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12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

midnight already??

12:00 am

flipt!

12:00 am

flip!

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

oh bummer i was hoping for one with 300 word, at least i feel PRODUCTIVE with those

12:00 am

flipster

12:01 am

time to do my imitation of a housewife....tomorrow, people!

12:01 am

flipped

12:01 am

I had 942 points tonight! It flips so fast and so suddenly!

good evening all!

12:01 am

hi monkey

12:01 am

Signing off now.Not even going to start this one now

12:01 am

flip

12:02 am

Good night all!I will see you tomorrow in the chat log!

12:02 am

night min

12:02 am

g'nite all-- nice small grid!

12:02 am

good night minvery! see you tomorrow!

12:02 am

flperoo

12:02 am

good night liba!

Clues are up!

12:03 am

another small but deadly grid

12:03 am

i forgot - flip out

12:03 am

thanks lickety

12:03 am

hi hetty! thanks Lickety!

12:03 am

nite lib - thanks lickety!

12:03 am

yes, this is hard. only 9 so far... all small.

12:04 am

my thoughts exactly stidmama

12:04 am

hey everyone !

12:05 am

hi helen

12:05 am

hi helen!

12:05 am

hi helen

12:05 am

hey helen

12:06 am

has anyone foudn the 8 y et?

12:06 am

I MEAN, found the 8 yet?

12:06 am

there- all dressed in the proper icon :)

12:08 am

oh - what's the theme for today? I am too lazy to look...

12:08 am

clowns

12:09 am

hm. I think I'll stick with gelato... at least for now.

12:09 am

you mean there's a theme for the puzzle?

12:09 am

I look across the top and I want to type catholics

12:09 am

no theme for the icons, mymuse!

12:10 am

Good evening all. Looks like another sticky one. *insert dramatic sigh*

12:10 am

thesnark! hi!

12:11 am

hi snark

12:13 am

hi snark

12:13 am

i went to grammar school with jim goc - lol - the stuff this makes you think of

12:14 am

Hi all. I'm tired and cranky and this looks like another one full of non-words, and as far as I'm concerned I'm not intereseted in that kind of thing. I may feel better tomorrow!

12:14 am

:) hi jilli

12:14 am

yes jili - i believe you're right about this grid

12:14 am

hi Jill, sorry you're not up to par. I hope you'll be in better spirits tomorrow.

12:15 am

Hi all. Can anyone tell me the total word count (small I'm guessing)? Thanks

12:15 am

115 astro

12:15 am

although there are alot of 4's - i've only found 26 of them so far

12:15 am

115, astro

12:15 am

Thanks!

12:17 am

I can find quite a fe three-letter words :(

12:17 am

I don't know if this is appropriate or not, but if you need help with some 'obscure' words, this site has helped me a bit: http://phrontistery.info/

12:17 am

hi all

12:17 am

hullo oggy

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hi oggy

12:17 am

LOL Jill! I have a few of those myself today!

12:17 am

hi oggy!

12:18 am

Thanks, thesnark, but I'm snarky enough to want grids with REAL words -- more fun!

12:18 am

ok, i keep closing my eys to rest and then falling asleep

12:19 am

GNITE ALL. babble on my friends. babble on

12:19 am

I agree Jilli - this one looks more challenging than fun. But challenging can be fun sometimes too!

12:19 am

nite kier

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g'night kierlex

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good night kierlex!

12:19 am

gnite, kierlex.

oy - i'm not liking this one.

nit kier

12:20 am

bye kier

12:20 am

no, I think I'm hitting Lickety's list as soon as I come back. Which will be many hours from now, after a good long SNOOZE! ciao amici!

12:21 am

ciao stid

12:21 am

gnight stid

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bonsoir, stid!

12:21 am

y'all said a word...

12:21 am

stid said a word my said a word

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lol

12:21 am

got a 6 th 6/21

12:22 am

thx stid :)

nighty-nite stid

12:22 am

ciao amica!

12:22 am

oh lawd, which one? argh!

12:22 am

perdoname por favor

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ciao

12:22 am

lol stid - i guess one you didn't have - now you have one more :)

12:23 am

thanks stid & sleep well :)

12:23 am

rhymes with "chow", stid and all! And I see I did too, boo hoo.

12:23 am

good night for real! *poof*

12:23 am

haloo haloo!!!!!!!

12:23 am

tr8/55 - it's got something to do with a foot and maybe a lever. I have no idea how anyone would use this word.

12:23 am

hiya wass !

12:24 am

hello stewie

12:24 am

nite Stid

wassup, wassup?

12:24 am

nice creepy clown helen!

12:24 am

I have 61 words..that's enough, I'm calling it a day (what a day!) Another killer grid.... Sigh...BTW, there's an 8 I got- here's the clue tr+ what you say when you hurt yourself, minus the "u", then add the ending of something so old it's arch****....Goood night!

12:24 am

this is the least creepy clown !

12:24 am

i have only been on for 5 minutes and i already hate this grid

12:25 am

bozo wasn't too scary

12:25 am

Hi all! Another small one, toughie?

12:25 am

trochaic

12:25 am

no, not scary, creepy. all clowns are creepy

12:25 am

me too wassup

12:25 am

oh noooooooooooooooo

12:25 am

mine's my favorite grapefruit that likes to dress up for special parties

12:25 am

wrong box

12:25 am

sorry

12:25 am

and i ;ve been trying to be so diligent about that, rats!

12:25 am

thx jai & good nite :)

12:26 am

I like the water baloon ones at amusement parks

12:26 am

thanks helen - i would never have gotten that !

12:26 am

Don't be sorry, Helen. I think it's the only way I would have got it.

12:26 am

Passeth the fish to helen, pls! Don't worry, save us all a lot of trouble....

12:26 am

wow, i'm looking at all of your icons. i do not like clowns. ren, nice fruit! reminds me, i have grapefruit to eat tomorrow morning

12:27 am

why isn't tada a word, every magician says it!

12:27 am

That word, Dianne, is used in scanning poetry--I was typing it in just as you did, helenkeller, thanks to jaia's clue.

12:27 am

jaianniah's clue for the tr8 was super - scroll down.

yeah, i actually find clowns to be diturbing!

12:28 am

uh, Helen? Could you accidentally use that in a sentence so I won't have to look it up?

oops- i mean DISTURBING

12:29 am

i guess i'm the only silly person who likes clowns...8-)

12:29 am

very disturbing.

12:29 am

dh6/27 Used to be a TV show that started with this

12:30 am

ren - your icons are always so creative! always just a tad out there - very cool!

12:30 am

Hi all, not into clowns at all....

12:30 am

well harp - it was a dark and trochaic night.

12:31 am

mucho garcias helen...i owe it all to my mother 9-)

12:31 am

LOL, helen!

12:31 am

hi chic!

12:31 am

i like your lizards chic. they look like they're shunning the camera

my sister sent my daughter a raggedy ann doll. it looked too clown-like, so i had to get rid of it.

12:32 am

hey - it's late, what can i say?

12:32 am

evening, Ren!

12:32 am

kool lizards chic. are they from your part of the world?

12:33 am

the lizards around here can be quite clownish themselves...

12:33 am

my younger sister is scared to death of clowns. no one really knew why and we all thought she was just being dramatic. Until...we found a bunch of pictures of her as an infant with this freaky looking clown doll. it's in her crib on like 10 different occasions.

12:33 am

This grid looks like a stinker, is it?

12:33 am

YES!!!

12:33 am

haha! nice kitty cat!

12:34 am

Thanks wassup!

12:34 am

that's a very weird story wass!

12:34 am

lol cat love that pic

12:34 am

I've got 51 so far but slowing down really fast.

good call on removing the doll, then. i'll spare my little one years of therapy later!

12:35 am

thanks mymuse, he doesn't look like he is enjoying his costume lol

12:35 am

lol

12:36 am

hmmm saph - that must be the thing, cause i'm getting stuck on 52

12:38 am

I think you''re both brilliant -- I hae all of 18

12:38 am

lol jili - don't let it get you down :)

12:38 am

:) these 52 except for that letter one are all pretty common

12:39 am

8 letter that is

12:39 am

at least the 8 letter is a real word

12:39 am

true jil

12:39 am

game

12:40 am

oh no!!!

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roma

12:42 am

oh, not again! Time for bed, obviously -- g'nite

well, i've got a wopping 25 words. i'm calling it a night. happy babbling, all!

12:43 am

good nite jili :)

12:43 am

good nite shmin

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nite jili

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nite slm

12:44 am

Bye Jili and Shmin

12:44 am

me 2 zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

12:45 am

nite ren

12:45 am

nite, Ren.

12:45 am

good nite ren :)

12:45 am

I'd like to see someone give a clue for the ha 7/48, LOL!

12:46 am

nite ren

12:46 am

ok - it was a dark & ha 7/48 night!

12:47 am

man - i crack myself up -LOL

12:47 am

that's good, helen, lol

12:48 am

well, i don't have it, so that made me feel better :)

12:50 am

AA for witches chic? :)

12:52 am

something like that Saphyre!

12:56 am

be back in a bit

i'm calling it a nite with 70

everyone have a great evening/day :)

1:07 am

Emmett Kelly wasn't a scary clown. Feel so much better others are finding this grid hard. I have monkey typed more words than words I know!

1:08 am

ha8/48 - just got it :) Has to do with the Bible.

1:11 am

Old or New Testament dianne?

1:12 am

I think the Old Testament - Think Jewish.

1:14 am

Actually I think it could apply to both if a Jewish person was referencing the New Testament - but I'm not sure. Where is Ren when we need her?

1:14 am

hmmmmm

1:15 am

are there 2 8's - i thought there was just a tr 8/55

That s/b ha7

1:17 am

Good morning all, to a K-free grid :)

Good morning, Sprite

1:20 am

Hi Sprite

1:20 am

I almost started thinking I was the only one here. Hi SummerBreeze :)

1:20 am

gore

1:20 am

goad

1:20 am

goat

1:20 am

hihihihi, Hi Dianne!

1:20 am

cool! a word list

1:21 am

Please, please forgive me - I hate this set up and now you know why - sorry.

1:21 am

We all do, Dianne. It is the site that is to blame, not you.

Everyone's busy looking for ha7/48

1:21 am

Hi Sprite

1:21 am

Tis okay Dianne, I already had those words :)

1:22 am

Hi Sprite!

1:22 am

I was going at a pretty good clip then - wasn't I?

1:22 am

yep lol :)

1:22 am

great clues, Diane !

1:23 am

You were on a roll, Dianne!

1:23 am

lol corpsvalue

1:24 am

If the kids come on today they can get a good list just looking through the log !

1:25 am

If they can be bothered to scroll down, that is.

1:25 am

True, true.

1:29 am

Hey, the initiative from "Lost" is in this puzzle. Neat.

1:34 am

i do loath clowns. buster keaton will have to do. is this not a sticky grid?

1:34 am

done. thanks for all the help.

1:35 am

i guess not for joey! Well done!!!!

1:35 am

Never knew there was someone besides me that loathed clowns!

1:35 am

congrats joey

1:35 am

need any help?

1:36 am

thanks

1:36 am

wtg joey!

1:36 am

i don't care for the painted faces, mainly

1:38 am

nite all and good luck

1:43 am

hemorrhagic - i keep seeing it

1:43 am

Me too! And the Hae... variant too.

1:43 am

Can anyone help me with another Ha7 clue? Somehow the Bible doesn't work out with me today.

1:43 am

would be good words

1:45 am

I got the ha 7!!! it is biblical, but it's misspelled (leaving out a letter) according to dictionary.

1:46 am

sprite, think an old ***, plus vowel plus first three letters of a mans name

1:46 am

i don't have it; dianne said something about jews referring to the new testament, but that doesn't help me as we don't really refer to the new testament

1:46 am

I tried everything I could think of regarding the bible, but it doesn't work.

1:47 am

Mab--it's what a portion of the Hebrew Bible is called--like pentateuch, etc.

1:47 am

Cat, you're the best :) Thanks!

1:47 am

:) You're welcome sprite !

1:47 am

And it's the adj for that

1:49 am

If it wouldn't be an adj, would it end with M?

1:49 am

hello everyone, how is everyone doing?

1:49 am

oh wow - that word. thanks cat :)

1:50 am

you're welcome mab :)

1:51 am

Hi Jm

1:51 am

at passover we use a book called the pesach ha*****, but babble's not taking that

1:51 am

Cat - I'm looking for the HA 7, but but am not sure what "man's name" you're referring to. Any clues on that?

1:51 am

sprite - earlier someone said "AA for witches?", or something along those lines. allin top left corner. Actually variant spelling

1:51 am

"armada" does not exist in the puzzle. "armada" does not exist in the puzzle. SO STOP ENTERING IT!

1:52 am

JM, its first three of a mans name, or slang for a male body part :)

1:52 am

Mab - it's a different spelling

1:53 am

mab - the ha 8 is that word - change the last vowel and add a consonent

1:53 am

Ah, that did it, thanks Cat!

1:53 am

I think it is pertaining to the ha*** mab

1:53 am

:) you're welcome JM

1:55 am

thank you ls1. this must be the theological babble. with witches and jews, etc.

1:56 am

hello all!

1:57 am

Hey Fran, nice fish!

1:57 am

When I looked up the ha7 word the def was an adjetive for a biblical passage.

1:57 am

thanks sprite! how are you, did that flu get the best of you?

1:57 am

Hi Fran!

1:58 am

hi cat!

1:58 am

Still coughing a bit, and still tired, but for the rest I beat the darn virus dead, I believe :)

1:58 am

glad you're feeling better!

1:59 am

ever since i read IT by Stephen King i don't much like clowns, so i found clown fish

1:59 am

And how are you doing, Fran?

1:59 am

clown fish! that's so clever, franmag!

1:59 am

Great icon Fran!

1:59 am

i've been staying up late babbling and not getting much sleep, other than that everything is great!

1:59 am

thanks mab, cat!

2:00 am

very clever!

2:00 am

very clever!

2:01 am

Too addictive, this game, so true!

2:02 am

be back in a bit, baby is finally ready to sleep

2:05 am

it must be about 7 pm at fran's, i think. it's 3 am here.

2:05 am

It's always a good time for baby to sleep ;)

2:05 am

I am here in California

2:06 am

oops 1 am :)

2:07 am

Well, you are there, so that was correct too ;)

2:07 am

I keep wanting mecca

2:07 am

I have to say, cat, your clown? doesn't scare me.

2:07 am

lol, true sprite

2:09 am

He is a very non threatening clown isn't he? :)

2:09 am

He is sweet!

2:09 am

he's adorable :D and he doesn't look annoyed at all.

2:10 am

I wondered, when I found that photo, how well my cat's would react if I made them dress up like that. Not well at all I fear :)

2:12 am

Thanks sprite!

2:12 am

i know my two would have none of it

2:13 am

My cat would find very clear methods of telling me he wasn't having any of it.

2:13 am

hey everyone

2:14 am

I did try once dressing my Nikki, a Maine Coon in a Harley jacker and hat, he was soooo cute! Kept the hat on all of about 15 seconds. Started flipping out till I took the jacket off lol

2:14 am

I am done for today. Found another biblical-sounding word, Ma5/14 ;)

2:15 am

*shudders* can't manage a clown pic, so I found a pic of various coloured plushie clown loach fish instead :)

2:15 am

I hot the wall at 34 left myself sprite.

2:15 am

2:15 am

2:15 am

2:15 am

2:15 am

2:15 am

2:15 am

2:15 am

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2:15 am

Great one, Ata!

2:15 am

and hi :)

2:15 am

wow, what was that? Sorry all!

2:16 am

Eh Cat???? Did the cat jump on the keyboard, lol!

2:16 am

perfect, Ata. FranMag has the real fishies.

2:16 am

this doesn't look like a very nice grid ........

2:16 am

LOL, No, just went to type something and it went wacky!

2:16 am

Cat - did you put that jacket on the cat again?

2:16 am

It is tricky, but interesting, Atalante. I had fun playing it, so I think you will too.

2:17 am

lol Mab

2:17 am

cool!! as long as people don't put up scary clown pics, I will be fine!

2:17 am

Morning all! Sheesh - this one looks as bad as yesterday's!

2:17 am

Don't look at mine then Ata, verrry frightening :)

2:17 am

morning amanda

2:18 am

Morning all! I am SO glad I am not alone in my not liking clowns :)

2:18 am

oh yes *giggles* extremely so Cat!

2:18 am

:)

2:18 am

you're certainly not alone, Sprite! I find them really quite unnerving

2:19 am

i'm not fond of clowns either, although I have a soft spot for Cat's.

2:19 am

awww :) Thanks Mab!

2:19 am

Yeah, I make an exception for Cat's as well :)

2:19 am

hey everone

2:19 am

hi aleksia

2:20 am

hi aleksia

2:20 am

What is it about clowns? Anybody know why there's such a widespread phobia about a thing that is actually supposed to entertain you?

2:21 am

Clowns make me thoroughly sad. Always have done so too.

2:21 am

Could be the movies that portray clowns in a bad light, plus here in the US everytime I see a man dressed as a clown, I think of John Wayne Gacey

2:22 am

one never knows who's beneath that paint and spongy nose.

2:22 am

Exactly Mab

2:22 am

that must be it, mab

2:23 am

If I want to get really depressed, I must go to the circus. Clowns to make me sad and then all the animals, used as entertainment...

2:23 am

I agree Sprite, I will not go to a circus for the latter reason.

2:24 am

i agree

2:24 am

Ok, sorry I asked - Let'schange the subject! This is getting depressing! :)

2:24 am

KITTENS!

2:24 am

lol, I was just thinking the same thing

2:25 am

As a child, my parents took me to the circus and I cried the whole time, LOL. I also don't like hard noise, so it was bad!

2:25 am

baby chicks

2:25 am

puppies

2:25 am

etc

2:25 am

ahhhhh, kittens. Now I LOVE kittens. But who doesn't :)

2:25 am

Love kittens! Purry little bundles of love!

2:25 am

Darth should be allowed!!!!!

2:26 am

My kit is sitting right by my laptop, purring at me, and Hobbit is lying on my feet. Pefect!

2:26 am

May the Force be with you. I agree!

2:26 am

i'm very sensitive to sound as well, sprite.

2:26 am

awwww :) One of mine just threw up a hairball. Ahhh, the joys of kittys! :)

2:26 am

...and radia, which I'm so convinced is a word that I've tried it a dozen times already

2:27 am

i crave getting a kitten.

2:27 am

Okay, now I don't know the word in english, but here is something I love too: when you make soapy water and blow bubbles from it. Always puts a smile on my face. And I AM grown up, they say.

2:27 am

mine hasn't ever had a hairball yet!

2:27 am

I too have tried radia at least half a dozen times

2:27 am

hello and can any one help me with my last word please

2:27 am

Radia is a word. Only enable doesn't know it.

2:27 am

it is ha6/27

2:27 am

too right

2:27 am

how many words today?

2:28 am

helenary: would love to, but I need a little more information.

2:28 am

My Nikki gets them alll the time. I brush and brush, doesn't matter. He ia a huge LONG LONG haired Maine Coon.

2:28 am

115 words

2:28 am

sorry..it the first one afte the laughing one

2:29 am

helenary were abouts do you live in Australia?

2:29 am

That would be "blowing bubbles", Sprite. :) And thanks for confirming the radia

2:29 am

melbourne aleksia

2:29 am

helenary: H + A4/5 + first letter.

2:30 am

Thanks amanda! I thought there would be a beautiful word for it, but I will remember 'blowing bubbles' :)

2:32 am

thanks Sprite..that was a hard puzzle..but finished now

2:32 am

Congrats, helenary :)

2:32 am

congrats helenary!

2:33 am

'fraid not, but we can make one up, Sprite! Yay for helenary!

2:34 am

that last word was not in OneLook!!!!

2:35 am

thanks all

2:36 am

It is in infoplease, helenary. It means a traditional account of things said or done by Muhammad or his companions, or the whole body of those accounts.

2:37 am

infoplease?? I must look into that one too. Thanks again

2:37 am

http://www.infoplease.com/

2:38 am

I use it a lot, most meanings of words can be found through this site.

2:38 am

Got to go now, physiotherapist today. Happy hunting all and have fun :)

2:38 am

later, Sprite!

2:39 am

come

2:39 am

sorry!

2:39 am

bye sprite!

2:50 am

are there any j- words?

2:52 am

2!

2:52 am

yes, amanda, there are 2

2:53 am

I was afraid of that *wakes up the monkeys*

2:53 am

one of them is a real word, haven't got the other yet

2:54 am

there is a je4/9 and a jo5/22

2:54 am

a *normal* jo5/22 or a weirdo one?

2:55 am

it's odd to me

2:56 am

oh great lol

2:57 am

lol, holler if you want a clue :)

2:58 am

when it starts to really irritate me, I will!

2:58 am

:)

3:00 am

for all kitten lovers - this is hysterical - http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuse action=vids.individual&videoID=8340670 72&n=2 (take out the spaces babble's bound to put in there)

3:02 am

thanks Ata, Takes a bit to load on my slow computer :)

3:04 am

2 of my friends kittens ....

3:04 am

well, that jo is irritating me - clue, Cat?

3:07 am

Good morning all.

3:07 am

jo plus the Aries animal

3:07 am

good morning, Haz

3:07 am

Is the grid a pleasure or a pain today?

3:08 am

Ata! That is sooo funny!!!! Thank you for sharing :)

3:08 am

half and half, Haz. I am on the pain half.

3:09 am

Thanks for the warning!

3:09 am

HI everyone, it is 4 am here but couldn't sleep so here I am. Just checked the rankings and I have reached 1,000 in Cream of the Crop. Woo Hoo!

3:09 am

you're welcome

3:10 am

congrats, peri!

3:10 am

Thanks Cat! I'm saying about 3/4 pain, Haz... Hi Peri

3:10 am

hi everyone! how many words today?

3:10 am

you're welcome, amanda

3:10 am

115 words today, Maddie.

3:10 am

hi Maddie, 115

3:11 am

ok thank you haz and cat!!

3:12 am

you're welcome, Maddie

3:12 am

any clues anyone??

3:12 am

32 left, will tackle them tomorrow. Good night everyone!

3:12 am

good morning everybody:)

3:13 am

nite cat!

3:13 am

Bye Cat, Hi jean!

3:14 am

Maddie - so far it's a bit like yesterday's grid with lots of individual words and not much opportunity to develop sequences. I've not long started.

3:14 am

Maddie - little arrows you throw at a round board

3:16 am

oops night Cat!

3:18 am

Morning everyone! :)

3:18 am

Maddie - by experimenting with endings you should be able to find quite a few ha4 words.

3:18 am

Hi Kitty!

3:18 am

Good morning kittyvane!

3:18 am

morning kittyvane

3:19 am

Is it a nice grid today? I didn't get very far with yesterday's gird.

3:20 am

It bears a strikingly frightening resemblance to yesterday's Kitty...

3:21 am

Separated at birth, I would say.

3:21 am

oh dear... well I best just get on with it then if I want to get anywhere today.

3:21 am

Haz - have you remembered any more stories?

3:23 am

Are there any long words? So far I've got a couple of 6's, but that's it...

3:23 am

There's one 7 letter one and one 8 letter one

3:24 am

Oh dear - do either of them have to do with blood?

3:24 am

there is an ha7/48 and a tr8/55.

3:25 am

May I have a clue for the ha7 and tr8 please

3:26 am

ha7 is related to a Passover book and sa has something to do with a foot/lever (I don't even understand the dictionary def of this word).

3:28 am

Dianne - I'll think of some stories and put them on Babanon, if that's okay.

3:28 am

Dianne, I know the word for Passover book but this must be an alternate spelling cause I can't figure it out

3:29 am

Great Haz - I was chuckling last evening thinking about the farmer/auntie/goat/bucket one :)

3:30 am

maybe I should have said "relating to".........

3:31 am

Dianne, that made a difference, thanks, found it

3:34 am

Aha! found the tr8 - think poetry

3:39 am

amandacath, thanks, i was trying to make that word (not the adjective) so when you said poetry i found it right away!!

3:41 am

the poetry clue is not helping me with the tr8 :(

3:41 am

as nasty as this grid is, at least it gives us coffee

3:42 am

peri, it's relating to a type of meter in poetry, like iambic would be another one

3:44 am

Fran, I figured as much but still can't find it, will keep looking, thanks

3:44 am

peri - for the last 5 letters think of a what you would call a gold, linked necklace but put a different letter at the end.

3:45 am

peri, it pretty winds through the whole grid

3:45 am

i mean 'pretty much' winds through the whole grid

3:48 am

does it end in "c"

3:48 am

yes peri

3:49 am

peri - words that are not used any more are ar***** - the tr8 has the same ending

3:53 am

thanks for all the help, finally found that tr8, poetry is not my forte

3:53 am

franmag! woot! we both have fishy clowns :)

3:54 am

oooh, i didn't look at your bigger pic, i thought you had colorful candies!! :-)

3:54 am

nice fishy clowns atalante!

3:54 am

no no no fishies!

3:55 am

Hello everyone, how many words are there today?

3:55 am

i was going to get a human clown, but i remembered the clown from It and decided they creeped me out!!

3:55 am

115 jemma

3:56 am

I hate them! *shudder*

3:56 am

thanks, so i'm guessing its a pretty challenging puzzle

3:56 am

I am finding this grid harder than yesterdays

3:57 am

how can gordita not be a word!!!

3:57 am

That's a kind way of putting it. Good evening Jemma.

3:58 am

Hey Haz, how you doing today!!!!!you are getting good at remembering!!(-: LOL

3:58 am

I'm quite well, but this grid is hard!

3:58 am

2 hours - 67 words...."challenging" it most certainly is!

3:59 am

I wish it were evening here. Daughter is awake teething and having an allergy attack, so no sleep for me. Been up since 1am and it's now 3 :(

3:59 am

Haz, do you think it is harder than yesterdays??

4:00 am

THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE!!

4:00 am

sorry dino!! i hate when you can't comfort them.

4:00 am

Yes, I think it definitely is. I quite enjoyed yesterday's because there were words I knew. Here I'm running out of ideas.

4:00 am

Oh, she is up and happy - after fighting with the tylenol and benedryl. You would think it would put her to sleep

4:01 am

yes its harder than yesterday's!!

4:02 am

Did anyone get a ce5/12? Has this ever been in this game before?

4:02 am

i was able to get more than half yesterday with no help and today i'm barely at half with help!

4:03 am

up to 50 words, time for a break, bbl

4:03 am

later peri!

4:03 am

don't have it yet dianne

4:04 am

c you for now periwinkle!!bye the way, love your name!!

4:04 am

Dianne - I've got a ce5/12 - the word is familiar by sight, possibly by trawling through word lists. Do you need a clue?

4:04 am

just got it dianne, i think it was on a grid 3 weeks ago

4:05 am

Haz, could you give me a clue for that word please?

4:05 am

OK, she is finally rubbing her eyes

4:05 am

later

4:05 am

A freeman of the lowest class in Saxon England. ce plus a two letter 'alternative' word plus the letter that begins letter.

4:05 am

night dino!

4:06 am

Haz - I got the word but it just wasn't a familiar one. I don't think I've seen it here before.

4:06 am

HUH!!i don't understand!

4:07 am

Fran - you have a good memory - must have been one I didn't finish then.

4:07 am

Thanks Haz for the clue, took a moment, but I got it.

4:08 am

Jemma - try CE + Either/** + the first letter of the word letter

4:08 am

Jemma - I gave the definition of the word first. Then I gave a breakdown of how it is built up. ce. then add a two letter word that is used to suggest an alternative to something. Then a letter - it is used to begin Letter. Take it step by step.

4:08 am

This looks like an impossible grid...most of the words might be ar*****.

4:08 am

yup, it was definitely on a recent grid

4:08 am

i remember the definition dianne, but got it just now by using your length and points. i probably won't forget it again!!

4:09 am

Unlike you Fran - I will forget it almost immediately - I'll still have to search for it the next time it is in a grid:)

4:11 am

i tend to remember useless information, like weird babble words, the phone number of the guy i had a crush on in high school, that kind of thing!! :-)

4:12 am

roma should be allowed!!!!

Hello everyone!!

4:13 am

ok gotta go, my dad is calling me for dinner!!(-:

4:13 am

Try it with the first vowel in front, Jemma.

4:13 am

hi mrp!

4:13 am

Hi mrP!

4:13 am

hello mrP

4:13 am

bye haz and every1 else!!

4:13 am

Good evening mrpresident -are you well?

4:14 am

bye jemma

4:14 am

Bye jemma - did you get the fragrant word?

am rather well thanks! lickety is in awe of your lovely email!!

4:16 am

In awe? Goodness, I was just thanking him for all his hard work. It'll be really appreciated today as this grid is a killer.

4:17 am

I am moving at the speed of a slug.

Looks like a sucker punch to me!!

4:21 am

I'm really not liking this grid... I've only found 36 words so far and I'm already thinking of going to the list for help

4:21 am

how many i's and o's, please?

4:21 am

no i's amandacath

4:21 am

5 o's

4:22 am

Wow - I actually have all the o's! I think that's a first! Thanks, Fran. Any e's, while I'm at it?

4:23 am

No Es amandacath

4:23 am

I have got the 2 j words, so why do I keep wanting to enter joga?

4:24 am

haz, would that be an exercise combining running and meditation?

4:25 am

Same here, Haz. Are there more than 2 words from the top-left c?

4:25 am

Yes, I think so. I don't think you could run contorted, so it would have to be running with meditation or contorted and bouncing.

4:25 am

there are 4 amanda

4:25 am

there is 4 words amandacath

4:26 am

And I have none of them!

4:26 am

same haz

4:27 am

i have 3 of them if you'd like a clue haz

Hi Haz! Hi amanda, mrp and the cast of 1000's

4:27 am

Hello All

4:27 am

hi lickety!

4:27 am

hi kallia!

Hi fran!

4:28 am

could you give me some clues for the C words fran mag

4:28 am

Fire away FranMag! And good evening lickety, we're a frazzled cast of thousands.

4:28 am

one of the shows up quite often - sounds like golf helper. Another is a team of zealots (at least that's what the dic says...)

4:28 am

one is a 4/6 which is short for a fancy car

4:28 am

I've got 3 too so hopefully we can clue the lot between us

4:28 am

I have 3 of those c's too...maybe between us we have them all

4:28 am

one is an anagram of that one

4:29 am

one is italian goodbye

4:29 am

Got the golf one now, - the team of zealots sound as though they would be big into joga.

4:29 am

well thats the 3 I have :)

4:29 am

and a 5/14 a military group

4:29 am

Hi Kallia, Lickety - take the plunge, it's a nasty one again

4:29 am

ok I now have 4 thanks guys :)

4:30 am

Thank you for those - the pace quickens again.

4:30 am

can you give me some clues kallia for the C words

Oh amanda - those letters look ugly!

4:30 am

kallia, what's the 4th?

4:30 am

they have all been clued JGalloway :)

4:31 am

can you put them into better words i dont undersatand them

4:31 am

Come on lickety - torture yourself along with the rest of us :)

4:31 am

the team of zealots is the same as my military group, different variations on the def

ok, got 4!

4:31 am

ok lets see....the golf helper, an anagram of that one, Italian hello, and a military group (5/14)

4:31 am

I didn't think Australian men would shy from a challenge......

4:32 am

ooh, didn't have hello, thanks!!

4:32 am

*Haz is working him*

4:32 am

let's see, what can I ask for..... any L words?

4:33 am

no L words

4:33 am

no L words amanda

4:33 am

Dianne - you caught me out!

4:34 am

armlet is just inches from being there!!

4:34 am

I have definitely hit my wall at 89 - guess I'm going to have to go to the list after all...

4:34 am

anyone got the 8 or 7?

amanda - I've hit my wall almost - and I've got 10 ;-)

4:35 am

tr8 - think poetry

4:35 am

And when you get the list, don't forget to throw some words our way, amandacath.

4:35 am

kallia, tr8 relates to a type of poetic meter

4:35 am

ah ty :)

4:36 am

the ha7 relates to a book read at passover

4:36 am

come on lickety don't be a dr5/14 queen.

ok ok, now 15

4:37 am

yay dianne - was missing that one

feel like I'm dr5/14 ing the line though!

4:37 am

hee, hee, dianne, i read 'don't be a dr4/7 queen!'

4:38 am

I thought you were a real ga5/16.

4:38 am

Fran - I wouldn't know about that...........

I can't even get my references right either!

Ah Dianne - I got it!

First 5 letter!

4:39 am

cant believe there's 9 6s!

4:40 am

I have 2 of them

4:40 am

lickety - what about a bevy of beauties - ha5/14.

4:40 am

it doesn't look like there would be many plurals either

4:40 am

if any at all

4:41 am

Ae4 clue?

4:42 am

prefix for things that go in the air

I've grown nimble hairy fingers that enjoy banana peeling!

4:42 am

I have 2 6 letter words as well. Remind me why we're doing this - we get a big cash prize at the end of the day, right? Or the chance to win an all expenses trip to the destination of our choice?

4:42 am

2 6s too ....

4:43 am

haz, you haven't gotten the gift certificates that were sent out?? ;-)

4:43 am

I have the dh* and the body part

4:43 am

i only have 2 6s myself

4:43 am

We're nuts that's why? The only reason I can think of that makes any sense.

4:43 am

I think I've got 2 lousy plurals - s-plurals I mean. 2 s's and they're almost completely useless!

4:43 am

I have a Muslim head covering

4:43 am

Gift certificates? I must not have ticked the right boxes.

or typed in the wrong ones ;-)

4:44 am

i have one 6 that looks almost like a cheese

Haz - didn't mean to sound rude ;-)

4:44 am

ok, daughter asleep - after 2+ hrs - gonna try to put her in her crib and go back to bed

4:44 am

what does the body part start with?

4:44 am

No - I didn't take it that way at all, lickety!

4:44 am

amanda - do they start with an A and a D?

4:44 am

good luck dino!

4:45 am

t, ata

4:45 am

i was just going to ask that atalante

4:45 am

ty - nite

4:45 am

it's not my neck, but my t..

4:45 am

I've got 5 6's, only 2 of which I've ever heard of. The rest I monkeyed

You are all too good! I've only managed 20. Think I need to go to the list and word lists!

4:46 am

the cheese-like on starts with ch

4:46 am

well that body part is completely beyond me - I'm obviously being reallllllly dumb today *sigh*

4:46 am

Where do you get tonsillitis?

4:47 am

Dianne, the 2 plurals I was talking about rhyme and start with r and m - will go check on the a and d...

Atalante... when you want to speak, you clear your th**** and talk

mrp ? What? Throwing Arm?

4:47 am

I overlooked those when I scrolled thru my list.

4:47 am

ha6/27 - the collective sayings of Muhammed - add the last part of a female name beginning Ju****

damn! that th!

4:48 am

*facepalm* thanks mrp!

supernanny is on... she is crying!! perhaps she will break today!! :))

4:48 am

helps if you look from the right T ...

Chant - Make the Nanny Cry. That's so sad! Must be Damian!

LOL!!

4:49 am

there's a c6 that sounds like a brand of canned meat in the US - which is probably no help whatsoever, as there are very few Americans on at this hour

4:50 am

very few Americans in the states at least

4:50 am

Is it our Supernanny? The one who says that behaviour is not asseptable?

4:50 am

american here!! got it

hehehhe haz

and pacifically, it is not asseptable!!

4:50 am

Exactly!

Timeout mrp - sit on the stair for 3 flips!

4:51 am

True, Unicorn - where are you?

wwaaaaahhhhhhh!

(ignoring mrp)

4:51 am

very few americans who are willing to chime in without theor coffee 8-)

4:51 am

got that ha, thanks haz!

4:52 am

lickety - when she says she is sorry, don't forget to come down to her level and give her a big hug.

4:52 am

i know what you mean but for me it's already noon LOL

4:52 am

noon can wait...meanwhile, I like the morning birds...and, since I don't eat meat, that clue will be wasted on me

4:53 am

gomer should be a word!

4:53 am

You're welcome Franmag!

4:53 am

Yous guys is crazy to be up this early! Noon for me too, Unicorn

4:53 am

it's almost midnight for me

4:54 am

as should gomad = wandering reproductive organs

4:54 am

just saying it's not always earliy for Americans LOL After all i'm an american too

I got one! sc5/12 Ya for me!

4:54 am

leah should be a word

4:54 am

lol

4:54 am

that must have brought your sc5/12 up then lickety

4:54 am

lolol

4:55 am

i like that amanda!

25 now! Very proud! hang on 193

And this is very ha4/6 !

4:56 am

pam - the ch6/27 is a kind of shawl if that is any help.

4:57 am

Indeed it is, thanks, Dianne!

4:58 am

that ch word has been in the grid in every form except the one I actually know! *calls monkeys in*

4:59 am

i have an ha6/27 that doesn't have a dictionary.com def, it's also a city in the Shimane prefecture in Japan. i know that's not the enable def

5:00 am

Is mrpresident still sitting on the step? She's gone very quiet.

5:00 am

Is that the one that sounds sorta like Mrs. Bunker, Fran?

5:01 am

no amanda, it's a different ha6

5:01 am

Looking up world cities in my crossword dictionary...

5:01 am

all the letters are in your alias in fact.

5:02 am

now i have 6 6s

5:02 am

*starts anagramming*

5:03 am

who's Mrs Bunker?

5:03 am

nite y'all

5:03 am

atalante, from 70s show 'All in the Family'

5:03 am

Another USism, Ata, sorry - what Fran said

5:03 am

night unicorn

5:04 am

nite unicorn

5:04 am

Wife of Mr Bunker - can't remember the name of the series. Same name as Miss Durham from the Seekers or Mrs Keppel who won Millionaire for the first time.

5:05 am

Hi all, American in England has no idea what c6 is canned meat. Any help?? All I can think of is spam.

5:05 am

oh! thanks Haz - recognise the Keppel one :)

5:05 am

carri, it's the manufacturer of spam, the CO6 rhymes with it

5:06 am

Oh. Think I got it. It's kind of like the chewy amber colored sweet with a different vowel, right?

5:07 am

there you go carrie.

5:07 am

amanda - think of someone speaking with a street-wise accent telling a story about his girlfriend's father's wife.......play with that a bit.

5:07 am

got the other ha6 - thx fran!

5:07 am

There's an ha6/24 - extend the concubines' living quarters .

5:07 am

yw amanda! now if i could find the other 3 6s...

5:09 am

got it haz, thanks!

5:10 am

it's also concubine's living quarters

5:10 am

You're welcome! I suppose they just keep adding a vowel as more arrive. Flexible living in all senses.

5:10 am

Let's see what I've got in the way of 6's: the scarf thingy, the spam guys, Greg's wife, the two ha's, the body part - then there's a da6 - smaller version of the thing you throw at a round board?

5:11 am

...3 ha's...

5:11 am

dh6/27

5:12 am

so I'm still missing one 6...

5:12 am

i'm also missing one

5:12 am

My brain's beginning to go missing.

5:13 am

it must be out with mine, Haz

5:15 am

the 6's: ch, co, da, dh, ha x3, th and tr.

5:15 am

Maybe a rest would be a good idea. I could take the dog for a walk, plant up my hanging baskets, and by that time the brain might have come back. I'll be back later. Those gift certificates are going to be mine.

5:15 am

and mine ... missing this concubine thing and a tr ... *ponders*

5:16 am

ok, so it's the tr that's hiding....

5:16 am

got it! the tr!

5:16 am

found the tr!!

5:16 am

trade you the concubines for the tr

what gift certificate!

5:16 am

lol its a squished together version of Travis Fimmel

5:17 am

Apparently FranMag gets gift certificates as an incentive for finishing babble. I have now put my name down with Dr_God.

5:17 am

to quote peri--it's a stupidhead word!!!!!!

5:17 am

ok, the concubines one sounds like it could be the first name of a basketball player....(and who's travis fimmel?)

5:18 am

lol Travis Fimmel is a Calvin Klein model (I think its CK anyway) but he pops up as an object of adoration in one of my fav series of books

5:18 am

basketball player!!! English clue please! *giggles*

Who give the gift certificates?? I haven't heard of this??

5:19 am

*giggles back* - take the bevy of beautiful ladies and stick another vowel in there

5:19 am

I've been trying! Now which combination haven't I tried 5 times already?

5:20 am

It's just a joke, mrp. I was despairingly asking why we were doing this - was there to be a great reward at the end - FranMag joked that she got gift certicates.

5:20 am

i was joking with haz and asking her if she hadn't been receiving the gift certificates...there really aren't any

5:20 am

But it's a nice thought, isn't it?

5:20 am

towards the end atalante

too funny! rewards for finishing babble!! sprite would be in certificate heaven!!

5:20 am

maybe the double vowel one, Ata?

5:20 am

ah. *that* combination. grrrr

5:21 am

okay, time for the list, all the words are 4s and 5s

5:22 am

any clues for the 8???

5:22 am

Right, off I go. Thanks for the company through this nasty grid.

5:23 am

later haz!

5:24 am

mickie, it relates to poetic meters

5:27 am

I'll be lucky if I get through this listless! I thought yesterdya was bad enough!

5:32 am

sorry mickey, it's a TR8/55

5:33 am

still looking lol thanx

5:34 am

I think there's more Elvish words in here than English

5:37 am

any clues for the 8-letter word anyone?

5:38 am

it's a tr8/55 and has to do with poetic meters

5:39 am

any other clues for the 8-letter word because i dont get the clue that FranMag gave me!? (sorry Fran mag!!)

5:42 am

think of a 4 letter word that means to toss a ball. Drop the last letter. Then think of a 5 letter word that is a metal thing made of links (also used on a bike) but change the last letter to a c.

5:42 am

urghhh - there are two am5/12's that don't want me to find them - anybody?

5:42 am

I have one of them but I am searching for the 2nd one.

5:43 am

don't have them, sorry!

5:43 am

have one. its a weird variation of our favourite middle eastern ruler

5:44 am

and then a + dead

5:45 am

amanda, a + prefix that has to do with death

5:45 am

Atalante - thank you.

5:45 am

ty Dianne!!! that was a big help!! i got the 8-letter!!! ty so much!!

5:45 am

Glad you got it :)

5:45 am

sigh of relief - thx Ata

5:46 am

you're both very welcome :)

5:49 am

I can't beleive da4/7 is in here - I typed it in because I was desperate to find my last 4 letter word.

5:49 am

me too Dianne . . .

5:50 am

any clues for the 7-letter word?

5:50 am

heel

5:50 am

melt

5:50 am

couldn't believe that one either dianne, maybe it means something else in enable

5:50 am

sorry!!!!

5:50 am

Cool shoes, Une!

5:50 am

I just got that word too, even though I thought it wouldn't take

5:50 am

Well when you click on the ? next to it the def is just what we all think it means.

5:51 am

i say that too dianne, but sometimes dictionary.com doesn't find the actual enable def

5:51 am

The n-word has been in the grid too, as has yids - makes you want to wash your fingers, doesn't it?

5:52 am

yes!!!!

5:52 am

i mean, i 'saw' that too dianner

5:52 am

Fran - if you find it means something nicer please let us all know.

well, I am totally stumped!! I replied to a topic in bab anon on the 4th June and it is now gone! Wonder what happened to it??

5:56 am

I'm going to go do the laundry now, with 20 words left for the eveing. B'bye for now everyone! :)

5:57 am

night kittyvane

5:57 am

I don't know why I always start at the top. The 'a's always drive me crazy.

5:59 am

and I'm off to walk pup with 35 painful words to go!

6:02 am

later atalante!

6:03 am

O.K. I am stumped - I can't find my last word. Its a D5. I've got 6 da words, 1 dh, 2 di and 5 dr. What am I missing?

6:03 am

there are 7 da's, dianne - have you got the da6/21?

6:04 am

I have the da6 and 5 da4.

6:05 am

pl the children's book author

6:05 am

and now for my last word....th5/14 anyone?

6:06 am

amanda - I never looked in that direction - I just styed in the bottom corner. Thanks so much.

6:06 am

i'm not there yet

6:07 am

I hink I have it Amanda, but how do I tell you?

6:07 am

th5/14 - t + damage or hurt.

6:08 am

tr5/14 if you have a Brooklyn accent this is how you might say the word for "toss". Does that help at all?

6:08 am

Thanks Ja

6:08 am

stupid-head word!!! Thanks Jac. That's it for me - off to do....something else. Later!

6:08 am

amanda - I clued you wrong - jac is right on it !

6:08 am

bye amanda!

Hi Jac, am feeling very unloved!!

6:09 am

Hi MrP? Why??

6:09 am

jac - what does that word mean?

My reply to greywoulf got deleted on BabAnon...

6:10 am

Dianne - It isn't defined on the Babble list but it must mean something or I wouldn't have know the word.

6:10 am

I'll look it up in a real paper dictionary.

6:10 am

Deleted? Reply? Whereabouts?

6:11 am

Jac - I found it in my Scrabble dictionary - it means belly.

I have posted yet another reply asking why?? I just don't get it?? I replied to greywoulf's list v listless topic and it has gone!! It was there for a while, but now... poof!!

6:12 am

MrP - That's weird!

6:13 am

Dianne - sounds more like Yorkshire for 'not the leg but the a**'. LOL.

Yes, it is weird... perhaps I will get a reply as to where it has gone and why... hmmmm

6:14 am

I wonder if you could use it in "I have a th***y ache"?

6:14 am

hey peeps - how many today?

6:17 am

good result for england yesterday shame they played awful

6:18 am

115 pretty difficult ones today.

6:18 am

yay, i'm finished!!

6:18 am

i gathered that - im languishing on 65 - oh my

6:19 am

i was so concentrated on the longer words that i missed a lot of 4 and 5s!!

6:20 am

mrp, what did you say in your post?

nothing out of the topic... stuck to what greywoulf was saying... kept in context and pretty much agreed with him... I have now posted a reply asking why I was deleted...

I have discussed it with several babblers on IM and we had all similar opinions... I did not say anything to get deleted!!

6:22 am

that is strange, you'll have to let us know what happened if you get a reply

perhaps freedom of speech is a speech impediment on that site! will wait for the reply from *the powers that be*

6:23 am

Sorry for silence. I've been away reading the debate in BabAnon.

6:23 am

does anyone have any c words?

I have an email address for the administrator now...

6:25 am

i've read the other posts, i can't believe you would say something that would get deleted considering what every one else has written.

6:25 am

Jac - is Hustle still on t.v. in the UK?

6:25 am

what do you need help with JGalloway?

6:26 am

MrP - Let us know the result.

6:26 am

Dianne - No, the 2nd series finished about a month ago.

6:26 am

the c word that is on the right hand side in the middle of the s and the e please FranMag?

6:27 am

I love that show. We have it one Friday nites here. Unfortuantely I'm soon off to meet my hubby for dinner so will miss it (would rather be eating in and watching it - but don't tell him that).

Fran, I said nothing to offend... I agreed with greywoulf and I have discussed my post with others... they have said is was very diplomatic and that is just how I am with topics anyway... I will let you all know!

6:27 am

Do any of the da words have a g in them? I'm stuck on the 4/7

6:28 am

JG - ce5/12 = A freeman of the lowest class in Anglo-Saxon England.

6:28 am

merk - daa/7 derogatory word for a foreigner

6:28 am

Mark - just type in the slang word that really shouldn't be here.

6:28 am

jgalloway, it's a ce5/12, ce+either/**+first letter of the word letter

6:28 am

Dianne - can't you video it?

6:29 am

Ends in a vowel then.

6:29 am

I am hopeless with that machine :(

6:29 am

Dianne - Ask a neighbour!:-)

6:29 am

well, i've expanded my babble vocabulary greatly with today's grid, going to go sleep now, goodnight or good morning all!!

6:30 am

'Night FranMag.

6:30 am

could i get a clue for the dh - i cannae see it

6:30 am

Jacula, can you please give me some clues?

6:30 am

sandr - Greg's wife on tv.

6:31 am

thanks dianne - could have sworn i had typed that already

6:32 am

Bye all - have fun (?) hunting.

6:32 am

JG - Not sure how much help I can be. I not long started the grid, have 46 left to find and am still winging it 'listless'.

6:33 am

can you please give me some clues on the ones that you have??

6:33 am

'Bye Dianne.

6:33 am

morning/evening everyone

6:34 am

bye dianne thanks for the help again

6:35 am

Morning/afternoon Saphyre.

6:37 am

does anyone have any clues to give me please???

6:37 am

JG - If you ask for specific clues you are more likely to get them.

6:38 am

morning saphyre

6:38 am

jg some of us also need clues while we are doing babble

6:41 am

kool meto

6:42 am

JG - If you open the entire chatlog and scroll back through it you'll find lots of clues.

6:45 am

ty jacula.

6:45 am

Happy hunting, JG.

6:45 am

ty

6:47 am

I keep seeing oatmeal in the grid - maybe I need breakfast

6:50 am

morning alll... tough one today.

6:51 am

does anyone have any clues for the 7-letter word please??

6:52 am

Morning Grace. Yes, small but tough! I'm taking a break with 34 left. Need to work in the garden. BBL.

6:52 am

bye Jacula

6:52 am

35 left here

6:52 am

28 here

6:53 am

you're icon is great Atalante

6:53 am

saphyre-do you have any clues for the 7-letter word please??

6:53 am

79 here!

6:53 am

thanks saphyre :)

6:54 am

ummm think of another word for a witch & first vowel & first part of nickname for Richard

Afternoon - how is it today - anyone know today's theme?

6:54 am

hi mattygroves

6:55 am

clowns I think

6:55 am

saphyre-I dont understand??

6:55 am

a witch might be refered to as an old ha*

6:56 am

I think gomer should be a word.

6:57 am

ty saphyre i have it now!

6:57 am

any clues for the 6-letter words?

6:57 am

hi could i please have a clue for the mo5/16 please

6:58 am

mo 4/5 & const.

ok I am outta here! bye all!! (waving!)

6:58 am

bye mrp

6:58 am

adios

6:58 am

thanx for the 7 saphyre

6:58 am

yw

6:59 am

sandr - you might drink it

6:59 am

saphyre-do you have any clues for the 6-letter words?

good morning!!!

7:00 am

I'll clue when I can - trying to finish :)

7:00 am

TV show Dh6/27 and Greg

7:00 am

ok ty saph!

7:01 am

when you have a cold, you also sometimes have a sore th6/21

7:01 am

Morning everyone.

7:01 am

hi charm

7:02 am

well - im going to have to do some work - catch you all late and thanks for the clues

7:02 am

Hi, GraceM. Has anyone clued the 8 yet?

7:02 am

ch6/27 a head covering for Muslim and Hindu women

7:02 am

I want gomer and elmo to be words...

7:03 am

tough clues for the 8 in the log...

7:03 am

Elmo was my dad's middle name--eek!!!

7:03 am

Is there a clue please for the ha7/48?

7:04 am

hey my real names in the grid

7:04 am

tr+vowel+ end of ar word meaning old or obsolete

7:04 am

Quick post for mrpresident: Please see Babbler's Anon for a message from me :)

7:05 am

ha7/48 please

7:06 am

don't have it yet--sorry

7:06 am

are there any clues for the ad4/5

7:06 am

there are good clues for the ha/7 in the log...

7:07 am

ends in a neutral pronoun

7:07 am

Grace, do you remember how far back?

7:08 am

not very far at all...

7:08 am

open the chat log and search for ha7 :P

7:09 am

Thanks Grace. I should have looked down there first.

7:09 am

apparently it's a Jewish word

7:09 am

Any clues for the first ha6/27 please

7:10 am

Babbledude - AD 4/5 -- think of what you to when you proofread a book, but it begins with the first vowel.

7:11 am

But I guess I have the incorrect nickname for richard. I can't make it, Grace.

7:11 am

think of nixon - tricky ----

7:11 am

A smoked piece of pork and a woman's name

7:11 am

But there is no K in the grid

7:12 am

merk---first three letters of a book of definitions...

7:12 am

which is why my clue said the first part of the nickname

7:12 am

ae4/4 please help

7:12 am

Got that one, it is the first one I am missing

7:12 am

I guess my problem, then, is the fourth letter of the word.

7:12 am

forget richard--try dagwood's boss--Mr. D***ers

7:13 am

Kateq... I don't think that works...

7:13 am

ok here it is again....

7:13 am

that's for the ha6 not the ha7

7:13 am

great clue for the ha6, Kate!

7:13 am

an old ha* & first vowel & first part of nickname for richard

7:14 am

I thought that's where the richard clue was going--sorry

7:14 am

ah...

7:14 am

Thanks for your patience, Saphyre.

Hi all - what's it like (keeping with clowns...)

7:14 am

What does it mean anyway?

7:14 am

this grid is giving me a headache

7:14 am

yw - everyone get it now?

7:15 am

The definition is in the log within the first hour or so after the flip

7:15 am

For a short list, it's taking a long time.

7:15 am

J clues?

7:15 am

53 to go...

7:15 am

to do with a part of the Talmud

7:16 am

I have the je4/9 meaning to laugh at.

7:16 am

I'm surprised the da4/7 is in there...

7:17 am

yeah, there was a lively discussion about it earlier

7:17 am

ugh

7:17 am

I'm sure...

This looks tough...

7:18 am

jo 5/22 a king of Israel, son of Ahab -- sort of a theme today--really obscure Hebrew words

7:18 am

any help with the ch 6

7:18 am

it is matty ...

7:19 am

Kateq - I may have to resort to a2z for that, not up on obscure words, of whatever origin....

7:19 am

i clued the ch6 just a little bit ago--it's a cloth head garment worn by Muslim and Hindu women

7:19 am

jo + male sheep

7:19 am

sorry Une

7:20 am

no prob!

7:20 am

ah, thanks, Kateq - and I learned something!

7:21 am

yw

7:22 am

33 to go and at a crawl - going to the list

m**** orel..........

7:30 am

does the ca5 link off any of the other cas words

7:31 am

nope

7:31 am

oh bum thanks Atalante

7:34 am

any clues for the ca5/14 : (

babbledude, italain word for quadro

sorry italian word

you are looking for a french word

7:37 am

not to good with italian

7:38 am

ty babbledude

it also means a member of a group

7:39 am

? Papa

7:39 am

hmm, oops . . . ty smiling

yw

7:57 am

mornin babblers!!

7:58 am

hi evanadine

hi evanadine!

7:59 am

i see its another short grid, but is it a bear??

8:00 am

it's is a bear. i'm at 40 words and my brain hurts

8:02 am

Fireworks ... but yes, it was tedious today. It took me longer than some puzzles with a lot more words.

8:02 am

fireworks!

8:02 am

congrats merk

8:02 am

hi evanadine

8:02 am

wow, great job merk!

8:03 am

wow merk! well done!

8:03 am

18 to go :(

8:03 am

It seems like I should get a lot more than 1136 points, but then, how do you factor in difficulty.

8:03 am

ok, now I can clue :)

8:03 am

congrats, merk!

8:04 am

this was tough but not as bad as the other day

8:04 am

ok...the ag's are totally eluding me. keep thinking i've found one and then realize it's an ga...ugh

8:05 am

Some of you know my goal is to get to 1,000 in the first and third columns of the rankings by the end of Monday. I made it to the third column, but I won't on the first. I'm at 993 this morning and gain only two points a day. My third column has been stuck at 1004 for four days. No change even though I've finished each day. Bummer.

8:05 am

think of a cat minus the n

8:05 am

for the ag 5/14

8:05 am

I won't be here again until September and by then I'lll have to start over.

8:06 am

then change the last cont for the ag 5/16

8:06 am

correction on the last clue

8:06 am

change the last cont and the vowel before it

8:07 am

4/6 is ag & laugh

8:07 am

ughh thats 4/7

8:07 am

maybe I should stop until I get more coffee

8:08 am

where are you going merk?

8:08 am

China

8:08 am

saphyre -- i dont even have the first of your clues...lol...

8:08 am

I'll have my laptop along, but no time to do this. :-(

8:09 am

ne one clue for the c word starting in the middle of the last column????

8:09 am

thanks for the ag 5/14 saphyre, much appreciated! i hope you have a nice trip merk

8:09 am

Thanks

8:09 am

hello everybody

8:09 am

hello

8:10 am

ag5/14 is a Greek open space, and the root of a phobia therof

8:10 am

hi aleksia

8:10 am

ce 5/12 - A freeman of the lowest class in Anglo-Saxon England

8:10 am

any body watching the soccer?

8:10 am

China?! Wow!

8:11 am

Business? Pleasure?

8:11 am

I worked so hard to get the ha7/48 and then when I went to check the meaning, there was none. Grrrr

8:11 am

hi aleksia, and no I'm not watching

8:11 am

I will be teaching speaking and listening skills to teachers of English.

8:11 am

the meaning is in the log about an hour after the flip I think

8:12 am

Sounds interesting Merk

8:12 am

Merk, I think it's an alternate spelling of having to do with the book of Exodus

8:12 am

ha7 is a portion of the Talmud

8:12 am

That makes sense.

8:12 am

Sounds fascinating, Merk!

8:14 am

Well one of the 'j's reminded me of one of the kings in the OT. I checked it out and it was. That is a proper noun. It is fascinating, Uneaixoise. This will be my tenth time of doing it.

8:14 am

Who sponsors you, Merk?

8:14 am

ELIC out of San Dimas, California

8:15 am

so are you fluent in Chinese?

8:16 am

No, you don't have to speak Chinese to do it. The teachers that we teach are English teachers. By the end of the first few days, their speaking has really improved.

Any clues for the eight?

8:16 am

Ha7 is really a variation of the same word with a double consonant. It pertains to ancient Jewish lore in the nonlegal part of the Talmud.

8:16 am

I can imagine . . . so do you live with other American teachers while you're there?

8:17 am

ha 8 + a wotcj. a vowel + first three letters of a nickname for Richard

Isn't that the seven? What's a wotcj?

8:18 am

Yes, every time I've gone they have put us up in a hotel, provided all of our meals, etc. take us touring on Saturdays. I've started going in winter, too, so I've seen Harbin's ice sculptures.

8:18 am

Sorry, it is ha 7. Where's the eight?

8:18 am

don't mean to be nosy, Merk--just interested--I taught English for awhile at Berlitz in Paris--nothing like going all the way to China!

8:18 am

tr 8

8:18 am

the 8 is tr

8:19 am

tr 8 + tr + o + the ending of something outdated.

8:19 am

are a lot of the teachers "repeat" participants?

8:19 am

Oops, too specific. I should have said fourth vowel.

8:19 am

saphyre --- I got ag 5/14, but was not able to get the ag 5/16....must be missing something.

8:19 am

Maybe half give or take ... varies from year to year.

8:20 am

We're gone from home about six weeks altogether.

8:20 am

There is no ag 6 kkiln

8:21 am

Clues for the first ha6/27 please

8:21 am

ag5/16 is a kind of lizard, but if you change both the middle vowel and second consonant of the 5/14, you will find it

8:22 am

a & ga* rays minus one const.

8:22 am

ha + the first four letters of Dagwood's boss.

8:24 am

Thanks - that's me finished

8:25 am

are there any o5s? or more than 1 r5?

8:26 am

yay gran

8:28 am

congrats gran

8:28 am

Thanks Vicuna and Saphyre--- finally got it.

8:29 am

Congrats gran

8:29 am

yw

8:29 am

no o5s

8:30 am

ty saphyre

8:30 am

only 1 r5

8:32 am

saphyre - late thank you on the help with the ag's...had to finish breakfast for the kids...

8:32 am

yw mama

8:34 am

there are really 5 Os lol? I hate this grid!

8:35 am

5 os - all 4 letters

8:35 am

morning, all.

8:36 am

Good morning Angelsong! I'm just looking in again for 5 minutes to see if inspiration strikes.

8:37 am

i've only managed to find 2 of the os so far

8:38 am

Haz, thiis morning,you are more likely to be struck by lightning than by inspiration, I'm afraid.

8:38 am

I know, but I hoped for a miracle. It's a nasty grid!

8:39 am

Hi Haz

8:39 am

it sure is! anyone have a clue for the last ar5?

8:39 am

hi Haz and Angelsong

8:39 am

hi Abe

8:39 am

hi angelsong

8:39 am

something smells good - ar 5/12

8:40 am

Well, saphyre, abe and everyone. It's a headache to get this one done!

8:40 am

I'm here to clue for a while longer

8:40 am

it sure is, Haz!

8:41 am

hi, saphyre...cle for the lat ar5?

8:41 am

something smells good - ar 5/12

8:41 am

man, i can't even type this morning.

8:41 am

i got 3- or4/4,A bearing, in the form of a fillet, round the shield, within, but at some distance from, the border. om 4/5 An offering of a sheaf of the first harvest of barley to a priest in the Temple on the second day of Passover.

8:41 am

i got 3- or4/4,A bearing, in the form of a fillet, round the shield, within, but at some distance from, the border. om 4/5 An offering of a sheaf of the first harvest of barley to a priest in the Temple on the second day of Passover.

8:42 am

how about some ag clues? I only have the 4/6

8:42 am

oa 4/5 to swearby, take an ****

8:43 am

ag & laugh for the ag 4/7

8:43 am

a & ga* rays minus a const. for the ag 5/16

8:43 am

ag 5/14 long haired cat minus a const.

8:44 am

Okay, so i'm down to my last 3, and it is driving me crazy. Any clues on the MA 5/14?

8:44 am

Thanx a bunch! great clues! :-)

8:44 am

yw

8:45 am

theres also or4/5, Situated nearer the mouth in relation to a specific reference point

8:46 am

would love some help with any of the RA's

8:46 am

ma 5/14 irate & abbrev for in reference to

8:46 am

ma5/14 -Spanish mother

8:47 am

old cloth & first vowel for ra 4/6

8:48 am

ra4/5 - brand of bug spray, or surprise attack

8:48 am

ra5/12 - male sheep and double vowel.

8:48 am

thank you bugzy and saphyre

8:49 am

yw

8:49 am

Thank you saphyre, haz and bugzy

8:50 am

kkiln - for the RA 4/4, try RA + two more vowels - but the same vowel isnt back to back

8:51 am

those should be the 4 RA's

8:52 am

You're welcome. I've crept up to 85 words. When I come back from my walk, I'm going to break out the list. My sanity is on a knife edge.

8:52 am

enjoy the walk Haz :)

8:53 am

anyone else need clues before I go?

8:53 am

any of the am's?

8:53 am

I need the very first ha6/27

8:54 am

ha & beginning of Dagwood's boss's name

8:54 am

some th's would be nice saphyre -- not a part of the body.

8:54 am

am 4/6 wet nurse in India

8:54 am

good clue saphyre

8:55 am

one two th*

8:55 am

good luck ch* replace the c

8:55 am

thanks saph...got it

8:55 am

th4/5 - part of the body minus last 2 letters

8:56 am

then add 2nd vowel to the 4/5

8:56 am

thats all the th's

8:57 am

first am5/12

8:57 am

No idea what a wet nurse in India is. and durn it I didn't get the th clues

8:57 am

am 4/6 am & backwards laugh

8:57 am

Saphyre -- great clues...thanks so muh!

8:57 am

much!

8:58 am

So that's an idian wet nurse!

8:58 am

indian

8:58 am

am 5 an independent ruler or chieftain

I have *~*~*~FIREWORKS!~*~*~*

8:59 am

congrats MRP

8:59 am

well done mrpreisdent

before midnight too!! what a champion!!

8:59 am

Yay for MrP

8:59 am

yay mr. p!

8:59 am

lol

8:59 am

so now I'm down to 2 more words - any hints on either DA 6/21 or HA 6/27?

8:59 am

congrats

8:59 am

Hip Hip Hooray for MrP!

8:59 am

congrats mrp

And it is now Saturday!!

thanks guys!! this has been a battle!!

9:00 am

happy saturday :)

9:00 am

MRP. who made this website

9:00 am

Wish it was Saturday here, not Friday at 10am.... :(

9:01 am

there are 2 ha 6/27

9:01 am

cya evaeryone...Happy Babbling

9:01 am

bye aleksia

9:02 am

Later, aleksia

9:03 am

ha 6/27 think of the hotel chain ra - then change the r for the h

9:03 am

ha 6/27 h & Mrs. Bunker but change the first letter of her name to an a

9:04 am

great clues saphyre!

9:04 am

bue aleksia

9:04 am

yes indeed

9:04 am

thanks

9:05 am

I need the last am 5

9:06 am

da 6/21 a pointed object that is used a a game plus const and vowel

hello everyone!

9:06 am

hi temple owl

I better sleep now! officially turned into a pumpkin!! bye everyone! (waving)

hello temple!! bye temple!!

9:06 am

am & dble vowel & letter after L

9:06 am

night mrp -- sleep well

9:06 am

nite mrp

night night mr. p! do u have a minute to check out my icon?

9:07 am

hi temple owl

9:07 am

how many words today

9:07 am

bye mr. p

9:07 am

115

9:07 am

thanks

9:07 am

struggling at 37

that is wonderful!! LOL!! what a great icon!!

what luck to have found it! i hate clowns and was considering not doing them!

see u later - sleep well!

9:08 am

I meant letter after q - sorry

thanks sweetie!! see you soon!!

9:09 am

saphyre thanks!

9:09 am

yw

9:11 am

thanks saphyre for the HA clue. I'm still struggling over the DA clue though

sounds like this is a tricky one today!

9:12 am

add le to the 4/5 above it

9:13 am

it sure is, i feel like i'm not getting anywhere

9:14 am

get it JMann?

9:14 am

Thank you saphyre - NOW I see what you were saying, how clueless I am!

9:14 am

Fireworks!

hwoops - got to go - back later! happy babbling!

9:14 am

lol congrats!

9:14 am

yay JMann

congrats jmann!

9:15 am

I'll be back later to give more clues - need some sleep

9:15 am

bye everyone

9:16 am

this was tough today

9:16 am

bye saphyre - have a good day, and thanks again

9:16 am

yw

9:17 am

i'm off to bed as well - any one need some quick clues before I go?

9:17 am

Hi again folks. I've 2 left to find and, even breaking lists and real dictionaries out, they've got me totally stumped. They are da5/14 & the 1st ha6/27.

9:17 am

bye saphyre

9:17 am

I do hope they're not fishslap word.:(

9:18 am

clues for the first th5/12?

9:18 am

ha + mr. bunker's wife minus a letter

9:18 am

abe - who the heck's Mrs. Bunker?

9:18 am

jacs, the first ha 6/27 is ha + (never mind, abe just gave a brilliant clue!)

9:19 am

from all in the family, hold on, let me think of another person with that name....

9:19 am

Oh ... jacula, you could google "Archie Bunker's wife" and get it

9:19 am

poet sitwell?

9:19 am

then use the last four letters of her name

singer Piaf

9:20 am

Or the poet Pilaf

9:20 am

a hollywood designer famous for her hats also has the same name as mr bunker's wife

9:20 am

No idea who Archie Bunker is! I'll Google him.

9:20 am

thank you sarahbellum!

9:20 am

Ah! Piaf & Sitwell I do know!

you're welcome :)

hello all

9:20 am

first th5/12?

9:21 am

Jacula - the DA 5/14 is the plural of the one above it

9:21 am

Got the ha now. Thanks for the help everyone. That just leaves the da.

back! hi angel! hi jacs!

9:22 am

Hi Temple.

9:22 am

Jac, just joined in and found the da5--pl. of da4

9:22 am

angelsong - for TH 5/13 (and your probably going to go crazy when you get it, as I did) - count One, Two, ...

9:23 am

yeah, I got it...pass the fish!

9:23 am

Nope! Can't plural the word I have above it. Roald or Tessa...

9:24 am

yes you can

9:24 am

Ah! Going down instead of up! LOL.

9:24 am

that's the one -- you can

9:24 am

jacula, I love your icon -- I just clicked on it for the larger photo. That is great!

9:24 am

go the other way

take it on faith jacs

9:24 am

try going up not down

9:24 am

Got the fireworks! THANK YOU ALL!

yay for jacs!

9:24 am

congratulations jacula :)

9:25 am

yay Jac!

9:25 am

congrats Jacula

9:25 am

great job Jacula!

9:25 am

But the word you have above it should be d + exclamation + stick. Is it the da6 you need?OOps! Too late Congrats., Jac!

9:27 am

That was a tough grid!

9:27 am

anyone need any clues before I go off to sleep?

9:28 am

how about the tr 8?

9:28 am

Oh well, teabreak's over. I have to get back to painting the shed and greenhouse with preserver. I'm covered with green streaks! Got as much on myself as on the buildings. :/

oh lord - there's a tr8? *pictures jacs with a green face* LOL!

9:29 am

happy painting jacula!

9:30 am

Not just a green face! Green hair, green arms, green feet... need I go on?

9:30 am

okay, abe, try the ancient city known for it's horse (minus the last letter) + what you put on your bike to make the tires move and then replace the last letter of that to a consonant

9:30 am

tr8 relates to a poetical device - A metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable, as in season, or of a long syllable followed by a short syllable.

9:31 am

Hopefully it's a color you're going to like all over you and the shed, Jacula

9:31 am

Must go. BYEE.xx

9:31 am

thanks jacula for the clues - happy painting

great clue jacs - thanks!

mocs

9:32 am

ag 4/7 --- any clues?

9:32 am

clues for ther t8?

a medium used in a lab

4

9:33 am

thanks jacula

ag 4 is a medium used in a lab to grow cultures

9:33 am

and JMann

9:33 am

angelsong - try scrolling down to my entry from 9:30

9:34 am

no problem, I take it you got it - i was unsure if I even understood what I wrote

thanks jmann

9:34 am

no, it made perfect sense!

9:35 am

the AG 4/6 is the medium used in labs, but the AG 4/7 sounds like the middle eastern ruler - think Rita Hayward married the AG** Khan

9:36 am

if all else fails, try AG + another word for a laugh

9:36 am

Thanks JMann....

9:41 am

alright, I'm off to bed, but good luck everyone - it's a tough puzzle today

bye jmann

9:44 am

bye JMann

9:44 am

ar 5/10? It is probably right there....but cannot find it.

9:45 am

can any1 give me a clue for the fisrt ha 6-27 plz

9:46 am

kkiln, add a letter to one of your ar 4s

9:46 am

ha + singer piaf minus a letter

9:47 am

da5/14?

9:47 am

thanks abe79

9:47 am

plural of author roald

9:47 am

yw katiecat

9:49 am

Thanks Abe...so simple when someone tells you....lol

9:49 am

i agree kkiln!

9:51 am

ar4? i cant find any of those... :-/

9:51 am

are there more than i ar4s?

9:51 am

more than 1*

9:51 am

ar 4- a fish- measurement of shapes

9:54 am

i think youd better flap me with the fish, cause i just cant find it...

9:54 am

you're not alone

9:54 am

*slap* even

9:54 am

I need a dr5/14...have the one for the sleep activity

9:54 am

**** of a circle = pi times radius squared

opposite of comedy

Angelsong, don't be such a dr*** queen! :)

9:55 am

*WOW* i really am blind today!!

9:56 am

but, a fish? i dont get that clue...heh

9:56 am

it took me awhile to find that one too. i just meant fish, like it's a word we all know. but it is v. hard to see

9:56 am

ahhh...lol

btw hi evaN!

9:57 am

afternoon TO :)

10:01 am

CO 6.24 anyone?

10:02 am

cor + the first name of 2 of the spice girls...heh

10:03 am

great clue evanadine! lol

10:04 am

it was either that or else, cor + the name of the chef/diner owner on the old tv show "alice" hehe

anyone have the 7 yet?

10:05 am

Lucky Evanadine....my son was siiting near by...I would never know their names! Thanks...

10:05 am

HA 7/48

10:06 am

i have it, need a minute to think of a good clue

10:07 am

second singer of van halen -ish + nickname for richard or a detective -ish

10:07 am

another name for a witch (an old ***) + putting two numbers together for a sum (*** ** up!)

10:08 am

evanadine, we have the most random clues ever! lol

10:08 am

heh, i think abes clue is better

10:08 am

I didn't think I'd get far with this grid, but I only have 3 words left to find now!

10:08 am

i like yours

10:09 am

go kittyvane go!

ty for the 7 guys!

10:11 am

TR8, in case you dont have that yet :)

10:11 am

Thank you for the 7 folks! :D Now I only have two words left.

got it, thanks! evaN - you are a bit crabby today!

10:12 am

heh, indeed!

10:13 am

HA 6/27 --- would love some help!

10:13 am

kkiln, check clue at 9:46

10:14 am

HA + name of archie bunkers wife (minus first letter)

10:14 am

Not the archie bunker one...

10:15 am

only one i have so far

10:15 am

ha6/27 - like the hotel chain starting with ra, change the first letter

Someone earlier mentioned the singer Piaf, if that helps better than Bunker's wife.

radisson?

10:16 am

No, all the same vowels in it, if that helps...

10:17 am

Starts with a meat from pigs...

ha6/24: living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household synonym for ha 5/14

10:17 am

(That's the ha, not the ra word that starts with the pig meat)

10:17 am

evanadine, your ha 7 clue looked so easy but darned if I can get the grid to accept the old witch + sum totalling (or ad 4/5) ... where am I going wrong?

10:17 am

heh, reminds me of a joke someone told me over on the iron sudoku board this morning...

10:18 am

ch -- change that last latter from a cross to a "sea" ;)

10:18 am

thanks for the ha 6/24 temple owl

10:18 am

aaahhh ... thanks, evanadine

10:19 am

Does anyone have a clue for the ha6/27, please?

ok: i cannot hink of a hotel chain beginning with ra except radisson and i cannot get anywhere from there..

10:20 am

Since I can't think of anything but Radisson too

10:20 am

okay, ha + last four letters of the first name of these famous women: Head, Frost, Piaf, Bunker ...

10:20 am

ra+"mom"+"dad" inn

10:20 am

Wharton ...

10:21 am

ch -- this is a different HA6 :)

10:21 am

ha6/27 - pig meat + 1st vowel + 4th letter + 1st vowel

10:21 am

Thank you Evandine!

10:21 am

ahhhh .... (I seem to be saying that a lot today!)

Ohhh! THAT hotel chain beginning with RA. D'oh!!

10:22 am

;)

ty buzgy...ok - this is really a lovely grid to be done at a leisurely pace so i shall say goodbye and save the last 30 for later! hapyy babbling everyone!

Thanks Bugzy!

10:23 am

OK, one word to go and them I'm finished with this infernal grid

10:23 am

Don't believe it...I was looking at the wrong H....thought of the hotel, but could not find it...then there was light! Thanks....

10:23 am

bye temple owl

10:24 am

YW - and bye TO :)

10:25 am

whoa. lucky for me i came on when all the H's were being clued! thanks!

10:25 am

Hi everyone - I'm new

10:25 am

hi harpjane and ckapoo

10:25 am

I've been kind of ignoring the chat, but I'm stuck

10:25 am

Hi Harp and ckapoo :)

10:25 am

welcome cka

10:25 am

hi harpjane -- welcome ckapoo

10:25 am

Thanks - friendly group you all are

10:26 am

:)

10:26 am

I think we're all stuck today, cka :)

10:26 am

hi, new folks

10:26 am

Hello to the new folks!

10:27 am

Stuck on the 8 word

10:27 am

It's a sticky grid today

10:28 am

I know it has something to do with poetry

10:28 am

tr 8 -- first 3 letters of Helen's city + first 3 letters of dance that has the same 3 letters repeated 3 times + 3rd vowel + 3rd letter

10:28 am

boy, lots of 3's...

10:29 am

TR + hoop + anding meaning really, really old

10:29 am

Well, evanadine's clue is much simpler and more elegant :)

10:30 am

Thanks to you both! That was really driving me batty!

10:31 am

ha7?

10:31 am

no worries ch -- i stole it from someone else earlier...heh

10:31 am

Believe me, ckapoo, there will come plenty of opportunities for you to clue us! :) welcome aboard.

10:31 am

Woo-hoo! Stick a fork in me, I'm done! :D

10:31 am

Meow for you kittyvane!

10:31 am

congrats kittyvane!

10:32 am

Yay for kitty :)

10:32 am

Awesome! I can't imagine actually finishing one of these. I have a long way to go...

10:32 am

It's been a long while since I actually fininshed a grid and I really didn't think I'd finish today

10:32 am

Something to aspire to. :D

10:34 am

Don't worry Ckapoo, this is only about the 4th gird I've finished, and I've been playing for a while now.

10:36 am

this is a fairly small grid today, but its a tough one... most days, i dont even try to finish, i just like to play :)

10:36 am

ha7, please? I found the six following it, but that one has me flummoxed

10:36 am

One of the very first babblets I learned is in this grid (the ch4/7)

10:37 am

angel, the one that worked for me was old witch + the ad 4/5, except change the last letter

10:38 am

a witch is an old *** + 1st vowel + nickname for richard, minus the lst letter

10:38 am

ha7= old witch+a+the first letters of short for Richard

10:38 am

thanks, ch!

10:39 am

heh, ch and evandine got there before me that is a good clue though :)

10:41 am

good afternoon everybody:)

10:41 am

Good morning Jean :)

10:42 am

That ch 4/7 became very well known to those of us in America during a recent presidential election.

10:42 am

jora

10:43 am

Good evening Jean :)

10:44 am

sorry - that was meant to say jona - and it was meant to say it in my IM window.....

10:45 am

jona is a good friend of mine.

10:46 am

the second am5/12?

10:46 am

Well, your typo was almost the jo5/22 CadFan :)

10:47 am

the am5/12 builds off the mo4/5

10:47 am

the last mo4 that is

10:48 am

ty kitty

10:48 am

no way - I'm not on the j's yet! LOL Guess I'll go look!

10:49 am

hello everyone - not much themed icons so far...and welcom PapaGLP, I see you're new!

10:50 am

ty, yes i am :)

10:50 am

ty, yes i am :)

10:50 am

ty, yes i am

10:50 am

ty, yes i am

10:50 am

heh, sorry, stuck enter key lol

10:50 am

Hi Firefly and PapaGLP :)

10:50 am

I didn't find a good clown picture, so I'm using my default Batgirl one

10:51 am

firefly, my mother is terrified of the clown in your icon. the clown in mine is named clownie, and he's one of my oldest "friends"

10:51 am

ugh... love the movie but firefly that icon is creepy

10:53 am

abe I wondered if that was a pic of you ... you are going to be a stunningly beautiful bride! Promise you'll post your photos from the wedding

10:53 am

that was the point CadFan! lol I've been waiting all week to show him off - I was hoping no one else had him

10:54 am

Truly - one of my favorite movies (and books!)

10:54 am

mine too CadFan

10:54 am

aw, thanks ch! that's very nice! i will post wedding photos, once i plan and execute the wedding! lol

10:54 am

We all float....

10:55 am

Beep Beep Richie!

10:55 am

ah yes, the planning! My daughter and her fiance took about 18 months, and enlisted everyone's help. And everyone was smart enough to remember that it's THEIR wedding, so no problems, just lots of love and fun. ... and work. :)

10:56 am

He thrusts his fists against the post

10:57 am

...and still insists he sees the ghosts! :)

10:57 am

we were planning about the same, 18 mos or so. i love it when everyone pulls together and cooperates for important events

10:57 am

Ive read that book about 10 times -- deathly afraid of clowns now, tho.

10:57 am

Absolutely -- it makes the actual celebration truly joyous, and everyone kind of 'owns' a moment along with the bride and groom.

10:58 am

WHich is why I'm glad I'm still seeing Mr. Krab as firefly's icon...

10:58 am

bugzy, i should not have refreshed my page....

10:58 am

okay bugzy, cadfan and firefly --- I feel like I've missed out on an important literary piece of the world. What book/movie are you talking about?

10:58 am

Stephen King's IT

10:58 am

first co5/14

10:59 am

it explains my icon

10:59 am

I'm just creeped by THAT clown. We are discussing 'It" by Stephen King. Not certain it's an "important literary piece" by eveyrone's definition - but certainly an enjoyable one by many's

10:59 am

bye everyone am off to work have a good day:)

10:59 am

bye jean, have a good day to you to!

10:59 am

nevermind, monkey typed it.

10:59 am

OH. THAT one. Yes, I read it, and I blocked it out of my memory. TERRIFIED! King is a master at that.

10:59 am

bye jean.

10:59 am

my mother once had a dr5/14 that he ate my brother and me...

11:00 am

bye jean

11:00 am

My neighbor does a haunted house in his garage every year on Halloween. This year he had a creepy clown in it that gave me nightmares for weeks. Still mad at him for not warning me about it....

11:00 am

strangely enough, it's the one book of his i don't have in my collection

11:00 am

See ya jean :)

11:01 am

oh Bugz, sorry! frankly, i don't like clowns either, but...

11:01 am

how about mo5/16 and the following mo4/6

11:01 am

mo 5/16 think starbucks

11:02 am

It's OK firefly, I'm seeing Mr Krab as your icon so it's all good :)

11:02 am

a fitting icon monkeeboi!

11:03 am

thanks monkeeboi

11:03 am

it hasn't refreshed for me, what do you see?

11:03 am

I love most of King's works, but tend to the older classics -- Carrie, Children of the Corn, Needful THings, Pet Sematary.. The clown one was the only one I really, really tried to forget (shudders)

11:03 am

a clown with a monkey

11:03 am

fantabulous

11:03 am

that did it for me

11:04 am

ch1212, i like a lot of the classics, mostly from movie form, but his newer literary works are pretty good, like Hearts in Atlantis (the movie was bunk) or From a Buick 8

11:04 am

the fives are killing me today...ra5/12?

11:05 am

angel, male sheep + double vowel

11:05 am

ra5/12 - sheep + double vowel

11:06 am

fireworks, finally. what a pain this grid was! thanks for the help, all.

11:06 am

I think the most current King book I read was the one about the kid who gets lost in the woods. It was OK... He lost me during the Dark Tower/ other series books...

11:06 am

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon?

11:06 am

Yay for angelsong !

11:06 am

yay angelsong

11:06 am

Congrats Angelson!

11:06 am

That's it, Firefly

11:07 am

ugh, Angelsong

11:07 am

A showering of hurrahs for Angelsong!

11:07 am

or should that be a fluttering of wings ... :)

11:07 am

yeah, i'm struggling with the Dark Tower series myself, but the books that just touch on it, like Hearts in Atlantis were fun

11:09 am

ar5/10?

11:10 am

Must go get some lunch... BBL :)

11:11 am

see ya around Bugzy

11:11 am

See you all later! Got to go eat, etc.!

11:11 am

ar 5/10 -- put a vowel on the end of your ar 4/4

11:11 am

and bye ckapoo

11:11 am

ty ch

11:14 am

omg! a clown! ... *shivers* i really hate clown *sob sob* .. i dun wanna open ur profile again, firefly >,< aaaa!

11:14 am

sorry to scare you monstabot, but today's icon theme is clowns, so there's probably more to come!

11:15 am

my clown is friendly, monstabot

11:15 am

aaa!! *run and hide*

11:15 am

:P abe lol

11:16 am

"my clown is friendlier than yours, firefly. na na na na na na"

11:16 am

abe - no.. its still a clown... clown = not friendly >,<

11:17 am

yes, but mine has a cooler name "Pennywise" hehe

11:17 am

in that case...boo!

11:17 am

lol monkeeboi

11:17 am

pennywise... IT ?

11:17 am

bingo monstabot

11:18 am

Afternoon all monstabot my clown is supposd to make you laugh!!

11:19 am

pennywise is the reason why i hate clowns

11:20 am

hi there caitlyn

11:22 am

my clown is named clownie ( i was a very straightforward child)

11:22 am

I havnt named mine yet any suggestions (clean ones )

11:23 am

bbl boss say i need to do some work....that not what i came here to do today...

11:23 am

aww, poor monkeeboi - hope to see you later on

11:23 am

bye monkee

11:23 am

bye monkeeboi

11:23 am

aw, he's cute caitlyn!

11:23 am

looks like i gotta split for a bit too - back in awhile

11:24 am

bye firefly

11:24 am

bye firefly and scary clown

11:24 am

thanks abe

11:28 am

Hard day it's been (that' my YODA impression) - any clues for the eight?

11:28 am

Testing?

11:29 am

Hi matty im trying to think of a way to clue it

11:30 am

a type poetic meter...

11:30 am

don't get it monkeeboi

11:31 am

mo 4/6 is to make fun of someone without the last letter.

11:32 am

tr + 4th vowel +something in links remove last letter and add 3rd letter

11:33 am

That sounds really confusing!!

11:33 am

that's a great clue caitlyn

11:34 am

Something in links?

11:35 am

You may wear one around your neck

11:35 am

anyone else have a clue for MO 5/16? I guess momkeeboi left.

11:36 am

a popular coffee drink

11:36 am

co 5/14 anyone?

11:36 am

any clues for the am's, i can't find a one. byr the way. hello all. i have been reading your chatting and getting a lot of clues so thanks to everyone.

11:36 am

any clues for the am's, i can't find a one. byr the way. hello all. i have been reading your chatting and getting a lot of clues so thanks to everyone.

11:37 am

Thanks Abe...I was spelling it wrong...

11:37 am

amee

11:37 am

which co 5/14 abe?

11:38 am

oh, the first one, thanks smilingface

11:38 am

Co 5/16

11:38 am

Got it in the end - thanks to the defnintion (though still don't get the links clue...?)

11:38 am

Now I do...

11:40 am

back for my last - and I suspect very painful - 15!

11:40 am

cute icon Atalante - love the interpretation :)

11:40 am

I refuse to have a scary clown freak thing!

11:41 am

Atlante mine isnt scary!!

11:41 am

i'm finding a lot of people are anti-clown...but that doesn't deter me one bit!

11:42 am

mine isn't scary either

11:43 am

*refreshes adn checks* I agree with you both :) but yours is freaky, Firefly (no offense!!)

any hints for ha 6/27 - the first one??

11:43 am

Only 31 words got today (though admittedly without much time to play) - and I'm off home. My icon isn't scary! AND I got the dragons in...

11:43 am

none taken Ata

11:44 am

has anyone got a clue for the co5/16 mentioned before?

11:44 am

so you like dragons matty? someone else maybe seems to incorporate zebras with each icon...

11:44 am

I love your icon matty

11:44 am

ha + archie bunker's wife (minus a letter)

11:45 am

Yep! I do. Right, that's me finished. That clue may not help Atalante - it was Till Death Us to Part over here...and the character names were different...

THANKS abe !!! :-)

11:46 am

YAY matty!

11:46 am

No, by finished I mean I have to go home with only 32 words got...

11:46 am

I'm hopeless...

11:46 am

HI everyone

11:46 am

hi stidmama andmymuseisme

11:46 am

hi stid! do you have a clown icon for us today?

11:47 am

oh bummer ,matty -- I know how that feels!

11:47 am

awww, mymuse's icon is really cute!

11:47 am

thank you

11:47 am

Hello everyone!!!

11:47 am

hi all -- no firefly, I haven't actually looked. but I suppose I should... brb

11:48 am

hi shorty

11:48 am

updated.. how's this?

11:49 am

hi shorty. bozo is one of my favorites, cadfan.

11:50 am

Hi musicmom Like the icon CadFan Hi shorty

11:50 am

you are all soooooo cute! it feels like a day at the circus!

11:51 am

is that your own work renfield? and i'm not cute, i'm scary/freaky/etc. as noted by all so far

11:52 am

how is the grid today is it hard?

11:52 am

ot

11:52 am

okay, new icon loaded. :-)

11:52 am

its a bit of a beast, shorty

11:52 am

Its a bit tricky today shorty

11:52 am

hmmm Thanks

11:53 am

oh firefly - you are a cutie as well....yup - this is my grapefruit that lilkes to play dress up!

11:53 am

alright, no offense at all stidmama, but your icon is scarier to me than mine!

11:53 am

I like flowers, don't particularly like clowns... I compromised! LOL

11:53 am

i dunno renfield, i don't think you've fully grasped my icon...

11:54 am

good explanation stid, works for me :)

11:54 am

I like it stidmama!!

11:55 am

very cute stid

11:56 am

I borrowed this from the website "MissPrisstheClown" she is in North Carolina, and has a nice little website.

11:56 am

really have to go this time, back later

11:56 am

later firefly!

11:57 am

Bye firefly

11:59 am

see you all later!

11:59 am

bye abe

11:59 am

later abe!

11:59 am

good luck with the grid

12:00 pm

i hafto test my icon too *test*

12:00 pm

well, its not horrible i guess, so til i change it.. good to go

12:01 pm

Wyrd is that you on the icon?

12:01 pm

yep thats me

12:02 pm

i love standing under stupid signs and getting my picture took

12:02 pm

Nice photo

12:02 pm

why thank you

12:03 pm

hi everyone

12:04 pm

hi Rocker

12:04 pm

hi

12:04 pm

hi rocker!

12:04 pm

Rocker is my son and he likes word games too

12:05 pm

hi Rocker!

12:05 pm

hey all...

12:05 pm

hey rocker

12:05 pm

hi Lara

12:05 pm

hi Lara

12:05 pm

hey everyone

12:05 pm

hey lara

12:06 pm

hi lara

12:06 pm

is this an american site mainly, or are ppl fro mall over the worl?

12:06 pm

hi horse

12:06 pm

im a 6th grader

12:06 pm

Hi Lara, I'm from Northern Ireland

12:06 pm

Hello Babblers! How many words today?

12:06 pm

Lara all over the world..Im in Wales Hi

12:06 pm

115

12:07 pm

60

12:07 pm

aah...cool hey sarah...hey caitlyn... im from south africa!

12:07 pm

?

12:07 pm

hi liz

12:07 pm

115

12:07 pm

ty horse Hi mymuse

12:07 pm

there is someone else from south africa... on the map at frappr.com/babble.

12:08 pm

Great meeting you lara the only trouble with this game is that you get hooked!!

12:08 pm

is that another site stidmama?

12:08 pm

you too... it looks like it... im gettign hooked!

12:08 pm

Lola's from SA

12:09 pm

yes lara, another site.

12:09 pm

That must be who I'm thinking of, Ata! :-)

12:09 pm

bring lola on here... (thanks stid)

12:10 pm

where you from stidmama?

12:11 pm

whereabouts in SA are you Lara?

12:16 pm

I must go and water the garden! Catch you all tomorrow happy babbling all ..bye

12:17 pm

bye caitlyn!

12:20 pm

Well, I'm back - 30 to go. Off we go again.

12:21 pm

hi Haz :)

12:21 pm

Have you finished, Atalante?

12:21 pm

11 to go

12:22 pm

And you're still smiling?

12:22 pm

kind of madly hysterically smiling

12:23 pm

Ah, yes - the odd eye twitch as well?

12:23 pm

thats the one! and utter determination to conquer this d*** grid!

12:24 pm

You'll do it!

12:24 pm

its whether I'll start crying first thats the issue! At least I've only 4s and 5s

12:30 pm

Evening all - good grid then!!!

12:30 pm

OMG! just looked at my profile - I've been on babble for 2 years and a day!

12:31 pm

Evening Katie - good grid? Cue hysterical laughter from babblers who have been tackling this thing.

12:33 pm

grid from hell!

12:34 pm

I wish I had started this conversation before I had started the grid :-(

12:34 pm

lol don't worry katie, it'll keep you amused all evening ;)

12:35 pm

Haz? Are you looking at the list? Could you tell me how many M5s and G5s and D5s there are?

12:36 pm

Yes, I've resorted to the list now. I'll have a look for you. 4 d 5 words - that'll start you off.

12:37 pm

aha missing one of those. my ladt D - typical!

12:37 pm

2 g5 words and 3 m 5

12:37 pm

the grid is not as much fun as I had hoped, that's for sure. I am between about six different projects here, so ducking in and out all day. *quack*

12:37 pm

thanks Haz!

12:38 pm

*3* Ms! urf, missing 2 of them. Hate Ms

12:38 pm

this not a friendly grid...

12:41 pm

could I get a clue for the last am pls

12:41 pm

am5/12 - to a add the French for death.

12:42 pm

thanx

12:42 pm

could I have a clue for the other am 5 then? I had the death one...

12:42 pm

hello everyone....been popping in and out during the day but now I can stay as long as I like !!!...( golfing man gone golfing )

12:42 pm

you are eminently correct smilingface

12:42 pm

hello Karys!

12:42 pm

hi karys

12:43 pm

The other am is one of those eastern rulers who often turns up in the grid.

12:43 pm

7 left!

12:43 pm

stid....the alt. spelling of the eastern prince type

12:43 pm

hi all

12:43 pm

thanks Haz! I hadn't thought to turn a spiral...

12:43 pm

hi lynette

12:43 pm

ar 5/10 clue pls

12:44 pm

*waiting for phandmd's clue*

12:44 pm

go Atalante go!

12:44 pm

I'm stuck on the top 'h'..I have ha6/27....what am I missing here please ?

12:45 pm

sorry don't have ar5/10

12:45 pm

ar 5/10 is ar4/4 + a vowel

12:45 pm

Karys: a dutch-looking word that sounds like what's on your head?

12:45 pm

change the first letter of the ra hotel chain

12:45 pm

Haz? can I bug you again for a sec? am I right in thinking there are 6 C5s?

12:46 pm

I'll check.

12:46 pm

got that one thanks phandmd :)

12:46 pm

but I needed it! thanks also phandmd!

12:46 pm

You are correct, Atalante.

12:47 pm

and I just passed the halfway point, so off to do some work. back later, and thanks all!

12:47 pm

ty! at least I know what I'm looking for in each letter now - that always helps so much!

12:47 pm

thanx Vioxx

12:48 pm

ha 4,6 --- the one after archie bunker's wife clue (ha 6,27). It is probably something easy, but can't find it.

12:49 pm

these are twisty turny wrods today!

12:49 pm

Haz..couldn't get mymissing 'h' from stid's clue ...can you help please ?

12:50 pm

Sorry - I was in the kitchen there. What are you looking for Karys?

12:51 pm

LOL Haz....the top 'h'....got the 6/27 what do I need please ?

12:52 pm

You need the ha7/48. I'll venture a guess that it's not familiar to you!

12:52 pm

well I'll give it a go !!!!....thank you

12:53 pm

can anyone please give me a clue for the 1st ha 6/27

12:53 pm

ruthy clue earlier was like the ra****** hotel group change first letter

12:54 pm

oh no....there's one before that isn'ty there...makes me think of a girls name like ju****th

12:54 pm

The first ha6/27 - first three letters, past tense of to have, then last letters of a female name as in Miss Chalmers, Mrs Keppel (Eggheads and Millionaire) or Miss Durham (The Seekers)

12:54 pm

ag5/16 anyone

12:55 pm

ty karys and haz

12:55 pm

its what they grow cultures on peri

12:56 pm

ag 5/16 - add a vowel, then a shortened form of mother.

12:56 pm

Haz your clue for the first ha6/27 went right over my head :)

12:57 pm

does anyone have a clue for ha 4/6? It's my last word.

12:57 pm

thanks got the ag16, yet another new word for me

12:57 pm

yummy clue haz! mucho gracias!

12:57 pm

Peri, Karys has a good clue for the ha6/27

12:57 pm

the ha 4/6 following ha 6/27...

HELLO EVERYONE!

12:58 pm

Sorry - they're all British TV related. I'm trying to think of other names ending in the required letters. There was a famous actress - Dame E**** Evans.

12:58 pm

4!!!!!!

12:58 pm

hi temple

12:58 pm

t-owl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

12:58 pm

hi Temple :)

12:58 pm

scottish for home kkiln

12:58 pm

small insect or lizard is def for ag5/16

wel look at who all is here! : D

12:58 pm

Atalante - you're on a roll.

12:58 pm

hi owl

12:59 pm

um yeah. one that's about to stop. I have 2 Ms's to find and they don't exist!

12:59 pm

I'm missing two ha4's, a ha4/6 and a ha4/5. it's the third 4/6 and the third 4/5

12:59 pm

I can't find them in Lickety's list

1:00 pm

Sadly, the dinner is signalling that it's ready, so I'll have to return anon.

bye haz!

1:00 pm

ty for help Haz....enjoy your dinner !

1:00 pm

karys I missed your clue for the first ha6/27, would you be kind enough to post it again

ok, fish me for the ha4/6

1:00 pm

later haz

1:00 pm

hello everyone

ag 16 - to which word do i add what haz clued?

hi firefly

1:01 pm

peri....the hotel group ra***** jarvis....change beginning

1:02 pm

okay I have that one, is there another ha6/27?

1:02 pm

ok I give in. could someone please give some clues for the M5s. I have the coffee one ...

1:02 pm

one's a mushroom Ata

1:02 pm

yes peri....ha****th....like a girls name

firefly - your clown is what my t shirt refers to, i fear...

1:03 pm

thats the only one I have Atalante

1:03 pm

lol TO, no, I think my clown only eats children, not dogs

1:04 pm

peri....the ha....think of Dame J*** Dench

oh that's a c omforting thought...LOL!

1:04 pm

send in the clowns

1:04 pm

a mushroom!

1:04 pm

ooohhh ren....one of my favourite sonmgs !

1:05 pm

got it Ata?

1:05 pm

mine 2 karys

1:05 pm

thanks Karys, finally got it, was trying to put a "G" instead of an "N"

1:05 pm

maybe a mushroom to you Atalante...means nothing to me !!

1:06 pm

good peri :)

ag5 please?

1:07 pm

no! I only know "mushroom" and "fungi" LOL

1:07 pm

the second ga5/16?

1:07 pm

ag + vowel + little mommy

ata: we must expand your horizions...shtiake, chantarelles, portabello, enoki...

1:08 pm

ok, then just add a consonant to your mo4/5

1:08 pm

ata - builds off of the 2nd to last mo 4

1:08 pm

oh! duh!

1:08 pm

ty :)

1:08 pm

yes Temple I know those ones....but I can't think of an 'm' one !!

lol isn't that always the way?

1:09 pm

Mo5/12 is a mushroom that some affficionado's brag about going into the woods to pick here in north america. Has a reddeish orange cap I believe. Not that I'll eat anything that isn't white....

1:09 pm

hey brandy!

1:09 pm

mo5/12 mushroom - think of the opposite of noel (ha ha)

i don't have any j words...

1:09 pm

found it !!!

1:10 pm

HI brandyjack, Thanks so much for your list!!

1:10 pm

I don't have any 'j' woprds either

1:10 pm

ok. 1 more M .. *glares at the grid* give up the words!

1:10 pm

one j word is to make fun at

1:10 pm

I would like to be able to type properly tonight as well !!

1:10 pm

i have 1 j word nanny nanny boo boo

DOH! ty FF!

1:11 pm

ty firefly....of course it is !!

1:11 pm

je4/9 - make fun of (meanly) jo5/22- a Biblical king, ends like "He is, you are, I --"

ren: : P

1:12 pm

:-p back at you t-owl!

1:12 pm

thank you Vicuna, it's also the ending of a spice mar*****

ah this is a fun grid today!

1:12 pm

thank you vicuna

yes ty vi

1:12 pm

ga5/16? the second one?

1:13 pm

Papa, is it not the one then that's like the guy from Wayne's World? that's the only one i have...

1:13 pm

ga5/16...name of a strong man

1:14 pm

I have the ga5/16 that's a person who plays.

1:14 pm

I still can't find the top ha.....Haz said it was an ha7...but I just cannot see it !!

1:14 pm

I have a ga5/15 that is the first name of a popular country music singer

1:15 pm

The very first h is ha4/5, then comes a 6/27 that everybody was cluing with endings of women's names.

1:15 pm

meant ga5/16

1:15 pm

that's the one i'm talking about too, peri - so what's the other one then? is that what Papa's looking for?

1:15 pm

thats my first one Vicuna...does that mean there is yet another ga5 ?

1:16 pm

thanks per . . . that was the one i needed :)

1:16 pm

I need the second ha 4/6....someone said it was the scottish word for home...but can't find that word.

1:16 pm

There are two, the one who plays and the one which is the name of Wayne's World's sidekick or a country singer Brooks

1:16 pm

add a letter to a ga4/7

1:16 pm

ty Vicuna ...I have them both then

1:17 pm

can you tell me if there is an ha7 please ?

1:17 pm

clue for the co5/16?

1:17 pm

kkiln, don't foget about the h in the lower right!

1:17 pm

duh! i didn't have the right ga4/7 yet

1:17 pm

yes there is Karys ha7/48

1:17 pm

ha7 - referring to Jewish book used at Passover

1:18 pm

There is an ha7/48, which is an alternate spelling of having to do with the book of Exodus

1:18 pm

ty both....going searching

1:18 pm

I don't have the right ga4/7 either

1:18 pm

It starts with a witch, and ends with an unusually short version of richard

1:19 pm

Thank you Vicuna....fireworks! Thanks to everyone who helped me....be glad to help others.

1:19 pm

excellent clue Vicuna

1:19 pm

I don't think it builds off a ga4, folks!

yay kkiln!

1:19 pm

hi all

hi ping!

1:19 pm

hi Ping, love your name

hi ping!

1:19 pm

clue for the co5/16? pleeeeeeeeeeease?

1:19 pm

(The first ga5 builds off a ga4, but not the second. Maybe I'm confused about which you're looking for.)

1:20 pm

the first ha4/6?

1:20 pm

ping the duck! in college, my roommate named her beanie baby duck Ping

*anxiously awaiting same clue*

1:20 pm

they wanted the one that does build from the ga4, I think, but they had the wrong ga4 still

1:20 pm

Ata, don't have that one yet

1:20 pm

I don' have a co5/16, and my tiles say I've found all my c's.

1:21 pm

the right ga4 is like Monopoly, cards, etc. things you play

1:21 pm

oh no, now I'm confused .... are there 4 co5s though, vicuna?

1:22 pm

thanks, peri, your name's cool too - a character on blue's clues, as an added bonus

1:22 pm

yes, 4 co5's and they are all worth 14.

my phantom word is diorama...

1:23 pm

What I want to know is, if you can say someone is gormless, then that must mean they have no gorm, right?

1:23 pm

TO, not really a phantom, with no "n", but i'd like to see nomad, nomadic, and gnome

1:24 pm

found my 'h' at last....ty all for help !

1:24 pm

Hiya, everyone!!!!

1:24 pm

hi movieman :)

hi movieman

1:24 pm

YESS!! is that the clown from Poltergeist movieman?

1:25 pm

hmm, I seem to be missing three of the co5/14. I have the one who is arriving

1:25 pm

me 4/5?

1:25 pm

Hi movieman & everyone I missed whilst concentrating on the grid :-)

1:25 pm

There are 3 co 5/14's and one co 5/12

1:25 pm

Correct, firefly!!!!!! It used to scare me shitless when I was a kid......

1:25 pm

papa, if you go out in the rain, you won't me**

1:26 pm

and I have that one, plural of very deep sleep and perform together

1:26 pm

WOOHOO!! I've been waiting all day for you to come on - i KNEW you'd pick that one

1:26 pm

whaaaaaat? 4 co5/14? 3 co14 and 1 co12? *cries*

1:27 pm

i have 2 me4/4 Papa one is what ice will do the other sounds like a nobleman but with 'm' at the start

1:27 pm

co5/14 - do something together - rain forest creature with a striped tail, usually ends in -mundi - Latin pl of co4/6 - one who arrives

1:27 pm

thanks karys . . . 3 left

1:27 pm

thanx, no i am co done

1:27 pm

omg. its so embarrassing when a word is *so* obvious when you've seen a clue

1:27 pm

movieman - how about those killer clowns from outer space?

1:28 pm

thats unfair Papa I still have 18 !

1:28 pm

I've heard of the movie, Ren, just haven't seen it.....

1:28 pm

Unncagain --- Add a vowel to the co 4/6 -- latin plural

1:28 pm

Unncagain --- Add a vowel to the co 4/6 -- latin plural

1:28 pm

how many total today?

1:30 pm

the last m5 is ma5/14 and is spanish for mother

1:30 pm

movieman - have you seen my clown's movie?

1:30 pm

fireworks :)

1:30 pm

I am back for my final five. While I was tutoring German an hour ago, a deer walked through our yard, and stayed a while feeding itself on our weeds.

1:30 pm

thanx, I have them now. I can see I need to study up on latin to be any good at this

1:31 pm

mm- cheezie horror scifi flic.....love it!

1:31 pm

Certainly have, firefly, "it's" Pennywise the dancing clown (aka Bob Gray) from Stephen King's It......

1:31 pm

that was fast, papa - congrats!

1:31 pm

thank you atalante ...that was my last m

1:31 pm

that's him mman

1:31 pm

wow, firefly that was one of my five.

1:31 pm

Congrats Papa !!!

1:32 pm

1 more!

1:33 pm

inge, what now?

1:33 pm

The 7 & the 8 seem to be eluding me yet again......cluez plz......

1:34 pm

Looks like Firefly and I have chosen 2 of the scariest clowns in movie history.......

1:35 pm

finished! and listless!

1:35 pm

yay for us! as i said, been waiting all week for this, and all day to see who you picked mman, and I knew it'd be the Poltergeist one

1:35 pm

Congrats Atalante !!!

1:35 pm

Well done Atalante, i've ground to a halt with 40 to go

1:35 pm

congrats Atalante!

1:36 pm

Hooray for Atalante!!!!!!!

1:36 pm

anyone need clues? or is that a silly question!

1:36 pm

The 7 & the 8 seem to be eluding me yet again......cluez plz......

clues for the 7 & 8, pls...

1:37 pm

ha7/48 - three letter word for a witch + vowel + abbreviation for Richard

1:38 pm

tr8/55 - tr + "the **" - US tv show + the ending of a word for old, medieval, outdated

1:39 pm

the tr clue is better than me

1:40 pm

tr 8 -- first 3 letters of Helen's city + first 3 letters of dance that has the same 3 letters repeated 3 times + 3rd vowel + 3rd letter

1:40 pm

that's the clue that worked for me

1:40 pm

Back in time to say congratulations Atalante!

1:40 pm

its so hard to clue!

1:41 pm

listless Haz! Am really happy!!!! though I had more than enough clues ....

1:41 pm

hiya pinecone - i'm on the other side of the state

1:41 pm

So a contented smile to replace the hysterical one? And all twitches gone?

1:42 pm

hmm, i have it now, dont think I have ever seen the word befor

1:42 pm

YAY Atalante!

1:42 pm

hello again stid!

1:42 pm

hi firefly!

1:42 pm

ok I'm stuck on the last am5/12 not the death one, any hints plz?

1:42 pm

yup! all gone! watching the footie and drinking beer and drawing now :)

1:43 pm

Enjoy!

1:44 pm

Oops forgot the football was on. BBL to finish *she says optimistically*

1:44 pm

That tr8: if yu ever learned to scan poetry, you'll remember iambic, tr******, plus pentameter and stuff like that--anyone remember that?

1:44 pm

(signed)

1:44 pm

the English teacher

1:44 pm

I think there was a clue given...am & dble vowel & letter after L...is that the one you're missing

1:44 pm

later katie, hi firefly, just passing through... not ready to work again yet.

1:44 pm

gorgeous pic miranda!

1:45 pm

i'm almost out again myself stid...like ships passing in the night

1:45 pm

Thanks--my back yard--almost

1:45 pm

no pine

1:45 pm

your BACKYARD ALMOST? wow!!! lucky you!

1:46 pm

Miranda- Are you in St. George?

1:46 pm

yes, ok got it pine thx

1:46 pm

cool!

1:46 pm

I'm in Cedar City--you must know the area?

1:46 pm

oooh mary? you're in portland? I love it there!

1:47 pm

Very well- lived there for many years! Are you a high school teacher? Or college?

1:48 pm

College--I've been here 18 years--the landscape has a real pull on me, although I'm from the Gulf Coast

1:48 pm

Yes, Atalante, Portland. It seems to be one of those cities people love (but thankfully many cannot abide the rain).

1:49 pm

hmm, I live in Sandy

1:49 pm

marymary--real change for you--St George to POrtland

1:49 pm

I was there just over a month ago :)

1:49 pm

bbl folks, me and my scary clown need a shower (wait, that sounds bad... lol)

1:49 pm

and spent far too money in Powell's!

1:49 pm

Uncagain: Sandy? Really? I was just there

1:49 pm

A clue for the right hand 'c' plz......

1:49 pm

(my best friend lives in Astoria)

1:49 pm

Miranda- I was once an English major at SUSC- I wonder if I might have been a student of yours once...

1:49 pm

portland oregon mary?

1:50 pm

yeah, moved here in 1980 from Texas

1:50 pm

You could have been. I came in 1989--had to take medical leave for breast cancer, returned. What a coincidence!

1:50 pm

Yes, Wyrd. Although I love Maine, Portland, ME seldom draws oohs & aahs!

1:51 pm

Hello Becky! <hugs>

1:51 pm

i live in Coos Bay

1:51 pm

A clue for the right hand 'c' plz......

1:51 pm

Crooty!!! hi dear! *hugs*

1:51 pm

uncagain--another Texas transplant--I'm from Beaumont, then Boulder, Co, then here

1:51 pm

movieman, ce 5 12 low cast Anglo Saxon

1:52 pm

Ata~ One cannot spend TOO much money on books, ever!

1:52 pm

small world. I came up from San Antonio, although originally from Kingsville

1:52 pm

13 to go...

1:52 pm

go Bryan go!

1:53 pm

How many total, anyone plz?

1:53 pm

115 Crooty

1:53 pm

movieman and BryanC think alike :)

1:53 pm

115 crooty

1:53 pm

all done bye all

1:53 pm

YAY sha! later...

1:53 pm

uncagain and marymary--6 degrees of separation on Babble

1:53 pm

Indeed!

1:53 pm

Thanks! Just 70 left to go... :D

1:54 pm

oh wow, movieman. cool. that's true, firefly!

1:54 pm

Bryan...you and me both !!!

1:54 pm

diag

1:54 pm

that clown scared the bejesus out of me when i was a kid

1:54 pm

go Crooty go!

1:54 pm

that's what movieman said BryanC!!

1:54 pm

If we tried hard, I would expect that we have common friends

1:55 pm

Oops argh, sorry wrong window. But's it's not a word so that's fine LOL... :P

1:55 pm

but he said a different adjective...lol

1:55 pm

haha...nice to know i have a Poltergeist support group friend out there

1:56 pm

the "It" clown is also a good one, firefly

1:57 pm

do you guys ever wake up and swear you won't do Babble today, and then you wind up doing it anyway? that's where I am right now

1:59 pm

no .... I've given in and just know I will!

2:00 pm

finishes anyone need help?

2:02 pm

congrats, mymuseisme!

2:02 pm

ty bryan

2:02 pm

yipee for mymuseisme

2:03 pm

i need a clue please for the first co5/12

2:03 pm

add a vowel to the 4/5 before it

2:04 pm

thanks

2:04 pm

yw

2:04 pm

how about the tr8/55?

2:06 pm

tr+ 4th vowel + ending of something very old and antiquated?

2:06 pm

Miranda (Kay?)- Does Jim Aton still teach there? He really was a favorite of mine (and not just because he was incredibly good looking). And S.S. as well. I tried to like David Lee, but found him rather cold,particularly for a poet. I don't believe I ever had a class from you, oddly enough. To bad for me.

2:07 pm

thanks muse i'll work with that

2:07 pm

it does work on a diagonal

2:08 pm

marymary Jim Aton is here--currently in Spain trailing the paths of Hemingway--Lee has retired. S.S. retired this year and is in Austria. We have a brave, new faculty--you must have looked at web page?

2:08 pm

Oops! Too bad for me, that is.

2:09 pm

thanks muse got it

2:09 pm

or tr+round vowel+ what you sit on, change last cons

2:10 pm

great

2:10 pm

No, of course I didn't know there WAS a web page. Wasn't, back in my day!

2:11 pm

any other one....laundry is calling

2:12 pm

ok bbl happy babbling

2:12 pm

Hey. How about the ag5s? Are they fish worthy?

2:12 pm

now my last one is the tr6/21

2:12 pm

a+ a type of ray

2:13 pm

second is algae material

2:13 pm

tr6/21 sounds like a cross between a form of public transport and a ship of the desert

2:13 pm

i don't know what fish worthy is lol

2:13 pm

Charm - how are you? I don't think the ag 5 words are well known.

2:13 pm

tr+ plus end of that humped animal

2:13 pm

Worth of slapping myself with a fish if it's an obvious word I'm missing....

2:13 pm

ag+ short laugh

2:14 pm

Hey, Haz. Doing well. Trying to get the satellite to work so hubby can have his World Cupthis weekend. Otherwise, it'll be heck to pay around here....

2:14 pm

Thanks, mymuse. Maybe you ARE my muse!

2:14 pm

nice clues guys. Done!

2:14 pm

Oh dear - that sounds technical!

2:14 pm

ag5 - is ancient Greek marketplace

2:14 pm

Yes, it is. That's why I've called another male to work on it!

2:14 pm

yay for bryanc

2:15 pm

Congratulations Bryan - now, you're glad you started, aren't you?

2:15 pm

hooray Bryan!

2:16 pm

lol Charm

2:17 pm

Haha, Haz- the cycle always repeats, but yes I'm glad I started...

2:17 pm

I must admit, I let the fireworks run for longer than usual, such was my relief at finishing!

2:19 pm

ok time to clean the clothes, bbl

2:19 pm

help please for my last one,,,its a d5.....

2:20 pm

Thanks Haz and muse, got to go

2:20 pm

kahlia - which d5 is it?

2:20 pm

Bye Bryan and mymuse.

2:21 pm

I dont know....I have di, and 2 dr

2:21 pm

i also need a da 5/14, right after the derogatory term for Italian, please

2:21 pm

thats the one inge!!

2:21 pm

I am waiting with baited breath for hazs clue

2:21 pm

There's a da5/14 - plural of the the famous Raold, children's writer

2:22 pm

Ok. thats it. never noticed the other direction on that author

2:22 pm

meneither...thanks Haz :)

2:22 pm

Funnily enough, it was my last word as well!

2:22 pm

now I am hogging the fireworks!!!

2:23 pm

sneaky little begger eh?

2:23 pm

and I am too inge...congrats :)

2:23 pm

Well done both - let those fireworks burst for all they're worth!

2:23 pm

Bravo Kallia!!!

2:25 pm

we all deserve them in shedloads today

2:26 pm

Now I have to do some much needed ironing. See you all later...or tomorrow.

2:26 pm

night inge

2:26 pm

Such a strange collection of words, weren't they? Well, I am now going to relax and wish all those still hunting - Happy babbling, or at least tolerable babbling. Bye Inge!

2:27 pm

indeed they were...I am off to get washing in and folded and then relax

2:27 pm

bye Haz

2:32 pm

Missing one R still, I have ra4/6,ra4/5, ra5/12, 4x ra4/5, any clue please?

2:32 pm

oops, Hi everyone!

2:34 pm

I messes that up, the last part where i said ra4/5 4x, scratch that, it is re4/5, 3x ro4/5

2:37 pm

Clue for the da5/14 plz.....

2:37 pm

I think you need ra4/4, all vowels after the r, Cat9x

2:38 pm

thanks, Bugzy!

2:38 pm

thats was it! R's closed, much thanks Bugzy!

2:39 pm

Forget it, just got it!!!!!!

2:39 pm

YW :)

2:39 pm

How about di5/14, anyone?

2:40 pm

sounds like the old time di***phone

2:41 pm

And TY Cat9x :)

2:41 pm

You're very welcome Bugzy! :)

2:45 pm

any clues for one of the bottom row A's? I have ae4/4, thanks :)

2:46 pm

never mind, just found it :)

2:52 pm

evening all

2:52 pm

OK - last word - monkeys aren't finding it - ch6/27?

2:52 pm

Hi, Oggy

2:53 pm

Hi Oggy :)

2:54 pm

hello all

2:54 pm

Hi nrkii

2:54 pm

I'm about to run into a meeting with boss, but snuck in to see if I could get rid of any of my last 18 words

lol what a lovely icon nrkii!

2:55 pm

I CANNOT figure out the C word from the right column -- any help?

2:55 pm

hi, nrkii

2:55 pm

daisy, it is in honor of tomorrow's theme: an image to meditate on

LMAO!! gotcha:)

2:56 pm

nrkii- ce5/12 - A freeman of the lowest class in Anglo-Saxon England

2:56 pm

nrkii, co plus what someone from Hollywood does :)

2:56 pm

oops, wrong clue for wrong C

2:56 pm

LOL nrkii - took me a few minutes!!

2:57 pm

that's okay cat -- needed that one too!

2:57 pm

:)

2:58 pm

I'm used to seeing that word as a ca4/4

2:58 pm

While we're talking c's, how about that ch6/27? :)

2:58 pm

not getting that ce word...

me either

2:59 pm

add onto ch4/7 Bugzy

2:59 pm

sounds a bit like an orange cheese bugzy...

3:00 pm

it's ce plus vowel plus 2 consonants nrkii

3:00 pm

Yippee!! Thanks cat & nrkii!!

3:00 pm

you're welcome :)

3:00 pm

yes, got it! I always forget that my first letter IS the two point tile in cases like this

3:00 pm

thanks!

orange cheese! yay1

3:01 pm

okay, gotta go to meeting now (16 lovely words waiting for me when I get back)

3:01 pm

thanks for the help!

3:01 pm

Wow, Kato Kaelin just popped up on my TV hosting some show, remember him?

3:02 pm

you're welcome nrkii, see ya later!

3:02 pm

the fact that someone has him hosting a show is a bit scary

3:02 pm

exactly debb

3:03 pm

Now we just need his special guest to be OJ, ack

3:03 pm

lol - that would be scary!

3:03 pm

agreed! :)

3:03 pm

i live in brentwood - i've had enough OJ for a lifetime

3:03 pm

boss won't be ready for 3 more mins... I'm back!

3:04 pm

Bye and Hi nrkii :)

3:04 pm

I bet! I am north of you, but I too could live without hearing from or about him!

3:04 pm

help with O's ... I have pledge, the dad on the simpsons, and o + california alternative to awesome

3:04 pm

hi nrkii!

3:05 pm

all my O's are 4/5 so far

3:05 pm

o + slangy 3 letter word for female leg

3:05 pm

afternoon all

3:05 pm

so are mine nrkii

3:05 pm

(that was o4/7)

3:05 pm

great, tx bugzy!

3:06 pm

also or4/4 - chicago airport, change the last letter to vowel

3:06 pm

tx - done with O!

3:06 pm

thanks, Bugzy! Didn't have that one. Nrkii, do you have or4/4, or plus tall consonant plus vowel?

3:07 pm

Hi firefly - Still not seeing Pennywise for you :)

3:07 pm

the other J word besides j 4/9 meaning mean abusive yell

3:07 pm

Duh, not chicago, paris *slaps self with geography fish*

3:07 pm

*refresh Bugzy, refresh* haha, that was the clown talking, not me }:]

3:08 pm

lol bugzy - i was trying to figure that out

3:08 pm

He thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts....

3:08 pm

jo plus the three letter word for your computers memory

3:09 pm

bugzy, funny thing is, I translated Chicago to Paris without even realizing it

3:09 pm

jo5/22 - jo+ male sheep

3:09 pm

got it!

3:09 pm

Well, they both start with o...

3:09 pm

that they do

3:09 pm

okay, back to meeting with boss -- see ya later -- thanks again for letting me sneak in for clues (wham bam, thank you ma'am)

3:10 pm

Bye again nrkii

3:10 pm

bye, nrkii

3:10 pm

by nrkii

3:11 pm

any clues please for th5/14 and th5/12, ths last one

3:11 pm

amord

3:11 pm

th5/12 number

3:12 pm

also th5/12, change second to last vowel to another vowel

3:12 pm

have that one. need the other but thanks

3:12 pm

have that one. need the other but thanks

3:13 pm

th5/14 - th+whats connected at your shoulder

3:13 pm

(my th5/12 clue refers to the one that Cat9x gave, the number - change the 2nd to last vowel of that word)

3:13 pm

how many words in all?

3:14 pm

while on the th's - the 6? and great clues bugzy

3:14 pm

th6/21 - watergate informant deep th****

3:14 pm

115

3:14 pm

the 6 is what food goes down

3:15 pm

thanks - throw the fish to me!

3:15 pm

thank you -- got them both

3:15 pm

or just say Linda Lovelace lol

what's the word coutn and points for today"?

3:16 pm

115 words, don't know points

3:16 pm

1136

thx..sounds like some weird words today

thx..sounds like some weird words today

3:17 pm

there are some odd ones today markbowers

3:17 pm

tradit

3:18 pm

OK - got to go - have a good weekend everyone :)

3:18 pm

bye, Bugzy! You have a great weekend too!

3:18 pm

bye Bugzy - it's been fun :)

3:19 pm

bye bugzy - thanks for help!

3:21 pm

any help with the 8/55?

3:23 pm

moga

3:24 pm

apadoug, the tr 8 is a poetry term, rhymes a bit with a word that means seriously outdated

3:24 pm

(I told my boss I was way too tired to meet with him)

3:24 pm

lol nrkii - you got away with that?

3:25 pm

and why are you a day ahead with your icon? are you anti-clown too?

3:25 pm

ca5, please?

3:25 pm

well, actually it's true, so it wasn't too hard, and it's a standing weekly meeting we usually have on Thurs, so he kind of understood

3:25 pm

I don't love clowns, your clown being one of the key reasons!!!

3:26 pm

i've heard that a lot today nrkii...

3:26 pm

ca 5 is "a tightly knit group of zealots or personnel"

3:26 pm

lol nrkii!

3:26 pm

opps, found it.

3:26 pm

thanks, nrkii - sometimes, just asking for help clears the grid!

3:27 pm

I hear ya charm!

3:27 pm

clownsclownsclownsclowns

3:27 pm

and the ma5/14 is the same except for the first letter. Is spanish for mother.

3:28 pm

wow nut, great icon! (of course i object to the president, but who cares)

3:28 pm

firefly - you don't think he's a clown?

3:29 pm

yours is pretty creepy firefly - i was gonna go creepy, but then i found this

3:29 pm

nope, but i knew today would bring out some who used his image as such, and that's alright with me

3:29 pm

firefly, yepmetoo

3:30 pm

movieman and BryanC both had different images of the Poltergeist clown, so they went creepy

3:30 pm

creeeeeeepy

3:30 pm

Hello, babblers. nrkii, I'm wondering why the toilet . . .?

3:30 pm

brandyjack - your clue helped me with the ca! thx

3:30 pm

Layne, in preparation for tomorrows theme: "an image to meditate on"

3:31 pm

a clue please for da 5/14 and da 6/21

3:31 pm

I had seen it clued earlier in the log as ma + spanish for mother, but the entire word is actually spanish for mother.

3:31 pm

Oooh, funny!

3:32 pm

da 6/21 rhymes with "take someone by surprise" (esp by sneaking up on them)

3:33 pm

da 5/14 is plural of da 4/6 which is last name of author of Where the Sidewalk Ends and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

3:34 pm

james and the giant peach, not where the sidewalk ends, which was silverstein...(children's book geek)

3:34 pm

Thanks, evanout for the sp. for mother!

3:34 pm

you beat me to it Scarlet :)

3:34 pm

I was a children's book major, and I can't believe I got that wrong (knew it was wrong as soon as I hit enter)

3:35 pm

it's the fire in us...we can't keep our mouth shut

3:35 pm

But C and C Factory was him

3:35 pm

actually, I knew it was wrong pretty much as I was typing it... argh!

3:35 pm

good pun Scarlet ;)

3:35 pm

don't have da 4/6 either. more help please

3:36 pm

magzel, author of ... James and the Giant Peach

3:36 pm

sounds like a raggedy ann or barbie

3:36 pm

Roald Da**

3:36 pm

first name Roald

3:37 pm

im done

3:37 pm

good going oggy!

good afternoon, everyone! =)

3:37 pm

yay oggy!

3:37 pm

5 to go here -- HI SPECIFICITY!

3:37 pm

hows everyone doing

3:38 pm

still 26 away, but listless...hi specificity (that's hard to type!)

3:38 pm

hi specificity

114 to go! w00t!

3:38 pm

firefly, I had to go to list with 13 left, or I'll never get out of here! gotta drive 4 hours tonight to parents...

I should have logged on earlier

3:39 pm

just starting then

3:39 pm

nah, she's been at it for an hour (LOL)

3:41 pm

ok, is it me or is this harder than yesterday?

3:41 pm

feather, it's got some oddies again

3:42 pm

i'm really slow but i got them, thanks

3:44 pm

good job magzel - holler when you need more, we're all here for you! hi featherbee!

3:46 pm

hi firefly! i'm heading out, got 36 to start with....ugh. don't feel good about this one!

3:47 pm

hi, all. Can somebody please clue the ce 5/12?

3:48 pm

i'm hollering. i need ha 6/24 and co 5/12

3:48 pm

ce + first three letters of Paris airport

3:49 pm

ha 6/24 is same as ha 5/14 but double last vowel

3:49 pm

co 5/12 is co 4/5 plus vowel

3:49 pm

hi fellow babblers!!!

3:49 pm

hey there annie

3:49 pm

ty, nrkii

3:50 pm

the first ha6/27?

3:51 pm

charm, H + spanish A*****, drop the R

3:51 pm

shoot, that's the second

3:51 pm

I'm stuck on the first too!

3:51 pm

nrkii, isnt one co 5/12 a co 4/6 with an extra vowel?

3:51 pm

I have 2 words left, both long H words

3:52 pm

wyrd, there is only 1 co 5/12

3:52 pm

thanks for the effort,nrkii - will keep monkeying away!

3:52 pm

there are two co 5/14s which are both co 4/6 plus extra letter

3:52 pm

Hi all. ha 6/27 is ha+archie bunker's wife's name minus the first letter

3:52 pm

nrkii, ha 7/48 - old witch, + vowel + short for Richard

3:52 pm

ooooh...so true, thanks for correcting me

3:52 pm

ha6/27 - pig meat + 1st vowel + 4th letter + 1st vowel

3:53 pm

thanks ckapoo!

3:53 pm

DONE!!!

3:53 pm

thanks Ja!

3:53 pm

thanks, ckapoo!

3:53 pm

yay, nrkii!

3:53 pm

Woot!

yay nrkii

3:53 pm

go nrkii

3:54 pm

YAY, nrkii

3:54 pm

YAY nrkii!! (taking a quick lunch break)

3:54 pm

yipee nrkii!! congrats

3:54 pm

I promise to be back on later to offer clues -- gotta run so I can pack my bag and get on the road to parents ... thanks all, your help much appreciated!

3:54 pm

drive safe

3:54 pm

thanks for all the great help nrkii.

3:56 pm

Thanks for everyone's help. Any clues I may offer before I, too, depart for other, less dubious, pleasures?

3:57 pm

hi nrkii! btw, why is Darth not a word? I mean, come on!!!!! Long live star wars!

3:58 pm

am 5,12? either of them?

3:58 pm

Gomer isn't a word either, despite it's slang usage for a numskull :)

3:58 pm

thx again brandyjack - i was using the wrong h, but i got your clue finally! now the hotel clues make sense...

3:59 pm

am+double 2nd vowel + hook letter

3:59 pm

am 5/12 = am+exclamation

3:59 pm

ty both

4:00 pm

yw

4:00 pm

Missing 2 H's, help please. Have ha4/5 x3,ha4/6 x4, ha7/48, ha6/27 x2, ha5/14, he4/5 and he4/6. Thanks!

4:01 pm

another ha4/5, ha6/24

4:01 pm

just popped back in to help out with clues for a while :)

4:01 pm

thanks Ata!!!

ha 7/48 pls?

4:02 pm

3 letter word for witch + vowel + short form of richard

4:03 pm

ar 5/10 please?

4:03 pm

hi all, taking a ten minute break...

4:03 pm

latin-y plural of ar4/4

thanks Ata! was driving me to drink (Coke) :)

4:04 pm

the weather today is very unsettled...

4:04 pm

thanks Atalante!

hi again!

4:04 pm

Hi KatieW - Give me a ring - I would ring you but I dont have your numbers XX

4:04 pm

there are so many weird words in this today!

Greetings everyone! Need a clue for the tr8,55 pleeeeeze. Last word!

4:05 pm

Have 3 words left - 1st co5/14, ma4/6 and ra4/5. Any clues much appreciated - no doubt they're staring at me!

4:05 pm

hi everyone!

hi fran!

4:06 pm

thanks everyone for you patience and your help with clues. i'm finished and am going to feed the horses now.

4:06 pm

YAY magzel!

4:06 pm

rumple, it's relating to a type of poetic meter, like iambic for example

4:06 pm

ca5/14 = one who co4/6s

4:06 pm

clue on the ha6/24 I am missing please?

4:07 pm

co5/14 is what you are doing when you are a costar

ha6/24: living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household

4:07 pm

cita

4:07 pm

that co clue Fran was perfect! thanks!

4:07 pm

ma4/6 is a woman who is not married or who cleans for a living

hi stid!

4:08 pm

Thanks TO

4:08 pm

c0 5/14 be in a play together. ma 4/6 a helper with house cleaning.ra 5/4 s sudeen entrance of police

4:08 pm

yw stid!!

4:08 pm

ra4/5 is a brand of insecticide or a panty ra**

4:09 pm

Thanks all - got fireworks!!!

why are amor and amore not acceptable?

4:09 pm

yay carp!!!

4:09 pm

I was wondering that too.

4:09 pm

esp. with madre

4:09 pm

YAY carp!

4:09 pm

grr

4:09 pm

or chai? ever had a chai tea latte ? yum

4:10 pm

TO, i tried them numerous times myself, fifth or sixth didn't seem to make them work

4:10 pm

okay, my ten minutes are up. see you all later, and thanks again for the help!

4:10 pm

One word left, help please on what I am missing, it's am M. Have ma5/24, ma4/6, ma4/5 x2, me4/5 x2, mo4/5 x4, mo5/16 x2, mo5/12. Thanks

lol fran!

4:10 pm

yeah debb, chai actually means tea, we have a lot of foreign words all the time.

4:10 pm

may i please have a clue for tr6/21 it sure giving me problems

4:10 pm

hi stid and franmag

ma5/24?

4:11 pm

cat9, you're missing an ma4/5

4:11 pm

tr6/21 - a cross between a street car and a ship of the desert

4:11 pm

thanks Fran!

4:11 pm

good clue haz!

4:12 pm

hi oggy!

4:12 pm

hi everyone anyclues for the two ha6/27 please

4:12 pm

ma5/14 - spanish for mother

ooh - that makes me madder that there's no maor or amore! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

ty haz

4:13 pm

ha6/27 - ha plus the ending of the woman's name, Judy being the shortened version.

4:13 pm

thank you Haz how easy was that ,i never saw it

4:13 pm

yayyy! Thanks for the help! Fireworks!

4:13 pm

ha6/27 add a three letter word for crazy/angry and a vowel.

4:13 pm

yay Cat!

4:13 pm

Glad to help!

4:14 pm

clue giving has been severely hampered by a fussy baby. brb

4:14 pm

congrats cat!

4:15 pm

Thank you Ata! I think I might still have some hair left, afraid to look in the mirror! Thank you too debbina!

4:15 pm

*debbinla

cat i love your clown! i went looking for a cat as clown but stopped when i found my current icon

4:16 pm

what is a ship of the desert? (hi, btw)

4:16 pm

Thanx 4 the clues Haz ;-))

Thanks FranMaq. Finished for today!!

4:17 pm

a mammal ship

4:17 pm

ping, think of a pack animal that is 'designed' for desert life

4:17 pm

There are two types, coming in one or two humps, Ping.

4:17 pm

with one or two humps?

4:17 pm

yay rumple!!

4:17 pm

Thank you TO! I LOVE yours, as I was looking for a cat clown I found the same one you are using and loved it, but even though they said for cats too, they did not show the cat dressed in the shirt :)

4:17 pm

okay, that was my guess - i'll keep at it! thanks!!!

4:17 pm

congrats rumple!

ty Cat9x. Where do you find your Icons?

4:18 pm

hi, all! great clown, Cat9x :-D

well we know no cat would ever be afriad of a clown - LOL!

4:18 pm

help with the ha 6/21

4:18 pm

hey lib!

4:18 pm

I try to incorporate a cat, or cat theme into all my "themed" icons, so far I have always been able to.

so did you make yours?

4:18 pm

LOL, TRUE TO! Too funny!

4:19 pm

ckapoo, 6/21? there are 6/24s and a 6/27

4:19 pm

nice, too, temple! :)

4:19 pm

My cats would never stand still long enough to clown them up, let alone long enough for me to take a picture :) I found it on the web

4:19 pm

Is it ha6/24 you need? If so, extend the concubine's residence (ha5/14) with the addition of a vowel.

4:20 pm

cat, he doesn't look too happy, but it's a cute picture!

4:20 pm

TO your icon is great too!

i think they drug them to get them in dress

4:20 pm

LOL.. What cat is EVER happy being made to do anything against their will :)

4:20 pm

I hope not TO :(

4:21 pm

lib, you found a great icon also, love lucy!

yes it's been interesting but there have been some scary cones too!

4:21 pm

I agree, Love Lucy!

4:21 pm

ty, fran-- not afraid of lucy!

4:21 pm

nice fishies, fran!

or ones, as the case may be.

4:22 pm

thank you lib! went looking for a real clown, remembered the one from IT and changed my mind!!

4:23 pm

I was thinking of ice cream cones!:D

4:23 pm

LOL Fran, I think your use of clown fish, and Ata's also, was very clever!

4:23 pm

Thanks, Haz.

4:23 pm

You're welcome, ckapoo.

4:23 pm

Oh, clownfish! phat! ;-D

4:23 pm

how many words total today?

4:24 pm

115 ornery ones bubblehead

4:24 pm

115 Bubble

4:24 pm

how many words total today?

how about the c from the c in the middle of the last column? may i have a clue please?

4:25 pm

TO, ce + either/or + a consonant

4:26 pm

or ce+the letters of the paris airport (stolen from earlier)

4:26 pm

oops, forgot to asterisk the clue!!! it's either/**

ty franmag!

no fran, it's fine just the way you typed it : )

4:27 pm

A clue please mo5/16 ;-)

4:27 pm

:-)

4:27 pm

thanks

4:27 pm

norma, a coffee beverage

4:27 pm

mo5/16 - a flavouring especially associated with coffee.

4:27 pm

stid likes to serve them when she finishes a grid

4:29 pm

Hi all, keep plodding on, but worked a lot in the garden, so only managed 66 so far. Pitiful! Wonder how the London Convention went?

4:29 pm

hi exwren!

hi exwren! that's right - it's eveing for you!

4:29 pm

It's a nasty grid, ExWren. I was just wondering about the convention myself.

4:30 pm

i have no idea what to do !!

4:30 pm

Thanks Haz and Fran where would I be without you girls ;-))

4:30 pm

start by looking at help Twinkly.

i hope babs let's us know - i haven't seen her in ages...

4:30 pm

aww shucks norma!

4:30 pm

Glad to help, Norma.

but i think this grid is lovely

4:31 pm

Yes Temple Owl, it's 10.30pm here

4:31 pm

Hi all -looks a pesky one -started this morning but only just got back here.

4:31 pm

be back in a bit folks, have to do some chores

4:31 pm

and we think you are mad, TO ;)

hi snowy!

wren, any idea who was attending?

4:31 pm

There are some weird words in here, more so and usual

and i KNOW i am mad : D

4:31 pm

It's horrible, snowyowl. Has anyone alerted the men in white coats to take TO away?

4:32 pm

"more so THAN usual"

no it's NOT! LOL!

4:32 pm

Haz and exwren--I thought the convention was meant to be June 19? Don't tello me I've missed it--

4:33 pm

katie W phone me please !!!!!!!!!!!!!

4:33 pm

I hopr i manage to stay awake long enough to finish this one - Have no reason to get up early tomorrow (huurah!!) so will try to stick at it

4:33 pm

I haven't heard anything about it for ages ...

4:33 pm

lovely? sarcastic, TO? ;-0

4:33 pm

Hello hetty! Someone mentioned it earlier, I just assumed that they were correct on the date. We could be wrong.

4:33 pm

Oh! you could be right hetty, I was thinking 16th

4:34 pm

While I'm at it, 2 words are hiding from ne in this nasty litle grid--one is the last word of all, tr8

check lickety's icon link

4:34 pm

Afternoon all! How are you all this lovely Friday?

no> once you get the twists and turns, it's fun. but introspective.

4:34 pm

hetty - it's the adjectival form of a poetic meter.

4:35 pm

June 16 is Bloomsday, perhaps that's why it stuck in your head as a date to remember. I do that all the time

4:35 pm

ofcourse-- the one that is NOT iambic Ta

4:35 pm

I just checked Babs profile, it is Friday 16th June

4:36 pm

The convention is definately today -I keep Babblers profile in favourites for the themes. She has updated her icon etc so i presuma all is going ahead.

4:36 pm

tr8/55--ends like arch***--out of date

4:36 pm

outdated*

4:37 pm

Then I'm out of luck. I meant to send a special ex-pat greeting. Gee

4:37 pm

lib I have it thanks, It's a meter I know well.

4:38 pm

But I'm still oin elast word short. The last ma4--anyone?

4:38 pm

oh dear, english teacher! :-O

4:39 pm

ma4/5 - a shortened form of the place where trading is done.

4:39 pm

Back to face the evilness of the grid. I couldn't go to the convention, but I'm sure I'll make the next one

4:39 pm

S orry, lib. Comes from years of trying to get udents into the way of looking for MORE than the old iambic pentameter

i have co6, da6, dh6, ha6x3, th6, and tr 6 - can someone please give me the first two oand points of the missing one?

4:40 pm

uh hi?

4:40 pm

ch6/27

HI JEN!

4:40 pm

tha's cool, hetty :) I remember the old iambic pentameter from Evangeline... )

4:40 pm

Hello Jen!

4:40 pm

Haz, I have that one, and the one before it--the mixture of clays. Also the female horse. So which one am I missing?

4:41 pm

hi Jen

4:41 pm

hetty do you have the serving girl?

4:41 pm

Do you have the lady who comes to clean or milk your cows?

4:42 pm

No. I don't have one of those, which is no doubt why I didn't look for one in the grid. Bless you Haz.

4:43 pm

Glad to be of assistance!

4:44 pm

Now if only getting a serving girl to clean my corners were as easy as that, I'd be in clover

4:44 pm

Thanks, snowyowl

4:46 pm

'Oh wouldn't it be luvverly......luvverly......... Wouldn't it be luvvvvverly!'

4:46 pm

My Fair Lady anyone? LOL

4:46 pm

Babble is not conducive to housekeeping, I've discovered.

4:47 pm

going to a performance tomorrow! Hi all

4:47 pm

Hello jillibus!

4:47 pm

Quentin Crisp said that after 7 years you don't get any more dust! 6months dust shows tho'! Hi Jillibus!

i want chaotic!

4:49 pm

Haz--I'm having babble breaks while washing the kitchen floor...

4:49 pm

A friend had her cataracts removed and although she was delighted at being able to see more clearly, declared herself to be horrified at how dusty her house was and how wrinkled she was!

4:49 pm

Just come to our house TO chaos is a way of life here!

oh now that's bad...LOL!

4:49 pm

LOL HA

lol @ snowy and haz!

4:51 pm

how is chai not a word??

and i monkeyed that ch too! see what a little funa dn relxation can do! housework cannot give you that!

4:51 pm

i was thinkin the same thing Grace

4:51 pm

chai is a vitamin!

well dear babblers....leaving with 16 to go. bbl to finish...have fun! after all it's friday and it's happy hour!

4:52 pm

It's in my word book as well :-)

4:53 pm

bye TO :)

4:53 pm

Bye TO have a nice evening

4:53 pm

Bye TO - have a good afternoon/evening.

4:54 pm

have to go do other things for a while - hope to get back later but only have 43 words so far

4:54 pm

And I should go as well. Keep looking for those words and see you tomorrow.

4:55 pm

goodnight Haz -sweet dreams

4:55 pm

bye jillibus

4:55 pm

Night Haz

Hi, everyone. I'm beginning to wonder if these early hundred number word puzzles are harder than the biggies!

4:56 pm

I agree book!

4:56 pm

Greetings All, I need aclue for the 2nd ha 6/27, please...

4:56 pm

trade

4:57 pm

sorry -monkeying jibberish here

sorry chic, haven't got there yet

4:57 pm

That's only beacuse you never manage to get to the point in the biggies where all you have left is the nasty, brutish little words like this one has.... Or at least I never do....

4:57 pm

ha6/27 - pig meat + 1st vowel + 4th letter + 1st vowel

4:58 pm

Hey brandyjack, just wanted to let you know thanks for bringing back your list!! {{hugs}}

but then, brandyjack, there you are with a clue for a really nasty, brutish word!

4:58 pm

thanx, Brandyjack!

4:58 pm

hi chic & brandyjack

4:59 pm

wasn't my clue. one from about 10 am that I happened to have in the clipboard.

Hit me with a fish, here, what list did brandyjack bring back?

4:59 pm

I would never make up such a blatant and tame clue....

4:59 pm

Could I have a clue for the co 6/24 please

4:59 pm

Hi Snowy, how goes it?

4:59 pm

book, his 2nd letter list on Babbler's Anon

woooo, cool thing, brandyjack

5:01 pm

OK thanks chic, busy , but then isn't everyone these days! My life is full of grandchildren & I guess Iwouldn't have it any other way!

5:01 pm

They make SPAM; change the first consonant, katie

5:02 pm

SPAM the meat product, that is

5:04 pm

Erda, thank you so much, I can't believe i just had to google spam!!!

5:04 pm

the things we do....lol katie

5:04 pm

>++('>

5:12 pm

Gotta go & play with fuggles, bbl

5:12 pm

swet dreams katie

5:12 pm

Hi All, only 22 words left. Any clues for ag 5/16 & 4/7 pls

5:12 pm

sweet even

5:12 pm

5:12 pm

5:12 pm

5:13 pm

OMG ! sorry sweet dreams katie!

5:14 pm

hi JA -sorry still looking for it myself

5:15 pm

Captian of battlestar Galactica...... CHange the 2nd letter of course....

5:15 pm

for the ag4/7 add half a laugh

5:17 pm

Thanks snowyowl my brain must be burnt out

5:18 pm

I found it by accident! This puzzle is a bit of a brain burner anyway I think

5:20 pm

my phantom word is catholics...

5:22 pm

mine was haemorrhage this morning - I've managed to get rid of it now !

2 left....am 5/12 and ar 5/12 ty anything more thaan 4 letters doesn't like me today.

5:23 pm

am+ misspelled hearing organ or am+ french for dead

5:24 pm

am5/12, one is the root of financial terms, the other sounds like Saudi Princes spelt with a double vowel

5:24 pm

its like smeer but change the first letter and ar 5/12 is a nice smell

I needed the dead one; forgot there were 2, ty:)

5:24 pm

ag4/7--the ag** khan...

5:24 pm

could I have a clue for the ma 5/14 please

5:25 pm

ar5/12, i love the ar*** of fresh brewed coffee.. here, have a >++('>

I'll take a fish for the nice smell one...geez... TY all...I'm DONE!

5:25 pm

lol bj - I'd rather the ar*** of coffee!

5:26 pm

congrats tndaisy

5:26 pm

congrats tn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5:26 pm

yay daisy!!!

thanks...glad to get done b4 o/h gets home! lol now I have to go act like a housewife...*act" being the operative word!

5:27 pm

dreme

5:27 pm

oops! just goes to show how desperate I'm getting here1

5:28 pm

HA words are giving me a fit - clues for HA6 or HA7 or either HA from top row?

5:28 pm

Never rule anything out snowy, that's my moto :-)

5:29 pm

ha6/27--past tense of have + ending of woman's name shortened to judy

5:29 pm

lol Katie!

5:30 pm

ha6/27--rhymes w/ hotel chain ra**** inns...

5:32 pm

last th 5,12 please? I have the one thats a number

5:32 pm

thanks, libarebel - another 6 or 7?

5:32 pm

one, two, >++('>

5:33 pm

i have that one brandyjack, but thanks

5:33 pm

ty, brandy--missed that! :-|

5:34 pm

Sorry, I misread your request. Couldn't believe what I was reading. Should have read it again. Last one sounds like chucking something at someone, but with a vowel ending instead of doublevee.

5:34 pm

hi folks - sheesh just found the ro 4 that is so easy I had to hit myself with a big swordfish!!

5:34 pm

ty again brandyjack :)

5:36 pm

jo 5/22 clue please?

5:36 pm

TR5,TR6.TR8??? I'm really boggled!

5:37 pm

jo +male sheep

5:38 pm

ty, hpy! :D

5:38 pm

for jo...

5:38 pm

most welcome, found a bunch cuz of brandyjack's list

5:39 pm

ty hpyhrtd

5:39 pm

tr 5 a characteristic

5:39 pm

I'm down to my last 4. could I have clues for the tr6/21, ma 5/14, co5/14 (2nd one) and da 5/14 please, please please

5:40 pm

tr6, sounds like the humped animal

I'm not far into the grid, but the co I have is the opposite of goer, if that helps

5:41 pm

ma is mom in spanish does that help?

5:42 pm

we have a sierra ma**** town in CA

5:43 pm

tr8/55, tr plus spanish for eight, change last vowel, plus and ** chip in your computer, short for intergrated circuit

5:43 pm

*an

cat9x, wow, that was a great clue

5:44 pm

Thanks bookwyrmish! :)

5:44 pm

thx Cat9, I was looking for that one forever!

5:45 pm

you're welcome ypsigirl

5:47 pm

thank you hpyhrted & cat9x, down to two :- da5/14 and co5/14 (2nd one) :-)

5:48 pm

you're welcome katie, do you want clues for your last 2?

5:48 pm

yw katie, don't have those yet sorry

5:48 pm

Please

5:49 pm

da5/14, sounds like a girls toy, also is the plural of da4/6

5:50 pm

co5/14 is co4/6, right above it with an extra vowel on the end

5:52 pm

there is another co5/14, which is co4/6 with a consonant added on the end

5:52 pm

I have two HA6/27 but can I have clue to third one and to HA7 svp?

5:52 pm

I've got the co now thanks just working on the da now :-)

5:53 pm

da4/6 is an indian lentil soup

5:53 pm

katie -think indian food -lentil based I think

5:53 pm

there are only 2 ha6/27's , there is a ha6/24?

5:54 pm

Hi bobsta! Is the convention off?

5:54 pm

I've got the 4/6, just can't get a longer word from it!!!

5:54 pm

when is it?

5:54 pm

katie: pluralise

5:54 pm

katie add the plural letter

5:54 pm

It is tonight, I had to pull out but I thought it was still doing ahead

5:54 pm

I thought it was today!

5:54 pm

i thought it was next week?

5:54 pm

how do you get to those esses?

5:55 pm

ha7/48, is a word for an old crone, plus a vowel plus abbreviation for intergrated curcuit

Esses aren't the only way to pluralize

5:55 pm

snowy I need fish so badly, in my defense you can make exactly the same word down the way and thats why I couldn't pluralise it!!!

5:55 pm

latin?

5:55 pm

Babblers profiloe says June 16th -have they changed the date?

5:56 pm

LOL I only just got it before you1

5:56 pm

oh s*** i think we've missed it

5:56 pm

oh duh u and me both katie

5:56 pm

damn damn damn

5:56 pm

Thanks I feel better for knowing it's not just me :-) Thank you for all your help i've got fireworks

5:57 pm

oops, scrtach that ha7 clue, ha7/48, is a word for an old crone, plus a vowel plus a mans name, shortened, or a male body part, shortened

5:57 pm

woo hoo katie

5:57 pm

congrats katie!!!!!

5:57 pm

I thought someone may have taken a laptop to let us know how thing were going - but noone's been here!

5:57 pm

congrats katie!

5:57 pm

congrats Katie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5:58 pm

I really wanted to go but only came back from Scotland today so had to give it a miss this time.

5:58 pm

bubbles and i have been so busy this week as we're moving into the house tomorrow and i completely forgot!!!

5:59 pm

Bobsta, that's totally understandable, moving house is always such a busy time

6:00 pm

You'll be glad to be in your home tho' Bobsta! Good Luck with your move & best wishes for a happy life there together.

6:00 pm

i'm really gutted as the pub is literally on the road i work in, i could so easily have walked down to see them :(

6:01 pm

thanks snowy, we're really looking forward to it

6:02 pm

brb -stripped the bed linen this morning - forgot to put it back on -husband is fighting with a pillow case & I'd hate him to lose the battle -so demoralising!

6:02 pm

Heh Heh!

6:02 pm

roma

6:02 pm

Lol snowy

6:03 pm

ooooops sorry

6:03 pm

not there anyway

6:03 pm

Bobsta, it doesn't let you have that prefectly valid word, I had a rant about it a few days ago

6:03 pm

i know, not fair :o(

6:05 pm

right i'm orf to bed, early start tomorrow, nite all x

6:06 pm

too late -it had won! Good night Bobsta -love to you & Bubbles

6:23 pm

Hi, is there anybody that can please clue ag 5/16?

6:25 pm

Sorry got distracted by Cayote ugly, ag 5/16 a + greek number

6:27 pm

ce 5/12 please?

6:29 pm

ce+letters of paris airport code

6:29 pm

Jeffer 1st three letters of the one above and then finished with the two most hated letters in babble which usually come at the start of a lot of words!!

6:29 pm

ce + Paris airport

6:30 pm

I'm impressed so many people know the code to paris airport :-)

6:30 pm

Jeffer - sorry I clued the wrong word mine was for the 5/14

6:30 pm

I stole that from an earlier clue - i know it now though!

6:31 pm

thank goodness katie ! lol

6:32 pm

Right I'm going to finish watching the film, Fuggles is being very cute tonight so I might just watch him sleep, see you all tomorrow :-)

6:32 pm

katie, sorry I still don't get the greek number?

6:33 pm

ckapoo and JA thanks

6:33 pm

Alpha Beta G***

6:33 pm

I am probably spelling it wrong though :-)

6:33 pm

ty, got it now. Bye! Enjoy the film.

6:34 pm

ty, katie! for ag 5/16 :D

6:34 pm

is it the Paris ICAO code I am trying to monkey?

6:34 pm

ha 6/24 , anyone?

6:35 pm

ha6/24 is ha5/14 with an a double vowel

6:35 pm

ty Cat9x

6:36 pm

you're welcome jeffer

6:37 pm

uncagain if you change the first 2 letters you have the word

6:37 pm

All done! - goodnight all -see you tomorrow I hope.

6:37 pm

ha6/24-- rhymes w/ basketball player ka**** abdul jabbar...

6:37 pm

Cat, could you help with ha 5/14, i don't have it neither the ha 6/24?

6:38 pm

lew alcindor...

6:38 pm

lib's clue is great on the ha6/26, just remove a vowel from that for ha5/14

6:38 pm

oops*ha6/24

6:39 pm

if that doesn't help, I can clue it for you

6:39 pm

ty, cat--and ty for your great clues! :)

6:39 pm

HI everyone! ag4/7 please

hi all !

6:40 pm

Sorry, it doesn't help.

6:40 pm

the ag** kahn

6:40 pm

hello, helen!

hiya lib :)

i like your choice of icon there, lib !

6:41 pm

you bozo?

6:41 pm

ty, helen!!

6:41 pm

ha5/14, A house or a section of a house reserved for women members of a Muslim household. Also like when a man has alot of women, they are called his ha***

6:41 pm

I'm not afraid of lucy!

yep - who's your favorite clown? and the grand prize game!

6:41 pm

hi helen!

LOL lib !!!!

hiya feather !

6:42 pm

i'm struggling to figure out the paris airport code one, and lost track if it was for a ce or not

how many do you guys have left?

6:42 pm

74

6:42 pm

clowns do spook me :-O

6:42 pm

If you add the extra vowel to that JA, making it a double vowel in ha5/14, you will have ha 6/24

41 here - may just go to list

6:42 pm

77

6:43 pm

featherbee-i have 71 left!!! but your probably going to overtake me!

hi shutter :)

6:43 pm

oh, we're close shutter! i'm about to get my list out

6:43 pm

hi jgalloway! i don't think i've met you before!

6:43 pm

got 47 left..

6:43 pm

I just started with the list now.

6:44 pm

hi featherbee!

6:44 pm

lol, change the first two letters of what?

6:44 pm

can i be a pain in the butt and ask which one was being clued with the paris airport code? i only found two paris airport codes so far, and they don't match

lib - are you on the list?

6:45 pm

ty, cat.

6:45 pm

exactly my problem , Feather

6:45 pm

lickety's list?

6:46 pm

only 17 to go, but they are all ones I found difficult, and have to go back on. There are some very weird words today

6:46 pm

lucy was on mccarthy's list...

yeah lib?

6:46 pm

no kidding wren! i find today mucho harder than yesterday

6:46 pm

it's the PAris airport that's not De Gaulle--not code, but first 3 letters

6:47 pm

hot here--easily confused... ;-0

6:47 pm

paris airport---- three letters---- think a four letter word for spoken, then remove the third letter (which is a vowel)

6:47 pm

oh! i know which one that is!

6:47 pm

got it now, thanks! :)

6:47 pm

Lord, and i still dont

6:48 pm

don't have any of the AR words :(

phone call -brb

6:48 pm

it's not the actual code for the airport, only the first three letters

6:48 pm

just found ar5 - scent

6:48 pm

the only one i have peri is the scent one

6:48 pm

one ar5/12 is a (nice) smell...

6:48 pm

kk, now I have it, thanx

6:48 pm

one is the **** code before a phone number

6:49 pm

peri, and after doren's clue, just add another vowel for ar 5/12

6:50 pm

oops, sorry not 5/12, but 5/10

6:50 pm

thanks ja, I didn't know that one

6:50 pm

yw

6:50 pm

thanks Dorens, don't know how I missed those

6:51 pm

I often miss the obvious

6:51 pm

dorens, i love that fern pic

6:51 pm

ch6/27 anyone

6:52 pm

thanks... took me ages to figure out how to put one in and will probably never change it.... i like seeing it next to periwinkle, since right outside the door next to the computer is periwinkle and ferns

6:52 pm

oh, cool!

6:52 pm

Dorens 8-)

6:52 pm

for ch to converse with someone

6:53 pm

JUdy I have as the ch4/6, I need the ch6/27 please

6:53 pm

ch 6/27, sounds like what your teeth do when cold, spelled differently

6:53 pm

me too

6:54 pm

or it's like the cheese, spelled differently

6:54 pm

just found it....by accident....kind of soundslike cheese

6:54 pm

sorry peri I dont have a grid

6:54 pm

co 5/12 and co 5/14?

6:54 pm

oh....i wasn't looking...

6:54 pm

Any idea what the ce5/12 is?

6:55 pm

here we go again

6:55 pm

ce + the first three letters of Paris airport

6:55 pm

ceo 5/12 is the co 4/5 with a vowel added

6:55 pm

thanks featherbee

6:55 pm

corea

6:55 pm

ce 5/12 is the airport one...look up paris airports, use the first three letters of one

6:56 pm

ag 5/14?

6:56 pm

greek marketplace

6:57 pm

ty

6:57 pm

yw

6:58 pm

ty, featerbee for the co 5/12. Can anyone else help with the co 5/14?

6:58 pm

how about the ae?

6:58 pm

zee plane! zee plane!

6:59 pm

opposite of goer

6:59 pm

can't believe i didn't see it, thanks feather

7:00 pm

lol! i wasn't sure if you got that it was my hint or not! or just wondered if i was losing it over here...

7:01 pm

can I get a clue for the first co 5 pls

7:01 pm

i hate vowel words

7:01 pm

the hint did make me think for a minute...but i think I'm the one who's losing it

7:01 pm

don't think i have it yet phan

7:02 pm

Got at last ty Feather, (the airport one)

7:02 pm

yay!

7:03 pm

hints for any of the am words? take your pick, i can't get any!

7:03 pm

ag 5/16 ?

7:03 pm

missing the 2nd dr5/14 - have the one related to theater

7:03 pm

co 5/14 is co + anagram of cat

7:03 pm

ag + american medical association

7:04 pm

am 5 = a + french word for death

7:04 pm

oriental nurse (am 4/6) I know it from crossword puzzles

7:04 pm

thanx so much JA

7:04 pm

amort

7:04 pm

ohhhhh....

7:04 pm

sorrryyyyy!!!

7:04 pm

the 2nd dr5/14 is an anagram of the other one

7:04 pm

lol lib! i got it before you did that at least!

7:04 pm

yw

lib - i'm back- how many do you have now?

7:05 pm

Thanks lib! I needed that one

7:05 pm

(i'm down to 57 left)

7:05 pm

other am 5 = am + sounds kind of scary (also sounds like your hearing thingie)

7:06 pm

i have 37, but don'tsee how i'll ever get them

7:06 pm

I still need 63

7:06 pm

go doreen - you've got time!

7:06 pm

31 left but too tired, may be back later, happy hunting

went back to scavange clues - down to 31 now

7:07 pm

thanks to your hint, renfield, maybe i can

7:07 pm

doren, I live in new jersey too!

7:07 pm

where?

7:07 pm

took a nap and was able to finish...poor little brain cells

7:07 pm

got the ams, thank you!!!!

7:07 pm

way down south

7:07 pm

i'm up north

7:08 pm

we are almost tottally south

7:08 pm

not far from cape may.

7:08 pm

hi, helen--70...

7:08 pm

enjoy the shore this weekend

7:08 pm

oh, no. 45 left...

7:09 pm

no enjoyment this wekend doren, my granfather just died.

7:09 pm

my condolences shutterbug

ok, that's what i thought, lol

7:10 pm

oh, I'm sorry

awww shutter - sorry to hear that

7:10 pm

thanks firls!

7:10 pm

girls

7:10 pm

sorry, shutterbug

7:10 pm

ga 5,16 anyone?

7:11 pm

not yet wyrd

s' ok shutter - i've been called worse!

7:11 pm

i need a ca 4/6.... i already have one that ends in i

7:11 pm

ga5/16 --one who likes to play ga***...

7:11 pm

well thanks for answering though featherbee

7:11 pm

i think i like firls....i wanna be a firl!

7:11 pm

sounds like more fun

7:11 pm

thanks libarebel!

7:11 pm

c+ farm ***

7:12 pm

i cannot believe how easy that word was

7:12 pm

CANNOT

7:12 pm

ga 5/16 is Brooks first name...cw singer

7:12 pm

or c+ first ***

7:12 pm

yw, wyrd :)

7:12 pm

lol, if it's any consolation wyrd, you weren't the only one who missed it!

7:12 pm

thanks ren

7:13 pm

i do feel better almost

7:13 pm

ty, spotplus!

yeah - i didn't get that one either - tx :)

7:13 pm

yw doreen

7:13 pm

yw

7:14 pm

*sigh* stupid neverending Cs....

7:15 pm

now it is the last (second) ga5/16 that has me stumped

7:16 pm

mr brooks?

7:16 pm

if you play ga 4/7 you are a ga***

7:16 pm

or mr freinds in low places brooks?

7:17 pm

got that one thatnks ren, there is another one

7:18 pm

only 2 ga5's, I think...

7:20 pm

yes 1st ga 5 = one who plays ga 4/7 & 2nd is usa country western singer brooks

7:21 pm

ga5/16 ga--rhymea w/ home * he****...

7:21 pm

typing slills?

7:22 pm

um, skills :-O

LOL lib- a gals gotta have skills !

7:23 pm

my typing skills went on stike several years ago....

7:23 pm

my slills need a lift! :D

7:23 pm

whoa, the dh6 word!!! cool!

7:24 pm

OK wasn't familiar with mr Brooks, so googled him thanks

7:25 pm

oh, feather! the dh**** ums! ty!

7:25 pm

ok feather, got any good clues for the dh?

7:25 pm

di 5/14?

7:25 pm

dh**** bums--jack kerouac book...

7:25 pm

well, if you watch "LOST" you'll know it for sure...

7:25 pm

if not, there was a sitcom with that dh as a girl's name

7:25 pm

i don't

7:26 pm

but that clue gave it to me, thinking of the name of another old tv show

7:26 pm

thanks

7:26 pm

yep!

7:26 pm

dh6/27--related to karma...

7:27 pm

& greg?

7:27 pm

so, anyone have that di5?

it's what Fidel Catro is....leave off the "or" on the end.

7:28 pm

yes.... trying to think of clue

7:28 pm

thanks!

7:28 pm

there you go, good one daisy

7:29 pm

and hi daisy!

and no...it's not ***hole:) hi feathers:)

7:29 pm

and the di4/5 is similar, Minus the middle letter

7:30 pm

yep, had the di4 before the di5

7:30 pm

ty, dorens!

7:30 pm

now i have 25 left....so ending becomes a distinct possibility

7:30 pm

guess i'll never eat dinner tonite

7:30 pm

lol dorens

*hands Dorens an energy bar*

7:31 pm

come over to my house doreen - we're have guacamole & chips....or cheetos

7:31 pm

thanks...that tasted god

7:31 pm

i would die for some good guac

7:31 pm

meant goOd

7:33 pm

mm mm goOd!! lol :-D

7:34 pm

Itype goOd, too ! ;-D

7:34 pm

either ha 6/27?

7:35 pm

like the motel chain r*****?

7:35 pm

featherbee, one of the ha 6/27 rhymes with the ra*** Inn, a hotel chain.

7:35 pm

one ha 6/27--ha + ending of a name shortened to judy

ha + Archie Bunker's wife's name

7:35 pm

thanks! got both

7:35 pm

I LOVE avacados!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

me too shutter!!

7:36 pm

ty, tndaisy!

7:36 pm

truly one of nature's greatest creations

we even have a tree!

7:36 pm

oh you are SOOOOO lucky

but it hasn't borne yet

7:36 pm

an fruit on it daisy?

7:36 pm

wee, my board is slowly darkening! 26 left

7:36 pm

patience is a virtue

I think it needs a mate, but I can't get MY mate to buy it one

7:37 pm

i have 23.....

not yet anyway

7:37 pm

but getting very very stuck

7:37 pm

WOW! I've been meaning to try and grow one for some time now, but keep forgetting. My friend said that her grandma used to grow them, just keep em inside.

7:37 pm

Well, I resign gracefully, still 10 to go, but I have run out of time, past my bedtime! Goodnight all

7:37 pm

send me some avacados!

7:38 pm

nite, exwren

7:38 pm

wren, dont quit now.

it's alot easier to get one already started, than to try to grow one from seed. I don't know about growing them in the house though....never heard of that!

7:38 pm

It's 1.38am, time for bed

7:39 pm

ma 5/14?

7:39 pm

well, dont they have to be kept where it is warm?

good nite wren

7:39 pm

later wren

yeah...where are you shutter?

7:39 pm

nite then wren.

7:39 pm

New jersey.

oh, ok then....I guess you would

ma 5/14 Spanish for mama

7:40 pm

shutter. I'

7:40 pm

ma5/14 is spanish for mom

7:40 pm

ty...darn spanish...

7:40 pm

e I've grown them inside, but they won'tbear fruit without the heat...needs cali or fla kind of weather

lol feathers...that's what my kid sez she almost failed it!

7:41 pm

hehe! i took french, so never think of the spanish connections

7:41 pm

Oh, doren, but I NEED avacados so bad!!!!!!!!! Lol

7:41 pm

costco, shutterbug

*reaches in fridge and hands Dor an avacado*

7:42 pm

ah, thanks so much

7:42 pm

ok, gotta question...if babble uses the enable dictionary, why do the ? links take us to dictionary.com? there's no definition for that ma5 there!

er...shutter:)

7:42 pm

Can I have a couple too?

7:42 pm

no, we both need them...it's ok

7:42 pm

We dont have a costco around.

yeah...I aimed wrong! lol

7:42 pm

good Q feather...

7:43 pm

i never saw the ? links....is/are they worth it?

7:43 pm

it's very frustrating when i want to know what a word means

7:43 pm

you gan buy guacamole all ready made up in most grocers pruduce ar**. add ome lime juice and it is delicious

7:43 pm

sometimes they are doren, but other times, there's no definition

7:43 pm

you prbably don't have trader joe's either---they have nice organice avocado's three or four ina cute little green mesh bag for a decent price

they don't help much...you dont' see that til AFTER you find the word, so what good is that? lol

7:44 pm

i am missing ag 5/16,...any clues?

7:44 pm

Yeah, I know ren. we buy avacoados at Aldi. There is a trader joes about 1 hour or so away. WE used to go there when my brother was on a diet. We also went to Fresh Fields a lot.

ag 5/16 a + a kinda of ray, spelt a little wrong

7:45 pm

ag + the short form of hte american medical association

7:45 pm

thanks

7:45 pm

ag5/16--ag + american medical association...

or...if you're a Battlestar Galactical fan...it rhymes with Capt. ******* name:)

7:46 pm

gmta, feather!

7:46 pm

gmta?

7:47 pm

great minds think alike :)

7:47 pm

oh! lol, yep!

7:47 pm

down to 23 here

7:48 pm

i'm down to 20....without you i'll stay here though...da 6/21?

7:48 pm

dh 6/27?

da 6/21: rhymes with what you do to someone if you sneak up behind them

gtg man is home

7:48 pm

dh**** and greg

7:48 pm

rhymes with indian concept of what goes around comes around

7:50 pm

mo 5/16?

7:50 pm

sorry, feather and doren, neither of those help me at all.

7:50 pm

shutter, do you watch "LOST"?

7:50 pm

no

7:50 pm

hmm....

7:51 pm

dh + body part attached to your shoulder + vowel

7:51 pm

Thanks feather, that helped!

7:51 pm

ah, good!

7:53 pm

Down to 2 - jo5 and tr8 - any clues anyone??

7:53 pm

feather, have you had Starbuck's mo*** frappacino? It's great!

7:53 pm

i didn'dt get that da 6/21 at all....but had a phone call and got around to putting some form of dinner together

7:53 pm

ahh! thanks jeewhiz!

7:54 pm

Jo+ male sheep

7:54 pm

da 6/21, think of a slow moving green creature for the ending

7:54 pm

thanx shutterbug

7:54 pm

good one, JeeWhiz

7:54 pm

TRO + very very old. minus the first two letters

7:54 pm

haha, got it thanks geather

7:55 pm

Feather, i'm so excited i can't type anymore

7:55 pm

lol!

7:55 pm

That Mo** frappacino would be good with the guac, don't you think?

7:55 pm

Yep!

7:58 pm

10 left

7:59 pm

7 left, closing in....

7:59 pm

last ga 5/16?

7:59 pm

aarrgghh - can't get that tr8 - my last one!!!! further clues?

7:59 pm

i have 15

8:00 pm

can I get a clue for the ha 7 pls?

8:00 pm

ga 5/16 = country music singer ga*** brooks

8:00 pm

phan, here is the definition: Of, relating to, or consisting of trochees.

8:00 pm

puptone, the clue that helped me was that it ended like something with locks and links, last letter changed to a c.

8:01 pm

sorry, I dont listin to country music

8:01 pm

sorry, thta was supposed to be for puptone.

8:01 pm

neither do i , but his name is all over walmart

8:01 pm

I mean my clue

8:02 pm

I dont pay attention to that stuff.

8:02 pm

ha7 = witch (3 letters) + vowel + short nickname for Richard

8:02 pm

then google it shutter "freinds in low places"

8:02 pm

Thanx JeeWhiz - got it - have fireworks - now to watch a movie with my sick husband on this our 38th wedding anniversary!!!

8:03 pm

Happy Anniversary and Happy fireworks pup!

8:03 pm

happy anniversary pup!

8:03 pm

oh, pup you live in cherry hill? thats only 1 hour form me.

8:03 pm

missing a go 4/6---have the one who ran for president

8:03 pm

th 6/21?

8:04 pm

have the animal that butts?

8:04 pm

you have a sore th----?

8:04 pm

go 4 = not a sheep but a go**

8:04 pm

thanx jee wiz

8:04 pm

feather, if you drink that mo*** frapp, your sore th*** will feel better.

8:04 pm

aww, crud, thanks

8:04 pm

and dorens, your go rhymes with my th

8:04 pm

no, i can't believe i missed the animal feather

8:04 pm

that is funny

8:05 pm

down to 11

8:05 pm

go doreen!

8:05 pm

Does anyone have the ca 5/14, co 5/12, and the first co 5/12 ?

8:06 pm

I meant the first co 5/14.

8:06 pm

ca 5/14, it's an army word for a small group

8:07 pm

thanks feather

8:07 pm

co 5/12, take your 4/5 and add a vowel

8:07 pm

co 5/14, take your 4/6 and add a vowel

8:07 pm

Very strange words, thanks.

8:08 pm

yep

8:08 pm

th 5/12 anyone?

8:08 pm

the second one

8:09 pm

dorens, what you do with a ball spelled funny

8:09 pm

you're in the th****s of agony looking for it

8:10 pm

da 5/14?

8:10 pm

a children's book author, i think his first name is roald?

8:10 pm

thanks, that was great jeewhiz

8:10 pm

it's plural of da4/6, hi everyone!

8:11 pm

also indian food.

8:11 pm

yes, i was right, it is

8:11 pm

hi guys!

8:11 pm

lol, thanks cat, that too!

8:11 pm

hi feather! :)

8:11 pm

Thanks cat and feather and dorens...together, we got my last two d words.

8:11 pm

hiya!

8:11 pm

hi cat and anders!!!

8:11 pm

yay!

8:11 pm

Hi Annie :)

8:12 pm

i'm down to two also...tr 5/10 and tr 8/55

8:12 pm

this is a strange grid ... sometimes the big ones are easier!

8:12 pm

hi annie!

8:12 pm

tr8/55, tr plus spanish for eight, change last vowel, plus an ** chip, in your computer, short for intergrated circuit

8:12 pm

feather, have we talked about your positive character tr***s?

8:12 pm

hi feather!!!!

8:12 pm

5 left

8:13 pm

ra 5/12?

hi everyone!

8:13 pm

the very last ag 5/14?

8:13 pm

yay!!!! thanks!! fireworks!

8:13 pm

wow, everyone'sc oming out of the woodwork...

8:13 pm

congratulations featherbee!!!!!!!!

8:13 pm

***yay, featherbee****!!!!!!!!!!!!

8:14 pm

hi TO!!!

8:14 pm

ra + not you, but ** + second vowel

8:14 pm

ag5/14, a plus Al ***e plus vowel

8:14 pm

hi everyone

8:14 pm

go feather!

8:14 pm

congrats featherbee!!!! Yayyy!

8:14 pm

hi ping

8:14 pm

hey t-owl - hey anders

8:14 pm

hi ping!!

8:14 pm

thanks anders

8:14 pm

and with that i'm off to bed, been a long day

8:14 pm

anders, it's the new you!

8:14 pm

hey ping

8:15 pm

bye feather, sleep well!

8:15 pm

hi ren - you're decked out tonight

8:15 pm

what do you think?

like roaches! yay feather!

ag 5/16 clue, please?

8:15 pm

Where is everyone coming from> LOL!

8:15 pm

bye feather, sweet dreams!!

8:16 pm

og 4/7 and good nite feather

8:16 pm

sure ping - this is my grapefruit who likes to play dress up

8:16 pm

lmao TO at your icon, that's great! a smile to go to bed with,thanks!

8:16 pm

ag + the american medical association

8:16 pm

ag 5/15 ends like a nickname for your granny

yw! sleep well!

8:16 pm

og + i ** you are he/she is

ty gw!

8:17 pm

cat can not figure out your ag 5/14 clue, say again please

8:17 pm

later feathers -

8:17 pm

ag + either/** + vowel

i am rollin' ren - i LOVE this grid!

8:18 pm

it's grapefruity! i don't think i would mind clowns if they were grapefruit

8:18 pm

anders - use the initials

8:18 pm

thank you, got it!

8:18 pm

thanks ren, i am getting tired it took me forever to figure that out

8:18 pm

lol mab!

ch 4/6 - not the CH4/6 log

8:20 pm

ch 4 - like a fellows name? ch**

did i forget to say hi? hi!

8:20 pm

or ch + 2 vowels

if it's the same as the hanging ch4, it's a 7...

got it tty!

8:21 pm

why won't it take chai?!

8:22 pm

quitting with 30 to go.

8:22 pm

don;t think enable speaks complete hebrew eva

shutter - we'll help you!

8:23 pm

well its doubly wrong-both re the hebrew, but also the very popular beverage

8:23 pm

come on shutter w

co 4/6 - 5/16?

8:23 pm

yummy tea!

make that 5/14...

8:24 pm

we are helping each other.... i bet you have the other me that i need.... i have the one that cheese does, what else is there?

8:24 pm

temple owl.....you graduated from temple in 72?

8:24 pm

i graduated in 71

8:24 pm

and it's the opposite of goer

yes dorens - where are you?

8:25 pm

northern new jersey, you?

i have the same 5/14 for co, dorens

NORTHERN NEW JERSEY

8:26 pm

oh you need the one that ends in an anagram for cat

8:26 pm

i'm in morris county, you?

still in pa but from bergen county

did you live in the dormss?

8:27 pm

oh, funny, i grew up in teaneck

8:27 pm

606/24--rhymes w/ spam & chili brand. ho****...

Hey, I'm from Princeton. :)

8:27 pm

watching an italian scifi - dubed

8:27 pm

it also never accepts raita-enable needs some serious food reeducation

8:27 pm

no, i transferred there when i got married,my husband went to hahnemann,, so i wasn't very much into the college stuff...

no i need the last one - and the 4/6 above it

i did a senior researcvh seminar in pysch at hahnemann...another case of six degrees of babble!

8:28 pm

co = can you co** over and play?

8:28 pm

isn't that the one that is the opposite of goer?

8:28 pm

yes, funny

8:29 pm

i need the me that isn't what happens in the heat

yesterday we had a teacher and student!

do yo know the musical group blue me4/5?.

8:30 pm

me4/5? M***e Haggard, country singer?

8:30 pm

dorens-the first 4 letters of the most famous magician-from King arthur's time

8:30 pm

ahh, that's it

8:30 pm

thanks all, now i have ONE left

8:31 pm

and, guess what temple...it's a co 5/14... obviously i have the two that you had already and there is one more, and i WILL find it

8:32 pm

Dorens, do you have the one that is like the latin plural of long sleep?

8:33 pm

yayyyyyyyyy thanks to lbdawger i have fireworks

8:33 pm

yw

8:33 pm

yay doreen!!!!!!!!!

8:33 pm

co5/14 to engage onstage with

8:33 pm

i amhungry,....no dinner i was so into this.... anyone need clues i'll stick around another couple of minutes

8:34 pm

congrats Dorens!

8:34 pm

or perform...

8:34 pm

yay dorens

8:34 pm

this is only my second completion and it feels GOOOODDDDD thanks to all for their help

8:34 pm

...oops...i mean dorens......

8:35 pm

wtg, dorens!

8:35 pm

that's ok ren, people do it all the time

8:35 pm

libarebel, my son lives in somerville

8:36 pm

hey t-owl - how many do you have left?

8:36 pm

hmm--what part, dorens?

8:37 pm

I'm near Union SQ.

8:37 pm

I lived in Somerville long ago when it was fast from fashionable-right off Union square, on Winter street. Not the best year of my life.

8:37 pm

dimick street? don't know how to explain where...i just know how to drive there from the other son's house in cambridge

8:38 pm

will be there in two weeks or so when the other son's wife has my first grandchild

8:38 pm

both camb. & som. are cool places to live-- near everything!

8:39 pm

yes they are.... i love visiting and now that there will be a baby i will make the drive from jersey once a month

8:40 pm

actually the somerville son just told me today that he's moving to porter square and i don't even know if that's cambridge or somerville

8:40 pm

one side of Porter Square is somerville and the other is Cambridge

8:40 pm

Porter is in Cambridge

8:41 pm

depends which side you come out of the parking lot(-:

8:41 pm

well, i'll find out soon which one he is moving to...guess it doesn't really matter though

8:41 pm

some parts of Somerville are still funky, Eva! TG!

8:42 pm

ok. if anyone wants any clues, tell me now, cause i've been sittiing here far too long

8:42 pm

right, Eva!

8:43 pm

tho, the actual porter square is on mass. ave., camb.

8:44 pm

ag 4?

8:44 pm

but, it's a loose reference...

8:44 pm

i have the mixture used for growing bacteria

8:44 pm

I have 33 left and wn't be finishing since I need to go to sleep pretty soon. All of this talk about the boston area is making me a little homesick, but not enough to want to move back. We still have our apartment in JP-my husband is there part of the month, but I've only been back down to the city a few times since moving to Vermont. Say hello to Market Basket, Whole foods and Susanna's for me llibarebel

8:45 pm

there are 2 ag's , do you know which one?

8:45 pm

More 6 degrees of Babble--I'm in Utah, but my granddaughter is at Boston College--she says it feels like home to her

8:46 pm

the last place I lived before here was JP, Eva

8:46 pm

i have ag4/6 the mixture to grow bacteria

8:46 pm

so maybe you'll end up in Vermont next(-:

8:46 pm

but, Vermont sounds like heaven

8:46 pm

there is an ag which is the greek marketplace

8:46 pm

there's also ag+doctors' professional org

8:46 pm

ag4/7? ag plus 2 letters for a laugh

8:47 pm

I'm missing 2 of the CAs

8:47 pm

it is pretty heavenly...

8:47 pm

ag4/7--the a*** khan...

8:47 pm

ty Cat9 that was it

8:47 pm

ca +( First )***

8:48 pm

ca4/6, ca plus Princess **

8:48 pm

and then CA + (Princess) **

8:48 pm

you're welcome

8:48 pm

39 left & spinning wheels... 8-|

8:48 pm

okay-time for reading and then sleep. See you all tomorrow

8:48 pm

thanks, i have the princess onee - other 2 i'm missing

8:48 pm

bye Eva!

8:49 pm

cty, dorens

8:50 pm

ca5/14? Rhymes with spanish for mother

8:50 pm

night, eva

8:50 pm

thanks, cat - got it!

8:50 pm

ca4/6....ca plus you need to show your ** when you buy alcohol

8:50 pm

good night Eva... sorry I missed you.

8:50 pm

mo 5/16 clue pls

8:50 pm

you're welcome Ping

8:51 pm

taking a dinner break, 40 to go, completely unmotivated today.... not a fun grid for me.

8:51 pm

thanks again - cat - got them all now!

8:51 pm

hi stid

8:51 pm

mo5/16, mo*** java

8:51 pm

hi annie!

8:51 pm

mo5/12 mushroom

8:51 pm

oops, wrong word--sorry

8:52 pm

Une, don't be sorry, I needed that one, too!

8:52 pm

thanx, that's ok une, I am sure it helped someone

8:52 pm

my last one, ha 6,24 help please?

8:52 pm

see, there you go.

8:52 pm

oh, good!

8:52 pm

:-) hi phandmd!

8:53 pm

it is the same as ha5/14, just double a vowel

8:53 pm

like ha 5/14 with an extra vowel just before the end

8:53 pm

hi, I'm at 97 words and I'm trying to watch stepford wives tool.

8:53 pm

hi stid and phd

8:53 pm

ot! I found it! Thanks Cat and Doren

8:53 pm

I don't have the ha 5/14... (pretty please?)

8:54 pm

babble and stepford wives, a brave combo

8:54 pm

a whole lot of women

8:54 pm

all men want alot of women,s o they can say they have a ha*** :)

8:54 pm

stid, think place where middle eastern women are kept

8:54 pm

thanks Cat9!

8:54 pm

you're welcome Wyrd :)

8:54 pm

or a group of the wives are called...

8:54 pm

you're welcome stid

8:55 pm

thanks Wyrd and phandmd also...

clue for the last co5/14 please? and the 4/6 above it?

8:56 pm

wht brand of chili do you buy temple?

8:56 pm

add a consonant onto the end of co4/6

8:57 pm

and remember you asked me where i stayed at temple? the 46 rhymes with it

8:57 pm

opposite of goer for the co 5/14

8:57 pm

oops, try this. easy **** easy go

ok guys - i need to regroup since i have all that yo have clued...

8:59 pm

temple....did you ever get the one that i needed... latin plural of deep sleep?

8:59 pm

mo 4/6?

8:59 pm

plural of loafers

8:59 pm

co 5/14 is co + someone who works in movies

8:59 pm

da 6/21 help please?

9:00 pm

Hi Babblers!

9:00 pm

hi BGL!

9:00 pm

hi nemo

9:00 pm

i mean BG

9:00 pm

da 4/5 + an article in french

9:00 pm

hi BGL!!!

9:00 pm

mo 4/6 short for indian shoes

9:00 pm

rhymes with what you do when you come up from behind and scares someone

9:01 pm

da6/21, extend off of da4/5

9:01 pm

thanx wyrd

9:01 pm

got it - thanks pinecone and kat

9:02 pm

ok, prepare the fish for slapping . . . last word, da5/14--just don't see it . . .

9:02 pm

plural of favorite beans of middle east

9:02 pm

rhymes with a girls toy, also plural of da4/6

9:02 pm

never mind!!!

9:02 pm

or another word for a type of lentils

9:02 pm

fireworks!

9:03 pm

:)

9:03 pm

YAY Uneaixoise!

9:03 pm

congrats Unea!!!

9:03 pm

yay, une!!!!!!

9:03 pm

was going in the wrong direction!

9:03 pm

whee!

9:03 pm

yay uneaixoise!!

9:04 pm

down to 30 now...

9:04 pm

congrats uneaixoise

9:04 pm

gooooo stidmama!

9:04 pm

you can do this

9:05 pm

go stid !!!!!

9:05 pm

go stid !!!!!

9:07 pm

any j clues available? I am stuck

9:07 pm

when you make fun of someone, you Je--

9:08 pm

nd also JO + male sheep

9:08 pm

jo 5/22 a king of Israel, son of Ahab

9:08 pm

ohhhh ty dorens you may je @ me

9:09 pm

no, not me..... i needed lots of help myself to complete tonight

9:09 pm

not up on my bible kings i'm afraid

9:10 pm

i am off to bed..... good luck all

9:10 pm

goodnight dorens

9:10 pm

thanks dorens for all your help

9:10 pm

dh please?

9:10 pm

ah but google is!

9:10 pm

thanks for the help, Dorens!

9:11 pm

dh + rhymes with indian sense of what goes around comes around

9:11 pm

I'm missing a GA 5 - i have the one who plays with X Box

9:11 pm

stid, there was a sit come on called Dh**** and Greg

9:11 pm

also dh is a tv actress

9:11 pm

thanks Dorens!

di 5 please?

9:11 pm

ga 5 the country singer brooks

9:12 pm

okay, now at 25! :-)

9:12 pm

di 5 fidel castro minus the tor

9:12 pm

8 letter clue anyone?

9:12 pm

thanks, knitter

ty i am going blind

9:13 pm

goodnight

9:13 pm

sweet dreams Dorens

9:13 pm

I'm done! Free at last!

9:13 pm

congrats

9:13 pm

YAY Jaianniah!

yay jain!

9:14 pm

yay, jaia!!!

9:14 pm

Congrats, jaianniah!

9:14 pm

TY, TY!!!! :o))))

9:14 pm

yay jai!!!!

9:14 pm

good night again Dorens!

9:14 pm

Okay, anyone need clues?

9:15 pm

tr 8 please

9:15 pm

am5, i have the one that is lifeless

9:16 pm

sdunds like you are saying "a Mirror"

9:17 pm

ty jai

9:17 pm

19!

9:17 pm

t+ word for stone minus K + ending of "archaic"

9:17 pm

WTG< Stid!

9:18 pm

go stid

9:19 pm

yw, lb!

9:19 pm

ty

9:19 pm

yw, aknitter!

9:20 pm

now i have to look it up!

9:20 pm

:-)

9:21 pm

ar5, have smell

9:22 pm

clue for the tr 8 pls?

9:22 pm

believe it or not, add a vowel AFTER 4/4 before it

9:22 pm

armee

9:22 pm

t+ word for stone minus K + ending of "archaic" was the clue given

9:22 pm

check Jai's clue at 9:17 phand!

9:23 pm

sorry, didn't mean to type that

9:23 pm

ph, see my clue at 9:17 pm

9:23 pm

tr8/55, tr plus spanish for eight, change last vowel, plus an ** chip, in your computer, short for intergrated circuit

9:24 pm

lbdawger only wish it were a real word

9:24 pm

sorry, didn't see others had posted too, sorry!

9:25 pm

ar5...the next one? i have the odor or smell one.

9:25 pm

sounds like "a mirror"

9:26 pm

oops, wrong clue; see my clue at 9:22 pm

9:26 pm

Jaianniah, I don't get the last part of the clue

9:27 pm

thanks again jai

9:27 pm

when you measure a room for a rug, you need the ar**- add a vowel after that word....it's a latin plural

9:27 pm

hi everyone!

9:27 pm

Hi, Fran!

9:28 pm

yw, lb!

9:28 pm

hi jai! saw that you finished earlier! congrats

9:29 pm

Cat9 your clue worked for me thanx

9:29 pm

Ty, Fran! You're sweet!

9:29 pm

OMG, who has the fish? I just finished with a freakin' NUMBER that I could not see, monkeyed, monkeyed, and voila, between a rhymes with hurt syn. and the abbreviated toss..... heavens to murgatroyd!

9:30 pm

YAY Mich! --**salmonslap**--

9:30 pm

I'm glad phan, and you're welcome :)

9:30 pm

hey stid!

9:30 pm

congrats mich!

9:30 pm

mmmmm, salmon! thanks Stid :)

9:30 pm

hey mich! there were a lot of small words that i didn't get until going to the list also!!

9:31 pm

Just don't get fish al;l over your keyboard! LOL

9:31 pm

I get a fish slap, too- my last word was the beginning of a plane!

9:31 pm

one of my last words was, what you drive, how I missed that I'll never know.

9:31 pm

the cats will lick it up..... if you notice any erratic typing...... dsmfjsdulskng,.,v ljgpopoi rolgjfsklknsfn,fmsnfs nbgsgb

9:32 pm

oops, that was yesterday, and No, I'm not drinking LOL

9:32 pm

TEN to go!

9:32 pm

Oh, Mich- I have SUCH a problem with my cats walking on my keyboard....

9:32 pm

go stid go!!

9:32 pm

oh JAI! LOL **salmonslap** for you too!

9:32 pm

Wow, Stid, you're flying!

9:33 pm

go stid!

9:33 pm

*thud*

9:33 pm

that was the sound of me hitting the O words... LOL

9:34 pm

did you hit a wall?

9:34 pm

9...

9:34 pm

welcome to the Enable dictionary's idea of English!

9:34 pm

go stid go!!!

9:35 pm

like the o + betty grable leg?

9:35 pm

8 (thanks mich)

9:35 pm

Really- I just use that one EVERY day.....NOT!

9:35 pm

thought you could use a hint on that one!!

9:36 pm

done with the O words... two R and five T to go!

9:36 pm

ce's? any of them!

9:36 pm

or the word that sounds like an or** surgeon???? only spelled diff?

9:37 pm

now that one comes up in the New York Times crossword puzzle, so it wasn't *quite* as foreign to me....

9:37 pm

there's only one lbdawger, ce+either/**+L

9:37 pm

I ce- ce+ the round letter + the first two letters of the **m of a glass

9:38 pm

thanks fran and jai

9:38 pm

Hey everybody!

9:38 pm

sorry- I need new glasses- that last letter is NOT eye, but a consonant...

9:39 pm

hey smithchick -- pleasant Friday to you

9:39 pm

Hey, Chicky!

9:39 pm

hi smith!

9:39 pm

5 all of them T :-)

9:39 pm

Go, Stid :D

9:39 pm

go stid!!!

9:39 pm

stid, i have 4 left - all Ts!

9:40 pm

I worked on the grid for the hour I was home today earlier, but I've still got 30 left.

9:40 pm

which ones, Ping?

9:40 pm

race! race!

9:40 pm

there is a tr that sounds like the humped animal

9:40 pm

You can do it, smithc, we'll help!

9:40 pm

ty, mich betty grable! :-D great clue!

9:41 pm

I didn't get the betty grable clue. Not a good sign!

9:41 pm

TH 5/14, 6/21 & last 5/12 please

9:41 pm

TWO Ping... :-)

9:42 pm

morel

9:42 pm

brb, baby wants a snack

9:42 pm

th5/14, sounds like leading a ch***ed life

9:42 pm

me 2

9:42 pm

ooopss wrong box

9:42 pm

I just reread your bio, jaianniah...My sister lived in Ocean Springs until a few years ago when her hubby got cancer and they moved to my parents for a while.

9:42 pm

ONE!

9:42 pm

betty g. had great legs!

9:42 pm

th5/12, in the th***s of passion

9:42 pm

th5/12, in the th***s of passion

9:43 pm

th+ what your hand is connected to; what is part of your neck; and "in the Th**** of death"

9:43 pm

DONE!!!

9:43 pm

yw, liba -- smith, what did they say about Betty Grable? Lookat the ga** on that da4, willya? from the floor all the way up to there!

9:43 pm

ronnielee, th5/14 is somply addingf the part of your anatomy you use to *** you for a fight after the th

9:43 pm

YAY stid!!!! Happy dance!

9:43 pm

you win!!

9:43 pm

congrats stidmama!

9:43 pm

LOL Liba! what a fun expression to remember!

9:43 pm

&%&%&%&%!!!!!!For Stidmama!!!! Congrats on finishing a HARD puzzle!

9:43 pm

How many left, Ping?

9:44 pm

yep, mich! :-D

9:44 pm

Oh, okay...thx, mich!

9:44 pm

Well done, Stid. Keep going,Ping

9:44 pm

thanks Jaianniah! It was not much fun, for sure! hi Hetty! it rained here off and on all day -- how about for you?

mmmback... but I doubt I'll finish... 56 to go and my brain frizzled out with the kiddos

9:45 pm

Use Lickety's fill-in list and you'll get them in two hours easy!

9:45 pm

got them all - fireworks

I may... shortly. I'm going to see what I can do, myself first though

9:46 pm

Yes, mostly rain. I spent a deal of time hunting for my car keys which I lost in the grocery store. Good thing my head doesn't unscrew

yay ping!

9:46 pm

true, true, jai, unless you can't see the forest for the tr***s :)

9:46 pm

YAY, Ping and stidmama!!!

9:46 pm

yay Ping!

9:46 pm

YAY Ping! *hands celebratory Babblate*

9:46 pm

YAY Ping!!! Happy dance for Ping

9:46 pm

Yay ping

9:46 pm

sorry smithchick- Ocean Springs was badly damaged by Katrina, but is coming back to life! Thanks for reading my bio!

9:46 pm

thanks, everybody

9:46 pm

oh, man, my yesterday was like that, hetty! today I didn't go anywhere, so didn't have to remember important stuff.

9:46 pm

Yay, Ping! &%&%&%&%&% !!!!!!!

9:47 pm

wtg stid! i have 19 to go and it's nearing time to log off.

9:47 pm

I'm going to make myself a drink -- see you all later!!

9:47 pm

smitchchick -- you didn't say what happened after your sister and her husband moved... did he get better?

9:47 pm

later mich!

9:47 pm

go lb go!

9:48 pm

lb, we'll help- just ask....

9:48 pm

Toorrow I intend to stay home and behave myself. Hope it's a fun grid.

9:48 pm

clue?

9:48 pm

They moved to Florida two years ago and were in the path of a few hurricanes. A few months ago, they moved further inland to Pace, FL from Navarre Beach, FL.

9:48 pm

go lb go

9:48 pm

ty, jai, hmmm...

9:48 pm

I hope it's a FUN grid, too! I don't like these obscure ones- it's all busy work....

9:48 pm

Bye, mich!

9:48 pm

clue for what, horse?

9:49 pm

anything

9:49 pm

ha7?

9:49 pm

we're ALL hoping for a nicer grid tomorrow, I think!

9:49 pm

is there such a thing as a nicer grid? *shock and dismay*

9:50 pm

thanks smithchick -- I hope he's doing well now.

9:50 pm

ok, the couple drinks in me are either going to make me a super-babbler, or at least amusing to watch

9:50 pm

ha7- an old ha* + first vowel+ nickname for Richard minus the K

9:50 pm

hact

9:50 pm

sry

9:50 pm

TH 6/21

9:50 pm

hi LeslieAnn! I am going to go change for tomorrow's grid. back soon.

9:50 pm

didn't work, horse :)

9:50 pm

an old woman, horse

9:51 pm

hrmm, what was today's theme?

9:51 pm

Food goes down your...

9:51 pm

th6/21, a sore th****

9:51 pm

oh, clowns right?

9:51 pm

a kinder, gentler grid?

9:51 pm

clowns , yes

9:51 pm

wht a weird word!

Okay, I'll probably need a fish, but any clues for the CE5/12?

9:51 pm

got it now, thanks

9:52 pm

ha7 begins with an old ha* (witch) and then adds an ** (which we see a lot of, oposite of subtract) and ends with adj. ending --eg romant**

9:52 pm

I'd like a big one with lots of good suffixes and endings....those are fun...

9:52 pm

ce plus either/**, plus tall consonant

9:52 pm

The cancer hasn't recurred, but he had a few complications from surgery.

9:53 pm

ce512-- sounds like churl?

9:53 pm

ce+ three letters that sound like an Or** surgeon

9:53 pm

CH 6/27

Thanks! I don't need the fish after all. Never heard of it. :)

9:54 pm

ch 4/7 + we **e the champions

9:54 pm

ch6/27, add a vowel and consonant onto the end of ch4/7

9:54 pm

ch6/27 sounds like what muslim women wear, except the "o" has been changed to a first vowel

9:54 pm

sorry about the complications, smitchchick.

9:55 pm

hijab? burka?

hey everyone - finally able to make it back !

9:55 pm

hi helen

9:55 pm

hi helen

9:55 pm

He's a remarkable guy, so he accomplishes a lot.

9:55 pm

Hey, helen!

9:55 pm

Hi, helen!

9:56 pm

hi, helen!

9:56 pm

Well if it isn't a Helen. Hi love

i want to finish this - so i'll ask for help with my last 2 (which hk just cannot see) j5 and a d5 (not *****phone, and not *****queen, and not *****team) thanks!

9:57 pm

haha cat9x i just clicked on your icon it is super cute

aww hetty - that was sweet :))

9:57 pm

thanks Leslie!

9:57 pm

j5 is the last part of a herb which begins with mar

9:57 pm

AG 5/16 & 5/14

9:57 pm

ch???

9:58 pm

ag plus another name for your mother, minus the M

9:58 pm

I can't see ...

ty hetty :))))

9:58 pm

that was ag5/16 by the way

1 to go

9:58 pm

ronnie, the other ag5 is latin for marketplace

9:59 pm

jo+ a male sheep:da+ plural the 4 before it- there you go

9:59 pm

cat9x, can you please give me some clues for the j words?

9:59 pm

dont worry about it cat! i got them!

9:59 pm

ha 6, i have the place of many wives

10:00 pm

evening all

10:00 pm

je is to boo someone meanly- jo+ male sheep is the other

10:00 pm

ok JG :)

10:00 pm

We've just clued thye jo5; the je4 is what unpleasant people do when they ridicule others

10:01 pm

anyone have any clues for any c words please?

10:01 pm

this is easy, all i have to do is sit back and watch the clues fly by! it's easy when you have 72 left

10:01 pm

ha7-- add a vowel to rhyme w/ basketball great ka**** abdul jabar (sp?)

10:01 pm

Hi firefly, welcome to the night

10:01 pm

helen's monkey are STILL having trouble with that d5 (hint, hint)

10:02 pm

helen, stenographers use a di***phone

10:02 pm

3 ca's, 1 ce: 3 ch; 1 ci; 11 co's

10:02 pm

da5/14 is the plural of da4/6

10:02 pm

the only da5 I see is plural of da4--surname of Roald the writer

10:02 pm

not he night fantasy? dr5/14

10:02 pm

hk do you know what the second letter is?

10:03 pm

i do not, but i listed the ones i have at 9:57

10:03 pm

is it di5, Helen or dr5?

10:03 pm

sorry, you missed me explaining my mai tai haze

10:03 pm

i don't know hetty - sorry

10:03 pm

when you see fireworks you say ++HHHHHHH! + the ending of dukes and ear**

10:04 pm

ty, hetty for roald! :)

10:04 pm

HA 7/48; 6/27; 6/24

10:04 pm

hk, i think you are missing the plural of the da 4/6, roalds

10:04 pm

it was cat9x who did it for me TY & wouldn't you know - a stupid, simple plural DUH

10:05 pm

ha7/48, an old crone, plus a vowel, plus slang for a male body part, shortened

10:05 pm

ha7- old ha* (woman) + first vowel+ nickname for Richard minus the k

10:05 pm

yay bozo! i mean helen!!

10:05 pm

fireworks - thank you all

10:05 pm

you're welcome Helen :)

10:05 pm

ronnie, for the ha6/24 take the dwelling for the sultan's wives and add another vowel near the end

10:05 pm

hey helen!!

10:05 pm

yay helen!!!!!

10:05 pm

congrats Helen!!!

10:05 pm

say, helen?

10:05 pm

Yay, helen!

10:05 pm

you gellin?

10:06 pm

hi FranMag, and thanks for the welcome hetty

10:06 pm

lol leslie

10:06 pm

ronnie, for the ha7/48, cured pork + commercial + a

10:06 pm

WooHoo, helen!!

10:06 pm

hi firefly!

10:06 pm

hey leslieann!

10:07 pm

hello

10:07 pm

hi hetty!

10:07 pm

lol - so mai tai's huh? one of my favorite movie lines is from little man tate, when jodie foster spells out mai tai

10:07 pm

helen the only d5 I see not on your list is the da we gave (Roald's surname) Now I see i'm too late anyway. Well done!

10:07 pm

People keep calling me...RAWR!

10:07 pm

congrats helen

10:07 pm

I will brb at the flip...see you then! My love to you all!

10:08 pm

i've never seen that one, i will have to rent it. i didn't know what i was getting myself into when i ordered it

10:08 pm

firefly - uh-oh, i thought you had the same idea as i did - but your's is definitely NOT the world's favorite clown!!!! s-c-a-r-y

10:08 pm

bye jai!

10:08 pm

later jai!!

10:08 pm

Bye, jai!

10:08 pm

bye, jai & ty! :)

10:08 pm

bye jai - have a great evening :)

10:08 pm

Hi Franmag You're looking good tonight

10:08 pm

night jai and thanks for the help

10:08 pm

firefly, your clown is the reason i got clown fish instead!!

10:08 pm

ha6/27. ha plus E**** Bunker, from All In The Family TV show

10:08 pm

bye jai!

10:08 pm

why thank you hetty!

10:08 pm

Hi and bye, jai

10:08 pm

or bai, jai

10:09 pm

Bye! *POOF* yw

10:09 pm

no helen, my clown is probably the world's most UNfavorite clown (as noted here in Babble today)

10:09 pm

I had my meditation on too early so I had to change into my clown!

10:09 pm

clownfish!! that's cute :)

10:10 pm

eeeek! firefly (quiver)

10:10 pm

fire- since i don't ever watch scary, i don't know who that is (& glad of it)

10:10 pm

may i have a clue for the last ha6?

10:10 pm

smith - a pretty clown ! :)

10:11 pm

do you know the identity of my clown libarebel? you can tell helenkeller...

10:11 pm

the laqst ha6 was clued earlier as rhyming ith a famous hotel chain, changing the firstletter from "R" to"h"

10:11 pm

is it pennywise?

10:11 pm

helen does not really want to know about fire's clown

10:11 pm

CA 5/14

10:11 pm

nope, want to know nothing at all - would rather have a peaceful night's sleep :)

10:11 pm

YESSSSS that's him, from Stephen King's IT

10:12 pm

sorry helen

10:12 pm

no you don't helen! i couldn't sleep after reading that book, in my mind the clown looked even worse though!

10:12 pm

I only read the book, but thought so (shudder)

10:12 pm

ca5/14 is like the french for corpse with the "av" taken out

10:12 pm

only stephen king book & movie i've ever seen/read is firestarter - that was good, but that was enough!

10:13 pm

thanks Hetty, but i'm still clueless

10:13 pm

good guess then libarebel!

10:13 pm

don't know nothing else about stephen king & don't wanna know!

10:13 pm

ronnielee, ca5/14 is a military group

10:13 pm

fran clued at 10:06, lbdawger

10:13 pm

s. king is a very visual writer :-0

10:13 pm

firestarter was very neat helenkeller, and he's actually written some other very interesting tales, not all of which are quite so frightening

10:13 pm

or you can take the word for an army priest and change his "p" to a "c"

10:14 pm

the last ha 6 is the next ha5 with another vowel inside of it

10:14 pm

firefly, what was the one about the author and the fan?

10:15 pm

misery

10:15 pm

yeah, right, firefly - that's what they told me about alien - oh, you'll like it, it's not scary, it's suspenseful - YEAH RIGHT - made my pomeranian come with me to the basement for the next 3 months!!!!!

10:15 pm

yep, Misery

10:15 pm

and don't even mention silence of the lambs -

10:15 pm

oooh, those aliens better watch their ankles!! ;-)

10:15 pm

hmm, i think my comment got lost. i said it was misery

10:15 pm

alien made me faint at the movies!

10:16 pm

loved Misery, but couldn't sleep after reading that one either!!

10:16 pm

i should have done what i did when i saw the exorcist - spend the whole movie in the lobby with a handful of others while my friends watched it!

10:16 pm

so claustrophobic!

10:16 pm

no seriously helen, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon was not a scary book, nor was From a Buick 8

10:16 pm

CO 5/14's

10:16 pm

Why are we talking about silly old Stephen King?

10:16 pm

my icon, hetty

10:16 pm

LOL fran !!!

10:17 pm

co plus an ***tress in the movies

10:17 pm

ok - i stand corrected - i did see misery - but i would never, ever read another book of his, ever

10:17 pm

It's a ruddy awful clown is all can say. Look at helen's for an antidote

10:17 pm

bozo--good

10:17 pm

hahahahaha hetty

10:17 pm

co5/14, what you wear when cold plus a vowel

10:18 pm

pennywise--bad

10:18 pm

Cat, you're icon looks somewhat chagrined...

10:18 pm

actually when i read IT, i picture a much more awful pennywise, when the movie came out i was actually relieved!

10:18 pm

lol - yes - bozo good - that's why i picked him (it was either him or emo philips)

10:18 pm

co5/14, add a consonant onto the end of co4/6, easy ****, easy go

10:18 pm

lol Fran - i had a hard time slogging through the book, and found the movie much easier to get through

10:19 pm

Yes he does smithchick, he hates clowns LOL

10:19 pm

smith, your clown reminds me of this girl that worked as a clown in Guam, on her off nights she hit the sauce quite hard

10:19 pm

lol, helen :oD

10:19 pm

LOL, Fran!

10:19 pm

what's wrong with you guys that you subject yourself to that stuff - being scared is nowhere near fun for me - i just don't get that

10:19 pm

emo ok, tho :)

10:19 pm

firefly, the first chapters went really slow and then i finished the whole book in one 4 hour marathon one night!!

10:20 pm

me neither, helen. i avoid scary movies at all costs

10:20 pm

Stephen King doesn't scare me (much)

10:20 pm

the coat clue with a vowel, I have as 5/12 cat?

10:20 pm

I don't like scary movies because my stomach hurts from tensing up when I watch them. I don't do it very often at all.

10:20 pm

WOW Fran, that's amazing! it's like a thousand pages

10:20 pm

still missing a CO 5/14

10:20 pm

How is it possible that amore isn't a word?

10:20 pm

thank you all for your help. gotta go

10:20 pm

I have bad enough dreams w/out scar

10:21 pm

I gave all 3 in clues ronnie

10:21 pm

emo is my degree of separation from most of the world - we used to be friends, but, sadly, lost touch

10:21 pm

i know firefly!! i couldn't believe i did it either, it was a school night too! was a mess the next day.

10:21 pm

scary movies...

10:21 pm

Bye, lb!

10:21 pm

bye lbdawger!

10:22 pm

*smith, leslie, lib & helen cower in the corner*

10:22 pm

that's right, just gimme some candy and leave me alone

10:22 pm

I'm sorry ronnie, I missed one, let me clue it

10:22 pm

well, at least movieman and BryanC aren't on, they had the clown from Poltergeist...

10:23 pm

brb, have to make a phone call

10:23 pm

clowns, mannequins, dolls, anything that perverts the human form are I think scary on a primal level...

10:23 pm

co5/14, add latin plural onto co4/6, when you are in a co**, deep sleep

10:23 pm

cowering... w/friends...

10:24 pm

Popcorn for me...And what's with the "Do you want butter on that?"... Does a bear go poop in the woods?

10:24 pm

got them all now CAT thanks

10:24 pm

well, i appreciate your icon very much libarebel, a fine interpretation of today's theme :)

10:24 pm

lol smithchick

10:24 pm

you're welcome ronnie, sorry for the mix-up :)

10:24 pm

i just asked for popcorn 2 smith!

10:24 pm

good point, smith, for me it's like would i like some popcorn with my butter

10:24 pm

LOL smith!!!

10:24 pm

Me too!

10:25 pm

me too leslie

10:25 pm

ty, firefly--lucy not scary...

10:25 pm

no prob thanks for the helpful clues

10:25 pm

I don't like messing up my butter with that pesky popcorn

10:25 pm

yeah, yeah...pennywise = scary

10:25 pm

you're welcome :)

10:25 pm

oh hey - i made my movie debut - you can see me walking behind sandra bullock for a full 3 seconds while she crosses wabash ave - in the lake house :)))

10:25 pm

I hate it when hubby and I go to the movies and he wants to "share" the popcorn because he isn't very hungry and then he won't keep his grubby paws out of the bucket. Very uncool!

10:26 pm

LOL, Cat!

10:26 pm

seriously helen? cool!

10:26 pm

wow, helen! I heard a bit of that!

10:26 pm

that is so cool helen! were you a paid extra?

10:26 pm

git yer own popcorn, i say!

10:26 pm

Seriously helen?

10:26 pm

yep fire - did 2 movies last year- that one & the break-up-haven't seen that yet

10:27 pm

sandra was on letterman last night

10:27 pm

i'll keep a mental note...

10:27 pm

i didn't even know the lake house was set in chicago

10:27 pm

Have you seen the commercial where the guy splurges and buys popcorn at the movie, but can't quite bring himself to splurge for a drink? Hubby is almost that bad.

10:27 pm

Awesome helen!

10:27 pm

yeah - it was cool, something different to try - i was worried they would cut my scenes as 'pedestrian' & 'bar patron' - truly outstanding walking & sitting!!!

10:28 pm

i'm sure you walk and sit with the best of them, helen

10:28 pm

Well of course it was truly outstanding, helen!

10:28 pm

smithchick - that commercial, in its entirety IS my husband LOL

10:28 pm

yes leslie - filmed here & in kenosha (for the house) - all over town - tons of extras, chances are you probably know someone in it - they cut a huge navy pier scene too

10:29 pm

LOL leslie

10:29 pm

I feel for you firefly! Mine finally learned not to mess with me on the popcorn thing. I will have it or someone will get hurt!!!

10:30 pm

i just found a dh6 that's from LOST on TV

10:30 pm

i had no idea it was a real word

10:30 pm

lib - yeah - i saw her (during the shoot, she looked positively miserable between takes & i was feeling sorry for herself, having to stand there all by her lonesome - & then i remember how much she was being paid & then i didn't feel bad for her anymore :)

10:30 pm

there is a filmaker in my area who wanted me to be an extra in his movie -- he's like, i see you as a reporter and i was like, um i am a reporter and he's like, see? you'd be perfect. but i never followed through, maybe i should have

10:30 pm

Is it the one that was married to Greg, firefly?

10:31 pm

yes smithchick

10:31 pm

lol, helen--even if she seems nice!

10:31 pm

you should have LeslieAnn! hindsight...

10:31 pm

LOL leslie - that's hysterical !

10:31 pm

are you the one on the barroom floor? (kidding) :D

10:32 pm

so leslie - you're a reporter? for what newspaper, tv?

10:32 pm

lib - i only wish - they shot that scene at 3:30 AM!!!!

10:33 pm

TH 5/12?, have the passion clue

10:33 pm

leslie??? are you famous? have you been holding out on us? is your real name diann burns?

10:33 pm

what were you doing?

10:33 pm

ronnie - a number

10:33 pm

no, i am definitely not famous. i do print stuff.

10:34 pm

lol leslie - ok, whatever you say!

10:34 pm

well, I print stuff too...

10:34 pm

lib - if you were talking to me, all we were doing was mingling & walking around like people in a bar do, except we did it for 2 1/2 hours!

10:35 pm

LOL lib, hahahaha

10:35 pm

I just totally in my mind made up a word and it was a da6. HAH!

10:35 pm

okay, new icon loaded. sorry it took so long, I spent some time coloring it! :-)

10:35 pm

Now I just need one pesky 6.

10:35 pm

smith, is it the one that rhymes with scaring someone by sneaking up on them?

10:36 pm

hiya stid :)

10:36 pm

which one smithchick?

10:36 pm

Very pretty stid...It brings to mind kaleidoscopes!

10:36 pm

i must be tired I am missing the most obvious words

10:36 pm

thanks firefly

10:36 pm

hmmm-- someone told me that extras who were to make a hubbub were told to say rhubarb & soda water over & over-- true?

10:36 pm

did you at least get free drinks helen?

10:36 pm

i missed the number for awhile myself ronnie, don't feel bad :)

10:37 pm

lol lib - uh, no, def not true

10:37 pm

I don't know...I don't have a list yet...I've got ch6, co6, da6, dh6, ha6 x3, and th6.

10:37 pm

did you see my question smithchick?

10:38 pm

ty helen for dispelling that myth :)

10:38 pm

Yes, but I haven't had time to process it...The brain is slow tonight.

10:38 pm

tr 6: tr 4/5 vehicle + tall cons +vowel

10:38 pm

nevermind, i think i answered it myself smithchick

10:40 pm

Hmm...

10:40 pm

okay, I need to go do a little more work. back for the flip, all!

10:40 pm

what's the co6? that's my last 6...

10:40 pm

stiddy, darlin, i believe your vowel comes after your consonant, not before, hmm?

10:40 pm

It rhymes with a food company that has chili and potted ham.

10:41 pm

TY, stid and firefly!

10:41 pm

co6/24-- rhymes w/ spam & chili mftr.

10:41 pm

Great minds, lib!

10:42 pm

yes, smith! :)

10:42 pm

AG 5/14

10:42 pm

got it - i was thinking Dennison's, Nalley...then voila!

10:42 pm

ag5/14--greek marketpace

10:43 pm

ronnielee, an outdoor market in Greece, it's the base word for a fear of open spaces

10:43 pm

Stick a phobic on the end of it for someone who is afraid of crowded places.

10:43 pm

or a type of phobia...

10:43 pm

or like a sweater made of rabbit (?) without the n

10:43 pm

ah, the phobia did it. thanks

10:43 pm

again, smith!

Hey everyone! I hate to be all rude and ask for clues and then leave right away but I have 2 to go! Its getting really late and I'm being scolded by my bro... anyway does anyone have either of the ha 6/27's? I have been messing with them on and off for a few hours now! Thanks...

10:44 pm

We're actually quite brilliant, lib!

10:44 pm

Dang bros!

10:44 pm

np ballet - someone clued earlier ha + e**** bunker, that did it for me

i know...

10:44 pm

well, I think so too :-D

10:45 pm

ballet, ha+last 4 letters of mrs. bunker's name

10:45 pm

The rhymes with the hotel chain but switch the r to h was a good clue for one of them.

yeah i guess i'm not up on my bunkers... that one just didn't do it for me but thanks

10:45 pm

AM 5/12, not the death clue

10:45 pm

Fran's back!

ooh! let me work on that thanks smith chick

10:45 pm

other ha6/27 is cured pork + commercial + A

10:45 pm

oh yeah! hi everybody!!

10:46 pm

what's the death clue ronnie? i have an am5 that rhymes with the je4

10:46 pm

ok, then ha + princess ** + first two letters of the number after two

10:46 pm

am5/12 -- an alternate spelling of middle eastern biggies...

10:46 pm

um, singular

thanks everyone! almost done!

10:46 pm

am5/12, middle easter king, alt spelling

10:47 pm

I don't have the death one either!! Help...I'm missing out!

10:47 pm

firefly, a + prefix related to death, like a ****ician at a funeral home

10:47 pm

Think I just monkeyed it...

10:48 pm

salt brand-- mo**ons-- put a before

10:48 pm

ahh, death clue...thanks Fran

10:48 pm

ronnie, doing okay??

10:48 pm

yw firefly!

10:48 pm

fran, for some reason i was like, sicilian? i have no idea why that popped into my head

10:49 pm

LOL, Leslie!

YAY! Just finished! get my imaginary fireworks! Thanks for all your generous help. now i'm off to bed in 3...2...1!

10:49 pm

lol leslieann! do you know many italian funeral home directors?

10:49 pm

just got the last AM clue thanks firefly

night

10:49 pm

bye ballet!!

10:49 pm

YAY, ballet!!!

10:49 pm

no, fran. i think it was just a follow-up from the princess bride discussion the other day

10:49 pm

or, rigor mo**is...

10:49 pm

yayyy ballet!

10:49 pm

yw ronnielee - anything else we can help with? i'm still powering down 16 words...

10:49 pm

Become pro ballet so you can get fireworks!

10:50 pm

go firefly go!!!

10:50 pm

or get them here:

10:50 pm

i have 6 left

10:50 pm

~*~*~*~*~FIREWORKS FOR BALLET*~*~*~*~*~*

10:50 pm

gotta go do some stuff - see you people at the flip or tomorrow - when the icons will not be threatening :))

10:50 pm

shoot, then you should be helping me ronnielee! lol

10:50 pm

12 here...

10:50 pm

later helen!!

10:50 pm

Bye helen!

10:50 pm

go ronnie go!!!

10:50 pm

night helen, or until later

10:50 pm

bye helen

10:50 pm

go smith go!!

10:51 pm

let me know what you still need firefly I will help you out as best as it can

10:51 pm

nite helen

10:51 pm

Good Evening Fellow Babblers!How is everyone doing?

10:51 pm

hello minver!

10:51 pm

hi minver!

10:51 pm

hi Minveryork! ronnielee, i have no idea what i need, but they're all 4's and 5's at least...a little from most letters still

10:52 pm

Hi Min!

10:52 pm

ra5/12?

10:52 pm

I've been on for awhile! It's a very hard grid tonight!

10:52 pm

I am working on the CA 5/14 right now

10:52 pm

Two s's and no way to use them except the sc word.

10:52 pm

i believe it's a cotton? double vowel on the end of a male sheep

10:52 pm

libarebel, it's a type of cotton, male sheep + double vowEls

10:53 pm

subtle Fran....lol

10:53 pm

it's an alt spelling though, it usually ends with IE

10:54 pm

ca 5/14 - ca + rapper dr. ***?

10:54 pm

ca5/14 is a bad guy + first 2 letters of word that means genuine

10:54 pm

good clue LA!!

10:54 pm

i didn't know if anyone would get it, or if they had all forgotten about ***

10:54 pm

what firefly? did i do something?? ;-)

10:54 pm

i was going to say the ca is a jerk plus the dreaded Babble prefix

10:55 pm

got it with the Rapper clue, thanks

10:55 pm

9 four letter words left to find.

10:55 pm

Good clue using the rapper. I just got that word too!

10:56 pm

LA, if i knew any other lyrics i'd sing with you

10:56 pm

or rap with you i guess...;-)

10:57 pm

DR 5/14, not the la la land clue & MA 5/14

10:57 pm

Hi everyone

10:57 pm

Hey muse!

10:57 pm

breaking out the list, still stuck at 16

10:57 pm

that's ok, i think it's better for everyone involved if i don't rap

10:57 pm

hi muse

10:57 pm

hi muse! what a cute clown

10:57 pm

ronnie, like a subject in school or a dr*** queen?

10:57 pm

ma5 is just like your ca5

10:57 pm

ty that's Juggles, the beanie bear

10:58 pm

dr5, all i have is what you see performed onstage, or the opposite of comedy

10:58 pm

another hour till the flip, I want it NOW! :)

10:58 pm

firefly, i hope that clown doesn't haunt your dr***s!

10:59 pm

ahh, my 27 words left say not now

10:59 pm

Not yet Cat! Not for another 8 four letter words!

10:59 pm

Hi all. Need a bit of help b/4 I finish for the night. Anybody have a clue for the first ha 6/27???

10:59 pm

the other DR 5/14 is what you do when you go into a sound deep sleep

10:59 pm

ag 5/16?

10:59 pm

Does anybody have a clue for the ag 4/6 word please

10:59 pm

ooh, thank you Fran, and now ronnielee

10:59 pm

lol, ok smithchick :)

10:59 pm

SWEET DR****

10:59 pm

minver, rhymes with leaving the door open, aj**

11:00 pm

3 to go looks like it is the HA's

11:00 pm

ha6/27, H plus E**** Bunker, All In The Family

11:00 pm

Hi, Nonny!

11:01 pm

ag4/6-ag + first vowel + crook consonant

11:01 pm

ag 5/16 a+ type of ray

11:01 pm

*make that HA plus.....

11:01 pm

HA 7/48?

11:01 pm

x? charles?

11:02 pm

ha7/48, an old crone, plus a vowel, plus slang for a male body part, shortened

11:02 pm

oh nvm got it. thanks muse :)

11:02 pm

Hi Smithchick and thanx Cat9x

11:02 pm

ha 7/48 old woman, first vowel, nickname Richard drop last cons

11:02 pm

you're welcome Nonny

11:02 pm

lol cat

11:03 pm

what mymuse? LOL

11:03 pm

slang body part

11:03 pm

hola

11:03 pm

hi krumble

11:04 pm

Hey krumble!

11:04 pm

I tried using the mans name reference last night, no one got it, soon as I switched to slang body part, the lights went on LOL

11:04 pm

hi krumble

11:04 pm

got it thanks mymuseisme

11:04 pm

yw

11:04 pm

yo Kruble

11:04 pm

any breakdown yet firefly on clues needed?

11:05 pm

searching for an ag4/7 right now, hubby's helping...i'll let you know ronnielee

11:05 pm

Freckle that's a cute bird, is it a cockatiel?

11:05 pm

ag + a laugh, firefly

Hey everyone, hope you are almost finished this one. Few hours delay on clues later - playing soccer, and kick off is at flip time.

11:06 pm

I've got 4 4's left to find. Two g's, a d and an m.

11:06 pm

oh this is the first time i clicked on freckle's icon to see it larger. all this time i thought it was a banana. *shrug*

11:06 pm

I don't know too much about birds

11:06 pm

ok, thanks LA

11:07 pm

ROFLMAO a white freckled banana LeslieAnn?? sorry, that's too funny

11:07 pm

hello everybody

11:07 pm

well, you know the background is dark. maybe a banana seen through night vision

11:07 pm

Hi kier!

11:08 pm

hi kierlex

11:08 pm

still LOL

11:08 pm

hi kier

11:08 pm

yeah, that's fair

11:08 pm

Hello kierlex!How are you today?Welcome to the grid

11:08 pm

Hi Kier!

11:08 pm

i am super tired and cranky and had a nice brief tiff with hubby and then he went to bed. phbbbttt

11:08 pm

Hi I'm back!

11:09 pm

Does anyone have a clue for the ce 5/12 word please

11:09 pm

hello kier, anders

11:09 pm

hi anders!

11:09 pm

OKay, I've got three ga4's, one gh4 and three go4's. Could someone tell me which g4 I need?

11:09 pm

Hey, anders!

11:09 pm

Hello Anders? How are you today? Welcome to Babble!

11:09 pm

another ga 4

11:09 pm

ce + either/** + stick

11:10 pm

Thanks, muse!

11:10 pm

This grid is not cooperative, no plurals, etc

11:10 pm

there are 4 ga/4's smithchick

11:10 pm

there is one

11:10 pm

maybe go4/7-- to urge?

11:10 pm

That is the first thing I noticed too when I signed in.

11:10 pm

Then there was one...

11:10 pm

I'm good, great weekend ahead, tons of sports to catch

11:10 pm

m4 to finish!

11:11 pm

a horses ga**?

11:11 pm

There is only one s word in today's puzzle. It sucks!

11:11 pm

finally finished w/49 minutes to spare, need any help yet firefly

11:11 pm

Fireworks!

11:11 pm

yay Smith!

11:11 pm

yay smith and ronnie!

11:12 pm

wtg Ronnie!

11:12 pm

earlier i saw some clues for the very 1st co (5/14). it can't be a plural, latin or otherwise, right?

11:12 pm

still plugging away ronnielee, 11 left now, and searching for a ga4

11:12 pm

no, it's sc*** rhymes w/ go4/6 :)

11:12 pm

hoooray ronnie!!

11:12 pm

wth smithy!!

11:12 pm

WTG, ronnie!!!

11:12 pm

not sucks-- not in puzzle

11:12 pm

anders, maybe co + perform on stage?

11:12 pm

Hi every1 =)

11:13 pm

Hi Freckle

11:13 pm

doh!! thanks!!

11:13 pm

Hey Freckle...how's that banana?

11:13 pm

lol

11:13 pm

lol smithchick

11:13 pm

i sure hope the next babble has a few real words in it =)

11:13 pm

oh come on, don't hold freckle responsible for my idiocy... ironically, i can't tell if idiocy is spelled right

11:14 pm

What's the stick word that goes at at the end of the ce + either ** + stick, smithchick?I don't get that one

11:14 pm

his freckled banana past on couple days ago be gentle

11:14 pm

firefly do you have the horse trot GA 4/6

11:14 pm

ga 4's, ga** rays, a horses ga**, one who plays a ga** like monopoly, and ga plus princess **

11:14 pm

stick letter, the first of my name, minver

11:14 pm

The stick letter...or tall letter

11:15 pm

got it ronnielee, down to 9 now

11:15 pm

Oh, I'm sorry Freckle.

11:15 pm

way to go, keep it going

11:15 pm

Thank you LeslieAnn for the stick clue! I got it now!

11:15 pm

oh goodness, i'm so sorry freckle.

11:15 pm

firefly, you have a truly frightening icon!

11:15 pm

Krumble its not a banana - its a budgie

11:16 pm

thank you anders, that is apparently the opinion of everyone on Babble today

11:16 pm

sorry Freckle, he's really cute

11:16 pm

freckle, scroll down i mentioned i hadn't ever clicked on the icon and it looked like a banana to me. i stand corrected, a lot :)

11:17 pm

Budgie = parakeet and its a she not he 2 guys =/

11:17 pm

she is beautiful, freckle... did she really have that blue hue that shows up in the pic?

11:18 pm

Does anybody have a clue for the ro 4/5 word please

11:18 pm

yep and it was super hard to get her 2 stand still Leslie... when she was around ='(

11:18 pm

the song cleveland ro**, minver?

11:18 pm

what you drive on

11:18 pm

sweet parakeet :)

11:18 pm

street or wander, minver

11:19 pm

yellow brick ro**, wander, and little boulders minus k

11:19 pm

Or stones without the k

11:19 pm

I already have the one that we drive on and the one that means a stone. Need the last ro 4/5 word please

11:19 pm

wander about

11:19 pm

ty smith, had missed that!

11:19 pm

minver, give me a home, where the buffaloes ro**

11:20 pm

g'night every1 hopefully ill survive till the flip =/

11:20 pm

freckle, so sorry to hear about your pet. have a good night.

11:20 pm

Oh my gosh, that one was so easy! I cannot believe I missed that one! What am I supposed to say? Throw me a fish?I thought it was a weird word or something

11:21 pm

Bye, Freckle

11:21 pm

thanks for the clues tonight everyone, I am heading to DR 5/14 land

11:21 pm

Thank you for the great clues Anders and LeslieAnn!

11:21 pm

good night ronnie

11:21 pm

Night, ronnie!

11:21 pm

oh, so sorry, freck...

11:21 pm

th 5/14?

11:22 pm

Night

11:22 pm

night ronnielee! thanks for being my cheerleader, i'm at 5 left, and i'm gonna finish !!

11:22 pm

t+injure

11:22 pm

th5/14-- th + school ma**

11:22 pm

I just monkeyed a word and got it on the first try! I love it when that happens! It does not happen often!

11:22 pm

ahh, think i tried every combo but that. thanks muse

11:23 pm

:)

11:23 pm

nite firefly u can do it, still have enough time

11:23 pm

Go firefly go!

11:23 pm

and liba

11:23 pm

go, leslie!!

11:23 pm

7 left...

11:24 pm

the di5? i've heard the phone clue...

11:24 pm

do you have that phone word or not, fire?

11:24 pm

di + half of bye bye?

11:24 pm

An assistant might take di***tion.

11:25 pm

di***phone, machine to transcribe from

11:25 pm

aha! i understand the phone clues now, and i got it

11:28 pm

FIREWORKS!!

11:28 pm

hooooray firefly!!

11:28 pm

yay firefly!

11:28 pm

WooHoo, firefly!!!

11:29 pm

last one needed. any help w/ the tr 8/55???

11:29 pm

Congratulations firefly on your fireworks! KABOOM!!!

11:29 pm

and to reward everyone for their help, please REFRESH for my standard icon and have pleasant dr5's because of it

11:29 pm

Does anybody have a clue for the dr 4/5 word please

11:30 pm

tr+ round vowel+ ending for something old and antiquated

11:30 pm

min, it's dr plus double vowel

11:30 pm

nonny, tr + fourth vowel + a type of tea with spices + third letter

11:30 pm

Never mind I just monked the dr word and found it!

11:30 pm

hello all, I'm back for the flip

11:30 pm

mo 5/16?

11:30 pm

and for last minute clues

11:30 pm

Hey, nrkii...where ya been hiding?

11:31 pm

LeslieAnn -- chocolate and coffee

11:31 pm

at the toilet, apparently

11:31 pm

lol

11:31 pm

HI nrkii!How are ya?I was wondering where you were

11:31 pm

hi mrkii

11:31 pm

Hey Smith, had to drive up to Massachusetts tonight to spend weekend with family... 4 hour drive and 2 hours of quality bonding time since

11:31 pm

oh pshaw, i tried to spell that a funky way but not the right way! thanks so much and done!

11:31 pm

yes, my meditations spot

11:32 pm

yay leslieann!

11:32 pm

Fun, fun!

11:32 pm

wtg Leslie!

11:32 pm

I'm in babble-chat withdrawel ... quick someone ask for another clue or something!

11:33 pm

YAY, Leslie!!!

11:33 pm

Does anyone have a clue for the dh 6/27 word please

11:33 pm

hi nrkii! I can't look at your icon, I meditated to mine the other night, still have horrible memories of it ::::shudders:::::)

11:33 pm

What is the meaning of our existence in the universe?

11:33 pm

Dh**** and Greg...

11:33 pm

Congratulations LeslieAnn on your firworks! Hooray!

11:33 pm

min, is that the DH**** and Greg one?

11:34 pm

pudding, smith

11:34 pm

There is only one dh 6/27 word on Lickety's List so I guess that is the one. Do you have a onother one too

11:35 pm

Well, I was gonna say Krispy Kremes, but I guess I'll go with pudding.

11:35 pm

no, just hadn't scrolled to it in the list, so was cluing from pre-drive memory (I remember saying, hey, Greg's wife is in today's grid!)

11:35 pm

hmmm getting hungry

11:36 pm

also, the last few days I've had a rash of cluing the wrong words... someone asks for DH 6, and I immediately clue both DR 5's!

11:37 pm

Does anybody have a clue for the ga 4/7 word please

11:37 pm

i'm sure you're helping someone, nrkii :)

11:37 pm

I already have the first one. Just need the other one

11:37 pm

monopoly is a ga** and other is type of ray, change last vowel

11:37 pm

3 ga 4/7: ga + princess **ana, baseball ga** and same but different vowel on end

11:38 pm

Does anyone have a clue for the ga 5/16 word please

11:38 pm

Never mind, I got the last ga with mymuseisme's clue

11:38 pm

two ga 5/16: singer ga*** brooks and plural of monopoly

11:38 pm

not plural, doer

11:39 pm

Oh,there's one more ga 5/16 word that I need,sorry!

11:39 pm

see below min

11:39 pm

only 2 ga's?

11:40 pm

hint for the co 6/24, please?

11:40 pm

ga 5/16 = 2, but there are also 4 ga 4

11:40 pm

6 ga's, 2 ga5/16, 3ga4/7, 1 ga4/6

11:40 pm

ga 5/16 - wayne's buddy?

11:41 pm

I am such a moron! I have all of my ga words! Sorry!!

11:41 pm

oh, sorry, meant ga 6's

11:41 pm

bubblehead, ***n on the cob + *** brooks (or *** torme)

11:42 pm

uh, 5's :-[]

11:42 pm

co+6/24 like inner part of apple (minus e) and actor *** Brooks

11:42 pm

thanks. What on earth does that mean?

11:42 pm

s'late 4 me...

11:42 pm

Nrkii I never got that clue for the dr 5/27 word.Can I have a clue for it please? I know I don't have that!

11:42 pm

Hi! I'm back for the flip.....Need clues?

11:43 pm

dh 6/27?

11:43 pm

is that the one you mean min?

11:44 pm

dh+ppendage+first vowel

11:44 pm

Yes,that's what I meant. the dh 6/27 clue.Sorry! I'm really messing up tonight! I don't even deserve clues!

11:44 pm

bubble, click on the ? and you'll get the definition

11:44 pm

DH**** and GREG, or d + injure + *ary Poppins

11:44 pm

appendage

11:44 pm

**ry Poppins

11:44 pm

wow, my brain is not all the way on yet

11:45 pm

legma?

11:46 pm

higher

11:46 pm

cute, lib :D

11:46 pm

dhtoea, I think lib

11:46 pm

lol

11:46 pm

;-D

11:47 pm

My brain isn't on all the way either tonight!I just got the dh & Greg clue! You did clue it before nrkii.I was just CLUELESS! As I said, I don't deserve clues tonite

11:47 pm

every good babbler deserves clues :)

11:47 pm

the first step to recovery is knowing that you always deserve clues, Minveryork ... like Stuart Smalley ... try a little affirmation to get yourself going

11:48 pm

Minver, this puzzle would scramble anyone's brain- especially since yesterday's was just as bad...

11:48 pm

Yeah, but I'm far from a good Babbler! But thank you for the vote of confidence libarebel and jaianniah!

11:48 pm

this puzzle is so difficult-- even easy words are hidden...

11:48 pm

We are powerless over Babble and our lives are unmanageable, but Lickety's List really helps...

11:49 pm

amen

11:49 pm

one grid at a time... :)

11:49 pm

Here I am again, now with just 49 words, ugh. It would be nice to hit 50 before the flip, but...

11:49 pm

Oh yes, I don't know what I would do without Lickety

11:49 pm

lol lib

11:49 pm

hello, jillbus!

11:49 pm

and when we were wrong, promptly passeth the fish...

11:50 pm

Hi Jilli

11:50 pm

I already tried twice to go listless and now I am back to using the list. I can't even do it with Lickety's list!

11:50 pm

u2, nrkii! :-)

11:50 pm

jilli, may I offer you: H + spanish A***** (fleet), but drop the R

11:50 pm

Minver, I call that torture!

11:51 pm

Well, thank you very much nrkii, for word # 50! You are a lifesaver as usual (what flavour would you like to be?)

11:51 pm

I don't know why people are so determined to "do it" without the list- it isn't like there's a prize either way!!LOL

11:52 pm

Yes,it was torture for me.But it's even torture even with the Lickety's list,like tonight's grid for example!

11:52 pm

always always always tangerine (except for the exception to prove the rule, which is butterscotch)

11:52 pm

and ha/5/14 = place with many wives, for 6/24 add another vowel

11:52 pm

Let us pray: Dear Dr_God, send us a really fun grid tonight....Amen.

11:52 pm

clues anyone

11:52 pm

So here's a virtual tangerine lifesave for you nrkii...

11:52 pm

jai, it's fun to see how long I can make it without the list, just as a personal challenge, but then I never ever feel guilty when I give in and go to the list

11:53 pm

thanks jilli!

11:53 pm

which JGalloway?

11:53 pm

I know other Babblers are more advanced than I am.

11:53 pm

that is true, nrkii, i see the challenge, but I am not at that level yet, and I am hopeless at monkey-typping....

11:53 pm

jilli, how about the MO 5 that is combo of chocolate and coffee?

11:53 pm

hi everyone

11:53 pm

u cant make Utah in this grid

11:54 pm

hi Saph

11:54 pm

hi, saphyre-- yer latish!

11:54 pm

I am also hopeless at typing...

11:54 pm

Saph!

11:54 pm

the C words mymuseisme /15

11:54 pm

and catholics is still my phantom word!

11:55 pm

I would like to catch up to them. I would also like to be able to give better clues to people.Not too helpful in the clue department.Need to work on that skill too

11:55 pm

55 words and sixty seconds to go for me... see you on the flip

11:55 pm

co+ those who take part in a play or movie ***or

11:55 pm

yeah busy night at work - Friday nights the slots are open all night so the hotel stays busy

11:55 pm

Knutmeg, are you lurking there somewhere?

11:55 pm

jgalloway, co 4 = state of unconsciousness, with a co 5 that adds another vowel on the end for a latin plural

11:55 pm

co4/5 wear a co** add third vowel to end

11:55 pm

can someone help me with the six letter words

11:56 pm

ty, nrkii!

11:56 pm

co4/6 is , add 2nd vowel to end for 5/14

11:56 pm

Morning! Bleary eyes, can't sleep, 6am here and a beautiful day

11:56 pm

th 6 is the part of your body you swallow with

11:56 pm

***n on the cob + *** Brooks for co6/24

11:56 pm

lol Blaze! I have 52 left!

11:57 pm

ta mymuse, for the ha place -- haven't found the pluralising vowel yet, but what the h***, only 4 minutes left...

11:57 pm

corgar not found!

11:57 pm

tr6/21 - tr** (San Francisco transport) + ** (Chicago raised train track).

11:57 pm

what do you need, I'll reclue

11:57 pm

harpjane, love the picture of intelligence in your icon!

11:58 pm

tramel

11:58 pm

dh6/27 dh**** and Greg show

11:58 pm

eek!

11:58 pm

th6/21 - along your neck, from the back of the mouth down....

11:58 pm

too late-- head in oven...

11:58 pm

hi all

11:58 pm

kidding :-D

11:58 pm

oh dear

11:59 pm

da6/21 = d+ending of surprise st*****

11:59 pm

da 6 rhymes with a word meaning take someone by surprise, especially by sneaking up on them

11:59 pm

Does anyone have a clue for the da 5/14 word please

11:59 pm

ha6/24 - Arabian place for multiple wives with a multiple 2nd vowel.

11:59 pm

Jill what did you need?

11:59 pm

I am sooo tired...

11:59 pm

dh 6,27 religious idea

11:59 pm

eastern religion

11:59 pm

min, plural of da 4/6, author Roald DA**

11:59 pm

I have 599 words & would like to get over 600 b4 flip

11:59 pm

Please QUICK!!!!

11:59 pm

ha & mrs bunker change first letter of her name

11:59 pm

plural of Indian side dish da5/14

11:59 pm

if you know a children's author Roald da** , then plural

11:59 pm

ha6/27 - like the hotel chain - ra**** Inn.

11:59 pm

ha6/24-- rymes w/ ka**** abdul jabar

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