Babble: Archived Puzzle for Tuesday, December 19, 2006

12:00 am

NonnieLight

flip

12:00 am

smooth_pappa

flip!

12:00 am

smooth_pappa

and a big one!

12:00 am

NatLT

flip

12:00 am

rosalind230

flip

12:00 am

Minveryork

Flip flip hooray!

12:00 am

NonnieLight

whoa!

12:00 am

Kenny Chuck

flip

12:00 am

rosalind230

big one today

12:00 am

harpjane

flip

12:00 am

DRBERNABO

64 cs

12:00 am

renfield

flipout

12:01 am

Erda

twentyseven sevens!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

12:01 am

Hugabugs

Hello flippers!

12:01 am

lynxxx

and this is the penalty for a short game yesterday!

12:01 am

NatLT

damn, not going to finish this one

12:02 am

smooth_pappa

hi hugs!

12:02 am

Hugabugs

Hey smooth

12:02 am

smooth_pappa

I haven't seen you in ages! how you been?

12:03 am

harpjane

SIXTYFOUR C'S?

12:03 am

Hugabugs

I'm ok... how are you?

12:03 am

harpjane

Well, actually 64 + 16?

12:03 am

smooth_pappa

no jane: 83 :)

12:03 am

smooth_pappa

well, hugs.. unfortunatley same ole same ole... not much new

12:04 am

smooth_pappa

or 80, rather

12:04 am

harpjane

ok,make it an even 80, that gives me 76 to go....

12:04 am

harpjane

of JUST the C's

12:05 am

harpjane

phntom chacha

12:05 am

GreyWoulf

Hugabugs!! Hey there, lady!

12:06 am

GreyWoulf

{{{***Hugabugs***}}} -- haven't had a chance to chat with you in a long while

12:06 am

maniac_mitch

how many words today?

12:06 am

GreyWoulf

306

12:06 am

DRBERNABO

306

12:07 am

maniac_mitch

ok, ty

12:08 am

DRBERNABO

i'm surprised there are two squares that aren't the start of any words

12:08 am

FranMag

late flip!

12:09 am

harpjane

you can thank me, for the flip being restored to it's rightful place in time.

12:09 am

NatLT

welcome back fran...I finished

12:09 am

lynxxx

Hi Fran

12:09 am

FranMag

did you email dr_g

12:09 am

NatLT

great job harp....what was the matter

12:10 am

FranMag

hi lynxxx! hi nat! good for you nat! yay!!

12:10 am

harpjane

time slipped away and Dr. God didn't notice, I guess!

12:10 am

Hugabugs

Hiya GW *HUGS* back at ya... it has been a while

12:10 am

FranMag

hi hugabugs!

12:10 am

NonnieLight

cute icon nat

12:10 am

harpjane

cruet

12:11 am

harpjane

oops, sorry

12:12 am

GreyWoulf

and of course we have to run into each other on a 300+ night, eh, Hugs? :\

12:12 am

FranMag

yikes, 82 Cs

12:12 am

FranMag

i mean 80

12:14 am

GreyWoulf

Yay I have 40 C's located!

12:14 am

NonnieLight

night all--see you in the morning

12:14 am

FranMag

night nonnie!

12:14 am

NatLT

night nonnie

12:15 am

GreyWoulf

Hi/bye Nonnie

12:15 am

FranMag

cu7/40

12:15 am

Hugabugs

ni7/28 and ni8/40, if they haven't been said yet

12:15 am

Hugabugs

ca7/32

12:15 am

snppngtrtle

mo 7

12:16 am

Hugabugs

na7/32

12:16 am

GreyWoulf

cu7/36 x2

12:16 am

GreyWoulf

I am focusing on the C's right now

12:17 am

dorky

re7/28

12:17 am

harpjane

does anybody have the Y's yet?>

12:17 am

harpjane

does anybody have the Y's yet?

12:17 am

vedaman

mo 8

12:17 am

GreyWoulf

ci7/40

12:17 am

FranMag

ci7/32

12:17 am

GreyWoulf

ci7/32

12:17 am

FranMag

ci8/45

12:18 am

VolleymomDee

Hi all! Happy Holidays!

12:18 am

GreyWoulf

got that too

12:18 am

FranMag

hi volleymom!

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up! Enjoy a nice big one!

12:19 am

FranMag

hey lickety! thanks!

12:19 am

rosalind230

cu7/36

12:19 am

VolleymomDee

ty lickety! you sure are fast tonight!

12:19 am

GreyWoulf

Hey Lickety!!

12:19 am

rosalind230

thanks lickety

12:19 am

lynxxx

TY Lickety

12:24 am

GreyWoulf

ch8/50

12:24 am

GreyWoulf

and 7/36

12:24 am

maniac_mitch

ur7, ar7, io7, ru8

12:24 am

FranMag

thanks wolfie

12:24 am

GreyWoulf

;-)

12:25 am

sprite

Woulf! *biggghug*
And morning all :)

12:25 am

FranMag

hi sprite!

12:25 am

GreyWoulf

{{{**sprite**}}}

12:27 am

GreyWoulf

Ok -- I have 55 C's and am not making much progress at the moment -- will now move on to the rest of the grid

12:27 am

sprite

How is life for you and yours, Woulf?

12:27 am

Uneaixoise

GW, I "only" have 42 so far :-)

12:29 am

GreyWoulf

Going pretty good, sprite -- all are healthy -- Kristianna is a typical rebellious 3 year old and Seb is already walking and climbing everything in the apartment at 10 1/12 months

12:29 am

joey

mg, gw, I remember when Seb was born....... seems like yesterday

12:30 am

sprite

THey are just great kids :)
Hug them from me - and take a hug yourself as well, Would.

12:30 am

GreyWoulf

Yule is big in the house this year, as this is the first time Kristianna is aware of what the season is all about... as a result we have some representation of a tree in every room

12:30 am

sprite

Will NOT enter clit.... will NOT try to enter clit.... will refrain from even attempting to see if it is finally valid... will NOT!

12:31 am

Uneaixoise

already tried!

12:31 am

GreyWoulf

{{*joey*}} -- HI!! I know, it is a wild trip to say the least

12:31 am

BerniceQ

it's not valid

12:31 am

GreyWoulf

and HI to you as well Une {{*Hug*}}

12:31 am

sprite

And, Une? Still no education of the enable, I fear? ;)

12:31 am

joey

how's the weather in PA? I am missing the Christmas weather here in TX.

12:31 am

herinfernallady

Hey. From Wolfgirl to another wolf Pounces on Grey wolf

12:32 am

Uneaixoise

hey, GW :-)

12:32 am

GreyWoulf

how's it going, infernal? {{*Hug*}}

12:33 am

herinfernallady

Im feeling all blobby, my fault for drinking 2 litres of vanilla coke over 3 days

12:33 am

CyborgScrabbler

4480 pts!

12:33 am

sprite

Kids need attention, back in a bit.

12:33 am

GreyWoulf

yeesh! I don't think I could handle that much soda of any flavor!

12:34 am

GreyWoulf

even over 3 days

12:34 am

FranMag

hi joey! hi infernal!

12:34 am

herinfernallady

Grey i read that Mc Donalds in the US has 32ounce cups, yeh gads thats close to a litre

12:34 am

FranMag

hi une!

12:35 am

Uneaixoise

hey, fran!

12:35 am

NatLT

fading fast... bed time for nat

12:35 am

joey

hi FranMag, Une, herinfernallady and all that I missed

12:35 am

FranMag

night nat!

12:35 am

herinfernallady

Nat have you gat a bella Rouse? puppy

12:35 am

Uneaixoise

hey, joey :-)

12:35 am

herinfernallady

Hey joey

12:35 am

GreyWoulf

It is indeed, but I don't buy soda from them -- I just buy the food and bring it home

12:36 am

NatLT

nope, not my puppy in the pic, we have a frenchie and and english bull dog

12:36 am

diem

Good to see you are up mari

12:37 am

NatLT

didn't have a pic of them hugging, they are usually not snuggled

12:37 am

herinfernallady

Do you know whos puppy that is? My g/f has one and we are always on the look out for other owners

12:37 am

NatLT

my pic is from cuteoverload.com

12:37 am

herinfernallady

Grey I was on the website.

12:38 am

herinfernallady

Natlt my g/f has hers at mali_nut at photobucket

12:38 am

GreyWoulf

Now that is a site that lives up to its name, Nat :-D

12:38 am

herinfernallady

Grey i always check that site for my morning pick up

12:38 am

CyborgScrabbler

ru8

12:39 am

GreyWoulf

I check it out about once a week myself -- I have too many webcomics that I check out daily

12:39 am

herinfernallady

Nat those dogs are so dumb they make Afghan puppies look smart

12:40 am

herinfernallady

Grey im too busy going here most days.

12:40 am

FranMag

phantom: nautical

12:40 am

Uneaixoise

phantom: morticia

12:40 am

CyborgScrabbler

mo8

12:40 am

FranMag

nat said a word before she left!

12:40 am

NatLT

ok really going this time... convo about pup to be continued

12:40 am

CyborgScrabbler

cu8

12:41 am

GreyWoulf

Sleep well, Nat -- I am gonna be turning in real soon as well

12:41 am

FranMag

night again nat!

12:41 am

NatLT

oops, didn't mean to put that word in there, but with 80 c's I am not sure I could avoid it

12:41 am

herinfernallady

Oh k nat by bye

12:41 am

diem

Mari you awake yet?

12:41 am

CyborgScrabbler

cr8

12:42 am

FranMag

lol

12:42 am

GreyWoulf

phantom - literal

12:42 am

herinfernallady

Phantom a very bad word that shall not be uttered

12:43 am

FranMag

thank you for that infernal

12:43 am

GreyWoulf

I didn't utter it..... just typed it :-D

12:44 am

herinfernallady

opps sorry i never ever ever will repet it. My minds swimming in a gutter

12:44 am

CyborgScrabbler

Phantom equalitarianism

12:44 am

herinfernallady

sorry

12:45 am

herinfernallady

Thanks cyborg at least i can start in that dirrection

12:45 am

GreyWoulf

nothing to be sorry for, lady -- enable allows all sorts of naughty words but not that one for some reason

12:46 am

CyborgScrabbler

What one grey?

12:47 am

GreyWoulf

phantom -- ocarina

12:47 am

FranMag

finally found the mo7/40

12:47 am

GreyWoulf

cl4, Cyborg

12:47 am

joey

FM, add a consonent in the middle for the 8

12:48 am

herinfernallady

oh not that one its anher one

12:48 am

FranMag

ooh, thanks joey!

12:48 am

joey

yw

12:50 am

GreyWoulf

And so I must go to bed -- please extend my farewells to sprite when she returns

12:50 am

FranMag

night wolfie!

12:50 am

herinfernallady

Guys cute overload has a really little kitty in the mangar

12:50 am

herinfernallady

Night wolfiee

12:50 am

GreyWoulf

Happy Hunting everyone

{{{{***HUGS for All***}}}}

12:51 am

FranMag

infernal said a wooord

12:51 am

herinfernallady

um how many words tonight

12:51 am

joey

nite

12:51 am

herinfernallady

mer

12:51 am

sprite

bye Woulf *hug*

12:51 am

CyborgScrabbler

306 words - 4480 pts

12:51 am

Atalante

306 words! eeeep!

12:51 am

sprite

306

12:51 am

FranMag

306 infernal

12:51 am

FranMag

hi ata!

12:52 am

sprite

Ata! *hugs*
How are you doing? And how's the tattoo doing? :)

12:52 am

herinfernallady

oh blimy thats why to (cuse

12:53 am

Atalante

urf I really wanted to finish for Christmas, but it'll be the New Year ... by the end of January. I have a knotwork thing to finish with a deadline of 31st December, then back to the tree 100%

12:55 am

sprite

Wow, hope to see the knotthing too - I love knot work. Celtic? And noooo hurry, just wanted to know how things went. Don't make it a deadline on my account ;)

12:56 am

herinfernallady

At were did you get the kitties pic from its tooo um you know

12:56 am

Atalante

very very knotwork - this is just a bitof it - http://tinyurl.com/yzy7sd

12:56 am

Atalante

and the kittens are a litter of Korats I met last week :) they are the cutest things!

12:57 am

mari

Morning all - Diem are you still there?

12:57 am

FranMag

so intricate ata! it's going to be amazing when done.

12:57 am

diem

Been here from start

12:58 am

herinfernallady

nor

12:58 am

Atalante

*if* I dont mess it up ....

12:58 am

sprite

still loading from flickr.com....

12:58 am

mari

Soooooooo - you'll be nearly finished then!!

12:59 am

FranMag

mari is a comedian. :-)

12:59 am

Atalante

how has this grid got 306 words in!

12:59 am

diem

Mari no fireworks yesterday damp squib maybe

12:59 am

herinfernallady

oh there blue i thought they were black, may i just puddle into a small pile of awwwww goo

1:00 am

CyborgScrabbler

Yes, 306 words worth 4480 points

1:00 am

Atalante

they were themost *gorgeous* little things!

1:00 am

herinfernallady

the kitties are like russian blues but different size

1:00 am

herinfernallady

Do you know if they 'talk' like blues

1:01 am

FranMag

i don't know ata, i'm at 125, i think the 306 is a mistake

1:01 am

diem

306 words 1st 2 not found could be interesting

1:01 am

Atalante

yes, korats are very burmese shaped. they talk like burmeses too :) loudly!

1:01 am

Atalante

I do too fran!!

1:01 am

sprite

wow Ata, great project! It is a little bit like M.C. Escher, in a way :)

1:02 am

Atalante

ooooh true!

1:02 am

Atalante

and why isn't curlies allowed??!!

1:02 am

FranMag

i tried it too ata

1:02 am

herinfernallady

Oh dear if i wanted babies id have one. They are so cute though. I miss my friend and his kittie

1:04 am

Atalante

yay! I have an 8!

1:05 am

FranMag

woo hoo ata!

1:06 am

herinfernallady

yah at

1:06 am

Atalante

how many words have you got, spritey?

1:07 am

mari

There isn't 306 words in my grid!!

1:08 am

FranMag

yeah mari, that's what ata and i were saying. :-)

1:09 am

sprite

Site froze on me :(
But back now - I only have 59, Ata, just started. Kids will leave for school in 5 minutes, THEN I will babble ;)

1:09 am

diem

How come you still got a peacock? 306 is what mine says

1:09 am

sprite

mari, I think I am going to be with you shortly!

1:09 am

herinfernallady

i have hit 34 words

1:10 am

Atalante

I was just wondering if you could tell us whether there really are 306 in this grid, but obviously not :) means there can't be really, I think

1:10 am

herinfernallady

help with qu words please just want one clue thats it

1:10 am

Atalante

ooooh there's a chemical 8

1:10 am

FranMag

no q words infernal, you can stop looking

1:10 am

CyborgScrabbler

QU = zero words

1:10 am

FranMag

oh, i hate those chemical words

1:10 am

diem

Mari oops you did not do that yourself

1:11 am

FranMag

ata, what are the first two letters?

1:11 am

herinfernallady

but the qus there and i was all confused thank you lots

1:11 am

sprite

No chance, if you ask me, Ata :) A 300+ grid should generate endless series of words at the start - and I am NOT seeing them!

1:11 am

Atalante

nor me!!

1:12 am

diem

nor me

1:12 am

CyborgScrabbler

There are 306 valid words giving 4480 pts

1:12 am

mari

It says 306 but I don't think it really means it!! I like my cormorant and the fact that I don't know how to change it has nothing to do with it still being there for every theme for the last 12 months!!

1:12 am

herinfernallady

Sprite pick a letter thats not qu and go for a run

1:12 am

FranMag

lol mari!

1:13 am

mari

nair

1:13 am

sprite

yeah lady, have been trying that. My runs are still rather short.

1:13 am

jillibus

mari -- email me for how to change your icon -- click on mine and scroll down to get my address.

1:13 am

herinfernallady

mmmm drat and all that

1:13 am

mari

Just testing!

1:13 am

FranMag

hi jilli!

1:14 am

dorky

any clue as to the ya6??? please

1:14 am

CyborgScrabbler

There are 80 words beginning with C lol

1:14 am

jillibus

hello all -- back from bridge -- no way I can cope with 306 words just before Xmas!

1:14 am

herinfernallady

hello jilbus

1:14 am

Atalante

choclit is a perfectly valid word!

1:14 am

diem

Mari will start you of Where ifeel like going after graveyard shift

1:15 am

FranMag

dorky, it's a plant with edible root served like potatoes in south america

1:15 am

mari

Jillibus thanks a million Diem has sent me your instructions and as soon as I feel more intelligent (or more awake) I'm going to have a go

1:15 am

dorky

thanks fran

1:15 am

FranMag

a stemless plant, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical America for its tuberous, starchy root, cooked and eaten like potatoes.

1:15 am

herinfernallady

ok who has been sending my food for the monkey as i have been going off tap here

1:15 am

FranMag

that's the official definition to google

1:16 am

jillibus

ok mari -- it's really very easy!

1:16 am

dorky

only Y root plant i can think of has 3 letters, oh i m gonna learn a new word! hehe

1:16 am

Atalante

oh oh LOVELY ci8

1:17 am

sprite

ok, coast is clear. Babble time :D

1:17 am

FranMag

ata, what did the chemical one start with?

1:17 am

jillibus

hi sprite

1:17 am

sprite

jilli! *hug*

1:18 am

MVA

morning all

1:18 am

Atalante

ni8/40. ci8/45 is a lovely wiggly biological one

1:18 am

diem

very easy I am just waiting for the PERFECT picture or Kitt

1:18 am

jillibus

erica

1:18 am

FranMag

thanks jilli, i always miss that one

1:18 am

jillibus

sorry :(

1:18 am

herinfernallady

Jilli i thank you but go left

1:18 am

sprite

Well thank YOU, jilli ;)

1:18 am

MVA

ty jilli!

1:18 am

FranMag

thanks ata, i had the ci8. *looking for ni8*

1:18 am

dorky

awesome - thanks fran for the Y

1:19 am

Atalante

I want characin

1:19 am

FranMag

ooh, got it ata! thanks again

1:20 am

herinfernallady

why isn't roma a word

1:20 am

sprite

because it needs a vowel in front, lady.

1:20 am

FranMag

lol, thanks sprite

1:21 am

herinfernallady

i did that

1:21 am

herinfernallady

but i want roma

1:21 am

sprite

and.... there is a nice At8/50 too there.

1:21 am

DRBERNABO

okay, found all the 4's. That's enough fun for tonight

1:21 am

smartalic

Like it describea a tomato?

1:21 am

herinfernallady

ywp

1:22 am

FranMag

night doc!

1:22 am

DRBERNABO

Nice hug Fran

1:22 am

herinfernallady

nite doc

1:22 am

FranMag

thanks doc

1:22 am

sprite

bye drB

1:22 am

FranMag

hi smartalic

1:23 am

smartalic

Hi Fran

1:23 am

MVA

bye drb

1:23 am

jillibus

fran, LOVE your icon! Must go and change mine...

1:23 am

FranMag

thanks jilli!

1:25 am

maniac_mitch

down to 50 - toughest grid i've seen yet

1:25 am

sprite

I wonder why Cu7/40 is valid. What is that beside a country?

1:25 am

jillibus

sprite, it's a liqueur too

1:25 am

FranMag

it's an orange liqueur

1:26 am

FranMag

that was my first 7!

1:26 am

sprite

aha. I think we have a blue variety here.

1:26 am

Atalante

yes we have blue too :)

1:26 am

MVA

that was mine too fran!!

1:27 am

FranMag

it's blue, but orange flavored i think...i might be wrong

1:27 am

herinfernallady

oh i need to speak to dr god as utes is so a word

1:27 am

sprite

I just tried it because I have been babbling for so long. You simply never know what will take - or won't, lol. So if it looks lke a word, smells like a word, tastes like a word...

1:27 am

diem

Mari got moms& a&a card left a space

1:27 am

herinfernallady

Isn't a word?

1:28 am

FranMag

cu7 is made from the dried rinds of bitter oranges, so orange flavored, but blue in color

1:28 am

mari

Diem - mine was posted a week before Mums It's possibly coming by pigeon

1:28 am

herinfernallady

thanks fron now igot to spell it

1:29 am

FranMag

try googling orange liqeur infernal

1:29 am

diem

Or in ts pocket?

1:29 am

sprite

And there is Cu8 with the same start. (5 letters).

1:29 am

herinfernallady

i just googled the way i thought it was spelt

1:29 am

mari

And with my luck the Siamese cat got the pigeon!!

1:30 am

herinfernallady

um i didn't get that but i got it

1:30 am

Atalante

there's a nice ca6 and 7 meaning monopolies in business

1:31 am

sprite

yeah, they are nice, Ata. Always like them, they look so dutch :)

1:31 am

diem

Did you see what jillibus was going to do? think that was a dig

1:31 am

herinfernallady

um fran i didnt think it was an orange liquer

1:31 am

sprite

Did you see the most famous TV angels too? CH7/36 and 8/50

1:32 am

FranMag

ch7/8 combo, boy in the chocolate factory

1:32 am

mari

Bet she manages it too!!

1:32 am

FranMag

ooh, same one sprite!

1:32 am

sprite

Fran, from your brain to my fingers?

1:32 am

diem

No doubt

1:32 am

FranMag

i think i'd rather have it the other way around sprite! since you find the big ones faster

1:33 am

sprite

I love it, we often are on the same brainwave, it seems :)

1:34 am

FranMag

nothing wrong with that sprite! :-)

1:34 am

herinfernallady

mmm i mite hae to start looking at a list soon

1:34 am

sprite

Very true :)
Ok, the liqueur has an alternate spelling as well. Same twist as the chocolate bean.

1:35 am

herinfernallady

nrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

1:35 am

FranMag

thanks!

1:35 am

FranMag

i'm still trying to find that ch8 too.

1:36 am

diem

Mari you up for a phone call?

1:36 am

FranMag

i mean cu8

1:36 am

herinfernallady

me to fran

1:36 am

mari

Two secs till I get it

1:37 am

MVA

got to go bbl, have fun all!

1:37 am

FranMag

later mva!

1:37 am

mari

Got it - the phone not the 8 letter!!

1:37 am

sprite

the Cu8 is in between the two liqueur spellings.

1:38 am

FranMag

that should help, thanks sprite

1:39 am

sprite

3 more Cs - impossible!

1:39 am

FranMag

yay, got the cu8

1:39 am

Atalante

3 more *faints* I have 33 more!

1:39 am

FranMag

i still need 20 sprite!

1:39 am

herinfernallady

oh fudge con i have the clue for the cu please

1:40 am

sprite

I didn't even know I knew so many C-words, lol.

1:40 am

Atalante

oh great, kitten has flopped down on my knotwork

1:40 am

FranMag

infernal, first 5 letters are the same as liqeur, add a plural ending

1:41 am

herinfernallady

Got it um atalante did the kitty do any damage?

1:41 am

Atalante

nope lol, she's just stopping me from working so I have to fuss her!

1:42 am

FranMag

sprite, so you have the physicist and plural cu5/6 combo?

1:42 am

herinfernallady

nor is this the same as the blue kitties?

1:42 am

FranMag

or do you have?

1:42 am

sprite

Yes, got them. Down to one and nowhere to go :(

1:42 am

Atalante

not the same, this is my Sily tabby kitten

1:42 am

herinfernallady

how many c words are there

1:43 am

herinfernallady

citer

1:43 am

FranMag

80 infernal

1:43 am

Atalante

got the very silly ca4/6?

1:43 am

herinfernallady

oh fruit

1:44 am

FranMag

thanks ata!

1:44 am

herinfernallady

31 cs so fare

1:45 am

Atalante

oh great, now she's settled down and tucked her paws in

1:45 am

FranMag

only at 145, going to take a break, see you all later!

1:45 am

sprite

So... let me do some Cs for the fun of it.
- chocolate bean
- bad teeth
- vehicle + first 2 letters of desinfectant + first 2 letters of same vehicle
- vehicle + vowel + first 3 letters of hurting
- same word as former, drop last vowel
- ch + first 2 letters of high playing card + mother

1:45 am

herinfernallady

oh and being a kitty you go to say 'bad kitty' but it doesn't work as they are to cute

1:46 am

Atalante

you can never say such a thing to my kitty - she's far too cute!

1:46 am

herinfernallady

all kitties are cute

1:46 am

Atalante

this one is extra cute!

1:49 am

sprite

- ci7/40 noting or pertaining to various anatomical structures in or about the eye
- verb form of former
- 3rd person singular of former
- ancient sewer or what the bird's droppings are leaving from
- cr + vowel + nervous habit
- same word as former, change last letter

1:50 am

herinfernallady

No offense to sprite but im notchating at the mo as i dont want clues yet :)-

1:52 am

Atalante

you carry on, sprite :)

1:52 am

sprite

- Cr8/55 in the form of a cross
- change last 2 letters into one consonant
- orange liqueur in two spellings, in between them Cu8/55 (plural ending)
- place of christian worship, drop 2nd letter
- drape
- drape with different last letter (ends in the thing that is on the end of Ata's sweet kitties as well)

1:54 am

sprite

And still one missing :)

1:54 am

Atalante

change last 2 letters into one consonant - how does that work?

1:55 am

sprite

Basically, you just drop the last two letters. And then you put one consonant in their place :)

1:56 am

Atalante

oh I see! I was thinking it stayed the same length somehow LOL

1:56 am

sprite

*note to self: check plurals and singulars for freakin' sake!*
Lol Ata - got the last one!

1:56 am

Atalante

yayyyy!

1:57 am

Atalante

how long do you think my knotwork will remain inccessible? *twiddles thumbs*

1:57 am

sprite

until kitty decides you can have another go at it?

1:58 am

Atalante

and that will be when .....?

1:58 am

sprite

Only kitty knows!

1:59 am

Atalante

*sigh* I am *trying* to hurry up with this, Silverclaw!

1:59 am

herinfernallady

you need to walk away from the knot work and kitty might not be interested then

1:59 am

sprite

Oh Ata: drop first letter from those monopoly sweeties for another combo!

2:01 am

Atalante

I have those!!!!!

2:01 am

sprite

should have known :)
I think your kitty is trying to tell you NOT to hurry with the knots.

2:02 am

Atalante

I'm sure she is grrrrrrrrr! Silverclaw! MOVE!

2:03 am

herinfernallady

why do they always do news stories on idiots that have no sense of responsiblity it so make me want to throw a shoe at the tv

2:04 am

sprite

they have a whole site for people like that, lady.
http://www.darwinawards.com/
Gre
at if you want to throw shoes.

2:05 am

herinfernallady

yep i am away of that site.

2:07 am

Atalante

ok cat, you've had it now

2:07 am

herinfernallady

darn it

2:07 am

herinfernallady

Dont move the kittie

2:08 am

sprite

that's only talk, Ata. She is too sweet.

2:08 am

Atalante

I need my knotwoooooork!

2:08 am

Atalante

aha!

2:08 am

herinfernallady

do something else and she will sod of

2:09 am

jillibus

well, here's my new icon.

2:09 am

Atalante

I stroked her and she woke up and stalked off

2:09 am

sprite

jilli... is that you?

2:09 am

jillibus

well, it was, many years ago. sprite

2:10 am

sprite

two beauties in one pic :)

2:10 am

jillibus

oooh, how flattering!

2:10 am

sprite

Ata! Now that is no way to stroke a Silverclaw!

2:11 am

Atalante

*grins* silly cat

2:11 am

herinfernallady

grrr i wish my boy would come home

2:11 am

Atalante

I'm sure cholinate should be allowed. silly enable

2:12 am

sprite

I agree!

2:15 am

Atalante

and such a shame auroch isn't the singular of aurochs lol

2:16 am

herinfernallady

im off to go shopping as its late night shopping here

2:16 am

sprite

but there is a C combo that is close, Ata

2:17 am

sprite

owww lady - buy me a late night as well, please!

2:17 am

Atalante

there is? ooo! *looks*

2:18 am

Atalante

so many nearly words. cauteries would have been good

2:18 am

sprite

yeah, it sure would have been!

2:22 am

jillibus

macaca is almost there

2:22 am

jillibus

coil

2:22 am

jillibus

woops

2:23 am

sprite

that one IS there, lol. And the other one almost, drop first 2.

2:23 am

jillibus

did that, sprite, bad word!

2:24 am

sprite

true - but it would be worse if we couldn't :)

2:24 am

jillibus

lol

2:25 am

jillibus

thar should be acceptable, as in "thar ain't no sich word"

2:27 am

sprite

rofl

2:40 am

Atalante

ok, I must go and do christmas things. oh joy. shopping in thick fog. be back later! *hugs*

2:40 am

jillibus

bye ata -- happy shopping!

2:42 am

jillibus

I'm not liking this grid -- notonly is it huge but there aren't a whole lot of plain words in it -- at least I can't see them.

2:43 am

jillibus

cares

2:43 am

jillibus

oh, I've done it again, sorry -- should go to bed

2:44 am

sprite

should :) But will you?

2:44 am

jillibus

probably not ;)

2:45 am

lynxxx

I keep being lulled into thinking I can do a grid without reverting to any lists - and then I get one like this and I am useless!

2:46 am

sprite

this one is tough for me too

2:49 am

diem

Give up will try again after some sleep too many words and i cant get any

2:50 am

diem

night all

2:50 am

lynxxx

nite diem

2:51 am

jillibus

night diem

2:52 am

oggy

morning all, any clues for ia6 please

2:54 am

diem

nice icon jillibus got to go to bed poof

2:54 am

jillibus

thanks diem!

2:54 am

jillibus

hi oggy!

2:56 am

sprite

oggy: ia + first 4 letters of what a magician performs.

2:57 am

sprite

jilli, remember your phantom ma + bad word? Change last letter and it is valid!

2:57 am

oggy

got it thanks sprite,

3:03 am

jillibus

thanks sprite! Who'd a thunk it?

3:03 am

jillibus

and thanks for the ia too

3:04 am

sprite

I sometimes worry that my mind gets too babblishious to fit everyday conversation ;)

3:04 am

kthdsn

what's the theme today anyone?

3:05 am

sprite

big hugs, I believe, or something like that

3:05 am

sprite

so... one for you right away, kate. How are you holding up?

3:05 am

kthdsn

really well at the moment thanks sprite

3:05 am

sprite

Good! You're one strong lady *hug*

3:06 am

kthdsn

he's back home and everything is pretty much normal which is making it a lot easier to deal with, normality until I get to book my flight

3:07 am

sprite

So very true! He better behave until you are gone.

3:07 am

kkkk

somebody giv me a clue for an 8

3:09 am

sprite

where they bring the dead, kkkk. Mo8

3:09 am

kthdsn

he is behaving now, it's very strange and surreal, it's almost as if nothing ever happened, although I know soon I'm going to be leaving, it's very odd but at least he's not making it awkward and uncomfortable

3:09 am

kkkk

thanks

3:10 am

sprite

That's the best the both of you can do, kate. The less acrimony now, the easier it will be to get the things settled later. Hang in there, you are going to be fine :)

3:15 am

jillibus

I'm fighting for the ac7/36 -- help, please!

3:16 am

sprite

That is a strange one.
First 3 letters of hurting, vowel, first 3 letters of what Tarzan uses to jump through the jungle.

3:19 am

jillibus

thanks sprite. That's not the only strange one here. I don't like this grid at all.

3:22 am

SueMagee

Morning all. This grid is cr5/14. I'm only just over half way and I don't think I've ever struggled like this.

3:23 am

sprite

No, it is not a nice grid at all. I have hit the list at 59 left, never happened before.

3:24 am

sprite

hi SueM :)

3:24 am

SueMagee

Hi sprite. How are you doing?

3:25 am

sprite

with the grid? Slow and not that steady. Otherwise... hanging in there. I am not good in December things.

3:25 am

sprite

How are you?

3:25 am

jillibus

hi sueM -- I'm not even close to half way and have no hope of getting there. Must do Christmas things tomorrow pretty much all day -- running out of time!

3:25 am

SueMagee

Not too bad thanks. One of my dogs is very poorly - she had a major operation ten days ago and that's a real worry.

3:26 am

SueMagee

Hi Jill!

3:26 am

jillibus

Just hoope to get through the a's with the help of sprite, Lickety and morewords!

3:26 am

sprite

Ah, poor dog. Hope she will recover soon, Sue.

3:27 am

Natasha

hi all, thought I'd take advantage of a little insomnia to start the grid. kind of wish I'd decided to read instead.

3:27 am

sprite

sure you will, jilli, just give a call if you need clues. I finally have all As.

3:27 am

jillibus

Oh Sue -- all the best to your dog.

3:27 am

SueMagee

Thanks sprite. I'm afraid she's a martyr to her breeding - the breeder used a sire with known stomach problems and poor Rosie has inherited them.

3:27 am

sprite

Hi Natasha! Yeah, can imagine you feel that way.

3:28 am

sprite

that is criminal, Sue. Really!

3:29 am

mkl

Could someone clue me the ni8,40 please? Trying to finish the 8's so I can quit for the night

3:29 am

SueMagee

It is - I didn't find out until I rang the breeder for advice and got the "You think YOU'VE got problems?" response. She then spelt out what was wrong with the sire.

3:31 am

jillibus

Just looked at how many more a's there are -- no way! Must go to bed. At least I got all down to the ar's and got one of those.

3:31 am

sprite

mkl: first 3 letters of word for stupid guys + to vex/irritate (3rd person singl)

3:31 am

jillibus

Sue -- what breed? What stomach problems? Bloat?

3:31 am

SueMagee

Sleep well, Jill - if you get there!

3:32 am

mkl

Sorry Sprite. Been at this too long tonight. That went WAY over my head.

3:33 am

sprite

lol

3:33 am

SueMagee

Rhodesian Ridgeback, Jill. The vet thought it was bloat, but it wasn't - part of the stomach wall had folded back and blocked the pylorus. The vet doesn't know what's causing the problem. She's to have a barium meal in January.

3:33 am

sprite

let's see...

3:34 am

jillibus

And the breeder knew the sire had that problem or had produced it before? Shame

3:35 am

sprite

Ni8 - first two letters of fake name on chat + first 3 letters of what magicians perform + first 3 letters of what teachers teach.

3:35 am

SueMagee

The breeder owned both the dam and the sire - and knew what the problems were.

3:35 am

sprite

Like I said, it is crimimal, what the breeder did.

3:35 am

Karys

ty Sprite....I'm proud to say it did'nt go over my head...got it right away from your first clue !!

3:35 am

SueMagee

It is.

3:36 am

Karys

and Good Morning everyone :)

3:36 am

sprite

hi Karys :)

3:36 am

SueMagee

Hi Karys.

3:36 am

sprite

Guess we have more experience with stupid guys than mkl, Karys ;)

3:36 am

jillibus

That's disgusting, Sue. Well, good luck to your dog. I assume s/he will be neutered?

3:37 am

Karys

LOL...something like that !!

3:37 am

mkl

ru8? Any clues welcomed.

3:37 am

Karys

sorry you have to be so worried about your dog Sue...hope all will be well :)

3:37 am

SueMagee

She's neutered, Jill. We don't want to breed our dogs, accidentally or otherwise, so we always neuter them.

3:38 am

SueMagee

Thanks Karys. You are all very kind.

3:38 am

sprite

ru8: old broken down building + had for dinner (3rd pers singl)

3:38 am

jillibus

Good for you, Sue. That breeder should have hers neutered too.

3:39 am

SueMagee

They have now - after I told the Ridgeback Society ALL about my problems.

3:39 am

Karys

thanks again sprite....you could keep them coming and I will be finished in no time !!

3:39 am

mkl

ty. That one I got.

3:39 am

sprite

grin, mkl :)

3:39 am

FranMag

back

3:39 am

sprite

wb Fran

3:39 am

Karys

hi Fran

3:40 am

jillibus

Hi and goodbye, fran -- way past my bedtime and I'm REALLY going now

3:40 am

FranMag

hi again sprite! hi karys!

3:40 am

FranMag

night jilli!

3:40 am

sprite

night dear jilli *hugs*

3:40 am

SueMagee

Night Jill.

3:41 am

Karys

bye jilli

3:41 am

mkl

tr8,55?

3:41 am

sprite

Karys, I posted a lot of C clues in the log earlier. If you open the chatlog and check, you will have a lot of them in no time :)

3:42 am

Karys

ty sprite....will wait til I'm stuck !

3:42 am

sprite

ai, that is a tough one to clue, mkl, let me think for a sec

3:46 am

sprite

tr8: first 3 letters of childish pain-in-the-ass chat visitor + first 4 letters of something to sit on + consonant.

3:46 am

FranMag

thanks sprite!

3:47 am

sprite

grin

3:49 am

mkl

WOW. Excellent clue Sprite.

3:50 am

sprite

One of my last ones: SL6/24 private investigator - there is a T-word just like it. New to me.

3:50 am

mkl

2 more please? Need the at8 and theci8.

3:50 am

sprite

I am glad it worked!

3:51 am

FranMag

did you finish sprite?

3:51 am

mkl

Won't even speculate on who the chatter is.

3:51 am

sprite

at8: at + brave man of my dreams + mother (strange combination, now I think about that)

3:51 am

sprite

lol mkl

3:52 am

sprite

Nope, down to 7, Fran.

3:52 am

FranMag

thanks for the at8 too

3:52 am

sprite

mkl, do you have the ci7 words?

3:53 am

mkl

not yet

3:53 am

sprite

ok

3:53 am

mkl

Thanks for asking first. it's aggravating when you ask for a clue and someone comes up with(plural of)

3:54 am

bookwomen

i have all ci words if you need a clue

3:54 am

mkl

I'm pretty weak on the ci's. Don't have the ci6,24s either.

3:54 am

sprite

yeah, I don't like that myself.
ci8: ci + first 2 letters of someone who doesn't tell the truth + had for dinner (3rd pers singl)

3:55 am

mkl

got it. Thanks

3:56 am

sprite

One ci6/24 is lemonlike.
The other is quote minus last letter + not him.

3:56 am

sprite

Both ci7s start the same as the 8. Play with last letters.

3:58 am

mkl

Thanks much for the help. 75 to go, and I need to take off for the night. Thanks again, and luck to all

3:58 am

Karys

does everyone have the ch8 ?

3:58 am

sprite

Night mkl, it was a pleasure :)

3:58 am

FranMag

i do karys

3:59 am

FranMag

night mkl!

3:59 am

sprite

I do, Karys

3:59 am

sprite

nice one, isn't it?

3:59 am

SueMagee

It's a lovely one!

3:59 am

Karys

I did not quite beleive it sprite !!

4:00 am

sprite

There are so many stupidhead words in this grid that finding one like ch8 really makes me happy.

4:00 am

lynxxx

TY Sprite for all that - just came back in time

4:01 am

sprite

well well, fireworks. Tough one today.

4:01 am

sprite

wb lynxxx, and yw :)

4:01 am

Karys

oh WELL DONE sprite !!!!!

4:01 am

lynxxx

Well desrved Sprite - Congratulations

4:02 am

SueMagee

Well done, sprite.

4:02 am

sprite

*takes bow*
I used Lickety's today, for quite a lot of words!

4:02 am

Karys

I will be doing so later

4:03 am

sprite

even if I would sit on this one all day, I would never find all the words. Thanks a zillion, Lickety :)

4:03 am

FranMag

yay sprite!

4:04 am

sprite

thanks all :)
Any more requests for clues before I run off to do other things?

4:04 am

Karys

back in a mo

4:04 am

FranMag

not for me sprite, thanks!

4:06 am

sprite

Ok, I am off then, had a great time with you guys. Enjoy your day'night/whatever and good luck hunting :)

4:06 am

FranMag

bye sprite! you have a great day too.

4:08 am

SueMagee

Have a good day, sprite and thanks for all the help.

4:09 am

lynxxx

bye Sprite - have a lovely day - and thanks again

4:09 am

ARB

tr 8 clue?

4:10 am

FranMag

arb, has to do with a certain poetic meter

4:12 am

FranMag

i'll try to remember sprite's clue...first 3 letters of immature and foul-mouthed chat intruder + first 4 letters of what you sit in + consonant

4:17 am

kthdsn

morning all

4:17 am

FranMag

hi kate!

4:17 am

lynxxx

I just found a lovely 9 letter compound - pity about that!

4:18 am

FranMag

lynxxx, we don't need more words! :-)

4:18 am

ARB

thanks Fran. Finished me off.

4:18 am

FranMag

yw arb! yay!!

4:19 am

lynxxx

Hi Kate, ARB

4:19 am

lynxxx

Congrats ARB as well!

4:20 am

kthdsn

what odd looking stats today, more 5s than 4s

4:20 am

FranMag

didn't notice that kate, but you're right that is weird

4:21 am

Karys

hello Kate....I don't want you to think that I have not been concerned by all of your distress this past few days, because I have, but I didn't seem to have anything more to say that had'nt been said (and probably much better) by everyone, but I would like to to know that you are in our thoughts here xxx

4:21 am

kthdsn

thank you karys, I'm feeling a whole lot better at the moment

4:22 am

Karys

Good girl !!....keep you chin up

4:25 am

lynxxx

BBL -time to fix dinner - 120 still to find

4:25 am

FranMag

later lynxxx

4:26 am

kthdsn

bye lynx

4:26 am

Karys

bye lynn

4:27 am

kthdsn

phantom: artery

4:32 am

kthdsn

I can't believe there are 64 words from a single tile, I think thats the most I've ever seen

4:33 am

FranMag

kate, don't look too close or you'll notice that there are 80 Cs!

4:33 am

kthdsn

and I only have 23 of them :'-(

4:34 am

kthdsn

how can choc not be a word, it deserves to be

4:34 am

Karys

I have 49 up to yet

4:35 am

kthdsn

the number of As is rather disturbing too, I hate vowel words

4:35 am

FranMag

i still need 16 Cs

4:43 am

metaleather

holy crap, I'll never finish this one!

4:44 am

FranMag

it's a tough one ml, sprite needed to go to the list

4:44 am

kthdsn

hi metal

4:44 am

metaleather

jaw drops

4:45 am

Karys

hi metal

4:45 am

kthdsn

woohoo hit 100 in less than an hour

4:47 am

metaleather

way to go kt

4:47 am

Karys

must go do some thing....back later !

4:47 am

kthdsn

bye karys

4:47 am

metaleather

'bye for now Karys

4:48 am

FranMag

bye karys!

4:48 am

kthdsn

and now it's starting to get tough...

4:49 am

FranMag

by the way, "bye karys" is not in the grid

4:49 am

kthdsn

lmao fran

4:50 am

Odin

Mornin' All...huge grid today...I'm betting I won't get it done but giving it the ol' college try.

4:50 am

FranMag

go odin go!

4:50 am

kthdsn

hi odin

4:51 am

metaleather

way to go Odin

4:51 am

Odin

Hey Fran, metal, kthdsn, Karys and all

4:51 am

Odin

I'll be late for work today no doubt...but priorities you know!

4:52 am

licketySplitAUS

Hi everyone, Everyone getting prepared for that Big Day ?

4:52 am

metaleather

absolutely.

4:52 am

kthdsn

hi lickety

4:52 am

Odin

Mornin' lickety

4:52 am

FranMag

hey lickety!

4:53 am

metaleather

hi Lickety

4:54 am

licketySplitAUS

Nice grid - but no big words

4:54 am

licketySplitAUS

Anyone baking cake with coins in it?

4:54 am

metaleather

nice words, not nice grid ;o)

4:55 am

kthdsn

I'm not baking anything but I'll take the coins if they're on offer

4:55 am

licketySplitAUS

metal - yes this is a real tough one

4:55 am

metaleather

cake with coins in?

4:55 am

metaleather

must be an Aus. thing

4:56 am

licketySplitAUS

Don't you do that?

4:56 am

kthdsn

I've heard of it but never known anyone who actually made it

4:57 am

metaleather

no, i've not heard of it.

4:57 am

kthdsn

whoever finds a coin in their slice gets good luck or something silly

4:57 am

P.J.

Howdy HOHOHO all

4:57 am

kthdsn

hey hodag

4:57 am

FranMag

hi hohohodag!

4:58 am

shorty

mornin all!!

4:58 am

licketySplitAUS

kate - I've had it as a kid - biting in to find money

4:58 am

metaleather

here in Louisiana, they do King Cakes, after new year, before Mardi Gras... and they bake a small token, (a bean, or a tiny baby. Whoever gets the baby has to provide the next King Cake

4:58 am

metaleather

hi hodag

4:58 am

licketySplitAUS

Horray Hodag

4:58 am

metaleather

hi shorty

4:59 am

kthdsn

I'd be afraid of breaking people's teeth lol

4:59 am

Yoink

Baking babies in cakes is wrong

4:59 am

shorty

me too and ewwww dirty coins?

4:59 am

metaleather

even just little plastic ones?

4:59 am

kthdsn

hi shorty and yoink

4:59 am

P.J.

Hi kth,Fran,metal and lickety.

5:00 am

shorty

lol yoink

5:00 am

shorty

hi kate

5:00 am

kthdsn

shorty which is you in the photo, I've always wondered but forgot to ask

5:00 am

licketySplitAUS

actually the coins were at least 50 years old and old denomination - and of course cleaned in baking soda first

5:00 am

shorty

the one in the blue shirt

5:01 am

kthdsn

oh ok

5:01 am

Yoink

Little plastic babies are people too, thinking otherwise is just plasticist

5:02 am

licketySplitAUS

Oh Yoink! The Humour! ;-)

5:02 am

P.J.

yo shorty

5:03 am

metaleather

I freely admit to being a plasticist.

5:03 am

metaleather

I even encourage others to become plasticists

5:03 am

FranMag

hi shorty! hi yoink!

5:04 am

kthdsn

lol metal

5:05 am

Yoink

HI people.

5:05 am

P.J.

I wonder were mousey is this morning? Hi Yoink

5:05 am

kthdsn

why do I keep seeing illicit and raunch in the grid today??

5:05 am

Yoink

Some of my best friends are plastic

5:05 am

shorty

hi fran

5:06 am

metaleather

LOL, kt. Freudian slip of the mind's eye?

5:06 am

metaleather

ahhh well, that explains your namby pamby plastic-lover attitude then Yoinks

5:06 am

shorty

HoHoHo Hodag

5:07 am

kthdsn

ok all this plasticism can't be politically correct, we should strive for material equality

5:08 am

FranMag

you guys are cracking me up

5:08 am

P.J.

hey shorty are you all ready for the "Big Fat Guy" I think he'll have to drive a car all of our snow is gone?

5:09 am

metaleather

fine, I'll just go "underground" with it. Will become subversive about it.

5:09 am

shorty

I wish we had snow its to warm here for that big fat guy he will get really hot in that suit

5:10 am

P.J.

I hear ya!

5:10 am

metaleather

Plasticists of the World, Unite!

*chuckles in most evil manner, twirling imaginary villain-type moustache*

5:11 am

shorty

and no Im not ready for him heehee

5:11 am

kthdsn

It's close to freezing here

5:11 am

shorty

its in the 50's in Ohio

5:11 am

kthdsn

*ignores metal's protest*

5:12 am

metaleather

in the 60's here, and will get mid-seventies or so later today

5:12 am

herinfernallady

hey again

5:12 am

metaleather

*ignores kt's ignoring my protest

5:12 am

herinfernallady

im msning to an old friend so sorry if i duck in and out

5:12 am

kthdsn

what's that in centigrade? I don't understand nor can I spell farenheit (?)

5:13 am

kthdsn

hi herin did you manage to get him to bed?

5:13 am

herinfernallady

60s is avbout 10 degrees

5:13 am

herinfernallady

yep at 1 in the morning then played about like 5 year olds, slapping each other with pillows and tickleing then slepp

5:14 am

P.J.

we've been bouncing between the 30's&40's for over a week now thats not good for this area. The ski slops are really hurting!

5:14 am

kthdsn

lol that sounds fun

5:14 am

herinfernallady

fun but no sleep till 2am

5:14 am

kthdsn

I've never been skiing

5:15 am

shorty

man what is up with *WINTER*

5:15 am

herinfernallady

damn it nets frozen

5:16 am

metaleather

it's weird... about a week and a half ago, it actually got down in the twenties overnight (a bit low for this area) and didn't get above mid-forties all day... Now, almost Christmas, it's short sleeve weather again.

5:16 am

P.J.

I use to cross country ski but,I have never down hill skied. Both are very,very big here.

5:16 am

herinfernallady

30 degrees f is zero degress cells

5:17 am

kthdsn

according to my google weather module, it's now freezing here, and it's foggy so it feels colder

5:18 am

kthdsn

oh ty herin, the random numbers make a bit more sense now :D

5:18 am

shorty

i know a few weeks ago it was soooooo cold and now short and short sleeve shirts here too

5:19 am

P.J.

this crazy weather is why everybody keeps getting sick you don't know from day to day how to dress and the dampness goes right through you!!

5:19 am

metaleather

oh heck, I'm missing Angel

5:19 am

Yoink

I want snow but I don't want it to get any colder. Warm snow, that's the ticket

5:20 am

herinfernallady

In melbourne we had snow, sleet, bushfires and rain all across the board

5:20 am

shorty

yep exactly hodag same here

5:20 am

P.J.

good luck with that.

5:20 am

shorty

i want snow tooooooooo

5:20 am

kthdsn

I don't like snow, it makes everything cold and wet and difficult, god knows how I'll cope with canadian winters

5:21 am

metaleather

dang, infernal... only other thing you needed was a tornado

5:21 am

herinfernallady

we had one of those on the weekend

5:21 am

metaleather

jeepers

5:22 am

herinfernallady

well Queensland did. It smells like burnt wood out there out the moment. There is a massive fire about 250 ks wide across the board in Vic

5:22 am

Yoink

Yeah, good luck with that kthdsn, I thought I knew cold until I experienced February in Winnipeg

5:22 am

shorty

I love being stranded in the house but only for 1 day and as long as theres food and drink

5:23 am

kthdsn

I bet my girls enjoy the snow though, we never have much here and it doesn't usually stay longer than a day or two

5:24 am

herinfernallady

My parents have apantry full of cans in case they get snowed in in winter

5:25 am

metaleather

although I've never experienced cold like that... I do truly believe I'd rather have that than the summers we do here

5:25 am

shorty

they live in the country herin?

5:25 am

metaleather

temp. and humidity both at or near 100 for months on end

5:25 am

shorty

eww I could not handle that metal

5:25 am

herinfernallady

Yep they live in Tasmania, New Norfolk in the hill

5:25 am

FranMag

81 left for tomorrow...night everyone!

5:26 am

metaleather

wtg Fran.

5:26 am

metaleather

'night

5:26 am

shorty

nite fran

5:26 am

shorty

i would go insane with weather like that

5:26 am

herinfernallady

Night fran

5:27 am

herinfernallady

i do believe there is not 300 words here tonigh

5:27 am

metaleather

it's miserable for certain.

5:27 am

metaleather

I agree infernal

5:27 am

shorty

306 words herin

5:27 am

flosey

kth, I misunderstood, I thought upi were frp, Ontario, did your Mom move to Ontario then from England?

5:27 am

kthdsn

yes flosey 3 years ago

5:27 am

herinfernallady

what is 6 words when the grid is this big?

5:28 am

flosey

*thought you were from)

5:28 am

shorty

lol

5:28 am

flosey

so you are accustomed to the cold and snow, etc

5:29 am

shorty

i dont think im going to do the grid today

5:29 am

kthdsn

my dad was born there but never lived there so he is a citizen, my parents moved out with my brother, then my sister and her husband moved out later, I'm the only one left in england

5:29 am

flosey

nor I, going away for couple of days

5:29 am

shorty

too much *stuff* to do today to get ready for the big fat guy

5:30 am

metaleather

you can still pop in and chat a bit from time to time shorty

5:30 am

flosey

oh, so you are really from from England

5:30 am

Yoink

Chris Farley?

5:30 am

shorty

yes I will as lond as you wonderful people are still on

5:31 am

kthdsn

yes, although I inherited the canadian citizenship from my dad :)

5:31 am

shorty

long*

5:31 am

herinfernallady

Shorty we have a majorr shopping center across the road and its open late tonight. I am still stuffed as i dont get paid till friday and the boy gets paid on saturday

5:32 am

metaleather

if the grid's as tough as it seems, I suspect many of us, whether or not we are wonderful, will be here for quite some time

5:32 am

shorty

lol metal

5:32 am

kthdsn

yes metal this is going to be a long day for all in babble land

5:32 am

herinfernallady

i need 100 befor i depart are il be issed

5:33 am

kthdsn

another phantom, charter

5:33 am

metaleather

how close are ya to that magic number?

5:33 am

herinfernallady

5

5:33 am

herinfernallady

i would like 150 but im stuffed

5:34 am

metaleather

if I can help, I'll be glad to

5:34 am

kthdsn

at least there are no yucky Qus to find

5:34 am

flosey

I'm not doing this grid, will be away for next 2 days

5:34 am

shorty

ok i will se you all later gotta get ready to take son to school

5:34 am

kthdsn

bye shorty

5:34 am

metaleather

'bye shorty

5:35 am

metaleather

why away flosey?, holiday preparations?

5:35 am

flosey

bye shorty

5:35 am

shorty

*waves bye to everyone*

5:36 am

flosey

just a break in the rush of things, we live on small island, going over to Victoria for one night, shop a bit and relax

5:36 am

herinfernallady

bye shorty

5:36 am

herinfernallady

Thanks metal but im not breaking yet

5:36 am

Yoink

bye shorty

5:36 am

metaleather

good idea, a bit of a break to refresh yourself mentally and/or physically before the big events

5:36 am

kthdsn

that sounds nice flosey, have a good time

5:37 am

flosey

we had a party here Saturday, 20, 5 tables of bridge, then stopped to lunch - had a great time but was tired after

5:38 am

metaleather

even good times can wear you out

5:38 am

Yoink

After much deliberation I have decided that Babble is lying about there being 80 c's

5:38 am

herinfernallady

Metal it would help if i zipped it and stopped MSNing with a very old friend

5:38 am

flosey

thanks kth, I like to get over to Vic. at least once a week but we usually come home same day

5:38 am

herinfernallady

Yoink Sprite clued them earlier tonight?

5:39 am

metaleather

welcome to the fold Yoinks. I decided that same thing long ago.

5:39 am

kthdsn

I'm up to 35 Cs and 127 total words

5:39 am

flosey

must get busy, few things to do before we leave

5:40 am

kthdsn

bye flosey

5:40 am

flosey

good bye all, enjoyed chatting

5:40 am

metaleather

woot kt

5:40 am

metaleather

I only have 33 and 116

5:40 am

metaleather

'bye flosey. have a great trip

5:40 am

herinfernallady

why isn't thar a word?

5:40 am

Yoink

39 Cs here

5:41 am

herinfernallady

bye flosey enjoy your holiday

5:41 am

Yoink

Thar is, thar's 306 of them

5:42 am

herinfernallady

Thats true but is not on the grid, Thar is a word as in thar she blows or in this case THar the grid blows

5:43 am

metaleather

good one

5:44 am

metaleather

herinfernallady... how do you prefer your nick be shortened? herin, infernal, lady or something else?

5:45 am

kthdsn

Ooh I'm up to 42 Cs

5:45 am

herinfernallady

herin there is one other but that is reserved for another player that calls me that so i know its them speaking

5:45 am

metaleather

*whimpers... I've only 34

5:46 am

herinfernallady

still at 95 but comedy is on tv

5:47 am

metaleather

np, i"ll try to remember. I don't like to keep changing, but wasn't sure which was your choice, so I bounced from one to another

5:47 am

herinfernallady

herin works well

5:47 am

metaleather

Angel's good today. It's the one where the found Fred and where Cordy met the Gruselag

5:47 am

metaleather

thanks herin.

5:48 am

metaleather

*they found Fred

5:48 am

herinfernallady

its cool im stuffing about

5:50 am

Yoink

Later folks, I'm off for lunch and to read the C section of the dictionary

5:50 am

metaleather

'bye Yoink, good plan

5:50 am

kthdsn

bye yoink

5:52 am

kthdsn

yet another phantom, arctic

5:52 am

kthdsn

and acurate

5:53 am

kthdsn

if all my phantoms were actually there I might have gotten somewhere by now

5:53 am

TrickyRic

hi all - 306 words god!

5:53 am

kthdsn

hey ric

5:53 am

metaleather

maniac's mine

5:54 am

metaleather

your reaction's more polite than mine was Ric... I believe I said holy crap

5:54 am

TrickyRic

don't think i'll start this one lol, i'll just stay in the chat a while

5:54 am

TrickyRic

lol metal

5:54 am

kthdsn

I'm almost half way, 142 with 45 of the Cs

5:54 am

herinfernallady

brb

5:55 am

TrickyRic

nothing to do again today kate?

5:55 am

metaleather

yayy kt

5:55 am

kthdsn

not at the moment no lol

5:55 am

metaleather

I'm trying for 142 before I go to the list

5:56 am

TrickyRic

bit of an odd number to try for, lol

5:56 am

metaleather

did I mention it's very early here and I seem to be a bit dyslexic today?

5:57 am

metaleather

I meant 153

5:57 am

TrickyRic

after how long it took me to do that 311 board, i've no chance today

5:57 am

kthdsn

aaawww go on

5:58 am

metaleather

I've made it this far in about an hour and a half, but I'm slowing down now to almost a standstill

5:59 am

TrickyRic

lol i've just noticed the 64 c tile

5:59 am

kthdsn

I'm slowly but surely trudging along

5:59 am

TrickyRic

this must be a high scoring board

6:00 am

herinfernallady

back

6:00 am

kthdsn

wb herin

6:00 am

TrickyRic

hi herin

6:00 am

herinfernallady

im still at 95 words trying to fix msn

6:00 am

metaleather

wb herin

6:00 am

kthdsn

I still have 4 tiles with no words, guess what, they're all vowels

6:01 am

Faerie

I don't want to not play :(

6:01 am

TrickyRic

whats up with msn herin?

6:01 am

Faerie

Hello Babblers :)

6:01 am

herinfernallady

Im being a bit slow and trying to work out emoticons and all that gaff

6:01 am

kthdsn

hey faerie hows it going with your job, have you settled in now?

6:01 am

TrickyRic

hi faerie

6:01 am

metaleather

hi Faerie

6:02 am

Faerie

Hi Kate yep I'm starting my new shift today 2:45pm - 11:00pm and I love all my clients/patients

6:02 am

metaleather

love the icon Faerie

6:02 am

Faerie

Hi Ric and Metal :)

6:02 am

herinfernallady

WHat you doing faerie

6:02 am

TrickyRic

oh sod it, i'm playing

6:03 am

herinfernallady

dive in ric

6:03 am

TrickyRic

i probably only have an hour or so but what the hell

6:03 am

kthdsn

hah! I knew you would

6:03 am

Faerie

thanks Metal it's a print by Lisa Steinke the creator of Kae the Faerie of Humility :)

6:03 am

TrickyRic

lol hehe

6:04 am

TrickyRic

what the... you can extend the i5 on the first tile but you can't plural it???

6:04 am

Faerie

should I, shouldn't I, should I, shouldn't I (play today)

6:04 am

metaleather

I knew Ric wouldn't be able to resist the siren's call

6:05 am

Faerie

following Ric and jumping in *splash*

6:05 am

metaleather

you should

6:05 am

kthdsn

go on faerie, you know you want to

6:05 am

herinfernallady

oh dear net is being an absoult biatch tonight

6:05 am

metaleather

grin's and dodges Faerie's landing splash

6:05 am

TrickyRic

don't take all my words faerie ;-)

6:05 am

Faerie

the temptation is much to great

6:06 am

Faerie

swims by Ric with a hand full of vowels hahaha

6:06 am

TrickyRic

lol aww

6:06 am

kthdsn

what a pain herin, I hate when I can't get online nicely

6:06 am

TrickyRic

i'll never finish now =)

6:07 am

Faerie

*teehee*

6:07 am

Faerie

throws the "C" to Ric

6:07 am

TrickyRic

you know i can't catch, right?

6:08 am

Faerie

LOL

6:08 am

kthdsn

lol really?

6:08 am

TrickyRic

well not while babbling anyway, lol

6:09 am

herinfernallady

the net is not plaing nice tonight

6:09 am

metaleather

I'm convinced "they" are lying about any words emanating from either the Y or the E

6:10 am

metaleather

mine went down earlier herin, but only briefly

6:10 am

Faerie

hahaha good point Ric :-

6:10 am

Faerie

hahaha good point Ric :-D

6:10 am

Faerie

hahaha good point Ric :-

6:11 am

TrickyRic

faeries chat not updating? hehe

6:11 am

Faerie

You suck Ric - cause you are exactly right

6:11 am

herinfernallady

no my chat is not updating and being stupid

6:12 am

TrickyRic

hmm all working for me :-/

6:12 am

movieman

Hiya, all......

6:12 am

TrickyRic

hi movie

6:12 am

metaleather

hi movieman

6:12 am

Faerie

plus Babble isn't taking my words like it should I'm having to type them in like 3 or 4 times

6:13 am

Faerie

(((((MOVIEMAN)))) pounces for hug

6:13 am

kthdsn

hey movie

6:13 am

TrickyRic

try a refresh faerie

6:13 am

movieman

(((((FAERIE)))))

Right back at yer.......

6:14 am

herinfernallady

are stupid son of a ,,,,,,,,

6:14 am

Faerie

hmmmmm maybe they aren't really words at all *giggle*

6:14 am

Faerie

Lady are you still having problems???????? LoL

6:14 am

Faerie

thanks Ric will do

6:15 am

TrickyRic

ugh how can that right i possibly make any words

6:15 am

movieman

I realise it's a little bit early in the game to be asking, but, could I plz have some cluez for the 7's & 8's?

6:16 am

Faerie

sorry MM, I'm useless on clues right now

6:16 am

metaleather

you could, if I had any to give

6:16 am

kthdsn

I have a cu7, window dressing

6:16 am

metaleather

the only one I have is a ca7

6:16 am

Faerie

more

6:17 am

metaleather

drug dealing organizations

6:17 am

kthdsn

na7, mother na* plural

6:17 am

metaleather

ty kt

6:17 am

Faerie

did I just type a word into chat? If so Sorry

6:17 am

TrickyRic

ooo ty kate

6:17 am

Faerie

thanks Kate :)

6:17 am

kthdsn

ty metal that's got my C's up to 51 :D

6:17 am

kthdsn

I have re7, re + mode of transport

6:18 am

metaleather

woooo kt

6:18 am

kthdsn

I have a horrible tr8, tr + vowel + ar***** (old fashioned)

6:19 am

kthdsn

oh and mo8, where they take dead people

6:20 am

metaleather

how'd you get all those big ones so quickly kt?

6:20 am

TrickyRic

ok ty ty, i have the cu7, mo7, and re7 now :-)

6:20 am

Faerie

dang Kate you go girl :-)

6:20 am

kthdsn

I saw a clue for the horrid 8 and found the rest myself :D

6:21 am

metaleather

don't forget the ca7

6:21 am

kthdsn

ric you have an mo7? I clued an mo8 but don't have a 7

6:21 am

TrickyRic

i couldn't get the ca lol

6:21 am

TrickyRic

oh i thought you meant 7 lol, mine typed in as a 7 lmao

6:22 am

metaleather

it starts like a small wagon, then expands

6:22 am

periwinkle

Good Morning all, have had my nose to the grindstone here, yikes 306 words, can't figure out the horrid 8 ;(

6:22 am

TrickyRic

oh wait i spelt it wrong, thats why

6:22 am

kthdsn

so there's an mo7?

6:22 am

TrickyRic

i think

6:22 am

kthdsn

oh got it ty

6:22 am

metaleather

yep, think brick work

6:22 am

kthdsn

hi peri

6:22 am

TrickyRic

yea, where you take dead people... only spelt how i'd spell it and probably wrong lol

6:22 am

Faerie

Hiya Peri

6:23 am

metaleather

me either peri

6:23 am

periwinkle

can't se the ca7 either, rats

6:23 am

kthdsn

there's another vowel in the middle for the 8 ric

6:23 am

TrickyRic

now i'm wondering what the 8 is lol

6:23 am

periwinkle

found the ca7 thanks\

6:23 am

TrickyRic

oh yea ty

6:23 am

metaleather

yw

6:24 am

metaleather

it's your word ric, but with an additional vowel

6:27 am

Faerie

yikes you all are 2 fast for me

6:27 am

kthdsn

sorry faerie

6:27 am

herinfernallady

back grr. darn msn

6:27 am

metaleather

i'm still looking for that horrible word

6:27 am

Cathy

there's a ch7 and 8 too. man's name ... think phrase Sorry Ch*****

6:27 am

Faerie

Hi Cathy and Thanks

6:28 am

metaleather

tyvm Cathy

6:28 am

kthdsn

sorry faerie it's awful to clue

6:28 am

TrickyRic

i can only see charles lol, and thats not it

6:28 am

metaleather

I never think to try "names"....

6:28 am

metaleather

add a vowel Ric

6:28 am

Faerie

Ric your on the right track

6:28 am

kthdsn

close ric

6:28 am

kthdsn

there are so many names in todays grid

6:28 am

TrickyRic

oh, i'll poke around with it then

6:29 am

periwinkle

metal, I found the tr8 on morewords.com

6:29 am

TrickyRic

ah got em ty

6:29 am

Jacula

Ric - Think Miss Dimmock!

6:29 am

TrickyRic

lol do i have to? =)

6:29 am

Jacula

LOL

6:30 am

kthdsn

I have a ca4, ch7, co5, ru4, all names

6:30 am

kthdsn

and ooh ooh ooh I'm just past half way :D

6:30 am

TrickyRic

yay

6:30 am

Faerie

Hi Jacula :)

6:30 am

periwinkle

er5/12 girls name

6:31 am

herinfernallady

why do they have to change my fav tv show with unfunny writers

6:31 am

kthdsn

thanks peri

6:31 am

metaleather

ooh, kt... don't forget to make a plural of the ca4

6:31 am

kthdsn

herin what show is that

6:31 am

Jacula

Hi Faerie.

6:31 am

Faerie

go Kate.......

6:31 am

metaleather

what show herin?

6:31 am

kthdsn

I have metal, I also have it with a vowel on the end and plural

6:32 am

herinfernallady

Um its an australian comedy show they changed the writers

6:32 am

periwinkle

kth, can't see the co5 name

6:32 am

periwinkle

is it male or female name

6:32 am

herinfernallady

Invaders from Mars is now on woot woot

6:33 am

kthdsn

male

6:33 am

TrickyRic

male peri, top right

6:33 am

periwinkle

oops, I alrady had it, :)

6:33 am

metaleather

co5 Farrell

6:33 am

TrickyRic

its the name of my mates grandfather if that helps, lol

6:33 am

kthdsn

yeah ric, cos we all know him....

6:34 am

TrickyRic

hehe

6:34 am

herinfernallady

woot thank your

6:35 am

herinfernallady

this is great problem is this is finishing late and im tie tie

6:36 am

kthdsn

there are no way 27 more Cs, it's making it up to annoy us all

6:36 am

TrickyRic

how many left herin?

6:36 am

Faerie

how about that lonely "cl 6/24" ??

6:36 am

herinfernallady

um i have 100 but there is good tv on

6:37 am

herinfernallady

what clue is that faerie i don't have that one

6:38 am

mousey

hi all

6:38 am

metaleather

hi mousey

6:38 am

metaleather

oooh, the cl is icky

6:38 am

Faerie

I'm looking for it Lady I don't have it either

6:38 am

kthdsn

hi mousey, faerie I don't have any cls

6:38 am

Faerie

Hi Mousey

6:38 am

metaleather

it's a bird bum, sort of

6:38 am

herinfernallady

oh poo

6:38 am

TrickyRic

hi mousey

6:38 am

metaleather

or an ancient sewer

6:39 am

TrickyRic

a bird bum? lol what the...

6:39 am

Faerie

I'm with you Ric a bird bum now that sounds odd haha

6:40 am

metaleather

it's the common cavity into which the intestinal, urinary and generative canals open in many birds, reptiles, fishes, and some mammals

6:40 am

herinfernallady

um i googled that but got nada better clue?

6:40 am

kthdsn

I'm lost too

6:41 am

Faerie

Oh ok Metal *still lost*

6:41 am

kthdsn

that sounds absolutely disgusting metal, but doesn't help me find the word

6:41 am

herinfernallady

um i can only think of clacker and i don't think its here

6:41 am

metaleather

it does have sort of that sound to it herin

6:42 am

herinfernallady

google birds intestine click on the first one

6:42 am

mousey

sqweak!!!

6:42 am

movieman

cl6=cl+5th vowel+1st vowel+consonent+1st vowel......

6:42 am

metaleather

the letters for the cl are all found in the two right hand columns

6:43 am

herinfernallady

Um ok clue. Im a mixed up lump of coal and debbra harry sang ..ll me

6:43 am

TrickyRic

ah got it

6:43 am

kthdsn

got it at last, what a stupid word

6:43 am

TrickyRic

ty

6:44 am

mousey

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!! BURP!

6:44 am

herinfernallady

did that help

6:44 am

TrickyRic

ok its an alternate spelling of a witches 'cl*** and dagger', but with an added vowel on the end

6:45 am

kthdsn

is that the only cl word or are there others

6:46 am

metaleather

ooooh, just found a ci 7 and 8

6:46 am

TrickyRic

g2g back soon

6:46 am

movieman

anyone have any of the centre u words?

6:46 am

kthdsn

cya later rick

6:46 am

metaleather

'bye Ric, see ya later

6:46 am

kthdsn

no movie

6:46 am

herinfernallady

later ric ill be ni nis when you returne

6:46 am

mousey

im borerd already! YAWN

6:47 am

kthdsn

metal, clues?

6:47 am

periwinkle

metal, clues please

6:47 am

TrickyRic

bye all

6:47 am

herinfernallady

hi movie i didn't see you there

6:47 am

metaleather

just one movie

6:47 am

Faerie

bye Ric

6:47 am

mousey

bye ric

6:47 am

herinfernallady

i think i have about half of the cs

6:47 am

kthdsn

mousey if you find it boring why do you keep coming back???

6:47 am

metaleather

ur4/6 acid in kidney/bladder product

6:48 am

metaleather

ok, the ci words build from "little tiny hairs" or hair-like structures

6:48 am

ikeyak

can't get any y words any ideas

6:48 am

metaleather

go for a 5, then make it a descriptive word, then plural

6:48 am

herinfernallady

i kiss metal

6:48 am

metaleather

why ty herin

6:48 am

herinfernallady

i got 35 c words and i don't believe there is anymore its a LIE ii tell you

6:49 am

periwinkle

thanks you, metal :)

6:49 am

kthdsn

ty metal

6:49 am

metaleather

yw

6:49 am

kthdsn

herin i have 57 of them now

6:49 am

herinfernallady

sod

6:49 am

metaleather

oooh , there's another ci7, using that same ci base

6:49 am

kthdsn

some are very odd, make up stuff and try it

6:50 am

ikeyak

y words?

6:50 am

herinfernallady

got that

6:50 am

metaleather

I haven't found any so far ike

6:50 am

metaleather

but it says there are two

6:51 am

kthdsn

metal I can't see the other ci7

6:51 am

periwinkle

me either

6:51 am

metaleather

go across to the left instead of down to the left

6:51 am

kthdsn

ahh got it

6:51 am

GraceM

madame cu*** 5/14 might have used a cu*** 5/14 iin her lab.

6:52 am

mousey

BHC CBGCCCCCCCCCCY

6:52 am

herinfernallady

thanks grace

6:52 am

metaleather

or a cr5/14 for the dressing on her salad

6:52 am

herinfernallady

mousey behave please

6:52 am

kthdsn

I'm up to 60 Cs now people, they are in the grid somewhere

6:53 am

metaleather

yes, ty Grace

6:53 am

mousey

HJCNCNJFDNCJHFDNIHCUDREKJNYTHVUVFJEUYR
ETRD

6:53 am

herinfernallady

oh rub it in kth ;)-

6:53 am

kthdsn

at least I didn't say "so ner!"

6:54 am

GraceM

I've got 51 Cs so far.

6:54 am

mousey

TYLRERREDEDDEMCQJMDCJ`DMSCJMKKJMJKMCJK
DMCJ

6:54 am

herinfernallady

meh

6:54 am

mousey

POOPPOPOP90ICKCIKKKK

6:54 am

herinfernallady

mousey quit it please if you keep doing that it will stuff up the chat box

6:54 am

kthdsn

mousey I think your mouse has taken over the keyboard, please fix it :)

6:55 am

mousey

I HAVE NOTHING TO S.A.Y.!

6:55 am

kthdsn

then don't say anything

6:55 am

metaleather

then be quiet

6:55 am

mousey

zzzzzzzz!

6:55 am

herinfernallady

oh dear it seems we have a baby troll

6:55 am

Faerie

then you need to be quiet and listen or move along

6:56 am

mousey

bye all stupid school!

6:56 am

shorty

isnt mousey hodag's grandchild?

6:56 am

kthdsn

bye mousey

6:56 am

mousey

yes

6:57 am

Faerie

yes

6:57 am

GraceM

are there two ci7s?

6:57 am

Faerie

((((((SHORTY)))))

6:57 am

herinfernallady

i don't know maybe ask next time see if we can leash him since little silver behaves

6:57 am

kthdsn

yes grace, both similar

6:57 am

metaleather

yes Grace

6:57 am

shorty

well we'll just tell her and mousey will lose privlieges

6:57 am

metaleather

same root word, different endings

6:58 am

ikeyak

still can't find any y words?

6:58 am

shorty

((((((((((((FAERIE)))))))))))))

6:58 am

GraceM

I've got the ci7 and 8 pair...

6:58 am

herinfernallady

Ok smartie pants clueage for teh ci 7 please

6:58 am

kthdsn

change the last 2 letters grace

6:58 am

movieman

anyone have the other top left i other than the angry words?

6:59 am

kthdsn

not here movie

6:59 am

herinfernallady

niar

6:59 am

GraceM

got it! thx

7:00 am

ikeyak

ia then lose the k from what a magician might do

7:00 am

herinfernallady

please share on the ci 7please

7:00 am

movieman

ty ike......

7:00 am

kthdsn

ty ike

7:01 am

ikeyak

yr welcome any y words?

7:01 am

kthdsn

herin there are 2 7s and an 8 both of which build on the ci5 small hairs

7:01 am

herinfernallady

i dont have that ci 5

7:02 am

metaleather

it starts with the C in the upper right corner

7:02 am

herinfernallady

i got it ta

7:02 am

kthdsn

it refers to hair like structures in biology that wave about to move dirt etc along

7:02 am

herinfernallady

um its plural right and there is 2 similar 7s

7:03 am

kthdsn

yes herin

7:03 am

metaleather

and an 8

7:04 am

herinfernallady

oh i have a 7/32 and an 8/45 of the ci

7:04 am

metaleather

there's also a 7/40

7:04 am

kthdsn

the other ci7 just changes the last 2 letters

7:04 am

kthdsn

does anyone have the i's from the top right?

7:05 am

metaleather

only one so far

7:05 am

herinfernallady

got it im a bit slow today

7:05 am

kthdsn

I have one similar to the hairy ci

7:05 am

herinfernallady

i have anyoed

7:05 am

metaleather

think the C words, but lose the C

7:05 am

herinfernallady

and more anoyer

7:05 am

kthdsn

I'm looking at the other side herin

7:05 am

herinfernallady

um the ic?

7:06 am

herinfernallady

the ic that has the l o near it?

7:06 am

kthdsn

can you clue it?

7:06 am

metaleather

yes

7:06 am

herinfernallady

um i don't have it im jsut susing what corner you mean

7:06 am

kthdsn

oh ok lol yes that corner

7:06 am

metaleather

kt, think the little hairs, but lop off the C

7:07 am

kthdsn

that gives just one word right metal? i have it

7:07 am

metaleather

one more

7:07 am

kthdsn

I really want illicit but it's not there

7:07 am

metaleather

re-add that lopped off letter, in a different location

7:08 am

herinfernallady

thats a four is ther anyothefr

7:08 am

kthdsn

ok got it ty

7:08 am

kthdsn

there are 4 words from that corner i herin, I now have 2

7:09 am

metaleather

me too

7:09 am

herinfernallady

i have the same 2

7:09 am

kthdsn

ok 2 tiles with no words yet, the y and the lowest a

7:09 am

metaleather

lowest A has measures of land

7:09 am

herinfernallady

they are talking about enkeferlitis lathargia on tv and if i ever get that kill me out riht

7:09 am

metaleather

I think

7:10 am

kthdsn

I have those herin they are from the tile above

7:10 am

metaleather

no, that's another one

7:10 am

metaleather

think blood vessel

7:10 am

metaleather

and descriptive of or related to the blood vessel

7:10 am

herinfernallady

im i have the depild hair is there another

7:10 am

ikeyak

think heart take away the a and add ic

7:11 am

Yoink

There's an ac6 from that bottom a which is a type of tree

7:11 am

metaleather

ty Yoink

7:11 am

kthdsn

ty

7:12 am

Yoink

yw

7:12 am

herinfernallady

not a clue

7:12 am

kthdsn

ok I don't see any trees, got the heart ones

7:12 am

herinfernallady

i dont

7:12 am

Yoink

double the first 2 letters then add 2 vowels

7:13 am

kthdsn

ty got it now

7:13 am

herinfernallady

her

7:13 am

kthdsn

does anyone have the stats for the Ys

7:13 am

Merk

What about the ac7? That's not connected to the tree, right?

7:14 am

kthdsn

merk you have an ac7?

7:14 am

EvaNadine

mornin babblers!

7:14 am

herinfernallady

i dont have that and hello merk

7:14 am

Yoink

Don't have that one

7:14 am

Merk

ya 6,27

7:14 am

metaleather

hi Merk, nad

7:14 am

Merk

yi5,16

7:15 am

ikeyak

got a y finally

7:16 am

kthdsn

I got the yi

7:16 am

Merk

There's a clump of ni words are they connected somehow? It starts with three ni 5, then ni 7, ni8, and ni7.

7:16 am

Merk

Sorry, I'm tired, three ni 6, then the 7,8,7 words.

7:17 am

kthdsn

thanks merk working through those now

7:17 am

Merk

No, I need the clue for the ac7,36 and the 6,21 that follows it.

7:18 am

kthdsn

I have neither merk

7:18 am

herinfernallady

um why isn't moca valid

7:19 am

herinfernallady

nath

7:19 am

kthdsn

it has another consonant herin

7:19 am

movieman

herin - try putting an h in there

7:19 am

kthdsn

merk i have a few of the ni's now, so far all related to a chemical

7:20 am

TrickyRic

back for 30 mins and ugh i'm sure i closed this lol how am i still here

7:20 am

kthdsn

wb ric

7:20 am

herinfernallady

errr

7:21 am

metaleather

it is herin, just add a letter

7:21 am

herinfernallady

nope not a friggen clue

7:21 am

metaleather

wb TR

7:21 am

herinfernallady

to my nath?

7:21 am

kthdsn

no the other word you asked about

7:22 am

herinfernallady

i cant do it help

7:22 am

GraceM

ac7 anyone?

7:22 am

EvaNadine

herin -- add an H into the chocolate one you asked about

7:22 am

kthdsn

the chocolate coffee word has an H in it

7:23 am

brownorama

herin: ni = unit of measure in the UK, swapping the first letter...

7:23 am

kthdsn

still don't have that one grace

7:23 am

TrickyRic

chocolate coffee? eww lol

7:23 am

herinfernallady

ner im am a bit special

7:23 am

herinfernallady

mmm my favourite thing

7:24 am

herinfernallady

its just that one isn't it?

7:24 am

metaleather

back in a bit, need to feed the cat

7:24 am

kthdsn

I don't think I've ever actually had chocolate coffee, but I know I would love it

7:24 am

kthdsn

I've had a chocolate coffee frap though, mmmmmmmm

7:25 am

herinfernallady

mmmm its good hot choc and a shot of coffee its cool

7:25 am

herinfernallady

um its just the choc coffee isn't

7:25 am

TrickyRic

them coffee beans coated in belgium chocolate are nice, but i don't like coffee as a drink so..

7:25 am

kthdsn

thats the only word we wanted you to add a letter to herin yes

7:26 am

herinfernallady

thats very good as my brain was about to explode

7:26 am

kthdsn

stop it ric, they sound yummy, I am strictly off caffiene

7:26 am

TrickyRic

lol i forgot about that :-P sorry

7:26 am

GraceM

how about at8?

7:26 am

kthdsn

I felt so stressed on friday that I had 2 strong lattes and I was seriously tripping for a couple of hours

7:27 am

kthdsn

don't have that either grace

7:27 am

TrickyRic

lol tripping from coffee, now that sounds funny

7:27 am

herinfernallady

i had a coffee at 9pm so im still awake

7:27 am

EvaNadine

really, "curlies" isnt a word?
but little girls have such adorable little curlies in their hair!

7:28 am

GraceM

alright, 132 to go. Opening LIckety's!

7:28 am

herinfernallady

i have curlies

7:28 am

kthdsn

when I was about 15 my cousin and I shared one of those red bull type drinks, and we went seriously loopy, there were those horrid midgie flies everywhere and we were running in front of cars to avoid them, it seemed perfectly rational at the time

7:28 am

herinfernallady

why isn't lert a word

7:28 am

TrickyRic

i had 'curlies' as a kid, and i'm male lmao

7:29 am

herinfernallady

i love poinking curls

7:29 am

kthdsn

now that I've stopped having caffiene I notice how scary it is when I do have it

7:29 am

TrickyRic

god i hope we don't still have any pictures

7:30 am

EvaNadine

there was an episode of Scrubs where the blond girl insisting on "boinging" the one doctors curls...heh

7:30 am

Yoink

Finally got the ac7. ac + happy ****days + vowel

7:30 am

herinfernallady

that would be 'barbie' jds friend. i do it all the time and im blond

7:31 am

TrickyRic

kate you should see westgate at night, where i go clubbing. i'm sure the cars try to hit drunks on purpose

7:31 am

Merk

What is a unit of measure in the UK please? I don't know any of those so I could not use a previous clue.

7:31 am

TrickyRic

merk theres approx 2.5cm in an in**

7:31 am

herinfernallady

Dr elliot

7:31 am

TrickyRic

at least i think thats the one your all on about

7:32 am

kthdsn

I love scrubs evan

7:32 am

GraceM

thx Yoink!

7:32 am

EvaNadine

i dont really watch it often, but i do watch the reruns now + then...

7:32 am

Merk

And that is used with an ni word?

7:32 am

kthdsn

merk I'm confused, didn't see the clue you're refering to

7:32 am

EvaNadine

yoink -- i think that clue has totally gone over my head...

7:32 am

Yoink

I love scrubs too, just watched the season finale over my lunch hour

7:32 am

herinfernallady

Ric i get accused and asked for ecstay all the time when im out as i get hypo just on sugar and caffien and i get wide eyes

7:32 am

TrickyRic

i used to watch scrubs all the time on abc1. they had like 6 episodes in a row sometimes

7:33 am

kthdsn

it's on paramount almost all day atm I think

7:33 am

TrickyRic

i just get bloated on sugar herin, so i don't drink alcopops anymore

7:33 am

Merk

So much chatting, the clue disappeared. I think kate may have given it. Ni + UK measurement reversed

7:34 am

GraceM

first ac 5/12 anyone?

7:34 am

kkkk

hey can anyone give me a 7

7:34 am

Yoink

evan, what about ac + alco****c + vowel

7:34 am

herinfernallady

i need 7/11 red slurpies and im all weeeeee

7:35 am

EvaNadine

ahhh, that got it!
(hah, you can see where my mind resides!)

thanks yoink. :)

7:35 am

kthdsn

sorry merk none of my ni's are like units of measurement, apart from very vaguely an ni6, 100cms but swap the first 2 letters for ni

7:35 am

TrickyRic

red slurpies?

7:35 am

herinfernallady

um red slushies

7:36 am

TrickyRic

ah

7:36 am

kthdsn

ric why do you always manage to end up talking about red slush puppies

7:36 am

TrickyRic

lmao

7:36 am

Yoink

Grace, is it a + automobile + vowel?

7:36 am

TrickyRic

i thought it was blue last time :-)

7:37 am

EvaNadine

herin -- i prefer the blue slurpies, myself.....
MMMMMMmmmmmmmmmm..........
...

7:37 am

kthdsn

you thought they were all red though

7:37 am

GraceM

thx Yoink! that's all the acs for me.

7:37 am

TrickyRic

fair point

7:37 am

kkkk

somebody i need a 7

7:37 am

TrickyRic

which one kkkk?

7:37 am

kthdsn

kkkk I need 17 7s

7:38 am

GraceM

how about ar7?

7:38 am

Yoink

craic isn't allowed, Enable dictionary has never been to Ireland

7:38 am

kkkk

kth, thats nuthin

7:38 am

EvaNadine

i need 25 7's...heh

7:39 am

ikeyak

medical term for tube / vessel through which urine passes

7:40 am

herinfernallady

red and green and i go off tap and look like im off my face its great

7:40 am

kthdsn

ty ike

7:40 am

GraceM

that's ur7... got ar7?

7:40 am

herinfernallady

thanks for the ac 7 clue. How many 7s are there please. I don't wont to look at the list yet

7:40 am

kthdsn

27 7s

7:41 am

kkkk

i don't even have one 7!!!

7:41 am

herinfernallady

oh f thats alot

7:41 am

GraceM

ike just clued one kkk

7:41 am

Yoink

The ar is hard to clue, it means bent or curved like a bow apparently

7:42 am

herinfernallady

... de trumphe

7:42 am

EvaNadine

there are at least 2 UR7s

7:42 am

kkkk

grace cud u tll me again...

7:43 am

GraceM

Thx again Yoink!

7:43 am

Yoink

The ar7 that is

7:43 am

kthdsn

I don't like such big hard grids

7:43 am

herinfernallady

opps oh well free clue for all

7:45 am

EvaNadine

AR7 = curve + letter meaning opposite of me + consumed

7:45 am

herinfernallady

is thos urs to do with the body processes

7:46 am

EvaNadine

herin -i one has to do with body processes. the other is the same except for the last 2 letters

7:46 am

herinfernallady

cool hunting down now

7:47 am

kthdsn

ty evan that got another for me

7:47 am

Merk

ar 8 = ar + opp of she + last three letters of ar5,12

7:49 am

kthdsn

I can't make the ar7 work

7:49 am

Merk

There is no ar 7

7:49 am

Merk

Oops, last four letters of ar 5,12. Sorry, Kate.

7:50 am

kthdsn

I don't have the ar5...

7:50 am

Merk

at 8 - at + opp of she + last four letters of ar 5,12. I need my coffee obviously.

7:50 am

kthdsn

oh I have it now

7:50 am

movieman

merk - are you sure that's not the at8?

7:51 am

Merk

When you bake cookies you kitchen has a lovely ar ***\

7:51 am

Kate44

ca6 = vehicle + ***l me a secret, plural for ca7

7:51 am

Merk

Yes, I revived myself and corrected the clue at 7:50 am

7:52 am

GraceM

another ca7 rhymes with tap**** pudding.

7:53 am

herinfernallady

thank you merk

7:53 am

kthdsn

evan clued an ar7 at 7.45, I don't get it

7:53 am

TrickyRic

ugh i'm i've somehow managed to throw together 90 but now i gotta go for at least 7 hours :-( no fair!

7:53 am

kthdsn

you only have 90 left?!?!

7:53 am

GraceM

another ca7...ca + gross bug.

7:53 am

kthdsn

I've been here since just after 10 and need 120 more

7:54 am

TrickyRic

lol no i've only found 90

7:54 am

TrickyRic

i havn't started on the last 2 rows yet though

7:54 am

kthdsn

oh I see, I feel better now

7:54 am

TrickyRic

lol

7:55 am

TrickyRic

anyway i better shoot - bye all

7:55 am

ikeyak

grace - can't think of gross bug

7:55 am

kthdsn

cya ric

7:55 am

herinfernallady

i hate gross bugs thanks for the clues im flying along

7:56 am

herinfernallady

ik ho old are you?

7:57 am

GraceM

I need the last ca5/14 to finish them up.

7:57 am

kthdsn

that's one thing I'm really not looking forward to in canada, my mum has these really gross centipede things in her house from time to time, I can't stand bugs and these things look like a load of giant spiders all stuck together into one huge super bug

7:58 am

herinfernallady

A MJ refeer is called a ro?

7:58 am

ikeyak

37 yrs young!

7:58 am

herinfernallady

so if i said the below clue youd ge me

7:59 am

ikeyak

whoopee ta

7:59 am

herinfernallady

ok sorry about the drug refrence there but i couldn't think of another clue as those bugs make me cringe

8:00 am

kthdsn

me too herin, i feel all creeped out just from thinking about them

8:00 am

movieman

herin - watch out for the cock*****es......lol

8:00 am

herinfernallady

ewwwwwww lots and girlie squeels

8:01 am

Merk

ca 7,36 reminds me phonetically of kareoke

8:01 am

herinfernallady

i would rather sleep with a masive huntsman over my head than one of those things scuring about

8:01 am

kthdsn

I can't even look at pics of them, eu eu eu eu eu

8:01 am

kthdsn

me too herin, it's so silly really when they are just harmless small things, but eu eu

8:02 am

herinfernallady

thank you

8:02 am

EvaNadine

kth -- did you ever get that AR7?

8:03 am

herinfernallady

they can climb in your ear when asleep huntsman crown over you and sod off double gross

8:03 am

kthdsn

no evan, can you clue again please

8:03 am

kthdsn

oh herin I'll have to sleep in a hat now, thanks!

8:03 am

movieman

my icon has been updated.....plz refresh.....

8:04 am

kthdsn

oh no movie make it go away, that's just not funny

8:04 am

EvaNadine

AR7 = ar* de triomphe + letter meaning opposite of "me" + another word meaning "eaten"

8:04 am

herinfernallady

opps sorry

8:05 am

herinfernallady

ive clicked and im not refreshing so there

8:05 am

Merk

clue for the ca 7,40 please

8:05 am

metaleather

ty eva

8:05 am

movieman

I can be a sick person sometimes.....

8:06 am

kthdsn

I get the first 4 letters evan, then I get stuck, and movie's icon is freaking me out so I can't look at the screen....

8:06 am

herinfernallady

i need to find 3 words then bed

8:06 am

shorty

is that a giant roach mm

8:07 am

EvaNadine

kth -- "i cant believe i *** the whole thing!"
sounds like a number between 7 and 9

8:07 am

herinfernallady

im ignoring ichy bug

8:07 am

shorty

when i click on your icon it still shows taz

8:07 am

movieman

it's alright, katy, it's gone now.....

8:07 am

EspritdJean

shorty said a word! go to your room!

8:08 am

kthdsn

ok, I feel thick now, where's the fish?

8:08 am

shorty

i did?

8:08 am

EspritdJean

yep

8:08 am

EspritdJean

the bug everyone loves to hate

8:08 am

shorty

opps i did sorry!!!!

8:08 am

EvaNadine

shorty -- the R bug is a word

8:09 am

movieman

I've changed my icon back to the "Sin City" one.....

8:09 am

kthdsn

and thanks for removing that movie, I'll be sure to call in case of a centipede/spiders stuck together/superbug appearing so you can remove that for me too

8:09 am

Yoink

Wow, just plucked a mo8 out from somewhere

8:09 am

Merk

I can't find the ch 4,7 that is just before the Chinese tea.

8:10 am

EspritdJean

wash your hands Yoink

8:10 am

herinfernallady

oh do ther

8:10 am

herinfernallady

oh do tell

8:10 am

EvaNadine

care to share, yoink? ;)

8:10 am

movieman

yoink - is it the place where dead bodies are kept? if so, i have that one.....

8:10 am

Yoink

that's the one mm

8:10 am

GraceM

cr7 anyone?

8:11 am

herinfernallady

fish please

8:11 am

kthdsn

I haven't got that grace

8:11 am

kthdsn

*chucks soggy fish at herin*

8:12 am

herinfernallady

grace it spells like karioke

8:12 am

herinfernallady

no i need to more before bed

8:12 am

kthdsn

*chucks 2 more soggy fish at herin*

8:12 am

Atalante

hi JBJ :) and hi everyone else :)

8:13 am

kthdsn

hi ata

8:13 am

herinfernallady

words not fish

8:13 am

metaleather

hi Ata

8:13 am

herinfernallady

hey ata

8:13 am

Atalante

and the cr7 is very similar to the cr8, different last letter only

8:13 am

GraceM

the cr7 sounds like karioke?

8:13 am

kthdsn

ata I have neither

8:13 am

EvaNadine

*totally lacking CR7 or 8 -- i have only a mean CR5...heh

8:14 am

herinfernallady

um japenese microphone singing

8:14 am

metaleather

no, the ca does

8:14 am

Atalante

cr8 = cross-like - in definition not any weird letter combination

8:14 am

metaleather

ty Ata

8:14 am

herinfernallady

oh sod sorry word me and ill bugger off

8:15 am

metaleather

the cr8/55 ligaments, cross behind the knee

8:15 am

kthdsn

*reclaims one of the soggy fish and hits herin over the head with it to knock some sense back in*

8:16 am

EvaNadine

thanks, got em!

8:16 am

kthdsn

how about a stupid clue for cr8, I'm feeling stupid...

8:16 am

herinfernallady

hey i need another thwak so i can get this ca and then ni ni

8:16 am

GraceM

argh...the cr7 and 8 are still avoiding me.

8:17 am

kthdsn

glad I'm not the only one grace

8:17 am

Atalante

cr8 - think along the lines of how Jesus died

8:17 am

pabtrek

i got the cr8 but can't figure out the 7

8:17 am

EvaNadine

kth -- if you have the 7, change the ending to the "eaten" ending

8:18 am

kthdsn

ok now I have the 8 but no 7

8:18 am

pabtrek

nevermind

8:18 am

EvaNadine

swap the TE for another consinant

8:18 am

sparklygem

I have the 8 but no 7 too...

8:19 am

herinfernallady

oh think of the same start as the 8 but when you go see a show you are not there to see the opener but the .... act minus the m

8:19 am

kthdsn

ah ty

8:19 am

sparklygem

nvm

8:19 am

sparklygem

thanks!

8:19 am

herinfernallady

right 2 more then me

8:20 am

kthdsn

I'm still missing 2 8s, does anyone have them all?

8:20 am

metaleather

sorry kt, I've only 4 so far

8:20 am

herinfernallady

how many are there

8:21 am

metaleather

9

8:21 am

Merk

clue for the cl 6 please

8:21 am

kthdsn

I have at, ch, ci, cr, mo, ni, tr

8:21 am

Atalante

cu

8:21 am

Merk

cl 6

8:22 am

GraceM

I need the cu8 as well

8:22 am

kthdsn

merk sounds like a cape like garment with a vowel on the end

8:22 am

herinfernallady

im a mixed up lump of coal and im ace mixed up without the e

8:22 am

raelite

cl: a bird's poop shoot

8:22 am

JMann

good morning everyone - how's the grid?

8:22 am

Yoink

ru8/45

8:22 am

EvaNadine

feel free to share the CH8 and Ci8 and Ni8 and TR8
hehe :)

8:22 am

herinfernallady

oh yes please

8:22 am

herinfernallady

brutal

8:22 am

Merk

ty, another of many words I've never heard of.

8:22 am

metaleather

hi JM, it's evil

8:22 am

metaleather

incarnate

8:23 am

Atalante

and the AT8 :)

8:23 am

JMann

I see now

8:23 am

Merk

The 'ic' is so popular, I keep wanting to find clinic

8:23 am

kthdsn

at8 starts with the beginning of a greek city and ends with the end of a smell

8:24 am

GraceM

one ch8 is the plural of a man's name

8:24 am

kthdsn

can anyone clue the cu8 or ru8 for me please?

8:25 am

herinfernallady

hes being a right royal ch?

8:25 am

Yoink

ru8 = plural of ru7 which is ru** meaning destroy + eaten

8:25 am

ikeyak

ru8 totally spoiled then eaten + s

8:25 am

kthdsn

ty

8:26 am

herinfernallady

thank you and im off to bed. Half way to go in the morning

8:26 am

kthdsn

and the cu8 anyone?

8:26 am

herinfernallady

woot woot

8:27 am

kthdsn

nanight herin sleep well

8:27 am

herinfernallady

i will just not gotta wake himeself as its half 1 in the moring

8:28 am

herinfernallady

kth you cat the orange liquor cu7 plural that

8:28 am

Merk

co 5,12 please ... the one in front of 4,6 unconscious.

8:29 am

ikeyak

mans name

8:29 am

JMann

good nite herin

8:29 am

metaleather

'night herin

8:29 am

ikeyak

................farrell

8:29 am

herinfernallady

thanks im so sleepy

8:29 am

metaleather

co5/12 Farrell

8:29 am

Jacula

cu8 is plural Church official's positions.

8:29 am

GraceM

ok, 88 left but I'm pooped.

8:30 am

Merk

farrel?

8:30 am

kthdsn

I still don't get it lol

8:30 am

Merk

Is farrell a person?

8:30 am

metaleather

movie star co5 farrell

8:30 am

ikeyak

mans name in front

8:31 am

Merk

That is a problem. I'd better google him.

8:32 am

EvaNadine

this one is obvious, but does everyone have the CU7 window covering?

8:32 am

Merk

i got him at google.

8:32 am

mrpresident

hello everyone!

8:32 am

Jacula

Merk - Try Co*** Powell, UK General and politician.

8:32 am

Jacula

brb - visitors

8:33 am

Yoink

Too obvious for me evan, didn't have it

8:33 am

Merk

No, I do not have an cu yet. I just finished through the co words. Sorry.

8:33 am

EvaNadine

CU8 still hiding...

8:33 am

kthdsn

yes evan, I have another with a different last letter too

8:33 am

metaleather

hi MrP

8:33 am

kthdsn

I can't get it either evan

8:33 am

mrpresident

hi metal!

8:33 am

EvaNadine

ooh, thanks kth -- didnt have that one!

8:33 am

Merk

ty

8:35 am

JMann

hi mr.P

8:35 am

EvaNadine

oh wait, i think i just got the CU8 -- sorta-kinda sounds like another word for Money.... Foreign Cu......

8:35 am

kthdsn

hey mrp

8:35 am

mrpresident

Hi Jmann!

8:35 am

kthdsn

ty evan got it from that

8:35 am

kthdsn

woohoo got all the 8s

8:35 am

EvaNadine

als found a CU7/40 in the process -- its an island and an alcohol...

8:36 am

JMann

so i have the CU 7/40 but I can't make it plural for the CU 8/55?

8:36 am

Atalante

and reverse the last letters of the alcohol ...

8:36 am

EvaNadine

still missing 3 of my 8s here...

8:36 am

Yoink

Was the a tr8? And if so can anyone clue?

8:36 am

EvaNadine

interesting -- thanks ATA!

8:37 am

kthdsn

tr + vowel + ar***** (meaning old fashioned)

8:37 am

mrpresident

sooooo, perhaps time for bed

8:37 am

ursh

hello all - dont know if i dare start this grid now - babysitting g/kids - is it difficult??

8:38 am

JMann

good nite Mr.P - sleep well

8:38 am

kthdsn

it's horrific ursh, run away, run, run!

8:38 am

JMann

ursh - yes it's pretty brutal

8:38 am

mrpresident

thanks... xmas shopping is nigh!

8:38 am

EvaNadine

thanks kth...

still missing 2 of my 8s now

8:38 am

ursh

oh darn kate - will have to give it a miss then

8:38 am

mrpresident

bye

8:38 am

kthdsn

what've you got evan

8:39 am

JMann

thanks ata - now I have both CU 7/40's but not the CU 8/55 in between - any clues?

8:39 am

ikeyak

kth didn'y get last clue

8:39 am

ikeyak

kth didn'y get last clue

8:39 am

ikeyak

kth didn'y get last clue

8:39 am

ikeyak

kth didn'y get last clue

8:39 am

ikeyak

kth didn'y get last clue

8:39 am

ikeyak

kth didn'y get last clue

8:39 am

ikeyak

kth didn'y get last clue

8:39 am

ikeyak

kth didn'y get last clue

8:39 am

ikeyak

kth didn'y get last clue

8:39 am

ikeyak

8:39 am

ikeyak

8:39 am

JMann

ike's got hiccups

8:40 am

kthdsn

sorry ike it's an awful word to clue, maybe someone else can have a go...

8:40 am

EvaNadine

AT, CH, CR, CU, MO, RU, TR

8:40 am

Yoink

ty, kthdsn, 8s all done

8:41 am

kthdsn

evan you need a ci8, it builds on the ci5 hairs

8:41 am

kthdsn

you need an ni8 related to a chemical

8:41 am

EvaNadine

TR + hoop + ***-*** (latin dance) + eye see

8:42 am

EvaNadine

thanks kth -- got all my 8s now!

8:42 am

kthdsn

yw :D

8:43 am

EvaNadine

hints for the Es?
its the only tile that i dont have any words form yet...

8:43 am

GoBraves

how many today?

8:43 am

kthdsn

I have 1 e, a girls name

8:43 am

EvaNadine

306 totaly today braves

8:43 am

EvaNadine

turn around slowly, and run away quickly!

8:43 am

kthdsn

306, are you brave enough?

8:44 am

Yoink

One of the e's is a currency

8:44 am

GoBraves

ty evanadine

8:45 am

EvaNadine

ooh, theres an ET4/5 -- E + nervous twitch

8:45 am

Yoink

and there is a et4 babblet

8:46 am

kthdsn

oooh got them all :)

8:46 am

EvaNadine

got the name, the babblet, the currency

8:46 am

kthdsn

made it to 200 words woohoo

8:46 am

Merk

This grid is excruciating! And if you look at that word, you'll see a good clue for a word in the grid.

8:46 am

Yoink

the et I mentioned is different to yours evan

8:46 am

kthdsn

et + 2 vowels

8:47 am

Atalante

merk nearly said a word!

8:47 am

EvaNadine

ahh, thanks!

8:47 am

Merk

I tried.

8:48 am

Merk

It took me forever to find it and I decided to spare you the grief and give an odder clue.

8:48 am

Merk

Has there been a clue for the cu 7 and 8? I've had my nose in the grid.

8:49 am

EvaNadine

best i can see, the CU8 isnt related to a CU7

8:49 am

Atalante

there are also 2 CU7s

8:49 am

EvaNadine

ive got CU7x4 though

8:49 am

ikeyak

sorry dropped phone on computer

8:49 am

inge

thanks Merk and Yoink, and all the other cluers. I am at 175 and need a rest. Back later

8:49 am

kthdsn

cu8 sounds like foreign money but without the N, it isn't spelled the same though

8:50 am

Merk

I we talking European money?

8:50 am

kthdsn

evan I only have 3cu7, the drink/island, window dressing and similar

8:50 am

EvaNadine

CU7/40x2 and CU7/36x2

8:50 am

Atalante

oh yes, CU7 x 4. not 2. duh

8:50 am

kthdsn

no it's a word that covers all foreign money

8:50 am

Anniebrook

I have 2 cu 7 one is what you decorate your windows with, the other one is to downsize a project

8:50 am

EvaNadine

kth -- swap the last 2 letters round on the drink/island

8:51 am

kthdsn

ty evan

8:51 am

kthdsn

hi annie

8:51 am

Anniebrook

hi Kate, how are you???

8:51 am

Anniebrook

this grid is torture

8:52 am

kthdsn

I feel good today thanks, he's back home and everything is carrying on just as normal, so I can concentrate on my moving plans

8:52 am

Merk

It must be the money one I still need. I have the two bottom ones.

8:52 am

EvaNadine

CU7/40's:

(1) we are looking for a CU*e for cancer + 1st vowel + if you are naughty, santa leaves ***l in your stocking

(2) same as above, but swap the last 2 letters around

8:52 am

kthdsn

he's even taking the girls to get passport photos for me after he picks them up from school

8:52 am

Merk

This is the worst grid in recent memory.

8:53 am

EvaNadine

merk -- the "money" one is CU8

8:53 am

Anniebrook

Kate, good for you, the holidays for the children should be happy, then you can get on with your life, you will be happy one day, believe me, I've been there

8:53 am

kthdsn

I'm so glad that we can part on good terms as well, it's still a huge shock but it's a lot easier to bear without fighting and awkward avoidances

8:54 am

CyborgScrabbler

F*I*R*E*W*O*R*K*S

8:54 am

pabtrek

congrats cyborg

8:55 am

kthdsn

we even managed to discuss splitting our finaces and came to an agreement about all of it without it being difficult or awkward

8:55 am

Merk

ty, never, never would have gotten them.

8:56 am

Merk

congrats! I won't be there for five hours, if then.

8:56 am

EvaNadine

yeah, not easy ones to find or to clue!

8:57 am

Merk

I am missing the 7,40 yet that comes after the 8,55 money.

8:58 am

Atalante

good kate!

8:58 am

CyborgScrabbler

cu7/40 Flavored with sour orange peel

8:58 am

JMann

CU 8/55 - take first 5 letters of evan's expert clues for the first CU 7/40, then add 2 vowels (as in * before * except after C) and then plural it

8:58 am

EvaNadine

mark -- swap the last 2 letters around of the 7/40 just before the money

8:58 am

kthdsn

merk swap the last 2 letters of the other cu7

8:58 am

Merk

I just saw it. Thanks Kate. I will be so happy when I am finished with the c words.

8:59 am

kthdsn

how many left merk, I need 11 of them

8:59 am

Anniebrook

workmen here to replace a glass panel on my terrace, be back soon

8:59 am

kthdsn

cya annie

9:00 am

EvaNadine

i still need 24 just from that upper C tile!
not to mention the 10 more i need from the lower C tile.
*UGH!*

9:00 am

CyborgScrabbler

80 c words in total

9:00 am

kthdsn

have you got the sports teacher, it took me ages to find because it's so muddled up

9:01 am

Atalante

I need 14 Cs ... eeeep!

9:01 am

sparklygem

does anyone have the io6 or io7? :)

9:01 am

EvaNadine

*wow* BF has gotten some really bad news in the last few days....i feel so bad for him right now...hes having a rough time lately.

9:02 am

kthdsn

no sparkly, neither

9:02 am

sparklygem

i didn't have that one - thanks kth!

9:02 am

Atalante

io + not heavy

9:02 am

kthdsn

I know that feeling evan, is he ok?

9:02 am

kthdsn

ty ata

9:02 am

periwinkle

HI all,clue for the cu8 please

9:03 am

EvaNadine

not sure kth -- not really much i can do other than just be here for him right now. :/

9:03 am

kthdsn

peri it sounds like plural foreign money but without the N

9:03 am

sparklygem

ty ata!

9:04 am

periwinkle

which c does the cu8 start with

9:05 am

JMann

ty ata

9:05 am

kthdsn

the top one

9:05 am

periwinkle

thanks

9:05 am

Yoink

Finally down to less than 100 to go

9:06 am

kthdsn

I just hit 100 to go

9:08 am

kthdsn

another phantom: circuit

9:08 am

periwinkle

found the cu8 thanks

9:09 am

JMann

or quest kth

9:09 am

periwinkle

have several c8 words and an mo8 word, clues for the other 8's please

9:10 am

Yoink

Peri - ru** meaning destroy + eaten + plural

9:11 am

kthdsn

at, ch, ci, cr, cu, mo, ni, ru, tr, which do you want cluing??

9:11 am

Yoink

Wouldn't you know it, I hadn't even entered the ru4 that my clue starts from

9:11 am

periwinkle

at and ni please

9:11 am

JMann

up from the RU*** (minus the plural) + I just *** breakfast

9:11 am

kthdsn

at8 begins with the beginning of a greek city and ends with the end of a smell

9:12 am

periwinkle

thanks got the ru8

9:12 am

kthdsn

ni8 is based on the chemical that most of the nis use

9:14 am

shorty

ok can someone point me in the direction of the cr8 is the next letter a,e,i,o, or u?

9:14 am

periwinkle

go the at8, thanks kth

9:14 am

kthdsn

the cr8 is excrutiating

9:15 am

shorty

i decided to play *hehe*

9:18 am

kthdsn

can someone clue the ya?

9:18 am

metaleather

shorty succumbed to the lure of the possible

9:19 am

metaleather

it gets us every time

9:19 am

Atalante

nooo shorty! run away!

9:20 am

periwinkle

can't find the cr8 :(

9:20 am

sparklygem

ya is a difficult one to clue..... ya+ last vowel + alcholic drink (*** maria)

9:20 am

shorty

lol ata too late

9:20 am

kthdsn

ty sparkly got it

9:20 am

metaleather

peri... if something is essential, it is cr* * * * l

9:21 am

metaleather

build from that, using an ending which looks like you dined

9:21 am

Atalante

start rewinding!

9:21 am

periwinkle

thanks got the cr8 new word for me

9:21 am

CadFan

it's a ligament in your knee

9:21 am

CadFan

anterior or posteriar

9:21 am

periwinkle

got all the 8's thanks

9:22 am

shorty

yay I got it thanks

9:22 am

periwinkle

169 to go , bbl, must do laundry and other chores

9:22 am

bunnyvicious

The y's, is one the plural of the other?

9:22 am

metaleather

hi bunny

9:22 am

kthdsn

no bunny one is yi5 the other ya6

9:22 am

sparklygem

I don't have the yi yet

9:23 am

kthdsn

when you have a baby you give b****

9:23 am

JMann

sparkly - still not getting the alcohol drink in the YA?

9:24 am

JMann

any clues

9:25 am

sparklygem

umm its a coffee liquer made by Pernod Ricard

9:25 am

sparklygem

ty kth!

9:25 am

kthdsn

sorry my clue wasn't clear, it's for the yi5

9:26 am

sparklygem

any good JMann, I can give another clue if not :)

9:26 am

JMann

thanks sparkly - I looked it up

9:27 am

JMann

it's also the spanish for aunt

9:27 am

shorty

why isnt curlies a word? I want it to be a word waaaaahhhhhhhh!!!

9:28 am

Anniebrook

awwww, shorty

9:28 am

kthdsn

now now shorty, you know none of us understand the stupid dictionary makers

9:29 am

shorty

lol kate i know that s why i thought it would be a word all the stupid words it takes sometimes

9:29 am

Anniebrook

i am giving myself another 30 minutes and then i am giving up for a while

9:30 am

bunnyvicious

I just started, but ready to whip out the list, still have 155 to go!

9:30 am

kthdsn

me too, it will be time to go home then

9:30 am

Anniebrook

bunny, you are zipping throug

9:30 am

Anniebrook

*through

9:30 am

kthdsn

bunny 155 to go can't be just started!

9:31 am

sparklygem

ao clues anyone?

9:31 am

kthdsn

blood vessel

9:31 am

metaleather

blood vessel

9:31 am

Anniebrook

ao - pertaining to the hear

9:31 am

Anniebrook

*heart

9:31 am

metaleather

great minds kt

9:31 am

metaleather

and related to the blood vessel

9:32 am

bunnyvicious

About 15 to 20 minutes ago. Have all the easies to go though.

9:32 am

sparklygem

of course! thanks :)

9:32 am

kthdsn

bunny if you finish in that time you deserve a medal

9:33 am

metaleather

as well as undying admiration

9:33 am

bunnyvicious

Not even half way through, I'll be at it for hours, even with the list.

9:33 am

metaleather

and a healthy dose of both envy and enmity

9:33 am

shorty

wowwie bunny you must be one heck of a typer

9:33 am

kthdsn

what is enmity

9:34 am

bunnyvicious

Knew all that chatting would come in handy one day, lol.

9:34 am

metaleather

ill feeling

9:34 am

kthdsn

can I have clues for the middle i, I have the small measurement

9:35 am

metaleather

I was relating it to the jealousy which could be felt of someone who finished so quickly

9:35 am

kthdsn

oh ok metal, never heard it before

9:36 am

metaleather

it's not an everyday kinda word, I'm surprised I remembered it

9:36 am

metaleather

the only other I word I have from that letter is it5/12

9:37 am

metaleather

not this one or that one, but the o**** one, swapping the vowel on that word for the I

9:37 am

kthdsn

ty

9:39 am

metaleather

yw

9:39 am

kthdsn

I notice we haven't seen babblerabble today, I hope he's ok

9:40 am

kthdsn

I miss his clues lol, would come in very handy on such a mean grid

9:41 am

Anniebrook

kate, he might be swimming around the bottom of the grid....hope he is okay too

9:41 am

metaleather

I saw him last night, but not so far today

9:41 am

Mom

Hi all -- in and out today. Baking cookies

9:41 am

metaleather

hi Mom, what kind of cookies and can we have the recipes?

9:41 am

kthdsn

hi mom, don't forget to pass them around when they're done :)

9:41 am

Mom

gladly

9:42 am

metaleather

btw, in keeping with my being an all occasion / equal opportunity celebrant... check out my icon for today

9:42 am

Mom

Oh Metal, I forgot you were a recipe collector. I am making Santa's Whiskers and Refrigerator Cookies.

9:42 am

bunnyvicious

I thought Babblerabble was going on a trip?

9:42 am

metaleather

ooooooh, those sound neat

9:43 am

Mom

I will post the recipes later tonight or in the morning, depending on how long I am a slave to the oven

9:43 am

kthdsn

oh is he bunny, he would pick the day with the worst grid ever, how mean and selfish of him!

9:43 am

chiley

Ok....I'm still lost on the ya word.....

9:43 am

sparklygem

am missing the ci8 and ni8 if anyone has them!

9:43 am

Chip

CU 7/40 = money? from what country?

9:43 am

bunnyvicious

I might be wrong...

9:44 am

kthdsn

chiley it sounds like feeling sick, na....

9:44 am

bunnyvicious

y + opp of uncle, **n* + to vowels

9:44 am

bunnyvicious

*two

9:45 am

Merk

I need the ni 8 as well.

9:46 am

Merk

I love getting the long words out of the way first, but I've had my nose in the grid and have not been checking the chats for clues on them.

9:46 am

EvaNadine

bunny -- loving your icon for today. :)

9:46 am

kthdsn

it's a plural, relating to the same chemical as the other ni's

9:46 am

bunnyvicious

ty

9:47 am

chiley

wow...thanks.....it's greek to me

9:47 am

metaleather

yes, it is a cute one

9:47 am

EvaNadine

what are the stats on the YA word?

9:47 am

sparklygem

great - got it!

9:47 am

sparklygem

ya6/27

9:48 am

bunnyvicious

ya 6/27

9:48 am

Merk

ni 8 please

9:48 am

sparklygem

I'm not even halfway yet! 158 left.... think I'll go start on the pile of ironing downstairs

9:48 am

kthdsn

I'm totally stuck on 95 to go, I have 10 mins left at work then the walk home will hopefully refresh my brain :)

9:49 am

evanonut

hey guys...lookit this little bitty puzzle today!

9:49 am

bunnyvicious

ni 8 is plural of the ni 7 before it, ni + sounds like ****** and tribulations

9:49 am

EvaNadine

yautia

9:49 am

kthdsn

I just clued the ni8 merk

9:49 am

EvaNadine

*OOPS!!*

9:49 am

kthdsn

nut, I rest my case, you're crazy!

9:49 am

EvaNadine

heh, marry early christmas, babblers!

9:49 am

Mom

bye Sparkly and hello Evanonut

9:50 am

Mom

Hi Evanadine

9:50 am

metaleather

by kt, that gave me four words

9:50 am

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all -- oy, 306 woids today!!

9:50 am

metaleather

hi eva, DocGwen

9:50 am

metaleather

'bye sparkly

9:50 am

kthdsn

hi gwen

9:52 am

Mom

Hi Book Doctor Gwen

9:53 am

bunnyvicious

306 very difficult words. I don't mind having a few odd balls, but this is a pain!

9:53 am

bubba218

seroma is a word!!!

9:56 am

raelite

yeah...so is auroch

9:56 am

kthdsn

the grid is sending me dizzy now, still 95 to go, I'm going home now

9:56 am

kthdsn

bye all

9:56 am

Atalante

auroch isn't ....

9:56 am

Mom

Bye Kate

9:56 am

metaleather

/'bye kt

9:56 am

Atalante

aurochs is the singular

9:57 am

raelite

it's in the dictionary in that particular conjugation

9:57 am

JMann

bye kt - hope the walk home clears your head for the final 95

9:58 am

kkkk

can someone help me wit a 7

9:59 am

raelite

oh nm...I"m looking at my french dictionary

9:59 am

Atalante

huh weird, I remember looking it up before and being told sternly that auroch wasn't a word :P

9:59 am

JMann

okay, I'm taking a break. bbl

10:00 am

Mom

Bye JMann

10:00 am

metaleather

ditto, need to feed cat and wash dishes

10:00 am

metaleather

back in a few

10:00 am

Book Doctor Gwen

okay, got 101 words, time for a breather

10:00 am

metaleather

'bye JM

10:00 am

Mom

see you in a bit Metal

10:00 am

smooth_pappa

bonjour!

10:01 am

kkkk

somebody...help...a 7 letr wd

10:01 am

JMann

thanks guus

10:01 am

JMann

i mean guys

10:01 am

Book Doctor Gwen

sorry, got no 7s yet!

10:01 am

Angelsong

morning, all. I've finished the C's...90 words to go

10:02 am

evanonut

heeeeeeeeeey angel

10:02 am

Mom

Good morning Angelsong

10:05 am

inge

just dropping in , the word ochs is the German word for OX, just one, so the adoption of aurochs into English keeps that spelling

10:06 am

Mom

Hi Inge, nice to see you, if only for a few minutes

10:06 am

inge

here is a 7 for kkk: io + not heavy

10:07 am

inge

hellllooo Nutsy! How's the shopping going? Any snow in the Mall het?

10:07 am

evanonut

tired of shopping ingy....retired to the livingroom

10:07 am

inge

Hi Mom, I would love to keep babbling and finding the 117 words I am missing. But vacuuming is first on the list

10:08 am

Mom

don't work too hard

10:08 am

inge

and we Germans do things in proper order!!!! hehe

10:08 am

Mom

yes, at least I try.

10:08 am

harpjane

hello, wet coffee grounds on the floor here, gotta babble until they dry out!

10:09 am

Mom

Hi Harpjane.

10:09 am

Mom

It will takes hours for the grounds to dry!

10:10 am

bunnyvicious

With this grid, you may want to wait til they completely dissolve away.

10:11 am

evanonut

pity that

10:12 am

harpjane

mom, well, it's a big puzzle!

10:12 am

inge

couldn

10:12 am

inge

could'nt find any grounds to spill, but did find three more words. Off to be housewify

10:13 am

inge

*poor*

10:13 am

inge

*poof* that must be a Freudian slip

10:14 am

evanonut

i wonder if poof works like floo powder? if so, is ingy gonna end up on the street and homeless?

10:14 am

harpjane

anybody who thinks Christmas is about crass commercialism ought to spend three months as a church musician.

10:15 am

harpjane

Ok, rant is over. I'll babble now.

10:15 am

Mom

That is why I said you will need to let the grounds dry for several hours. It is hard to pull away from this one

10:15 am

evanonut

i don't harpie....and i love christmas despite the commercialism.

10:15 am

Mom

I can only imagine what that is like, Harpjane

10:16 am

harpjane

right evan, I just get tired of people who complain about the commercial aspect of it. most of the complainers aren't really all that religious anyway!

10:16 am

movieman

cluez for the 2nd ra5/14 plz

10:17 am

harpjane

When people ask me if I'm "ready for Christmas" I say, "well, I AM ready for a savior to bring God's light into the world. I am NOT done with my shopping and mom is coming and the house isn't clean yet, but who cares?"

10:18 am

harpjane

You realize this is a quick rant before the Church Musician Vortex sucks me back in, right?

10:18 am

harpjane

could I get a Y clue?

10:19 am

evanonut

that's why my q is always, have you got all your presents yet? because christmas is regardless. have a rant...i can't stand when people say i hate christmas.

10:19 am

movieman

cluez for the 2nd ra5/14 plz

10:19 am

harpjane

they are all grinchooges!

10:20 am

harpjane

movie I only have one, it's a weather forecast

10:20 am

evanonut

they're all confused...they hate the commercial holiday associated with christmas.

10:21 am

Mom

Harpjane, I only have 1 y and it is yi 5/16
Christmas is the b**** of Christ

10:22 am

harpjane

Christmas is a cultural phenom as well as a religious holiday, at least in the western world. I have no problem with that. Every now and then there's a crossover....someone new gets excited about the religious part, and somebody religious gets burned out....

10:22 am

harpjane

thanks mom, at least now I don't have any zero's on the grid!

10:22 am

EvaNadine

YA + opposite of "me" + cross + vowel + vowel

10:23 am

Mom

you're welcome

10:23 am

harpjane

thansk evan

10:23 am

EvaNadine

welcome. :)

10:24 am

Mom

Time to fix lunch. Be back later. Everyone have a good day!

10:25 am

movieman

just got that 2nd ra5/14.......

it's an establishment maintained for raising livestock under range conditions.

10:27 am

harpjane

I had to google that to get it, and I live in Montana. How embarassing!

10:27 am

Book Doctor Gwen

or it's a suburban house with no upper floor!

10:28 am

Book Doctor Gwen

evan, thaks for that Y word. another one for the list

10:29 am

Book Doctor Gwen

only 171 to go!! 8-)

10:29 am

EvaNadine

same here BDG!

10:29 am

sherb

there is also a related ra6/24...

10:30 am

Book Doctor Gwen

time for some eats, BBL

10:32 am

harpjane

ar7?

10:32 am

bunnyvicious

harp, if you have the ac 6/24, it is the same.

10:33 am

bunnyvicious

ar 7/36 - ar + you drink from a **p + past tense of consume

10:34 am

harpjane

I didn't have the ac, but I have them both now, thanks bunny

10:35 am

bunnyvicious

yw

10:37 am

harpjane

ar5/10 after the seed coverings?

10:37 am

Uneaixoise

Van Gogh's city in the south of france

10:38 am

chiley

seed coverings?

10:38 am

Uneaixoise

ar4/4 seed covering

10:38 am

harpjane

thanks, what about the middle ar5/10 6/18 combo?

10:38 am

harpjane

sorry to be so greedy

10:38 am

Uneaixoise

haven't gotten that far--sorry

10:39 am

bunnyvicious

ar 5 & 6 - mountain gazelle, ar + anagram of untruth

10:39 am

harpjane

thanks bunny, you're a gem!

10:40 am

Uneaixoise

thanks, bunny--can't believe i missed that!

10:40 am

bunnyvicious

:)

10:45 am

bichon

I'm stuck on the 2nd & 3rd ac wordsk. they're a 5 and a 7

10:45 am

bunnyvicious

ac 5/12 - a + vehicle + vowel

10:46 am

bichon

thanx bunny

10:47 am

bunnyvicious

ac 7/36 - ac + like another word for liquor, acho*** + two vowels, like the end of the word for spanish day

10:47 am

bunnyvicious

supposed to be alcho***, kinda gave that way, sorry

10:49 am

bichon

thanks bunny et al

10:51 am

bunnyvicious

ac + alco*** + spaish day, d**s for all I have confused...

10:52 am

bichon

airt

10:52 am

metaleather

I'm that, with a slightly different ending..... (I have no gall bladder)

10:53 am

bunnyvicious

You had your's removed?

10:53 am

metaleather

yep

10:54 am

metaleather

had to, it was a bad little bile sac

10:54 am

harpjane

I'm sick of the A's, moving on to the M's for a while

10:54 am

bunnyvicious

My hubby did 3-4 years ago and is having pains in the same spot now. Seems like he always has an upset stomach.

10:54 am

metaleather

just two stones though

10:54 am

metaleather

one the size of a golf ball, and one slightly bigger

10:54 am

bunnyvicious

His was pretty full of stones.

10:55 am

metaleather

he may have bile sand, tiny stones.. in the remaining portion of his bile duct, if he has any left

10:56 am

bunnyvicious

Dunno, we are in between insurances. If it gets worse, he's going to the ER. It's near impossible to get him near a doctor.

10:56 am

harpjane

ma5/16, ma5/16 MAN, I wanna be a ma5/16 MAN.....ok the M"s are easier than the A;s so far

10:56 am

metaleather

which one of the Village People are ya harpjane?

10:56 am

bunnyvicious

invert the vowels for a coffee flavor Harp

10:56 am

sherb

it's the C's that are getting me down...

10:57 am

bunnyvicious

I can't blame ya, 80 of em.

10:57 am

metaleather

I know how it is to be without insurance. It's why I've not gone to the dentist since I lost a filling recently

10:57 am

metaleather

I still have 11 doggone C's to go

10:58 am

bunnyvicious

We have a very, very, very old dentist in town, took out my wisdom teeth for $240.00. We rely on him quite a bit.

10:58 am

sherb

I still need 13 of them...

10:58 am

bunnyvicious

Are ya'll using the list?

10:59 am

harpjane

I'm not a Village People, but I must admit I know the motions to YMCA!

10:59 am

harpjane

Yes, with a grid this size I went straight to the list

10:59 am

sherb

not yet... not in any hurry today...

11:00 am

metaleather

I just started using it, waited 'til I had past halfway, and had at least one from every box beneath the grid

11:01 am

72 Temple Owl

hi everyone! just arrived and i say, no way!

11:02 am

bunnyvicious

Can't blame ya TO, it's a bugger!

11:02 am

harpjane

ma6?

11:03 am

metaleather

hi TO

11:03 am

sherb

hi TO :)

11:03 am

72 Temple Owl

*wavers as she ponders janes' request*

11:03 am

bunnyvicious

ma 6- ma + spaish word for poop with a different ending vowel

11:04 am

Haz1558

Good afternoon - I'm with you TO - this is too big a grid. And sprite had to use the list. Enough said.

11:04 am

metaleather

hi Haz

11:05 am

K.Elisabet

Harpjane, that word or similar may have made a difference in the recent election in
Virginia...

11:05 am

Haz1558

Hello metal!

11:05 am

sherb

afternoon Haz :) ...it's a beast today...

11:05 am

harpjane

you'd think I've never pooped in Spain, or voted in Virginia. still don't have it!

11:06 am

Haz1558

I have no prospect of finishing it! Nice to see you on a weekday, sherb.

11:06 am

Atalante

hi Haz!

11:06 am

smooth_pappa

whew! done with the a and c words!

11:06 am

metaleather

harpjane, try re-ordering the letters in the word which precedes cola often

11:07 am

metaleather

hi pappa

11:07 am

sherb

lady of leisure... two whole weeks off!!

11:07 am

metaleather

wooooooo sherb

11:07 am

smooth_pappa

hi meta

11:07 am

Haz1558

How nice, sherb. You can babble and quote puzzle at your own pace.

11:08 am

sherb

how's your back Haz? ...I read the other day that you were in pain...

11:09 am

Haz1558

It's improving slowly, thanks. Saturday was the worst - still not able to sit for too long.

11:10 am

sherb

inconvenient time for it to happen... I hope you've got people fetching and carrying for you...

11:11 am

kthdsn

is that you in the pic haz?

11:11 am

Haz1558

Yes, kth, it is. And sherb, I'm really trying to be good, but as you say - inconvenient time of the year!

11:12 am

metaleather

harpjane, did you get the ma6 yet?

11:12 am

kthdsn

It's nice to put a face to a username :)

11:13 am

Haz1558

kth - I've been answering the phone to farmers for years - know their voices and on first name terms etc, but have never met. It's strange!

11:13 am

sherb

I wouldn't mind another clue for the ma6... I got lost with the Spanish poo and the cola often...

11:14 am

metaleather

think back to old movies, and comic strips (such as Terry and the Pirates)... Chinese pirates were often pictured in the area called * * * * *..... the ma6 uses that word, with an extra C in the middle

11:15 am

harpjane

tu6?

11:15 am

Haz1558

Or ma6 - Scottish prefix meaning 'son of' then the ending of spanish food (t***)

11:16 am

K.Elisabet

ma 6- google "racial slur Virgina" - it's the word that the republican senator called someone, only in the grid it has a different final letter.

11:17 am

bunnyvicious

to 6 - tu + Nascar is a car ***e, change last vowel

11:17 am

bunnyvicious

tu 6, not to

11:17 am

harpjane

got it anyway bunny, thanks

11:18 am

hurshy

gah!

11:18 am

EvaNadine

haz -- now we see where your lovely daughter gets her good looks form. ;)

11:18 am

harpjane

OK the coffee grounds are dry, bbl 168 to go

11:18 am

sherb

thanks everybody for the ma6! :)

11:19 am

Haz1558

Thanks evanadine - though she's MUCH prettier in my eyes. She, of course, thinks she's nothing special.

11:19 am

EvaNadine

eh, we never think we are that amazing, do we?

11:20 am

Haz1558

No, definitely not!

11:20 am

walnutchen

hi all... total for today?

11:20 am

hurshy

306

11:20 am

smooth_pappa

exactly at the halfway mark! time to get ready for work

11:21 am

kthdsn

I have 94 to go still

11:21 am

EvaNadine

my BF tells me constantly that im the most beautiful girl in the world...my initial instinct instead of saying thankyou is to start pointing out all my flaws!

11:21 am

walnutchen

thansk hursh

11:21 am

hurshy

evanadine... perhaps he should take the tack shakespeare did in that one sonnet...

11:22 am

Haz1558

I know - but do remember to say thank you when you get a compliment (even if you think they're mistaken)

11:22 am

EvaNadine

hurshy -- i do love that sonnet!

haz -- i definitely do try. and ive tried to stop belittling myself -- after all, if he thinks im perfect, who am i to argue??
;)

11:22 am

evanonut

and now for lunch, a big bowl of corn!!!

11:23 am

Haz1558

Exactly!

11:23 am

bunnyvicious

I'm going to drag the kids through a few stores. I'm dreading the crowds, so if ya'll don't see me for a few days, I'm probably hiding under a shelf at Walmart cowering in fear (and waiting on a great sale). Have a good afternoon.

11:24 am

sherb

good luck bunny... :)

11:24 am

abe79

good day fellow babblers

11:25 am

EvaNadine

he actually developed a nickname for me -- PGOP -- and for the longest time wouldnt tell me what it meant!
then oneday i nagged it out of him -- Prettiest Girl On the Planet

*teehee* *awwwww*

11:25 am

Haz1558

Bye bunny - you're either very brave or very foolish. But good luck!

11:25 am

abe79

Happy shopping, Bunny

11:26 am

Haz1558

That's really nice, eva.

11:26 am

hurshy

bit of a sticky wicket today, innit?

11:26 am

metaleather

'bye bunny, good luck on your expedition

11:26 am

bunnyvicious

H, he, it'll be anything but happy. Some elbows and head butting will be involved! Bye now!

11:26 am

metaleather

hi abe

11:26 am

Haz1558

hurshy - sprite had to use the list.

11:26 am

abe79

Hi Metal!

11:26 am

hurshy

;O

11:26 am

abe79

Hi Hurshy

11:26 am

hurshy

did we hear anything from maniac mitch?

11:27 am

EvaNadine

il be happy if i can fuddle just halfway through!

11:27 am

hurshy

and where is atalante?

11:27 am

Haz1558

I don't know, but Cyborg declared at 33 minutes in.....

11:27 am

metaleather

haven't seen mitch today

11:27 am

Atalante

you called?

11:27 am

metaleather

Ata was on earlier

11:27 am

metaleather

there's Ata now

11:27 am

EvaNadine

hurshy -- ATA was here earlier...

11:27 am

Atalante

I've been lurking

11:27 am

hurshy

hey ata - have you gots a busy day today or are you gonna try to be listless despite sprite not

11:28 am

EvaNadine

lurker!
heh, course, thats what ive been doing...having a bit of a draining day...

11:28 am

Atalante

well I'm going to soldier on for a bit ...

11:28 am

hurshy

i have 69 to go... :(

11:28 am

sherb

listless so far, but I still need 44...

11:29 am

EvaNadine

heh, i have 161 to go

11:29 am

Atalante

I have 107 to go

11:29 am

Haz1558

Sprite succumbed at 59 I think. (Not putting pressure on or anything)

11:29 am

hurshy

this is good sherb!

11:29 am

Atalante

ok, so 58 is the target!

11:29 am

sherb

it is?

11:29 am

hurshy

no, cause sherb only has 44 left!

11:29 am

Kenth

ir/6 21

11:29 am

inge

I am back for a few more. Stumped on the na 7/32, I have the great outdoors, what needs to be cahnged for teh other na 7???

11:30 am

metaleather

inge, do you nave the na6/21?

11:30 am

metaleather

make it a plural

11:30 am

inge

yes

11:30 am

metaleather

or, is there another 7?

11:31 am

inge

must be another 7, cause I have the plural of outdoors

11:31 am

metaleather

well heck

11:31 am

metaleather

there goes my chance to help

11:31 am

metaleather

lol

11:32 am

hurshy

there are not only too many words, there are more phantoms than there are words!

11:32 am

Kenth

oops i said it wrong

11:32 am

caitlyn

Oh boy..what a grid!!!Afternoon all........

11:32 am

kthdsn

I agree hurshy

11:32 am

abe79

hi Caitlyn

11:32 am

metaleather

I got it

11:33 am

jan

It's the latinate plural of a shellfish...

11:33 am

Haz1558

Inge - make it more of the sea than the land

11:33 am

sherb

anciliary would be good... or archaic... and curlies is there, but not accepted...

11:33 am

inge

?

11:33 am

EvaNadine

NA7 = plural of a sailors compass (i *think* thats what it is!)

11:33 am

Haz1558

Think of Jules Vernes undersea machine and give it a latin plural ending

11:33 am

inge

got it

11:33 am

EvaNadine

eh, waster -- im close enough. ;)

11:34 am

metaleather

na7/32 plural of chambered or pearly mollusk

11:34 am

EvaNadine

waster? water, i meant!

11:34 am

EvaNadine

*stress is getting to me today*
*le sigh*

11:34 am

caitlyn

LOL evan

11:34 am

hurshy

i may say "golly GEE" a lot today - just tune me out if i do

11:34 am

metaleather

which has a spiral, chambered shell

11:35 am

sherb

your clue worked for me evanadine :)

11:35 am

EvaNadine

hah, if it works, then it must be right, eh sherb?!
;)

11:35 am

sherb

nobody says golly gee... surely...

11:36 am

hurshy

i do

11:36 am

caitlyn

You are very polite hurshy

11:37 am

hurshy

in that regard, perhaps not in all.

11:37 am

sherb

ironically...?

11:37 am

hurshy

no... i just say things like that. golly GEE, and dang it all anyway! and good gracious me!

11:37 am

hurshy

even the occasional heavens to betsy

11:37 am

kthdsn

why does everything always go wrong at once, my timesheets for last month went missing in the post so I haven't been paid yet, grrrr

11:38 am

sherb

what does golly gee mean, anyway? ...is it one of those expressions with a non-PC hidden meaning?

11:38 am

caitlyn

Nothing stronger hurshy?

11:38 am

metaleather

grrr indeed, kt!

11:38 am

hurshy

i don't know sherb, i think "golly gee" predates political correctness

11:39 am

caitlyn

kth will you get pay before Christmas?

11:39 am

hurshy

let's see... crap is about as strong as i go

11:39 am

kthdsn

I should get paid on friday, it's not a disaster as long as I get it eventually, just very annoying

11:39 am

caitlyn

Thats more like my talk now!!

11:40 am

hurshy

come to think of it, i don't really even use it as an interjection, but i will say that things are crappy.

11:40 am

sherb

you mean today's political correctness... I was thinking about, say, the Victorians... they invented lost of expressions, like darn it, to avoid profanities...

11:41 am

hurshy

ah, i see sherb. well i don't really know what golly gee might substitute for.

11:41 am

Haz1558

I'm all for avoiding profanities. I should have been a Victorian.

11:41 am

jan

Golly gee is from golly gee whiz...both halves are corruptions of holy names God and Jesus...

11:41 am

kthdsn

political correctness is such a load of old crap, you can say a person has blond hair but you can't say they have black skin, what's the difference?

11:42 am

hurshy

well there we go.

11:42 am

sherb

ah, thanks Jan... I wondered if it was something like that...

11:42 am

hurshy

i didn't know shakespeare loved a black woman - i'm surprised they don't teach that these days in the curriculum

11:43 am

Haz1558

Can I repeat a policital correctness story? In Northern Ireland, lots of public documents are issued in Irish and Ulster Scots. Except that one couldn't be issued as the translator couldn't come up with anything better for mentally handicapped children than ' big daftie weans'

11:43 am

jan

Oddly enough, I'm doing research on swearing right now...

11:43 am

hurshy

LOL haz

11:43 am

caitlyn

LOL Haz

11:43 am

sherb

lol :D

11:44 am

kthdsn

I didn't know that either hurshy

11:46 am

sherb

oh yeah... supposed to be looking for words... I still need 43...

...somebody ask for some more clues...

11:46 am

hurshy

read this sonnet and you'll see what i mean:
In the old age black was not counted fair,
Or if it were, it bore not beauty's name;
But now is black beauty's successive heir,
And beauty slander'd with a bastard shame:
For since each hand hath put on nature's power,
Fairing the foul with art's false borrow'd face,
Sweet beauty hath no name, no holy bower,
But is profaned, if not lives in disgrace.
Therefore my mistress' brows are raven black,
Her eyes so suited, and they mourners seem
At such who, not born fair, no beauty lack,
Slandering creation with a false esteem:
Yet so they mourn, becoming of their woe,
That every tongue says beauty should look so.

11:49 am

hurshy

sorry sherb - back to word hunting everyone!

11:50 am

hurshy

hmm, unless he just means dark HAIRED... i may have jumped to a conclusion to quickly

11:51 am

hurshy

ok, let's start small... i cannot find the Y's

11:51 am

kthdsn

lol hurshy

11:51 am

Haz1558

How was Othello described?

11:51 am

hurshy

ooh, what did i do funny?

11:51 am

sherb

why 'heir' in the third line?

11:51 am

sherb

why 'heir' in the third line?

11:52 am

caitlyn

hurshy that sonnet is lovely..for Anne Hathaway perhaps

11:52 am

hurshy

black has inherited the title of beauty, i think is the idea

11:52 am

Atalante

as a Moor

11:52 am

jan

The six letter y is a frequent babble visitor--it's an edible tropical tuber

11:53 am

jan

Don't have the five letter y, though...

11:53 am

hurshy

the fact that they are five and six is a start, lol

11:53 am

sherb

sort of like your waistline, but with a y instead of a g...

11:54 am

jan

Got in, TY sherb...

11:54 am

sparklygem

back! hi everyone. can anyone help me with the io7/28?

11:54 am

hurshy

how do you know what our waistlines are like? *searches for hidden camera*

11:54 am

sherb

yabba dabba doo... RIP Joseph Barbera...

11:54 am

sherb

(just listening to the radio...)

11:55 am

sherb

io + not heavy, and pl...

11:55 am

jan

Sad week for American cartoon lovers...not only Joseph Barbera but also Chris Haywood, one of the co-writers for ROcky and Bullwinkle

11:56 am

sherb

Tom and Jerry were my favourites...

11:57 am

sparklygem

thanks sherb - I don't know why I didn't think of the plural!

11:57 am

hurshy

waistline, waistline...

11:58 am

sherb

hehe...

11:59 am

Atalante

100 left!

11:59 am

caitlyn

Go Ata Go!!!

11:59 am

sherb

circumference...

12:00 pm

sparklygem

oh I'm missing just one of the eights - ci8/45 can anyone clue? thanks :)

12:00 pm

sherb

used to describe someone's size...

12:00 pm

hurshy

aHA

12:00 pm

metaleather

sparkly, do you have the ci7's

12:00 pm

hurshy

sorry to be so slow

12:00 pm

metaleather

make one of them a plural

12:00 pm

caitlyn

ci8 plural of ci7/32

12:01 pm

jan

The ci/8 is the plural of a c/7. It sounds like a mineral word to me (I monkey typed a plausible sounding word, which Enable took. Sadly, I'm missing a couple of 8's that mymonkey has been less helpful for

12:01 pm

sparklygem

argh the plural again! thanks everyone, I think this grid is making me miss obvious stuff haha

12:01 pm

hurshy

these long C's come from upper C?

12:01 pm

sherb

ci5/7/8 - microscopic hairs, and those with them...

12:02 pm

sherb

yep

12:02 pm

Atalante

they are wiggly tiny biological things

12:02 pm

hurshy

i gots the five, so i will try to build

12:02 pm

caitlyn

Sounds like my grandchildren Ata!!

12:02 pm

hurshy

ok

12:03 pm

hurshy

but then there is ANOTHER ci7? plllt.

12:03 pm

metaleather

hurshy, one goes diagonally down/left, the other goes across left

12:03 pm

hurshy

i see

12:04 pm

Haz1558

The other has more of a Bill Clinton's wife ending

12:04 pm

hurshy

ugh, good heavens, 15 more 7's and 5 more 8's

12:04 pm

metaleather

great clue Haz

12:04 pm

sherb

nice one Haz :)

12:04 pm

hurshy

this is the babble twilight zone

12:04 pm

Haz1558

Thanks metal!

12:04 pm

caitlyn

Have you finished Haz?

12:05 pm

Takuma Sato

howdy all. biggy today, eh?

12:05 pm

Haz1558

Hollow laughter, caitlyn. No, nowhere near. I have no hope of finishing.

12:05 pm

hurshy

oh, bother, i didn't get the Y tuber yet

12:05 pm

hurshy

all i can think is yucca

12:05 pm

Takuma Sato

Unforunately, I turned in my grades yesterday, so I have lots of time on my hands...

12:05 pm

caitlyn

Hi Takuma..not a nice grid today

12:07 pm

Takuma Sato

looks a bit nasty

12:07 pm

hurshy

yams

12:07 pm

hurshy

*think think*

12:07 pm

Haz1558

hurshy - it's been in there before. A combination of what sounds like a yacht and a spanish aunt

12:07 pm

sherb

tuber?

y5 is scots for the globe...

12:07 pm

hurshy

a BIT!

12:08 pm

jan

Why unfortunate, Takuma? I've still got 120 more exams to grade. I just wish we got fireworks for finishing exams...

12:08 pm

hurshy

thank you haz!!

12:08 pm

Haz1558

You're welcome.

12:08 pm

metaleather

ya6/27
ya + not I but yo* + Sp. for aunt (also part of a liqueur called *** Maria)

12:08 pm

sherb

oh, got the tuber already... should look up the meaning, I suppose...

12:09 pm

hurshy

now, i need 3 U's, and my 5 all have to do with bodily parts or waste products

12:09 pm

sherb

well, I'm finding one word every 30 minutes... so it's time for a break before I hit the list...

12:09 pm

caitlyn

jan when you have finished we will give you fireworks!!

12:09 pm

Takuma Sato

heh, Jan, that was me over the weekend. 'unfortunate' because now babble gets to wield its influence, unhindered

12:11 pm

hurshy

babzilla is out of control!

12:11 pm

jan

The first 2 u's are biological chemicals--part of DNA or RNA--I forget which

12:13 pm

hurshy

botheration, i am so bad at sciency words

12:13 pm

jan

Just got my last "u"--think of a synthetic varnish for floors, delete its "poly' prefix and the last vowel.

12:14 pm

kthdsn

did I miss U clues?

12:14 pm

hurshy

ah, got that, thanks jan.

12:14 pm

hurshy

no, they are right there kate :)

12:14 pm

hurshy

so, biological chemicals in DNA or RNA... *thinks*

12:15 pm

Takuma Sato

They're part of RNA

12:15 pm

Takuma Sato

That clears it right up, doesn't it?

12:15 pm

Takuma Sato

;)

12:16 pm

kthdsn

no idea what RNA is...

12:16 pm

hurshy

ribonucleic acid

12:16 pm

Atalante

RNA? oh! ok nice words

12:16 pm

Haz1558

ur7/36 - ur plus Macbeth's title (Cawdor) but put the last vowel of the word after the ur

12:16 pm

hurshy

but i don't know what is in it

12:16 pm

kthdsn

oh right cos that helps me find words...

12:17 pm

hurshy

i knew atalante would be happy about those :)

12:17 pm

Atalante

you're a sill (y sausage), hurshy

12:18 pm

hurshy

is that a U clue?

12:18 pm

snppngtrtle

Down to my last 6

12:18 pm

spanner

Hi haz Hows the back?

12:18 pm

Atalante

I wouldn't just say that!

12:18 pm

snppngtrtle

Could someone clue ac6/24 the one between land measure and the triangle?

12:18 pm

hurshy

*thinking more*

12:18 pm

jan

Anyone else convinced that there's a mistake somewhere in the stats?? I'm still missing 11 c's despite running my monkeys ragged...

12:18 pm

Haz1558

Hello spanner - improving slowly!

12:19 pm

Haz1558

ur6/24 and ur7/36 are available from Atalante's clue.

12:19 pm

EvaNadine

*pokes head back into chatlog*
hows everyone this afternoon?

12:20 pm

brandyjack

my stats are never wrong.... snurk...

12:20 pm

Haz1558

The natives are restless because this is difficult.

12:20 pm

Mom

Snppngtrtle - there are 2 ac 6/24

12:20 pm

jan

Going gently crazy over the c's...I have to get on my real life shortly.

12:20 pm

brandyjack

off to walk the dog....

12:20 pm

EvaNadine

brandyjack!
havent seen you in quit some time!

12:20 pm

snppngtrtle

There are 4 actually. I need the 2nd one.

12:20 pm

Mom

sorry, those are after the triangle

12:20 pm

hurshy

aHA!

12:21 pm

Mom

I am not working from a list.

12:22 pm

Haz1558

ac6/24 - the start of the triangle consumed food

12:22 pm

Mom

Thanks Haz

12:22 pm

jan

Have fired my monkeys--they're worthless, I think.

12:23 pm

Haz1558

You're welcome.

12:23 pm

snppngtrtle

Thanks Haz

12:23 pm

hurshy

aw, don't fire the poor monkeys... would you fire a man because he couldn't lift a car over his head??

12:23 pm

snppngtrtle

How about at8?

12:24 pm

Takuma Sato

you can fire your TAs there, Jan?

12:24 pm

Takuma Sato

Man, I was stuck with mine, even when they were useless for babble

12:24 pm

Haz1558

at8 - medical term

12:24 pm

Merk

I'm still here. Clue for sl 6,24 please.

12:24 pm

hurshy

oh no, more science!

12:25 pm

inge

sl 6; detective

12:25 pm

hurshy

detective!!! merk

12:25 pm

hurshy

rats i'm too slow

12:25 pm

Haz1558

at8 - has a fragrant ending

12:25 pm

Merk

The name of a detective, as from literature?

12:25 pm

Merk

Or generic?

12:25 pm

hurshy

oh goody that is what i was thinking

12:25 pm

jan

I got the a/8 thanks to a2z, and looked its meaning up. Was I sorry--it sounds disgusting--a tumor filled with sebaceous matter, fromthe Greek for tumor of gruel!!

12:26 pm

hurshy

ewwwwwwwwwww

12:26 pm

Haz1558

at8 - take the first letter from Dan R (veteran newscaster) and add the fragrant ending.

12:27 pm

Merk

Generic detective. I got it, Sherlock.

12:27 pm

hurshy

*relief* thanks haz, now i have passed half of the 7's and the 8's

12:27 pm

jan

That's a much nicer clue, Haz...

12:28 pm

Merk

In fact, the sl 6 is sometimes sl 5 than the person he is tracking.

12:28 pm

hurshy

one would hope

12:28 pm

Haz1558

You're welcome!

12:29 pm

Haz1558

Have to take a break.....

12:29 pm

snppngtrtle

thanks for the clues haz. Still working on it

12:29 pm

Mom

Back to the cookies, with only 203 left :(

12:30 pm

hurshy

80 C's, what a nightmare

12:31 pm

hurshy

but don't fire the monkeys!

12:31 pm

snppngtrtle

Yay! finally got the at8. Thanks again

12:33 pm

hurshy

they need ABMW... Association of Babble Monkey Workers

12:33 pm

snppngtrtle

I hate a words.

12:33 pm

snppngtrtle

How about ar7/36?

12:33 pm

Takuma Sato

uh oh, I don't think we want them getting organized, hurshy

12:34 pm

hurshy

yes we do, if the were organized we would find our words in a more systematic fasion

12:34 pm

libarebel

hi, all-- unionized monkeys?

12:35 pm

Takuma Sato

Hmm, you may be right. Or they might go on strike.

12:35 pm

hurshy

Monkeys of the World Unite!

12:35 pm

libarebel

what if they strike? :-O

12:35 pm

hurshy

they do that anyway.

12:35 pm

Takuma Sato

hi lib. the fact that there is a discussion of unionized monkeys going on might be a sign of the grid difficulty

12:36 pm

rolin

evening all theres no way there can be 80 c words?

12:36 pm

libarebel

hi, Takuma-- I think you're right! :)

12:36 pm

hurshy

one would wish for such a world, rolin, but one would be disappointed

12:38 pm

Takuma Sato

lots and lots of biological words today

12:38 pm

hurshy

:(

12:38 pm

snppngtrtle

ar7/36 please?

12:39 pm

hurshy

been looking, turtle, to no avail

12:39 pm

snppngtrtle

must be a doozy.

12:39 pm

kthdsn

ar7 anagram of acurate

12:40 pm

metaleather

ar7/36 pertaining to a curve or bend, like a bow --- or circle segment in math

12:40 pm

snppngtrtle

Thank you kth and metal!

12:40 pm

snppngtrtle

Done with As!

12:40 pm

hurshy

DONE with A's!

12:40 pm

metaleather

yvw

12:41 pm

hurshy

that was shock, not me done

12:41 pm

Latibug

306 words...WOW

12:42 pm

snppngtrtle

le6/24 and 7/40?

12:43 pm

hurshy

there are Le's... good to know

12:43 pm

kthdsn

oh I have no le#s

12:44 pm

jan

Good news and bad news, hurshy, they're biological ones--at least some are.

12:44 pm

Atalante

le's? urk

12:44 pm

Merk

Clue for the tr 8 please.

12:44 pm

hurshy

that's all good news for ata

12:45 pm

Atalante

leuc - leuc - something ...?

12:45 pm

jan

Aargh--I just can't get the i on the bottom row!

12:45 pm

Takuma Sato

I wouldn't mind a TR8

12:45 pm

hurshy

makes angry.

12:45 pm

snppngtrtle

anger, Jan

12:45 pm

hurshy

yes, i got a bio word!!!

12:46 pm

Takuma Sato

I get in trouble with my girlfriend for having the i on the bottom

12:46 pm

Merk

I have wasted a lot of time monkeying around for the tr 8. Is there a clue?

12:46 pm

jan

OK...fish time!! Thanks, hurshy and snp...

12:46 pm

hurshy

hahahahahaha

12:46 pm

snppngtrtle

I'm missing that one too merk.

12:46 pm

hurshy

searching merk... tri something?

12:47 pm

kthdsn

tr + vowel + ar***** (meaning old fashioned)

12:47 pm

Merk

I've been searching that way, too.

12:47 pm

hurshy

hence our lack of lick!

12:47 pm

hurshy

i mean luck!

12:48 pm

hurshy

that is to do with poetic feet, i recognize that word!

12:48 pm

Merk

Is there an ar word in it from the top of the list?

12:48 pm

hurshy

no!

12:48 pm

hurshy

i'm very excited now!

12:48 pm

Atalante

old fashioned? hmmm

12:48 pm

jan

About time we had a humanities word in this sciency grid!

12:49 pm

hurshy

*laughs very hard at atalante*

12:49 pm

Merk

Kate, I can't get to an ar from the tr + vowel + ar

12:50 pm

hurshy

you don't use the ar, you only use the rest of the word she was indicating.

12:50 pm

kthdsn

it doesn't have ar in, it has the rest of the ar word that means old fashioned

12:50 pm

Merk

OK, I go south east from the t.

12:50 pm

kthdsn

sorry, it's a crap word to clue

12:50 pm

Merk

I am not getting it. Is there life after babble?

12:51 pm

hurshy

go southeast until the road ends, then take a sharp left.

12:52 pm

hurshy

did sherb take a break?

12:52 pm

hurshy

huzzah, i have 2 le's!

12:53 pm

horse_girl

I got the tr one.thx for all the clues

12:54 pm

snppngtrtle

Which as is within the tr8?

12:54 pm

snppngtrtle

*ar i mean

12:54 pm

horse_girl

yeah

12:54 pm

hurshy

there is no ar within the tr8

12:54 pm

horse_girl

no, the tr8

12:54 pm

hurshy

the REST of an AR word that is NOT in the grid and that means very old, is in the tr8.

12:55 pm

snppngtrtle

I know but which one is partially within it?

12:55 pm

snppngtrtle

ohhhhhhh

12:55 pm

snppngtrtle

i was confused

12:55 pm

Merk

Well, that had me off course. I still don't have the tr 8. Southeast from the tr to the 4th vowel. Then to my left to another vowel. Am I right so far?

12:55 pm

hurshy

*lightbulb*

12:55 pm

hurshy

no no merk, a SHARP left.

12:56 pm

snppngtrtle

derp! Finally got it. Thanks everyone!

12:56 pm

kthdsn

it is an awful word

12:56 pm

horse_girl

look in a thesaurus under ancient and you will find the ar***** for the tr8

12:56 pm

EspritdJean

is there a good clue for the awful word?

12:56 pm

hurshy

it's the first word i've liked, at least it isn't bio!

12:56 pm

metaleather

up Merk

12:57 pm

metaleather

then northeast

12:57 pm

kthdsn

glutton for punishment hurshy

12:57 pm

Merk

I turned the wrong left. LOL. I have it. My brain is that!

12:58 pm

kthdsn

does everybody have it now?

12:58 pm

Merk

ty, ty, ty

12:58 pm

hurshy

no i am glutton for chocolate

12:58 pm

Atalante

no! lol

12:58 pm

snppngtrtle

Yes thanks!

12:58 pm

hurshy

which is another phantom

12:58 pm

Merk

If I have it, everyone has to have it.

12:58 pm

hurshy

ata, it's an adj of a kind of poetic foot. not iamb or spondee...

12:58 pm

EspritdJean

I don't have it!!

12:58 pm

snppngtrtle

tr + vowel + ****nmail aromor + cons

12:58 pm

Takuma Sato

I wasn't looking for it, but after all this cluing I can't help myself ;)

12:59 pm

Atalante

(but I haven't really been looking for it either) I know the word, I'm sure, I just can't think of it!

12:59 pm

snppngtrtle

Sorry that was the only clue I could think of

12:59 pm

snppngtrtle

*armor, not aromar

12:59 pm

Merk

This grid is going to go down in history, at least in my memory's history.

12:59 pm

kc8501

ARGH. finally got that tr 8.... that was awful

12:59 pm

hurshy

the first part rhymes with buying a pig in a p***

1:00 pm

Merk

I have reached the dreaded u words. And I was into the grid when y'all were cluing.

1:00 pm

Takuma Sato

wow, I think I've actually used that word before

1:00 pm

Takuma Sato

thanks for all the tips

1:00 pm

EspritdJean

I got it

1:00 pm

EspritdJean

that word blows

1:00 pm

EspritdJean

thank you

1:01 pm

torgone

I don't think I have the strength today . . .

1:01 pm

Atalante

got it *sigh* didn't see that last letter wwas there!

1:01 pm

hurshy

*kisses tor passionately*

how about now?

1:01 pm

snppngtrtle

Now how about those pesky LEs?

1:01 pm

hurshy

le6 homonym of antonym of tighten? :)

1:02 pm

hurshy

le7 starts same but ends with long period of unconsciousness

1:02 pm

snppngtrtle

Yay thanks hursh!

1:02 pm

snppngtrtle

Thanks again! That gives me fireworks!

1:03 pm

hurshy

aw, lucky

1:03 pm

Takuma Sato

heh, hursh - great clues

1:03 pm

torgone

Fortified, but not heavily into doing this stinky grid . . .

1:04 pm

hurshy

hmm, maybe we need to head for the closet then

1:05 pm

hurshy

a handsome cat enters

1:05 pm

torgone

Keep it warm for me .. Stinky work beckons . .

1:06 pm

hurshy

your poor nose, everything is stinky for you today.

1:06 pm

kthdsn

thanks for those le clues hursh, not sure how I managed but I got them

1:06 pm

periwinkle

Hi all, there is an ac7 - any clues

1:07 pm

torgone

And it's all getting through my cold too . . .

1:07 pm

hurshy

*passes tor a box of puffs plus*

1:08 pm

hurshy

was hoping acolite could sub for acolyte but nooooo

1:08 pm

hurshy

all these alt spellings and they can't have the one i want

1:08 pm

metaleather

it's similar to that hurshy

1:08 pm

hurshy

oh, it is?? wow, cool

1:09 pm

metaleather

add a consonant between the c and the next letter, then change the te to a diff. ending

1:09 pm

Takuma Sato

woo hoo! I'm half-way done with the C's!

1:10 pm

hurshy

thanks metal!

1:10 pm

metaleather

yayyy Takuma

1:10 pm

metaleather

yw hurshy

1:11 pm

hurshy

i miss a second row i - any guesses?

1:12 pm

metaleather

twelve of them make a foot

1:12 pm

hurshy

i have small measurement and scottish word

1:12 pm

kthdsn

I miss one too

1:12 pm

hurshy

oh metal, you think so little of me? :)

1:12 pm

periwinkle

there are 20 cu words :( I have 14

1:13 pm

metaleather

nahhhh, it just took me forever to find it and I didn't want you to suffer as I did

1:13 pm

tmcs

Peri, don't feel bad, I only have 4.

1:13 pm

hurshy

i just found a cu like where you go on sunday but drop 2nd letter

1:14 pm

Takuma Sato

Well, it's curtains for me -- I have to go meet with disgruntled students for the afternoon. Good luck all!

1:14 pm

hurshy

ooh, i hope you can gruntle them!

1:14 pm

bubba218

le 6,24 pls

1:14 pm

Atalante

ia6

1:14 pm

CadFan

I'm missing the Scottish word i

1:14 pm

metaleather

'bye Takuma

1:14 pm

Atalante

oops wrong i

1:14 pm

periwinkle

thanks for the cu clue hursh

1:14 pm

Takuma Sato

By hook or by crook, they'll be gruntled by the time they leave my office

1:15 pm

metaleather

so am I

1:15 pm

hurshy

le6 homonym of antonym of tighten

1:15 pm

hurshy

scottish mom minus her m

1:15 pm

hurshy

or a come h***** glance

1:16 pm

bubba218

Thanks Hurshy

1:16 pm

hurshy

golly GEEEEEE

1:16 pm

kthdsn

grrr got kicked off somehow

1:17 pm

metaleather

wb kt

1:17 pm

metaleather

I found it, finally

1:17 pm

hurshy

and don't for get the pierre and marie cu's

1:17 pm

metaleather

in5/14 be careful not to in5/14 my wrath

1:18 pm

CadFan

okay I'm wrong - that's not the i I'm missing...

1:18 pm

hurshy

who am i, tik-tok?

1:18 pm

kthdsn

did I miss the missing i?

1:18 pm

hurshy

ah, thanks metal

1:18 pm

kthdsn

oh thats the one metal

1:18 pm

CadFan

that was it - Thanks metal

1:18 pm

bostonmermaid

I'm so sad that "tracheotomies" isn't there......

1:18 pm

metaleather

yw all

1:18 pm

hurshy

and caricatures!

1:19 pm

tmcs

what does yw mean?

1:19 pm

hurshy

we need sherb back, i know she got to 43 at least and that is where i am now

1:19 pm

hurshy

You're Welcome

1:19 pm

metaleather

I want ichor, but they won't let me have it

1:19 pm

hurshy

cause it ain't there :)

1:20 pm

metaleather

43 C's?

1:20 pm

kthdsn

I have 88 to go

1:20 pm

tmcs

thanks!

1:20 pm

hurshy

no, 43 words left to find

1:20 pm

hurshy

yw tmcs

1:20 pm

metaleather

or 43 left to find?

1:20 pm

kthdsn

I have 69 Cs if that helps at all

1:20 pm

metaleather

I have 102

1:20 pm

tmcs

How many are there today?

1:20 pm

hurshy

i have 72 c's

1:20 pm

hurshy

there are 306 words, 80 of which are C's

1:21 pm

hurshy

blech.

1:21 pm

sherb

I'm back... just found another six going through the chat og on screen... can't face the list...

1:21 pm

hurshy

oooh sherb, i just can't keep up!

1:21 pm

tmcs

ick.

1:22 pm

Uneaixoise

phantom: crucial

1:22 pm

hurshy

change the end for an 8!

1:22 pm

sherb

I need one more M... I have ma x 5 and mo x 16

1:23 pm

hurshy

sorry sherb, i need 2 M's :(

1:23 pm

sherb

hehe... thanks for that!

1:23 pm

hurshy

one M now.

1:23 pm

hurshy

but my count is the same as yours.

1:23 pm

sherb

on more I from the top left - I have angry and angrier...

1:24 pm

hurshy

ia6

1:24 pm

sherb

thanks! :)

1:24 pm

hurshy

in medicine it could be ger- or ped-

1:24 pm

Uneaixoise

ia + ***** or treat

1:26 pm

sherb

two more T's - I have ta x 2, te x 4, th x 2, ti x 1, tr x 7 and tu x 1

1:26 pm

Uneaixoise

another ta

1:26 pm

hurshy

i miss a T also but i have 8 tr

1:27 pm

hurshy

woot, thanks une!

1:27 pm

Haz1558

How goes the hunt now?

1:27 pm

sherb

ta, ta... I have the end and the foil...

1:27 pm

hurshy

how about E, i have one each er et eu

1:27 pm

hurshy

sherb rhymes with cowardly lion actor

1:27 pm

hurshy

huntish

1:28 pm

Uneaixoise

et4/5 case for glasses

1:28 pm

hurshy

GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY!!!!!

1:28 pm

sherb

thank goodness for google... thanks Une and hursh :)

1:28 pm

hurshy

*slinks away in shame*

1:28 pm

Haz1558

(Did she miss a babblet?)

1:28 pm

Uneaixoise

yw :-)

1:29 pm

Uneaixoise

yep LOL!

1:29 pm

hurshy

yes she did

1:29 pm

Haz1558

(marking down the date)

1:29 pm

Uneaixoise

haz, havin' lots of fun with your daughter?

1:29 pm

hurshy

lol haz, i miss babblets every day!

1:29 pm

lynxxx

good morning everyone

1:29 pm

Merk

Fireworks!!!!!!

1:29 pm

Haz1558

Just not publicly!

1:29 pm

Uneaixoise

wow, congrats, merk!!!!!!!!!!!

1:29 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, lynxxx

1:29 pm

Merk

The only thing good about this grid is that I can say I finished it ... but not without you!

1:30 pm

hurshy

ah, well, ask atalante, she'll tell you.

1:30 pm

lynxxx

Yay Merk!!!

1:30 pm

Haz1558

Hello une - yes, she's messing up the place nicely.

1:30 pm

sherb

well done Merk!! :D

1:30 pm

hurshy

we get by with a little help from our friends, eh merk? :)

1:30 pm

sherb

hi lynxxx :)

1:30 pm

Merk

Yes, we do. TY

1:30 pm

Uneaixoise

LOL--when my daughter arrives, she leaves a trail all the way up the steps!

1:30 pm

sherb

on the search for a tr... too many to list the ones I have without annoying someone...

1:30 pm

metaleather

hi lynxxx

1:31 pm

metaleather

yayyy Merk

1:31 pm

hurshy

oh sherb i will guess!!!

1:31 pm

hurshy

you miss... the pl of the last 4?

1:31 pm

metaleather

finally, less than 100 to go

1:31 pm

Haz1558

She has no shame, she misses a babblet and then wants to guess what other people miss.....

1:32 pm

hurshy

oh, are those things incompatible?? i love guessing...

1:32 pm

sherb

oh well, I have... the path, the vehicle, what you use to carry things, attempts, threesome, correct and pl

1:32 pm

hurshy

oh well i thought you had the 8

1:32 pm

hurshy

but i guess you were on your break

1:32 pm

sherb

there's an 8!

1:33 pm

Uneaixoise

got the chattanooga choo choo?

1:33 pm

hurshy

adj describing a certain kind of poetic foot, not iamb or spondee...

1:33 pm

inge

tr 8 is a kind of verse form

1:33 pm

hurshy

pardon me boy, is that the cat that chewed your new shoe?

1:33 pm

Charm

good afternoon. yikes, what a grid!

1:34 pm

Atalante

ask me what???!!

1:34 pm

sparklygem

am5/12?

1:34 pm

hurshy

about how often i miss babblets.

1:34 pm

sherb

verse form, verse form.... *sound of brain racking...* ...I should have paid attention in English...

1:34 pm

Uneaixoise

fabulous, hursh! LOL
!

1:34 pm

Atalante

oh yeah, she's useless

1:34 pm

hurshy

paying off a loan is am5/12ization

1:34 pm

Charm

a + m***gage on the house.

1:34 pm

Uneaixoise

am5 a + death

1:35 pm

sparklygem

thanks charm!

1:35 pm

Uneaixoise

oh, well those ARE more pleasant!

1:35 pm

sparklygem

and thanks une!

1:35 pm

Charm

lol, unea

1:35 pm

Uneaixoise

yw :-)

1:35 pm

sparklygem

(and hursh!)

1:35 pm

sherb

lol Une :)

1:35 pm

hurshy

anyone want to guess which S i am missing?

1:36 pm

Charm

Is a m***gage more pleasant than thoughts of death?

1:36 pm

sparklygem

I only have 2 S's, I've found them the most difficult actually!

1:36 pm

lynxxx

se5.10

1:36 pm

sherb

se5?

1:36 pm

hurshy

which is hard cause i have some weird ones.

1:36 pm

Uneaixoise

:-D

1:36 pm

Charm

is it a coincidence that the house loan has the same four letters as the death word?

1:36 pm

sherb

se6?

1:36 pm

hurshy

hmm, i am going to find out charm, now that you ask!

1:36 pm

inge

se 5/12?

1:37 pm

hurshy

se6, 10 points sherb!

1:37 pm

Charm

se + ***lway tracks.

1:37 pm

Uneaixoise

se5/12 is ca5/12 backwards

1:37 pm

Charm

se5/12 = se + ***etrack that ***e cars drive around.

1:37 pm

lynxxx

TY

1:37 pm

Charm

oh, brava, Unea

1:37 pm

sherb

I'll trade the points for another clue for that tr8...

1:37 pm

Uneaixoise

:-D

1:38 pm

hurshy

the beginning rhymes with a pig in a p***, sherb

1:38 pm

Uneaixoise

tr + l*** lomond + l*** (not clergy)

1:38 pm

Anniebrook

Sherlock Holmes is a sl****

1:38 pm

hurshy

do i want a clue for this se6?

1:38 pm

sherb

Une - you should play Quote Puzzler... there's game called Honeycomb where you score more points if you can find words that read forwards and backwards...

1:38 pm

bichon

the ca7/40, please, anyone

1:39 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, annie!

1:39 pm

inge

was given, se + track

1:39 pm

hurshy

oh i thought they were cluing se5/10, thanks inge :)

1:39 pm

hurshy

ca7/40!

1:39 pm

sparklygem

ca+ insect - cock*****

1:39 pm

Uneaixoise

sherb, maybe it's from teaching all those classes at Berlitz and reading upside down!

1:40 pm

Kate44

ca + ro 5/14

1:40 pm

Anniebrook

hi Une!!! and everyone!

1:40 pm

hurshy

thanks gem and kate

1:40 pm

CadFan

phantom..charcoal

1:40 pm

hurshy

is it 3 le's or 4?

1:40 pm

inge

ca + unwanted insect

1:40 pm

bichon

thanx spark, et al, weird word

1:40 pm

Charm

Hey, Annie

1:40 pm

hurshy

how many WANTED insects are there?

1:40 pm

lynxxx

3 le's hurshy

1:40 pm

Haz1558

3 le words

1:40 pm

inge

Ladybugs are good

1:41 pm

hurshy

and aphids

1:41 pm

Anniebrook

hey charm!!!

1:41 pm

Kate44

and fireflies!

1:41 pm

Uneaixoise

so where are everyone else's "warm embraces" (today's theme)??

1:42 pm

hurshy

wow that is a hard theme.

1:42 pm

Haz1558

I hereby call to order the inaugural meeting of the Wanted Insects Appreciation Society.

1:42 pm

inge

have to check nutsy

1:42 pm

hurshy

teehee

1:42 pm

Uneaixoise

I was SO pleased to find Mr. Rogers and Koko!

1:42 pm

sherb

you're on your own, Haz...

1:43 pm

hurshy

how many to go now sherb?

1:43 pm

inge

ants are ok if they make a beeline for the othre door,

1:43 pm

sherb

thanks for the tr8 clues... finally got it...

32 to go...

1:43 pm

Haz1558

No - there are some prospective members out there.

1:43 pm

inge

How about bees? not the African ones

1:43 pm

hurshy

i'm 4 behind you now...

1:44 pm

hurshy

troubles with N, R, and the upper A

1:44 pm

Millerhead

Here's my girls in a warm embrace...

1:44 pm

inge

but without insects, so many other animals would starve , like the bat

1:44 pm

sherb

ugh... I still need FIVE U's...

1:45 pm

hurshy

well think about pee...

1:45 pm

Haz1558

And its mode of exit....

1:46 pm

hurshy

and places where babies can grow...

1:46 pm

hurshy

and words that end like graphite writing instruments...

1:46 pm

sherb

ha! ...didn't have that u7... thanks Haz...

1:46 pm

Haz1558

You're welcome!

1:47 pm

Anniebrook

thanks hurshy and haz

1:47 pm

Kate44

man, there are a lot of c's today...

1:47 pm

inge

This site is slow as molasses. I did find two embraces: Evananut, and Babbler!!!

1:48 pm

Kate44

coiler

1:48 pm

sherb

and thanks hursh for 6/7 combo...

1:48 pm

Haz1558

Have to go - daughter needing a lift. Happy hunting!

1:48 pm

hurshy

bye haz :)

1:48 pm

sherb

bye Haz :) ...see you tomorrow...

1:48 pm

inge

Bye Haz!

1:48 pm

metaleather

I did have a Hanuman icon up, but changed to this one instead... it's sort of like an embrace

1:48 pm

Anniebrook

later, haz

1:48 pm

sherb

some themes inspire...

1:49 pm

Anniebrook

hey metal!

1:49 pm

metaleather

hey Annie

1:49 pm

Charm

bye Haz.

1:49 pm

metaleather

'bye Haz

1:49 pm

Minski

I'm up over 100 words. Time for lunch before the baby wakes up from her nap. TTFN.

1:50 pm

hurshy

i had planned to go grocery shopping but i don't think that's going to happen

1:50 pm

inge

right, more important to finish babble grid!

1:50 pm

metaleather

'bye Minski

1:50 pm

M3

can i have a clue for the 3rd tr 5/10 please

1:51 pm

hurshy

much. there is food to eat until tomorrow :)

1:51 pm

hurshy

hurshy tr5 to think of a good clue...

1:51 pm

sherb

one more A from the right hand column - I have the plant, the thing that sounds like an 80's games console, the thing that sounds like death and the heart valve...

1:52 pm

hurshy

adj on heart valve

1:52 pm

hurshy

what's the plant?

1:52 pm

sherb

tr10 - attempts...

1:53 pm

sherb

a6 - like mimosa...

1:53 pm

inge

the plant is really a tree, grows in Michigan

1:53 pm

hurshy

ooh ooh i got it

1:53 pm

hurshy

one more M and that whole column would be grey!

1:54 pm

sherb

thanks hursh :)

1:54 pm

hurshy

have you got all the O's, sherb? i need one.

1:55 pm

inge

jsut checked it, the ac 6 name is sometimes applied to locust trees

1:55 pm

sherb

yep... let me guess...

1:55 pm

inge

well, tomorrow's theme is Christmas trees...and ours isn't even up yet!

1:55 pm

sherb

o5... of the gooseplant family?

1:56 pm

hurshy

i think we have established that i know nothing about plants or biology in any way

1:56 pm

garyandjulie

WOW, I don't play in a few days and I pop in and it's 306 words

1:56 pm

hurshy

but, yes, that sounds like it could be it

1:56 pm

garyandjulie

count me as gobsmacked lol

1:57 pm

sherb

ok... sounds like... the ****le of Delphi... plus a consonant...

1:57 pm

hurshy

*checks garyandjulie off on her gobsmacked list*

1:58 pm

hurshy

thank you sherb!

1:58 pm

hurshy

oh i got a word!

1:59 pm

sherb

this is never going to work... I still need 28 words...

1:59 pm

hurshy

33 here sherb

1:59 pm

garyandjulie

wtg hurshy

1:59 pm

hurshy

we can do it!!!

1:59 pm

sherb

...and I know they're going to be monsters...

1:59 pm

bichon

the second ca 5/14 please, desparate

1:59 pm

garyandjulie

my Monster is caled PAul does that help sherb?

1:59 pm

garyandjulie

my Monster is caled PAul does that help sherb?

2:00 pm

sherb

I mean, what sort of a word is that ca7/40...

2:00 pm

hurshy

the second one i have rhymes with a collection of prostitutes, bichon, but, of course, i have no idea what is actually the second.

2:01 pm

garyandjulie

would love to stay and join in the fun but watching a dvd with the family otnight. So happy hunting people

2:01 pm

ruthy

li-5-12 please the 1st one

2:02 pm

hurshy

legal?

2:02 pm

ruthy

thx hurshy

2:03 pm

M3

3rd tr 5/10 please its my last one phew x

2:03 pm

sherb

'collection of prostitutes'....

2:03 pm

hurshy

ya know, solomon had a big one

2:04 pm

sherb

tr5/10 - attempts

2:04 pm

M3

fish doh phew all done xxx

2:04 pm

sherb

*blushes*

2:04 pm

hurshy

lol

2:04 pm

lynxxx

Well done M3!

2:05 pm

M3

what a tuffy today, i have done no wrapping up. i have blamed babble for all my failings this week ;-)

2:05 pm

sherb

ah, I was wondering how a 5 letter word could sound like brothel...

2:05 pm

sherb

...and I already had that one... :(

2:05 pm

hurshy

sadly, i had so many failings before i began babbling that i fear i cannot blame them on it

2:05 pm

lynxxx

M3 - at least you have things to wrap - yet to start!

2:06 pm

sherb

well done M3 :) ...I don't go in for all this WTG-ing nonsense whenever someone finishes a grid, but today's deserves congratulations :D

2:07 pm

hurshy

*high fives sherb*

2:07 pm

sherb

*high fives hursh* ...what for?...

2:08 pm

hurshy

i don't go in for all the congrats in general either, thought it was just me.

2:09 pm

sherb

no, I think praise should be reserved for special occasions... explains a lot about my life...

2:09 pm

hurshy

lol

2:09 pm

hurshy

i think it is time for another golly GEE

2:10 pm

sherb

golly golly gee... with knobs on!!

2:11 pm

hurshy

i've got more pepper than salt now though :)

2:11 pm

Charm

I have a husband who thinks praise need not be given, that if he says nothing, I should know all is well. And that he only need comment if things are NOT well. So I like to praise even little victories. It makes me silly, I know.

2:11 pm

hurshy

you mean you have a husband, charm.

2:11 pm

Charm

lol, hurshy

2:12 pm

bichon

the second ca 5/14 pleeeeez

2:12 pm

hurshy

raise your hand if your husband has ever considered "organizing the dirty dishes" doing housework.

2:13 pm

Charm

don't make me laugh, it gets me off track on the grid.

2:14 pm

Anniebrook

Charm, you are not silly at all.

2:14 pm

sherb

one more L from the bottom... 3 x le and fibber, fibs, Italian currency and pl

2:14 pm

hurshy

that is just what i have, sherb :(

2:15 pm

sherb

:(

2:15 pm

hurshy

lieth ng

2:15 pm

hurshy

ooh ooh

2:15 pm

hurshy

substitute

2:16 pm

brandyjack

is an li4/6 that is a form of undead, specifically an undead sorceror...

2:16 pm

Anniebrook

hurshy is getting bibical

2:17 pm

sherb

hi BJ :) ...I think that li4 comes from the top row...

2:17 pm

hurshy

sherb sherb did you get it?

2:17 pm

bichon

what is the pl of It. currency?

2:17 pm

sherb

was that clue hursh?

2:17 pm

hurshy

substitute... in **** of

2:17 pm

brandyjack

hmm, you are right, i looked there, but simply couldn't see it till after i opened my mouth....

2:18 pm

sherb

yay! ...thanks hursh :)

2:18 pm

inge

li 5/12 means flexible, bendable, a poetic term

2:18 pm

bichon

please take pity on me the ca 5/14 [2nd one]

2:18 pm

sherb

'only' nine boxes still to grey out...

2:19 pm

hurshy

bichon, we just don't know which is second. the first 2 i have are a chocolate word and the one i said before

2:19 pm

hurshy

but i could be missing a bunch, there are so many c's.

2:19 pm

inge

ca 5/14: the vehicle + **men (bad sign)

2:19 pm

Anniebrook

bichon, is it ca***----to careen

2:19 pm

sherb

bichon - do you have the one that means rebound, sometimes spelled with two OO's?

2:20 pm

Haz1558

The second ca5/14 - ca plus the beginning of the Eternal City

2:20 pm

bichon

Thanx Haz

2:20 pm

hurshy

well i guess i was right the first time round then, lol

2:20 pm

BillBrick

didn't know it would be spelled with only one "o" thnx

2:20 pm

sherb

I still need 12 C's...

2:20 pm

Haz1558

You're welcome, bichon.

2:21 pm

inge

is that a collection of prostitutes, hursh?

2:21 pm

hurshy

i only need 7 sherb

2:21 pm

hurshy

it rhymes with one, inge

2:21 pm

sherb

but that ends ...em...

2:21 pm

Anniebrook

I am going to make a brisket from a recipe that metal gave....be back later

2:21 pm

inge

well, ok

2:21 pm

hurshy

i dunno i guess technically they are not prostitutes but concubines and such

2:22 pm

hurshy

i know that sherb but you go with whatever you can think of in this game :)

2:22 pm

inge

unless you are a Mormon, then it is must more wives

2:23 pm

inge

*just

2:23 pm

hurshy

sherb, i have found... 18 ca's

2:23 pm

hurshy

9 ch's

2:23 pm

hurshy

12 ci's

2:23 pm

hurshy

10 co's

2:23 pm

sherb

18 ca's... check

2:23 pm

hurshy

6 cr's

2:24 pm

sherb

9 ch's... check

2:24 pm

hurshy

and 18 of what peri said were 20 cu's.

2:24 pm

inge

but there are 20 ca's

2:24 pm

sherb

only 11 ci's...

2:24 pm

hurshy

well then i guess we need more, don't we

2:24 pm

sherb

only 9 co's

2:25 pm

sherb

6 cr's... check

2:25 pm

sherb

only 17 cu's...

2:25 pm

hurshy

well whaddya know!

2:25 pm

hurshy

the capital of... is it venezuela? counts!

2:26 pm

sherb

Caracas?

2:27 pm

hurshy

oh no it is an island OFF venezuela, not the capital.

2:27 pm

Angelsong

fireworks!

2:27 pm

Haz1558

Congratulations Angelsong!

2:28 pm

sherb

google... 72 islands lie off Venezuela...

2:28 pm

hurshy

this one has a cedilla and is 7/40

2:28 pm

sherb

well done Angel :)

2:28 pm

Haz1558

sherb - are you saying there are limitations to your enthusiasm for finishing this grid?

2:29 pm

sherb

LOL Haz :)

2:30 pm

sherb

in a minute, I'm going to begging for third letter + first letter etc clues...

2:30 pm

hurshy

:O

2:31 pm

sherb

knowing I need two more ca's is not helping...

2:31 pm

hurshy

it starts the same as the cu8

2:31 pm

Haz1558

Snakes, crosses and hoops at the ready

2:31 pm

sherb

there's a cu8?

2:32 pm

hurshy

yes, positions held by people in li4 of the vicar.

2:32 pm

sherb

snakes, hoops etc don't mean much to me... I thnk I must have been taught English before all that new-fangled stuff came in...

2:33 pm

sherb

*beams* ...thanks hursh... I only need 2 more 8's... 7 more 7's...

2:33 pm

hurshy

me 2 8's and 8 7's

2:34 pm

torgone

306 to go for me . .

2:34 pm

hurshy

lol

2:35 pm

Haz1558

torgone! This may be your chance to beat hurshy.

2:35 pm

hurshy

we should talk 8's: i have at, ch, ci, cr, cu, mo, tr

2:35 pm

sherb

have you got the ca7 dance... sounds like singing contest?

2:36 pm

hurshy

no i don't think i have that sherb

2:36 pm

hurshy

you mean it sounds like when you sing following the words that come up on the screen?

2:36 pm

Haz1558

Not the eurovision singing contest, though?

2:36 pm

sherb

yep

2:36 pm

hurshy

aha, there it is.

2:37 pm

hurshy

thanks sherb!

2:37 pm

sherb

ni8

2:37 pm

hurshy

the knights who say ni

2:38 pm

sherb

still haven't got the Venezuelan island... don;t understand how it can start like the cu8... is it a cu or a ca?

2:38 pm

bichon

the cl 6?

2:38 pm

hurshy

CL!

2:38 pm

hurshy

it is a cu7/40, same first 5 as the 8

2:38 pm

gailinrb

hi everyone, and lol, hurshy

2:39 pm

bichon

the Island isn't Venezualan but is off it. It's a Dutch protectorate and one of the ABC islands

2:39 pm

gailinrb

and now for something completely different, hurshy? heh

2:39 pm

Haz1558

ca7/40 - ends as in the last two letters of the Chinese Chairman's name

2:40 pm

Haz1558

cu7/40 -that should be

2:40 pm

sherb

doh! ...now if you'd said Blue Cu***** cocktail, Id have got it straightaway! :)

2:40 pm

hurshy

bichon what are its points? and is it the only CL?

2:40 pm

gailinrb

i wanted curare... the poison.

2:40 pm

Haz1558

(Makes mental note, alcohol clues for sherb)

2:40 pm

hurshy

don't we all

2:40 pm

bichon

Yes, 24 points

2:41 pm

sherb

LO Haz and hursh!! :D:D

2:41 pm

hurshy

insert opposite of hi into the first ca4

2:41 pm

bichon

Got it the cl

2:41 pm

torgone

I'll take some of that curare ...

2:42 pm

gailinrb

i think i got some in my brain, tor.

2:42 pm

hurshy

ok so now i need... a ca, a cu, and 2 other c's which must be ch, ci, co, or cr. LOL

2:42 pm

sherb

arrgghh... we've had that word before...

2:44 pm

hurshy

28 to go and just one of them is a 4... am i ever in trouble

2:44 pm

hurshy

oh i was supposed to be working on ni8!

2:45 pm

sherb

I still need 2 U's... I have the ones that sound like the facial cleanser, a pee adj, the thing peed from, another pee adj and the womb...

2:45 pm

sherb

do you have ni7?

2:45 pm

hurshy

poly*******e

2:46 pm

hurshy

no sherb, i miss 5 N's :(

2:46 pm

Haz1558

ur5/14 - resembles the structure of the poison mentioned earlier. Ends in Mr Onassis

2:46 pm

sherb

now who would have guessed that..

2:46 pm

Haz1558

ur4/6 - acid

2:47 pm

hurshy

haz... that... are you thinking of some other word?

2:47 pm

Haz1558

Who knows, hurshy?

2:48 pm

hurshy

i don't have any U words ending in ari

2:48 pm

hurshy

and i have all the U's

2:48 pm

sherb

urari isn't in there... :(

2:48 pm

hurshy

actually i don't think i have any words ending in ari so if you ARE thinking of something else i want to know what it is! :)

2:48 pm

Haz1558

Well, that's interesting....

2:49 pm

Haz1558

I'm doing this with Lickety's list and have typed in something I thought was acceptable but isn't. What a pity....

2:49 pm

gailinrb

which grid are you workin', Haz? ;)

2:49 pm

Haz1558

I think it's this grid, but again, who knows?

2:50 pm

sherb

*weeps gently...* ...just one more U...

2:50 pm

hurshy

3 peeing adj's, a 4, a 5, and a 6

2:50 pm

sherb

it's the 6!!

2:50 pm

hurshy

tea is a di******

2:51 pm

Haz1558

Ending in the twitch?

2:51 pm

hurshy

(see how i give a tea clue for the english!)

2:52 pm

hurshy

when you get it sherb can we talk about these long ni's?

2:52 pm

sherb

...disappointment? ...diversion? ...disgrace?

2:52 pm

hurshy

ooh nvm found em

2:52 pm

sherb

diffusion?

2:52 pm

hurshy

look at haz's clue

2:53 pm

sherb

it was the twitch wot done it... thanks Haz :)

2:53 pm

sherb

20 left...

2:53 pm

Haz1558

That's okay - sorry for the confusion earlier, I have corrected my own mistake.

2:53 pm

hurshy

twitch... for two... and two... for twitch

2:54 pm

hurshy

25 here!

2:54 pm

hurshy

i should eat a sand-a-wich

2:54 pm

sherb

talking of tea... maybe a mince pie would help as well ?

2:55 pm

hurshy

would it? have i missed a mincing word?

2:55 pm

sherb

have you had lunch yet hurshy?

2:55 pm

hurshy

let me think

2:55 pm

hurshy

i have had crackers and cheese and some petit ecolier

2:55 pm

sherb

no... I have a packet of Fortnum's St Clements mince pies...

2:56 pm

sherb

but that would mean getting up and walking to the kitchen...

2:56 pm

hurshy

exactly the problem

2:56 pm

hurshy

i have some lovely chicken salad just waiting for me but...

2:56 pm

hurshy

what if i miss a clue???

2:56 pm

Haz1558

Ladies - look at the left hand of the page. 9 hours left.

2:57 pm

hurshy

yes and i do NOT want to use all that time, lol

2:57 pm

hurshy

it's just laziness, that's all

2:57 pm

sherb

this is ridiculous...

2:58 pm

hurshy

the laziness or the grid?

2:58 pm

Atalante

only 9 hours??!!! eeeep!

2:58 pm

Haz1558

Atalante - I said it to soothe, not to stir!

2:58 pm

hurshy

or the fact that "ruach" doesn't count

2:58 pm

Atalante

argh! help! arrgghhhh! :)

2:59 pm

sherb

if there were a Richter scale for grids, this would score at least an 8...

3:00 pm

Haz1558

On the plus side, I have all the ca words.

3:00 pm

Haz1558

But maybe you have them all already?

3:00 pm

mo

hi all...glad I am not the only one finding this difficult!!

3:01 pm

sherb

it's turned my brain to rubble... and all the other Babblers have fled the area...

that's good Haz... now I just need a clue for the one I'm missing please... :)

3:01 pm

gailinrb

wow. finally got all the Us. ick ick ick.

3:01 pm

gailinrb

so, how can i help... or can i?

3:01 pm

Haz1558

Silly question - which do you miss?

3:02 pm

sherb

I keep clicking on your icon gail, to remind me of the futility of this game...

3:02 pm

BillBrick

i guess all of you have the pro version so you can see the list of stats etc.???

3:02 pm

hurshy

when lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that words betray, what charm can soothe her melancholy, what art can wash her tears away?

3:02 pm

metaleather

I'm here sherb, just struggling to get these last 75

3:02 pm

gailinrb

right. i've got a headache! lol.

3:02 pm

sherb

brb phone

3:02 pm

metaleather

it does help Bill... I don't think I'd be able to finish without it

3:02 pm

Haz1558

There are two ca7 words.

3:03 pm

hurshy

i have both ca7's then!

3:03 pm

hurshy

no 8?

3:03 pm

hurshy

i mean there is no ca8?

3:03 pm

Haz1558

No ca8

3:03 pm

hurshy

wait i have 3 ca7

3:03 pm

Atalante

nope

3:04 pm

M.P.

This puzzle ... I'll get it someday!

3:04 pm

hurshy

ok then pick me out a weird 5 or 6, haz :)

3:04 pm

BillBrick

I have only played a few times myself and tend to give up after fourty or fifty words. Tends to get frustrating when you can't follow the clues and references you all share...

3:04 pm

hurshy

oh bill!

3:04 pm

hurshy

you can get the list!

3:04 pm

hurshy

look at angelsong's page for lots of resources!

3:04 pm

hurshy

we are sorry!

3:04 pm

BillBrick

really?

3:04 pm

Haz1558

The ca7 that looks like a cross between an auto and a trainer can be reduced by a vowel

3:05 pm

hurshy

should have mentioned for you sooner

3:05 pm

BillBrick

what do I need to do to get thelist?

3:05 pm

hurshy

25 points haz, as that was more to choose from!

3:06 pm

hurshy

angelsong's page has links to BJ's list and lickety's

3:06 pm

pabtrek

a bugmobile

3:06 pm

hurshy

you don't need to do anything but follow the links at the bottom of this page

3:06 pm

BillBrick

okay. thank you.

3:06 pm

Haz1558

The man's name, can be added to - vowel and plural

3:07 pm

hurshy

geesh, i can't believe i'm missing 9 R's!

3:07 pm

Haz1558

ca4/5 can become ca5/12 etc

3:07 pm

hurshy

8

3:08 pm

mkl

Hello everyone.

3:08 pm

hurshy

and YES ata, i have the marine creatures

3:08 pm

Haz1558

Hello mkl!

3:08 pm

hurshy

well, creature.

3:08 pm

mkl

Can I get a clue for the ni7 and 8?

3:09 pm

hurshy

baby louse + rouse to anger

3:10 pm

Atalante

told you you'd always remember them!

3:10 pm

hurshy

:)

3:11 pm

hurshy

maybe there is an R8, anyone have an R8?

3:11 pm

mo

thanks hurshy...didn't have those!

3:11 pm

Atalante

yes

3:11 pm

hurshy

well well well?

3:11 pm

mkl

thanks hurshy. That took car of my 8's. I still need 12 7's. Would it be bad to ask for help with them?

3:12 pm

Atalante

no, its not a well

3:12 pm

hurshy

:P

3:12 pm

hurshy

it would not be bad

3:12 pm

hurshy

futile, perhaps, but not bad.

3:12 pm

mkl

ac7 and ar7?

3:12 pm

mkl

I have 71 to go and have a severe case of brain fade.

3:13 pm

jean1953

good evening everybody:)

3:13 pm

hurshy

a + the asian girl harry potter liked + be sick, backwards

3:13 pm

Haz1558

ac7 - starts with pain/German attention, and ends like the ending of a flower/boring cream colour of paint

3:13 pm

mo

good evening jean.

3:13 pm

hurshy

ar7 stick an r in ac 6/24

3:13 pm

BillBrick

where is the total number of words for each puzzle found?

3:14 pm

hurshy

which ac 6/24, you ask? the second one, i think.

3:14 pm

hurshy

it should be at the top of either list, bill

3:14 pm

hurshy

but there are 306 today

3:14 pm

BillBrick

TY

3:14 pm

hurshy

atalante are you saying by your lack of clue that the R8 is easy and i should be able to find it?

3:15 pm

Atalante

no .... its a ru4/4 + ending you wouldn't imagine went on it

3:15 pm

hurshy

no such thing as an ru4/4

3:15 pm

Atalante

4/5 then!

3:15 pm

mo

ruch

3:16 pm

hurshy

and may i quote colonel brandon...

3:16 pm

Haz1558

ru4/5 = tumbledown

3:16 pm

hurshy

"i knew a young lady very like your sister, who was forced into, as you put it, a better acquaintance with the ways of the world, and the result was only ru****ion and despair. do not desire it."

3:17 pm

hurshy

but that is from the movie, haven't checked if austen actually wrote that line.

3:17 pm

hurshy

at any rate, yay, thank you! :)

3:18 pm

Charm

Oh, Col. Brandon. sigh. moon. swoon.

3:18 pm

Atalante

:)

3:18 pm

hurshy

sherb sherb where did you go

3:18 pm

mkl

I wasn't going to ask for help with any of the 6 letters, but now that you mention it hurshy, I don't have any of the ac6,24s

3:18 pm

Haz1558

To prove what a good actor Alan Rickman is, his Mr Slope in Barchester Chronicles was repulsive

3:18 pm

roncook

fireworks at last yippeeee

3:19 pm

hurshy

and then he's been sheriff of nottingham and snape too!

3:19 pm

hurshy

the ac6/24 i mentioned is like to cause to happen minus a t.

3:19 pm

evanonut

oh now i know who you're talking about!!!

3:19 pm

mkl

wtg roncook

3:19 pm

Charm

But I loved him in that otherwise forgettable movie with Demi Moore's exhusband - I can remember the name of neither movie nor actor.

3:19 pm

hurshy

the others i have are sharper and... sharps?

3:19 pm

Haz1558

Well done roncook!

3:19 pm

evanonut

i liked him in Love Actually

3:20 pm

hurshy

oh and don't forget galaxy quest!

3:20 pm

Charm

ac6 = ac + opp of me + past tense of eat.

3:20 pm

mo

well done roncock

3:20 pm

hurshy

was he in love actually? i remember liam neeson, hugh grant...

3:20 pm

roncook

good film galaxy quest

3:20 pm

mo

oops sorry...misspelt!!!

3:20 pm

Haz1558

Yes, he was in it (never seen the film but know that he featured)

3:20 pm

Atalante

r5ttttttt

3:21 pm

mkl

Charm. Would that be the last ac6?

3:21 pm

Atalante

lol sorry that was silverclaw

3:21 pm

Charm

He was also in a comedy with Selma Hayak, Linda Fiorentino, Matt Damon and his partner.

3:21 pm

hurshy

LOL

3:21 pm

Charm

mkl, the last 2 ac6/24's are related to the ac5/14.

3:21 pm

Haz1558

Even the cats have been recruited to tackle this grid.

3:21 pm

Atalante

she can probably find more words than me!

3:21 pm

Haz1558

All Spangle can do is lie and snore.

3:22 pm

hurshy

and oh, there's that first ac6/24, the tree.

3:22 pm

Atalante

same with Hobbit

3:22 pm

hurshy

i better call mitten in then

3:22 pm

sherb

WAH!! ...I've missed so many clues...

3:22 pm

mkl

Man, I'm totally lost with the ac's.

3:22 pm

hurshy

sherb i'm down to 21!

3:22 pm

sherb

18...

3:23 pm

hurshy

3:23 pm

Minski

186

3:23 pm

hurshy

r,l6olttyopt

3:23 pm

Haz1558

(She's gone for the cats)

3:23 pm

sherb

I saw a blue of ca and ac clues...

3:23 pm

hurshy

mitten isn't much better than sily

3:23 pm

hurshy

vfgggf hhhy76eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

3:24 pm

sherb

or even a blur...

3:24 pm

Charm

ac6/24 = a type of plant.
ac6/21 = ac + vowel + ***cotic.
ac6/24 = ac + opp of me + past tense of eat.
ac6/24 = based on the ac5/14 = more so.
ac6/24 = pl of the ac5/14.

3:24 pm

Siouxz

Hursh, you okay?

3:24 pm

hurshy

it's my cat :)

3:24 pm

Atalante

call in Marty!

3:24 pm

hurshy

marty and cinder are sleeeeping

3:24 pm

mkl

Okay. Nobody chat while I'm figuring out Charms clues. :-)

3:24 pm

Siouxz

Whew, I thought the grid was gettin to ya!

3:25 pm

Atalante

wake them up! its an emergency!

3:25 pm

sherb

thanks Charm :)

3:25 pm

hurshy

ooh, thanks charm, done with that box of A's now. now i just need 4 upper A's

3:25 pm

Charm

yw

3:25 pm

hurshy

you don't really want more chaotic typing, do you?

3:25 pm

metaleather

tyvm Charm

3:26 pm

sherb

I only need 6 A's now... all from the second row...

3:26 pm

sherb

does anyone have all the M's?

3:26 pm

hurshy

sherb do you have ai4/4 and an4/4

3:26 pm

Atalante

whats this blooming tree thing?

3:26 pm

mo

thank you charm.

3:26 pm

sherb

yep yep

3:26 pm

hurshy

at6/21 and at4/4

3:27 pm

hurshy

there is a pair like the drug ca 6/7 combo, but without the C

3:27 pm

sherb

Ata... blossom used to make honey...

3:27 pm

Charm

ac the locust tree

3:27 pm

Atalante

ohhhh ty!

3:27 pm

sherb

not the 6...

3:28 pm

hurshy

at6 is another one o' them dang adjectives

3:28 pm

sherb

drug?

3:28 pm

hurshy

ca6 group of people who sell drugs, is what i was referring to

3:29 pm

hurshy

so, at6, separate clue from drug one, which is for ar's

3:29 pm

sherb

oh yes... got em...

3:29 pm

hurshy

we must need some 7age, i should think

3:30 pm

mkl

ca7,36? Please don't say it's plural of ca6 cause I don't have that either.

3:30 pm

hurshy

well, it isn't anyway, mkl!

3:30 pm

sherb

got it...

3:31 pm

hurshy

it sounds like when you sing with the words on the screen and make a fool of yourself

3:31 pm

Charm

ca7/36 = ca* (automobile) + tap**** pudding.

3:31 pm

Kate44

cu 8/55 please?

3:31 pm

sherb

ca7/36 sounds like Japanese singing contest...

3:31 pm

mkl

ty charm

3:31 pm

hurshy

cu8 positions held by people in place of the vicar

3:31 pm

sherb

...slow...

3:32 pm

Charm

cu7 = pl of curate's workplace.

3:32 pm

mkl

io7?

3:32 pm

Kate44

thanks

3:32 pm

Charm

thank heaven - the c's are done. phew.

3:32 pm

hurshy

io + lo-cal, and pl

3:32 pm

sherb

io + not heavy and pl...

3:32 pm

hurshy

dagnabit!!! where are all the R's!

3:33 pm

mkl

thanks again

3:33 pm

mkl

Never heard of that word

3:33 pm

metaleather

Fred Astaire sang a song in "Flying Down to Rio" about this dance.... the Ca7/36

3:33 pm

mkl

le7,40?

3:33 pm

harpjane

li6/18?

3:33 pm

harpjane

I mean, li6/24?

3:33 pm

sherb

are there only 2 ca7's? ...and 4 ca 6's?

3:33 pm

hurshy

le7 starts like le6 but ends with co4/5

3:33 pm

hurshy

i mean 4/6

3:33 pm

hurshy

2 ca7

3:33 pm

hurshy

no

3:34 pm

hurshy

3 ca7!!!!

3:34 pm

mkl

don't have the le6 either

3:34 pm

hurshy

li6 a long list

3:34 pm

hurshy

le6 homonym of antonym of tighter

3:34 pm

sherb

ok... I have the dance... and the things with the insect...

3:35 pm

hurshy

and 5 ca6

3:35 pm

hurshy

and the drug people sherb

3:35 pm

hurshy

and have you got ***** blanche and pl?

3:35 pm

sherb

oh yes, I have them too... so it must be a 6...

3:35 pm

torgone

Mmmmm . . .drugs . . .

3:36 pm

Charm

colombian drug ca****?

3:36 pm

mkl

Second na7,32?

3:36 pm

hurshy

or... multiple mr. grants if you only need one.

3:36 pm

sherb

tooth decay, men, drug group and menus...

3:36 pm

hurshy

multiple lovely shell in which to hear the ocean, mkl

3:36 pm

hurshy

(it is a latin pl)

3:36 pm

hurshy

mr. grants sherb mr. grants

3:37 pm

hurshy

i'm all a-flutter

3:37 pm

sherb

isn't that the tooth decay?

3:38 pm

mkl

Okay. 9 more 7 letter words to go. Makes me think of several FOUR letter words.

3:38 pm

hurshy

oh i dunno

3:38 pm

sherb

(at first, I was thinking hugh, not ca**...)

3:38 pm

hurshy

to me tooth decay is cavity, lol

3:38 pm

mkl

The last ni7,28?

3:38 pm

hurshy

did you take the 4 letter man's name and add vowel and then pl it

3:38 pm

hurshy

how many ni 7/28's are there????????

3:38 pm

sherb

yep

3:39 pm

mkl

2 of them.

3:39 pm

sherb

I have 2...

3:39 pm

hurshy

and you pl'd ***** blanche?

3:39 pm

mkl

I have the ni7,28 that can be pluraled into an 8

3:39 pm

sherb

yep

3:39 pm

hurshy

and the other one comes AFTER that?

3:39 pm

hurshy

let me get this N and then i will think more what you miss

3:40 pm

mkl

yep

3:40 pm

sherb

there's an ni6/7 combo which is similar

3:40 pm

mkl

sherb. Can you clue the last ni7,28?

3:40 pm

hurshy

ok got them, done with N, yay!!!!

3:40 pm

hurshy

now sherb count your CA's and make sure you don't just THINK you miss one when you don't.

3:41 pm

sherb

like the other one mkl... change the last letter...

3:41 pm

sherb

one, two, three... nineteen!

3:41 pm

Mom

Hi all - going to attempt m*** words. 190 left :(

3:41 pm

hurshy

and what made you think it must be a 6 or 7?

3:42 pm

Biltong

Hi everyone.

3:42 pm

mkl

thanks

3:42 pm

Biltong

Hi Mom

3:42 pm

hurshy

5 6's and 3 7's

3:42 pm

Biltong

I still have 184 to go :(

3:42 pm

Mom

Hi Biltong

3:42 pm

hurshy

and we're ALL at sixes and sevens!

3:42 pm

mkl

Man. Those last 8 ni words are a LOT alike

3:43 pm

mo

hi Biltong.

3:43 pm

hurshy

ni! ni! ni!

3:43 pm

sherb

it's a 6... I only have four of them - mr grants, men plus es, drug group and things blanche...

3:43 pm

mkl

BOTH of the re7?

3:43 pm

hurshy

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh

3:43 pm

hurshy

i thought you said you had both bug ones

3:43 pm

hurshy

ca6/27 where you drop a letter from the bug ca7

3:43 pm

Biltong

hi mo. My daughter arrived safely on Saturday and she looks so well!

3:43 pm

hurshy

re7/28 teach again

3:44 pm

mkl

ni ni ni ni ni ni ni ni hey hey godbye

3:44 pm

sherb

thanks hursh!! :) ...15 to go...

3:44 pm

hurshy

that's 95% done sherb!!!

3:44 pm

hurshy

18 here... we can totally do this!

3:44 pm

mo

Biltong ...I bet you are so happy...glad she got here safe and sound......she can help you with Babble now then!!!

3:45 pm

sherb

there's another re7... *waits for clue...*

3:45 pm

hurshy

lol, me too

3:45 pm

hurshy

oh, almost reticule

3:45 pm

Biltong

lol. We haven't had much time for babble. These last four days have absolutely flown by for us.

3:45 pm

sherb

I'm still missing an 8...

3:46 pm

hurshy

oh, you are?

3:46 pm

Haz1558

I was taking a phone call there. I haven't missed the triumpant finish or anything?

3:46 pm

P.J.

Howdy HOHOHO All

3:46 pm

hurshy

nope

3:46 pm

Biltong

hi hodag

3:46 pm

Haz1558

triumphant.

3:46 pm

Mom

Hi Hodag

3:46 pm

harpjane

ok, i'll try again, if someone clued this earlier, I lost it. li6/24 and the first li5/12?

3:46 pm

Biltong

How are you doing with the grid, mo?

3:47 pm

mo

I bet they have....the trouble is Christmas will fly past too....thats the trouble with enjoying yourselves!!!!!

3:47 pm

hurshy

at, ch, ci, cr, cu, mo, ni, ru, tr

3:47 pm

hurshy

li6/24, a long list

3:47 pm

hurshy

li5/12 legal

3:47 pm

P.J.

hi Mom,biltong

3:47 pm

Scrabbler

Good day Babblers!

3:48 pm

Mom

Hodag, your grandson was entertaining us this morning. :)

3:48 pm

hurshy

define "good"

3:48 pm

mkl

re7,36?

3:48 pm

Mom

Hi Scrabber

3:48 pm

Biltong

hi scrabbler

3:48 pm

mo

another 177 to go I am afraid and not much more time left.

3:48 pm

sherb

it's the at... I made a mental note earlier and forgot...

3:49 pm

P.J.

hi ya Scrabbler. oh boy,was he good Mom?

3:49 pm

Scrabbler

hey, hodag--"mousey" has been e-mailing me. Tell him to be careful about e-mailing strangers. I'm not a predator but there are internet creeps out there.

3:49 pm

Mom

He was talkative

3:49 pm

Atalante

argh I must start finding words again! I'm so far behind! I blame gordon ramsey

3:49 pm

hurshy

looking frantically, mkl

3:50 pm

Biltong

Was there a Gordon Ramsey programme on Ata?

3:50 pm

harpjane

thanks for the li5, still need the li6/24

3:50 pm

P.J.

He always is but,he is a good boy.

3:50 pm

Atalante

yup!

3:50 pm

mkl

Anyone have the re7,36?

3:50 pm

sherb

re7/36 ends in y

3:50 pm

mkl

Anyone? Anyone? Mr Bueller? Anyone?

3:50 pm

Scrabbler

I cannot believe he is only 8, hodag--he is quite bright with his spelling and social skills.

3:50 pm

Mom

We get Hell's Kitchen here in the summer with Gordon Ramsey.

3:50 pm

hurshy

!

3:50 pm

sherb

it was the points that gave it away...

3:51 pm

Mom

Hodag, I am sure he is a good boy. Does he live near you?

3:51 pm

Biltong

Which one was on Ata? I thought they were finished for the time being

3:51 pm

hurshy

was going for 32, stupid stupid hurshy

3:51 pm

sherb

I need to lie down...

3:51 pm

sha

fireworks for me

3:51 pm

Scrabbler

Is this grid that bad, sherb??

3:51 pm

Atalante

Kitchen Nightmares, on C4

3:51 pm

Mom

Congrats Sha

3:51 pm

hurshy

1, 2, 3...

3:51 pm

sherb

worse...

3:51 pm

hurshy

YES!

3:52 pm

Scrabbler

Wooot wooott sha! 268 to go for me.

3:52 pm

P.J.

Thankyou Scrabbler,he is ahead of his class.

3:52 pm

hurshy

there it is!

3:52 pm

hurshy

did you get it mkl?

3:52 pm

sha

omg scrabbler its taken me hours to do this grid today

3:52 pm

Biltong

thanks, Ata

3:53 pm

hurshy

let's put it this way, this grid is getting coal in its stocking

3:53 pm

Scrabbler

He is like an adult trapped in a kid's body. I see kids like that in my practice--very precocious.

3:53 pm

mkl

Not yet. Stumbled onto the re5,14 that ends in y

3:53 pm

hurshy

re + crown, change last letter

3:53 pm

Scrabbler

sha--my goal with big grids during the week is to get 50%.

3:53 pm

P.J.

He lives pretty close. We have a good time when he visits!

3:53 pm

sherb

ooh, thanks mkl! :)

3:54 pm

hurshy

thought you were lying down :)

3:54 pm

Mom

Is he your only grandchild? I am sure he would keep you laughing

3:54 pm

mkl

Aha. See hurshy. You can teach an old dog new tricks.

3:54 pm

sherb

just one more R... rom the second row...

3:54 pm

Scrabbler

He must be quite entertaining, hodag. He sent me a story, titled, "A Story", with icons as pictures.

3:55 pm

hurshy

aw man, i need FOUR from there sherb!

3:55 pm

sha

do u have the prefer one

3:55 pm

harpjane

ch6/30?

3:55 pm

mkl

Both ur7,36?

3:55 pm

sha

sherb

3:55 pm

hurshy

*hugs harp*

3:55 pm

P.J.

I introduced him to Babble and he loves it. I would like to see or read it.

3:56 pm

sherb

don't have ch6/30... *waits breathlessly...*

3:56 pm

harpjane

hi hursh

3:56 pm

Atalante

ch + **/dc + mother

3:56 pm

sha

ch+1st vowel +letter before n +1st vowel

3:56 pm

sherb

yes, thanks sha :)

3:56 pm

harpjane

whoa, thanks! that's a word I don't use too often lol

3:56 pm

hurshy

yay, only 2 C's to go now! and one of 'em is definitely a cu.

3:57 pm

mkl

Hey. Watch it.

3:57 pm

P.J.

hi hursh

3:57 pm

sherb

this grid will have a place in the record books...

3:57 pm

mkl

ur7,36 anyone?

3:57 pm

hurshy

h'lo hodag

3:57 pm

hurshy

the tube your pee comes out of

3:58 pm

hurshy

and poly*******e

3:58 pm

mkl

Didn't even want to start this grid. My wife walked in and typed in a word. Then I was stuck.

3:58 pm

mkl

That's the only one I do have hurshy

3:58 pm

hurshy

ooooh, bad wifey

3:58 pm

sha

ur+2nd vowel +****k you very much

3:58 pm

hurshy

my husband has been told NEVER under ANY circumstances to enter a word in my babble.

3:59 pm

sha

then same 1st 4 letter as below +letter before s+1st vowel

3:59 pm

mkl

Ok. Have the pee tube :-) and the varnish. Need one more please.

3:59 pm

hurshy

oh, oh

4:00 pm

hurshy

you need ur6 that ends like graphite writing utensil

4:00 pm

hurshy

and pl

4:00 pm

hurshy

SOOO sorry mkl

4:00 pm

sha

ur+1st vowel +3rd letter+3rd vowel+straight letter

4:00 pm

sha

then plural it for the 7

4:00 pm

Scrabbler

hodag--I already deleted "mousey's" story--he can tell you about it.

4:01 pm

sherb

dum di dum...

4:01 pm

harpjane

ac6/21?

4:01 pm

mousey

hello all

4:01 pm

kalea

hello everyone

4:01 pm

hurshy

ah did mousey feel welcomed, hodag?

4:01 pm

Scrabbler

LOL, hurshy--about the Babble rules in your house!

4:01 pm

mkl

Wow. You all actually got me through the ur's. Thanks

4:01 pm

Biltong

hi kalea

4:01 pm

hurshy

don't tell me you have one left sherb! i still have 16!

4:01 pm

Biltong

hi mousey

4:02 pm

hurshy

oh there is mousey again!

4:02 pm

Mom

Hi Mousey and Kalea

4:02 pm

kalea

hiya Biltong

4:02 pm

kalea

hiya Mom

4:02 pm

mousey

yes hurshy

4:02 pm

P.J.

Thats okay ty.

4:02 pm

sherb

12...

4:02 pm

sha

ac+3rd vowel+letter after m+1st vowel+letter before s

4:02 pm

Scrabbler

Hi Mousey--I was telling your Grandma about the story that you sent me on Sunday.

4:02 pm

mkl

Four more 7's. Can I try the ac7 again?

4:03 pm

hurshy

i'll never catch up, you're always 3 or 4 ahead

4:03 pm

P.J.

Mousey when did you sneek in?

4:03 pm

hurshy

however, you have 3 R's i don't have from the second row, so if you helped me there it would be lovely :) :) :)

4:03 pm

harpjane

thanks sha

4:03 pm

mousey

i just got here

4:04 pm

sha

ac-7=ac+letter after g+4th vowel+straight letter+3rd vowel +1st vowel

4:04 pm

sha

yw harpjane

4:04 pm

P.J.

I see,killing time befor dinner?

4:04 pm

sherb

ok... ra6/24?

4:05 pm

hurshy

killing time has to be before dinner or there would be nothing to eat

4:05 pm

Biltong

thanks for the clues, sha

4:05 pm

hurshy

need that yes sherb!

4:05 pm

sha

yw biltong

4:05 pm

Atalante

ra6/24 mirage. or western place + vowel

4:05 pm

mkl

Sha I think that's the only way I would have found that word. Thanks

4:05 pm

sherb

ra5/12 bt ra4/5 and ra6/21?

4:05 pm

mkl

ar7,36?

4:05 pm

mousey

how are the fezents hodag!

4:06 pm

hurshy

aha

4:06 pm

sha

ra= western lodge +4th vowel

4:06 pm

hurshy

yup have that sherb

4:06 pm

hurshy

any 7's from there?

4:07 pm

kalea

ar7.........rainbow shape + vowel + dined

4:07 pm

sha

ar+3rd letter+last vowel+1st vowel+letter after s +2nd vowel

4:07 pm

sherb

not that I have... still missing one word...

4:07 pm

hurshy

what about rh's? any of those?

4:07 pm

P.J.

The pheasants are good,so are the chickens but I only got one egg today. Yesterday I got four.

4:07 pm

sherb

nope

4:07 pm

hurshy

all i have is ra's from there.

4:07 pm

sha

no rh

4:08 pm

mkl

ra7,32?

4:08 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

TY all for all the lubberly clues

4:08 pm

mousey

whow!

4:08 pm

hurshy

((((mkl))))

4:08 pm

sha

ra**way +vehical

4:09 pm

P.J.

Yahoo for the egg head!!!

4:09 pm

mkl

I know, I know. I said I need help with the 7 letter words.

4:09 pm

hurshy

FISH!

4:09 pm

hurshy

that was a hug, mkl, for that was the R we sought

4:10 pm

mkl

Oh. Sorry. Thought you were chastising me.

4:10 pm

sherb

thanks sha :D

4:10 pm

sha

yw sherb

4:10 pm

hurshy

what about ry? or are they just all RA from there?

4:10 pm

mkl

Last clue? le7,40?

4:11 pm

mkl

No ry's

4:11 pm

hurshy

le7 ends in co4 long long sleep

4:11 pm

TrickyRic

hi all

4:11 pm

mousey

hodag you BETTER not be calling me EGGHEAD

4:11 pm

sha

le+last vowel+unconcious

4:11 pm

mousey

hi ric

4:12 pm

Biltong

hi Ric

4:12 pm

Kate44

re 7/28 plese?

4:12 pm

hurshy

what on earth can i be missing???

4:12 pm

Mom

Hi Tricky Ric

4:12 pm

hurshy

oh i just noticed, it's the dreaded 14!!

4:12 pm

Biltong

Clue for the le6/24 please?

4:12 pm

Mom

rehay

4:12 pm

Atalante

are there any squ words?

4:12 pm

mkl

That does it for my 7 and 8 letter words. I shall now babble quietly and ask for no more clues. (He lies with a straight face)

4:12 pm

hurshy

le6 homonym of antonym of tighten

4:12 pm

hurshy

no, ata

4:12 pm

Mom

oops, wrong box. Sorry

4:13 pm

mousey

bye all

4:13 pm

Biltong

bye mousey

4:13 pm

hurshy

MKL!! i still need two 7's! can you guess them?? :) :) :)

4:13 pm

Charm

finally. done. clues before I go?

4:13 pm

sha

le+last vowel+3rd letter +3rd vowel+letter after m

4:13 pm

sherb

no squ's

4:13 pm

P.J.

Hey mousey,natureguy came out last night and worked on my computer,it is much faster now

4:13 pm

Mom

bye Mousey

4:13 pm

Scrabbler

Bye mousey. Enjoy dinner.

4:13 pm

TrickyRic

bye mousey

4:13 pm

Charm

le6/24 = le*kemia + ***ema verite.

4:13 pm

P.J.

Bye mousey LOL.

4:13 pm

mkl

Seriously? There are 27, 7 letter words. I'll clue you if you let me know which ones you need.

4:14 pm

hurshy

but i do not know which ones i need. i thought maybe it wouldn't be too hard since i've just clued you a lot of them so you might know like which ones i haven't clued for you

4:14 pm

TrickyRic

scrabbler was it you that pointed me to livejournal last night?

4:14 pm

hurshy

if you cannot that is ok though :)

4:14 pm

Biltong

ty sha and Charm

4:15 pm

Scrabbler

No, not me.

4:15 pm

TrickyRic

i created an account buy i can't figure out how to get to the jobs section, lol

4:15 pm

hurshy

actually *i* didn't clue you a lot but people did and i got all them ones

4:15 pm

Biltong

Well done, Charm!!

4:15 pm

sha

ac-7,ar-7,ca7x3,ch 7,ci 7x2,cr-7,cu 7x4

4:15 pm

hurshy

my head is in such a state

4:15 pm

TrickyRic

oh, hmm

4:15 pm

hurshy

sha, sha, that is ok, you don't have to do that

4:15 pm

mkl

I was just doing that Sha. You've quicker fingers than I.

4:16 pm

hurshy

no, that is not necessary

4:16 pm

sha

lol mkl

4:16 pm

hurshy

however, it did reveal that my missing CU is a 7

4:16 pm

harpjane

cu5/18? and the first cu4?

4:16 pm

Mom

Off to do the dishes and mix up some cookies. 173 left :( might not make it even half way tonight.

4:16 pm

hurshy

cu5/18 like where you go on sunday minus h

4:16 pm

sha

cu-4 to heal

4:16 pm

pabtrek

can't figure out your clue charm

4:17 pm

hurshy

cu4 actors need these

4:17 pm

Biltong

bye Mom.

4:17 pm

sherb

I need cu7... I have liqueur, to stop and window hanging...

4:17 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

finally got more than half. Oy!

4:17 pm

kalea

cu5................place of worship without the second letter

4:17 pm

Atalante

liqueur mixed up!

4:17 pm

mkl

Hurshy. Do you have all 3 of the ca7's?

4:17 pm

harpjane

sherb switch the last two letters of liquer

4:17 pm

FranMag

sherb, there is an alt spelling of the liqueur

4:17 pm

Charm

pabtrek, there was another clue for that word just before mine.

4:17 pm

hurshy

yes i do mkl

4:17 pm

FranMag

hello babblers!

4:17 pm

hurshy

now i have ALL the C7's

4:17 pm

harpjane

thanks

4:18 pm

hurshy

and that big old 64 box is GREY!

4:18 pm

sha

2 of the cu 7 the same swop the last 2 vowels

4:18 pm

Biltong

Is there another clue for the cu7 liquer? Please..

4:18 pm

P.J.

Off to finish making cookies and dinner........bye.........

4:18 pm

Charm

ok. since I've spent most of the day on this monster, I better go and at least *look* like I've done something. like take the dog out.
have fun babbling and see y'all tomorrow.

4:18 pm

Biltong

bye hodag

4:18 pm

hurshy

sherb, did you finish the M's?

4:18 pm

FranMag

biltong, it's also a country

4:18 pm

pabtrek

thanks charm

4:18 pm

FranMag

later charm!

4:18 pm

harpjane

er5?

4:18 pm

Biltong

bye Charm.

4:19 pm

harpjane

never mind

4:19 pm

Scrabbler

Good work, Gwen. I am almost 1/3 done.

4:19 pm

sherb

thanks Ata, harpjane and Fran :D ...and evening Fran :)

4:19 pm

Scrabbler

Bye hodag and charm

4:19 pm

FranMag

hi sherb!

4:19 pm

sherb

no, still need one M...

4:19 pm

sha

er+3rd vowel+3rd letter +1st vowel girls name

4:19 pm

Biltong

Hi Fran. ty

4:19 pm

hurshy

maybe that is the last of the 7's, i have only one M7...?

4:20 pm

sherb

it's probably a 4...

4:20 pm

FranMag

sherb, your solution for the hex puzzle yesterday was brilliant! i was in awe of your score.

4:20 pm

FranMag

hi biltong!

4:20 pm

hurshy

i dunno sherb, i only need one 4

4:20 pm

sha

theres only one m 7

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