Babble: Archived Puzzle for Monday, January 28, 2013

12:00 am

jillibus

flip

12:01 am

jillibus

such a sad episode of Downton Abbey!

12:01 am

grannyrose

aww jilli, the one with lady sybil?

12:02 am

jillibus

yes, granny

12:02 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:02 am

jillibus

th Lickety

12:02 am

grannyrose

thanx lickety

12:03 am

grannyrose

jilli, i howled. it is a very sad part of the story.

12:03 am

Erda

Thank you, Lickety!!

12:03 am

Uneaixoise

please no spoilers for those of us who haven't watched it yet :-)

12:03 am

MitchDick

ta 8

12:04 am

jillibus

sealed lips, une

12:04 am

grannyrose

not going to une, just be aware there is a very sad twist to the story.

12:04 am

Uneaixoise

thanks :-)

12:04 am

torgone

nbt

12:05 am

Uneaixoise

i'll be ready, rose . . .

12:05 am

torgone

re7

12:05 am

jillibus

wtg torg

12:05 am

rururocks

*PUTS OUT extra hankies for une*

12:07 am

MitchDick

fireworks

12:07 am

Uneaixoise

congrats, mitch!

12:07 am

jillibus

you type so fast, mitch! wd

12:07 am

Erda

What kept you, MitchDick???

12:07 am

dizgrannie

hi all!! NBT/NBS

12:08 am

grannyrose

WTH MITCH!!!

12:08 am

Uneaixoise

hey, diz

12:08 am

jillibus

hi diz and wtg

12:08 am

MitchDick

thx guys

12:09 am

grannyrose

oh goodness. that should read " WTG MITCH"

12:09 am

jillibus

that darn lone R word would be a 7 :-(

12:09 am

rururocks

better than wtf granny

12:10 am

jillibus

hi ru

12:10 am

grannyrose

lol, gee thanx ruru

12:10 am

MitchDick

haha granny

12:10 am

rururocks

hi jilli.. is your house all straightened up now?

12:12 am

jillibus

yep, and I had a nice peaceful day of rest. Went to see the movie "Lincoln" at our tiny local theatre but it was sold out half an hour before opening so I couldn't get in.

12:12 am

Uneaixoise

try again, jilli -- it's great!

12:12 am

rururocks

wow.. were all the booths full?

12:13 am

jillibus

I certainly will try again

12:13 am

jillibus

no booths here, ruru

12:13 am

rururocks

<---giggles at his own joke..

12:14 am

Alexis Elise

What's a booth?

12:14 am

Uneaixoise

assassin :-)

12:14 am

jillibus

John Wilkes Booth

12:14 am

rururocks

John Wilkes Booth shot lincoln..

12:14 am

grannyrose

ruru, stop playing with jilli's head

12:15 am

rururocks

it's a play (pun) on words

12:15 am

grannyrose

naughty boy!!!!

12:16 am

jillibus

I saw through it, granny

12:16 am

Erda

My fave: "Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?"

12:16 am

grannyrose

good on you jilli

12:16 am

rururocks

elise are you neils elise?

12:16 am

jillibus

Alexis -- huge photo -- scroll down my profile for how to resize it!

12:17 am

jillibus

It makes the chog jerky, alexis

12:17 am

jillibus

Neil's lady is Elisse

12:17 am

rururocks

that's not all that makes the chog jerky jilli

12:19 am

rururocks

wow.. found a weird ch 7

12:19 am

Alexis Elise

Is chog jerky another clever joke?

12:20 am

rururocks

no..

12:20 am

rururocks

;D

12:20 am

Uneaixoise

tx ru -- got it

12:21 am

rururocks

une.. word hunteress

12:21 am

Uneaixoise

:-D

12:21 am

rururocks

welcome to the chat alexis

12:22 am

rururocks

i'm stuck now

12:23 am

jillibus

no joke, alexis -- please resize your lovely photo

12:23 am

Uneaixoise

70 here, ru

12:23 am

rururocks

77

12:23 am

jillibus

If you try to scroll down the chog you will see it isn't smooth

12:24 am

rururocks

but stuckeroo

12:25 am

rururocks

*kisses une's dog photo*

12:25 am

jillibus

oh, alexis, I see you changed your icon!

12:25 am

Alexis Elise

Please someone tell me what a chog is...

12:25 am

Uneaixoise

you're making the other dogs jealous, ru! LOL

12:25 am

Uneaixoise

chat + log :-)

12:26 am

Erda

chog = chat log

12:26 am

jillibus

chog = the chatterbox

12:27 am

Uneaixoise

gnite, all! *poof*

12:27 am

jillibus

gnight une

12:27 am

grannyrose

nite une, sleep well, hun

12:27 am

rururocks

good night une

12:29 am

grannyrose

yay me...d's done

12:30 am

sammysmom

am i stuck?

12:30 am

dcseain

W and Q done. And i must say that some memories can at times be rough. Hey, yall! :)

12:30 am

rururocks

hiya DC

12:30 am

grannyrose

probably, smom. let me check

12:31 am

sammysmom

yes i was

12:31 am

grannyrose

yp, it's official....you're stuck

12:31 am

sammysmom

chase

12:32 am

rururocks

stuck with what

12:32 am

KnightTime

fireworks

12:33 am

jillibus

nbs -- had to go to morewords for the 8, and I guess I should have known the word from having taken organic chemistry 69 years ago, silly me.

12:33 am

jillibus

wd knight

12:33 am

grannyrose

WTG KNIGHT!!!

12:36 am

sammysmom

server is acting sluggis and not behaving well.. walter tried a restore and it is a little better , but not much

12:37 am

jillibus

hi smom

12:37 am

sammysmom

hi jill

12:37 am

sammysmom

actually watched a movie tonight ted

12:38 am

sammysmom

parts of it were funny

12:38 am

dcseain

evening, jilli

12:38 am

dcseain

congrats, knight

12:39 am

dcseain

hi, ruru

12:39 am

jillibus

hello dc

12:40 am

grannyrose

ta8, stretch tight + 4th vowel + french for sea

12:40 am

jillibus

crazy. enable okays the french word for high but not the french word for cabbage (and many others)

12:44 am

dcseain

your summary of enable is the best there is, jilli, and crazy is the beginning. :)

12:44 am

jillibus

hehe dc

12:46 am

grannyrose

yo4 8 was my last word. yo*el, sing like a swiss + c*alk and cheese

12:47 am

jillibus

ty granny and yay for you!

12:48 am

grannyrose

np's jilli. and how are you, hun?

12:48 am

jillibus

I'm better every day, thanks, granny -- planning to hit perfection shortly ;-)

12:49 am

jillibus

and how are you doing, granny?

12:50 am

rururocks

going to go read and call it a night.. hope everyone has fun

12:51 am

sammysmom

nite ru

12:51 am

grannyrose

lol...jilli, let me know when....will try to follow you. doing ok. have spent te majority of the day cleaning mother mac's rooms. she went into respite care today. want to finish before we go away.

12:51 am

jillibus

what are you reading, ruru? And did you get fw?

12:51 am

rururocks

I'm reading a wine book jilli

12:52 am

grannyrose

nite dearest friend, hope you can sleep and rest well

12:52 am

rururocks

and yes I found my last word finally

12:52 am

grannyrose

WTG RURU!!!!

12:52 am

rururocks

thanks granny..

12:52 am

jillibus

yay ruru!!! Same wine book I got for Xmas, ru?

12:53 am

rururocks

no.. this one is call the great domaines of Burgundy

12:53 am

rururocks

called

12:54 am

rururocks

I am tutoring my son's friend on his job (sommelier) and need to bone up on a few things

12:54 am

jillibus

sounds luxurious

12:55 am

jillibus

good of you, ru

12:55 am

rururocks

my friend's son.. not my son's friend..man .. i'm out of it

12:56 am

jillibus

I did wonder

12:56 am

grannyrose

i have just finished wilbur smith's 'when the lion feeds. could not put it down.

12:56 am

rururocks

I tried to read Girl with the Dragon Tattoo but it didn't hold my interest

12:57 am

grannyrose

ruru, film much betterer

12:57 am

jillibus

wilbur tells good stories -- haven't read on in years, though. I'm on a Jeffrey Archer kick at present

12:58 am

jillibus

24 to go...

12:58 am

rururocks

it's funny how you can latch onto a single author and read book after book

12:58 am

rururocks

Like Peter Mayle and Barry Lopez for me

12:58 am

sammysmom

going to start a maeve binchey............ just finished a romsmund pilcher

12:59 am

grannyrose

jilli, whatever presents itself in the opportunity shop.i do find my taste has changed over the past few years.

1:00 am

sammysmom

tads

1:00 am

grannyrose

smom, maeve binchy....would have to be one of my favourite reds.

1:00 am

grannyrose

*reads*

1:01 am

rururocks

*waves good night *

1:01 am

grannyrose

yay, jilli. what are you missing?

1:02 am

grannyrose

awww, goodnight ruru. hope you sleep and rest well, mate.

1:03 am

sammysmom

me too rose

1:03 am

jillibus

things here and there, granny -- going to morewords cos I'm sleepy -- oh, and I wonder where cosdem is tonight!

1:03 am

jillibus

gnight ruru

1:08 am

grannyrose

jilli, cos is probably totally wrapped up in what is happening. lol

1:09 am

grannyrose

how can i help jilli and smom?

1:16 am

jillibus

FW

1:17 am

grannyrose

WTG JILLI!!!!

1:17 am

grannyrose

long time since i have typed that! probably because i haven't been here.

1:18 am

grannyrose

you are amazing, jilli!!

1:18 am

jillibus

ty granny -- and I'm off to bed (sleepyhead)__ goodnight/evening/day all...*poof

1:18 am

dcseain

corgrats and g'night jilli

1:19 am

grannyrose

night, dear friend.hope you rest and sleep well.

1:37 am

grannyrose

anyone here??

1:38 am

dcseain

more or less i am, yes.

1:40 am

grannyrose

lol, dcs....glad i'm not the last surviving....

1:41 am

grannyrose

i would make a final surviver...lol

1:41 am

grannyrose

* survivor *

1:43 am

dcseain

nope, though it's nearly 3 AM. I shouldn't eat as late as i did. If i eat, i'm up another 3 or 4 hours.

1:45 am

grannyrose

dcs, what are you missing?

1:47 am

dcseain

oh, 32 things. Between the good cry i had and the hour, i'm not set on finishing now. I't'll be easier after i sleep.

1:48 am

grannyrose

awww dcs....how can i help you??

1:49 am

dcseain

i'm rather drained, to say the least. I shared a memory of my father -- he died in 1986 -- and it hit me hard.

1:49 am

dcseain

just one of those things -- as i tell people, the hurt never goes away -- it just gets less frequent and sometimes blindsides you when you least expect it.

1:49 am

dcseain

just one of those times -- the memory was so vivid it hurt, which happens sometimes.

1:50 am

grannyrose

yup, right with you, buddy. trying so hard to face it is over 10 years since my own father's death.

1:52 am

grannyrose

and the mother....is so pathetic....i have to leave it to the bro's....trying to deal with the mother-in-law...never mind my own mother.

1:53 am

dcseain

yeah, i get that.

1:56 am

grannyrose

it is really so pathetic, in my own mind....i mean...it's my mother who needs help...and it's mother mac who is under my roof.

1:56 am

grannyrose

just where do i divide my attention??

1:57 am

grannyrose

dcs....i feel for you...and your family....

1:57 am

dcseain

Sigh. So hard when it's just the one dealing with it.

1:57 am

dcseain

my sister and i split duties helping our mom.

2:00 am

grannyrose

dcs....wish don's siblings wold come to the party. unfortunately...they do not see how excessively mum's demands are. one lives in hope.

2:00 am

dcseain

sigh. Yeah, that's the case so often.

2:02 am

sarah6girls

morning

2:02 am

dcseain

morning, sarah

2:03 am

grannyrose

ds...don"s mom's are so excessive....and don does not complain...it is not in his nature.

2:03 am

grannyrose

sarah !!!!!

2:03 am

dcseain

well, good on him, though i pray he has an outlet and some him time in the process.

2:03 am

sarah6girls

rose hugs

2:04 am

grannyrose

{{{sarah}}}

2:04 am

sarah6girls

rose 3 weeks not smokeing today and lose 5 lb :)

2:05 am

grannyrose

dcs....whenever i fall due for annual leave, i make sure don takes a full-on holiday.

2:06 am

grannyrose

sarah...wtg hun....i am very proud of you.

2:07 am

dcseain

good!

2:07 am

sarah6girls

ty rose :) xx

2:10 am

scouser

morning all. Scottish dialect and chemistry rools OK today

2:10 am

Jivingjenny0

please could i have a clue for the 8

2:11 am

dcseain

ta8 -- tight and measure ending.

2:12 am

scouser

Jenny add a Hebrew letter to the last ta4/5

2:13 am

scouser

morning dcseain

2:13 am

Jivingjenny0

thanks got the 8 - never heard of that word before

2:14 am

scouser

no neither had I

2:19 am

scouser

I am convinced that Enable contains one particular version of the Bible (not the King James), the whole of Robert Burns' works, and what used to be referred to as "the Rubber Book" - a hefty chemistry reference text which we used in the lab at work.

2:20 am

dcseain

scouser, you should read jillibus description of ENABLE -- it's in her profile, you can find her in the rankings.

2:20 am

Jivingjenny0

it certainly doesn't contain some of the words that I use in every day language

2:20 am

scouser

(when not being read for data, it was handy for weighing things down!)

2:21 am

scouser

Yes dcseain - I have had a look at that some time back. Very funny.

2:22 am

grannyrose

scouser, read jillibus's profile. a very accurate description of enable

2:22 am

dcseain

:) it has a bunch of yiddish in it to, like mensch, schtetl, schtetel, shtetel...

2:23 am

scouser

The other day "funner" and "funnest" were accepted yet those are not in Lickety's lists. They sound wrong to my English ears.

2:24 am

grannyrose

ahhh, scouser...i have enable word list on a short \cut on my desk-top...very handy.

2:24 am

grannyrose

hey jenny

2:24 am

dcseain

funner sounds wrong to my american ones, though funnest i've gotten used to.

2:25 am

dcseain

well, i ought off to bed, it's nearly half past three AM.

2:25 am

dcseain

g'day/night and happy babbling, yall!

2:25 am

dcseain

{poof}

2:25 am

scouser

And what about all those coins of the world - which by definition will not be English words! Ditto GrannyRose

2:26 am

grannyrose

lol, dcs....i would be unconscious by your time. sleep welll mate

2:27 am

grannyrose

scouser, where are you at?

2:27 am

scouser

I'm here in Liverpool GrannyRose

2:28 am

scouser

I meant I have the shortcut etc

2:28 am

scouser

Sorry conversation got a bit knotted there!

2:28 am

grannyrose

okay, so you are at sunday???

2:28 am

scouser

No its Monday morning.

2:29 am

grannyrose

scouser...np's

2:29 am

BabbleRabble

I am amused by this description of ENABLE: http://tinyurl.com/auy8lfm

2:29 am

grannyrose

am almost at monday pm...

2:30 am

grannyrose

hey, BR

2:31 am

BabbleRabble

Hello, Rose

2:31 am

grannyrose

BR, how are they hanging?

2:32 am

BabbleRabble

I am okay.

2:33 am

scouser

Hello BabbleRabble - I had a look at that as you suggested. I noticed a funny comment in the other topics about drinking tea and shooting each other with hand guns.

2:33 am

scouser

Hello BabbleRabble = what is that in your icon?

2:34 am

grannyrose

good on you...am on my first day of annual leave. mother mac went into respite care this morning. have spent the rest of the day cleanong.

2:37 am

BabbleRabble

shrew

2:37 am

grannyrose

BR.... her bathroom was so bad. completely under siege from a bacterial infestation. lots of hard yakka.

2:38 am

BabbleRabble

Perhaps you might rent a sandblaster?

2:39 am

grannyrose

lol, BR....have bought another bottle of chlorine.

2:43 am

scouser

Aha BR - I thought it might be a marsupial.

2:44 am

scouser

GrannyRose - yakka - what a great word for "gunge"

2:45 am

scouser

GrannyRose - or does it mean work

2:46 am

scouser

I think I will change my name in here to "Tangential" since my brain is definitely in that mode today

2:48 am

grannyrose

scouser?????

2:48 am

scouser

what is yakka?

2:49 am

BabbleRabble

hard work

2:49 am

grannyrose

what BR said!!!!

2:51 am

BabbleRabble

Queensland's cold, wet winter has been hard yakka -- leaving us chilled to the bone and sick with flu, coughs and colds.

2:52 am

scouser

OK maintenant je comprends. I thought it might mean the stuff in/on the bathroom!

2:52 am

BabbleRabble

Lili put her hand in her chip purse; what chips she had were sandwiched between a gunge of half-melted chocolate.

2:53 am

grannyrose

okay...rubbish is needs to go out...need to check just what the bins have in them...

2:53 am

scouser

BR - yes I saw weather reports that parts of Queensland had flooding yet again. Everything meteorological seems to be getting more extreme

2:54 am

BabbleRabble

and fires and extreme heat.

2:54 am

scouser

Brill BR though I have never heard of a chip purse before.

2:54 am

grannyrose

scouser...mens just what do you need to accomplish...

2:55 am

grannyrose

* means *

2:55 am

scouser

anyone reading this chog later on had better look carefully at the times - the fires and heat are not brill at all - the brill was about the chocolate.

2:58 am

BabbleRabble

chip purse: http://tinyurl.com/bzh9egm

2:59 am

grannyrose

scouser....queensland and uoper territory, has been hit by summer storms.....and below....well watch this space.rose sent

3:00 am

scouser

BR - very good - recycling at its best. The grandchildren have something like it.

3:02 am

grannyrose

* upper *

3:03 am

scouser

I saw on youtube a clip of some chaps "rescuing" i.e. 4 men wrestling it to the ground, a cassowary. I can remember one sledgehammering my dad's shoulder at the zoo - no-one knew it could reach right over its fence and a small hedge to attack anyone sitting on a bench nearby until Pa sat down. The keeper said it was after his white hair!

3:04 am

grannyrose

oh...scouser..... too close for comfort.

3:05 am

scouser

the cassowary was being rescued because of the bad weather I think and because it was getting into gardens presumably for shelter.

3:08 am

scouser

NB Pa's hair went white when he was in his 30s

3:08 am

grannyrose