or py + os4

6:03 pm

Aloyisius

ok - py + os4/4
hope that helps

6:03 pm

stidmama

thanks!

6:03 pm

Jacula

The 2nd py6/27 is the formation of pus.:-(

6:03 pm

Angelsong

hi, Faerie...:) got you on my IM Buddy list now........

6:04 pm

Atalante

fnished *flop* I would love to stick around and give clues, but I've been holding my eyelids open for the last hour trying to finish this thing, so now I'm going straight to bed!!

6:05 pm

stidmama

YAY Atalante!

6:05 pm

Aloyisius

Oops, must go now. Good luck, all!

6:05 pm

Jacula

Hi Faerie. I've got all the dreaded 're' words now if you want any help. I've also mailed this icon
<---------------- to ExWren, as I made it specially for her.

6:05 pm

faeriekae

Hi Angel - I've been out most of the day. John had to take his Suburban in to have new tires put on so I ran him around town for awhile. Was a beautiful day here. Got up to nearly 60 degrees. WooHoo!!

6:05 pm

Jacula

Goodnight Aloyisius and Atalante.

6:06 pm

stidmama

good night Aloyisius

6:06 pm

Angelsong

it's mid 70's here :)

6:06 pm

Jacula

It's raining here. LOL.

6:06 pm

faeriekae

Jacs - can't see any icons. I got wind that Capone wanted to torment me with mice so I just hid the icons. LOL I hate icky bugs and mice and slugs and yuck...

6:06 pm

walnutchen

need help with both of the pe 5/12's... anyone?

6:07 pm

stidmama

Whoa! Suddenly I have over 200 words! only 69 to go...

6:07 pm

chic

how about a clue for the on 7/ 28, please?

6:07 pm

faeriekae

I want 70's . And it can be raining and 70 I don't care.

6:07 pm

Jacula

Oh, okay, Faerie. (All mine says is 'I Hate 'Re' Words!'.

6:09 pm

walnutchen

on7 = more of (on4 - s + consonant)

6:09 pm

Jacula

1st pe5/12 - male organs (though it sounds more like pasta!)
2nd pe5/12 - a man's name, meaning 'rock'. Think pe*** & the wolf.

6:10 pm

Aloyisius

Jacula... I'm REALLY gone now, but I must say; I share your feelings about "re" words! G'night, all!

6:10 pm

Jacula

on7 - more ornery.

6:11 pm

Jacula

'Bye, Aloyisius.

6:11 pm

walnutchen

thanks jacula! finally finished the pes as well...

6:12 pm

walnutchen

ok. last 3.. any help would be appreciated... Man this puzzle took forever!
oo5, ei5, and or7.
thanks

6:12 pm

cliffopa

brain cramp - got all the do's but the 1st do 4/6. help.

6:13 pm

chic

thanx, walnut and jac.. pass the fish and I have to go lay down for a bit ....see you at the flip....

6:13 pm

Jacula

Well, I was waiting up for my daughter to come home. She's in now but I'm still waiting for the hunting cat. No doubt he'll announce his presence about 4am by hurling a dead mouse at the back door.:-(

6:13 pm

walnutchen

cliff - is a bird! not a very smart bird, either?

6:14 pm

stidmama

g'night chic

6:15 pm

walnutchen

got the or7... need ei5 and oo5?

6:15 pm

cliffopa

me? i am a do 4/6!

6:16 pm

Jacula

oo5 is Scots for shivering, drooping. More often spelt with a 'u' as the 2nd letter.

6:16 pm

walnutchen

got the ei.... just need oo!

6:16 pm

Jacula

ei5 - (anthropology) the distinctive expression of the cognitive or intellectual character of a culture or a social group.

6:17 pm

Tigereye

oo5 like the eagle's nest

6:17 pm

walnutchen

thank you jacula for all your help... finally done!

6:18 pm

Jacula

Well done, Walnutchen.

6:20 pm

Jacula

Hiya, Tigereye. How are you doing?

6:20 pm

stidmama

YAY walnutchen

6:22 pm

scatty

evening, thought i'd pop in for a while

6:22 pm

Tigereye

I'm not bad thanks Jac, sent off an application for a summer camp style job today so feeling quite positive. How are you?

6:22 pm

Jacula

Hello Scatty.

6:23 pm

scatty

hi jacula, have you finished yet, i've just started the R's

6:23 pm

Jacula

Tigereye, I'm fine, thanks. That sounds good, the job thing. What would you be doing?

6:23 pm

Jacula

Scatty - Yes. I'm all done. Just here to give clues.

6:25 pm

Tigereye

There's a training week in a few weeks and then in the summer I'd spend a week or two in charge of a group of about 8 kids, making sure they eat/sleep/get on. They're activity holidays and I think I get to participate in whatever the kids do

6:26 pm

Jacula

That sounds good, Tigereye. Is it in Wales, by any chance?

6:28 pm

EvaNadine

evenin babblers :)

6:29 pm

Tigereye

There are various places it happens throughout the Uk so I there's probably one there somewhere. The training weeks in Lincolnshire, I don't know where I'd be in the summer yet though

6:29 pm

periwinkle

took a dinner break, but back for a little while now

6:30 pm

Jacula

Hi Evanadine & Periwinkle. (You are in the grid, oh flowery one!)

6:31 pm

Tigereye

Hi Eva and Peri :)

6:32 pm

periwinkle

Hi Tigereye and Jacula, Didn't even see my name today, thanks

6:32 pm

Jacula

Tigereye. I sounds like good fun, provided you like kids. I was thinking back to a holiday at Westward Ho! last year when there was a large group of children and their teachers on site. One teacher held forth so loud and long because a group of kids had left the dining room without permission that my boyfriend and I almost stood to attention, too, even though we were sunbathing. LOL.

6:33 pm

EvaNadine

havent had much babbling time lately, im afraid...
:/

6:33 pm

Jacula

y/w, Pe4/5.;-)

6:34 pm

Jacula

Evanadine, it's annoying when life gets in the way of Babbling, isn't it? *Grins.*

6:34 pm

Tigereye

Lol Jac. I'm considering teaching as a career, thought it sounded like a good way to figure out if I should run away screaming before I begin

6:35 pm

Jacula

Tigereye - Could well be!

6:35 pm

EvaNadine

lately work has gotten in the way of eating and pottying too!1

6:36 pm

Jacula

Evan - What is your job?

6:37 pm

EvaNadine

im a government lackey...heh

6:39 pm

Jacula

Tigereye - You might like the tee-shirt (enlarge the pic when you get there) on this site:

http://www.rosienieper. co.uk/product.aspx?CategoryID= Teacher&ProductID=CTTEA&langua ge=en-GB

(Take out any spaces Babble's inserted.)

6:40 pm

Jacula

Evan - Hope that doesn't mean you're a tax inspector? LOL.

6:41 pm

EvaNadine

haha...no way!
im kinda-sorta an editor-meets-databases kinda person...

6:41 pm

Jacula

My friend's sister is a senior tax inspector but always just says she's 'a civil servant'.

6:41 pm

Tigereye

*crosses musician off the list* one down, however many else to go ;)

6:42 pm

Jacula

It's tipping down with rain here. Lo4/5 knows where that stupid cat has got to!

6:44 pm

Tigereye

If your cat is anything like mine are, its gone out so that it can come back in and rub wet fur against you and complain til you give it all your attention

6:44 pm

Jacula

It's cloudy so there is no mo4/5 to hunt by. I think he is just like Gordon from the old punk song, a mo5/12!

6:49 pm

evanonut

EvaN - strange your job description fits in quite well with mine as well.

6:50 pm

EvaNadine

oh yeah eva?
what do you do?

6:51 pm

evanonut

i snoop, i neb, i sleuth, all in the name of security.

6:53 pm

mab

Now that you've told, do you have to kill us, evaanout?

6:53 pm

guigrrl

jacula -- i LOVE your avatar!

6:53 pm

Jacula

2 Evans together. There's a song in there somewhere. LOL.

6:53 pm

evanonut

nah

6:54 pm

mab

phew!

6:54 pm

evanonut

we're not a murderous bunch

6:54 pm

periwinkle

I am missing the first two words: di5/12 and di6/21

6:54 pm

Jacula

Guigirl - Thanks. I made it for ExWren, who hates 're' words more than I do. I've e-mailed it to her so you'll no doubt be seeing more of it.:-)

6:54 pm

guigrrl

hehehe

6:54 pm

evanonut

build on the di 4/5...

6:55 pm

periwinkle

evanonut -which di4/5 there are several

6:55 pm

evanonut

c'mon mab - face it, you were hoping for a little 'action'

6:56 pm

Jacula

di5/12 & plural 6 - a molecule which contains two carbon-carbon double bonds. (Sounds like a girl's name but with a different 2nd letter.)

6:56 pm

evanonut

oh, sorry peri - the one where you hope to lose weight

6:56 pm

EvaNadine

eva -- your job sounds much more interesting than mine...i work on a contract for the GAO

6:56 pm

LeslieAnn

jacula, excellent icon.

6:56 pm

mab

Well, yes; adrenaline freak that I am.

6:57 pm

evanonut

EvaN, as many things as i've heard of, i haven't heard of the gao.

6:57 pm

EvaNadine

Government Accountability Office -- the investigative arm of congress, more or less

6:57 pm

evanonut

okay, looked up gao - ugh

6:58 pm

evanonut

i work on an opm contract

6:58 pm

Jacula

Oh Mab! Yours is the first icon that I could say I have a kind of phobia about today. I hate clowns (and ventriloquist's dummies). They give me the creeps.

6:58 pm

periwinkle

di7/32 anyone

6:59 pm

EvaNadine

heh, you guys hiring? im in desperate need of a change of scenery!

6:59 pm

Jacula

di7/32 - more covered with mud, dust, etc.

7:00 pm

mab

yes, clowns and mimes -- shudder.

7:00 pm

evanonut

actually, i could be out of a job in a few months...i wouldn't recommend.

7:00 pm

evanonut

besides, you ever heard of the mines? the scenery would be something like this...stone, stone, and more stone.

7:00 pm

Jacula

Evanonut - did you get the 'di'?

7:00 pm

periwinkle

thanks Jacula

7:01 pm

evanonut

sure did jac...are you saying i'm, er, messy?

7:02 pm

EvaNadine

more scenery than i get -- cubicle, cubicle, and more cubicle...
and i may be in the same boat as you soon -- our conctract is up for rebid in about a year, and at this point, im not really sure if i want us to get it or not...heh

7:03 pm

evanonut

EvaN - we are in the same boat! ours is up in june, and my company can't bid on the part of the contract i work on. i'm not sure what will happen, or what i want to happen.

7:04 pm

EvaNadine

well, we have had a contract at the GAO for like 30 years, i think...so chances are we are gonna keep it...
but ya never know

7:04 pm

LeslieAnn

two eva/evan's having a conversation... so many similarities... my head's about to explode...

7:04 pm

periwinkle

Still missing the first two words in this puzzle. I had the two that have to do with losing weight but don't have the first di5/12 and first di6/21

7:05 pm

evanonut

yes, we've had the contract as long as it's existed, only now they're being fussy about a few things. i'm hoping my company will retain me for quality or some rot like that, only it will be boring as all heck.

7:05 pm

evanonut

(((LESLIE)))

7:09 pm

Jacula

Periwinkle - I just gave clues for those. 6:56pm. Scroll back.

7:09 pm

Charm

Evening, all.

Peri - they're 'babble' words. Think 2 letter 'n' and the plural....

7:11 pm

Jacula

Otherwise, Periwinkle, if my clue with the definition doesn't do it, think what our (UK) princess who died was called... change the 2nd and last vowels of her name to the 2nd vowel in the vowel list. That gives you the di5. For the plural, just add the usual curly consonant.

7:11 pm

Charm

Hi, Jacula. So they really have definitions!

7:12 pm

Jacula

Hi Charm. Just took a moment out to read your profile. I have a fridge magnet that bears the legend, 'Of all the things that I have lost, I miss my mind the most'. :-)

7:13 pm

periwinkle

thanks Jacula, found those di molecule words

7:13 pm

Jacula

Charm - There aren't many words in Babble grids that defy all definition, even if the offical Babble dictionary doesn't know what they mean.

7:13 pm

Charm

Oh, that's a good one. I have a fridge magnet which says 'queen of desserts.' Nothing so meaningful as yours but very tasty.

7:14 pm

evanonut

i have the krispy kreme swimsuit calendar hanging on my fridge.

7:15 pm

Charm

somehow, krispy kremes and swimsuits and calendar don't seem to belong in the same sentence.
=8-)

7:15 pm

periwinkle

there are too many DO words, I have about half of them

7:16 pm

periwinkle

do5/16?

7:16 pm

Jacula

I've just counted the number of fridge magnets I have that bear messages - 30! LOL.

7:16 pm

Jacula

do5/16 - grand old man.

7:17 pm

Jacula

(A do*** of society.) do + Chinese currency.

7:18 pm

Jacula

Are the swimsuits made from KrispyKreme (whatever that is). (Ignorant Brit here! Sorry!) LOL.

7:18 pm

evanonut

charm - google krispy kreme calendar.

7:18 pm

scatty

all finished, that was a long one

7:18 pm

periwinkle

I have dial up and the screen takes foreeeevvver to refresh. It is driving me nuts.

7:19 pm

evanonut

jac - krispy kreme is a mighty donut chain (marvelous donuts)

7:20 pm

renfield

nutttttty buddddddy

7:20 pm

Jacula

Just Googled that calendar. OMG! Scarey.

7:20 pm

evanonut

REN-derella!!!

7:21 pm

evanonut

see why i keep it on my fridge jac, every time i go for something i don't need, my eyes are treated with the consequences.

7:21 pm

Jacula

Well done, Scatty.

*~*~*~*FIREWORKS FOR SCATTY*~*~*~*~

7:21 pm

periwinkle

tr7/28?

7:21 pm

scatty

Jacula my magnet says fridge pickers wear bigger knickers

7:21 pm

evanonut

WHERE have you been ren?

7:22 pm

spellacked

Sue its Joel - are you online?

7:22 pm

renfield

i've been chalked!!!!!!!

7:22 pm

evanonut

my mom has an electronic pig that oinks every time she opens her fridge.

7:22 pm

renfield

in a meeting...i just surfaced long enough for supper

7:22 pm

evanonut

that's not chalk ren, that was my purple sharpie.

7:23 pm

Jacula

Scatty - I have that one, too.

Also, 'It's hard to feel fit as a fiddle when you're shaped like a cello'.

7:23 pm

Jacula

Hi, Ren.

7:23 pm

evanonut

curse - ed - meet - ings

7:23 pm

renfield

i've been sharpied!!!!!

7:23 pm

Jacula

REn - the icon's not personal. I made it for ExWren. LOL.

7:24 pm

evanonut

yeah ren, stick that in your meeting and smoke it.

7:24 pm

scatty

Eva - i've been looking for one of those for ages . i like that one jacula

7:24 pm

renfield

part of me is numbbbbbbbbut i'll survive....

7:24 pm

evanonut

scatty - a sharpie mustache? here you go!

7:25 pm

renfield

mistress!!!!!!!!!!

7:25 pm

evanonut

rennie, numbut - or numb butt?

7:25 pm

jeffer

the so 5/10 please?

7:25 pm

Jacula

Scatty - How about another? (I'm not going to quote all 30!) - 'I keep losing weight but it keeps findng me'.

7:25 pm

renfield

nut...you got it both times!!!!!

7:26 pm

Jacula

Hello Ren, most valued servant.:-)

7:26 pm

scatty

jacula, not a truer word said

7:26 pm

evanonut

so what is the icon ren?

7:26 pm

Jacula

Jeffer - so5/10 is plural of so4/4.

7:26 pm

scatty

you have 30 magnets, where are they all on the fridge

7:27 pm

renfield

hair and fat.........w/ purple evening gloves....

7:27 pm

evanonut

that reminds me, i still haven't scored myself a slave.

7:27 pm

Jacula

Yes, Ren, what IS the icon? A red-headed what?

7:27 pm

evanonut

well that answers my question i guess.

7:28 pm

scatty

eva, do you have the pig that sings Like a virgin and looks like Madonna and the one that oinks and flips at the same time

7:28 pm

Jacula

Scatty - There are more than 30 magnets. Mostly on the front of the fridge. (It's a tall larder fridge.)

7:28 pm

jeffer

jac ty! someone had moved my letters

7:28 pm

evanonut

is the red head clothed or naked may i ask.

7:29 pm

stidmama

YAY Scatty! (sorry it's late)

7:29 pm

renfield

a red headed jelly roll appearing in public nekkid....w/ no gender specific markings.... no belly button...no nuthin'

7:29 pm

Jacula

Jeffer - I understand. Same thing happens to me all the time. It's the Babble gremlin, methinks.:-)

7:29 pm

evanonut

he just stands there and oinks, or you can record your own personal "don't eat that you fat arse" phrase.

7:30 pm

renfield

ok..time to actually go eat...bbl...i hope...

7:30 pm

scatty

ren, your pic looks like a pig upside down laying in mud

7:30 pm

evanonut

bye ren

7:30 pm

periwinkle

ti6/21?

7:30 pm

Jacula

Re the fridge piggy - we thought about getting one, but given my daughter's problem, we though best not.

7:31 pm

renfield

LOL scatty!!!!!!! i ove it!

7:31 pm

evanonut

seen many pigs laying upside down in mud lately scatty?

7:31 pm

stidmama

I have 35 words left to find... and the te 5/10 and one of the te 5/12s are irksome... I have the one that means "tithe"

7:31 pm

Jacula

'Bye Ren. Shoofly Pie on its way...

7:31 pm

evanonut

jacs, what's your daughers problem?

7:31 pm

stidmama

later renfield...

7:31 pm

scatty

there is a curly tail there, isn't there, or have i just lost it completly

7:32 pm

Jacula

Periwinkle - ti6/21 - small yellowish moths whose larvae feed on wool or fur.

7:32 pm

Jacula

Evanonut - She is a recovering anorectic.

7:33 pm

Jacula

Stidmama - te5/10 - male singer (think Pavarotti).

7:33 pm

guigrrl

jac -- i feel for you and your family. that's a really, really tough disease to battle

7:34 pm

evanonut

oh, smart thinking then jac. but i'm glad she's recovering. it's about impossible to catch that until they're well into it i would think.

7:34 pm

scatty

jacula, how is she doing, how long has she been recovering, i know it can take years

7:35 pm

Jacula

Guigirl - Yes, 6 years now. Hard battle that may never be totally over. So, if I seem hard sometimes when people talk about weight etc., that's why.

7:35 pm

stidmama

thanks Jacula -- hope your daughter is doing better now

7:35 pm

guigrrl

good for her -- six years is great!

7:36 pm

evanonut

we can all be hard about things close to home. i had a coworker that i never talked to again after she said she thought people gave themselves cancer with thoughts.

7:36 pm

periwinkle

thanks, Jacula, found the ti/6 - don't know why I didn't find it myself, it is a word I use everyday 8)

7:36 pm

scatty

jac, my friends daughter has the same prob, she did a couple of chat shows, talking about how it came about, she's doing really well now

7:36 pm

spellacked

This is Joel in NJ casting for Sue in MP

7:37 pm

Jacula

Thanks for your good wishes re my daughter, everyone. No, it's not much fun to commit your daughter to a nuthouse in order to save her life. But sometimes tough love is the best kind of love. She's glad we did it now. Still lost in the woods a bit after nearly 3 years at home, but has monthly 'therapy' (not enough, I think).

7:37 pm

evanonut

jac, i think that if you've got her six years, then you have really done a fantastic job and deserve a pat on the back.

7:38 pm

Jacula

Have I missed any clues anyone asked for? Speak up, if I have.

7:39 pm

stidmama

Jacula, may I have the so 6/21 -- not the one that sounds like canned fish...

7:39 pm

scatty

jacula, if you had let it carry on she wouldn't be here now, sometimes you have to do things that are hard.

7:41 pm

scatty

stid, is that the first or second so6

7:41 pm

Jacula

Stidmama - so6/21 - when you melt soft metal to bind things together. Sounds like a military man without the personal pronoun in the middle.

7:41 pm

periwinkle

ei5/12

7:42 pm

stidmama

Parenting can be so difficult... my brother has a slew of problems... and I have some of my own that I know cause my parents great concern; and now that I am a parent with a challenged child I understand so much more. Jacula, and all loving parents -- I applaud you.

7:42 pm

stidmama

I could use the second so 6 also...

7:42 pm

Jacula

Scatty - exactly! (Re my daughter.) As a parent I would do anything to ensure my children's health, happiness etc.

7:43 pm

tmcs

My husband and I have two daughters, both adopted. One bipolar (age 14) and one RAD/OCD (age 11). Been there done that. It's too bad that the hardest job in the world has the worst training program!!!

7:43 pm

periwinkle

don't have any of the EN words, help please

7:43 pm

guigrrl

tmcs -- so true.

7:43 pm

scatty

jacula, thats what we are here for, as my son says, to keep him on the straight and narrow, well i try my best.

7:44 pm

tmcs

any clues anyone has for this #$%^&* puzzle would make me very happy!!

7:45 pm

tmcs

en: the final thing in a story + the end of the creatures bruce campbell fought in Army of Darkness.

7:45 pm

Judi

Hiyo again. Had to take a pizza and beer break. *sigh* 115 words and counting. Working on the e's now. Ack ack ack ack (that would be the pizza and beer coming back).

7:45 pm

Jacula

2nd so6 means 'filth'. Best clue I can give you is that Tolkein's land of darkness wasn't allowed in this grid. (Mo****.) It's mentioned a few hours ago by myself and others later.

7:45 pm

scatty

peri, same as the last dy 4/7 for the en 4

7:46 pm

stidmama

periwinkle
en 6/21: the English word for the last of something en* + the last three letters of the yp word

7:46 pm

cliffopa

ni 7/28? ni 6/24?

7:46 pm

stidmama

Thanks Jacula, now on to the ti section...

7:47 pm

Jacula

Incidentally, to save anyone wasting time typing it, 'Mordred' isn't allowed either.

7:48 pm

scatty

the second, so - the so4 above it is the same + the forth vowel then 18th letter

7:48 pm

Jacula

ni7/28 and 6/24 both mean 'night club'.

7:48 pm

periwinkle

thanks stidmama

7:48 pm

ehnotsomuch

Any clues using the X? Thanks!

7:49 pm

Jacula

xe7/48.

7:49 pm

Jacula

Definitions of the xe word:
1. Abnormal dryness, especially of the skin, eyes, or mucous membranes.
2. The normal hardening of aging tissue.

7:49 pm

Judi

Alas, no moonpie either.

7:49 pm

Charm

xe7/48 - xe + romantic flowers (***** are red, violets are blue....)

7:50 pm

scatty

xe has flowers on the end of the word

7:50 pm

Jacula

Judi - Moon Pie sounds like it might have magic mushrooms in it.

7:50 pm

cliffopa

ty jacula - got them. been at this too long...

7:51 pm

scatty

jacula, how come you are still up so late

7:51 pm

Judi

Jacula, it's actualy a dessert cookies still sold here in the U.S. Kind of like a self contained s'mores.

7:51 pm

Jacula

Scatty - How come you are?

7:52 pm

ehnotsomuch

ThanX!

7:53 pm

periwinkle

in7/32

7:53 pm

Jacula

Judi - I will look the recipe up.

7:53 pm

Dontreadthis

di 9/60?

7:53 pm

Jacula

in7/32 - one who in6/21s. A writer.

7:53 pm

scatty

i tried to sleep earlier but i keep getting muscle spasms in my back, so i have taken a whole lot of morphine, just waiting for it to kick in, which takes a while

7:54 pm

Jacula

di9/60 - muck riddeness.

7:55 pm

Charm

di9 - opp. of cleanli***.

7:55 pm

cliffopa

ni 6/21? anyone?

7:55 pm

periwinkle

Jacula, I don't have the in6/21 you are referring to

7:55 pm

Jacula

I think I just invented a new word in my last post. LOL.

7:55 pm

Jacula

Periwinkle - in + di4/5.

7:56 pm

scatty

so what is riddeness going to mean then

7:56 pm

Dontreadthis

thanks

7:56 pm

Jacula

Ridden- ness. LOL.

7:56 pm

Jacula

Dunno, but it sounds nasty. LOL.

7:57 pm

Judi

Jacula - the moonpie is a commercially made beast. I suppose you could duplicate it with enough patience and/or obsession.

7:57 pm

periwinkle

I will never finish tonight but trying hard to get to 150 almost there

7:57 pm

stidmama

ni 6/21: starts like the one before it, finishes in the opposite of ego

7:57 pm

scatty

as you have made up a new word, you have to give a definition

7:57 pm

cliffopa

stidmama - merci

7:58 pm

Jacula

Judi - are you saying I'm obsessive? I just like cooking things for myself. I know what's in my food then.

7:59 pm

periwinkle

thanks, Jacula, just happened to pick the correct di4 word and then found the IN words

7:59 pm

scatty

are you cooking anything nice tonight

7:59 pm

Jacula

Oh, thanks, Scatty! Okay - ridden-ness means 'riddled with, overcome with something rude, dirty, fun or nice'. LOL.

8:00 pm

Judi

No implications intended, Jacula. Just saying - it's not always easy to duplicate a commercial recipe. Otherwise, Nabisco and others of that ilk would be smack out of business. But, I get where you're coming from by wanting to know what's in your food.

8:00 pm

scatty

sounds like a nice word to use

8:00 pm

Jacula

Scatty - I'm doing a beef casserole tonight. Last night was a simple egg & chips and the night before was bacon & mushroom tagliatelli.

8:02 pm

Jacula

If you're looking for recipes look on my thread on Babblers' Anonymous. Just ask if there's a recipe you want.

8:02 pm

periwinkle

or7/32

8:02 pm

scatty

i had a cold chichen pie, hubby at work tonight so i couldn't be bothered cooking, my kids had left over speghetti from yesterday

8:03 pm

schwer

wie gehts? How many words this evening?

8:03 pm

Jacula

or7 - it's a plural -annual calendars containing instructions for the Mass and office to be celebrated on each day of the year.

8:04 pm

Jacula

Fine, thank you, Schwer. 271 words today.

8:04 pm

Sherylr1961

Evening everyone, been lurking in the background here, down to 35 words to go but giving up hope, Don't suppose anyone really wants me asking for 35 clues, lol

8:05 pm

periwinkle

Jacula, yet another word I use everyday LOL would need to Google and I am too tired. Quitting now at 150, will probably not be back til tomorrow

8:05 pm

Jacula

(or + di5/12 eats).

8:06 pm

periwinkle

Jacula, got it with your second clue, I am going now

8:06 pm

Jacula

Okay, Pe4/5 (fairy). Sleep well.

Ask away, Sheryl!

8:07 pm

scatty

hi sheryl, what words do you have to get

8:07 pm

Sherylr1961

lol okay you aksed for it
stuck on the first do 4/6 the do 5/12 and the do 4/5 last one one the list

8:08 pm

Sherylr1961

also need the dr 5/14

8:08 pm

Jacula

do4/6 - extinct bird.

8:09 pm

Jacula

do5/12 - plural medicine measures.

8:09 pm

scatty

do 4/6 animal that isn't around anymore do then the same letters again

8:09 pm

Sherylr1961

what i am for not getting that word, lol ty

8:09 pm

grant

sun*****tomatoes

8:09 pm

Jacula

Last do4/5 - what a tramp does.

8:10 pm

scatty

last do - same three letters as the 4 above it then double last letter

8:10 pm

Jacula

dr5/14 - what your clothes did when you put them out on the washing line in the hot sun.

8:11 pm

Sherylr1961

what a tramp does, isn't that alittle personal, lol

8:11 pm

scatty

whats next sheryl

8:11 pm

Sherylr1961

need lo 5/10 the second and third one

8:12 pm

Jacula

Lol, re the tramp, Sheryl. He's a do**er!

8:13 pm

Jacula

1st lo5.10 sounds like a French king - i.e. Marie Antoinette's chap.

8:13 pm

Sherylr1961

not getting that clue,

8:14 pm

kristinc

Hi all!
Hooray, just finished the re's (small victories tonight!)

8:14 pm

Jacula

2nd lo5/10 - if a man drops his wallet, he lo*** it.

8:14 pm

Sherylr1961

have the french king one
need the lo 4/4 and the lo 5/14

8:15 pm

Sherylr1961

kris congrats

8:15 pm

ShadowHyrst

Jacula -- thanks for that, I hadn't looked there yet

8:15 pm

Sherylr1961

also need the mo 9

8:15 pm

Jacula

2nd lo5/10 - if you mislay something...

8:16 pm

stidmama

good night perwinkle

8:16 pm

Jacula

Kristinc - Hurray for the vanquishing of the dreaded REs!

8:16 pm

Sherylr1961

not getting that tramp clue, got another for the do 4/5

8:16 pm

spellacked

Sue in MP this is Joel in NJ are you there yet?

8:17 pm

Uneaixoise

do5/12?

8:17 pm

Jacula

Sheryl - have you got dr5/12? (Rubbish.) If so, take the 'r' out of it.

8:17 pm

stidmama

okay, time to put dinner on the table. BBL!

8:17 pm

Uneaixoise

never mind--got it

8:18 pm

kristinc

do 5/12
do 4/5 plural (take a nap)

8:19 pm

Jacula

Kristinc - do you really spell the nap word with an 's' in US? We spell it with a 'z' here.

8:19 pm

Jacula

'Bye, Stidmama.

8:20 pm

Sherylr1961

ty guys for all the clues but I am throwing in the towel , I live to play another day, have a good one

8:20 pm

Uneaixoise

it's a "z" here too :-)

8:20 pm

kristinc

Jax-of couse (if you tired and were trying to get out a clue quickly) :)
I would have never noticed-sorry to anyone I confused

8:20 pm

Jacula

Okay, Sheryl. Sleep well.

8:21 pm

Mary

pe6/21 clue please?

8:21 pm

kristinc

so long Sheryl-well done!

8:21 pm

Jacula

Kristinc - Sorry, wasn't trying to be clever, just wondered. There are many differences between US and UK English and so I wondered...

8:22 pm

kristinc

Jac, no worries, I grinned at how silly I can be sometime when I'm focused.

8:22 pm

Jacula

pe6/21 - more pe4/5. (More upright or erect.)

8:23 pm

Mary

Thanx, Jac, got it.

8:24 pm

kristinc

Jac-and speaking of being focused, I just noticed you icon. Hah! very cute!

8:24 pm

Jacula

Mary - Thank goodness for that! I thought I was going to have to stray into the realms of girly pin-up land!

8:26 pm

Jacula

Kristinc - How could you just have noticed that? It stands out a mile! I must do more icons for myself. I made that one for our Babbler, ExWren, wo hates 're' words more than the rest of us.

8:27 pm

Jacula

* who hates

8:28 pm

kristinc

Jac-I know, that's what I'm saying...I'm all over the map tonight--shouldn't be giving out clues (or driving for that matter) in my state, I'll likely just confuse someone :)
great icon anyhow

8:28 pm

Jacula

Going to change back to my own person phobia icon now before the grid is out. REFRESH if you want to see it...

8:28 pm

musicmom

Anyone willing to babysit me through the last 8 words I need? Feel free to direct me back in the log if that is easier.

8:29 pm

Jacula

Musicmon - I'll babysit you. What words do you need?

8:30 pm

musicmom

I need the pi6/21 that is near the even more evergreen tree. I don't know if that is the first one or the second one.

Thanks!

8:31 pm

Jacula

Kristinc - I know the feeling. ))))HUGS((( (Gently!)

8:31 pm

musicmom

or7

8:32 pm

Jacula

pi6/21 - A gray, green, or brown mineral similar to mica, formed by chemical alteration of other minerals, such as cordierite. pi + not day.

8:32 pm

kristinc

Thanks Jac-happy to have babble to have an excuse to sit down

And with that, I have music practice tonight so I'm off for a bit. Will come back later for my last 33. Good luck Musicmom and others still finishing.

8:32 pm

musicmom

lo5/10 after toiletted

8:32 pm

musicmom

Thanks Kristin - have fun at practice.

8:32 pm

Jacula

or7 is a plural of - An annual calendar containing instructions for the Mass and office to be celebrated on each day of the year.

8:33 pm

musicmom

Got the pi and or --- thanks. Didn't even have to go look them up:-)

8:34 pm

Jacula

lo5/10 - add a curly consonant to the end of the lo4 before it.

8:36 pm

Jacula

(If your lover cheats on you, then he lo*** your love!)

8:36 pm

musicmom

is that lo the one that means singular? It won't take the s

8:36 pm

Jacula

What's next? BRB - comfort stop needed.

8:37 pm

musicmom

No problem. Stats are saying I'm missing two r's I thought I had them. I'll have to figure out what they are.

8:38 pm

musicmom

I already had the lo -- let me figure out what I'm missing.

8:40 pm

Jacula

MM - Since I'm not trying to input words now, I don't know, but earlier on in the day (UK afternoon) I was putting words in, Babble was procrastinating, then adding the word to my list with no points score. I'd refresh and it would take the word away. I'd type the word in again and it would be accepted properly.

8:41 pm

musicmom

Okay I'm missing two re words. 6/18 and 7/28 combo between the 4/4 and the 5/10

8:42 pm

musicmom

found the re
s

8:43 pm

Jacula

Does that mean you're done then, MM?

8:44 pm

musicmom

nope last two I need help with dr6/21 the 2nd and 3rd ones. Thanks so much for your help.

8:44 pm

HollyBug

Hey kids. Does anyone watch American Idol?
And does anyone know who got kicked off tonight. My cable got stupid.... and cut out.

8:45 pm

Jacula

dr6/21 (2nd) is plural of dr5/12 (boring speaker).

8:45 pm

Jacula

(Or male worker bee!)

8:46 pm

musicmom

Ha I was missing the 5/12 too and didn't realize it. Thanks!

8:46 pm

Jacula

3rd dr6/21 is one curly consonant extra at the end to the long-jowelled dog type thing above it.

8:46 pm

JeeWhiz

Hollybug, I just caught that someone named Lisa was cut.

8:47 pm

Jacula

you may dr5/12 over chocolate, a hunk, or... well anything that takes your fancy really...

8:48 pm

Jacula

Sorry, Hollybug - don't watch that.

8:48 pm

HollyBug

Are you absolutely sure it was Lisa?
I'm going to relay the information to my husband and friend who are waiting in the wings.

8:48 pm

musicmom

Is there one between that one and the one that means waste?

8:49 pm

musicmom

Hollybug - we don't watch that either. Law and Order here.

8:50 pm

spellacked

Can I get a clue for se6 that isn't old?

8:50 pm

Jacula

Between spit-dropping and waste? Yes, the spit-dropping with a curly consonant at the end.

8:50 pm

lds

YP7? don't have a clue!

8:51 pm

scatty

i'm off to bed now, was going to give some clues but my brain has fallen asleep already, night everyone

8:51 pm

suki

what do you mean spit dropping? Also, waste?

8:51 pm

musicmom

Plural spit dropping and then singular waste. I'm going back to the list.

8:52 pm

musicmom

yp+consonant+ri4/4

8:52 pm

JeeWhiz

Holly Bug, I haven't watched much of this year's, but it was a young black woman, and I am sure her name was Lisa.

8:52 pm

musicmom

YP+VOWEL (not conso.) +ri4/4

8:53 pm

musicmom

Suki - those are the definitions of words I have. i'm trying to figure out what I'm missing.

8:53 pm

lds

thanks - odd one, that!

8:55 pm

Jacula

Spellacked - se6 - a unit of Tongan currency - 100 sen*** = 1 pa'anga

8:55 pm

musicmom

AHHHH got it === the boring speaker is a dr6/21

Finally I'm finished!!!!
Jac - you are terrific. thanks for putting up with me.

8:56 pm

Jacula

yp7/40 is mustard gas. Look it up!

8:56 pm

jeffer

the first re 6/18, please?

8:56 pm

stoningtoncat

yp try this site www.a2zwordfinder.com

8:56 pm

Jacula

No probs., MM. And *~*~*~*FIREWORKS FOR MUSICMOM*~*~*~*~

8:56 pm

scatty

night jacula, see you tomorrow,i think i'll make a big chocky cake.

8:57 pm

stidmama

YAY musicmom!

Just got back from dinner... 24 words to go!

8:57 pm

musicmom

You know Jac - I looked it up earlier and told myself I would remember that for the next time. Bet I forget though. Feeble minded sometimes.:))))

8:57 pm

scatty

hi jeffer, night jeffer

8:57 pm

casira

I must pause here to protest "droid" not counting as a word. *grin*

8:57 pm

musicmom

Night Scatty

Thanks Jac

8:57 pm

jeffer

night scatty

8:57 pm

Jacula

Scatty - if you make it a giant double choc Devil's food cake then my other half will be your slave forever. LOL.

8:58 pm

musicmom

re6/18 add a one hump consonant and the 2nd vowel to your 4/4

8:58 pm

scatty

thats one of my favourate, it doesn't last long in this house though

8:58 pm

Jacula

Casira - that's nothing new here in Babbleonia. No droids, no phasers, no Mordor etc., etc.

8:58 pm

stidmama

good night scatty

8:58 pm

GreyWoulf

Hi everyone -- just checking in to say hi -- I had the wisdom to not start today --- trying to finish would have been an exercise in frustration and masochism

8:59 pm

stidmama

Hi GreyWoulf! How's Sebastian today?

8:59 pm

musicmom

Good choice GW - I'm done now but there were definitely moments of wishing I hadn't started.

9:00 pm

scatty

im' going going nighty night gone

9:00 pm

GreyWoulf

hi/bye scatty!

9:01 pm

musicmom

night scatty

9:01 pm

Jacula

Hiya, Wolfie! Yes, you are right. Being seasoned Babblers, as we are, 150 words would be found no probs., and then the rest. No time for that in your life right now. Quite rightly so. *Tickles Seb anyway.*

9:02 pm

Jacula

'Bye yells Jac to Scatty's retreating posterior.

9:02 pm

GreyWoulf

stid -- he is doing great -- I got an absolutely wonderful pic of him and his sister tonight -- I will be sharing it with people soon :)

9:03 pm

spellacked

Joel in NJ waiting for Sue in MP still

9:03 pm

Jacula

Will look forward to seeing that pic, Wolfie.

9:04 pm

jeffer

musicmom - i learned what a one hump consonant is, and got two words!
thanks

9:04 pm

stidmama

I have some lovely black and whites that Tom took when our baby (now 11!) was new! Because they were only 26 months apart, they looked so sweet together...

9:05 pm

musicmom

Sorry I wasn't clearer Jeffers - glad you got it

9:05 pm

GreyWoulf

I know you are, Jac -- I am so bad at taking pictures, I felt it was time to add to the album

9:06 pm

suki

MM -- help with the spit dropping? Can you give me another clue?

9:06 pm

gromit

howdy! how's everyone tonight? This is one long grid!!!

9:06 pm

Jacula

Jeffer - if you know American Speedwriting, you'll know what one-hump and two-hump means. LOL.

9:06 pm

jeffer

it was great!

9:06 pm

stidmama

hi gromit!

9:06 pm

musicmom

Suki - what a baby does when it is teething.

9:07 pm

jeffer

suki what you do when you see and smell pizza

9:07 pm

Jacula

Sorry about the spit dropping clues. How else can I put it? Let me think...

9:08 pm

suki

got it! thank you. the pizza was the clincher for me

9:08 pm

lgorms

hi all, can anyone help me out with my last one? di6/24

9:08 pm

musicmom

suki - dr+double consonant+hockeystick

9:08 pm

stidmama

argh. I know it's staring me in the face...

ti 6/21 (the second one please)

9:08 pm

gromit

have 133 words... just a drop in the bucket :-(

9:08 pm

GreyWoulf

hey gromit -- it's a biggie, definitely not the biggest we have seen, but a goodly size :)

9:08 pm

musicmom

if you go swimming you go for a di*+fishn** stockings.

9:09 pm

jeffer

the first re 5/16 (actually the only one)
please anybody?

9:09 pm

cliffopa

back one last time to try and up my count. 60 left but not much steam.

9:09 pm

musicmom

jeffers - adverb form of a ruddy color

9:09 pm

stidmama

re 5/16: start with a color, and turn it into an adverb

9:10 pm

Jacula

Wolfie, I've often been 'guilty' of not taking pics at crucial times. It was because I was just off enjoying them for the moments they are. We all do that. I guess that's why we ask 'outsiders' to what we think might be 'life events' at times, so they can record what we don't think to.

9:10 pm

stidmama

hi again cliffopa, you made up a lot of ground while I was out...

9:10 pm

lgorms

mmom, tytyty! DONE!!

9:11 pm

stidmama

YAY Igorms!

9:11 pm

musicmom

Bravo lgorms

9:11 pm

guigrrl

aah - jac-- i am too -- my little guy (who turned 1 yesterday) is photographed a ton -- but at crucial moment i just sucked it up all for my own memory. ah well, i'll just have to tell him about it :)

9:12 pm

cliffopa

i feel like there is a mountain in front of me. this one is challenging my sanity.

9:12 pm

stidmama

happy birthday guigrrl

9:13 pm

jeffer

o like me now
thanks mm and stid

9:13 pm

lgorms

stid: ty, ti6/21 = small yellowish moth OR ti + virgil's epic poem ending

9:13 pm

guigrrl

thanks stid :) it's been fun

9:13 pm

Jacula

Jeffers - if a girl complimented you when you were about 12-14 you might have blushed. If you had then had your photo taken, your cheeks would have shown up re***.

Sorry! It's the writer in me that makes me go off on these flights of fancy. LOL.

9:14 pm

stidmama

thanks Igorms!

9:14 pm

GreyWoulf

My biggest prob with the whole picture taking thing is that I am very lazy about getting film developed -- I have had rolls of film lying around for months after I took them.

And my digital camera is a hand me down that takes so long to warm up or actually take the pic, that by the time it is ready to flash, the moment is past. :\

9:14 pm

lgorms

stid, did that clue make sense? (Virgil's Aen***)

9:14 pm

cliffopa

can only find one of the no 4/5's.

9:14 pm

jeffer

jacula, or if someone gives me the clue and i've been looking for ages ..... ty

9:15 pm

lgorms

okay all, sorry i can't clue tonight--gotta roll, good luck and night!

9:15 pm

musicmom

no4/5
the both start with the first three letters one ends with the second vowel, the other with the 3rd.

9:15 pm

Jacula

Wolfie - a digicam should not take any time at all to warm up. Put new batteries in it!

9:16 pm

cliffopa

i really can't believe i didn't see that. must need new glasses.

9:16 pm

stidmama

Igorms it makes sense, I am just trying to figure out why I can't type tonight!

9:17 pm

Jacula

Jeffer - you didn't get my clue then?

9:17 pm

stidmama

ah, got it! dumb figners!

9:17 pm

scatty

jeffer are you still looking for the re5

9:17 pm

Jera

My last word... re5/16 (the first one)... help, please?

9:17 pm

GreyWoulf

Jac -- this one is several years old -- when it is turned on it takes about 30 seconds to warm up and be ready to take the first pic -- and when I activate the shutter it takes about 3 seconds for it to process the image -- even with brand new batteries

9:17 pm

stidmama

goodnight Igorms, thanks again!

9:17 pm

Jacula

Jeffer - try this: in crimson fashion.

9:18 pm

Jacula

Wolfie, love, all I can say to you is GET A NEW DIGICAM!

9:18 pm

Jacula

Try e-bay.

9:19 pm

Jera

Never mind... picked it up from the chat... thanks, Jacula!

9:19 pm

GreyWoulf

Jac -- send me the money and I will gladly comply :)

9:20 pm

scatty

jeffer first three letteers are a colour of flowers with prickles on + 12th letter of alphabet + second to last letter of alphabet

9:20 pm

jeffer

sorry scatty and jac - i did get it ty

9:21 pm

stidmama

So Jera, assuming it's time...

YAY Jera!

9:21 pm

jeffer

i was er lost in thought

9:21 pm

musicmom

Gang - I'm headed out. I'm not doing a very good job reading the log to give clues. Distracted by Greg and the t.v.

I hope to see you all tomorrow at some point.

9:22 pm

Jacula

Wolfie! You reprobate! I've promised you bed, board and meals, what more do you want? I can't spend money right now. 2 days from payday and any money I spend before will take me over my overdraft. Not going to let the bank screw me for whatever fee plus about £30 for sending me a letter to tell me I am overdrawn!

9:22 pm

cliffopa

nite musicmom and thanks for the help.

9:22 pm

jeffer

ok only 55 to go ....

9:22 pm

Jacula

Night, night, MM.xx

9:22 pm

GreyWoulf

Take care, MM -- I will be heading off soon myself -- just wanted to say hi and chat for a bit

9:23 pm

stidmama

goodnight musicmom!

9:23 pm

Jacula

Wolfie - I'm signed in to the usual place if you and/or K want a chat...

9:23 pm

gromit

help! any sl, please?

9:23 pm

stidmama

you can do it, jeffer!

9:24 pm

musicmom

pleasant dreams everyone --- dream of s's no RE words tomorrow:-)

9:24 pm

GreyWoulf

Jac -- LOL -- money is tight for me is all I was saying :)

9:25 pm

Jacula

There will be 20,053 word tomoz! LOL.

9:25 pm

jeffer

py 6/27 would be bad enough if there were only one !
clue/s please?

9:26 pm

jeffer

how many do you need stidmama?

9:27 pm

stidmama

sl 5/16: move sl** - w + sometimes vowel + past tense letter
sl 5/16 #2: sl* (cunning) + green vegetable in a pod - a
sl 6: plural

9:27 pm

Jacula

py6's -
ffirst is the tube at the bottom of your stomach.
2nd means the making of pus.

Sorry about that!

9:27 pm

stidmama

My stats page says I need 19 -- all of them mo or re!

9:28 pm

jeffer

eeeww especially since i am no nearer..

9:29 pm

gromit

TY!!!!!!!! stid

9:30 pm

spellacked

Once again, Joel in NJ looking for Sue in MP

9:30 pm

Jacula

Jeffer - here's a clue for you for the first py word... When babies suffer from projectile vomiting they have pyloric stenosis.

9:31 pm

jeffer

a projectile clue! thanks jacula, got it

9:31 pm

stidmama

YW gromit... what did I do?

9:35 pm

jeffer

stidmama thos sl's did the trick!

9:35 pm

Jacula

LOL, Jeffer. Don't forget that next time you hold a baby. Stick a towel, lengthways down your shoulder.

9:38 pm

jeffer

ok jacula
what about a really clear one on the pus?

9:38 pm

stidmama

oaky doaky, so how else may I help confuse?

9:38 pm

jeffer

(in a lady-like way)

9:39 pm

131313

man this puzzle is huge today. i'm only 1/2 way through

9:40 pm

jeffer

stid on the pi 6/21 's
i have the woodsy one
and the empathy one what about the other. pls?

9:41 pm

ShadowHyrst

you could say it's pi's nite out

9:41 pm

stidmama

jeffer -- think of how big the universe is, then spell it starting pi****

9:41 pm

gromit

stid - all the sl clues.

9:45 pm

stidmama

oh that, I thought it was my scintillating presence on the list! [grin]

9:46 pm

gromit

stid - Yes, that too!! ;)

9:47 pm

GreyWoulf

Well I am paying more attention to online comics than chatting, so I will say my good nights and look forward to seeing you all tomorrow.

((**Hugs for all**))

9:48 pm

LeslieAnn

hello folks... any clues for this es 8?

9:48 pm

jeffer

stidmama and shadowH i am lost in space on that one ...

9:48 pm

stidmama

oh dear, you could float "forever" there!

9:49 pm

cliffopa

i hate re's. what is the first re? (5/16)

9:49 pm

stidmama

good night GreyWoulf, (((Sebastian))) (((S's sister)))

9:50 pm

cliffopa

es 8/40 - es and the brand name of a certain luggage that starts out sam******

9:50 pm

LeslieAnn

best clue ever!

9:51 pm

stidmama

hi LeslieAnn

9:51 pm

LeslieAnn

hullo

9:52 pm

cliffopa

only 45 to go. i think i can make it . . . maybe.

9:52 pm

rebekb

Hi all, just getting on, with 150 to go, let's see if make it!

9:52 pm

stidmama

go cliffopa, go!

9:54 pm

Dianne

cliff - re5/16 - color + first 2 letters of a 3 letter word for a kind of acidy liquid.

9:54 pm

knutmeg

ei anyone? Seems like it should be simple, but I can't even monkey type it right...

9:56 pm

LeslieAnn

and since we're on e's... en 6/21?

9:56 pm

stidmama

ei -- think "American Id**" but start with ei and end with the recurvy letter

9:56 pm

Dianne

ei + *** and Don'ts.

9:57 pm

knutmeg

Thanks Dianne and stidmama!

9:58 pm

stidmama

Hello Dianne

9:59 pm

Dianne

Hi stidmama :)

10:01 pm

rebekb

help with yp7/40?

10:02 pm

LeslieAnn

there's a yp?? this puzzle is crazy.

10:02 pm

Dianne

Leslie - en6/21 - think of a salad plant - drop the last 2 letters then add 3 letter word for English breakfast drink but drop the last letter.

10:02 pm

stidmama

yp is a chemical -- mustard gas --

yp + to *rr is human + ri 4/4

10:02 pm

rebekb

yes LA -- and morewords isn't helping!

10:03 pm

LeslieAnn

ha, take that, e's! (...it's the little victories...)

10:03 pm

rebekb

got it! thanks SM!

10:03 pm

stidmama

I have only a few words left, and need to stretch. Back soon!

10:04 pm

cliffopa

sorry diane, i don't know the acidy liquid part.

10:04 pm

jeffer

or 7/32 anyone?

10:05 pm

Dianne

cliff - it rhymes with the word for fib/falsehood.

10:05 pm

jeffer

mo 7/36 too please

10:06 pm

LeslieAnn

mo 7 - "more of" mo 4/6

10:06 pm

spellacked

Joel in NJ calling for Sue in MP (yes, again)

10:06 pm

LeslieAnn

as in, i am much mo 7/36 now that i realized i have less than 2 hours to find 120 words

10:07 pm

cliffopa

finally got it dianne. thanx.

10:07 pm

LeslieAnn

spellacked, i'm not sue but i'm still quite amused by the name :)

10:10 pm

NatLT

hi leslie!!!

10:11 pm

LeslieAnn

hi nat! i am in big trouble, 100 words left

10:11 pm

LeslieAnn

id 5/14??

10:11 pm

NatLT

lol, well I don't even have 100, so I am in bigger trouble

10:12 pm

LeslieAnn

ooh, well let me know if you need clues then

10:12 pm

spellacked

LeslieAnn -- I decided I needed a handle here, rather than just my name (Joel), and it was the best pun I could think of in short notice. Not that I'm ever shellacked.

Sue said she'd be here this evening -- I'm four big states away this week.

10:12 pm

stidmama

or 7/32: priests are or*****d - a, and change the d to a recurvy letter

10:13 pm

jeffer

leslieann don't get that mo 7 ????

10:13 pm

stidmama

spellacked, maybe she fell into the re's? It's happened to a lot of people today!

10:13 pm

LeslieAnn

mo 4/6 (like a mo** ring) + three letters for "more of" ending

10:13 pm

cliffopa

i'm finally out of the re's!!!

10:14 pm

stidmama

id 5/14: if newbies don't understand us, it's because we speak in our own id*** (peculiar way of talking)

10:14 pm

stidmama

way to go cliffopa! I have five left...

10:14 pm

spellacked

I just finished the re's a little while ago, but I'm working from the bottom, so I've a looong way to go (only 119 so far)

10:14 pm

Dianne

Leslie - id5/14 - an expression/saying.

10:14 pm

LeslieAnn

thanks stid, can't believe i missed that one...

10:15 pm

LeslieAnn

and dianne

10:15 pm

stidmama

it's okay LeslieAnn, I get so used to looking for strange words, that the regular words start to look wrong!

10:16 pm

spellacked

how can oreo not be a word?

10:16 pm

NatLT

leslie is a bunny :) I guess nick was right about something ;)

10:16 pm

LeslieAnn

proper noun

10:16 pm

LeslieAnn

they're kittens wrestling, nat

10:16 pm

suki

wait -- help with the or 7 word? thanks

10:17 pm

LeslieAnn

or 7 - fish that are packed tight are sa******, drop sa for the o

10:17 pm

NatLT

it looks like a black and white bunny

10:17 pm

cliffopa

30 left. i can see the end of the tunnel!

10:17 pm

jeffer

suki see stidmama 10:12

10:17 pm

Jacula

OR7 - OR + EATS .

10:17 pm

NatLT

the black kitty looks like the ears

10:18 pm

suki

thank you!

10:19 pm

stidmama

Jacula, much better clue than mine! Can't believe you're still awake!

10:20 pm

jeffer

sy 7/36 please

10:20 pm

LeslieAnn

on 7/28?

10:22 pm

jeffer

on 7/28 was in the grid a while back
reminds of "onery"

10:22 pm

stidmama

on 7/28: the harder the puzzles get, the on***** I feel (we had this word a couple days ago, means feisty)

10:23 pm

LeslieAnn

haha! take that vowels! thanks folks.

10:23 pm

Dianne

sy7/36 - sy + vowel + opposite of day.

10:23 pm

stidmama

sy 7/36: coarse-grained intrusive igneous rock: sy + second vowel + ni 4/4

10:25 pm

jeffer

thanks diane and stidmama

btw i am still in space on the pi .....

10:25 pm

stidmama

I did it, I did it -- thanks for all your help, folks! Whew.

Now then, to give back... or am I "paying it forward?"

10:25 pm

jeffer

tr 7/28 please ...

10:26 pm

LeslieAnn

yay stid!!

10:26 pm

cliffopa

the 1st ro 4/5?

10:26 pm

stidmama

tr 7/28: latin for three + second vowel + french for nose (mispelled)

10:27 pm

jeffer

what the cowboy did to his horse

10:27 pm

cliffopa

oops! already had ro 4/5!

10:28 pm

stidmama

hi stidhat sweetie pie... folks my man's working on the puzzle now, too!

10:31 pm

stidmama

jeffer pi:

let's eat pi + 'this evening' - to

10:34 pm

NatLT

hi stidmama's man!

10:34 pm

jeffer

stidmama ty sorry about ruining your clues

10:34 pm

grigs

first "sl" anybody? I know I'm not gonna finish, but i could at least get down to less than 100 to go...

10:35 pm

NatLT

leslie, I know you are concentrating, but wanted to tell you... my friend jill told me today that she wants to fix me up (he's a cop, tool-o-meter says what?)

10:35 pm

stidmama

Did you ruin any clues? I hadn't noticed. But then things around here are so disheveled since I discovered Babble...

10:36 pm

jeffer

stidmama ty for the tr - good clue

10:36 pm

LeslieAnn

eh not concentrating too much... could go either way

10:36 pm

stidmama

sl: we like pink f**** !

10:37 pm

NatLT

I will let you know

10:37 pm

LeslieAnn

how old is he?

10:38 pm

NatLT

not sure, I am thinking mid 20's

10:38 pm

NatLT

I met him once

10:39 pm

jeffer

the two first dr 5/12 's : clue please

10:39 pm

LeslieAnn

and?

10:39 pm

knutmeg

any clues for the ey 5/14s? I need both

10:40 pm

grigs

stidmama, thanks for trying, but i'm still VERY stuck on that. I guess I'll have to attack something else for a while :(

10:40 pm

NatLT

he seemed nice, but I wasn't thiking about dating him when I met him, I was with her out at UIS and we ran into him

10:40 pm

stidmama

dr 5/12: not wetter, but...
dr 5/12: french for "right"

10:41 pm

LeslieAnn

dino is so a word

10:41 pm

Dianne

ey5/14 - first one rhymes with one of the Great Lakes.
The second is the same except for the last letter.

10:41 pm

NatLT

so is mooner

10:42 pm

stidmama

ey 5/14: an eagle's nest, alternate spelling
ey 5/14: take the last letter of the previous and use r

10:42 pm

LeslieAnn

i thought so too, nat!! but if you add a vowel in the middle you will get a mo 7

10:42 pm

jeffer

grigs for the sl think insurance
"***** of London" slightly diff spelling, move the curly to the front

10:43 pm

grigs

jeffer, that was awesome, thanks!

10:43 pm

NatLT

thanks leslie, I didn't have that one

10:47 pm

jeffer

yw grigs

dr 6/21 ( middle one) please

10:48 pm

spellacked

Last try: Sue, it's Joel in NJ, you out there?

10:48 pm

stidmama

the first two 6/21s are the same except for the last letter

10:48 pm

rebekb

help on ti6/21? Just can't see it

10:48 pm

grigs

jeffer, its the plural of the 5/12

10:48 pm

Dianne

jeffer - plural of the 5/12.

10:49 pm

grigs

ti: part of a fork + not your ego, but your **

10:49 pm

stidmama

which ti 6/21? first is the comparative of ti 4/7

10:50 pm

Dianne

ti6/21 - fork prong + 2 letter word for ego/self.

10:50 pm

jeffer

ty stid grigs and diane !
how could i miss that ...?

10:50 pm

rebekb

thanks!

10:52 pm

cliffopa

the te 6/21 anyone?

10:53 pm

grigs

te 6/21: an earthquake is a tr 6/21- swap the second and third letters

10:53 pm

stidmama

te 6/21: earth shake with a typo; te4/5 just before + round vowel + r

10:55 pm

cliffopa

thanks for the te, got it. 10 more to go.

10:55 pm

stidmama

cliffopa, you're going to make it!

jeffer? how you doin'?

10:56 pm

LeslieAnn

you can count down for us if you like, cliffopa

10:56 pm

jeffer

ir 6/18 ? i have the doer of 4/4

10:57 pm

jeffer

stidmama i think i'm going under .... 37 to go

10:57 pm

stidmama

ir 6/18: change out the r to an s (again)

10:58 pm

Dianne

jeffer - drop the last letter of the one you have and add the curvy letter.

10:58 pm

stidmama

You can do it, jeffer! What's next?

10:58 pm

NatLT

only 154 to go, I can do it :D

10:58 pm

LeslieAnn

same ir 4/4 + second vowel (for a 5) + plural (for a 6)

10:59 pm

stidmama

Yes Nat! That's the spirit!

10:59 pm

LeslieAnn

um nat, you're going to need superman typing over your shoulder for that ;)

10:59 pm

NatLT

I have betty, will that help :)

10:59 pm

jeffer

whoo hoo (thats a word?) got the ir ty Di and stid

the first in 6/21 would be good ...

11:00 pm

LeslieAnn

probably only in getting slobber all over the place

11:00 pm

Dianne

in6/21 - sounds like what a grand jury does.

11:00 pm

stidmama

in 6/21: like what they do to people in court, only misspelled; actually means "To write; compose"

11:03 pm

jeffer

ty ty ty

11:03 pm

NatLT

yes, and snorting like a piggy

11:04 pm

Dianne

jeffer - try this in + word for what you go on to lose weight but swap the last 2 letters.

11:04 pm

LeslieAnn

i seriously think that dog is half pig. you should look into that

11:04 pm

NatLT

will do

11:04 pm

jeffer

i think leslie tried to get me to see the first
mo 7/36 earlier
i have the mo 4/4 before ..... please?

11:05 pm

jeffer

diane thanks, i got it

11:05 pm

Dianne

jeffer - make your mo4 "even more so".

11:06 pm

stidmama

jeffer: french for "me" + misspelled portal in a wall

11:06 pm

chic

Hi guys, can I get a clue for the or 7/32, please?

11:07 pm

stidmama

or 7/32: or + to eat (fancy term) + recurvy consonant

11:07 pm

chic

never mind, I found it!

11:07 pm

Dianne

stid - good clue for that - I didn't even read the question right - big help I was :)

11:08 pm

stidmama

thanks dianne, it helps to not understand what words actually mean sometimes!

11:08 pm

OwlMovement

how many words today?

11:08 pm

cliffopa

aaarrrggghhh! one more - checking my list, stats say i'm missing an s!

11:08 pm

stidmama

Hi Owl... 271

11:09 pm

NatLT

owl 271

11:09 pm

OwlMovement

yikes. thats a lot.

11:09 pm

jeffer

stidmama thank you again

11:10 pm

stidmama

YW, what next?

11:10 pm

chic

thanx, stid!

11:10 pm

NatLT

good job cliff, go cliff go!!

11:10 pm

Jacula

Worth 3873 points though.

11:10 pm

stidmama

you can do it cliffopa!

11:10 pm

pwinn

Gee whiz. 271? I'm trying to hit 100, and I only have 90. :-(

11:11 pm

stidmama

pwinn, 100 is a good goal. Want any help?

11:11 pm

NatLT

I am up to 118, but my thesis is printed and ready to go and it is 15,000 + words

11:11 pm

LeslieAnn

holy crap nat i'd say that's more impressive

11:11 pm

stidmama

WOW Nat! [very impressed]

11:12 pm

pwinn

At this point I'm still working through words I actually know, and I might reach 100 that way. If I get stuck, I'll shout.

Thanks!

11:12 pm

NatLT

thanks guys, 47 pages so far, about 1/2 done, but good to go for this draft that is due

11:12 pm

LeslieAnn

that's a good way to do it pwinn. i'm not sure i know 100 of these words

11:13 pm

gromit

my goal: the three 9 letter words. Help?

11:13 pm

LeslieAnn

di 9 - don't track di** in the house + me letter + loch **** monster

11:14 pm

pwinn

Oh, snap -- there are nine letter words in here? I found a few sevens, but that's it.

11:14 pm

NatLT

I have one gromit it's, mo 9, it's what you are is you are very irritable, build on 7/36

11:14 pm

cliffopa

finally found it, an so - tofu related. done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11:15 pm

stidmama

mo 9: the state of being mo 5/18... what teenagers often are... ends like the Loch **** Monster

11:15 pm

stidmama

YAY cliffopa!

11:15 pm

LeslieAnn

yay cliffopa!

11:15 pm

gromit

aaahhhh! thank you leslieann - i should have been able to get that one myself {{pulling hair}}}

pwinn - LOL!!! Love the "oh, snap"!!!

11:15 pm

cliffopa

GOOD NIGHT!

11:16 pm

stidmama

te 9: lukewarm water is te 5/14 + Loch **** Monster

11:16 pm

stidmama

good night cliffopa, well done!

11:17 pm

pwinn

Five to go to reach 100.

And, um, thanks for the nine-letter clues. I was ignoring clues until I saw that, and now I've got those. :-)

11:18 pm

gromit

Nat/Stid - oh, snap! (my new favorite expression. TY pwinn) Got the mo9 (so obivious) {{{beating head on tabletop}}}

11:18 pm

LeslieAnn

they are pretty hard to resist

11:18 pm

pwinn

How on earth is "tidyness" not a valid word? Grr.

11:19 pm

LeslieAnn

pssst... pwinn... change the y to another vowel

11:19 pm

NatLT

the 9's seem really intimidating, but they were words that are known

11:19 pm

pwinn

Oh yeah, never mind.

11:19 pm

spellacked

pwinn-- because it is spelled tidiness

11:19 pm

gromit

now isn't "ness" just the nicest??

11:20 pm

LeslieAnn

spellacked, no words in the log please?

11:21 pm

NatLT

leslie, wanna help me out with some clues for the y's on the far right side

11:22 pm

chic

a clue for the pe 6/21 please...

11:22 pm

LeslieAnn

ye 4/6 abomidable snowman

11:22 pm

spellacked

whoops -- didn't mean to give a word in the open

11:22 pm

stidmama

one of the y 4 is the Nepali "bigfoot"

11:22 pm

LeslieAnn

and yi 4/7 yi + this puzzle is ha**

11:22 pm

spellacked

need a hint for lo5/12, please

11:23 pm

Jacula

pe6/21 - more erect or alert.

11:23 pm

NatLT

(((smack in the head))) duh

11:23 pm

stidmama

pe 4/5, only more so

11:23 pm

gromit

jacula - like the shampoo pe** + "more" ending

11:24 pm

stidmama

another y 4 is like a swimmin' hole only spelled with a y instead of a p

11:24 pm

stidmama

the next y 4 is the first four letters of "away down ****er"

11:26 pm

pwinn

100 words and 1193 points. I'm gonna pretend that's success and ignore how many of those are four letter words. :-)

11:26 pm

chic

thanx, jacula!

11:26 pm

stidmama

Don't know how to describe the next y4... start with on *** bonny banks + the vowel for "me"

11:26 pm

LeslieAnn

good job pwinn!

11:26 pm

stidmama

YAY pwinn -- you met your goal! How long did it take you?

11:27 pm

gromit

yeah, I'm calling 172 words success. my hubby's going to divorce me if i continue to spend this much time on the computer!!

11:27 pm

stidmama

last y 4: "in days of ****"

11:27 pm

stidmama

gromit, that's a big increase over your numbers earlier, way to go!

11:28 pm

pwinn

I started earlier today and then picked it back up a while ago. A couple of hours total, I think. I'll try to keep track next time.

11:28 pm

stidmama

jeffer, how's it going for you?

11:28 pm

rebekb

Well I made it to 150, I think that's it for tonight! Bye all!

11:29 pm

gromit

night all! happy babbling... hopefully the new one won't be quite as long.

11:29 pm

stidmama

pwinn, you "done good"

11:29 pm

LeslieAnn

i feel like an mo 5/12 i couldn't find that one

11:29 pm

stidmama

good for you rebekb! Bye!

11:29 pm

NatLT

the bonny banks is the only one I don't get (was it a double clue, if not that is the only one I am missing)

11:30 pm

gromit

BTW, thanks everyone! Didn't see any trolls today or tonight!!

11:30 pm

stidmama

Nat, it's from a Robert Burns poem "On Yo* Bonny Banks"

11:31 pm

NatLT

got it thanks, wasn't thinking that

11:33 pm

stidmama

good night gromit!

11:37 pm

NatLT

((laughing at myself))) just now got the do 4, I wish I were do** with this grid, god I feel like a mo 5

11:37 pm

jeffer

so 5/14
so 6/30
so 6/211 ( not the first)
pleeease...

11:39 pm

LeslieAnn

so 6/21 - so 4/5 (misspelled weapon) + either/**

11:39 pm

stidmama

so 5/14: a place in the bible where people turned to salt
so 6/30: verb derived from that place

11:39 pm

spellacked

hint on the first two so's: Illegal in Georgia, A Lot to leave.

11:39 pm

LeslieAnn

oh thanks stid, trying to think of a delicate clue for that one

11:40 pm

stidmama

there were a couple embarassing ones in this puzzle!

11:40 pm

stidmama

remember to breathe jeffer...

11:40 pm

mrpresident

Hello everyone!!

11:41 pm

stidmama

good morning mrp!

11:41 pm

jeffer

thank you all for the so's

tr 6/21
te 5/12 (second?) please

11:42 pm

jeffer

gasp! oh yeah

11:42 pm

stidmama

tr 6/21: lots of cow stomachs

11:43 pm

chic

Hey mrp!

11:43 pm

stidmama

te 5/12 # 2: te + "me" vowel + single hump consonant + past tense consonant

11:43 pm

NatLT

just checked the theme for today, and I get to be baby sabie today again

11:43 pm

mrpresident

hi chic! et al... battling to finish!!

11:43 pm

knutmeg

half way! done for this puzzle back after the flip!

11:44 pm

stidmama

good job knutmeg! See you in a few!

11:44 pm

chic

I still have 38 to go; don't think I'll make it...

11:45 pm

jeffer

thanks stid got both ( how could i miss the belly one)

ro 6/21 and se 6/18 (not the elder)
please

11:46 pm

stidmama

ro 6/21: what you call the person who lives with you (not family)

11:47 pm

stidmama

se 6/18: se + baby lice (singlular) + "me" vowel

11:47 pm

stidmama

chic -- need any clues?

11:49 pm

jeffer

ty stid
so 4/6?

11:49 pm

stidmama

so 4/6: lots of what they make tofu with!

11:50 pm

NatLT

stid you get the helper gold star for today!!!

11:50 pm

jeffer

mo's to go :
5/12 (first)
5/18
anyone?

11:50 pm

LeslieAnn

woooooooooooooooooooooo done with 10 minutes to spare

11:51 pm

stidmama

I'm trying... I get so much help from others through the day!

11:51 pm

NatLT

YAY LESLIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so proud of you!!!!

11:51 pm

chic

ro 5/10 and ro 6/18...

11:51 pm

stidmama

mo 5/12: a type of fabric; french "me" + the entire category of r words...

11:52 pm

NatLT

I am down to 128 to go, and I started at 90 found

11:52 pm

hootowl

Good day everyone - HELP!
Need one more! di 6/24
Pleeeeease!

11:52 pm

stidmama

mo 5/18: mad-eye professor in Harry Potter

11:52 pm

stidmama

YAY LeslieAnn!

11:53 pm

stidmama

ro 5/10: all bit the last bit of a boy chicken

11:53 pm

stidmama

ro 6/18: lots of the previous...

11:53 pm

ruthy

di 6/24 2 3 letter words second one u catch a butterfly in it

11:54 pm

NatLT

di, some people use this di* instead of smoking, also called chew, + what you catch rish with, or butterflies

11:54 pm

stidmama

hootowl hi
di 6/24: take a quick swim is to di* + how you get a fish into the boat... (with a ***)

11:54 pm

LeslieAnn

hoot di 6/24 - if you go fishing, you would di* your *** in the pond to get fish (last three letters also Inter***)

11:54 pm

mrpresident

Finished!! OMG!! 5 minutes to spare!!

11:54 pm

jeffer

pe 6/21 and pe 5/12 (both)

please

11:54 pm

LeslieAnn

thanks nat

11:55 pm

stidmama

pe 5/12: apostle on whom the church was founded (man's name)

11:55 pm

ruthy

pe 6 /21 stylish and trim

11:55 pm

stidmama

pe 6/21: to be more upright, perkier

11:55 pm

LeslieAnn

pe 5/12 - pe*** pe*** pumpkin eater. for 6, add r after e

11:56 pm

stidmama

pe 5/12: man's organ... wrong vowel second

11:56 pm

wth

hi, i'm new. how do you find out how many points the puzzle is worth?

11:56 pm

LeslieAnn

another pe 5/12 - pe * abbreviation for nintendo

11:57 pm

stidmama

wth, there are resources, happy to share in a moment... this puzzle's almost done

11:57 pm

LeslieAnn

that was supposed to be pe + abbreviation for nintendo (entertainment system)

11:57 pm

LeslieAnn

wth there will be a new puzzle in 3 minutes... this one is worth 3,873 points

11:57 pm

hootowl

GOT IT! Thanks all of you! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

11:58 pm

stidmama

YAY hootowl!

11:58 pm

LeslieAnn

yay hoot!

11:58 pm

jeffer

thanks stidmama for great clues

and all others too

11:58 pm

NatLT

146 words, 2067 points, not too bad for little time

11:58 pm

LeslieAnn

are you done jeffer?

11:59 pm

LeslieAnn

that's great nat, you are getting good at this

11:59 pm

hootowl

TY - been sickish tonight but determined to finish! Really appreciate the help.

11:59 pm

OwlMovement

this is my 4th puzzle,. and i got 84 words.

11:59 pm

stidmama

when the puzzle "flips" changes -- things will be a little strange, just click on the link to "Today's puzzle"

11:59 pm

jeffer

leslie no took a break will miss by 10+

11:59 pm

stidmama

Good Owl!

12:00 am

LeslieAnn

not bad for a day's work

12:01 am

NatLT

thanks leslie, not sure how good that is, have been wokring on and off and don't really know how much time I put into it, but I am seeing words easier

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