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FINAL SCORES

1825 emtiandeca
1825 Jacula
1825 hydra
1825 peanuts
1825 broll
1825 Cinderella
1825 woodchick
1825 Haz1558
1825 gran
1825 MAH
1825 bookgrrl
1825 Gwen
1825 davetins
1825 Punster
1825 Vicuna
1825 Jera
1825 caitlyn
1825 IceBoySF
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1825 blueskies29
1825 rivets
1825 Dirtster
1825 woodsikov
1825 eliotl
1825 mab
1825 balker
1825 Eva
1825 snowyowl
1825 Chessy
1825 FMitch
1825 saffire
1825 mu
1825 cathk
1825 tiger
1825 edmo
1825 wordly wise
1825 JesDreher
1825 Grim-Bigyen
1825 jaydee
1825 ARB
1825 Hazzardous
1825 msree
1825 knutmeg
1825 Hugabugs
1825 Norma
1825 bendamalina
1825 Uludaas
1825 Ray100
1825 Rlee
1825 Dippnall
1825 stidmama
1825 k2winters
1825 movieman
1825 mo
1825 sherb
1825 Frances
1825 J40
1825 sandy211
1825 SunnFlower
1825 Cheesio
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1825 lbetterman
1825 Jaime
1825 VAjeweler
1825 dalmatian5
1825 kristinc
1825 walnutchen
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1825 ruthy
1825 grant
1825 jeffer
1825 Woodhood
1825 mrpresident
1825 whitejf
1825 M3
1825 dl88
1825 72 Temple Owl
1825 judierae
1825 Grandma Barb
1825 ch1212
1825 cybernan
1825 bbnaz
1825 LeslieAnn
1825 lgorms
1825 hurshy
1825 Funkylady
1825 Ouwachita
1825 magzel
1825 CedarOne
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1825 helenkeller
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1825 inge
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1825 katmayo
1825 tarajane
1825 NowherePixie
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1825 NANCY
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1825 Arisha
1825 Bugzy
1825 The Student
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1825 Minski
1825 SweetTooth
1825 jessmom
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1811 Gary's Big Spell
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1809 mam20
1807 Karriep
1803 SkiBum
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1707 BarbaraA
1684 Karys
1681 Trogdor!
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1607 lshult
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1552 MelRinaLVN
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1528 Paddytt
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1381 Ambi
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1301 Burg
1300 rolin
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1280 Catrobmar
1272 kellyk
1254 Kenny Chuck
1243 mrloser
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1234 fuujin
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1127 KatieMcG
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1105 Levia
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1103 Angela
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1086 The Ledge
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1085 SASSYPT
1080 TEW
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1071 markwiener
1068 Inge2
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1045 billmster
1043 Susan-Victoria
1041 Tim
1040 acreej
1032 Cathyar
1032 LA Cat Lady
1028 hpyhrted
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1026 Deeha
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1008 hope
1006 jasondunn
1006 Avocado
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993 karenth
990 marydoug
988 pam
987 MadeinWA
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956 lara68
951 Sherbie
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912 DS927
911 REG
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908 wilmak
908 Luther F.
905 CadFan
903 clell
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889 iluvtigs
887 SueQ
878 angels04
878 ggarrett
877 Kermiteer
872 notforprofit
872 Lbeelar
870 shirin
870 helzchux
868 bejay
866 Erda
861 Setian
858 frogface
853 Lord Blam
845 Firnor
844 blogon
842 janeh2006
842 spark
841 evantpdx
835 Biggles
835 Lauren
827 hbunny
821 jasonline
816 T Anderson
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814 DawnGray
810 chuck54
810 lizbethem
809 marladusa
809 lds
808 blairla
807 gradecurve
806 lbdawger
804 SeattleSky
803 Gablesat7
800 Jingus
799 iiosefi
797 JOEE
797 quietdomino
796 leighprefect
794 joy23b
793 saintfranny
791 Madyh
783 Sign
782 shutterbug
777 ice cream
774 getup
772 WhiteFlamingo
770 sadie r
766 gmr133
759 dhamel
757 diann
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744 kim m
744 eunice
740 summersmile
736 native_babble
736 amgreet8
731 yikeym
731 Iain
727 MarqueeMarc
723 AmyZ
720 jenbo
716 oneofakind
715 OhToWant1Thing
713 Bonasa
712 Malise
711 kimberblue
710 stillcrazy
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706 spellacked
706 Katy
696 nbjasmine
695 Thorsraven
693 Dad320
692 jaymienj
689 markbowers7
688 cubijingo
688 LF1979
687 charliesmomuk
687 parsec
684 words
683 kzmccaff
680 scarydeb
680 wacokid
677 sleeky
675 dallastutor
674 calsgal
672 inga8227
668 Skug
667 lizb
663 AMN
661 spatialbean
660 barblyn
655 springbreakisove
653 Thulsa
653 cnovacek
651 dirk pitt
650 debgpi
649 Dimples
647 ninjo
646 Buffie
643 fifigirl
641 shyly
641 mightyquin
640 MVA
639 zeeker
638 liltiger
637 deadwizard01
637 12kimba
634 Anniebrook
634 Bergen22
628 quill
627 pemomof4
626 boreetos
623 Zombee
623 RSH
618 Mark K.
615 lesleycayton
614 beepbeep
610 miametro
603 misshoax
602 vbd
597 richalulu
597 eshadow
594 Thissa
594 Minveryork
589 pollie
586 gbh
585 saphyre
585 Harlybabe13
584 babsmgl
584 Sundaegrl
583 my-2-boys
580 petemcb
579 vpchat
578 judydunn
577 Nani
574 ella
574 chixnlegs53
572 CATHB
570 SarahP
570 JDT
569 cowgirlfromhell
568 Zil
562 Marc Freeman
552 marysimi
552 whitespace
551 jojo7
551 laurie1463
550 Plebian
546 evanonut
543 vheld
539 Playwoman
537 ckm
536 ElizabethS
533 eddie
532 hoosier1960
527 sallyds
522 bobkat
521 RianSeeking
520 SK
518 chad27
514 hokie carla
514 Cruella
513 Yin
512 roseymay19
509 bls
509 flerie
509 diamondgirl
505 sue1965
505 Rhiannon
504 JBsAnno
500 Babs1
500 nammy
498 lordel
498 jb11201
497 sinnergy
496 cheepah
495 she
491 bluephlox
490 swmbo
489 Lee25
488 cdn_in_va
487 greenoaks
483 jrh402s
482 mamabook3
482 maaike44
481 Jodyo
477 boatierra
472 rosalind230
466 defenestrate99
465 FD
464 cherirlavie
464 gobodog
460 moonriver919
459 Irene1
458 RB
456 Egregious Jones
455 kittybat
453 Leila
450 Torgo
449 badow
446 beazus
442 janeybird
437 fiercefemme
437 yun-oh
433 runner
432 kaitlyn
431 jubar101
431 Nicoleb32
430 ktf
426 gold
424 boss4381
422 Pryderi
419 karensmith
417 moonbug68
415 zip
414 Theresa42
414 ToToTootsie
413 EspritdJean
412 Archimedes
409 nava
408 luvmypom
408 okkitty
404 RenaissanceRose
401 blackcat
401 moule
401 funkygawy
399 kXor
398 ukfizz
395 bearofthep
391 academiannut
390 Crazy Elf
389 millvall
388 dashen
387 tijani
387 Dr_God
387 lmj643
381 rainlindsay
381 pooh2
377 lorid
374 chrisrbailey
371 shorty
370 lalobstah
369 hackerly
367 mikedogg
367 abnerdesign
366 bunboy
363 Lana Pirhana
362 kraut
362 mullets rock
360 duende
353 wombat
346 elder
345 fotzsyzrk
344 Lisa Sylvester
343 shelizard
343 Cabby
341 mikemarschke
339 annevans
339 belize
337 momofadam
335 ganncamp
334 malibu7541
334 dszy
330 Patrice
328 KittyVane
328 kolding
328 decoda
327 mcurlschool
325 skittledog
322 imadorkk
321 wisekaren
320 thegindrinker
318 lois
318 mole
317 ginseng5
317 corpsvalue
317 mazzard
313 !Megan
311 Melody
310 etrepum
310 babble dude
309 zachary
308 Sketchy
308 mig
306 Everbody
305 smcclure
299 Bronco
299 ShminkyLuvMonkey
297 BonnieD
296 Wolvie
296 RCody
296 smkarizona
295 greekdiva
291 Hi there
288 slaicheng
288 fishie
288 kneestabber
288 riv
287 addict
285 pancakes
284 katrynwise
283 guigrrl
282 mouseshadow
282 truck
279 sooziegal2
279 WendyM
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277 jchutch9
273 Trotters
273 suebhoney
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272 phrenzi33
272 raleph
271 KenTropic
270 Jordantt
269 VickiG
267 Mergel13
267 Bobsta
263 irenej
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260 KEF
260 GingerUK
259 riley
258 DrEllenG
256 Boz
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256 talk24hr
256 jjks
255 froelica
254 neophyte
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252 cassiemm
251 pianoman
251 Mizellie
250 Jumpy Girl
250 Frax
249 Jade Zora
249 :muffin:goddess:
248 raine_kz
245 Gspd
245 gargoyle
245 mama
245 Shelly06
244 bevkimmel
243 griffith
243 palmerk
242 ridthecancer
242 beccaboo
241 jbp
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238 TheMilkman
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234 BariSaxPat
234 fhwrdh
232 ginnie
230 bks
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229 mike19
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223 j
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220 jcbetterman
219 amarnath
219 testtubebaby
216 Greg37
215 craggus
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213 aknitter
212 LoonZ
208 j-yo
208 Luke
207 busymom
207 Lori
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203 erjho
203 Mariafay
202 Jessie1
202 delicate flower
202 Codyjane
201 Pengujn
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199 duvald
199 Potatoes
198 hopeful
198 jcm_iii
198 Sandilightful
198 brentb
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196 AngelaC
195 Norad
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192 CAT7519
187 Sable
183 Tater
183 ironlittle
181 Deb
181 ilanasanchez
178 jim68000
177 levi_gothard@tay
176 BennyBro
175 deef
175 jpb
173 JoyLee
171 laurapu
169 cassjac
165 Lynbre
165 kartra
164 dpomfr
163 BillF
163 vickys
162 Highweek
161 fifi
158 stardeo
156 kakk
155 giuditta
155 tsei
154 AshtangaGal
154 Cherrypop
151 Judyb
150 kgirl
150 1j2u3d4y
149 sjh3585
147 jujube
147 jjtomko3
143 carolb
135 luvvbyrd
133 dexter
131 Laurenh1982
130 kid
129 Fishbulb
128 jylcat
124 sue1
124 pamysue
124 almamater
123 cauzneffct
123 lotfobs
121 bigherb
120 rseidemann
120 Judy_2u
118 CaseyM
113 Beelzebozo
106 liddle66
101 blinkinabox21
101 mummy
101 skheiny
100 Kayze
99 amyra
98 Bamis7
97 PeggyA
96 Lsura
95 Veruca
94 ceejai
94 Sham
93 RicoSuave
92 gilli
91 7felixfelicis
90 Jasian
85 MaryGrace
83 imacdo
82 sherm
80 Jaaimiee
79 jean62
77 peace`
77 blue eye
75 cle
74 ioneder2
72 obaby530
71 AFShortie
69 Indy
68 Lazaro66
64 belle
64 Kells
63 bekki
61 wassabisai
58 jparker
56 Versy
56 wxpxe
55 freddie
55 Accylad
55 ironman
54 Reese\'s
53 shyemoair87
51 markmark
51 Fishhead
51 deborahsue
49 ruffie
48 Matkins70gig700
47 JShake
46 WelaV1927
45 prathibha
41 007
41 trinka's boy
40 goodwill
38 amie22
33 moog
32 Even
31 Molly6
31 Noumenon
30 nidnals
26 TheDonster
26 beakman
25 yergo
24 NikiB
23 claira234
21 Destiny
19 samiam
18 coRRale
17 Riikka
14 sjudd
14 licketySplitAUS
14 SUEBE
14 schwer
11 Shyzzy
9 Slastya
6 TONE
5 sweetsue
5 Charlie22
5 megadeath
5 Loretta Mary
5 Speaksy
5 Claudia13

ENTIRE CHAT LOG

12:00 am
knutmeg

flip!!
12:00 am
LeslieAnn

flip!
12:00 am
JBsAnno

flip!
12:00 am
JBsAnno

I'm number 3!
12:01 am
LeslieAnn

knutmeg is the best at flipping, i don't know how she does it
12:01 am
helenkeller

flip
12:01 am
Jacula

I don't really care whether I flip or not. LOL.
12:02 am
helenkeller

hi leslieann
12:02 am
LeslieAnn

hello
12:02 am
Jacula

Well, I'm off to bed now.

See you later.
12:02 am
stidmama

it flipped without me! I was left behind in the old grid!
12:03 am
knutmeg

Its a matter of luck and talent, I guess. I accidentally discovered a way to make it happen fast and have been doing it ever since. Its fun to be first. Then all the archives have my sweet baby on top. :-)
12:03 am
LeslieAnn

139 today
12:04 am
helenkeller

good nite jacula - thx for the laughs!
12:05 am
stidmama

good night Jacula! see you tomorrow!
12:06 am
LeslieAnn

only two 7s so i'm calling out the 6's. le 6/24
12:10 am
cybernan

good evening all and Happy May Day to those who are located where the bewitching hour has struck.
12:11 am
JBsAnno

de6/27 for another 6
12:12 am
LeslieAnn

hey nan
12:14 am
stidmama

hi nan! and good night all! I'll start the grid in the morning. I am just too tired!
12:14 am
LeslieAnn

g'night stid
12:15 am
joey

mu 7/40
12:15 am
JBsAnno

Nite, stid!
su 6/27

And that's it for me, folks! Goodnight!
12:20 am
cybernan

d 7/40
12:21 am
LeslieAnn

nan, joey = smarties
12:22 am
OwlMovement

how many total words?
12:22 am
joey

no, leslie, just lucky
12:23 am
joey

but, thanks, anyway
12:24 am
LeslieAnn

139 owl
12:24 am
OwlMovement

thanks.
12:28 am
LeslieAnn

ok enough for now. good night folks.
12:29 am
dalmatian5

t 6/39
12:29 am
corpsvalue

c6/24
12:36 am
dalmatian5

h 6/24
12:37 am
dalmatian5

c 6/27
12:40 am
chic

c 6/33
12:42 am
cybernan

good night everyone :)
12:43 am
moonbug68

Hello people!
1:04 am
dalmatian5

z 6/45
1:07 am
dalmatian5

u 6/24
1:20 am
raine_kz

:) newbie here
1:37 am
knutmeg

Is mr. pres or Lickety around?
1:40 am
Dippnall

Hi everyone! Happy May Day!

Can someone tell Dr God that a drey is a squirrel's home? It gets me everytime!!
1:40 am
knutmeg

the missing 5 letter word from his list is me5/14
1:42 am
Dr_God

I don't have control over the words. Sorry. ;)
1:43 am
The Student

Dr GOD!
1:43 am
jean1953

good morning everyone :)
1:52 am
Iain

good morning jean how are things
1:54 am
jean1953

good morning iain im fine thank you :)
1:54 am
Iain

I see you keep beating me what do you don every day?
1:55 am
jean1953

Iain im not not doing too well today but have only just woken up
1:55 am
jean1953

oh you been checking my scores you are as bad as our niece lol
1:56 am
Iain

Jean when have you ever been awake
1:56 am
jean1953

so true I cant argue that one I think im awake yes Ive just pinched myself I am definitely awake
1:59 am
jean1953

I cant see that z6 one at all
2:05 am
Iain

Jean you are not alone I cannot see the Z6
2:06 am
judierae


Jean ...is a syncopated dance music= zy/6
2:08 am
jean1953

ty judierae
2:12 am
ruthy

good morning everyone
2:17 am
iiosefi

ty judie
2:57 am
mrpresident

evening/morning all!

did lickety fix the missing word on his list??
2:59 am
FMitch

Afternoon MrP, his list still says 1 word is missing. According to knut earlier in the log it is a me5/14.
3:10 am
Haz1558

Good morning all. How is the grid going to behave today?
3:11 am
FMitch

Morning Haz, Happy May Day!!
Not enjoying the grid so much today :((
3:13 am
mrpresident

morning Fmitch and Haz

the missing me5/14 comes between the me4/6 and me4/5
3:13 am
Haz1558

That's what I feared at first glance. How is the weather with you? We've had hailstones this morning. My daughter is hoping to go to Belfast to cheer on some friends who are running relay legs in the marathon. It'll be a cold stand!
3:14 am
FMitch

It's been raining all night and into the morning but is starting to clear up a bit now, sun is trying to come through. Sounds like yr daughter had better wrap up warm!
3:15 am
FMitch

Thanks for that MrP
3:16 am
Haz1558

She's not the best at standing (she literally sits down to get dressed) so I'm not sure how she's going to stick it out.
3:18 am
FMitch

Im sure her friends will appreciate the support though.
Do you happen to know if it is a holiday today in France too?
3:19 am
Haz1558

I'm not sure - I wouldn't be surprised though.
3:20 am
joy23b

ME 5/14 = FRENCH SLANG WORD
3:20 am
ruthy

can anyone please give me a clue for the re 5/14
3:23 am
joy23b

re 5/14 = sew up edge again
3:24 am
ruthy

ty joy 23b
3:25 am
joy23b

YW
3:36 am
Haz1558

Have you noticed that Miss Muffet is provided for in the grid today?
3:37 am
judierae

I need a clue for tu4,6 please!! my last word
3:37 am
FMitch

oooh I had not, thanks as that gave me a 4 and a 5
3:38 am
Haz1558

I keep the intellectual levels high in this game, don't I?
3:38 am
KatieMcG

Morning all, thought I would have a quick go at the grid before I go and buy my tickets for the final.
3:38 am
judierae

got....never mind
3:39 am
FMitch

LOL talking of which...
juradie the word you are looking for is the "deposits" dogs leave on the pavement that we dont want to walk in.
3:41 am
judierae

FMitch got it thanks anyway
3:43 am
FMitch

Congrats on finishing juradie.
3:43 am
The Student

I cannot get zy...
3:45 am
davetins

add the de4/6 to your zy
3:47 am
The Student

That must be the one de 4/6 I dont have...
3:48 am
ruthy

can anyone please give me a clue for the st 6/18 and the me 5/14
3:49 am
davetins

de4/6 arty period - art de??
3:49 am
The Student

AH! thanks guys!
3:49 am
Haz1558

me5/14 is a French word. To m add an anagram of the Bambi animal.
3:50 am
davetins

ruthy add a fisherman's bit of kit
3:50 am
davetins

or a scottish dance
3:53 am
ruthy

ty haz1558 and daventins
3:53 am
Haz1558

I'm sad that we can't have outre4/4. It conjures up images of Scotsmen competing to either drink themselves senseless or dance themselves to death.
3:54 am
FMitch

All those kilts!!!!!!
3:55 am
Haz1558

You wouldn't know where to look! Would Mikey know how to re4/4 do you think?
3:57 am
ruthy

my last word i cant find it help please anyone st 6/18
3:58 am
ruthy

i found it must have been blind to miss it for so long
thats me finished
3:58 am
sprite

Morning dear gang :)
3:58 am
davetins

difficult to give a clue, it's when you throw things all around Ruthy
3:59 am
ruthy

morning sprite
3:59 am
Haz1558

Good morning sprite!
4:00 am
FMitch

BRB phone
4:00 am
sprite

How's the grid today?
4:00 am
Haz1558

It's not as friendly as some have been recently.
4:01 am
sprite

I found a D7 right away, so I thought all was going very well, but I see you are right! Not all that obvious today.
4:02 am
Haz1558

Cue feverish searching for a d7....
4:03 am
sprite

Eh, let me think, there is De6/27: very quiet en decent way of acting, and De7 is even more so.
4:04 am
Haz1558

Lovely, sprite, thanks - I am rejoicing having found the carriage from Oklahoma, also an English county.
4:05 am
Haz1558

Or I should say 'Oklahoma' - the musical.
4:05 am
sprite

Now you have me on the chase... :)
4:10 am
The Student

me 4/5 is killing me
4:12 am
Haz1558

The only me4/5 I have is one meaning small or slight ( also French for mother)
4:18 am
The Student

yeah I've got that one haz...

yeah I've got that one haz...

:)
4:18 am
sprite

Same here, only Me4/5. Got 2 Me4/6s though :)

I just love K-less grids.
4:19 am
trishtrash

for the other me4/5, change the last letter to a consonant.
4:19 am
Haz1558

Thanks trishtrash.
4:20 am
sprite

Yeah! That simple, hm? How blind can I be...
4:24 am
sprite

Ah, the E-color is in the grid, plus plural :)
4:26 am
Haz1558

It's a whle since it was there.
4:26 am
The Student

turns out that i had it the whole time....
4:27 am
mrpresident

(((sprite!!)))

hello!!
4:27 am
Haz1558

Well - it helped us to find it, student!
4:28 am
trishtrash

Hiya MrP! :)
4:28 am
mrpresident

trish (rubs eyes!) is that really you??

long time no see!
4:28 am
Grim-Bigyen

tu 4 6 ?
please
4:29 am
sprite

Hey mrP :) *hugs right back*
4:29 am
trishtrash

*grins* it's a time-zone thing, MrP. I spend most of my time zoned ;)
4:29 am
Haz1558

tu4/6 - nasty deposit sometimes left by dogs.
4:30 am
Grim-Bigyen

thank you haz
4:30 am
mrpresident

LOL trish! you sound just like lickety!!
4:30 am
The Student

I can't believe tu 4/6 was so hard to find.
4:30 am
Haz1558

You're welcome.
4:31 am
sprite

Being blind for the obvious is part of this game. I hope. Or otherwise I am just stupid ;)
4:31 am
Haz1558

None of us are stupid!
4:32 am
Haz1558

Or should that be is stupid?
4:32 am
sprite

LOL!
4:33 am
mrpresident

well, i must be cause I don't know what the me5 is that lickety is missing
4:34 am
trishtrash

lol Haz, funny.
4:34 am
mrpresident

is it tu4 in french!??
4:34 am
trishtrash

I think that's the french swearword, MrP.
4:34 am
sprite

Can it be the past tense cat sound?
4:34 am
Haz1558

Yes!
4:35 am
mrpresident

Good lord!! French crap it is!!
4:35 am
sprite

But the cat doing it isn't valid :(
4:35 am
The Student

these tw's will be the end of my night.
4:36 am
Haz1558

Which don't you have?
4:38 am
The Student

tw 6/39
tw 5/22
tw6/36
4:38 am
mrpresident

stick an ending on the tw5/20
4:39 am
Haz1558

The tw6/39 is descriptive (add a letter to the preceding tw5)
4:39 am
trishtrash

the 6/39 just needs another letter after the 5/20
4:40 am
mrpresident

the other two rhyme with liar / liars
4:40 am
trishtrash

tw5/22 & plural =
tw + sometimes vowel + makes a mistake (less one consonant)
4:42 am
Grim-Bigyen

me4 6
me 4 6
me 4 5
me 5 12
me 4 5
me 5 22
mu 5 18
mu 6 27
mu 7 40
mu 4 6
mu 5 16
mu 4 6
mu 5 14
mu 6 30
mu 5 14
mu 4 6
mu 4 6
One more to go. my stats board shows I need a 5 letter M, but i've been through the list and all seems correct.
any clues to what is missing please
4:42 am
Haz1558

Got to 100 and time to do other things. May day and it's bucketing! At least it gets me out of cleaning the windows....
4:42 am
The Student

Thanks guys!

Agree with sprite, I hate K grids.
4:43 am
mrpresident

grim... m5/14 - french word for crap
4:43 am
trishtrash

I'm done, have a good day everyone
4:43 am
Grim-Bigyen

thanks
4:44 am
mrpresident

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

for trishtrash!
and student!
4:44 am
The Student

Sorry pres, not done yet!
4:45 am
trishtrash

thanks mrP, it's been a long time since I got whizzy fireworks :) :) see you again soon, I hope.
4:45 am
mrpresident

good to see you to trish!! chat again soon!

sorry student!! thought you were done... premature pyrotechnics!
4:48 am
The Student

i often suffer from premature pyrotechnics pres, sadly...
4:48 am
KatieMcG

Yeah, tickets bought after some trauma, can now concentrate on the gird :)
4:48 am
mrpresident

LOL student!! sadly, it happens!
4:53 am
hydra

Anyone remember the old rhyme, Hooray hooray, the
first of May/Outdoor sex begins today? Far too wet
and cold for anything like that! Mind you, there is a
second verse which goes: But if perchance that it should rain/We all effs off indoors again!
4:55 am
The Student

we 5/20 ?

I'm going to need help here...
4:57 am
mrpresident

we5 marry + shorter ms macpherson model
4:57 am
ExWren

OK, I've hit the re's and cannot find re6/33
4:58 am
mrpresident

hi wren! re + dr4/9
5:00 am
ExWren

thanks mrp, I haven't got to the dr's yet, but I worked it out
5:00 am
The Student

Thanks pres...

How about... st 6/30?
5:02 am
mrpresident

st6/30 nice and strong!!
5:07 am
The Student

ahhh not enough pres....

Anyone else watching BB here in Oz?
5:40 am
The Student

if anyone wants to help me with me 5/12 and me 5/22 fire away!
5:40 am
Eva

Good morning everyone! been hunting and lurking for a while. Not a bad puzzle. Any hints for the m7?
5:40 am
Haz1558

me5/22 is the past tense of a sound that a cat makes
5:41 am
Eva

student-do you have the past tense of what acts do for the 22?
5:41 am
Haz1558

me5/12 - a comparative for the me4/5
5:42 am
Eva

student-not only was haz quicker-but she can type so that you can actually understand the clue.
5:42 am
The Student

Eva.... Coln. Mustard... in the Observatory.... was a game involving a series of... Mu...
5:43 am
Haz1558

Eva - I'm sure he knew what you meant!
5:43 am
Eva

thanks student!
5:45 am
The Student

me 5/12?
5:46 am
Haz1558

me5/12 - more of the me4/5 meaning insignificant.
5:46 am
movieman

Good morning to y'all......
5:46 am
mrpresident

Finished!!
5:47 am
sha

thats me finished : )
5:47 am
Haz1558

Good morning movieman - and well done Mr President!
5:48 am
Eva

Am missing 5 6's. I have:
ce6/24
cu6/27
de6/27
do6 /24
he6/24
he6/33
le6/24
mu6/2 7
mu6/30
re6/33
st6/18
su6/27
tw6/39
tw6/36
us6/24
zy6/45
5:48 am
Eva

MAZAL TOV Mrp & sha!
5:49 am
Haz1558

There are two de6/27
5:49 am
The Student

*prematurely pyrotechnics for president*
5:49 am
Haz1558

Also cu6/24
5:50 am
The Student

d7?

Im still not getting the insignificant plural me 5/12...
5:50 am
Haz1558

The strong st6/30
5:50 am
movieman

eva - st6/30=very strong.....
5:51 am
mrpresident

thanks!

now on to Desperate Housewives!!!
5:51 am
Haz1558

Student - it's not a plural, it's a comparative.
5:52 am
The Student

Thanks haz!
5:52 am
Haz1558

De6/27 - means modest and reserved. The de7 (the comparative) means more modest and reserved.
5:54 am
The Student

Thanks Haz, I should have looked for that since i has the de 6!
5:54 am
Haz1558

It's not the easiest word to say either!
5:55 am
Eva

Thanks everyone. Got the st6, but am still searching for that second de6-how about a third letter? I have the ded6.
5:55 am
Haz1558

Presumably the people on Australian BB (or any BB for that matter) are not very de6/27?
5:56 am
Eva

any hints for that second cu6? I have the dog one.
5:56 am
Haz1558

de6/27 - The next part of the word is similar to a painting done directly onto a wall.
5:56 am
Eva

what's BB?
5:57 am
The Student

ha ha.... haz, the other de 6/27?
5:57 am
Haz1558

The second cu6 is a plural for those who heal.
5:57 am
movieman

eva - BB=Big Brother.....
5:57 am
Haz1558

Eva - Big Brother.
5:57 am
Eva

have that one haz
5:58 am
Haz1558

The second de6/27 is the present tense (third person) form of the de5/16 (verb meaning to refuse)
5:58 am
Eva

well, obviously am way out of the loop. Is this a TV show?
5:59 am
Eva

that s the one I have haz.
6:00 am
Eva

so I must be missing the first de6/27. Any clues for that. The sun is shining right in my eyes, so forgive typos please.
6:00 am
The Student

I dont have that 5/16 either Haz....

Sorry to be a pain!
6:00 am
Haz1558

Eva - it's based on the idea of people being watched at all times, as in 1984 'Big Brother is watching you'. People volunteer to be together in a house, watched by cameras (and the viewing public) for weeks. They are voted out by the public and last one in wins. The term 'playing to the cameras' could have been invented for this.
6:01 am
Haz1558

de5/16 - just remove the last letter from the respectable de6
6:02 am
The Student

Okay im missing one de 4/5 - I have...

de + regarding... any help on the other, i know it'll be staring me in the face...
6:02 am
sprite

Why people want to be in a show like that is beyond me. Why people want to watch that, too. But that's just me.
6:02 am
Haz1558

student - Bambi?
6:02 am
The Student

Excellent, thanks Haz.... 14 to go...
6:03 am
Haz1558

Sprite - I'm with you!
6:03 am
mrpresident

Haz, that is a very sanitized description! I find BB repulsive and it certainly is not a 7.30pm time slot for TV... it makes me think that cockroaches have better moral values than the people on that show!
6:04 am
Eva

Thank you. Sounds truly awful!! Have to admit that I am not able to watch those kinds of shows...they give me the willies. I feel embarassed for the people and real life seems hard enough and full enough of human drama without rigging such situations. But, as they say, a chacun son gout. There's a lot of very stupid stuff on TV that I am addicted to, and al still in mourning for Buffy.
6:04 am
Eva

Thanks haz for the first de6!
6:06 am
Haz1558

Mrpresident - yes I agree that I didn't give the full flavour of just how ghastly the people are and the concept is!
6:06 am
The Student

okay i'm actually missing a de 4/6.... I have -

art de..
how to do
and sort for skin doctor
6:06 am
Eva

I think also the fact that my parents were both German-Jewish refugees gives such programs a particularly horrific edge for me.
6:07 am
sprite

I was told there is another show now, in which two wifes change places for 2 two weeks. And another one, in which there is one homosexual in a group of people and they are to make out who it is.
I think it is sick, really. Who thinks up such things? Don't they have a life of themselves?
6:07 am
amandacath

Happy May Day! Little Miss Muffet would feel right at home today, I see.
6:07 am
Haz1558

de4/6 - to decide upon the merits of something - you de4/6 something to be suitable for example.
6:07 am
mrpresident

oh Haz! they are not possibly right in their mind are they!!

And Buffy rocked!! bring back the Buff!
6:08 am
movieman

Mrp - I'll tell you something that should be brought back.........



FUTURAMA!!!!! !!!!!
6:08 am
Eva

mrp -I wrote a "eulogy" for Buffy which I'd be glad to send you if there's a way to do that.
6:09 am
The Student

*slaps head*
6:09 am
Eva

what was futurama?
6:09 am
Haz1558

The problem seems to be that people with no perceptible talent feel the need to be 'famous' and will therefore do, or say anything in order to be noticed.
6:09 am
The Student

he 6/24?
6:09 am
mrpresident

Eva, please do!! I miss her and would love to read it
My email is in my bio or on lickety's clue page (on the right)
6:10 am
Eva

he-someone who gathers the flock
6:10 am
Eva

oaky-will send it now
6:11 am
sprite

I agree, Haz. There is something distasteful about it. It's creepy, the way people like watching someone being degraded or degrading him/herself.
6:11 am
mrpresident

movieman! how goes it??

I never got into Futurama (or the Simpsons for that matter) as my favourite cartoon style character is Invader Zim!!
6:11 am
movieman

Eva - Futurama was an animated show, created by Matt Groening, who was also responsible for the phenomenon that is "The Simpsons"......

It was set in the year 3000, and concerned the adventures of a pizza delivery boy called Fry, who was accidentely cryogenically frozen, and woke up in the future.....
6:11 am
amandacath

Sprite, not to attack you for the sins of your countrymen, but Jon de Mol is behind alot of this kind of TV-garbage...
6:12 am
The Student

Thanks eva, i should have got that - those er's and ed's have made up most of my tally today.
6:13 am
movieman

Mrp - absolutely fine!!!!!

Just recovering from the celebrations after my team, Chelsea, successfully defended their Premiership title.....
6:13 am
mrpresident

amanda... and garbage it is... not the stuff on the top that you pick out and dust off and perhaps are able to salvage.... but the wet, stinky, slimy stuff that makes you gag and turn your head in disgust....

( :))
6:13 am
Haz1558

Quite a few years ago, Clive James did a programme on television around the word. He drew attention to the Japanese penchant for 'extreme' games and we thought at the time how strange it was. Now everyone is following suit. I can't bear it!
6:13 am
sprite

amanda, you are so very right. And I don't feel attacked, I think the man should be certified. He invents programs that are truly sick.
6:14 am
mrpresident

movieman... I thought of you whilst watching that!!
congratulations!! what a wonderful win!!
6:14 am
The Student

Okay - I am stuffed on that st strong clue...
6:14 am
Haz1558

Student- try inserting the distasteful tu4/6 and adding the sometimes vowel.
6:15 am
mrpresident

student... take the tu4 meaning crap, add an 's' to the front and a 'y' to the rear
6:17 am
movieman

Mrp - thanx for that......
6:17 am
Eva

well, Merp is baring his fangs. Time to feed him (or lose bits of body parts) and take a walk on this chilly but beautifu day. see you all later.
6:18 am
amandacath

As to all the TV-garbage, I just keep my fingers crossed that it's a fad that will at some point go away - the scary part of that is - what comes next? Just when you thought they'd reached the peak of distastefulness, someone manages to top it!
6:18 am
Haz1558

Bye Eva - have a good day!
6:18 am
Eva

mrp the buffy piece is sent.
6:18 am
mrpresident

thank you Eva!!
6:19 am
Haz1558

amandacath - they'll go on showing the stuff as long as the viewing figures are up.
6:19 am
The Student

Thank mrp!
6:20 am
mrpresident

YW student!
6:21 am
The Student

re 5/16? not the one in a pond.

and

re 5/14?
6:22 am
amandacath

Which is why I refuse to watch it - even if "they" aren't monitering my personal TV viewing habits, I always feel like I've made a statement by hitting the off-button
6:22 am
Haz1558

re5/14 - to sew the bottom of something again.
6:23 am
sprite

16 = give color again
14 = seam it again
6:23 am
sprite

I always feel I have a zillion better things to do. And that's including cleaning the toilets.
6:25 am
Angelsong

morning! I am having such fun... Yesterday I went out and bought Dragon Naturally Speaking software, and now I can dictate chat I can also dictate the words in the game.
6:25 am
sprite

And that's me done for today. Any clues needed?
6:26 am
The Student

DAMNIT! My other window closed and I've lost lickedy's clues!
6:26 am
Haz1558

Well, the thing I must do now is take the dog a walk. It has stopped raining, so off we go! See you all later! And well done Sprite.
6:29 am
The Student

re 5/16 - another clue?
6:31 am
amandacath

Student - when the gray starts to show again, it's time to re5/16 your hair
6:33 am
Jera

Good morning, all... is lickety or MrP still around?
6:36 am
Jera

Does anyone happen to know what M word is missing from lickety's list?
6:38 am
mrpresident

hi Jera - it is the me5 word for crap in french
6:39 am
Jera

me5/14? LOL, I have that one, put it in the me5/12 spot. That's the word I need to finish. Thanks!
6:41 am
mrpresident

oh that is ok... put a 'r' on the end of the me4/5
6:42 am
Jera

Wow, I had that all messed up... turned out I was missing the me5/22. Can't believe I didn't see that one right away, LOL

*happy dance of doneness*
6:42 am
mrpresident

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

FOR JERA!!
6:43 am
Jera

*notices she is still in monster costume & goes off to change for MayDay
6:44 am
The Student

Okay - 9 to go, any help appreciated...

ce 5/14 - not the tree
cr 5/12
cu 6/24
cu6/27
cu 5/14 not the doctor or swearing
he 5/22
he 5/20
he 6/33

Love any help!
6:45 am
faeriekae

{{{{ANGEL}}}
Are you still here? So you got your software downloaded and everything is working good?
Sounds great :)
6:45 am
faeriekae

Happy May Day Everyone :)
6:46 am
amandacath

Student - there's a cr5/14 - "the Apostles' ..." - statement of belief or something like that
6:48 am
mrpresident

student... the he's.... h + female sheep... + all the endings you can get!!
6:49 am
amandacath

oh, sorry - the one's you listed are the ones you're looking for, right? The cr5/12 is like the cr5/14, different ending: A wicker basket, especially one used by anglers for carrying fish
6:50 am
amandacath

ce5/14 is past tense of the 4/5 right before it
6:53 am
Jera

Whew, I'm back... that was harder than I thought!
6:54 am
Jera

I was tempted to just do my naked ivy fairy for Beltane, but I like maypoles as well.
6:55 am
Jera

{{{FAERIEKAE}}}

Merry Beltane to you!
6:55 am
The Student

Thanks Pres...

Thanks amandacath... I can't get that cr one...
6:57 am
The Student

cu 6/24?
6:57 am
Jera

What are you missing Student? Perhaps I could give a fresh perspective...
6:57 am
amandacath

c + fishing equipment (rod and ...)
6:58 am
The Student

cr 5/12
cu 6/24
cu6/27
cu 5/14 not the doctor or swearing
and lickedy's missing me 5
6:59 am
Jera

cu6/24 = ones who cu45
6:59 am
Jera

Oops, sory cu4/6 I mean
7:00 am
Jera

cu6/27 = past tense of cu4/6 just above (double consonant one)
7:01 am
amandacath

I'm stuck on the cu6/24 as well - the 6/27 is ... past tense of a mangy dog?
7:01 am
Jera

there is a 3 letter word for mangy dog, double last consonant & pluralise it for your missing cu5/14
7:02 am
The Student

i cant believe i missed some of these!

Thanks Jera, all the help is appreciated!
7:02 am
Jera

Yes, amandacath!
7:04 am
ilandrah

cu 6/24 people who heal
7:05 am
The Student

cu 5/14 - I cant get it!
7:05 am
ilandrah

cu 5/14 healer
7:06 am
amandacath

*slaps head* - thx ilandrah, was going in the wrong direction - Student, go back the way you started...
7:07 am
The Student

ilandah, not the doctor one...
7:09 am
ilandrah

cu 5/14 plural mangy dog
7:12 am
ilandrah

double hooked consonant
7:17 am
The Student

cr 5/12
cu 5/14

and a me that lickedy was missing...
7:20 am
Jera

Student, do you have the plural of the mangy dog??
7:21 am
Jera

cr 5/12 rhymes with what you fish with, a rod & re4/4
7:21 am
The Student

Wait I do... mangy dog and the doctor.

whatever the other is...
7:23 am
Jera

Do you have the single consonant past tense of swearing? Sounds old english
7:25 am
The Student

yeah I do jera
7:26 am
Jera

Did my cr hint work? Give us an update on what you need...
7:27 am
The Student

Did Jera.

it's cu 5/14 - but not the doctor or the mangy dog plural.
7:28 am
amandacath

You've got them all, Student, I'm sure:
doctor
mangy doGG
shakespearean swearing
7:29 am
The Student

And me 5/14....
7:29 am
gramma

Hi, all 8)
I'm almost finished w/this grid. Now it's time to beg. What do you know about the "US" word? I'm struggling here. Help,please.
7:30 am
Jera

There are only 3 cu5/14's, sounds like you have them all!
7:30 am
Jera

us = One who lends money at interest, especially at an exorbitant or unlawfully high rate
7:31 am
Jera

me 5/14 = french swearing...
7:32 am
The Student

okay... I've got the doctor, he or she who heals. and the plural with a double hooked constinent...
7:32 am
Jera

sounds a lot like mu6/27, change second letter & drop last letter
7:33 am
Jera

I thought you said you had the Shakespeare swearing...?
7:34 am
Jera

Alas ye olde tavern twas cu5/14 with a horrible ghost!
7:34 am
The Student

I thought I did...
7:35 am
ilandrah

good clues Jera
7:35 am
Jera

Rhymes with what mean people do to bubbles...
7:35 am
gramma

TY for that clue. I've been trying to make that word, I think I have a spelling issue.
7:37 am
Jera

Babble will do that to you, gramma... I used to be a good speller until I started hanging out with all these alternate spellings...
7:38 am
The Student

Excellent cues jera, got it.... sorry!

GOT THEM ALL! DONE!

THANKS GUYS! WOOT!
7:39 am
amandacath

Am I right in assuming there are 2 me5/14's? - The one on lickety's list and the missing french one?
7:39 am
faeriekae

Congratulations Student !!!!
7:39 am
abe79

wtg the student! hey, what's the theme today?
7:40 am
faeriekae

Abe todays theme is May Day :)
7:40 am
abe79

thanks faerie, wow i need more caffeine...
7:41 am
Jera

Huzzah for Student!!
7:41 am
Jera

Yes, amandacath
7:42 am
Jera

Well, I gotta go get my littles littlie off to school... see you guys later!
7:43 am
gramma

Last word...of course, it's the"ZY". I'd appreciate a hint. TY in advance.
7:43 am
amandacath

It's cajun music, gramma
7:44 am
gramma

ByeJera. Enjoy your time w/them, as limited as it is.
7:45 am
rumplestiltskin

Happy May Day Everyone. Just now able to get on. Don't know what was wrong but it kept telling me I had the wrong password. Happy puzzling!!
7:46 am
gramma

amandacath, of course! TYVM
7:47 am
amandacath

YVW - I'm stuck on the me5/14 - got the french one, it's the other one that's hiding from me. Anyone?
7:54 am
Haz1558

amandacath - there is only one indicated on lickety's list - whereabouts does the other one come?
7:54 am
faeriekae

Happy May Day Rump :)
7:54 am
faeriekae

Hi Haz :)
7:55 am
Haz1558

Hello faerikae - how are you?
7:56 am
faeriekae

I'm good Haz. No complaints. Looks like another nice day. How about your self?
7:56 am
amandacath

Ok, now I'm confused. It was said in the log that the me5/14 = french manure is missing from lickety's list. There is however a me5/14 ON the list that is exactly where the french manure WOULD fit...?????
7:57 am
Haz1558

I'm fine - despite turning 48 today....
7:58 am
amandacath

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAZ!!!!!!!
7:58 am
Haz1558

amanda - I think lickety realised he had missed out the word and inserted it later.
7:58 am
faeriekae

I just checked Lickeyts list and BJ's list and they are the same
me 4/6, 4/6, 5/14, 4/5, 5/12, 4/5 5/22
Is this correct?
7:59 am
Haz1558

Yes, faeriekae, that's what I've got as well. Call off the search, amandacath!
7:59 am
faeriekae

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HAZ, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HAZ, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR HAZZZZ, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU :)
8:00 am
faeriekae

And many morrrreeeee.........
8:00 am
Haz1558

Oh, thank you faerie and amanda! I hadn't intended to mention it, but there you go.
8:00 am
hurshy

happy birthday haz!
8:00 am
amandacath

Oh hurray! *wipes sweat from brow*
8:00 am
faeriekae

Good Morning Hurshy :)
8:01 am
Uneaixoise

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HAZ!
8:01 am
Haz1558

I now have to get used to the idea of being 49. I always try to think of myself as being a year older than I am and then it doesn't come as such a shock!
8:01 am
hurshy

morning faerie :)
8:04 am
hurshy

haz - your birthday grid has everything - drama, humor, nursery rhymes... :)
8:05 am
Haz1558

AND it has the carriage from 'Oklahoma'!
8:05 am
hurshy

with a fringe on top :)
8:06 am
Haz1558

Exactly!
8:06 am
inge

Sorry to butt in. the Six to seven babblers determined there are two me 5/14, the french crap and another, which escapes me too.
8:07 am
inge

I mean the 6 am crew.
8:07 am
faeriekae

Inge there is only one me 5/14.
8:08 am
Haz1558

I have all the me s according to the grid being greyed and there's only one me5/14 there.
8:08 am
faeriekae

Inge and good morning to you dear. Did your tulips survive the cold weather we had last week? I got tired of covering my and decided to heck with it and they are fine. Thank goodness :)
8:09 am
mklein

the other me5 is the sound a cat makes, past tense
8:09 am
inge

OK. I printed Licketys list and the others claimed afterwards there should be another 5/14. But of course I bow to the ELDERS.
8:10 am
Haz1558

I think Lickety had originally left out the me5/14, but replaced it later. That's where the confusion began (and continues)
8:11 am
faeriekae

Inge is it raining at your house?
8:11 am
inge

yes, our tulips did very well. We never covered anything. Now I want to put out my flower boxes--with mini cascade geraniums, like they use in Europe. They are hard to find around here so we overwintered some in my greenthumbed husbands greenhouse.
8:12 am
inge

no rain here yet, though we need it badly
8:13 am
faeriekae

Inge those sound beautiful. Would love to see a pic when you get them up and going :)
8:13 am
Haz1558

Not a phrase often heard in Ireland....
8:14 am
faeriekae

It just started to sprinkle here so you may just get some before the day is done. I'm a couple hrs North of you but you may still see some rain.
8:14 am
faeriekae

LOL Haz
8:14 am
candy

Haz - you are from the land where it never stops raining too. I thought I was the only one
8:15 am
faeriekae

I've not planted anything outside side yet nor have I started any baskets but I'm getting very anxious to do so.
8:15 am
inge

Only 13 to go, so I shall do some house cleaning before finishing off at about noon.
I hate getting used rain from the west or north!!!! :)
8:16 am
faeriekae

LOL Inge - see ya later :)
8:16 am
Haz1558

Hello candy - I noticed from the grid yesterday that you were from Ireland. Whereabouts are you?
8:16 am
candy

North - nearest city belfast. What about you?
8:17 am
Haz1558

Ballymena - so halfway between Belfast and the North Coast.
8:17 am
candy

I'm actually 8 miles out of Ballymena
8:18 am
Haz1558

Antrim direction?
8:18 am
faeriekae

Haz - Candy ----you guys sound like your neighbors LOL
8:18 am
candy

Broughshane
8:19 am
Haz1558

That means we are about four miles apart! What are the chances?
8:19 am
candy

~What a small world!!
8:19 am
faeriekae

You are neighbors LOLOL
8:20 am
candy

We might even meet someday
8:20 am
Haz1558

How long have you been babbling?
8:20 am
hurshy

doesn't doc g provide an irish flag, haz?
8:20 am
candy

this is day 8.
8:21 am
faeriekae

Candy is addicted....8 days is all it takes :)
8:21 am
Haz1558

Dr-G certainly does provide an Irish flag for those who wish it, but since I am a British citizen, living in Northern Ireland (part of the United Kingdom) I have opted for the Union flag.
8:22 am
Haz1558

Are you hooked, yet, Candy, or is that a silly question?
8:22 am
hurshy

is there a flag for northern ireland, different from the regular irish one?
8:22 am
candy

Hurshy its a Northern Ireland thing - you have to live here to understand it
8:23 am
Haz1558

There is the Red Hand of Ulster but it is more sectarian than I would like.
8:23 am
hurshy

hmm... can i put up the british flag just cause i WANT to be british, even though i am american? or would that be too confusing?
8:23 am
candy

Hooked is an understatement. I have hardly got any work done at all
8:23 am
faeriekae

Candy - Welcome to Babble - you are now one of us.
hahahaha
8:24 am
hurshy

interesting. i just wondered because here each state has a flag, in addition to the US one, only most people don't know what any of them look like.
8:24 am
Haz1558

Take a deep breath before you opt to be British. Do yo want high gas prices and rotten weather?
8:25 am
hurshy

i hate being hot, so yes to the weather. and i think i'd be willing to trade gas prices for the cool accent!
8:25 am
candy

Thanks faeriekae I enjoy be a 'Babbler'
8:25 am
faeriekae

bbl going to the shower.
8:25 am
Uneaixoise

I'm with you, Hurshy!!
8:26 am
hurshy

lovely flowers, une
8:26 am
Uneaixoise

:-D
8:27 am
ilandrah

re 5/14 ??
8:27 am
candy

I better get back to work before I lose my job. I have to try to finish the grid later
8:28 am
hurshy

to sew the bottom of a skirt again
8:28 am
ilandrah

cheers hurshy
8:28 am
hurshy

and 5 points to you for guessing a word i was missing :)
8:34 am
Haz1558

Bye Candy - we'll chat again!
8:35 am
hurshy

have tea together! i want to imagine you having tea together.
8:37 am
Haz1558

The chances are we'll either know each other or know relatives/friends. Northern Ireland is a very small place. My motto is never to say anything about anyone else as you may be talking to their second cousin....
8:37 am
hurshy

lol, sounds like rhode island, where i grew up
8:44 am
hurshy

we got any weird first two letter combos like ts or tm?
8:44 am
Haz1558

Is zy weird enough for you?
8:44 am
hurshy

it is, but i got that one. i have 6 to go :)
8:45 am
hydra

er5/12 anyone?
8:46 am
Haz1558

Everything else is normal. (ish)
8:46 am
hurshy

made a mistake
8:46 am
hurshy

thanks haz :)
8:47 am
Haz1558

Okay, time to go. Have a good day everyone, and happy babbling.
8:47 am
hurshy

bye haz, have a great birthday!
8:49 am
Ouwachita

DONE...anyone need a clue??
8:49 am
hurshy

o'chita - how do you feel about playing GWHIM? your cup of tea or no?
8:49 am
hydra

Yes, happy birthday, Haz! Got the er5 word now.
8:52 am
tarajane

mu 5/18?
8:53 am
hurshy

comes out of your nose when you have a cold
8:54 am
hydra

cu6/24?
8:54 am
tarajane

thanx! graphic but very good clue! I've been fighting for it for about 20 minutes and never went htere!
8:55 am
hurshy

people who heal
8:56 am
hydra

Thanks, hurshy. Was missing an angle, as usual.
8:57 am
hurshy

you're ALMOST in the puzzle!
8:57 am
snowyowl

Hi all - sneaking in when I should be photocopying about 100 things for my Division meeting on Thursday. Got the Bank holiday horrors - or at least the other half has! Any one want a third hand husband? Well trained but cantankerous!
8:58 am
hurshy

hi snowy :)
9:20 am
inge

Just passing the computer...Faeriekae, we had ten minutes of sprinkles, now the sun is out again. You must have used up all the rain!
Off to do living room
9:24 am
faeriekae

Just sprinkled here Inge. But we got it and you didn't nananan :)
9:25 am
faeriekae

Haz enjoy your BIRTHDAY!!!
9:27 am
hurshy

anyone out there want to play GWHIM?
9:35 am
Jera

Hello again! How is everyone this fine MayDay morning (or afternoon for some)?
9:35 am
hurshy

fine and you jera?
9:35 am
Jera

hurshy! I love your icon!
9:35 am
hurshy

oh, thanks jera :) yours is nice too
9:36 am
Jera

It's Haz's birthday?? Happy Birthday, Haz!!
9:36 am
snowyowl

Hi Jera & Faeriekae!
9:36 am
Jera

Feeling very perky this morning, must be the Beltane spirit...
9:36 am
Jera

{{snowy}}}
9:36 am
72 Temple Owl

hello, everyone! : )
9:37 am
hurshy

hey temple :)
9:37 am
Jera

Greetings, Temple Owl!
9:37 am
snowyowl

Hi TO!
9:38 am
shorty

Hello everyone i'm back from Toronto Did anybody miss me?
9:38 am
snowyowl

Hi Shorty!
9:38 am
72 Temple Owl

snowy: seems we shared the same idea today!
9:39 am
Jera

I missed you terribly, shorty, never leave like that again!
9:40 am
snowyowl

I once dressed my husband as a morris dancer for a fancy dress dance! May be why he's so grumpy today
9:40 am
Angela

I'd play the game, Hursh, but I still have 93 to get myself...
9:41 am
hurshy

well angela, if you happen to be done with W's H's T's or C's... :)
9:41 am
72 Temple Owl

LOL! but you did let him carry a manly stick, though?
9:42 am
Angela

I'll keep you posted Hursh.
9:42 am
ExWren

Nearly finished, only three to find, but I can't see them.
me5/14 - mu6/27 and mu7/40
Any ideas anyone?
9:42 am
shorty

Ok I wont :)
9:42 am
snowyowl

No Way!!! Lots of bells & ribbons tho' LOL!
9:43 am
shorty

OH Hey whem I left Mikey was upset and no one could get ahold of him is he still on here playing?
9:44 am
abe79

exwren- mu 6 /27 -convicted of first degree..., 7 is the plural
9:44 am
snowyowl

mu6/27 is what I may do to the other half if he doesn't start cheering up soon!
9:44 am
hurshy

exwren - french swear word, homicide, and pl
9:47 am
faeriekae

{{{Shorty}}}
9:47 am
shorty

Well its about time you saw me!!!!!!faerie
9:48 am
faeriekae

What's up with Mikey Shorty?
9:48 am
billmster

seems like homicide
9:49 am
shorty

I dont know is he still here?
9:49 am
mab

Morning/Afternoon dear babblers. I'm still a monster from yesterday: the strange houseguest who won't go away.
9:49 am
faeriekae

Haven't seen him. Have you talked to him on IM? I haven't since Friday.
9:50 am
hurshy

lol, hi mab
9:50 am
faeriekae

LOL Mab :)
9:50 am
snowyowl

hi mab
9:50 am
shorty

I tried and he never e-mailed me or im'd me
9:50 am
faeriekae

Well lets double team him what do you say? I'll try to IM him also.
9:51 am
72 Temple Owl

i don't know what happened, but i played literati with him on friday night
9:51 am
shorty

Ok
9:51 am
shorty

oh you did TO Hi BTW
9:52 am
faeriekae

Well I tried IM but no answer.
9:52 am
72 Temple Owl

hi, shorty! : )
9:54 am
Jera

I'm back, wandered off to shop... I'm done if anyone needs help...
9:54 am
faeriekae

Hi Jera :)
9:54 am
hurshy

jera! will you play GWHIM? 1 W, 1 H, 2 T, 1 C (second row)
9:54 am
hurshy

and 3 of those are 5's, one 4, one 6
9:55 am
Jera

I'm not sure I know how to play but I'll guess...

wh4/11?
9:56 am
hurshy

as in cu4 and? got. (if you need more info you can read my bio)
9:56 am
Jera

And for the c in the second row I guess cr5/14
9:56 am
hurshy

cr5/14 as in glass of water cr*** of bread?
9:57 am
Jera

cr5/14 as in law of belief to follow
9:57 am
faeriekae

Shorty do you have MSN IM?
9:58 am
hurshy

oh that's from the top... please tell me these aren't the weirdest words, or i am going to need fish big time
9:58 am
Jera

My mistake I started it from the second, lol
9:58 am
shorty

yes i do have msn
9:59 am
hurshy

jera - you might also like to read my guide to boxes, in my bio, then :)
9:59 am
faeriekae

Mikey just said to try him on there. Yahoo keeps disconnecting him

9:59 am
Jera

IMHO, a cu 5/14 is the weirdest
10:00 am
Jera

Did I get the w guess correct, hurshy?
10:00 am
hurshy

but of course that is from the bottom. there are no weird 4's or 6's either?
10:00 am
hurshy

no, sorry jera, i had that :)
10:00 am
Jera

He is offline according to my MSN...
10:00 am
shorty

are you talking to Him?
10:01 am
Jera

There's some old english-like weird ones
10:01 am
shorty

yeah mine says hes offline too
10:01 am
hurshy

like cu5/14... anything else?
10:01 am
faeriekae

Yup
10:02 am
Jera

hurshy, I have read your bio... doesn't help me much. Not at all your fault, of course!
10:02 am
faeriekae

been talking on Yahoo he hasn't signed in on MSN yet.
10:02 am
hurshy

oh...hmmm.... i wonder how i can make it more clear?
10:03 am
Jera

Do you have co6/33?
10:03 am
GingerUK

Hi Everyone
10:03 am
faeriekae

Hi Ginger :)
10:03 am
hurshy

yes i do :)
10:04 am
shorty

are you talking to him now faerie
10:04 am
faeriekae

yes
10:04 am
Jera

Do you have cr4/9?
10:04 am
hurshy

how about this, jera, are there any cl's?
10:04 am
faeriekae

but on yahoo still Shorty
10:04 am
Jera

No cl's
10:05 am
shorty

oh so how is he is he coming back here/
10:05 am
snowyowl

Hi GingerUK
10:05 am
hurshy

then the odds are it's a co...
10:06 am
Jera

hurshy did you see my cr4/9 guess?
10:06 am
hurshy

yes...have that...
10:07 am
ch1212

It's May! It's May! The lusty month of May, that darling month when everyone goes blissfully astray :) Sorry, couldn't resist. Happy May Day
10:07 am
Jera

Have you gone to trial yet? co5/14 & it's plural?
10:07 am
snowyowl

happy May Day to you ch1212!
10:07 am
torgone

Boy, I hope so ..
10:08 am
hurshy

yup, have those. if i were you i would have guessed cr5/12, btw - but i have that too :)
10:08 am
Jera

Greetings, ch1212! Sounds like you have the Beltane spirit as well!
10:08 am
snowyowl

hi torgone!
10:08 am
Jera

How many cr's do you have? Am I allowed to ask?
10:08 am
Jera

cr4/6?
10:09 am
hurshy

not technically jera, but now i'm getting desperate :) i have 4
10:09 am
Kenny Chuck

Good day, all! A bit overcast and windy here in New England.
10:09 am
ch1212

Well I'm half Scottish, half Irish, Jera, so I guess that fits :D Although my icon is King Kamehameha -- in Hawaii May 1 is a HUGE celebration for him, with parades and such. I lived there as a child.
10:09 am
Jera

I bet you're missing the cr4/6 then, it's a bit odd
10:10 am
hurshy

ding ding ding! 5 points jera! now you know the kind of weirdness to look for! :)
10:10 am
Jera

Greetings, Kenny Chuck! Gorgeous sunny day here in Virginia!
10:10 am
hurshy

that leaves H, W, and 2 T - 3 5's and a 6, so perhaps my t's are a 5/6 combo - wouldn't that be nice...
10:11 am
snowyowl

Hi kenny -overcast & cold here -but we're usedto it now!
10:11 am
hurshy

oh, kenny, a fellow new englander - whereabouts?
10:12 am
Kenny Chuck

SE Mass, near The Cape, Hurshy...you?
10:12 am
hurshy

western CT
10:13 am
GingerUK

I'm interested to know how people tackle the grids... alphabetical order? what you can spy? grid order (for those with stats especially? come on, what's your secrets!!! :-)
10:13 am
Jera

Yay!! 5 points!! Fun game (now that I have success)!
10:13 am
Kenny Chuck

Hurshy, don't know in western CT, but here it has been unquestionably the nicest April weather-wise in years and years...
10:13 am
Jera

So what are you missing now, hurshy?
10:14 am
hurshy

i look for as many as i can just see until i have at least half, ginger, then i look at the stats panel and see what letters i need and try to find those, and then when i have 20 left or so (depending on size of grid) i open the log and see if i can get clues or get people to play GWHIM
10:14 am
Kenny Chuck

Any help anyone on the TW's? I've got the fabric and also how precious it looks, but stuck on the other 3...
10:14 am
Jera

Never mind, I saw your update...
10:14 am
hurshy

10 points to kenny! i am thus missing two tw's!
10:15 am
hurshy

and an H and a W, jera :)
10:15 am
Jera

Do you have he4/6?
10:15 am
Kenny Chuck

Ginger, very much like Hurshy's process. I find as many words as I can without taking forever or losing my vision and when I have exhausted my first take (today, it was at 80), I open Lickety's Clues, check the log, and ask for specifics.
10:15 am
ch1212

Ginger, I start in one spot and exhaust everything I can think of, then move on. By the time I'm done with that approach, I have around 60% of the words. Then I 'troll' for clues in the log, and even one clue will set me in a new direction for a bunch more words. For the last 15-20% I use the lists, and I ALWAYS have to ask for help on anywhere from 1 - 5 words ... It's a group effort, believe me.
10:15 am
hurshy

i have 3 of them, jera :)
10:16 am
Jera

Kenny there is a tw 5 & 6 combo that sounds like someone talking with a lisp who attempts to do something
10:16 am
Kenny Chuck

I don't know if I'm the champ at GWHIM, but I have to be Top 5...*honing acceptance speech, pressing tux*
10:16 am
snowyowl

Ginger - I have no method at all! I scrutinise the grid, trawl the log, ask for clues and when I'm cornered & exhausted I give in & get the list!
10:16 am
Jera

Do you have he5/14?
10:16 am
GingerUK

thanks for answering Hurshy... I have been experimenting with approaches... starting with 'I spy' then grid but I nearly always end up alphabetic. I try not to read the log until I am really stuck!!!
10:17 am
hurshy

5 points, jera!
10:17 am
sherb

Happy May Day everyone!! :)
10:17 am
hurshy

so now i need a w5
10:17 am
Jera

Whoo-hoo! I got 10 points now!!

*makes up a new dance to use while playing WIHM*
10:18 am
snowyowl

Happy May day sherb! Pretty icon
10:19 am
Jera

Do you have we5/20?
10:19 am
sherb

ooh, good tw5/6 clues Jera :)
10:19 am
hurshy

5 points jera! and 1000 more as soon as i find it!
10:19 am
sherb

hi smowy... love the Morris dancers!! :D
10:19 am
ch1212

Happy MD sherb
10:19 am
hurshy

got it - have your 1000 points now.
10:20 am
Jera

Happy May Day, sherb & thanks! I am a bit manic today...
10:20 am
Kenny Chuck

*putting away tux...sending acceptance speech to Jera...pouting*
10:20 am
snowyowl

They're grest aren't they! I LOVE Morris Dancers - I like anything that makes a smile!
10:20 am
hurshy

i think you've got the hang of it now, jera :) when you started you were guessing easy words, now you know to guess the weirdos :)
10:21 am
hurshy

kenny - there's hope for you yet - 1000 points go to the guesser of the last word every day!
10:21 am
Jera

Whoo-hoo! Did I win for today? Do I get Kenny's trophy? Is the game over when you finish the day's grid or does it continue forever?
10:21 am
hurshy

the game is over until tomorrow. :)
10:21 am
sherb

hi ch1212 !! :D
10:22 am
hurshy

if you want to know your lifetime score you must keep track of your own points. bex has 1035, i know, she told me. ;)
10:22 am
Jera

So I start over at zero next time I play or do I keep up with my 1015 points?
10:23 am
Jera

LOL, thanks!
10:23 am
hurshy

you can keep your points. but as i said, i don't keep track of them, so if you want to know how you are doing relative to others, you have to ask around. (although i don't think that many people are keeping track)
10:24 am
Angela

Congrats Hursh - still have 59 to go, I knew I wouldn't be able to help today :)
10:24 am
ExWren

Thank you for your help, abe79,snowyowl and hurshy.
I had to leave just after my request for help, and have only just got back.
Thanks to you, I have now finished!!
10:24 am
Kenny Chuck

That's OK, jera. I have trophies for other games you don't even know about *stomping foot, dipping pigtail in ink*
10:24 am
hurshy

'sok angela *sings* there's always tomorrow for dreams to come true...
10:24 am
Jera

ch1212... I was reading back through the chat & saw where you spoke of King Kamehameha... I wonder why today is a holiday since his day isn't until June 11th?
10:25 am
jeffer

hello all
need a clue for each ...
first re 5/16
re 5/14 please
10:25 am
Kenny Chuck

I am quite certain that I now have 1,036.
10:25 am
hurshy

to color again
to sew bottom of skirt again
10:26 am
hurshy

hmmm, how odd kenny - i don't often give out less than 5 at a time...
10:26 am
Kenny Chuck

Yeah, well...hurshy...new math.
10:27 am
LeslieAnn

ooh there are points to gwhim now? how exciting.
10:27 am
snowyowl

congrats Ex Wren!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
10:27 am
Kenny Chuck

*S*
10:27 am
Jera

*singsong*

Kenny's tryin' to cheeeeat... Kenny's tryin' to cheeeeat!
10:27 am
ch1212

I don't know, Jera -- Just know that there is a huge celebration in Hawaii on May 1 in his honor. When I lived there the queen was still alive (though abdicated of course) and she rode in the parade every year. We got out of school for the day, and even our small town of Kailua celebrated with festivities.
10:27 am
hurshy

but bex's is assuredly not the top score anyway, so... i'd talk to macuser, maybe - i think she has a lot....
10:27 am
Kenny Chuck

Still working on that lisp clue for TW and can not thee it.
10:27 am
hurshy

leslie - there have always been points, you didn't notice?
10:27 am
LeslieAnn

do i get back points for previous puzzles or is everyone starting anew?
10:28 am
LeslieAnn

really? huh.
10:28 am
hurshy

kenny - it rhymes with a tool that you use to grip things and bend them
10:28 am
Kenny Chuck

I'm not trying to cheat, Jera...I am cheating...and doing it well. *S*
10:28 am
LeslieAnn

well, now that it's a completition, i'm interested :)
10:28 am
hurshy

leslie - you can keep your points, but you must keep track of your own running score
10:29 am
movieman

I have decided that for each day I play Babble, my icon shall be a representation of a celebrity who's birthday it is.....

That's why my icon today is of Patsy Stone, aka the wonderfully talented Joanna Lumley....
10:29 am
LeslieAnn

done and done. does anyone have the u word?
10:29 am
Kenny Chuck

I have 1,036, Leslie and I'm very very good at it.
10:29 am
hurshy

hmmm... this could get ugly... perhaps i SHOULD keep track of people's scores. however, i don't know how many people have already earned!
10:29 am
ch1212

Jera, I just googled it, and it comes up two ways -- King Kamehameha Day and then "Lei Day" which I've never heard of and suspect some tourist bureau thought it up, since tourists didn't know or care much about the King (as a generalized statement) :)
10:30 am
LeslieAnn

hmm, think i'll save your 10:28 comment and bring it back to haunt you whenever you're in the lead, kenny ;)
10:30 am
hurshy

the u word is a person who loans money for interest (or exorbitant interest)
10:30 am
jeffer

got the skirt, hurshy ty
what about the color?
10:30 am
Jera

I was just about to say it's Lei Day & maybe he's just there since he is so important!
10:30 am
snowyowl

Has anyone a clue for the co6/33 please? I have just photocopied 100s of things for my meeting and my head is too full of the clicks of the printer to think anymore!!!
10:30 am
hurshy

to color again like...like to color fabric or a pair of shoes
10:30 am
jeffer

o got that one too hurshy!
10:31 am
Kenny Chuck

*lining up fish* Hurshy, thank you...but I thtill can't thee it!!!!!
10:31 am
snowyowl

hi movieman & jeffer
10:31 am
Jera

co6/33 will make you laugh
10:31 am
ch1212

That could be, but I remember hearing all about the royal history, studying it in school and how his lineage was, and we had to learn about Captain Cook and all that just before the big day. OH well, it's MAY! It's May! The lusty month of May! It's here!
10:32 am
hurshy

kenny - also rhymes with things that burn
10:32 am
Kenny Chuck

Snowy...as Joanna Lumley herself would say, "Dying is easy, ******'s hard."
10:32 am
hurshy

or people who tell untruths *ahem*
10:32 am
Jera

Kenny... wrong kind of lisp... not an s lisp, but an r lisp
10:33 am
Vicuna

Kenny Chuck, imagine Elmer Fudd attempting to catch Bugs Bunny. He would say "I tw-- and tw--" So he would be a tw---.
10:33 am
Charm

morning, everyone.
10:33 am
KatieMcG

Ok gotta go to the football, will hopefully finish when I get back. 40 to go but the list is going to be needed if I want any sleep tonight :) See you later/tomorrow.
10:33 am
snowyowl

TY Jera - I could do with some of that! Laughing boy down stairs is still grumpy! Just how DOES one grind glass?
10:33 am
hurshy

morning charm, vicuna. vi - any progress on the AIM front?
10:33 am
Jera

Very carefully, snowy?

Later, Katie!
10:34 am
snowyowl

nice clue Kenny !
10:34 am
Kenny Chuck

YAY!!! Vicuna and Hurshy, thank you BOTH!!!!!!!!!!!
10:34 am
snowyowl

bye Katie
10:34 am
Charm

I have a few minutes at the moment, and need help with the ME5/14, please!
10:35 am
snowyowl

Hi Charm
10:35 am
Vicuna

Morning, all.
Yup, I've got myself an account last week. "Vicuna" was taken so I had to resort to being "Vycuna" instead. But I had this open studio show this weekend and haven't been on-line in three or four days. Tragic, eh!
10:35 am
Charm

Hey, snowy. what's going on?
10:36 am
Jera

me5/14 is French cussing... sounds like mu6/27, but with different 1st vowel & leave off last letter
10:36 am
hurshy

me 5/14 french swear
10:36 am
hurshy

ok vi, i have added you to my buddy list! :)
10:37 am
Charm

thanks, Jera! If I should ever need to curse at a frenchman....
=8-)
10:37 am
Judi

Morning, all. Happy May Day.
10:37 am
hurshy

morning, judi
10:37 am
snowyowl

not a lot thats exciting charm! Grumpy husband, too many things to do and not enough time to do them! LOL
10:38 am
Charm

Anything on the ST6/30, please?
10:38 am
sherb

Happy May Day Judi :)
10:38 am
Vicuna

Yay, a buddy! :) I put you on mine, too.
10:38 am
hurshy

but you aren't on now, correct?
10:38 am
Charm

Snowy, that sounds pretty normal! Just add a whiny 3yo....
10:38 am
hurshy

st 6/30 - stable, strong
10:38 am
Vicuna

No, I'm not, but give me a sec...
10:40 am
Charm

Hurshy, thanks! Unfortunately, that's an adj. that's been used for me once too often. lol
10:40 am
snowyowl

LOL Charm - just sent 3 littlies home to their mum! The 59 yr old is a much more practised whiner! I was hoping she'd send them back & keep him!
10:41 am
Jera

I'm back... I was tidying up my Babble chart & recording my WIHM points!
10:43 am
Charm

Snowy, how Do you stop that whining? I've tried interrupting it, walking away from it, but it just comes back at triple strength like something out of a bad horror movie.
10:44 am
hurshy

hmmm... maybe i will have to read the logs since the inception of the game and make a database - if there are going to be cheaters like kenny around :)
10:44 am
LeslieAnn

that seems like too much work hurshy.... you could just start over and give bonus points to those who kept track
10:45 am
hurshy

leslie - i do so like to do things right, though. and i have time on my hands. not today, perhaps, but i often have time on my hands. :)
10:47 am
Jera

I have a sign in my car that says "No Whining Zone" Can't handle it when I drive, especially around here!
10:47 am
snowyowl

Don't I know it!! Thing is I have more timethan a parent now to organise things - like I do no house work when they are here! I used to try a new activity when the whining started big time with mine. Generally something wet or messy in a bowl! Like washing up plastic dishes or making flour paste. Distraction is always the best way I think.
10:48 am
Charm

Snowy, I've tried that, but mine seems to have an industrial strength memory which just returns to the whine topic as soon as the distraction is over! Do they outgrow that????
10:48 am
karenth

hello everyone happy mayday are we dancing round the pole?
10:49 am
LeslieAnn

karen is that your cat? soooo cute!
10:49 am
snowyowl

the other thing is LOTS of singing & stories !!!! I keep childrens cds & tapes and listening to those or singing often works. Ours know all their nursery rhymes
10:50 am
inge

I am back to finish the grid, only 3 words left to find. Hello all you joiners since 10 am.
10:50 am
karenth

yes i have 2, one has green eyes one has yellow
10:50 am
Jera

Hey, inge!
10:51 am
faeriekae

I'm back
10:51 am
shorty

me too
10:52 am
faeriekae

see Shorty - It's true just....LOLOL
10:52 am
snowyowl

Yes Charm they do! some time out on the bottom of the stairs also works! Difficult to deal with at first but they get it quite fast!
10:53 am
Charm

Unfortunately, snowy, mine gets bored with songs quickly. Anyway, off to pick him up from school.
Thanks for the help everyone. Good luck babbling. See y'all later.
10:53 am
snowyowl

Hi inge, karenth, shorty & faeriekae!
10:53 am
snowyowl

bye Charm
10:53 am
faeriekae

Hi Snowy :)
10:53 am
ch1212

bye charm and all -- I'm gone too.
10:54 am
Jera

Mine does not like to sing in a group but he loves to sing on his own. If you join in, he stops & gives you the look.
10:54 am
faeriekae

Bye Charm
10:54 am
faeriekae

Bye Ch1212
10:54 am
snowyowl

LOL Jera! That look!!!!!!
10:55 am
snowyowl

byr ch1212
10:55 am
sherb

Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry... nice su6... :)
10:55 am
shorty

LOL faerie I seeeeeeeee
10:57 am
faeriekae

teehee*
10:57 am
72 Temple Owl

well - time to do some housewwork-!
BBl to finish.
BTW - has anyone seen bunny lately?
10:58 am
faeriekae

have fun cleaning TO
10:58 am
Jera

Yup, it's like, "Excuse me, I'm trying to perform here!"
10:58 am
snowyowl

bye TO - no not seen her for a while -but I have'nt been here much myself either
10:59 am
Jera

Himself's latest passion is modelling clay. He's not cyanotic, he's just been playing with blue clay...
10:59 am
LeslieAnn

mu 6/7 combo?
11:00 am
hurshy

mu6.... mu6 most foul
11:00 am
faeriekae

brb gotta switch laundry around
11:00 am
Jera

I'll kill you if you can't find those, LeslieAnn!
11:00 am
Punster

Leslieann - I'll kill you if you don't get that 6/7 combo....LOL
11:00 am
72 Temple Owl

snowy - stay alert- don't get hit by a stick! happy may day!
11:01 am
LeslieAnn

great clues folks! tee hee
11:01 am
snowyowl

our 3yr old discovered make up last week -very interesting take on it too. Makeup artists can rest assured that Kira Jayne won't be taking their jobs away any time soon! LOL - the blue lips were great!
11:03 am
caitlyn

Afternoon all .Hope you all had a nice weekend.
11:04 am
sherb

hi caitlyn :)
11:04 am
snowyowl

Hi Caitlyn
11:07 am
Jera

LOL, snowy!

Hey, caitlyn!
11:07 am
shorty

ok I gotta go cut my grass BBL
11:07 am
Jera

Ye gods, it's high noon... I'd better get some work done or my boss will have a fit!
11:07 am
LeslieAnn

tw 5/22?
11:07 am
Jera

Anyone need a few last clues before I go??
11:08 am
snowyowl

bye shorty & Jera
11:08 am
mab

hurshy, aim in place; see my profile for screen name, under my regular email. Not now necessarily, but whenever. I'm going to have something to eat, but I'm around.
11:08 am
caitlyn

I had good and bad luck this weekend..the bad was we were going away in our caravan but the car broke down....the good was that I could babble all weekend !!!
11:08 am
LeslieAnn

nvm, got it as soon as i asked...
11:08 am
Jera

Someone with a speech impediment who attempts to do something...
11:10 am
snowyowl

Sorry to hear about the car caitlyn , but as you say good & bad!
11:13 am
LeslieAnn

ok, so if i get those pesky u and z words, i will be done!
11:15 am
caitlyn

Go LeslieAnn go (do you need clues?)
11:15 am
inge

I keep digging and digging and came up empty handed. So I am now begging: st 6/18, re 6/33 and re 4/4 please
11:15 am
LeslieAnn

re 6/33 - ms. barrymore's clone
11:15 am
LeslieAnn

yes please, caitlyn
11:16 am
Jera

re6/33 = make a picture again
11:16 am
LeslieAnn

re 4/4 - think movies
11:16 am
caitlyn

zy +de4/6
11:16 am
LeslieAnn

st 6/18 - like sesame st****, change last letter
11:16 am
Jera

st6/18 = st + re4/4
11:17 am
Jera

re4/4 = what you fish with, rod & re4/4
11:17 am
LeslieAnn

ooooh thanks caitlyn. i was convinced the only zy word i knew was zygote. i was wrong... :)
11:17 am
Jera

I'm really gone now!

*poof*
11:17 am
caitlyn

Bye Jera
11:17 am
snowyowl

bye Jera
11:18 am
LeslieAnn

... the us word?
11:19 am
caitlyn

u +su 5/12
11:20 am
inge

Thank you thank you thank you, one and all. I am now going to do the Maydance. I once saw the eal thing at the Detroit Waldorf school. What fun.
11:20 am
LeslieAnn

yay i'm done too. want to do the happy dance of doneness, inge?
11:20 am
snowyowl

congrats inge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
11:21 am
inge

Ok Leslie Anne, but be sure to put a few Maysteps into the dance.
11:21 am
caitlyn

Congrats inge and LeslieAnn
11:21 am
snowyowl

congrats Leslie Ann!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
11:21 am
LeslieAnn

*happy dance of may day doneness*
11:22 am
LeslieAnn

thanks to you, caitlyn. anyone need a clue?
11:23 am
caitlyn

YW Leslie.........Im finished as well
11:23 am
LeslieAnn

hooray caitlyn!
11:24 am
inge

Faeriekae in Mid Michigan hogged all the rain. Our mayflowers wont make it if it doesnt rain reallll soon.
11:24 am
snowyowl

congrats caitlyn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!
11:24 am
wassup

I just started and I'm already stuck on we 5/20, any help?
11:24 am
hydra

I need a clue. De7/40!
11:24 am
inge

Congratulations Caitlyn. Join the dance.
11:25 am
LeslieAnn

we + a state abbr. on the east coast (hi.... we're in ********)
11:25 am
caitlyn

Im dancing Im dancing!!!LOL
11:25 am
inge

the person who does de 6/27
11:25 am
LeslieAnn

more modest, hydra
11:26 am
cybernan

Good Morning, everyone -- Happy May Day! --- although it doesn't feel much like May here -- cold and rainy, after such a wonderful warm and sunny weekend.
11:26 am
hydra

Thanks, inge. Just got all three under my own steam. Been for a walk and woken my brain up.
11:26 am
wassup

Thanks, way to go with the Wayne's World clues! :)
11:26 am
sherb

Happy May Day cybernan... sunny here :)
11:27 am
LeslieAnn

wassssssssup... glad you got it. it's the only clue i could think of :)
11:27 am
snowyowl

hi cybernan -grey & cold but dry here!
11:27 am
caitlyn

Hi cybernan
11:28 am
wassup

I don't know what the theme is for today, but I've decided I'm keeping the abominable snowman. He's cute.
11:29 am
stidmama

good morning ((((all))))

Happy May! :-)
11:30 am
snowyowl

Hi stidmama - Happy May Day to you
11:30 am
LeslieAnn

all right i have some errands to run. have a good day, all!
11:30 am
sherb

Happy May Day stidmama :)
11:30 am
caitlyn

Hi stidmama happy May Day to you
11:30 am
wassup

bye!
11:30 am
Babbler

hi : )

Sherb, I just had an idea, what do you think? Tattershall Castle, on the Embankment?
11:30 am
stidmama

*pout* bye LeslieAnn... see you later?
11:30 am
Babbler

Happy May Day!!

: D
11:30 am
oggy

can i please have help for me5/14 the first me5 thanks.
11:31 am
snowyowl

OK - off to get dinner prepared BBL - Happy babbling
11:31 am
movieman

Just missing 2 more......

The us6/24 & the zy6/45......

Clue me up, plz......
11:31 am
inge

I am going to cut out for a while to check e-mail, etc. Then to water aerobics class. See you all later.
11:31 am
stidmama

Babbler -- lovely icon! haven't seen you for a while, you okay?
11:31 am
caitlyn

Bye LeslieAnn and snowy
11:32 am
stidmama

bye snowyowl... inge... bye........
11:32 am
stidmama

*checking to be sure I switched off my monster icon*
11:32 am
sherb

hi Babs :D ...Tattershall Castle... is that the boat? Sounds good to me...
11:32 am
Babbler

hi Stid! : ) Yes, thanks. I've got my nose back in books again, lol! How are you?
11:33 am
Babbler

Sherb, yes. www.beerintheevening.com, then search for Tattershall Castle. Not sure how pricey it is, but if we can sit outside, and it's a nice day, I think that would be really nice. : )
11:33 am
oggy

its ok i found it thanks anyway.
11:33 am
stidmama

ah, books! I have a couple I am going to try to read today now that the headache is gone -- life over here is good right now!
11:34 am
MikeyInBerlin

hello, everyone!
11:34 am
movieman


Just missing 2 more......

The us6/24 & the zy6/45......

Clue me up, plz......
11:34 am
stidmama

{{{Mikey}}}}
11:34 am
cybernan

Would anyone like to guess what c I'm missing from the top row? (pulling a Hurshy!)
11:34 am
M3

help please the ME 5/14 !!!
11:34 am
caitlyn

movieman zy +de4/6
11:34 am
Babbler

hi Mikey : ), happy May Day!
11:34 am
stidmama

movieman -- I wish I could help....

are you still happy about the football results?
11:35 am
movieman

mama - of course, why wouldn't I be?
11:35 am
stidmama

I think we're all becoming Hurshified! LOL
11:35 am
cybernan

found it!
11:35 am
MikeyInBerlin

(((((((((((((stidmama))))))))) ))))
11:35 am
boreetos

hi kids.
11:35 am
boreetos

HAPPY MAY DAY!!!!!
11:36 am
caitlyn

Hi Mikey Hi boreetos
11:36 am
Babbler

happy May Day, boreetos!! : D
11:36 am
MikeyInBerlin

hi, Babbler; been dancing around the May Pole? ;-)
lol, and speak for yourself, stidmama! :-P
11:36 am
MikeyInBerlin

hi, booretos! :-)
11:36 am
Babbler

heh, Mikey, I used to love dancing round the maypole when I was a little kid! :D
11:36 am
stidmama

HAPPY HAPPY SUNNY MAY THE FIRST DAY!!!!

((boreetos)) assume you're celebrating from work?
11:37 am
boreetos

stidmama, you assume correctly.
11:37 am
cybernan

me 5/14: French expression used when feeling frustrated -- English word for same is poop! (sh**!)
11:37 am
stidmama

good nan -- sorry you don't have our weather today... want to come out for a visit? :-)
11:37 am
sherb

if the weather is bad, we could go somewhere like The People's Palace... great river views...
11:38 am
Linda0

any clues for the me 5,14 please. i really can't find it
11:38 am
Babbler

oooh, I'll look that up, Sherb! I haven't heard of it... brb : )
11:38 am
faeriekae

I'm back - Hi Babbler, Stid, Cyber, Movieman, Inge, Catliyn, Mikey and Boreetos....
11:38 am
movieman

Just missing 1 more......

The us6/24......

Clue me up, plz......
11:38 am
faeriekae

Hi Sherb :)
11:38 am
cybernan

Stidmama -- is is unusual that we are having cloudy weather and you are not!
11:38 am
MikeyInBerlin

ja; i'll bet you did, Babbler! :-) impressed that i know about it? i've spent many summers in the UK.....half of all of them, while growing up, 'cos my dad's from there, so we'd visit with the relatives on his side.....i've been there in the spring a few times, too; sure is beautiful that time of year, just like here! :-)
11:39 am
sherb

it has New Labour associations, but never mind... :)
11:39 am
boreetos

hi faeriekae!
11:39 am
faeriekae

and Hi LindaO :)
11:39 am
caitlyn

u +su5/12
11:39 am
sherb

hi faerie :)
11:39 am
MikeyInBerlin

that? this time of year! lol
11:39 am
stidmama

faeriekae! good morning! I _love_ the flowers!
11:39 am
caitlyn

Hi faerie
11:39 am
wassup

tw6/36?
11:40 am
oggy

movieman us6 is us+ mu5/14 minus the m and rearrange the last 2 letters
11:40 am
movieman

Caitlyn - ty, ty, TY!!!!!!

It's now time to do the doneness dance 'round the maypole!!!!!!
11:40 am
faeriekae

Refresh for my May Day icon :)
11:40 am
MikeyInBerlin

faeriekae? you're here???
11:41 am
MikeyInBerlin

hmm; you're still not answering my im's on msn, though? :-/
11:41 am
Babbler

hi faerie! : D happy May Day!
11:41 am
faeriekae

Hi Stid - It is chilly here right now 53 degrees outside and damp....My furnace just kicked on :(
11:41 am
Linda0

thanks - finally got that french word!
11:41 am
cybernan

From the r in the first row I have:
- to give advice
- water plant + the adjective of same
- produced pictures again

What am I missing?

11:42 am
stidmama

ooooh --- very nice! purple... I feel too bright. back in mo'
11:42 am
faeriekae

Hi Mikey - Sorry I've been in the basement
11:42 am
oggy

tw6/36 t+we5/24
11:42 am
faeriekae

Thanks Babbler and Happy May Day to you.
11:42 am
Babbler

ooh, Sherb, it says online that the People's Palace is closed. :(
11:42 am
faeriekae

Are there any children amongst us?
11:43 am
MikeyInBerlin

oh, i see faeriekae; but you would've seen my im's when you got back on here, ja? :-/
11:43 am
stidmama

now I fit in better... :-)
11:43 am
Babbler

Congrats, Movieman!!

*joins in dancing round the maypole* :D
11:43 am
knutmeg

Well, Liv is around, but she isn't paying attention so much...
11:43 am
stidmama

my boys are in school (yippee)...
11:43 am
faeriekae

but I saw you on Babble Mikey :)
11:44 am
caitlyn

Im sorry..I havnt said hello to Babbler
11:44 am
stidmama

***Liv*** hi knutmeg! are you ready to go to work already?
11:44 am
MikeyInBerlin

ja, faeriekae; but that's not answering what i'd said on the messenger, though? :-/
11:44 am
wassup

oggy, i have that one. that's the 6/39. I need the 6/36. Thanks though!
11:44 am
Babbler

happy May Day, Caitlyn! : D
11:44 am
faeriekae

better go see
11:44 am
cybernan


From the r in the first row I have:
- to give advice
- water plant + the adjective of same
- produced pictures again

What am I missing?
11:45 am
rumplestiltskin

Happy May Day Stidmama, Mikey, Faerie, Babbler and all. Just diligently working on the list. From the posts, sounds like I may be in for trouble. will ask for help later.
11:45 am
sherb

Babs - never mind... north of the river is easier anyway...
11:45 am
knutmeg

egads, no. Liv decided to start a new phase of fussiness last night. sleep came in snatches of 2-3 hours. But Seth will be home in 30 minutes from work, so I'll take a good nap then, and should be fine. Well, except the work part. And the leaving Liv part.
11:45 am
stidmama

(((rumplestiltskin)))
11:45 am
oggy

tw6 +s to the one before it. the tw5
11:46 am
caitlyn

Hi rumple
11:46 am
stidmama

oggy -- are you home from work today? seems that usually you aren't here this time of day...
11:46 am
faeriekae

Hurray, Hurray, first of May, outdoor screwing starts today
11:46 am
wassup

oh! thanks oggy. i totally missed the s!
11:46 am
hydra

Finished. Wey-hey!
11:46 am
knutmeg

On the plus side, I finished the puzzle way early, so I don't have to worry about that. :-)
11:46 am
caitlyn

Faerie!!!!!!!!!!!!LOL
11:47 am
sherb

only if you like to get wet, faerie... it rained here this morning ;)
11:47 am
stidmama

knutmeg, sorry about the fussiness. she must know something's up... but you will ALL be fine. take some pics of her in to to work with you... and definitely take the nap!
11:47 am
faeriekae

LOL didn't think anyone would notice
11:47 am
stidmama

YAY hydra!
11:47 am
stidmama

belated YAY knutmeg! (why am I not at all surprised?)
11:48 am
cybernan

Please...........

From the r in the first row I have:
- to give advice
- water plant + the adjective of same
- produced pictures again

What am I missing?
11:48 am
stidmama

faeriekae -- I noticed, but figure your area must warm up a lot more than it does here! LOL
11:48 am
knutmeg

thanks, stid, I plan to.

Congratulations to the finishers (did we just have like 3 or 4 or am I imagining things?)
11:48 am
oggy

i have been to work. 8.30 to 5.30. i normally work 6.30am to 4.30 or 11.30 to 8.30 pm. theres two of us though. he works different hours.
11:49 am
stidmama

nan, I am unfortunately clueless at the moment, only just got on!
11:49 am
faeriekae

Stid - way to cold for that today Like I just said only 53 outdoors. LOL
11:50 am
rolin

can someone help me with the 2 x e in the lowest left corner....i have the large jug...
11:50 am
stidmama

oh -- I just can't seem to keep time zones straight, oggy! *crossed eyes* all I know is that in Tblisi it's twelve hours ahead... that one I know!
11:50 am
caitlyn

oggy what work do you do ?
11:51 am
stidmama

53 today faeriekae? that's almost balmy by our standards LOL -- we might get into the 60s tomorrow though!
11:51 am
sherb

rolin - pluralise...
11:51 am
Babbler

happy May Day, Rolin! Are you coming to the babble moot? :D:D:D ???
11:52 am
rolin

*slaps head with a fish* thx sherb
11:52 am
boreetos

ok kids, I have got to get some work done, I'll see you all at lunch!
11:52 am
rolin

babbler...what moot???
11:52 am
Haz1558

Cybernan - colour your hair again (re5/16)
11:52 am
Babbler

laters, boreetos : )
11:52 am
sherb

:)
11:52 am
oggy

i work in waitrose supermarket at the checkouts among other things i do there.
11:53 am
Babbler

Rolin - babble convention, Fri 16 June, London. Artlady is visiting, so we thought we'd meet her, LOL!! : D
11:54 am
rolin

oooh how COOL....
how do i get details??
11:54 am
Babbler

oh, I'm (trying to) pull it together, and details etc are in my profile, at the top. : )
11:55 am
Babbler

lol! I answered your question before you asked! hee hee, I'm psychic today! :D
11:55 am
cybernan

Thank you, Haz -- top row done!
11:55 am
caitlyn

Do you know how many are going Babbler?
11:56 am
Babbler

Caitlyn, well so far (I really ought to start writing names down, lol), from memory - Anj and Lola, Artlady, ME!!, Sherb, Movieman, Spellit, .... who else said yes? ...
11:56 am
stidmama

later boreetos!
11:57 am
faeriekae

Bye Boreetos
11:57 am
sherb

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAZ !!!!! :D :D :D
11:57 am
Babbler

ooh! Happy Birthday, Haz!! :D:D:D
11:57 am
rolin

me ...depending on times etc....ive sent you an email...babbler
11:57 am
Haz1558

Thank you Sherb!
11:58 am
sherb

Babs - did you ask FMitch? ...she lives in Berkshire...
11:58 am
caitlyn

Happy Birthday Haz
11:58 am
Babbler

oh wow, I'll ask FMitch next time I see her. Or you, if you see her first, Sherb?

Rolin, I was thinking 3/4pm onwards... would that be ok for you?
11:59 am
Haz1558

Thank you - I was tickled to note that one's age advances a year automatically in the profile. I was about to amend it and it was already done!
11:59 am
rolin

hmmm...id be later...i work til 4 in herts
11:59 am
sherb

Dr G thinks of everything... :)
12:01 pm
stidmama

Happy Birthday HAZ again
the years keep piling up
propriety prevents us all
from asking just how many!
12:01 pm
stidmama

*but scurries off to check your profile anyway* :-)
12:01 pm
Haz1558

I'm 48 today.
12:02 pm
Babbler

s'alright, Rolin, no set start time : )
12:02 pm
Jacula

Hi Haz & everyone.

Haz - When I turned 49 last Sunday Dr_God added the year onto my profile, too.;D
12:02 pm
caitlyn

I would love to come to the convention but dont think i can make it sorry.
12:02 pm
rolin

cool...well put me down for a definitely maybe
12:03 pm
cybernan

Happy Birthday, Haz -- here's to 48 more (at least)!
12:03 pm
stidmama

*smile* And look 28 -- in your icon, at least! I'll have another birthday in a month and a day... starting to look my age already!
12:03 pm
Jacula

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAZEL.

Have you had 'the bumps' yet? (That's one custom I'm glad no longer carries on when one is past a certain age! LOL.)
12:04 pm
stidmama

Jacula -- good happy may morning!
12:04 pm
caitlyn

Happy Birthday for last Sunday Jacula
12:04 pm
cybernan

You guys make me laugh -- I turn 63 in 2 weeks -- that's really when the age thing kicks in!
12:04 pm
rumplestiltskin

**!@++$%&&+##@@&***~++~~~~~~~* ****####+++

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ----- HAZ + many more
12:04 pm
mamabear

Happy May Day!!!! Just popping in to say hello!!!!
Hello!
12:04 pm
Haz1558

No bumps yet! I've lived really dangerously today. Did no housework or laundry! AND I've eaten chocolate.
12:05 pm
oggy

cybernan im only 10years behind you.
12:05 pm
cybernan

In our family it has always been a tradition that on one's birthday, no work is allowed!
12:05 pm
caitlyn

Hi Mamabear
12:05 pm
stidmama

mmmm -- passes some cyberchocolate around in honor of Haz...
12:05 pm
Jacula

Goof for you, Haz. Now all you need is champagne.
12:06 pm
mamabear

Happy Birthday Haz!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! BIRTHDAY CANDLES!!!!!!!!! (upside down!)
12:06 pm
Babbler

((((((((MAMABEAR!!!))))))))

H appy May Day!!! : D
12:06 pm
Jacula

* Meant good for you! I've had no champers today, honest!:)
12:06 pm
sherb

Haz - that sounds like my daily routine... you should live it up a bit!! :)
12:06 pm
stidmama

i am not finding any words this way.... *diving into grid*
12:06 pm
cybernan

Chocolate -- that sounds good -- mind you I always think chocolate sounds good!
12:07 pm
Haz1558

Not fond of champagne but we're going to my sister-in-law's for tea, so no cooking for me either.
12:07 pm
rumplestiltskin

Oooooooh, I'm going to bake some "Dark Black Chocolate Cupcakes" with Fudge frosting for Haz's birthday. Wish you could have one.
12:07 pm
Jacula

Stid - Mind how you dive into the grid, you might mix all the letters up! Mind you, it'd suit me 'cos I've finished. LOL.
12:07 pm
mamabear

((((((BABBLER)))))))) Glad to read that your convention plans are going well!!!!!
12:08 pm
Babbler

oooops!, it wasn't Movieman who said he'd be there, it was Dachef. or did Movieman say he was coming.... ??

List so far:

Anj & Lola, Sherb, Spellit, Artlady, Rolin, Dachef, Moozey...
12:08 pm
Minski

Greetings All.
My birthday is on Saturday, May 6th. I'm turning an almost over the hill 39. My Hubby got us tickets to see a Red Sox game that day! I love going to Sox games and Fenway Park. We even got a babysitter!
12:08 pm
Babbler

happy May Day, Jac! : D
12:09 pm
sherb

we should persuade Movieman and Punster to come together... I want to be sure they aren't the same person...
12:09 pm
cybernan

I have 3 tr's and 5 tw's -- what am I missing, please?
12:09 pm
Babbler

lol! ok, let's get Moviman and Punster! (I forgot about that!) : D
12:10 pm
Haz1558

tu4/6 cybernan
12:10 pm
Jacula

Happy May Day Babbler and thanks for the belated birthday greetings from others. It's Haz's day today though. ENJOY YOUR DAY, HAZ.
12:11 pm
stidmama

good for you Jacula! I just found another word, now up to 65 without the list, but not feeling like I want to spend ALL day on this grid!
12:11 pm
Haz1558

Thank you Jacula!
12:11 pm
Babbler

hey Haz, I'll keep you company - I had a snickers bar AND a star bar today.... really, really naughty!! : /
12:11 pm
cybernan

Thanks, haz
12:11 pm
Jacula

Minski - if you'll be 'almost over the hill' at 39, where does that leave Haz, me, Cybernan & the others??:)
12:11 pm
karenth

happy birthday haz, may ia a popular month for birthday smy husband and i share may 10 this year im 50 :/ he is 52 :D
12:12 pm
Haz1558

That's interesting that you both have the same birthday. No excuse for forgetting!
12:12 pm
Babbler

... and me, Minski, I am 40 and a half.... : /
12:13 pm
caitlyn

Im over the hill and nearlly at the bottom of the vale then LOL
12:13 pm
Minski

All on the same side of the hill?
12:13 pm
sherb

I have quite a few friends and family with birthdays in May... figure it's because lots of people take their holiday in August...
12:13 pm
Minski

OK. Sorry. Stupid comment. Retracted.
12:13 pm
karenth

yeah its a bit boring now no special day of your own
12:13 pm
mamabear

happy belated, Jac!
12:13 pm
stidmama

I'll be "over the hill" on my next birthday, and looking forward to the view! also looking forward to a slightly easier "descent" than I had climbing up! LOL
12:13 pm
bendamalina

bleh...i have two left to do, and I'm seriously stuck on me5/22.

Any hints?
12:14 pm
Haz1558

me5/22 - past tense of a cat sound
12:14 pm
Minski

I think my parents were on vacation in England when I was conceived. They lived and still do live near Boston, Massachusetts.
12:15 pm
bendamalina

hey, happy birthday minski. sounds like a fun time.
12:15 pm
caitlyn

I had better start the evening meal !! Catch you all tomorrow bye
12:15 pm
Minski

I agree stidmama. ***raises glass*** Here's to an easier descent!***drinks up***
12:15 pm
bendamalina

oh, thanks! I could've sworn I tried that earlier and it didn't work. Now it works...heh
12:15 pm
Babbler

bye, Caitlyn, sorry you can't make it to the babble moot : (
12:15 pm
sherb

bye caitlyn :)
12:16 pm
stidmama

later caitlyn!
12:16 pm
Haz1558

Bye Caitlin - have a nice day!
12:16 pm
Minski

What's this I see about a zy6? Anyone have it?
12:17 pm
abe79

minski- cajun music
12:17 pm
Haz1558

zy6/45 - add the word that goes with art ****
12:17 pm
bendamalina

zy6 is a type of music
12:17 pm
Sign

I thought of it as a cajun music style
12:18 pm
Minski

THanks haz and bendalina. I love that kind of music and can't believe I missed that word.
12:19 pm
cybernan

I have an om 4 and three ou 4's -- missing?
12:19 pm
Jaime

can you give any more hints about zy6?
12:19 pm
Haz1558

I had never heard of it before but it seems to be familiar to lots of people.
12:20 pm
abe79

it's really great to dance to. very upbeat
12:20 pm
Minski

ZY6 add on a 4 letter word for an art form or architectural style from the 20s and 30s (I think).
12:20 pm
bendamalina

zy6 + de4/6
12:20 pm
Haz1558

There's a French word ou5/12
12:20 pm
stidmama

that's the music of the "Cajun" people down in Lousiana -- lots of fiddle and accordion. They were originally French-Canadians... it's really fun to listen to!
12:20 pm
Jaime

got it, thanks!
12:20 pm
abe79

off to lunch....bbs
12:21 pm
cybernan

Thanks, haz -- thought I'd tried that!
12:21 pm
stidmama

later abe!
12:22 pm
bendamalina

woot! I'm all done
12:23 pm
Babbler

congrats, bendamalina! : D
12:23 pm
stidmama

YAY bendamalina!
12:23 pm
Haz1558

Congratulations bendamalina!
12:24 pm
bendamalina

now, lunch!
12:25 pm
Jaime

help with tw 5,22 and tw 6,36?
12:26 pm
lynxxx

Happy birthday Haz!!
12:26 pm
Minski

Jaime
THe tw5 & 6 is a kind of cloth or material
12:27 pm
Haz1558

Thanks lynxxx. How are you today?
12:27 pm
stidmama

hi lynxxx! happy whatever time of day it is! Happy May Day!
12:27 pm
Jaime

right, I mean the other tw 5 and 6
12:27 pm
scatty

Hi stid, Haz, mamabear, Minski, is the grid easy or hard today
12:28 pm
Haz1558

tw5/22 - clued before as someone who can't say their r's attempting to say 'trier'. tw6/6 is the plural.
12:28 pm
Minski

Sorry, don't have those yet.
12:28 pm
Haz1558

Hi, scatty. It's quite an interesting grid once you get into it.
12:29 pm
stidmama

hi scatty - -so far not bad, I have 50 to go after about an hour, no list so far, but about to go seek out Lickety I think...
12:29 pm
lynxxx

Thanyou Stid. 2nd May now and 3.30 in the morning
12:30 pm
Minski

THanks Haz. Got them.
12:30 pm
Jaime

thanks!
12:30 pm
stidmama

*crossed eyes again* but that's the middle of the night! are you another night owl? or just go to work early?
12:30 pm
scatty

thats not bad at all stid, have just watered the greenhouse as the sun has gone for the day, thought i'd have a look at the grid
12:30 pm
Haz1558

That's good.
12:31 pm
scatty

stid, who started nights after maternity leave, can't remember
12:31 pm
stidmama

i ended up staying awake until midnight (not a good idea for me since I am not a night owl) and slept until the dogs dragged me out of bed at nine -- so I am still not quiet awake yet.
12:31 pm
stidmama

knutmeg starts today, working the late shift, but will be home in time for the flip most nights.
12:32 pm
scatty

see and you all moan at me for staying up late
12:32 pm
stidmama

*expression of innocence* who, me?
12:33 pm
lynxxx

Stid. Go to sleep early - well 'crash' anyway - wake at a ridiculous time and get to work v. early - love the mornings though.
12:33 pm
cybernan

From the c in the second row I have 5 co's and 3 cr's -- missing?
12:33 pm
scatty

has knut started her job yest or is she still about
12:33 pm
scatty

i mean yet
12:34 pm
stidmama

lynxxx, I am a morning person by nature, but my beloved Tom is not.... since I can nap during the day, I stay awake for him and sleep late when I can. my favorite thing to do is wake up an hour before sunrise and go outside while it's still quiet, and listen to the world wake up. Magic!
12:35 pm
Jacula

Oops! I forgot I was in here. I've been away typing a quiz up for a friend.
12:35 pm
stidmama

scatty, I think knut went to take a nap, Liv was up a lot last night...
12:36 pm
stidmama

okay, I am off to fill in the list. back in a while!
12:38 pm
cybernan

From the c in the second row I have 5 co's and 3 cr's -- missing?
12:39 pm
hurshy

cr 4/6 or cr 5/14
12:40 pm
hurshy

no no i meant cr 5/12
12:40 pm
krausbrew

cybernan, the last 2 co's are a mystery to me at this point
12:41 pm
cybernan

ty, Hurshy -- it was the fisherman's basket.
12:42 pm
blueskies29

cybernan...co's where a lawsuit takes place...(that co?)
12:43 pm
blueskies29

cr 5/14...sometimes kids like it cut off their toast....cr4/6..minus a letter from cr5/14
12:43 pm
krausbrew

ty blueskies, there none so blind as those who do not see....
12:44 pm
cybernan

Have all the c's that I was missing -- blueskies, thanks
12:44 pm
cybernan

from the last d in row 2 I have 2 4's, a 5 and a 6 -- missing?
12:46 pm
hurshy

do 4/7
12:47 pm
bleugirl2

CR 5/12 and DE 5/16, 6/27, 7/40, 6/27
12:47 pm
cybernan

Thanks again, Hurshy -- must have tried every other combo --- can you guess which d I'm missing from the first one in the row?
12:48 pm
Minski

Does anyone have the RE6/33 or the RE5/14?
12:48 pm
cybernan

Never mind -- just remembered what it must be! -- and was!
12:49 pm
hurshy

was it the second de 4/5? or the skin one?
12:49 pm
cybernan

re 6/33: made a sketch again
12:49 pm
hurshy

sketched again
sewed bottom of skirt again
12:49 pm
cybernan

It was the dr 4/5
12:50 pm
hurshy

oh... i know that word from "rainbow valley" :)
12:50 pm
Minski

THanks cybernan and hurshy. got em
12:50 pm
Jacula

'Bye folks. Off to make dinner. Happy May Day Babbling.
12:51 pm
bleugirl2

CR 5/12 and DE 5/16, 6/27, 7/40, 6/27
Help!
12:53 pm
cybernan

From the r in the third row, I have re 4/4, re 5/14 and ru 4/4 -- missing?
12:54 pm
krausbrew

cybernan on the ru just transpose the last two letters
12:55 pm
cybernan

thanks, Krausbrew -- sometimes I miss the most obvious!
12:55 pm
cybernan

Must be time for a coffee break!
12:56 pm
krausbrew

you are not alone!
12:56 pm
bleugirl2

<talking to myself>
1:01 pm
hurshy

was sudokuing...
c + rod and r***
de5 to avoid answering temporarily
de6 modest
de7 more modest
de6 avoids answering temporarily
1:01 pm
blueskies29

bleu..first de6/27 a young lady should be properly de**** (shy, modest)
1:04 pm
bleugirl2

thanks ya'll. i was beginning to get a complex!
1:05 pm
stidmama

i go away for a few minutes a hurshy sneaks in! Hi Hurshy! I am NOT listless today LOL -- too much to do :-) I have only 42 words to find...
1:06 pm
hurshy

i have a lot to do too, stidmama, but i went listless anyway - only took 3.5 hours, i'm getting a little better. i thought i'd take a little housework break now and give a clue or two.
1:07 pm
stidmama

think i made the right decision if it took you that long! *bows in admiration* I am waiting for the laundry to cycle through so I can add fabric softener...
1:07 pm
Minski

Does anyone have the 1st MU5/18?
1:08 pm
hurshy

stuff that comes out of your nose when you have a cold
1:08 pm
mab

oh, hurshy, there you are. I installed the thing. My name is under my email in profile - must go to grocery store today, so am in and out all day, but it's ready.
1:08 pm
hurshy

if i had gotten the list when i began to slow down, i prob would have finished in about an hour... oh how i waste my time!
1:08 pm
Minski

Thanks Hurshy
1:09 pm
hurshy

hi mab! i've added you as a buddy - and vicuna got it also!!!
1:10 pm
bleugirl2

how about ME 5/14. I swear its right in front of me..
1:11 pm
hurshy

if it were, you would smell it - french swear word roughly equivalent to sh**
1:11 pm
mab

great!
1:12 pm
abe79

hi everyone
1:12 pm
stidmama

hi again abe!
1:12 pm
hurshy

hi abe/lovely :)
1:13 pm
abe79

hey! stidmama, i love your icon! and hurshy, i showed those math problems to my student and was successful in my explanation!
1:14 pm
hurshy

excellent - glad to hear it. :)
1:14 pm
abe79

i am almost done with this grid, had a slow morning
1:19 pm
Yvo

does anyone have problem getting angel songs page??i tried and just get a webpage
1:20 pm
abe79

Yvo- i just tried and i can't get it
1:20 pm
hurshy

hmm, i see what you mean, yvo.

well...back to housework for me!
1:20 pm
abe79

bye hurshy
1:21 pm
Yvo

thanks hurshy that means you didnt get it eather
1:21 pm
stidmama

Yvo -- I just got the same thing! I will email her and see what's up.
1:22 pm
stidmama

I have an older copy of her page, if you need it I will tell you how to get there...
1:22 pm
Yvo

thank you Ladies ,i wonder what happened
1:23 pm
Yvo

im lost without it
1:23 pm
stidmama

okay Yvo --

http://
thestidhams.com/an gelsong/
1:24 pm
stidmama

oops -- without the spaces, obviously...
1:24 pm
Yvo

Thank you Stidmama i copied
1:34 pm
stidmama

stuck on the st 6/18... <help please>
1:35 pm
gwenski

st + re4/4
1:36 pm
stidmama

thanks gwenski -- some of these "words" are not intuitive!
1:37 pm
bleugirl2

i need both RE 5/16s.
1:38 pm
stidmama

re 5/16: to color again

the other is an adjective of the the re 4 between them.
1:38 pm
gwenski

I agree! I need two me4's. The last me4/5, and one of the first two me 4/6. I have the one that rhymes with a drink. Could you help?
1:39 pm
stidmama

the other me 4/6 means to join together, like we**
1:39 pm
stidmama

also looking for the last two me myself...
1:41 pm
stidmama

now I only need that last me 4/5...
1:41 pm
Minski

Done!!!

And the baby is still asleep so I can start folding laundry. Sorry to not stick around to give clues but have a ton of laundry to put away.

See you tomorrow.

1:41 pm
stidmama

YAY Minski!
1:41 pm
abe79

wtg minski!
1:42 pm
stidmama

the last me 4/5 rhymes with pearl...
1:43 pm
stidmama

on to the "h" words...
1:44 pm
gwenski

Thanks! That did it for me!! Now, back to work.
1:44 pm
abe79

stidmama, let me know if you need any h clues, i have them all
1:44 pm
krausbrew

I am lacking only the re5,14. Anyone got a hint?
1:45 pm
stidmama

to put the final seam on a skirt again... (the bottom seam)
1:45 pm
stidmama

thanks abe, the he 5/22 please? I think I can get the others...
1:47 pm
Angelsong

ok, everyone...the index page of the resource page online has been restored. for now, the Birthday list can be found on the second page. I'll put it back on the index page later...sorry for the hiccup!
1:47 pm
abe79

he 5/22 to cut down...past tense of he 5/20.
1:47 pm
gwenski

he5/22: to have cut down with an ax.
1:47 pm
krausbrew

he5,22 chopped as in wood
1:48 pm
stidmama

*facepalm* thanks gwenskii -- pass the fish!
1:49 pm
krausbrew

I am lacking only the re5,14. Anyone got a hint?
1:49 pm
stidmama

down to 7 words, all ds and cs... but need to go do laundry for the moment. back in awhile!
1:49 pm
abe79

bye stidmama
1:50 pm
Vicuna

krausbrew, stidmama answered you at 1:45
1:51 pm
Yvo

to resew again or shorten a skirt
1:52 pm
krausbrew

sorry, missed that, thanks so much, a bit slow today.
1:54 pm
Vicuna

Just didn't want you to think you were being ignored. :)
1:55 pm
krausbrew

no worries vicuña. I'm done now!
1:56 pm
Vicuna

Congratulations!
1:56 pm
Yvo

AngelSong Thank you so much
i missed it big time
1:57 pm
krausbrew

btw, I'm headed to South America in June. Doubt I'll get to the Andes this trip, though.
2:00 pm
Vicuna

Well, if you do see any of my relatives down there, say "Hello!" lol
2:01 pm
Layne

I can't believe the Z word is in this puzzle! It's what I listened to all weekend, live onstage, at a festival here in Lafayette, Louisiana . . . Laissez les bons temps rouler, y'all!
2:02 pm
tndaisy1960

lol Layne...I just did that one...my son lived in La for many years:)
2:03 pm
Layne

TnDaisy, I hope you got a chance to sample some of the good life here!
2:05 pm
tndaisy1960

*sigh* probably not...he's moved back to SC now...only goes back to La to take care of legal issues and see my grandson, when that witch will let him...
2:06 pm
Layne

TNDaisy, that must be the hardest --
2:07 pm
tndaisy1960

It is...but he has a good job now, making beaucoup $$$...and cant afford to move back there. He had a hard time getting situated after Katrina
2:09 pm
Layne

Oh TNDaisy, so sorry he was among the hurricane-dispersed. Tough times -- Louisiana's still crying, for itself and for those like your son who won't be coming back.
2:11 pm
tndaisy1960

I know...but he's not from there originally, just has an aunt down that way...most of his folks are in SC, so it really didnt' hit him as hard as the others...he lost some of his stuff but he wasn't too worried over that...the baby got out ok and that's all that really mattered.
2:12 pm
Layne

Glad to hear it, and glad he's doing well!
2:14 pm
tndaisy1960

lol He must be; I haven't heard from him in a while...guess his job and his g/f are keeping him pretty well occupied...and being a good mama, I'm not gonna bother him. He knows where I am if he wants anything. His little sister is jealous of the g/f, says that's what's keeping him from calling...but she's only 15...she doesn't know what real life is like yet.
2:21 pm
sandr

hiya everyone any clues for the er 5/12 please i cant see it anywhere,thx
2:22 pm
Vicuna

If you can't see the er5/12, you must have made a mistake.
2:22 pm
Vicuna

(That is the clue, but the way!)
2:22 pm
scarydeb

sandr er5/14 - went astray/did something wrong
2:23 pm
sandr

thx vicuna just got it
2:23 pm
Vicuna

Good! :)
2:24 pm
lynxxx

Clues for ST6.30 and RE5.16 pls. TY
2:25 pm
stidmama

hi all -- back to finish the last 7...
2:27 pm
stidmama

now 5. all c words...
2:27 pm
Mary

st6/30 very strong
clue for st6/18??
2:28 pm
stidmama

st 6/18: st + re 4
2:28 pm
lynxxx

ST 6.18 - a road - take the cross off the last letter
2:29 pm
Mary

Perfect lynxxx, ty
2:29 pm
boreetos

hi kids.
2:30 pm
stidmama

hi boreetos -- time for lunch already?
2:31 pm
boreetos

it is indeed. :) i heart food.
2:32 pm
stidmama

me too -- a little too much sometimes! LOL
drinking tea for the moment while I finish up, then off to work in the garden to justify a big dinner!
2:33 pm
boreetos

nice! what type of tea are you drinking?
2:33 pm
stidmama

dun dun dun

DONE!
2:33 pm
boreetos

woot! good job!
2:34 pm
stidmama

just "red rose" tea -- my middle of the day beverage of choice... but Tom forgot his green tea this morning, so I can have some of that while I work outside!
2:34 pm
boreetos

sounds good. I've got this green peppermint tea that I quite enjoy.
2:35 pm
stidmama

going to wait a few minutes until it's time to switch out the laundry, though -- anyone want cluse?
2:35 pm
stidmama

I like peppermint tea, too -- grow my own, actually! (it's the only mint I'm not allergic to)
2:35 pm
boreetos

sure, what's the u and z words?
2:35 pm
sandr

yeh what about this zy 6/45 anything else apart from its sum sort of dance thing
2:36 pm
stidmama

sandr -- do you know about cajun music? zy + de 4
2:37 pm
Mary

us6/24 One who lends money at interest
2:38 pm
sandr

no i dont stidmama but i now know the first four letters
2:38 pm
stidmama

the u -- it's the person who charges interest on loans... us + upside down n + consonant before s + "one who" suffix
2:38 pm
stidmama

it's the first de 4 -- an art style popular in the early 1900s
2:39 pm
boreetos

hmmm. I thought that zy was a type of art period. :)

thanks for the clues!! the us as well!
2:39 pm
sandr

thankyou stidmama thats an awful word to try and get
2:41 pm
stidmama

I agree sandr -- not a word that comes up in everyday conversation around here!
2:41 pm
boreetos

well, I hate to babble and run but food retrieval took up most of my lunch. I'll see you kids in a few hours!

hasta la pasta!
2:42 pm
sandr

i dont think ive ever said it in my life and tonight ive only will say it to myself once and that will be it for the rest of my life.lol
2:43 pm
stidmama

later boreetos!
2:46 pm
cybernan

from the 3rd row m I have me x 5 and mu x 10 ..... What am I missing (2)?
2:46 pm
Norma

Hi Everyone any help out there me5/14 and re5/14
Thanxxxxxxxxxxx
2:47 pm
sandr

hey stidmama how about some help with the he 5/22 and the me 5/22 please,thx
2:47 pm
stidmama

7 me words, nan!
2:47 pm
stidmama

me 5/14: french for "poop" -- not a nice exclamation!
2:48 pm
stidmama

me 5/22: the sound the kitten made... (past tense verb)
2:48 pm
stidmama

re 5/14: re + bottom seam on skirts or trousers...
2:49 pm
stidmama

he 5/22: same last 4 letters as the me 5/22
2:49 pm
hetty

Mary, I've just arrived at the chat room and I see your clue for st6/30, a word I need, as "very strong". Could you please amplify that, if you're still there?
Happy Mayday, one and all. ope you all have maypoles in your meadows.
2:49 pm
stidmama

oh -- and 11 mu words, nan...
2:50 pm
cybernan

ok -- I have me 4/5 x 2, me 4/6 x2 and me 5/14 (poop word) --- the cat sound comes from the 4th row m.
Missing 2?
2:50 pm
Norma

thanx stidmama got the re5/14 I don't know enough french to get the me5/14 help
2:50 pm
sandr

thx very much stidmama
2:50 pm
stidmama

happy may day, hetty! No may poles, but my quinces are beginning to bloom -- should make some fine jelly this autumn!
2:50 pm
stidmama

me + short hook letter + fourth letter + second vowel...
2:51 pm
cybernan

Got the missing mu -- thanks stidmama -- just looking for a missing me now.
2:51 pm
Norma

Thanx stidmama help much appreciated :-)
2:52 pm
hetty

Norma, you need to swear n French, the equivalent of SH***. Or if you know the French word for sea, just add a fourth letter and another second vowel
2:53 pm
stidmama

another me 4/5 rhymes with pearl
I think you're missing a "one-who" me 5 after the next-to-last me 4
2:53 pm
CadFan

I am missing 2 mu I guess.. I have:

mu 5 18
mu 6 27
mu 7 40
mu 4 6
mu 5 16
mu 4 6
mu 5 14
mu 4 6
mu 4 6

Help?
2:53 pm
stidmama

that me 5 is a 12 btw
2:54 pm
stidmama

mu 6/30: past tense of previous word
2:55 pm
stidmama

sorry -- not past tense -- adjective form (add a sometimes vowel)
2:55 pm
stidmama

the other mu you're missing might just need to be "pluralized"?
2:55 pm
cybernan

I have 11 mu's now -- looking for the me 5/12
2:56 pm
Norma

Cadfan you are missing mu6/30 Su**** with a fringe on top replace the first letter and mu5/14 the first four letter of previous one add an s
2:57 pm
cybernan

Got it -- thankyou stidmama
2:58 pm
CadFan

Thanks Norma, I now have the Mu 6/30, I also have the 5/14 that follows it (I hope you aren't referring to that 5/14) I'll work on another 5/14
2:59 pm
sandr

thats me done have to go now matrix is on n its a film thats just got to be watched,nite all
2:59 pm
stidmama

YAY sandr!
2:59 pm
hetty

Stid, you did it again, so I have tyhe French balackbirt minus its second second vowel.
CadFan, the mu6/27 is available only to those who havge contemplated homicide.
2:59 pm
stidmama

enjoy your movie! bye...
2:59 pm
Norma

mu6/30 take off the final letter
3:00 pm
stidmama

CadFan -- try just taking the last letter off the mu 6...
3:00 pm
CadFan

That did it thanks!! Drop the Y was what i needed. Thanks to all!
3:01 pm
stidmama

are you all done CadFan?
3:02 pm
cybernan

Have he 4x5, 5x2, 6x2 .... missing 2?
3:03 pm
stidmama

he4 x 6, nan!
3:04 pm
stidmama

and he5 x3...
3:07 pm
mo

any clues please for the we5/20...i just cannot get it...after monkey typing for ages...and i bet it is something SIMPLE...like me!!!!
3:08 pm
stidmama

we 5/20: we + fourth letter + spanish for "the"
3:08 pm
cybernan

he 4's: I have--to pay attention, part of the foot, a bunch of cows, a statue and not his -- missing?
3:09 pm
stidmama

he 4: "this place"
3:10 pm
jeffer

the one who deals with those cows?
3:11 pm
jeffer

he 6 that is
3:11 pm
mo

stidmama...thank you so much ..I dont think I would have ever got that!!!!
3:11 pm
pk

what is the he4 that means statue? clueless!
3:11 pm
cybernan

Thank you.
How many he 5's and 6's -- still missing one unless there is an hy?
3:12 pm
stidmama

yw mo -- it's another "babbler" for sure!
3:12 pm
pk

nevermind! just figured it out.
3:13 pm
stidmama

no, all hes today...

3 5, 2 6
3:14 pm
mo

stidmama...I dont suppose you could help me with the me5/14 please...thankyou
3:14 pm
cybernan

Ah -- missing a 5 then -- have chop and chopper (of wood)
3:15 pm
stidmama

nan - chopped!
3:15 pm
stidmama

me 5/14: what nan is thinking to herself right now, french for "poop!"
3:16 pm
cybernan

me 5/14: french expression when frustrated, equivalent to the English sh** (poop)
3:16 pm
cybernan

Stidmama -- didn't know you were telepathic -- lol
3:17 pm
stidmama

nan - I suspect your whole province heard you just now! *grin*
3:17 pm
cybernan

sorry stidmama -- I have chopped and chopper
3:18 pm
stidmama

oh -- if you have the ce 5/14, the he is the same... it's the first of the hes....
3:19 pm
stidmama

grumble... tired eyes + tired fingers = bad cluse... sorry.
3:19 pm
cybernan

ty stidmama -- thought to myself "what kind of word is that?" -- so I checked the def -- guess what?
3:19 pm
mo

cybernan .thank you for your clue,but my simple French left me ages ago!!!
3:20 pm
stidmama

what, nan?
3:20 pm
chic

yoohoo,nutster?
3:20 pm
cybernan

me 5/14 -- do you remember the french word for sea? -- add 4th and 5th letters
3:20 pm
cybernan

No def. of course!
3:21 pm
stidmama

mo -- me + short hook letter + fourth letter + second vowel
3:21 pm
stidmama

chic -- hi!
3:22 pm
stidmama

of course! *evil grin* we should encourage Dr. God to help us fix that "disabled dictionary"...
3:22 pm
stidmama

i need to go to the garden and move hoses and stuff. see you all later!
3:22 pm
mo

cybernan and stidmama...thank you for you valuable clues
3:23 pm
cybernan

bye stidmama -- thanks for the help
3:23 pm
mo

stidmama..see you later and thanks
3:25 pm
chic

Hi Stid, I'm finding the grid fairly easy today; how about you?
3:26 pm
stidmama

chic -- it wasn't too bad, just a few words that lack definition and a few fish that bit me ;-) see you later...
3:27 pm
cybernan

three words left -- after lunch!
3:31 pm
wurdygurl

how many words are there?
3:32 pm
oggy

139words
3:32 pm
wurdygurl

merde! only have 79
3:35 pm
candy

Evening all. Has anyone got a clue for su6 or st6
3:36 pm
ARB

su 6 "_________ with the fringe on top"
3:36 pm
ARB

st 6 -- solid, strong
3:37 pm
oggy

st8 theres 2 6/30+6/18 which 1
3:38 pm
oggy

i mean st6 not st8 sorry.
3:38 pm
ARB

st 6/30 solid, strong
3:38 pm
candy

thanks ARB I have the strong one. Is there another st6. You have lost me with the fringe clue??
3:39 pm
wurdygurl

rhymes with hurry
3:39 pm
ARB

That's a song from Oklahoma -- "riding in the ___ with the fringe on top"
3:40 pm
oggy

su6 is a place in england. st6/18 is a strong metal + r as 3rd letter
3:40 pm
candy

Got it now - thank you
3:40 pm
ARB

st 6/18 It's a long string of 1 point letters from bottom to top
3:41 pm
Jaime

has anyone given a clue about the us6?
3:41 pm
ARB

us -- someone who loans money at an exhorbitant rate
3:42 pm
candy

Got them now - thank you
3:42 pm
lynxxx

DO4.7 anyone pls. TY
3:42 pm
Jaime

I was so close :) Thanks!
3:43 pm
lynxxx

d04.7 - found TY
3:47 pm
rumplestiltskin

!!!!+++++@@@@@@_____~~~~~~~~~$ $$##

HAPPY MAYPOLE DANCE OF DONENESS

******************** *******************
3:47 pm
lynxxx

congrats to rumple !
3:48 pm
faeriekae

*~*~*CONGRATULATIONS RUMP*~*~*~*
3:48 pm
capone

HAPPY MAY DAY!!!! HELL HAPPY MAY!
3:48 pm
rumplestiltskin

Hubby says I have to get away from computer now and bake his dark black chocolate cupcakes with fudge frosting. My favorite part is licking the bowl. LOL
3:49 pm
faeriekae

*dances with Rump around the room*

this is why I'm not finished....too much play LOL
3:49 pm
faeriekae

Hi Capone :)
Hurray, hurray, its the first of May, outdoor screwing starts today!!!
3:50 pm
rumplestiltskin

Oh, what the heck, I will stay a few minutes and help. Come on!!
3:50 pm
faeriekae

Sounds yummy Rump :)
3:50 pm
candy

rumple I have just sent you an email
3:51 pm
rumplestiltskin

OK Candy, I will jump on it
3:51 pm
faeriekae

that wasn't very lady like of me now was it :(

But that's what I heard on the radio this morning :)
Made me laugh
3:51 pm
capone

I was thinking more along the lines of the indoor May holiday!

BTW, TSM ever get on today? We were both having net issues at work.
3:52 pm
faeriekae

I haven't heard a peep out of her all day.
3:52 pm
candy

LOL faeriekae you made me laugh too. Will have to remember that for next year!!
3:53 pm
faeriekae

LOL Capone that's right. Happy Master Month :)
3:53 pm
lynxxx

CE6.24 and any leads on the CU words pls
3:54 pm
faeriekae

Candy thanks I was afraid I was the only one here with a warped sense of humor 'well, excluding Capone because he is just warped. Period'
3:55 pm
shorty

hello again!!!
3:56 pm
faeriekae

Hi Shorty
3:56 pm
shorty

too funny faerie
3:56 pm
faeriekae

Hi Shorty
3:56 pm
faeriekae

LOL
Hi Shorty!!!
3:57 pm
faeriekae

Do you feel welcome yet? <grin>
3:57 pm
shorty

well guess what my husband got me for our anniversary cause we couldn't go any where
3:58 pm
shorty

yes I do :)
3:58 pm
faeriekae

OMG - What - a dog? a diamond?
3:58 pm
faeriekae

both
3:58 pm
shorty

well its not till tomorrow but he got me 10 lbs of crab legs! yummy
3:58 pm
faeriekae

an apron
3:59 pm
candy

And I thought love had died - how romantic Shorty
3:59 pm
faeriekae

YEAH.......I love crab legs. Get out the butter
*drool*
3:59 pm
helenkeller

hello everyone !
4:00 pm
faeriekae

Hi HelenK :)
4:00 pm
candy

thats better than my O/H. I wouldn't be lucky enough to get crab legs
4:00 pm
shorty

aww thanks candy!!
4:00 pm
helenkeller

hiya faeri !
4:01 pm
shorty

got the butter and lemon come on over faerie!
4:01 pm
faeriekae

Awwww Candy - Then you need a hammer. To hit him.
4:02 pm
faeriekae

I could be there before you know it. Your not that far away young lady....don't tempt me......*still drooling*
4:02 pm
shorty

ok Gotta go eat em BBL
4:02 pm
shorty

LOL
4:03 pm
evanonut

greetings faerie and shorty
4:03 pm
faeriekae

See ya Shorty - enjoy every single bite Hon :)
4:03 pm
faeriekae

Hi Evan :)
4:03 pm
shorty

mmmm I will Ty
4:04 pm
helenkeller

i have the news on ----
i look at all these marchers & i think of all the tax dollars this country is missing out on --
i wonder what's prevented all these many people from becoming citizens --
i am really glad it has all been peaceful
4:05 pm
faeriekae

Helen-don't get me started on that. If they want to live in the US and PAY TAXES like the rest of us then they need to have green cards or stay the hell in Mexico.
4:06 pm
lynxxx

4 to go but quite stuck on ... CE6.24, CU5.14 & 6.24(the first ones) and CU4.6 probably the last one (I have the one that is short)..any clues pls.
4:06 pm
helenkeller

faeri - i agree with that - but i sincerely wonder why so many people have refused to become citizens & why this problem has gotten so out of hand
4:06 pm
faeriekae

With out being Citizens they do not pay State or Federal Taxes and that burns me up.
4:07 pm
stidmama

YAY rumple ( I know she's gone already...) Hi Shorty! Hi Capone! lunchtime!
4:07 pm
evanonut

RIGHT ON FAERIE
4:07 pm
stidmama

stepping out again -- not going to talk politics today! see you later! :-)
4:08 pm
helenkeller

ce 6/24 = plural of ce 5/14
ce 5/14 = ce + *** (spelled backwards), white & blue!!!
4:08 pm
helenkeller

but stid - this is the day for political conversation
4:08 pm
evanonut

and the effontry doesn't stop there
4:09 pm
faeriekae

Because the US has never tried stopping them from comeing in in the past and now that we are looking at possibly putting up a fence/wall they are pissed. But they can study for thier citizenship just like many friends of mine have and pay taxes just like the rest of us if they chose to but it is clear they would rather live off the rest of us Tax payers.
4:09 pm
CadFan

I bet the protests won't stay peaceful for long - demonstrators have completely blocked Northbound traffic at the San Ysidro border - people are going to start losing their tempers there and someone is bound to get hurt.
4:10 pm
helenkeller

faerie - what also bothers me is that without becoming citizens there is little or no incentive to learn the english language - which, whether you like it or not, is the necessary common bond for success in this melting pot
4:10 pm
evanonut

yes, well, it plays in our favor if they cause trouble
4:10 pm
lynxxx

TY for the CE Helen - the rest were CUs
4:10 pm
evanonut

and speak english - you can talk spanish too, but learn friggin english!
4:11 pm
faeriekae

CadFan - your right-It won't be peaceful much longer you can see it coming
4:11 pm
faeriekae

Amen Evan - learn the friggin languge if you want to be an American Citizen
4:12 pm
helenkeller

i don't understand why there has not yet been an amendment to have a national language (at least start with one - switzerland has 4 national langues!!!)
4:12 pm
helenkeller

lynxxxx - i am not done yet, but which cu's were the ones you needed?
4:13 pm
faeriekae

Good Point HelenK - Instead in alot of the very Southern states Spanish is like the second language and it really shouldn't be.
4:14 pm
helenkeller

my parents came here after ww II & learned english & became citizens, but they valued their heritage, so i did not learn to speak english until i went to school at age 4 - i believe they were very wise in that approach
4:14 pm
lynxxx

Thanks Helen - Just need the CU 5.14 & 6.24 - (the first 5.14 after makes better. TY again
4:15 pm
wurdygurl

If they move here and pay taxes why do they have to learn english? Why don't we learn spanish. America is the only country where we only speak one language.
4:15 pm
shutterbug

I am learning to speak spanish.
4:16 pm
evanonut

no, we speak two, but one should be official - this country was founded in english dangit
4:16 pm
faeriekae

I have close Mexican friends who came here from Mexico and they also speak Spanish but they did learn English and got the Citizenship and are very good people. And that is the way it should be.
4:16 pm
helenkeller

faeri - what really bothers me is that it seems like an overly obvious ploy to maintain the latino busboy & gardener workforce - it does not play in their favor to have everything in 2 languages - again, no incentive to learn the language of higher education & boardrooms
4:17 pm
wurdygurl

what two languages do we speak?
4:17 pm
CadFan

I have no doubt that many of those here illegally are also good people - and surely many of them speak English however.. they are here illegally and that is the issue. IMO
4:18 pm
helenkeller

wurdy - why pick spanish? why not polish? or russian? or philipino? seriously, why favor the latinos? and no, it is not a numbers thing, don't say because there are more of them
4:18 pm
bonkler

america has a lot worse problems than people trying to make their lives better. i'm still shocked the streets aren't filled with english speaking americans calling for the impeachment of a corrupt and incompetent administration. with a full host of prosecutions for war crimes and a laundry list of other charges.
4:18 pm
faeriekae

Shutterbug that is excellent and it is good to be multilingual (or how ever you spell it) Especially if you travel abroad. I would love to be able to speak Spanish just for when I visit Mexico.
4:18 pm
evanonut

yes, the law is the law. it's fine to want to be here, but if you want to be here, be here on our terms.
4:19 pm
evanonut

wurdy, as there is no official language, we technically speak them all.
4:19 pm
helenkeller

i agree evan !!!
4:20 pm
stidmama

i am going to say my piece, helen then, and then I am going to log out of babble until tomorrow. :-(

The reason so many people (primarily it seems hispanic but not exclusively) are here illegally is because the US doesn't issue visas readily to people who are migrants and poor. But companies prefer to hire people they can convince have no rights -- whether benefits, safe working conditions, or even the pay they were promised. The people companies can most easily exploit are those who have little knowledge of their rights-- those who speak little English and are convinced they will be put in jail if they report abuses. People who have entered illegally, faeriekae are NOT eligible for citizenship, or even for permanent resident status -- no matter how long they have been here, no matter the reason they came, no matter the citizenship status of their children. And MANY of them do pay taxes, without being able to access the benefits citizens and green card holders can.
4:20 pm
stidmama

Meantime, comfortable US citizens eat the food the migrants harvest, sleep in hotels cleaned by them, wear clothes made by them, and shop at stores that sell goods from other countries where the minimum wage makes even migrant workers here look well off!
4:20 pm
faeriekae

I agree 100% Evan
4:20 pm
wurdygurl

IMO it is not a good thing to be egocentric. Mexico is a bordering country. As such, there is apt to be (and obviously is) cross over. Just like in Canada where they speak both english and French. Just like the European countries that speak a multitude of languages.
4:20 pm
helenkeller

bonk - you make an excellent point - this country spreads itself too thin & does not nearly enough to take care of it's own ---- it's one thing to raise an army to protect against an invasion, it is another thing to be the invaders
4:21 pm
evanonut

stid, those are problems that need to be addressed by the mexican government, not ours. we are not the worlds babysitter.
4:23 pm
wurdygurl

No we are not the worlds babysitter. However, when we have companies going to Mexico so they can get cheaper labor, it becomes our issue. If we allow immigrant workers the oppourtunity to earn a fair wage, then the cheap labor that American companies get overseas will slow down and hopefully hald.
4:23 pm
faeriekae

Then the Mexican/Spanish folks need to become US Citizens...Period and PAY TAXES
4:24 pm
evanonut

nafta - i didn't write it
4:24 pm
faeriekae

I'm going to hush now before I make someone mad.
going into lurk mode*
4:26 pm
wurdygurl

didn't say you did. Just commenting on your comment about issues needing to be addressed by the Mexican government and how they are not our problem.
4:26 pm
Lord Blam

Interestingly, illegal immigrants paid $7 billion in social security taxes, per a NY Times article from April 5, 2005 which is easily googled. And since they by definition get no benefits from those payments, they are pure charity to the American-born eldery.
4:26 pm
evanonut

all i'm really saying is that we can't fix it all on our own, it's mexico's problem too.
4:27 pm
helenkeller

stid - i see your points, i understand the inequity of it all, however, it would be your arguements i would use as to why it is finallyl necessary to make some enforceable laws about immigration ---

i have another problem with all this -- people are saying these illegal immigrants just want to provide a better life for their families, yes i see that, but when they take american dollars back to their countries of origin, they continue the inequities there, where they live like kings compared to the folks who couldn't/wouldn't come here to make money
--- i don't believe is will see a world union (based on the european model) in my lifetime - that is a true shame -- global communication is lightyears ahead of a global economy
4:27 pm
evanonut

we have a military spread so thin you can see through it.
4:27 pm
Lord Blam

How is this Mexico's problem? Sounds like they are benefiting from this arrangement in several ways.
4:28 pm
evanonut

btw, isn't it illegal for an american to work in mexico by mexican law? just a little tidbit i remember hearing.
4:29 pm
wurdygurl

what does the military have to do with immigration? and language?
4:29 pm
helenkeller

blam - then i sincerely thank them for those bucks, as i probably won't be able to cash in my own investments into ss, since it'll pretty much be bone dry by the time i hit retirement age
4:30 pm
helenkeller

wurdy - evan refers to other issues of serious, yet unaddressed, interest to the us government
4:31 pm
helenkeller

evan - LOL at your 4:24
4:31 pm
evanonut

yet related helen, patrolling the border seems like it should be a military issue...it is what other governments use for their borders.
4:31 pm
wurdygurl

well, that is another issue completely and I caould go on and on about that one too. But let's savbe that for another day. lol
4:32 pm
evanonut

thanks helen, i was a kid then, and still i could figure out it was a bad thing.
4:32 pm
stidmama

Though most of my family has been in North America for 400 years, I also know the struggles of my more recent immigrant-ancestors who came in the 1800s and the one who arrived last century. I know that every generation has a favorite scape-goat for any and every economic and social ill -- generally the most recent or largest wave of immigrants at the time. When will we learn? All of this sounds very much like the things Hitler and his cronies said in the 20s and 30s... when we start labeling people as "legal" and "illegal" it is a small step to labeling some as not worthy of the same basic rights.
4:32 pm
helenkeller

lynxxx - sorry, i get caught up in the discussion -- btw, i have not yet called up lickety's list & i only have the make better cu's, sorry to be of no help
4:32 pm
evanonut

i like you wurdy - i love a strongly opinionated arguement, just so you don't think bad things about me.
4:33 pm
wurdygurl

oh Evan - I like you too. I love having interesting and logical conversations.
4:33 pm
evanonut

i think the hitler comparison is a bit of a leap.
4:34 pm
stidmama

i need to go now -- my meds are not strong enough for sustained conversations of this nature... but I thank you all for listening, and will read more of the conversation this evening when Tom is here and can help me. May you all have a blessed and peaceful afternoon/evening with enough to eat and a comfortable bed to sleep in.
4:34 pm
Luther F.

Oh sacred babble grids, how i have miss thee
4:34 pm
evanonut

bye stiddy
4:35 pm
wurdygurl

:my meds are not strong enough..." LOL that was funny!
4:35 pm
evanonut

hitler was evil, we just want a few rules followed. hitler killed, we deport. not bad comparison - it must be the meds.
4:37 pm
evanonut

i mean bad comparison, not not bad :-)
4:39 pm
helenkeller

stid - as the adult child of 2 concentration camp survivors & someone who's read mein kampf and the rise & fall of the third reich - i cannot even begin to undertand where you see any similarities with hitler
4:40 pm
helenkeller

k stid - take care, see ya later - i may go find some meds myself now, :)
4:42 pm
helenkeller

i do so enjoy discussions like these - even though i have my own strong opinions, i always like to hear other perspectives & review my positions in light of things i may not have known or thought of - thanks e1
4:48 pm
shutterbug

is the Z used more than once?
4:50 pm
evanonut

that was fun!
we should all argue more.
4:51 pm
helenkeller

i agree evan !!!
4:51 pm
helenkeller

shutt - i don't know, i haven't used the z once yet, :)
4:51 pm
bbnaz

Only once Shutterbug
4:52 pm
evanonut

my husband hates to argue, half my fun right out the window
4:53 pm
kaurie

I don't want to speak for stid, but I think I understand what the concern she was conveying is- putting people into groups can often start the beginnings of an 'us' and a 'them.' Sadly, that can sometimes lead to a you are 'them' and therefore shouldn't have the same things as 'us' mentality. I think Hitler is just an easy example of separation taken to extremes, where 'they' become inferior to 'us'. To make stid feel a little better- I don't think that is where this is headed, I think people are welcoming, they just wanted everyone to be treated the same and obide by the same rules, in some ways, to avoid having an us and a them. =) And that may have made no sense and there fore contributed nothing to increased understanding!
4:55 pm
wurdygurl

I hear you evan - my husband hates talking about this stuff. I find it fun and invigorating
4:56 pm
helenkeller

kaur - on the contrary, you make perfect sense - it's just the mention of hitler tends to immediately take some people to places far away from the topic at hand & the thread of the arguement becomes lost - thx
4:56 pm
bbnaz

Let's face it, the balkanization of the United States is well on its way. I cannot stand hyphenated ethnicity. You are an American or you are not. If you are an "African American" and you go live in Africa, do you become an "African American African"? Or insert any other country of origin, then add the country to the end. How utterly ridiculous.

See you all at the flip.

God Bless America!
4:57 pm
helenkeller

exactly bbnaz!
4:57 pm
wurdygurl

depends bb - do they get citizenship in their new country?
4:58 pm
bbnaz

Any Brits on the board right now? Ask one of them how the UK feels about illegal immigration or New Zealand or France........or just about any place you go.
4:58 pm
tarajane

he 5/14?
4:58 pm
bbnaz

Say they do Wurdy....don't you find the identifying phrase to be a bit unwieldy?
4:59 pm
bbnaz

the last name of the actor who played napolean dynomite for the HE5,14
4:59 pm
wurdygurl

I do...but (you knew tht was coming lol) the reason African American is used is because of heritage. Just like Native American
5:00 pm
helenkeller

i don't see why blacks get to be african-american & i have to be stuck with caucasian & not european-american - caucasian is not even an ethnicity
5:01 pm
bbnaz

And I take umbrage with the term "Native American". My family has been here for over 15 generations...at what point to I become considered a "native"? And where is the anthropological proof of origination of any human species here in the Americas?
5:01 pm
boreetos

hi kids.
5:01 pm
wurdygurl

Blacks get to be African American because that is what they are. Their ancestors had no choice in coming here. They were kidnapped and their names were changed. Now they live here, but who knows(they certainly don't) where their lives would have been if they weren't kidnapped
5:01 pm
boreetos

you go helenkeller, you tell it how it is!
5:02 pm
bbnaz

Tara, did that help?

If not then HE + fourth letter of alphabet + second vowel + the letter before "s"
5:02 pm
helenkeller

hk loves boreetos :)
5:03 pm
boreetos

not all african americans were ever in or have ever been to Africa. I'm not from Europe, nor have I been there yet, but my ancestry is. I'm only a third generation american. A lot of African Americans have been here a lot longer than that.
5:03 pm
wurdygurl

you cannot be serious. Native americans were here. they were called indians when america was discovered by columbus. You know this don't you? And Native americans get to be called that because they were native to this land. Before it was stolen from them.
5:03 pm
boreetos

but still, as HK said, we're stuck with an outdated term that doesn't really mean anything.
5:04 pm
CadFan

I believe the point was that, anthropologically, Native Americans did not begin here - they migrated here from elsewhere.
5:05 pm
wurdygurl

I think it means alot to the people that adhere to it. I know that I take alot of pride in my Native american ancestory.
5:05 pm
helenkeller

uh wurdy - the indians are no more native to this land than anyone else - if they didn't cross over the russian isthmus, then they came on kon-tiki-type boats from across the pacific - i'm pretty sure that's where the research stands now
5:05 pm
boreetos

wurdy, that's a good point. Columbus was an idiot. He didn't know where he was or what the heck he was doing. But the fact remains that I am by all intents and purposes a "Native American". Because I was born here.
5:05 pm
bbnaz

Well I was born here and have lived in the southwest all of my life. I know of no evidence that shows that any of the "indigenous" people originated here, rather most anthropological evidence shows them migrating across the bering strait. As it is, it is not an argument that will be won or lost here on babble.

and I always check "native american" on my census as if you look up the definition of "native" in a dictionary, I more than fit into that description.

5:06 pm
bonkler

as an illustration, i am the child of immigrants. my family is british. in highschool, my friend wan was hassled constantly by the local bigot boys and idiots. wan got pushed around until one day he snapped and smacked this one guy right across the mouth.

the simpleton's most popular racist quip was, " go back to chinkland" and the ever popular "gook" (it was the 70s and we learned a lot from american tv). me, i never had a moment of hassle because i looked right. wan's family had immigrated here to canada in the mid to late 1800s, to build the railroad, canada's national dream. he was a fifth or sixth generaqtion canadian.

5:06 pm
helenkeller

lol bbnaz - i really like that census form approach :)
5:06 pm
boreetos

its true. Most people in the know that all human life originated in Africa anyway, and that life branched out from there. and if you buy into Christian Dogma, all people derived from the very same couple.
5:08 pm
evanonut

bonkler, excellent point
5:09 pm
evanonut

boreetos, makes the whole existence thing kind of incestuous doesn't it?
5:10 pm
Layne

Someone said that without becoming citizens, there's no incentive for learning English. I beg to differ, respectfully. Have you ever travelled in a country where you couldn't speak the language? Immigrants try to learn English, if for no reason other than so they can find out where the bathroom is and how much the hamburger costs. That said, it is much harder for adults to learn a new language than it is for a young person.
5:11 pm
shorty

you know this is point less to go on and on about this everyone has there own opionion so why dont you just drop it this could go on forever
5:11 pm
boreetos

i dont really see why labeling everyone matters anyway. Take a look at John Lennon's writings. He had the right idea. He imagined a world with no race boundries and no religeon, one in which everyone would live in harmony and not quibble over beliefs and physical differences.
5:11 pm
helenkeller

national geographic has had an on-going study called the genographic project - purpose is to study history of human migration --- check out the web site - it's fascinating!!!!
-once in a while, the pbs channel will air a 2 hour program on it, i strongly suggest watching it if you ever have a chance
5:11 pm
evanonut

it's fun, and layne has i point...maybe they're just pretending not to know the language to annoy us.
5:13 pm
Layne

Or, evan, maybe they're working too many hours and don't have time to study and mull over how to conjugate "to be."
5:13 pm
Layne

And it IS fun.
5:13 pm
evanonut

a favorite story of my friends about her daughter goes like this: they were visiting the statue of liberty and there was a large number of asian tourists on the boat. they kept bumping rudely into them and, because they thought no one spoke their language, made derisive remarks about us in our own country. her daughter turned on them, told them off fluently in their own language, capping it off by telling them to go back to their own country then!
5:14 pm
evanonut

so we aren't the only bigots out there.
5:15 pm
kaurie

any hint on er5/12? i'm baffled
5:15 pm
wurdygurl

sorry I was on homework help. I am logging off though beofre I get myself in another discussion. lol later.
5:15 pm
Layne

Absolutely not, Evan. There's bigots in all flavors.
5:15 pm
evanonut

kaurie baffled or babbled?
5:15 pm
boreetos

yeah evanonut. incest is the reason for the society's downward spiral. THink about it, it we all started as essentially one person, then the genetic material to form new people is used over and over, in a complete and utter degradation of that original material. Modern genetists have proven that incestual societies are evolutionary dead ends. Not branching out into other gene pools is a bad thing. So, if we all come from the same gene pool, what chance do we have in the long run?
5:16 pm
kaurie

pick any one that fits- i can't find the thing
5:16 pm
chic

Hence the Ugly American; anyhoo I'm a Child of the Universe...so there.. I'm laying down now...later
5:16 pm
helenkeller

bye wurdy - nice talking with you!
5:16 pm
bonkler

er5/12 the repblican politicians er*** when they tried to demonize migrants and alien workers to please their fundameentalist masters ;-)
5:16 pm
boreetos

bye wurdy. thanks for the opinions!
5:16 pm
boreetos

bye chic.
5:16 pm
evanonut

bye wurdy!
5:17 pm
kaurie

grr, i feared it was obvious. thanks!!
5:17 pm
evanonut

boreetos - i'ma christain, so i believe God took care of that problem in the beginnig, but if you're concerned, then it depends on the length of the long run! ;-)
5:17 pm
Layne

Boreeto, I think that's backward. If we all started from one person (impossible, if you think about it, so let's say two people), then the first coupling was of very close relatiaves, the second tier of coupling was of cousins, the next tier was 2nd and 3rd cousins, etc. So we're getting farther away from that incestuous stuff.
5:18 pm
helenkeller

hmmm, my goal was to get this little grid done quickly so i could lay down & watch my tape of housewives & grey's anat. & baby my head-cold -- that hasn't worked out so well yet :)
5:18 pm
evanonut

i make it a policy not to question God.
5:19 pm
evanonut

helenk - go baby that cold, we can have fun arguements later.
5:19 pm
helenkeller

no layne - not correct, check out the national geographic website, you will find the opposite is true, we are all way more related than we might like to think
5:19 pm
bonkler

don't question god, question those who choose to speak for him/her/it.
5:20 pm
Layne

Evan, I wouldnt' question Him either, but so far the comments I get from Him comes to me through men, and I DO question them!
5:20 pm
evanonut

bonkler, yes! sortof...
5:20 pm
helenkeller

evan - wish i could -- but i must find 23 more words first -eeeeeek!!!
5:21 pm
Layne

bonkler I think I like you.
5:21 pm
boreetos

layne, but if all people come from the same two, then all genetic material out there is, or once was the same. even mating with third cousins, is still reusing the same information over and over.

For an example, say a man and a woman had eight children. Those eight paired off and had eight children each, those 32 children paired off and had eight children each, etc... that is incest. It would ALWAYS be incest. You'd always be drawing from the same genetic material.
5:22 pm
Layne

But Boreetos, wouldn't you agree that incest with your 495th cousin is better than incest with your sister?
5:22 pm
evanonut

boreetos - do you really think God didn't think of that? i think he/she would really have to be off of his/her game to not think of something that we have.
5:23 pm
smaller

ooo way to go, bonkler! nice one
5:23 pm
bonkler

ditto layne. religion can be a wonderful force for good. sadly it is too often administered by men who succumb to lust for money, power and control. pat robertson and jerry falwell and james dobson are no better than mullah omar or any of the crazed muslim extremists. fundamentalism is the attempt by a few to use faith as a cudgel.
5:23 pm
evanonut

SMALLER!
5:24 pm
smaller

hey nut,
just getting up to speed. you people have been busy today!
5:24 pm
evanonut

cudgel? who uses that word!
5:24 pm
Layne

Nicely said, bonkler.
5:24 pm
evanonut

just having some fun smalls
5:24 pm
faeriekae

Who is having incest with insects?
5:25 pm
evanonut

faerie! you deem is safe again! i dunno...
5:25 pm
faeriekae

LOl I've been following along :)
5:25 pm
Veruca

Incest with insects seems wrong
5:25 pm
bonkler

i use cudgel, at least on babble some folks will actually know what it means. i love the descriptive nature of older terms.
5:26 pm
boreetos

conscience thinking is just that. WE've invented all these problems, named them and criticized them. THere are only those ideas that we've introduced into this world.

Question god huh? Why wouldn't I question it?

Here's one for you. The bible. Written by people inspired by God. Genesis lays out a simple and easily understood explanation of where the world came from. Interesting how the people who wrote the bible and had such a deep understanding of creation didn't know that the world was round. In fact, the Catholic church executed many people who stated that it might not be flat.

Question everything.
5:26 pm
evanonut

incest with insects seems impossible

faerie, i could feel your eyes following the log
5:26 pm
Layne

Veruca, incest with insects would be DIFFICULT!
5:26 pm
faeriekae

ROFL
5:27 pm
Veruca

difficult but doable
5:27 pm
Layne

Yes, Boreetos. Especially: Question Authority.
5:27 pm
smaller

a cockroach does sound tittilating
5:27 pm
evanonut

lol boreetos - well if you must, but to tell the truth, if i were to question God, the only thing keeping me together in trying times, i might as well stop existing.
5:28 pm
bonkler

lol smaller
5:28 pm
boreetos

im out kids, thanks for the talking! I love discussing religeon, theologgy and social issues. Forgive me if I get a little passionate and whatnot about it. I just get excited. :) see you all tomorrow.
5:28 pm
evanonut

i know a nice cockroach for you smaller, he lives just down the street.
5:28 pm
hurshy

actually, the person or persons who wrote genesis did not likely see themselves as writing a scientific account of the creation of the world, but rather a description of God's relation to man, since it was written from a pre-modern point of view. the moderns later took it to be scientific because that was they way they thought. and then people today question everything - that is a post-modern way to think. :)
5:28 pm
Veruca

boreetos you wouldn't happen to be a fan of Fox M - the truth is out there. I want to believe
5:28 pm
faeriekae

I just beleive that if I moved to say Germany I would learn to speak German and to live by thier laws. I would not expect them to change everything for me.
5:29 pm
faeriekae

Bye Boreetos :)
5:29 pm
boreetos

veruca. the man had a point once in a while. see you all later.
5:29 pm
smaller

bonk,
i searched the chasm of my brain for that last morsel for ya!
5:29 pm
evanonut

yes faerie, i would learn to speak german took, and i'd probably need a cup of tea every hour for my abused throat.
5:29 pm
Layne

Good attitude, Faerie, but I hope they'd be patient with you if it took longer than they liked.
5:29 pm
smaller

nut,
just one? i work with about 30.
5:29 pm
Veruca

faeriekae - now your moving - what is going on today!!!!!!!!
5:30 pm
faeriekae

LOL no shit
5:30 pm
evanonut

got a few under my kitchen sink!;-)
5:30 pm
helenkeller

bye boreetos - enjoyed our talking today!
5:30 pm
evanonut

boree, twas fun
5:31 pm
bonkler

faerie a noble sentiment. but you would also find a good deal of the population speaks english as an expedience. many americans expect to travel abroad and carry their own special set of rules with them. i've dealt with lots of amerrican tourists who do stupid things and expect, "i'm an american" to be sufficient excuse and explanation.
5:31 pm
faeriekae

I might be exacuted before I ever learned the languag I'm afraied.
5:31 pm
Layne

Thanks, all. Daily chit-chat is nice but something meaningful once in a while is excellent.
5:32 pm
evanonut

bonkler, where are you from?
5:32 pm
faeriekae

Evan - you need a roach trap LOL
5:32 pm
helenkeller

bonkler - i agree -- i am often ashamed to admit i an american when i travel to other countries
5:32 pm
godthaab

There are actually 2 sources for the writer of Genesis- the P source and the J source as they are known in eccliastical circles. The J and the P sources differ in terminology and actual details of the story.
5:32 pm
evanonut

okay, i lied about the cockroaches (whew) i hid them under smallers sink for a treat.
5:32 pm
Uneaixoise

ditto, bonkler
5:33 pm
helenkeller

layne - are you leaving us?
5:33 pm
faeriekae

*teehee* Smaller will never find them until she turns the light on in the middle of the night.
5:33 pm
evanonut

i've only ever been to haiti, they were real nice there.
5:33 pm
bonkler

i'm a canadian, child of british immigrants. my family was military. we have family in several euro nations. english is the language of business. i speak the least no. of languages in my family at 2 (awful french). the old man spoke , i think, eight.
5:34 pm
Layne

Still here, Helen. For a few more minutes. Thanks for asking.
5:34 pm
evanonut

i took french in highschool because of proximity to the canadian border, oddly enough, i've never crossed it.
5:34 pm
helenkeller

sounded like you might be leaving - i wanted to say 'bye' & thanks for the good chat!
5:35 pm
periwinkle

HI, all, help with the co6/33 please
5:35 pm
evanonut

yes layne, you are a good point maker
5:35 pm
torgone

Funny ..
5:35 pm
periwinkle

nevermind, found the co6/33 (haha)
5:36 pm
Uneaixoise

co6 specialty of Jerry Seinfeld, Jon Stewart, Ray Romano, etc.
5:36 pm
evanonut

tx une, hadn't found it
5:37 pm
Uneaixoise

yw :-)
5:37 pm
Layne

thanks for your kindnesses, Evan and Helen.
5:37 pm
wurdygurl

help me...where is the z used????
5:38 pm
evanonut

any time layn - btw, haven't seen you before, new or just drawn out by the excitement.
5:38 pm
bonkler

thanks folks, i have to go. i'm flying out west in the morning to say farewell to my dad. nothing like a good discussion/argument to divert one for an hour. i'll be back in a week or so. cheers all.
5:38 pm
evanonut

bye bonkalonk
5:39 pm
faeriekae

Bonkler - what do you mean to say farwell to your Dad?
5:39 pm
helenkeller

bye bonk :)) have a nice trip!
5:40 pm
faeriekae

Bye Bonk have a safe trip :)
5:40 pm
bonkler

well, let's just say he'll find out if there's a god before we do. he passed quietly at 84.
5:40 pm
evanonut

i'm sorry bonkler
5:41 pm
faeriekae

{{{Bonk}}} I'm so sorry to hear that. You be safe and I'll remember your family in my prayers.
5:41 pm
wurdygurl

I am so sorry bonk
5:41 pm
helenkeller

awww bonk, so sorry to hear that - may your trip be fulfilling and comforting
5:41 pm
Layne

bonkler, my sympathies. Safe travels.
5:41 pm
bonkler

and i do mean thanks. it has been a great relief to take my mind off things today, take good care all.
5:42 pm
faeriekae

Awwwww now I feel bad for Bonkler.....I hate funerals and such.
5:42 pm
Layne

evan, in answer to your question, I've been reading here for a couple of weeks, wanting to get involved in the conversation but a bit shy. But discussions like this draw me in.
5:42 pm
wassup

afternoon all, any help with the re 5/14?
5:42 pm
Sherbie

Wurdygurl,

There's one. It's a zy 6-letter word. Click on Lickety's Babble clues for this kind of info.

5:43 pm
evanonut

you're in for it now layne!
5:43 pm
helenkeller

that's nice to hear layne - welcome
5:43 pm
faeriekae

Layne - Welcome to Babble and I'm really glad you decided to join in the conversation :)
5:43 pm
Layne

Good afternoon, all. Hope to talk again sometime.
5:43 pm
helenkeller

uh right layne - you gotta watch out for evan - kinda nutty :)
5:43 pm
evanonut

layter layne
5:44 pm
faeriekae

Wassup - I don't have it sorry.
5:44 pm
cybernan

W's: I have...
we 5x2, we4x5
wh 5x2, wh 4x1

Missing?
5:44 pm
helenkeller

bye-bye layne
5:44 pm
faeriekae

See ya Layne :)
5:44 pm
evanonut

i like layne, gotta love a woman whose bio consists mostly of foods.
5:45 pm
faeriekae

LOL Evan - I just read it myslef and thought the exact same thing....
5:45 pm
evanonut

great minds and all that...
5:46 pm
helenkeller

lol evan - but nutria??? nutria??? come on
5:46 pm
evanonut

but what is nutria? i don't know!
5:46 pm
cybernan

re 5/14: sew the bottom of a dress again
5:46 pm
Dr_God

Well, folks, I'm coming down the home stretch. The new and improved Babble is almost done. ;)
5:47 pm
wassup

nutria are freaky.
5:47 pm
faeriekae

I don't know what it is either but I do know what jambalaya is and it is yummmy
5:47 pm
evanonut

yay! dr_g, can't wait!
5:47 pm
wassup

they are like huge rats with a beaver tail. they roam my parents' back yard
5:47 pm
helenkeller

nutria are animals
5:47 pm
faeriekae

Hi Dr_G :) what have you in store for us now?
5:47 pm
evanonut

no they're not wassup, you're making that up!
5:48 pm
faeriekae

OMG - Giant Rats - No thanks.
5:48 pm
cybernan


W's: I have...
we 5x2, we4x5
wh 5x2, wh 4x1

Missing?
5:48 pm
wassup

totally serious. one scared the crap out of my parents' dog. he wouldn't go out to pee
5:48 pm
helenkeller

wassup speaks the truth
5:48 pm
Dr_God

I'm bringing over the Chatterbox from Iron Sudoku. And there will no longer be a need to flip between stats and the word list. And there will finally be fireworks. ;)
5:48 pm
helenkeller

rofl wass!!!
5:48 pm
evanonut

maybe she just thinks they're cute to look at is all!
5:49 pm
faeriekae

Dr_G when can we expect this new and improved Babble?
5:49 pm
evanonut

FIREWORKS!!!!!!!!
5:49 pm
Dr_God

This week
5:49 pm
JeeWhiz

wh4 x 2
5:49 pm
wassup

well...they're not cute. just plain freaky. they're slow though, as far as I've seen.
5:49 pm
evanonut

the mand is a genius, i'll never get the fireworks, but he's a genius anyway.
5:49 pm
faeriekae

*~*~*~*Dr_G*~*~*~*
gets fireworks

YEAH!!!!!
5:50 pm
Jera

Hey everyone... I'm back from my grand aventure at the Library!
5:50 pm
evanonut

wassup, then catch one, cook that sucker up, and tell us how it tastes.
5:50 pm
faeriekae

ROFL Evan
5:50 pm
helenkeller

lol - here i wanna go rest my cold & i get stuck onthe mu 5/18 ---- lol ---- that's all i got stuck in my head -oh boy-o-boy
5:51 pm
wassup

oh lord...you don't have to catch them. they're dead in the road all the time in front of their house! roadkill stew anyone?
5:51 pm
cybernan

Missing an s 4 -- anyone care to guess which one it might be?
5:51 pm
evanonut

must be the groundhog of the south then
5:51 pm
faeriekae

Dr_G very excited to see what you have in store for us now. How can it possibly get any better :)
5:51 pm
wassup

only I'm in Oregon. :)
5:51 pm
cybernan

thanks, GeeWhiz -- found it and it was , indeed, a wh4
5:52 pm
evanonut

okay wassup, whereever, it's all the same if it isn't pennsylvania ;-)
5:52 pm
Jera

*catching up on the chat*

Huzzah for Dr_God!! Sounds great!
5:52 pm
faeriekae

gotta run for now bbl to finish
5:53 pm
wassup

ok, good point. :)
5:53 pm
Jera

There's sc4/6, st4/6, 2xsu4/6 & an su4/5
5:53 pm
helenkeller

bye faeri :)
5:54 pm
evanonut

later f
5:54 pm
Jera

Oh, & welcome to the madhouse, layne!!
5:54 pm
cybernan

Thanks, jera -- found it -- one of the st's


Done!!!!
5:54 pm
griffith

;-)
5:54 pm
Jera

Bye, faerie!
5:54 pm
Jera

Some really freaky short words today.
5:55 pm
magzel

need th re 5/16 to finish. not the skirt bottom and not the coloring again. please help.
5:55 pm
cybernan

Bye Faerie..............

anyone want a clue before I leave?
5:55 pm
evanonut

mag - when you color a shirt again, you re*** it.
5:55 pm
wassup

ooh nan! how about re 5/14?
5:55 pm
helenkeller

mag - add sometime vowel to the previous word
5:56 pm
cybernan

re 5/16: adjective -- root is the r 4/5 before it
5:56 pm
evanonut

oops, sorry mag, only saw that first...;-)
5:56 pm
scatty

i'm back, better get going, have fifty to do before the flip
5:56 pm
helenkeller

evan - i think mag may strangle you, lol
5:56 pm
cybernan

re 5/14: turn up the bottom of a skirt or pants again
5:56 pm
evanonut

i hope not! i'm very funny about my neck being touched.
5:56 pm
hetty

Hullo everyone. Quite an afternoon of babbling and chatting to Doctor_God I've had. I'm so glad he's going to eliminate the flip between wordlist and stats; so much easier for someone with a head like mine. Talking of heads, does anyone with better one have the 2 cu6's?
And how can I find them?
5:57 pm
grant

Clue for de5/12?
5:57 pm
wassup

thanks, duh... :)
5:57 pm
magzel

sorry have the one with the sometimes vowel.
5:58 pm
Jera

de5/12 add normal plural letter to woodland creature that doesn't need to be pluralised...
5:58 pm
cybernan

de 5/12: plural of the de 4/5 (doesn't seem right to me either!)
5:58 pm
hurshy

cu6's - people who heal, and a past tense of a cu4
5:59 pm
evanonut

duh! missed the past tense one, tx hursh
5:59 pm
cybernan

Hi Hurshy! -- missed your help on the finish!!
5:59 pm
hurshy

sorry cnan!!! was checking my email!
6:00 pm
cybernan

did you also go listless today?
6:00 pm
hurshy

yes :)
6:00 pm
grant

Bingo. Thanks, though we should consult a rhetorician.
6:01 pm
magzel

thanks all. i'm soooo stupid. i thought i had the coloring again one but didn't.
6:02 pm
cybernan

We're overdue for a biggie -- just hope it isn't tonight -- have a lot to accomplish tomorrow.
6:02 pm
evanonut

lol mag, so techically i gave the correct clue?
6:02 pm
magzel

evanout-- yes you did. thanks
6:03 pm
Jera

It will happen Wednesday, cybernan... that's the day I'm insanely busy this week...
6:03 pm
cybernan

If nobody else needs a clue, I'll get back to my sewing.
6:03 pm
helenkeller

hahahaha --- layne has a word from the grid in her bio

just finished -all done - gonna go & rest now
i had a really great time talking with everyone today - one of the most enjoyable chat days ever for me :))))
6:03 pm
cybernan

congrats, helen
6:03 pm
evanonut

good bye helen kay, may we have more similar in the future!
6:04 pm
Jera

Go sew, cybernan, you know how I love to show off... ;>
6:04 pm
helenkeller

lol evan --- watchout, mags might be kissing your neck now :)
6:04 pm
Jera

Huzzah for HK!!
6:04 pm
cybernan

Bye :)
6:04 pm
evanonut

EWE!!!!!!
6:04 pm
helenkeller

bye for now - maybe see you all at the flip
6:05 pm
helenkeller

lol evan said a word!
6:05 pm
evanonut

hey, not technically!
6:06 pm
hurshy

what evanonut said is completely unrelated to the ew4, a pitcher.
6:06 pm
hetty

hurshy, you're a marvel. And a mensch.I tried putting a past tense ending onto a cu4 term I had never seen before ( and assumed was a noun!) AND IT WORKED. Home run now.
6:06 pm
scatty

Hi hetty, how many have you got to get
6:06 pm
hurshy

hmmm, i hope a mensch is a good thing.
6:07 pm
evanonut

tx hursh - *sticks out tongue at helen k*
6:07 pm
hurshy

of course i don't know why nut was bringing up sheep... did you perhaps mean EWWW!, nut?
6:08 pm
evanonut

yes, yes, i think that's what i meant hursh...ewwwwwww, because kissing my neck would be ba-a-a-a-ad
6:08 pm
hetty

Hin there scatty. "It's time for every frivolous whim, proper or im" Tralala. And I have 35 to go.
6:08 pm
hurshy

lol
6:09 pm
Jera

Wow, ya learn something new every day... i assumed ew4 was one who raised female sheep.
6:10 pm
smaller

now nutty buddy,
you did say a word earlier de4/6 when faerireiekae came to play. i was being mature when i didn't mention it earlier, that my brief affliction of that has now passed.
nut said a word, nut said a word. ahhh. i feel better
6:10 pm
evanonut

and i thought it was one who says "ewwwwww!"
6:10 pm
helenkeller

lol evan -- see that's the difference between me & hursh - hursh is a stickler for details, but ewe were 'close enough' & that's good enough for me
6:10 pm
Uneaixoise

hetty, why? "I'm so glad he's going to eliminate the flip between wordlist and stats"--I really like it . . . .
6:10 pm
scatty

Hetty - you are beating me by 20 at the moment
6:11 pm
hurshy

lol lol lol
6:11 pm
evanonut

smaller, does it count if you don't have the word yet? if it does, then ewe were correct.
6:11 pm
helenkeller

LOL smaller!!!
6:11 pm
smaller

nut,
oh of course it doesn't count. for me. silly girl.
6:12 pm
evanonut

now, when did i say that word?
6:12 pm
Jera

Most of the time when people say a word it's one they haven't found yet. So I guess it has to count or we'd rarely get to tease someone about it!
6:12 pm
helenkeller

oh you people are tooo much fun, but this time i am really going - hk slowly moves mouse up to 'x' in corner
6:12 pm
smaller

nut,
but if you'll support that guy from van wilder to be morelli, i can upgrade you to the doesn't-count-til-i-have-it status
6:12 pm
evanonut

bye hk
6:13 pm
hurshy

i tend to say words like "this" and "into" even if i've found them already - they are hard to avoid!!!
6:13 pm
smaller

bye helen keller!
6:13 pm
evanonut

i'm gonna have to hold back on the upgrade then, cause he is totally not a morelli.
6:14 pm
smaller

hurshy,
those are definitely the unwritten/unspoken allowable words. i have yet to see anyone balk at those
6:14 pm
evanonut

now, orlando bloom on the other hand, total morelli.
6:14 pm
smaller

dang
6:14 pm
hurshy

then you didn't see yesterday when i said "this"! :)
6:14 pm
hetty

Hursh, the woman who once called me a "mensch" said it was a Yiddish term for a gifted and generous person.
I hav no proof she wasn't pulling my leg. But I wanted to pass it on in the hope you would be pleased. "It's May a risk in every way, and time to make each ta-te-ta day /One you'll always rue. . .tralala
've lwa
6:15 pm
hurshy

i'm lookin it up to make sure :)
6:15 pm
evanonut

refresh, morelli is in the house
6:15 pm
smaller

think he'd be up for another role of cockroach-in-my-room?
6:15 pm
hurshy

A person having admirable characteristics, such as fortitude and firmness of purpose: “He radiates the kind of fundamental decency that has a name in Yiddish; he's a mensch”
6:16 pm
evanonut

lemme ask him, he's "tied up" right now.
6:16 pm
momofadam

hetty, it's true.
6:16 pm
hurshy

well, thank you for the compliment, hetty. i don't think it's a word i'll be working into my vocabulary, only because it reminds me too much of menschtruation
6:16 pm
hetty

No, correction "It's May, a libellous display, and time to make each ta-te-ta day. . ." (wish I could recall the ta-te-ta word. I once played Guinevere
6:16 pm
smaller

he looks to young for a 'stache.
not tough enough yet
6:17 pm
evanonut

s'okay, morelli doesn't wear a stach
6:19 pm
smaller

maybe by the time the movies are made he'll toughen up a bit and age and fill out. kinda angular
he just seems so delicate.
6:19 pm
evanonut

smaller, ever seen pirates of the carribean?
6:20 pm
hurshy

:( nobody laughing at my joke :( :(
6:20 pm
smaller

us6/24?
6:20 pm
smaller

yep.
6:20 pm
hurshy

us - a person who loans money for interest, or exorbitant interest
6:20 pm
momofadam

Can someone pleeeaase explain to me why there is a z??!!
6:20 pm
smaller

sorry hursh,
wasn't reading it. very clever
6:20 pm
evanonut

he was tough in there!
6:21 pm
wurdygurl

plese please please sofmeone help me with the "z"
6:21 pm
smaller

but still "elegant"
hard to be tough with flourish
6:21 pm
hetty

Uneaxoise. . .just saw your question. I had a fisticuffs sesson with Dr_Gd today becauseof a discrepancy between the score earned yesterday and the one that showed up on the stats--appeared there was a problem for klutzes like me switchng from one listing to the other, that's probably whyhe's going to address it. But I didn't ask him to, honest
6:22 pm
smaller

but he is cute. maybe he just needs time
6:22 pm
hurshy

well, momofadam, it all goes back to the ancients... a great propet foresaw the future, knew we would be playing babble, and said, "i shall invent a letter, the words beginning with which shall be so bizarre that babblers everywhere will be tormented... bwahahaha"
6:22 pm
Playwoman

Z word-
A form oF music often heqrd around New ORLEANS
6:22 pm
shutterbug

wurdygurl, there is one zy 6/45 word.
6:22 pm
evanonut

no no, shave, make the hair messy, scar in the brow, very brooding, very sexy, very morelli.
6:22 pm
wassup

er 5/12?
6:23 pm
smaller

zy + first for letters of what you do to a cake when you put pretty stuff on it
6:23 pm
hurshy

made a mistake, wassup
6:24 pm
wassup

wow, and to think of the stupid stuff I was trying... :) so obvious. Thanks!
6:24 pm
wurdygurl

thank you thank you thank you
6:25 pm
smaller

ok i think i'm looking for more of a "wisened" look. morelli's been through a lot. viggo's face shows too much character. but i'll concede to orlando if he ages well.
6:26 pm
hurshy

johnny depp?
6:26 pm
smaller

it's still a few years a way more than likely. he's got potential. won't he need contacts for chocolate eyes? i thought his are blue.
6:26 pm
hetty

Hursh, I'm smiling (but not laughing outright, probably because "I've changed. . .") at your joke. But I do appreciate your wit. Trelala. Do you appreciate my singing "It's wild, it's gay, a gift in every way. . ."And like Wassup, I need er5/12
6:26 pm
smaller

hmmm. too used?
6:27 pm
hurshy

lovely voice you have, hetty
6:27 pm
hurshy

scott patterson?
6:30 pm
hurshy

or is he too old? (mind you i haven't read the books i'm just going on what you said you're looking for)
6:30 pm
hetty

Ohy, Wassup--it's the pural of le4!
6:31 pm
evanonut

and so the morelli debate rages on.
6:31 pm
hurshy

but what do you think of scott patterson? did you google him?
6:31 pm
evanonut

hurshy, think italian, sexy, good in jeans, great in bed, with a dangerous looking scar through the eyebrow.
6:31 pm
hurshy

i need to know if i'm on the right track or what modifications i should make - i'm trying to bring the two of you into harmony :)
6:32 pm
Layne

Hetty, isn't there a verse with something about "prays that her lad will be a cad?"
6:32 pm
hurshy

well, does he have to really be italian??? how about colin ferrell?
6:32 pm
evanonut

i'm looking for darker thicker hair
6:33 pm
evanonut

hursh, you're a genius!
6:33 pm
smaller

i gotta go with James Denton as my top pick.
6:33 pm
momofadam

the zy 6/45 can be found by going to google and type in new orleans music.
6:33 pm
hurshy

no no wait i have an even better one - he's actually italian - raoul bova - look him up!
6:34 pm
smaller

refresh
james denton
6:34 pm
evanonut

hangon, refresh for colin
6:35 pm
wassup

how bout my icon? he's cuter...
6:36 pm
evanonut

rauol cute
colin wins!!!!!
6:36 pm
evanonut

mind you smaller, james has potential, but colin is currently in character.
6:36 pm
hurshy

you're the expert, nut :)
6:37 pm
evanonut

that is why i'm evano - nut
6:37 pm
hurshy

i know - that is why i said it - nut
6:37 pm
smaller

wassup,
LOL blue is so white hot now!!!
6:38 pm
evanonut

;-) at hurshy
6:38 pm
hetty

Layne...sure is "when very maiden prays that her lad/Will be a cad...It's wild, it's gay, a libellous display. . "etc. Lovely song. The only one I love more in CAMELOT is "How to handle a woman. ." But it's my husband who sings that one. He once played Henry Higgins to my Eliza, and everyone thought our marriage was really like that...
6:38 pm
mam20

the 1st re 5,16.....?
6:38 pm
hurshy

well, i feel that i have been of some small service, even if i did not bring nut and smaller to agreement, and now i shall go put away laundry
6:38 pm
wassup

I don't even know what you guys are talking about, but if you're discussing cute male stars...jake gyllenhal wins for me.
6:39 pm
evanonut

wassup. what IS your icon anyway?
6:39 pm
smaller

oh hurshy,
don't worry. we do this about weekly. It's FUN
6:39 pm
wassup

I'm lazy, it's from the monster theme from yesterday. It's the abominable snowman from Monsters, Inc.
6:39 pm
smaller

Jake would be a good one.
But Jake and Colin are 20 somethings for a 30something role
6:39 pm
hurshy

i know but if you agreed then i would feel more brilliant :)
6:40 pm
faeriekae

and I'm back
6:40 pm
Layne

Take courage --now there's a sport. An invitation to the state of rigor morte . . .
Humility? A noble yen. And very restful every now and then.
6:40 pm
Layne

No, that's not right. Something else was very restful. What was it?
6:40 pm
evanonut

layne and faeire returns

* purposefully ignores smallers morelli comments *
6:41 pm
faeriekae

Refresh
6:41 pm
hetty

I don't know what the guys are talking about either, certainly not the merry month of May. So, like Hursh, I'll away to my laundry
6:41 pm
wombat

wassup! you're here! alas, what joy!
6:41 pm
smaller

hey fairireieikkakaee!!

nut,
only be that makes me right, huh?!! LOLOLOLOLOLOL
6:41 pm
wassup

oh, I'm here. :) Alas.
6:42 pm
evanonut

* thinks about smallers many flaws, considers taking on a new partner in the one for the money movie casting *
6:42 pm
faeriekae

Yummy looks like dinner has been served.
6:43 pm
wombat

i haven't done crap. i'm at 21 words. stupid job.
6:43 pm
evanonut

smaller, find a rougher pic and i'll reconsider.
6:43 pm
featherbee

evening, just about to start the grid...
6:43 pm
faeriekae

Wombat - don't let work interfer with Babble that is against the rules ya know :)
6:44 pm
faeriekae

Hey Featherbee :)
6:44 pm
periwinkle

cr5/12 anyone?
6:44 pm
featherbee

lol, scanning the chat, looks a bit goofy in here tonight!
6:45 pm
Uneaixoise

c + re4/4
6:45 pm
Layne

Excuse me, fairie, you seem to have become Brad Pitt.
6:45 pm
froelica

Hello Sarah C. I know you......
6:45 pm
wassup

I have 26 left, but I'll never finish. I'm too busy watching narnia and talking with the kids to actually do anything babble.
6:45 pm
wassup

Shlea of Ash!!!!!!!!
6:45 pm
faeriekae

and refresh again :p
6:46 pm
Layne

Yikes!!
6:46 pm
periwinkle

Une, thanks so much
6:46 pm
faeriekae

Layne not anymore :)
6:46 pm
froelica

Tis me! I'm at work and I wanna go home!!!
6:47 pm
evanonut

lol faerie - you are way on the wrong track!
6:47 pm
wassup

I want to go out! :) I'm at home and don't want to be here!
6:47 pm
faeriekae

dang
6:47 pm
faeriekae

gotta look for a younger man brb
6:47 pm
evanonut

he's old, smaller could be onto something if she can rough her guy up a bit.
6:48 pm
froelica

Yeah that sucks too
6:48 pm
Uneaixoise

yw, peri!
6:49 pm
evanonut

see, my thing is i would google hot rough looking italian man, and what would come up would be entirely...um..inappropriate.
6:49 pm
periwinkle

cu6/24 anyone?
6:49 pm
wassup

I might head over to the softball game. they're going to be slaughtered.
6:49 pm
periwinkle

nevermind, found it, a plural
6:50 pm
Layne

Peri, those who heal others.
6:50 pm
wassup

evan...yeah. don't do that...
6:50 pm
froelica

Haley's team will be slaughtered? Sweeeeeeeet.
6:50 pm
evanonut

or maybe is should?
6:51 pm
wassup

yeah, they're playing glencoe. no chance.
6:51 pm
evanonut

i googled it, nothing came up!
6:52 pm
smaller

nut,
ptthhhhbbbttt!! I am THE primo picking partner for ya!!
6:52 pm
wassup

that's funny nut. I was nervous for you. I remember in high school i googled breast cancer for a project and got a lot of boobs.
6:52 pm
evanonut

excuse me smaller, i don't see any new pics yet *taps foot impatiently*
6:53 pm
Layne

Evan, are you messing with us? I googled it and got 18,800 hits!
6:53 pm
hurshy

i'm back - how about this guy - dean rehman?
6:53 pm
faeriekae

ok - refresh
6:53 pm
evanonut

did you google it verbatim layn? and yes, breast cance did bring up a lot of boobs, must be the breast thing.
6:54 pm
Layne

I googled hot rough-looking italian man, no quotation marks.
6:54 pm
evanonut

hurshy, nice!
faerie, can't see his face!
6:55 pm
wassup

ok, going to get pizza at the softball game. starving.... see you later froelica and wombat & everyone else!
6:55 pm
faeriekae

dang gotta try again
6:55 pm
smaller

voila, nut!!
refresh
6:56 pm
periwinkle

ou5/12 anyone?
6:56 pm
periwinkle

nevermind, found it
6:57 pm
smaller

peri,
you have a real skill for that!!!! if it were an olympic event, you'd be a gold medalist!!
6:58 pm
periwinkle

Yes, smaller, I do seem to have a knack for that, if only they were giving out gold medals LOL
6:59 pm
evanonut

getting close smaller, but i want a face shot, and then for good measure, i think i'll be needing a butt shot, and a shirtless shot to cover all the ground.
7:00 pm
hurshy

smaller - weigh in on my latest suggestion?
7:00 pm
smaller

LOL nut!!!
7:00 pm
evanonut

he looks tough hursh, a good kind of tough, i'll let him try out.
7:00 pm
periwinkle

missing the st4/6
7:00 pm
smaller

hurshy,
yep just googled dean. can only find one face shot photo, though. but he does have potential. good find, hursh
7:01 pm
hurshy

ty, ty :)
7:01 pm
periwinkle

I did it again, found it, I must be smarter than I think I am :)
7:01 pm
smaller

ooooo nut,
when are tryouts!!! (if you split that into 2 words, i'd be posting a word but note how i'm not!)
7:02 pm
evanonut

when should we issue invitations to all these charming men to try out for the part in our movie that we're not making?
7:02 pm
smaller

peri-
LOL!!!!
7:02 pm
hurshy

lol nut
7:03 pm
smaller

nut,
well I'm sure colin, orlando, james and dean all babble so they'll contact us, of course. tout de suite
7:03 pm
evanonut

hursh, they all have to pose with me and smaller, you know, to make sure they take good pics.
7:03 pm
evanonut

yes, well, orlando shouldn't be a problem, though he is currently tied up.
7:03 pm
hurshy

natch
7:04 pm
smaller

hey nut,
during the photo op, we could fight over them, and if they're clothes should happen to rip off...well...we can't help that
7:04 pm
scatty

can i have a clue for the first st6/18 please( easy if possible)
7:04 pm
hurshy

st + re 4/4
7:04 pm
scatty

Hi peri
7:05 pm
smaller

superman is the man of st6/18 but add an r after the t
7:05 pm
evanonut

yes, actually, i believe we should have them act out the car almost sex scene - we could take turns. then the clothes would have to come off!
7:05 pm
hurshy

could antonio banderas pass as italian or is he too definitely spanish??
7:05 pm
evanonut

you can have your guy, i'll try out with colin and orlando
7:05 pm
periwinkle

Hi scatty, How are you doing with the game, I am almost at 100, would have had more but work interfered.
7:06 pm
evanonut

hey, if he wants to try out, i'll "look him over"
7:06 pm
scatty

have 27 to go
7:07 pm
mab

Banderes (yum) would be a great Ranger.
7:08 pm
evanonut

no, i've already got a ranger.
7:08 pm
hurshy

refresh - how about this guy? his name is robert stocks.
7:08 pm
mab

Sorry, just popped into that conversation.

Hi all.
7:08 pm
scatty

thanks Hushy and smaller, would never have found it without your clues
7:08 pm
evanonut

refresh, ranger is in the house!
7:09 pm
faeriekae

Ok Evan last one take it or leave it. Refresh
7:09 pm
faeriekae

teehee*
7:09 pm
periwinkle

missing first re5/16
7:10 pm
evanonut

cute faerie, may i suggest some reading material?
7:10 pm
hurshy

hey that's ray! :)

robert stocks? anyone??
7:10 pm
faeriekae

ROFL
7:10 pm
evanonut

oooh, hursh, he DOES look dangerous!
7:11 pm
faeriekae

ok this is really, really the last one
Refresh
7:11 pm
hetty

Missing second re5/16 and re6/33
7:11 pm
faeriekae

Hurshy I think your guy fits the bill rather well.
7:12 pm
mab

If I wasn't positive Evanovich had sold the rights to the Plum series, I'd try writing my first screenplay.
7:12 pm
periwinkle

re6/33 -sketched again
7:12 pm
evanonut

mab, funny, i thought she said she hadn't sold them...but that was a while ago.
7:13 pm
mab

Really. I just assumed she had.
7:13 pm
evanonut

she's still writing in the plum series, can she do a partial sell?
7:14 pm
evanonut

think she can safely sell the metro series.
7:14 pm
mab

I would think she could sell them one by one.
7:15 pm
evanonut

beats me, i'll ring and ask her! LOL
7:15 pm
evanonut

btw, fearie - no.
7:15 pm
periwinkle

still missing the first re5/16 I honestly can't see it, help please
7:16 pm
MikeyInBerlin

boo! :-o
7:17 pm
chic

and don't forget Wentworth miller guys for morelli
7:17 pm
faeriekae

Hi Mikey :)
7:17 pm
evanonut

chix - you had that guy before! he's totally blocking his face, how can i frame that?
7:18 pm
jaymil

re 5/16 to color again
7:18 pm
periwinkle

spot, thanks so much
7:18 pm
MikeyInBerlin

faeriekae? hmm; you told me you had to go, from our im conversation.....you were busy with company; but you're on here? :-/ *very confused*
7:19 pm
faeriekae

Evan - Fine then I'll just keep this one all to myself. Don't refesh because you can't see his face :P
7:19 pm
mab

Hi Mikey!!!
7:19 pm
MikeyInBerlin

hi, Mab!!!
7:19 pm
faeriekae

Company had to leave to go check on children :(
7:20 pm
faeriekae

Mikey - ya wanna play now?
7:20 pm
guigrrl

theme today? hot guys?
7:20 pm
chic

here
7:21 pm
hurshy

ok i have one last option for you - nick abraham - a little young but... whaddya think?
7:21 pm
hetty

Spot, I have the "colour agai" re, but not the other re5/16 or the re6---please
Hi Mikey, we've missed you today "The bird and bees with all of their vast amorous past /Gaze at the human race aghast /The lusty month of May" Tralalal
7:22 pm
mab

Maybe Mikey could be a bad guy, nut, or Vinnie.
7:22 pm
MikeyInBerlin

play what, faeriekae; Literati??? :-D oh my, yesssss!!!!!
7:22 pm
faeriekae

then lets go play :)
7:22 pm
MikeyInBerlin

huh, Mab? *me*, a 'bad guy'??? :-(
7:23 pm
jaymil

re 6 is to sketch again
7:23 pm
periwinkle

hetty - did you see my clue at 7:12 for the re6
7:23 pm
mab

It's called acting, Mikey.
7:23 pm
faeriekae

Mikey looks like they want you to be a bad guy :)
7:23 pm
MikeyInBerlin

hi, Hetty.....nice to see you!!! :-)
7:23 pm
hurshy

smaller, nut??? you likey???
7:23 pm
jaymil

re 5/16 adds the sometime vowel to the 4/5 above
7:23 pm
MikeyInBerlin

why, faeriekae and Mab? acting for *what*??? :-/
7:24 pm
hetty

peri, thanks. I scrolled down to it. You too are a mensch
7:24 pm
faeriekae

I'm just looking at a hot guy....so hot he had to take his shirt off *whew*
7:24 pm
MikeyInBerlin

smaller??? :-o *gasp!* oh no.....smaller's here?????
yikes.....she *ate* me a few days ago.....gobbled me right up!!!!! :-/
7:24 pm
mab

nut is casting for the movie version of her favorite detective series.
7:25 pm
mab

I think you lost smaller.
7:25 pm
chic

me 5/22 anyone please?
7:26 pm
periwinkle

chic - past tense of sound a cat makes
7:27 pm
mab

Nut, who is your stephanie?
7:27 pm
chic

thanx, peri
7:28 pm
faeriekae

Get ready for the hot guy to come in
7:28 pm
chic

nut is taking a bath but her stephanie is sandra Bullock...
7:28 pm
periwinkle

chic, yw
7:28 pm
scatty

can i have some clues please
tw5/22
us6/24
we5/20
fi rst we4
last wh4
and the zy6/45, any help please
7:29 pm
mab

And who is that in your icon, chic?
7:29 pm
periwinkle

scatty - the zy word is a kind of music played in new orleans
7:30 pm
chic

He's Wentworth Miller from Prison Break
7:30 pm
mab

Hi scatty, sorry I missed that you were here.
7:30 pm
periwinkle

scatty - wh4 - think of Miss Muffet on her tuffet
7:31 pm
scatty

Hi mab, how are you doing
7:31 pm
scatty

cheers peri
7:31 pm
mab

tw5 - the woolen fabric that is used in professors' jackets?
7:32 pm
periwinkle

scatty - glad to help
7:32 pm
shorty

ok I'm back crab legs eating dishes done ready to play babble :)
7:32 pm
scatty

mab, so simple, couldn't see it anywhere
7:32 pm
faeriekae

Ok everyone refresh and scroll down aways to see REALLY HOT!!!
7:33 pm
faeriekae

Check out the dude with the mic.
7:34 pm
72 Temple Owl

hi, everybody! : )
7:34 pm
periwinkle

HI, TempleOwl
7:34 pm
shorty

whos your icon faerie
7:34 pm
chic

Temple!!!
7:35 pm
faeriekae

don't know but he is cute
7:35 pm
scatty

Hi Mikey, didn't see you there
7:36 pm
shorty

Mikeys here? Hi Mikey!! :P
7:36 pm
scatty

Hi Templeowl
7:36 pm
faeriekae

Hi TO and Scatty :)
7:36 pm
MikeyInBerlin

hi, Scatty.....and Shorty!!! ja; i'm here, at 2:35 am :-P
7:37 pm
scatty

way tooooooo hairy for me ,i'm used to a lot less on the chest
7:37 pm
shorty

fine faerie dont say hi to me :P
7:37 pm
faeriekae

wipes drool from chin*
7:37 pm
scatty

Like the pic, Mikey
7:38 pm
periwinkle

he5/14 anyone?
7:39 pm
abe79

periwinkle he 5/14- like a move in soccer, minus a vowel
7:39 pm
scatty

i'm going to have to go to bed soon, been up ALL DAY today, blitzing the greenhouse and making more room, my daughter used to have a bench in her room but its worked its way out into the greenhouse now
7:39 pm
72 Temple Owl

speed babbling to finish before the apprentice...and supernanny
7:39 pm
featherbee

still plugging away...61 left
7:39 pm
MikeyInBerlin

sheesh, Scatty; gee.....thanks! :-/
*cringes with embarrassment*
7:40 pm
MikeyInBerlin

hmm, Scatty.....ok; thought you said you didn't, at first? anyhow; it's getting changed.....i suddenly feel too *naked* in here! :-P lol
7:41 pm
faeriekae

ROFL Mikey
7:41 pm
periwinkle

abe- saw your clue and guessed at a word and it worked, thanks
7:42 pm
abe79

yw, i had to guess at that one too
7:42 pm
scatty

haha Mikey, peri, he - what you do to a football (not Kicking it but he***), miss out the third letter
7:43 pm
72 Temple Owl

we5 that is not in the garden clue, please?
7:43 pm
MikeyInBerlin

ok, ok; back to just my head and face now.....so go ahead and *refresh*, everyone.....pretty please??? :-P
7:43 pm
scatty

Mikey, apart from the wig on the chest the rest is very very nice
7:44 pm
scatty

mind you i wish my husband still had a body like that
7:44 pm
MikeyInBerlin

sheesh, Scatty; doh.....it's *not* a wig!!! :-/
ja, it's icky; so refresh, then you won't have to see it!
7:44 pm
periwinkle

mu6/30 anyone?
7:45 pm
hurshy

temple - ends like america's next top mo***
7:45 pm
faeriekae

Nope not gonna do it Mikey :P
7:46 pm
scatty

didn't have to , your pic changed without having to refresh, what am i going to dream about now
7:46 pm
abe79

mu 6/30 rhymes with su 6/27- song from oklahoma the musical or, it sounds like a man's name
7:46 pm
chic

Peri, SNL's comedian Bill Mu but change the a
7:47 pm
faeriekae

Scatty do you have MSN instant messanger?
7:47 pm
MikeyInBerlin

huh, Scatty? well; more pleasant things, i should think.....now you won't have nightmares of yetis? :-P
7:47 pm
periwinkle

thanks abe and chic
7:47 pm
chic

re 6/33 please and then I got to fix my calzones...
7:47 pm
abe79

re 6/33 sketch again
7:48 pm
chic

thanx, abe
7:49 pm
abe79

yw
7:49 pm
periwinkle

only 14 words left to find, but tired of sitting here, see you tomorrow
7:50 pm
faeriekae

Good Night Peri :)
Sweet Dreams
7:51 pm
renfield

hey - what are ya'll doing?????
7:52 pm
featherbee

hi, do 6,24 is irritating me! help?
7:53 pm
abe79

do 6/24- more do 4/6
7:54 pm
MikeyInBerlin

Renny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!! :-)
7:55 pm
scatty

finished, come on peri, do you need any cues
7:55 pm
featherbee

ahh, finally! even with you clue, took a while to break through my mental wall! ty
7:56 pm
abe79

scatty do you have the us?
7:56 pm
scatty

featherbee - do4+2nd vowel+hook
7:56 pm
scatty

abe - us= u+s5/12
7:57 pm
hurshy

abe - person who loans money for interest, or exorbitant interest... 2 3-letter palindromes put together :)
7:57 pm
abe79

thanks hurshy and scatty. one more to go...
7:58 pm
faeriekae

Scatty do you have MSN messanger?
7:59 pm
abe79

all done! thanks for clues!
7:59 pm
scatty

yes i do faeriekae
r_jbourne@tiscali.co .uk
7:59 pm
faeriekae

CONGRATS ABE!!!!
8:00 pm
faeriekae

May I contact you?
8:00 pm
abe79

anyone need any clues?
8:00 pm
72 Temple Owl

hi ren! BBL all! hursh thanks for the clue
8:00 pm
bobkat

new to this and don't understand the clues
8:02 pm
scatty

of course you can, i wouldn't have given you my msn+ e-mail address
8:02 pm
abe79

welcome bobkat! the clues are the first two letters of a word, followed by the # of letters and the point value
8:03 pm
faeriekae

Thanks Scatty :)
8:04 pm
scatty

bobkat, sometimes its easier to tell you a letter in a word instead of giving a clue for the whle word ei
hook = r
curve = c
curly = e
snake = s
letter crossed = t
8:05 pm
evanonut

back, what'd i miss?
8:05 pm
hurshy

another offering from me, nut, albeit a bit young... but maybe in a few years?
8:06 pm
scatty

Hi nut, where have you been
8:06 pm
evanonut

scatty, bathing, hursh, is that a hint to refresh?
8:07 pm
hurshy

indeedy, nut - nick abraham - tell me if you want me to zoom in on his face for ya
8:07 pm
evanonut

can't decide hursh, is it a vampire?
8:08 pm
hurshy

lol, NO - i'm guessing you don't like... let me try a diff pic
8:08 pm
evanonut

zoom in on his face for me! then the usual butt shot, ab shot, lines shot.
8:08 pm
evanonut

standard procedure, you understand.
8:08 pm
scatty

you didn't miss much, Mikey changed his pic, he had too many admirers with the one he was using
8:09 pm
evanonut

hmm, yes, i can understand that, i'm always beating them off with a stick...
8:11 pm
scatty

lol
8:11 pm
evanonut

like my ranger scatty?`
8:11 pm
scatty

how many to go peri
8:12 pm
scatty

i didn't know peri had gone
8:12 pm
scatty

very tasty
8:12 pm
evanonut

tx, i keep him right next to my morelli.
8:13 pm
scatty

nut - if your too busy, i'll look after him
8:13 pm
hurshy

ok, is this helpfuller?
8:13 pm
evanonut

oh, no! they're no trouble. a little duct tape settles them right down.
8:14 pm
scatty

thats better hushy, the pic is alot clearer now, not so scary, i was waiting for a bat to fly past just now
8:14 pm
evanonut

hursh, i'll let him try out...you want in?
8:15 pm
hurshy

nah, not my type
8:15 pm
hurshy

i like james denton better myself - but i was going on suitability for the role.
8:16 pm
evanonut

i'm not so fussed about morelli as ranger, it's ranger thoughts that keep me up at night - oh ranger, ranger, womans perfect treat.
8:17 pm
scatty

does anyone want any clues or have we all finished
8:18 pm
bobkat

f ?
8:19 pm
scatty

i think i'd better go to bed, nearly nodded off there, good luck with the grid, nighty night, see you all tomorrow
8:19 pm
evanonut

nighto scatty
8:20 pm
bobkat

cannot find how to use f
8:20 pm
hurshy

nothing starts with F
8:21 pm
broll

nut - Sorry, your icon doesn't look beefy enough for Ranger, in my opinion. A younger version of Steven Seagal seems about right. Is there such a person?
8:21 pm
hurshy

or uses it at all
8:21 pm
scatty

bobkat, it was weeks before i completed a grid, don't panic, alot of people dont finish, my friend has been playing babble for over 6 months and she has only finished once
8:21 pm
evanonut

sorry broll, i can't think of one, but he's a great ranger for me, besides, i think ranger is younger than morelli.
8:22 pm
evanonut

and ranger isn't really beafy remember, hes cuban american, are cubans beefy?
8:22 pm
Cat9x

Hi all, I have to chime in here, I am OBSESSED with Evanoviches books, and agreed Ranger keeps me up at night also!!!
8:23 pm
evanonut

cat9 - yay!!!!!!! another ranger fan!
8:24 pm
featherbee

OHHH! that's what all the ranger references are! count me in! lol
8:24 pm
Cat9x

Oh yeah!!! I just finished book 7, and am starting on 8, then on and on...LOVE them, Morelli sounds hot too, but something about Ranger, the mystique is soooo hot! :)
8:24 pm
evanonut

i'm forming a ranger gang, who wants to join?
8:25 pm
featherbee

lol, he could sneak into my room anytime...just don't tell my husband!
8:25 pm
evanonut

it's the bad boyness, morelli's a good guy now, ranger is still dangerous.
8:25 pm
Cat9x

me me!!!!
8:26 pm
evanonut

we'll be the rangeman gang!
8:26 pm
Cat9x

Yes, very dangerous, have always had a thing for the bd boys
8:26 pm
hurshy

so nut - do you also kinda want nila to leave michael for ray?
8:27 pm
evanonut

my theory is that i married my good guy, so ranger can be my bad guy.
8:27 pm
Cat9x

I've gotta run, but count me in on the Ranger gang :) Byeee!
8:27 pm
evanonut

hursh - who, what, who?
8:27 pm
featherbee

lol evanonut, sounds like good rationalization to me!
8:28 pm
hurshy

your ranger is ray on ER.
8:28 pm
evanonut

night cat

feather, i have excellent reasoning skills
8:28 pm
featherbee

45 left...focus girl!
8:29 pm
evanonut

oh, you mean in my icon?
8:29 pm
hurshy

yes
8:33 pm
evanonut

this thingy working?
8:33 pm
evanonut

there it goes!
8:33 pm
hurshy

'twas quite the hush.
8:34 pm
featherbee

i'm trying to focus, not working! have a friend chatting with me, hard to keep track of where i was.
8:34 pm
hurshy

i thought perhaps it was a case of "and so the babbleverse ends, not with FIREWORKS but with a yes"
8:38 pm
evanonut

like in narnia - the water comes.
8:39 pm
featherbee

grr...he6,24?
8:40 pm
Frances

featherbee
he6/24 extend your he4/6
8:42 pm
Eva

Hi everyone. I am totally stumped by the cr5/12 and the cu4/7 & cu5/20...for the life of me I can't figure out how anything can come before the first cu4/6! I must be suffering from hysterical blindness. Can anyone help?
8:42 pm
lbetterman

all done
8:42 pm
Frances

featherbee
the 2nd he4/6
8:43 pm
featherbee

oooooh, i was somehow thinking it followed the pattern of the he4,5...can't alphabetize or count apparently!

ty
8:44 pm
tndaisy1960

I am finally finished with these idiotic non-words...does the happy dance of doneness
8:44 pm
Frances

Eva
cu4/7 think of Miss Muffett and her cu4/7 and wh4/11
8:44 pm
featherbee

congrats!
8:45 pm
Frances

Eva
cu4/7 think of Miss Muffett and her cu4/7 (singular) and wh4/11
8:46 pm
hetty

Ea, there's a basket fisherman use. It's spelled like th first cr*** (what you belive) except the last letter is the stick one.
8:46 pm
72 Temple Owl

night, all - finished and on my way! see you tomorrow!
8:46 pm
Eva

thank you, thank you frances!!! Talk about blindness! Just didn't see the connection to the d!
8:47 pm
Frances

Eva
You're welcome
8:47 pm
Eva

bless you hetty!
8:50 pm
rseidemann

7/40 ******* A slauter like deed + s
8:53 pm
hetty

Would someone please help me find re5/16?: the second one (I have the one meaning to colour again)
8:54 pm
Frances

hetty
re5/16 extend your re4/5
9:02 pm
rseidemann

got to go to bed, i have to wake up at six in the morning tomarrow
9:04 pm
hetty

Frances, thanks, but when I add another consonant to the only re4 I have that's extensible I'm told it's not a valid word. gnash gnash
9:05 pm
Frances

hetty
It is the 2nd re4/5 add the sometimes vowel
9:08 pm
hetty

Gotcha! consider yourself a mensch squared.
9:08 pm
Dianne

Good morning all. Can someone please help me with the Me 5/14. I can't see it at all. Thanks.
9:10 pm
featherbee

that one was just driving me nuts

a french swear word
9:11 pm
Bash

French for "poop". Sounds almost like the mu6.
9:11 pm
Dianne

featherbee - you are a life saver - thanks for the help.
That was my last one and I was getting nutsy looking for it :)
9:12 pm
featherbee

lol, welcome!
9:12 pm
Dianne

Bash - thanks for jumping in with the help.
9:14 pm
Eva

1 left and I'm sure it's staring me in the face.

er4/4-not the plural of to er_ is human.
9:15 pm
featherbee

some people say er**while
9:15 pm
Eva

think I've had a melt down tonight. Thanks feather!! Done. Anyone need and clues?
9:16 pm
featherbee

yup, st6,30 is bugging me
9:16 pm
featherbee

and congrats!
9:17 pm
Eva

feather-something which is built to last is st____. It ends in the sometimes vowel.
9:20 pm
featherbee

thank you!!
9:20 pm
Eva

glad to return the favor. Anything else?
9:21 pm
hetty

Eva, thee is an old-fashioned adjective meaning "once" and spelled ****while
9:22 pm
wassup

me 5/22 anyone? Please??
9:22 pm
Eva

me5/22-past tense of the sound a cat makes
9:22 pm
Bash

Something the kitten did...
9:22 pm
Layne

wassup: what the cat did yesterday
9:22 pm
Frances

wassup
me5/22 cat sound
9:23 pm
wassup

thanks, wasn't even trying that corner!
9:23 pm
Eva

hey bash, our kitties look related. Is yours a Maine Coon?
9:26 pm
Bash

Actually, she's not Maine Coon...she's a mixed up breed, but she has a tiny head and tiny muzzle, and her legs are way longer than a Maine Coon. My boy kitty is a mixed up breed, also, but he's definitely got Maine Coon in him. Your kitty is gorgeous!
9:27 pm
mrpresident

Kitties!!
9:27 pm
featherbee

tw 5,22?
9:28 pm
Bash

mrprez, your kitty pic always makes me laugh!
9:28 pm
Eva

Yours is beautiful too - much thinner than Merp. He is also mixed breed, but obviously has a lot of Maine Coon in him- the tufted ears, tufts on the bottom of his paws, doglike behavior, squared off body.
9:28 pm
Angelsong

first st6?
9:29 pm
Dianne

featherbee - tw+ word for 12 months but take out 2nd vowel.
9:29 pm
Eva

like the hard metal, with an extra consonant after the t.
9:30 pm
Eva

that was for the st.

Hi mrp!
9:30 pm
featherbee

lol, oh sure, i use that word every day, how could i have missed it! (slight sarcasm there...)

thanks!
9:30 pm
Bash

Ah, mine both have the tufted paws...sabrina has dainty little paws, but my Sebastian has those big ol' Maine Coon paws. Kitties rock! Sorry to those looking for clues - I need those clues, too...
9:30 pm
Dianne

featherbee - now make it plural.
9:31 pm
featherbee

yeah, figured it would be
9:31 pm
featherbee

down to 13 words left! home stretch now
9:32 pm
Eva

well feather, we should all help you over the finish line. What do you need?
9:33 pm
hetty

I am down to my last three words so I am begging. I need me5/22 and 2 tw's--I have the hairy fabric ones so I'm looking for tw5/22 and tw6/36. Too bad there isn't a "p" in the grid cos I feel a right twerp
9:34 pm
featherbee

still going through the list, i'll let ya know on the ones that stump me! just finishing up the w's. thanks!
9:34 pm
Frances

hetty
me5/22 the cat made this sound
9:34 pm
Bash

I think Dianne just gave us clues for the tw words...
9:35 pm
wassup

co 6/33? Please?
9:35 pm
Eva

me5/22 is the past tense of sound cats make.

the tw's are weird ones. Dianne gave a good clue at 9:29.
9:35 pm
Angelsong

last st6?
9:35 pm
Frances

wassup
co6/33 funny play
9:36 pm
stidmama

co 6/33: not tragedy, but co****
9:36 pm
Bash

wassup - it's a genre of tv or movie that makes you laugh
9:36 pm
wassup

thanks, got it. :)
9:36 pm
stidmama

st 6/30: strong, solidly built
9:36 pm
wassup

6 left, all cu...
9:37 pm
Eva

angel-something which is built to last is st____. It ends in the sometimes vowel.
9:37 pm
hetty

Dianne I just found your marvellous clue and it worked! What kind of a word is that. I ask you!
As for the cat's cry--can't see it but I'll monkey around
9:37 pm
stidmama

hetty -- cats cry past tense
9:38 pm
featherbee

we5,20 is eluding me
9:38 pm
Eva

dianne-rhymes with Family Fe__
9:38 pm
Eva

sorry-that was meant for hetty.
9:38 pm
featherbee

nvm, got it!
9:38 pm
stidmama

we 5/20: we + a pleasant valley -l
9:40 pm
Frances

featherbee
we5/20 marry plus spanish for the
9:40 pm
Frances

Sorry the shouls be spanish for the backwards!!!!!!!!!!!
9:41 pm
featherbee

that's ok, i got it anyway!

ok, now have i ever seen the zy one before? i'm guessing no.
9:42 pm
hetty

Thanks Frances, Eva, I got it finally-- the past tense was the hint I needed. In the past few grids we have had cats crying over and over, and always with a different echoic harmony. Somebody thinks a lot of cats.
Now, can I help anyone?
9:42 pm
Bash

z word is awesomely fun music you'll find in new orleans and the bayou
9:42 pm
Eva

I bet you have feather. Think Cajun music. It ends in the art de__
9:42 pm
stidmama

featherbee, if you are a fan of cajun music, you have heard the z word. zy + de 4
9:42 pm
stidmama

are you done hetty?
9:43 pm
hetty

Featherbee, think of a zylophone gone art ****
9:44 pm
Eren

ou 5/12 please
9:44 pm
featherbee

OH! thank you hetty! i wasn't getting it till that!

5 left.
9:44 pm
hetty

Yes, dear Stid, I'm done. Ready to join the birds and the bees with all of their vast amorous past.
9:45 pm
featherbee

eva, i get yours now, just wasn't before
9:45 pm
Eva

eren-anagram of opposite of inner
9:45 pm
stidmama

ou 5 is like opposite of "inner" but with a british spelling at the end
9:45 pm
stidmama

well then...

YAY hetty! *happy dance*
9:45 pm
Eren

Thanks
9:46 pm
Bash

Well done, hetty - I never can finish these things...
9:47 pm
stidmama

how many do you have left today Bash?
9:47 pm
Eva

feather-how many do you have left now?
9:48 pm
featherbee

4 mostly d's and one m somewhere
9:48 pm
Bash

35 left to go tonight, stidmama. Don't have much longer to play. I have to pretend to be responsible and tidy up the house... :)
9:49 pm
stidmama

featherbee -- did you get the me 4/5 that sounds like pearl?
9:49 pm
wassup

Ah, finished. Two days in a row!
9:49 pm
Eva

the d's aren't bad-mostly real words.
9:49 pm
stidmama

well, let's try anyway, Bash! what are you looking for?
9:50 pm
Eva

hey stid you changed!
9:50 pm
stidmama

YAY wassup! how did the potato salad go yesterday, anyway?
9:51 pm
stidmama

;-) yes, Eva, I was tired of the purple.
9:52 pm
Eva

time for sleep. See you all tomorrow.
9:52 pm
stidmama

Good night, Eva -- see you tomorrow!
9:53 pm
featherbee

DONE!!
9:53 pm
Bash

not sure, stidmama.Haven't looked at the list on BabAnon, because I don't want to tempt myself! Have people coming over right after work tomorrow, and if I don't go tidy up now, I'm gonna be embarrased. :) Thanks for the offer, though - I'm sure we'll play together again soon!
9:53 pm
wassup

I waited until an hour before the barbeque and bought some. :) It was suprisingly good though.
9:54 pm
Eren

re 5/14?
9:54 pm
Dianne

I had to step away for a bit - back now if anyone needs a bit of help. Congrats featherbee :)
9:54 pm
Bash

might be back for a bit at the flip...hope everyone finishes!
9:54 pm
Uneaixoise

my last word--he5/22--could I please have a hint?
9:55 pm
featherbee

re 5,14, if you need to reshorten a pair of pants...
9:55 pm
Eva

YAY FEATHERBEE!!!
9:55 pm
Eren

he 5/20 with a different last letter
9:56 pm
Eva

he4/20 past tense
9:56 pm
hetty

Well done, Featherbee, and good mayday night. See you tomorrow. You too, Stid.
9:56 pm
featherbee

he 5,22 if you cut a tree you he*** it
9:56 pm
featherbee

night hetty
9:56 pm
Eva

make that he5/20
9:56 pm
Uneaixoise

thanks! got it! please pass the fish! All done!
9:57 pm
hetty

Eva, that's the one who did the hacki' and ****in
9:57 pm
featherbee

congrats!
9:57 pm
wassup

goodnight everyone. I'm going to clean my house now. It's time....
9:57 pm
featherbee

ok, night everyone!
9:58 pm
hetty

Wayto go, Uniaxoise whose name I can never spell. God bless.
9:59 pm
Uneaixoise

thanks, Hetty! :-)
10:00 pm
stidmama

YAY featherbee!
10:00 pm
stidmama

YAY Uneaixsoise!
10:00 pm
stidmama

good night wassup.... and anyone else who posted in the last couple minutes... was distracted... :-(
10:01 pm
stidmama

good night hetty!
10:05 pm
Angelsong

need help: re633 amd the last re514, please and thanks a lot.
10:07 pm
jeffer

re 6 past tense of draw - again
10:08 pm
Frances

Angelsong
re6/33 sketch again
re5/14 turned up your skirt again
10:08 pm
jeffer

re 5/14 sew your skirt again
10:24 pm
Jaaimiee

im havein the worst night ever
10:27 pm
Dianne

Angel - did you get the two Re words?
10:33 pm
blueskies29

help for mu5/14 please?
10:35 pm
Dianne

mu5/14 - take the mu4/6 and add a vowel to the end.
10:35 pm
blueskies29

sorry dianne, ty. i meant the 2nd one?
10:36 pm
Dianne

make the 2nd 4/6 plural.
10:39 pm
blueskies29

ty dianne..
10:41 pm
Dianne

blueskies - you are welcome - need anything else before I run out for a bit?
10:44 pm
blueskies29

st 6/30
? please?
10:46 pm
Dianne

st6/30 - if something is solidly built it is St****.
Or think of the st word for learn/cram and add another letter in the middle.
10:47 pm
blueskies29

ty again..i'm starting to realize i may need some sleep!
10:48 pm
Dianne

your welcome :)
10:57 pm
Frances

Just realised it is getting light. Me thinks time for a little shuteye! Nite nite all
11:12 pm
blueskies29

us 6 anyone?
11:23 pm
sukinainu

u + su5/12
11:24 pm
mklein

st6/18 Just can't find this last word. anyone, if you please?
11:24 pm
oggy

g/morning all. hows everyone doing.
11:26 pm
oggy

st6 is stromg metal + r as 3rd letter
11:27 pm
Dianne

mklein - st6/18 - if you scattered flower petals you
st*** them about. Hope that helps.
11:30 pm
mklein

TY, but what kind of a word is that??? Oh well, we takes 'em whenever we find 'em. I do appreciate it. This is the first time I've only had to ask for one word. thanks again, Oggy and Diane
11:41 pm
wassup

I'm back for the flip. Anyone need clues?
11:41 pm
stidmama

YAY mklein!
11:42 pm
stidmama

good morning, Oggy! Hi Diane at al...
11:42 pm
stidmama

Wassup -- you're a lot prettier than you were earlier... ;-) you clean up right nice!
11:42 pm
oggy

morning stid.
11:42 pm
wassup

I've gone to the islands for some plumeria.
11:42 pm
Dianne

Hi stidmama :)
11:43 pm
stidmama

ooh, you smell pretty too? hm. maybe I should go back to the lilacs... brb
11:44 pm
wassup

This is as exotic I get.
11:44 pm
stidmama

yes, that's better. now we don't clash. :-)
11:45 pm
wassup

very nice. anyone else watching supernanny? man, my kids are angels compared to that kid!
11:45 pm
stidmama

Lilacs are about the only "smelly" flower that I am not highly allergic to. And one of the few non-native shrubs that actually grow well for me!
11:46 pm
stidmama

Haven't ever watched more than a few minutes of that show-- it's depressing how out of control some parents let their kids get (kids who really don't have anything wrong with them!).
11:48 pm
stidmama

13 minutes left to flip... anyone want to be confusled by master confuslers wassup and me?
11:48 pm
lynxxx

Hi - I have jkust realised only 14 minutes to go and I still have 2 words left !!!!! Ca anyone help me with CU5.14 and CU6.24 (the first CU ones listed on Lickety)
11:48 pm
wassup

Yeah, exactly! The kid just tried to throw a fireplace poker at the tv!
11:48 pm
stidmama

a healer and healers....
11:49 pm
wassup

lynxx, think of what you play tennis on and then plural
11:49 pm
wassup

yeah, just gave you the co... hmmm. maybe someone out there needed it?
11:49 pm
stidmama

ack! a fireplace poker? that is really out of control. how old are they, anyway? (assuming you're speaking of the children on supernanny....)
11:49 pm
Dianne

cu5/14 - one who heals you.
11:50 pm
lynxxx

Thanks wassup but it is CU I am after
11:50 pm
stidmama

but we're not tired, are we wassup? we can stay up as late as we like because we're all grown up and nobody can tell us wha...t ....to..............d zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
11:50 pm
wassup

The little boy is 5. My daughter's 5. She wouldn't throw a stuffed animal at the tv. She knows the scary mommy would come out... :)
11:51 pm
lynxxx

Thanks Dianne !!! Finished just in time
11:51 pm
wassup

Exactly! Maybe I need supernanny to make me go to bed on time!
11:51 pm
stidmama

my kids were the same way. when they acted out, beyond what we "allowed" we always knew to look for something else going on that they weren't able to articulate.
11:51 pm
Dianne

lynx - good for you ! !
11:51 pm
stidmama

YAY lynxxx!
11:52 pm
wassup

10 min left, any clues? Come on people! I want to help, just like I helped lynxx!
11:53 pm
stidmama

seems you helped me a good bit, earlier today -- or was that yesterday? BABBLE! all the grids are starting to run together. It was Monday today, right, and tomorrow is Tuesday?
11:53 pm
oggy

all done waiting for flip before i go to work.
11:54 pm
wassup

I helped (gulp) you?? Wow! I don't remember. I'm usually the one with 50 to go and only 5 minutes. :)
11:54 pm
cybernan

Evening, all -- everyone done?
11:55 pm
stidmama

hi there nan! just waiting.... and chatting. Lovely snowdrops you're wearing this evening!
11:55 pm
cybernan

not snowdrops -- lily of the valley for May
11:56 pm
wassup

There is only one thing in the world that I want right now. It is french fries.
11:56 pm
cybernan

It's nice to see all the flowers this evening --- have we declared a floral icon day?
11:57 pm
chic

tu 4/6please
11:57 pm
stidmama

I wonder if knutmeg is lurking? She went back to work today, you know -- hope it went okay for her!
11:57 pm
wassup

slang for poop?
11:57 pm
cybernan

tu 4 -- horse dropping
11:58 pm
stidmama

I want some ice cream and cookies, but will wait for the flip...
11:58 pm
chic

tu
11:58 pm
wassup

rd
11:58 pm
stidmama

tu + short hook letter + fourth letter
11:58 pm
wassup

Yeah, just broke the rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
11:59 pm
stidmama

LOL you two! that was funny!