Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, April 7, 2010

12:00 am

flosey

flip

12:00 am

Barb's Horses

flip

12:00 am

gremlinn

fe 7

12:01 am

cybernan

wallet security tip -- put a piece of tinfoil in the billfold section -- portable radio frequency readers can pick up the data from credit card chips, otherwise -- right through your purse!

12:01 am

gremlinn

phantom alcohol

12:01 am

pippingeek

aaand i'm going to say it's a good thing the chog ate that last comment

12:01 am

Bugsaw

is that true nan? I am shocked

12:02 am

joshuavorbis

hi and nbt

12:03 am

pippingeek

night all, no energy to tackle a grid, just gonna chill with my cat

12:03 am

Barb's Horses

nite pip...hugs again

12:03 am

Bugsaw

cat cuddling should help your mood pippin. Good night and take care

12:03 am

pippingeek

good luck, amybe i'll make in back in a few days

12:03 am

Barb's Horses

see you soon then

12:04 am

gremlinn

right 2 columns grayed

12:04 am

Barb's Horses

go grem

12:05 am

J. C.

I should not have started this.

12:05 am

jillibus

flip late

12:05 am

J. C.

It's all Jilli's fault...

12:05 am

jillibus

I knew it! A little one when I have tame!

12:05 am

flosey

nbt

12:06 am

Bugsaw

aren't you glad you love her tho JC?

12:06 am

jillibus

*time

12:06 am

westford

flip late and hello everyone

12:06 am

J. C.

Yes. You were saying it would be...

12:06 am

J. C.

Of course, Bugsaw. :)

12:07 am

Bugsaw

WOW flosey!

12:07 am

Bugsaw

hi westfore

12:07 am

Bugsaw

westford, sorry

12:07 am

flosey

oops, missed one

12:08 am

westford

wtg flosey

12:08 am

westford

hi bugs

12:08 am

Barb's Horses

hi west and flosey

12:08 am

westford

call me anything but just say hi lol

12:08 am

Barb's Horses

oh and anyone i missed

12:08 am

westford

hi barb

12:08 am

J. C.

Hi, westford - long time no see?! :)

12:08 am

flosey

hi west

12:08 am

cybernan

NBT :)

12:09 am

Bugsaw

cute icon west

12:09 am

jillibus

wtg flosey! I haven't even looked at the grid yet!

12:09 am

flosey

have it now, nbt for sure this time

12:09 am

jillibus

wtg west

12:09 am

westford

thanks bugs isn't it though

12:09 am

westford

wtg nan

12:09 am

westford

hi JC nice to see you here

12:09 am

J. C.

My icon is of a hedgedog. :P He snuffles and roots through the hedges, looking for hedgehogs.

12:10 am

westford

lol JC he's a cutie too

12:10 am

J. C.

Yes - a pup in the photo. A year old now and still quite small. Smaller than Valerie!

12:10 am

joshuavorbis

phant havoc halva(h)

12:11 am

J. C.

Yes, Joshua! I tried halva...

12:11 am

J. C.

I enjoy it - it's tasty!

12:11 am

gremlinn

be 6

12:11 am

westford

jilli why'd you wtg me? lol

12:11 am

westford

I just noticed

12:11 am

J. C.

My brain kept seeing it - despite the letters not being in the right places. :P

12:12 am

gremlinn

be6 x 2

12:12 am

flosey

sweet little dog jc

12:12 am

jillibus

I don't know, west -- I guess I meant nan -- and I meant to say your little hedgehog is adorable.

12:12 am

J. C.

He is, flosey! :)

12:12 am

joshuavorbis

yes, halva is great, and smells nice

12:12 am

J. C.

Yes.

12:12 am

westford

well you were half right that's my name too

12:13 am

jillibus

What does halva taste like? I've never had it but have seen it all over the place.

12:13 am

jillibus

oh yes, so it is!

12:13 am

flosey

isn't it honey and ground sesame seed?

12:13 am

Bugsaw

it is lovely jilli. ground almonds and honey

12:14 am

jillibus

sounds awfully sweet

12:14 am

dcseain

fe7, flop, and hello :)

12:14 am

J. C.

Seain! :)

12:14 am

westford

hello seain

12:14 am

Bugsaw

it is usually a dessert. I serve it with apples and cheese for those who like sweets

12:15 am

jillibus

hi dc :)

12:15 am

westford

sounds like baklava

12:15 am

J. C.

I have an fe7,40 - is that the one, Seain?

12:15 am

dcseain

good morning, JC, west, bugs, jilli et all. well, evening yet for some. :)

12:15 am

westford

I thought it was a green leafy plant shows how much I get out

12:15 am

dcseain

yes, only 7 there is today, JC

12:15 am

J. C.

Plural of the fe6,27?

12:15 am

gremlinn

it's the only 7

12:15 am

J. C.

Oh, OK.

12:15 am

gremlinn

fireworks

12:15 am

dcseain

mmmm. baklava. that would be good.

12:15 am

dcseain

congrats, grem

12:16 am

Bugsaw

HI Seain

12:16 am

joshuavorbis

phant feeble, which describes my attempts to enter it despite the reality

12:16 am

westford

yay grem !!

12:16 am

gremlinn

no morewords needed today, even

12:16 am

Barb's Horses

my goodness grem..good job

12:16 am

Bugsaw

I have been here too long already. Poofing

12:17 am

jillibus

baklava I've had, from a former genuine Greek restaurant here, run by genuine Greeks

12:17 am

flosey

wow grem, so fast

12:17 am

gremlinn

clues in my profile

12:17 am

jillibus

WOW, grem!

12:17 am

Barb's Horses

bye bugs

12:17 am

J. C.

I did that with 'halva' Joshua - and more than once. :P So don't feel too badly about it.

12:17 am

jillibus

thanks grem!

12:17 am

jillibus

Night bugs!

12:17 am

dcseain

carrot halva is a happy.

12:18 am

cybernan

well done grem

12:18 am

J. C.

Carrot anything is - carrot cake, carrot muffins. :)

12:18 am

Barb's Horses

can't see anymore right now...going cross eyed...night all see you tomorrow maybe and thanks for the thoughts and prayers for my hubby tomorrow

12:19 am

flosey

carrot cake, a favourite

12:19 am

jillibus

sheesh, I've been looking for words coming from those Es on the left...

12:19 am

dcseain

g'night, barb, and best to you and him both.

12:19 am

westford

all the best to him and you barb

12:19 am

gremlinn

try the Es on the right! :)

12:19 am

J. C.

Yes - all the best to him, Barb.

12:20 am

jillibus

night barb, and good luck!

12:20 am

J. C.

Both of you, yes...

12:21 am

dcseain

yay found my wallet.

12:21 am

jillibus

was it lost, dc?

12:22 am

dcseain

i tossed it in my bag on Sunday, couldn't find it Monday or today, until just a few minutes ago, on checking in my bag again. The wallet is black and brown, bag interior is safety orange - you'd think it would be visible

12:23 am

robbie09

hi jilli,dc,JC,grem

12:23 am

robbie09

glad you found your wallet dc!

12:23 am

westford

whew seain

12:23 am

dcseain

hi, robbie

12:23 am

flosey

hi robbie

12:23 am

J. C.

Hi, robbie!

12:23 am

robbie09

hi flosey!

12:23 am

jillibus

thank goodness you looked agin, dc!

12:23 am

westford

hello robbie

12:23 am

robbie09

hi west

12:23 am

jillibus

hi robbie :)

12:24 am

jillibus

*again

12:24 am

robbie09

hi jilli!

12:24 am

westford

I have the lonely l to go and it isn't the tree thingee

12:24 am

jillibus

lots of phantoms here

12:24 am

dcseain

i clearly recalled tossing it in, and last time i misplaced it, i dumped the bag out, and voilà, so i bothered to sit down and check again. so yes, jilli, very muchso

12:25 am

dcseain

volcano

12:25 am

robbie09

glad you checked it again dc!

12:25 am

gremlinn

change one letter, west

12:25 am

westford

thanks grem

12:25 am

dcseain

especially since i need to get my car's inspections tomorrow and renew my registration.

12:26 am

westford

big hug grem..nbt

12:26 am

robbie09

I just got my notice in the mail for that dc

12:27 am

dcseain

mine came a month ago, but i have the money this week

12:27 am

joshuavorbis

fireworks

12:28 am

joshuavorbis

last word silly 2nd be6

12:28 am

dcseain

congrats, joshua

12:28 am

westford

yay josh !!

12:28 am

robbie09

hi josh and wtg josh!

12:28 am

cybernan

congrats, josh

12:28 am

robbie09

hi nan

12:28 am

westford

they're all silly if you ask me

12:28 am

dcseain

evening, nan

12:28 am

Douglas

You rock, josh (like we didn't already know that) Hello everyone!

12:29 am

joshuavorbis

sounds like a verb for making a small furry creature's life miserable

12:29 am

westford

hi doug

12:29 am

cybernan

got it west -- once you said it was 2nd and silly

12:29 am

joshuavorbis

there were only a few weird ones today, and that was the silliest imo

12:29 am

cybernan

hi robbie

12:29 am

cybernan

and seain

12:29 am

robbie09

hi douglas

12:30 am

dcseain

hi, douglas

12:30 am

westford

silly words = the one's I can't get

12:30 am

cybernan

25 left here, but have come to a standstill

12:30 am

jillibus

hello doug

12:31 am

westford

ones*

12:31 am

robbie09

lol west

12:31 am

Douglas

Hello west, robbie, dc and jilli!

12:31 am

joshuavorbis

both the be6's are 6/33 if that helps

12:31 am

joshuavorbis

now i want some halva

12:32 am

jillibus

YAY josh, and wtg west

12:32 am

robbie09

ty josh

12:32 am

cybernan

sc, se, so -- missing?

12:32 am

dcseain

it hit 92F here today. August in April. yay?

12:32 am

Douglas

Enjoying wine and cheese while babbling

12:32 am

westford

thanks jilli grem helped

12:33 am

westford

makes you forget all about that snow doesn't it seain?

12:33 am

joshuavorbis

another sc nan

12:34 am

dcseain

I'm going to go check the site of last week's two-storey high snow piles along Temporary Rd.

12:34 am

cybernan

ty josh -- don't know how I managed to miss that!

12:34 am

robbie09

wow 92!

12:34 am

dcseain

that is, i'll check in the daylight :)

12:35 am

westford

they're talking high 80's here too

12:35 am

robbie09

it was funny seeing reports of people skiing wearing suntan lotion

12:36 am

Douglas

The one that the Enterprise waddles aboot like when the warp drive goes on the fritz? That sc?

12:36 am

robbie09

it is in the 70's here...it is raining:-(

12:36 am

dcseain

the snow reflects enough that that makes sense to me for exposed skin

12:36 am

jillibus

I'm so tired -- tossed and turned all night -- not seeing words right.

12:36 am

robbie09

the guys were shirtless..lol

12:37 am

westford

bad dreams jilli?

12:37 am

dcseain

i popped out of bed after 4h last night myself. Hoping for better sleep tonight, and for you also, jilli

12:38 am

jillibus

no, west, just couldn't sleep. Not usual for me.

12:38 am

robbie09

me also..lol I'm going to give sleeping a try..so bye all..I just wanted to say hello to everyone,and look at the new grid

12:39 am

jillibus

I guess I was still playing bridge or something.

12:39 am

helensgirlkid

Once in a while the snow pack near here is so deep that in June there are still a few places you can ski - bright sun, shorts and tee-shirts!

12:39 am

jillibus

night robbie.

12:39 am

dcseain

g'night robbie

12:39 am

robbie09

nite jilli

12:39 am

jillibus

hi hel

12:39 am

cybernan

ca, cl x2 from top left c -- missing?

12:40 am

gremlinn

another ca

12:40 am

robbie09

hi and bye helen...that is how it is here currently

12:40 am

gremlinn

you probably have the 4 - there's a ca5 too

12:40 am

dcseain

We visited Portland, OR in July couple years back. Tom was astounded that he stood in snow one day, and the pacific the next

12:40 am

westford

good night robbie and hi helen

12:40 am

flosey

too tired, time for bed, goodnight all

12:40 am

robbie09

nite seain..glad you found your wallet

12:40 am

robbie09

bye west

12:41 am

robbie09

bye all..grem,nan anybody i missed

12:41 am

westford

going to get a snack

12:41 am

robbie09

*poof*

12:41 am

westford

have wine and nothing to go with it

12:41 am

gremlinn

bye to leavers

12:41 am

cybernan

bye robbie

12:41 am

dcseain

38 for the morrow. I think i'll try and sleep now too.

12:41 am

cybernan

yes I am missing the ca5 -- related to the 4?

12:42 am

dcseain

Happy babbling and good night/day to all yall! {poof}

12:43 am

gremlinn

nope - it's an odd word

12:43 am

helensgirlkid

I once did a really dumb fall, straight forward, on a slope with acrust on the snow. Stuck my arms right down into it, with my poles still in my hands, so I couldn't move - had to wait for everybody else to climb back up and dig me out. I had sunburn on the backs of my legs and forstbitten fingers!

12:43 am

cybernan

points?

12:43 am

gremlinn

ca5/22

12:44 am

cybernan

nm -- got it

12:44 am

cybernan

ty grem

12:48 am

jillibus

g'night dc

12:49 am

helensgirlkid

Can't see straight, must sleep. Good night all.

12:49 am

Douglas

Sweet dreams, helen

12:49 am

cybernan

oh I do so dislike a words

12:50 am

jillibus

night hel

12:51 am

jillibus

I so dislike vowel words

12:52 am

cybernan

is there more than one a 6?

12:55 am

gremlinn

just one a6

12:56 am

Douglas

Handing monkeys to bananas for finding the top o

12:57 am

cybernan

3 a 5's?

12:57 am

MizHoffle

I had to monkey all the o's

12:58 am

gremlinn

4 a5s

12:58 am

Douglas

One of the two lower o's is in crossword puzzles quite a bit

12:58 am

gremlinn

ab5, al5x3

12:59 am

cybernan

ty -- missing 2 a 4's now

12:59 am

gremlinn

I have the list in my profile, also - don't know if you saw

12:59 am

cybernan

any aw's?

12:59 am

gremlinn

nope

12:59 am

MizHoffle

oh happy day, gremlinn!

1:00 am

jillibus

nbt at last

1:00 am

gremlinn

oh frabjous day!

1:01 am

jillibus

calloo callay!

1:01 am

westford

wtg jilli

1:01 am

westford

he chortled in his joy

1:02 am

Douglas

My 16yos reported that Frabjous Day was a holiday of some sort in the recent Alice in Wonderland movie

1:02 am

cybernan

a 4's: ab, al x4, -- missing?

1:02 am

jillibus

come to my arms, my beamish boy!

1:02 am

MizHoffle

and the Mad Hatter had a wonderful dance to go with it

1:02 am

westford

that's great doug I'd like to see it

1:02 am

gremlinn

It seemed to be, but it wasn't totally clear whether it was an annual day or just that one particular day prophesied in advance.

1:02 am

Douglas

I showed him an attempt at translating the Jabberwock poem into French. He was most amused

1:03 am

jillibus

I am NOT going to see the latest distortion of Alice in Wonderland

1:03 am

MizHoffle

I think it was prophesied...and see it in 3-D if you can

1:03 am

westford

I do like Johnny Depp though

1:03 am

gremlinn

I saw it in 3-D IMAX

1:03 am

Douglas

The translator assumed that "brillig" was a weather condition of some sort, and thus translated it "Il brilgue..."

1:04 am

MizHoffle

IMAX would be even better, as long as you don't mind that sort of thing

1:04 am

jillibus

Il is not French

1:05 am

jillibus

I read some of the new dialogue for the mad tea party and it was so unsuitably modern American.

1:05 am

gremlinn

phantom wh5ever

1:05 am

Douglas

As in capital I, lower case l, like "Il pleut," "Il neige," etc.

1:06 am

MizHoffle

it was a fun movie to watch

1:06 am

jillibus

oh, I see, doug

1:06 am

jillibus

I'm half alseep, sorry

1:06 am

gremlinn

Whether it was good or not, it certainly sold a lot of tickets.

1:07 am

Douglas

My son was amused by the movie, but I read mixed reviews

1:08 am

gremlinn

I'm kind of in the middle.

1:08 am

cybernan

10 left -- can't see any more just now -- think a cookie would help?

1:09 am

MizHoffle

it is late and must bid all of you goodnight!

1:09 am

Douglas

Handing bananas to monkeys for finding le4/4, and giving me nbt

1:09 am

gremlinn

change one letter from previous word

1:10 am

jillibus

wtg doug

1:10 am

gremlinn

oh, you said you found it

1:10 am

Erda

Where did they "translate" the Jabberwocky?? Hollywood??

1:10 am

westford

wtg doug that was my last bt too

1:11 am

MizHoffle

it's just a movie and should go into thinking just that, then it becomes a good movie, not a retelling of a story and they don't try to pretend that either

1:12 am

gremlinn

definitely - it's explicitly a sequel to the original

1:12 am

Douglas

Erda, I saw it many years ago in a book by Douglas Hofsteder

1:13 am

Erda

I just saw it in -- well, words...

1:13 am

MizHoffle

just my opinion, I get kind of touchy when people complain about movies when they expect it to be exactly like their imaginations and unfortunately it will never happen

1:13 am

gremlinn

MizHoffle, my dislike is when people get angry when movies/books are made or remade - it doesn't ruin the original, and no one forces anyone to watch!

1:14 am

MizHoffle

If I go in with moderate expectations or knowing that it won't be exact and am okay with that

1:14 am

Douglas

Il brilgue: les tôves lubricilleux
Se gyrent en vrillant dans le guave.

1:14 am

MizHoffle

and what gremlinn said

1:14 am

jillibus

Well, I said I was not going to see it, because I prefer reading the original.

1:14 am

MizHoffle

to each their own

1:15 am

jillibus

oh doug, that's merveilleux!

1:15 am

MizHoffle

and I am not meaning any disrespect to anyone

1:16 am

gremlinn

Yeah - what I said I dislike is not what jilli said by any means.

1:16 am

rururocks

is Jilli being touchy again?

1:16 am

Douglas

Herre's Frank L. Warrin's French translation http://tinyurl.com/yfpxwb3

1:17 am

jillibus

no, ruru!

1:17 am

rururocks

oh.. good.. I heard your internet went down again

1:18 am

jillibus

yes, for a few hours last night -- I was aghast, but it did come on again at about midnight

1:19 am

rururocks

is it due to storms or something like that jilli?

1:19 am

cybernan

84 down -- leaving the rest for tomorrow -- would like to do this listless, but too tired right now.

1:19 am

cybernan

Good night everyone :)

1:19 am

westford

well done nan the final 10 will be a snap

1:19 am

Douglas

Please make a note that Frank L. Warrin is kinda hard to find on Google, because Frank Warren is the founder of Post Secret, and Google thought I was looking for Frank Warren

1:21 am

cybernan

7 now :)

1:21 am

westford

good !!

1:22 am

jillibus

no storms, ruru -- the first was because of an IP address conflict after the telephone company switched to a fster broadband, or something. No idea what caused last night

1:22 am

jillibus

doug -- I've emailed that link to my son

1:23 am

cybernan

are you getting rain tonight jill? -- or did the system move south?

1:25 am

Douglas

My son wants to be a Chinese/English interpretor/translator when older, so just thinking about translating that poem was a mind-expanding experience for him.

1:25 am

jillibus

sprinkles tonight -- we're supposed to get rain tomorrow

1:26 am

jillibus

smart son, doug!

1:26 am

Douglas

I'm very upset with the v in the grid for not having an e next to it

1:26 am

cybernan

*poof*

1:26 am

jillibus

there are several letters in the wrong place

1:29 am

jillibus

niht, nan

1:29 am

jillibus

*night

1:29 am

jillibus

(tired -- typo time)

1:34 am

jillibus

terrific lag here

1:36 am

Douglas

Ooh, ooh, I'm past halfway with nbt. Does that mean I can go to the list?

1:37 am

jillibus

certainly, doug -- I'm in the same place!

1:38 am

Douglas

phantom malleable

1:38 am

jillibus

nice one, doug

1:48 am

rubyfoo

good morning

1:48 am

Douglas

Good morning ruby

1:49 am

westford

hello ruby

1:49 am

jillibus

hi ruby

1:49 am

rubyfoo

hello douglas, hiya west!

1:49 am

rubyfoo

hello jilli

1:49 am

rubyfoo

Spring is taking over and it's beautiful, more so every day!

1:50 am

westford

so happy to hear that ruby you'll need it for this mean and nasty grid

1:50 am

westford

our daff finally showed up

1:50 am

gremlinn

I like winter.

1:51 am

gremlinn

And I love rain.

1:51 am

Douglas

There is a Ford factory near to where I live. I'm planting morning glories near their northern fence

1:51 am

westford

ah grem you live in CA what's winter about that?

1:51 am

jillibus

I have to go to bed -- bleary-eyed. Goodnight/morning all And *poof*

1:51 am

westford

how nice of you doug

1:51 am

gremlinn

It means not having to sweat for a few months.

1:51 am

westford

good jilli no tossing and turning okay?

1:52 am

rubyfoo

we have daffs and 48 (yes, I counted) drawf salmon tulips and the others (many many in shades of pink and rose have formed buds. Also, the Japanese quince...aaaaah!

1:52 am

westford

boy did we have rain last week

1:52 am

jillibus

Hope not, west.

1:53 am

Douglas

I hereby declare myself confused regarding the ab6

1:53 am

rubyfoo

why is there no e near the v?

1:54 am

westford

that must be the one joshua said was like removing fur from a little animal

1:54 am

westford

and I can't get it either

1:54 am

westford

oh no it was a be

1:55 am

gremlinn

you mean al6, Doug? There is no ab6

1:55 am

westford

ruby we have all kinds of bulb flowers springing up but so far only the leaves are showing except for the crocuses and daffodils

1:56 am

westford

trouble is once they bloom they don't stay for very long

1:56 am

Douglas

Oh, it would seem Lickety's clues are for yesterday's grid. That would explain.

1:56 am

rubyfoo

unfortunately, our daffs are where the dogs play and many are squshed. Once the daffs are gone, the true garden will start to take shape - no more yellow or orange, just shades of pink, rose, purple, blue, red and salmon with a little white.

1:57 am

rubyfoo

also the "bear" garlic is coming up on the dogs' graves

1:57 am

westford

your garden is most beautiful

1:57 am

gremlinn

if patterns continue, Lickety will likely announce clues in 6 minutes - or you could see my profile for the not quite so handy version

1:58 am

westford

I really appreciate your clues grem even if you don't have little boxes

1:58 am

westford

you have saved my you know what many a day

1:59 am

gremlinn

hehe

1:59 am

Douglas

Daffs are appearing in Minnesota. Winter was unceremoniously kicked to the curb in March, very unMinnesoty

2:01 am

westford

and it's staying away?

2:01 am

Douglas

Tulips are just starting to show their flowers

2:01 am

rubyfoo

what an odd grid, the first 20 words were easy enough, but I'll never get to half!

2:01 am

rubyfoo

what an odd grid, the first 20 words were easy enough, but I'll never get to half!

2:01 am

rubyfoo

what an odd grid, the first 20 words were easy enough, but I'll never get to half!

Do you have "black ide" doug?

2:01 am

rubyfoo